Job 9:14-20
Authorized (King James) Version
14 How much less shall I answer him,
and choose out my words to reason with him?
15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer,
but I would make supplication to my judge.
16 If I had called, and he had answered me;
yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
17 For he breaketh me with a tempest,
and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18 He will not suffer me to take my breath,
but filleth me with bitterness.
19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong:
and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me:
if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
Job 9:14-20
21st Century King James Version
14 How much less shall I answer Him, and choose out my words to reason with Him—
15 whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my Judge?
16 If I had called and He had answered me, yet would I not believe that He had hearkened unto my voice.
17 For He breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
19 If I speak of strength, lo, He is strong; and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me; if I say, ‘I am perfect,’ it shall also prove me perverse.
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