Job 13

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Job 13

Job Says His Friends’ Proverbs Are Ashes

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“^(A)Behold, my eye has seen all this,
My ear has heard and understood it.

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“^(B)What you know I also know;
I am not inferior to you.

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“But ^(C)I would speak to ^(a)the Almighty,
And I desire to ^(D)argue with God.

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“But you ^(E)smear with lies;
You are all ^(F)worthless physicians.

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“O that you would ^(G)be completely silent,
And that it would become your wisdom!

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“Please hear my argument
And listen to the contentions of my lips.

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“Will you ^(H)speak what is unjust for God,
And speak what is deceitful for Him?

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“Will you ^(I)show partiality for Him?
Will you contend for God?

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“Will it be well when He examines you?
Or ^(J)will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?

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“He will surely reprove you
If you secretly ^(K)show partiality.

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“Will not ^(L)His ^(b)majesty terrify you,
And the dread of Him fall on you?

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“Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes,
Your defenses are defenses of clay.

Job Is Sure He Will Be Vindicated

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“^(M)Be silent before me so that I may speak;
Then let come on me what may.

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“Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
And ^(N)put my life in my ^(c)hands?

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“^(O)Though He slay me,
I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless I ^(P)will argue my ways ^(d)before Him.

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“This also will be my ^(Q)salvation,
For ^(R)a godless man may not come before His presence.

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“Listen carefully to my speech,
And let my declaration fill your ears.

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“Behold now, I have ^(S)prepared my case;
I know that ^(T)I will be vindicated.

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“^(U)Who will contend with me?
For then I would be silent and ^(V)die.

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“Only two things do not do to me,
Then I will not hide from Your face:

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^(W)Remove Your ^(e)hand from me,
And let not the dread of You terrify me.

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“Then call, and ^(X)I will answer;
Or let me speak, then reply to me.

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“^(Y)How many are my iniquities and sins?
Make known to me my ^(f)rebellion and my sin.

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“Why do You ^(Z)hide Your face
And consider me ^(AA)Your enemy?

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“Will You cause a ^(AB)driven leaf to tremble?
Or will You pursue the dry ^(AC)chaff?

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“For You write ^(AD)bitter things against me
And ^(AE)make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.

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“You ^(AF)put my feet in the stocks
And watch all my paths;
You ^(g)set a limit for the soles of my feet,

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While ^(h)I am decaying like a ^(AG)rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

Footnotes:

a. Job 13:3: ['Heb ', Shaddai]

b. Job 13:11: ['Lit ', exaltation]

c. Job 13:14: ['Lit ', palm]

d. Job 13:15: ['Lit ', to His face]

e. Job 13:21: ['Lit ', palm]

f. Job 13:23: ['Or ', transgression]

g. Job 13:27: ['Lit ', carve for]

h. Job 13:28: ['Lit ', he is]

Cross references:

A. Job 13:1: Job 12:9

B. Job 13:2: Job 12:3

C. Job 13:3: Job 13:22; Job 23:4

D. Job 13:3: Job 13:15

E. Job 13:4: Psalm 119:69

F. Job 13:4: Jeremiah 23:32

G. Job 13:5: Job 13:13; Job 21:5; Proverbs 17:28

H. Job 13:7: Job 27:4

I. Job 13:8: Leviticus 19:15; Proverbs 24:23

J. Job 13:9: Job 12:16

K. Job 13:10: Job 13:8; Job 32:21; Job 34:19

L. Job 13:11: Job 31:23

M. Job 13:13: Job 13:5

N. Job 13:14: Psalm 119:109

O. Job 13:15: Job 7:6

P. Job 13:15: Job 27:5

Q. Job 13:16: Job 23:7; Isaiah 12:1; Isaiah 12:2

R. Job 13:16: Job 34:21-23

S. Job 13:18: Job 23:4

T. Job 13:18: Job 9:21; Job 10:7; Job 12:4

U. Job 13:19: Isaiah 50:8

V. Job 13:19: Job 7:21; Job 10:8

W. Job 13:21: Job 9:34; Psalm 39:10

X. Job 13:22: Job 9:16; Job 14:15

Y. Job 13:23: Job 7:21

Z. Job 13:24: Psalm 13:1; Psalm 44:24; Psalm 88:14; Isaiah 8:17

AA. Job 13:24: Job 19:11; Job 33:10; Lamentations 2:5

AB. Job 13:25: Leviticus 26:36

AC. Job 13:25: Job 21:18

AD. Job 13:26: Job 9:18

AE. Job 13:26: Psalm 25:7

AF. Job 13:27: Job 33:11

AG. Job 13:28: Job 2:7