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Job 9 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:1 - And Job made answer and said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:2 - Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:3 - If a man was desiring to go to law with him, he would not be able to give him an answer to one out of a thousand questions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:4 - He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:5 - It is he who takes away the mountains without their knowledge, overturning them in his wrath:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:6 - Who is moving the earth out of its place, so that its pillars are shaking:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:7 - Who gives orders to the sun, and it does not give its light; and who keeps the stars from shining.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:8 - By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:9 - Who made the Bear and Orion, and the Pleiades, and the store-houses of the south:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:10 - Who does great things not to be searched out; yes, wonders without number.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:11 - See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:12 - If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:13 - God's wrath may not be turned back; the helpers of Rahab were bent down under him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:14 - How much less may I give an answer to him, using the right words in argument with him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:15 - Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:16 - If I had sent for him to be present, and he had come, I would have no faith that he would give ear to my voice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:17 - For I would be crushed by his storm, my wounds would be increased without cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:18 - He would not let me take my breath, but I would be full of bitter grief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:19 - If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:20 - Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:21 - I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:22 - It is all the same to me; so I say, He puts an end to the sinner and to him who has done no wrong together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:23 - If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:24 - The land is given into the power of the evil-doer; the faces of its judges are covered; if not by him, then who has done it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:25 - My days go quicker than a post-runner: they go in flight, they see no good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:26 - They go rushing on like reed-boats, like an eagle dropping suddenly on its food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:27 - If I say, I will put my grief out of mind, I will let my face be sad no longer and I will be bright;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:28 - I go in fear of all my pains; I am certain that I will not be free from sin in your eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:29 - You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:30 - If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:31 - Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:32 - For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:33 - There is no one to give a decision between us, who might have control over us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:34 - Let him take away his rod from me and not send his fear on me:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:35 - Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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