‏ Job 13

CHAPTER 13

Job's Reproof

1Behold, [⁴these things  ³has seen ¹my   ²eye], and [²has heard   ¹my ear]. 2And I know as much as even you know; and [²not ³more senseless ¹I am] than you. 3But nevertheless, I [²to ³the lord  ¹will speak]; and I will reprove before him, if he should be willing. 4But you are [²physicians ¹unjust], and [³healers ²bad ¹are all]. 5But it may be good  for you to be silent, and it shall turn out to you for wisdom. 6Hear the reproof of my mouth; [³the judgment ¹and ⁴of my lips ²heed]! 7Is it not against the lord  you speak, and before him you utter a sound of deceit? 8Or will you keep back? But you yourselves [²judges ¹become]! 9Is it good if he should track you; for as if [²all things  ¹the ones doing] shall you be added to him; 10in not one thing  less shall he reprove you; but if also [²secretly ⁴at persons ¹you shall ³wonder]. 11Is it not   in his awfulness that he shall whirl you, and fear of him shall fall upon you? 12[⁴shall turn out ¹But ²your   ³prancing] equal to ashes, and the body to clay. 13Be silent, that I shall speak, and rest my rage! 14Taking   my flesh in my  teeth, [⁴life ¹even ³my ²I shall put] in my hand. 15Though [⁴me ³should lay hands against ¹the ²mighty one], since even he begins,   in fact I shall speak and reprove before him. 16And this [⁴to me ¹shall result ²in ³deliverance]; [⁴not ¹for ⁶before ⁷him ²treachery ³shall ⁵enter]. 17Hear, hear   my words! for I will announce in your hearing. 18Behold, I am near   my judgment; I know that [²just ¹I shall appear]. 19For who is the one passing judgment to me, that now I shall be silent and shall cease? 20But two things  you shall furnish to me, then from   your presence I will not hide. 21Let your  hand [²from ³me ¹be at a distance]! and [³in the ⁴fear ⁵of you ¹let me not ²be struck with terror]! 22Then you shall call, and I will hearken to you; or you shall speak, and I will give you an answer. 23How many are   my sins, and   my lawless deeds? Teach me what they are! 24Why [²from ³me ¹do you hide]; and esteem me contrary to you? 25Or as a leaf moving by the wind, will you be cautious of me? or as grass borne by the wind, will you be adverse to me? 26For you wrote down against me bad things, and you invested to me youthful sin. 27And you put my   foot under restraint; and you watched all my   works; and into the roots of my feet you attained. 28I am the one turning old equal to a leather bag, or as [²garment ¹a moth-eaten].