Job 13 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Job Says His Friends' Proverbs Are Ashes

Job 13:1

Lo, mine eye hath seen all this,

Mine ear hath heard and understood it.

Job 13:2

What ye know, the same do I know also:

I am not inferior unto you.

Job 13:3

Surely I would speak to the Almighty,

And I desire to reason with God.

Job 13:4

But ye are forgers of lies;

Ye are all physicians of no value.

Job 13:5

Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace!

And it would be your wisdom.

Job 13:6

Hear now my reasoning,

And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

Job 13:7

Will ye speak unrighteously for God,

And talk deceitfully for him?

Job 13:8

Will ye show partiality to him?

Will ye contend for God?

Job 13:9

Is it good that he should search you out?

Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?

Job 13:10

He will surely reprove you,

If ye do secretly show partiality.

Job 13:11

Shall not his majesty make you afraid,

And his dread fall upon you?

Job 13:12

Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes,

Your defences are defences of clay.

Job Is Sure He Will Be Vindicated

Job 13:13

Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak;

And let come on me what will.

Job 13:14

Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth,

And put my life in my hand?

Job 13:15

Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope:

Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.

Job 13:16

This also shall be my salvation,

That a godless man shall not come before him.

Job 13:17

Hear diligently my speech,

And let my declaration be in your ears.

Job 13:18

Behold now, I have set my cause in order;

I know that I am righteous.

Job 13:19

Who is he that will contend with me?

For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.

Job 13:20

Only do not two things unto me;

Then will I not hide myself from thy face:

Job 13:21

Withdraw thy hand far from me;

And let not thy terror make me afraid.

Job 13:22

Then call thou, and I will answer;

Or let me speak, and answer thou me.

Job 13:23

How many are mine iniquities and sins?

Make me to know my transgression and my sin.

Job 13:24

Wherefore hidest thou thy face,

And holdest me for thine enemy?

Job 13:25

Wilt thou harass a driven leaf?

And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

Job 13:26

For thou writest bitter things against me,

And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:

Job 13:27

Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks,

And markest all my paths;

Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:

Job 13:28

Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth,

Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

Job 13 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Job Says His Friends' Proverbs Are Ashes

Job Is Sure He Will Be Vindicated

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