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Job 13 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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CHAPTER 13
Job Defends Himself
1 “Behold, my eye has seen all this,
​​My ear has heard and understood it.
2 ​​What you know, I also know;
​​I am not inferior to you.
3 ​​But I would speak to the Almighty,
​​And I desire to reason with God.
4 ​​But you forgers of lies,
​​You are all worthless physicians.
5 ​​Oh, that you would be silent,
​​And it would be your wisdom!
6 ​​Now hear my reasoning,
​​And heed the pleadings of my lips.
7 ​​Will you speak wickedly for God,
​​And talk deceitfully for Him?
8 ​​Will you show partiality for Him?
​​Will you contend for God?
9 ​​Will it be well when He searches you out?
​​Or can you mock Him as one mocks a man?
10 ​​He will surely rebuke you
​​If you secretly show partiality.
11 ​​Will not His excellence make you afraid,
​​And the dread of Him fall upon you?
12 ​​Your platitudes are proverbs of ashes,
​​Your defenses are defenses of clay.
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13 ​​“Hold your peace with me, and let me speak,
​​Then let come on me what may!
14 ​​Why do I take my flesh in my teeth,
​​And put my life in my hands?
15 ​​Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.
​​Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.
16 ​​He also shall be my salvation,
​​For a hypocrite could not come before Him.
17 ​​Listen carefully to my speech,
​​And to my declaration with your ears.
18 ​​See now, I have prepared my case,
​​I know that I shall be vindicated.
19 ​​Who is he who will contend with me?
​​If now I hold my tongue, I perish.
Job’s Despondent Prayer
20 ​​“Only two things do not do to me,
​​Then I will not hide myself from You:
21 ​​Withdraw Your hand far from me,
​​And let not the dread of You make me afraid.
22 ​​Then call, and I will answer;
​​Or let me speak, then You respond to me.
23 ​​How many are my iniquities and sins?
​​Make me know my transgression and my sin.
24 ​​Why do You hide Your face,
​​And regard me as Your enemy?
25 ​​Will You frighten a leaf driven to and fro?
​​And will You pursue dry stubble?
26 ​​For You write bitter things against me,
​​And make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
27 ​​You put my feet in the stocks,
​​And watch closely all my paths.
​​You set a limit[fn] for the soles of my feet.
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28 ​​“Man[fn] decays like a rotten thing,
​​Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
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