1Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.
2Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.
3What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
4What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
5Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
6Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
7But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
8But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
9O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
10O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
11Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
12Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
13Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
14Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
15Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
16Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
17Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
18Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
19He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
20He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
21Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
22Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
23Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
24Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
25Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.13.13 Hold…: Heb. Be silent from me
26Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.13.13 Hold…: Heb. Be silent from me
27Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
28Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
29Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.13.15 maintain: Heb. prove, or, argue
30Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.13.15 maintain: Heb. prove, or, argue
31He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
32He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
33Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
34Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
35Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
36Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
37Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
38Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
39Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
40Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
41Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
42Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
43Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
44Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
45How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
46How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
47Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
48Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
49Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
50Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
51For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
52For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
53Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.13.27 lookest…: Heb. observest13.27 heels: Heb. roots
54Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.13.27 lookest…: Heb. observest13.27 heels: Heb. roots
55And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
56And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.