Job 13 - 14 — Legacy Standard Bible

I Will Be Declared Righteous

13“^aBehold, my eye has seen all this;My ear has heard and understood it.²“^aWhat you know I also know;I have not fallen short of you.³“But ^aI would speak to ¹the Almighty,And I desire to ^bargue with God.⁴“But you ^acover me with lies;You are all ^bworthless physicians.⁵“O that you would ^abe completely silent,And that it would become your wisdom!⁶“Please hear my argumentAnd give heed to the contentions of my lips.⁷“Will you ^aspeak what is unrighteous for God,And speak what is deceitful for Him?⁸“Will you ^ashow partiality for Him?Will you contend for God?⁹“Will it be well when He examines you?Or ^awill you deceive Him as one deceives a man?¹⁰“He will surely reprove youIf you secretly ^ashow partiality.¹¹“Will not ^aHis exaltedness terrify you,And the dread of Him fall on you?¹²“Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes;Your defenses are defenses of clay.¹³“^aBe silent before me so that I may speak;Then let come on me what may.¹⁴“Why should I take my flesh in my teethAnd ^aput my life in my ¹hands?¹⁵“¹^,^aThough He slay me,I will hope in Him.Nevertheless I ^bwill argue my ways ²before Him.¹⁶“This also will be my ^asalvation,For ^ba godless man may not come before His presence.¹⁷“¹Listen carefully to my words,And let my declaration fill your ears.¹⁸“Behold now, I have ^aarranged my case for justice;I know that ^bI will be declared righteous.¹⁹“^aWho will contend with me?For now I am silent and ^bwill breathe my last.²⁰“Only two things do not do to me,Then I will not hide from Your face:²¹^aMove Your ¹hand far from me,And let not the dread of You terrify me.²²“Then call, and ^aI will answer;Or let me speak, then respond to me.²³“^aHow many are my iniquities and sins?Make known to me my transgression and my sin.²⁴“Why do You ^ahide Your faceAnd think of me as ^bYour enemy?²⁵“Will You cause a ^adriven leaf to tremble?Or will You pursue the dry ^bchaff?²⁶“For You write ^abitter things against meAnd ^bmake me to possess the iniquities of my youth.²⁷“You ^aput my feet in the stocksAnd kept watch over all my paths;You ¹set a limit for the soles of my feet,²⁸While ¹I am decaying like a ^arotten thing,Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

If a Man Dies, Will He Live Again?

14“^aMan, who is born of woman,Is ¹short-lived and ^bfull of turmoil.²“^aLike a flower he comes forth and withers.He also flees like ^ba shadow and does not stand.³“You also ^aopen Your eyes on himAnd ^bbring ¹me into judgment with Yourself.⁴“^aWho can make the clean out of the unclean?No one!⁵“Since his days are determined,The ^anumber of his months is with You;And his limits You have ¹set so that he cannot pass.⁶“^aTurn Your gaze from him that he may cease from toil,Until he accepts his day like a hired man.⁷“For there is hope for a tree,When it is cut down, that it will change back sprouting again,And its shoots will not cease.⁸“Though its roots grow old in the groundAnd its stump dies in the dry soil,⁹At the scent of water it will flourishAnd put forth sprigs like a plant.¹⁰“But ^aman dies and lies prostrate.Man ^bbreathes his last, and where is he?¹¹“As ^awater ¹evaporates from the sea,And a river becomes parched and dried up,¹²So ^aman lies down and does not rise.Until the heavens are no longer,¹He will not awake nor be aroused out of ²his sleep.¹³“Oh that You would conceal me in Sheol,That You would hide me ^auntil Your anger returns to You,That You would set a limit for me and remember me!¹⁴“If a man dies, will he live again?All the days of my labor I will waitUntil my change comes.¹⁵“You will call, and I will answer You;You will long for ^athe work of Your hands.¹⁶“For now You ^anumber my steps,You do not ^bkeep watch over my sin.¹⁷“My transgression is ^asealed up in a bag,And You ¹cover up my iniquity.¹⁸“But the falling mountain ¹crumbles away,And the rock moves from its place;¹⁹Water wears away stones;Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;So You ^amake man’s hope perish.²⁰“You forever overpower him and he ^agoes away;You alter his appearance and send him away.²¹“His sons achieve honor, but ^ahe does not know it;Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.²²“But his flesh pains him,And he mourns only for himself.”