Job 9:1-13
New King James Version
Job: There Is No Mediator
9 Then Job answered and said:
2 “Truly I know it is so,
But how can a (A)man be (B)righteous before God?
3 If one wished to [a]contend with Him,
He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
4 (C)God is wise in heart and mighty in strength.
Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?
5 He removes the mountains, and they do not know
When He overturns them in His anger;
6 He (D)shakes the earth out of its place,
And its (E)pillars tremble;
7 He commands the sun, and it does not rise;
He seals off the stars;
8 (F)He alone spreads out the heavens,
And [b]treads on the [c]waves of the sea;
9 (G)He made [d]the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades,
And the chambers of the south;
10 (H)He does great things past finding out,
Yes, wonders without number.
11 (I)If He goes by me, I do not see Him;
If He moves past, I do not perceive Him;
12 (J)If He takes away, [e]who can hinder Him?
Who can say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’
13 God will not withdraw His anger,
(K)The allies of [f]the proud lie prostrate beneath Him.
Job 9:1-13
21st Century King James Version
9 Then Job answered and said:
2 “I know in truth it is so, but how should man be just before God?
3 If he will contend with Him, he cannot answer Him one in a thousand.
4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against Him and hath prospered—
5 Who removeth the mountains, and they know not; Who overturneth them in His anger;
6 Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble;
7 Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and sealeth up the stars;
8 Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea;
9 Who maketh Arcturus, Orion and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;
10 Who doeth great things past finding out, yea, and wonders without number?
11 Lo, He goeth by me, and I see Him not; He passeth on also, but I perceive Him not.
12 Behold, He taketh away. Who can hinder Him? Who will say unto him, ‘What doest Thou?’
13 “If God will not withdraw His anger, the proud helpers do stoop under Him.
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