1Then Job answered and said,
2Of a truth I know that it is so:
3If he be pleased to contend with him,
4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength:
5Him that removeth the mountains, and they know it not,
6That shaketh the earth out of its place,
7That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not,
8That alone stretcheth out the heavens,
9That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades,
10That doeth great things past finding out,
11Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not:
12Behold, he seizeth the prey, who can hinder him?
13God will not withdraw his anger;
14How much less shall I answer him,
15Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer;
16If I had called, and he had answered me,
17For he breaketh me with a tempest,
18He will not suffer me to take my breath,
19If we speak of strength, lo, he is mighty!
20Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me:
21I am perfect; I regard not myself;
22It is all one; therefore I say,
23If the scourge slay suddenly,
24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
25Now my days are swifter than a post:
26They are passed away as the swift ships;
27If I say, I will forget my complaint,
28I am afraid of all my sorrows,
29I shall be condemned;
30If I wash myself with snow water,
31Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch,
32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him,
33There is no umpire betwixt us,
34Let him take his rod away from me,
35Then would I speak, and not fear him;