Job 9:25-31
Legacy Standard Bible
25 “Now (A)my days are swifter than a runner;
They flee away; (B)they do not see good.
26 They sweep by like (C)reed boats,
Like an (D)eagle that swoops on its food.
27 Though I say, ‘I will forget (E)my musing,
I will forsake my sad countenance and be cheerful,’
28 I am (F)afraid of all my pains;
I know that (G)You will not acquit me.
29 I am accounted (H)wicked;
Why then should I toil in vain?
30 If I should (I)wash myself with snow
And cleanse (J)my hands with lye,
31 Yet You would plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes would abhor me.
Job 9:25-31
Holman Christian Standard Bible
25 My days fly by faster than a runner;[a](A)
they flee without seeing any good.(B)
26 They sweep by like boats made of papyrus,
like an eagle swooping down on its prey.(C)
27 If I said, “I will forget my complaint,
change my expression, and smile,”
28 I would still live in terror of all my pains.(D)
I know You will not acquit me.(E)
29 Since I will be found guilty,(F)
why should I labor in vain?
30 If I wash myself with snow,
and cleanse my hands with lye,
31 then You dip me in a pit of mud,
and my own clothes despise me!
Footnotes
- Job 9:25 = a royal messenger
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