Job 10:2 "I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; Let me know why You contend with me.

Job 10:3 'Is it right for You indeed to oppress, To reject the labor of Your hands, And to look favorably on the schemes of the wicked?

Job 10:4 'Have You eyes of flesh? Or do You see as a man sees?

Job 10:5 'Are Your days as the days of a mortal, Or Your years as man's years,

Job 10:6 That You should seek for my guilt And search after my sin?

Job 10:7 'According to Your knowledge I am indeed not guilty, Yet there is no deliverance from Your hand.

Job 10:8 'Your hands fashioned and made me altogether, And would You destroy me?

Job 10:9 'Remember now, that You have made me as clay; And would You turn me into dust again?

Job 10:10 'Did You not pour me out like milk And curdle me like cheese;

Job 10:11 Clothe me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews?

Job 10:12 'You have granted me life and lovingkindness; And Your care has preserved my spirit.

Job 10:13 'Yet these things You have concealed in Your heart; I know that this is within You:

Job 10:14 If I sin, then You would take note of me, And would not acquit me of my guilt.

Job 10:15 'If I am wicked, woe to me! And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head. I am sated with disgrace and conscious of my misery.

Job 10:16 'Should my head be lifted up, You would hunt me like a lion; And again You would show Your power against me.

Job 10:17 'You renew Your witnesses against me And increase Your anger toward me; Hardship after hardship is with me.

Job 10:18 'Why then have You brought me out of the womb? Would that I had died and no eye had seen me!

Job 10:19 'I should have been as though I had not been, Carried from womb to tomb.'

Job 10:20 "Would He not let my few days alone? Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer

Job 10:21 Before I go--and I shall not return-- To the land of darkness and deep shadow,

Job 10:22 The land of utter gloom as darkness itself, Of deep shadow without order, And which shines as the darkness."

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Job 11:1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,

Job 11:2 "Shall a multitude of words go unanswered, And a talkative man be acquitted?

Job 11:3 "Shall your boasts silence men? And shall you scoff and none rebuke?

Job 11:4 "For you have said, 'My teaching is pure, And I am innocent in your eyes.'

Job 11:5 "But would that God might speak, And open His lips against you,

Job 11:6 And show you the secrets of wisdom! For sound wisdom has two sides. Know then that God forgets a part of your iniquity.

Job 11:7 "Can you discover the depths of God? Can you discover the limits of the Almighty?

Job 11:8 "They are high as the heavens, what can you do? Deeper than Sheol, what can you know?

Job 11:9 "Its measure is longer than the earth And broader than the sea.

Job 11:10 "If He passes by or shuts up, Or calls an assembly, who can restrain Him?

Job 11:11 "For He knows false men, And He sees iniquity without investigating.

Job 11:12 "An idiot will become intelligent When the foal of a wild donkey is born a man.

Job 11:13 "If you would direct your heart right And spread out your hand to Him,

Job 11:14 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;

Job 11:15 "Then, indeed, you could lift up your face without moral defect, And you would be steadfast and not fear.

Job 11:16 "For you would forget your trouble, As waters that have passed by, you would remember it.

Job 11:17 "Your life would be brighter than noonday; Darkness would be like the morning.

Job 11:18 "Then you would trust, because there is hope; And you would look around and rest securely.

Job 11:19 "You would lie down and none would disturb you, And many would entreat your favor.

Job 11:20 "But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And there will be no escape for them; And their hope is to breathe their last."

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Job 12:1 Then Job responded,

Job 12:2 "Truly then you are the people, And with you wisdom will die!

Job 12:3 "But I have intelligence as well as you; I am not inferior to you. And who does not know such things as these?

Job 12:4 "I am a joke to my friends, The one who called on God and He answered him; The just and blameless man is a joke.

Job 12:5 "He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt, As prepared for those whose feet slip.

Job 12:6 "The tents of the destroyers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure, Whom God brings into their power.

Job 12:7 "But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you; And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.

Job 12:8 "Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you.

Job 12:9 "Who among all these does not know That the hand of the Lord has done this,

Job 12:10 In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?

Job 12:11 "Does not the ear test words, As the palate tastes its food?

Job 12:12 "Wisdom is with aged men, With long life is understanding.

Job 12:13 "With Him are wisdom and might; To Him belong counsel and understanding.

Job 12:14 "Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

Job 12:15 "Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth.

Job 12:16 "With Him are strength and sound wisdom, The misled and the misleader belong to Him.

Job 12:17 "He makes counselors walk barefoot And makes fools of judges.

Job 12:18 "He loosens the bond of kings And binds their loins with a girdle.

Job 12:19 "He makes priests walk barefoot And overthrows the secure ones.

Job 12:20 "He deprives the trusted ones of speech And takes away the discernment of the elders.

Job 12:21 "He pours contempt on nobles And loosens the belt of the strong.

Job 12:22 "He reveals mysteries from the darkness And brings the deep darkness into light.

Job 12:23 "He makes the nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges the nations, then leads them away.

Job 12:24 "He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth's people And makes them wander in a pathless waste.

Job 12:25 "They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.

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Job 13:1 "Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it.

Job 13:2 "What you know I also know; I am not inferior to you.

Job 13:3 "But I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to argue with God.

Job 13:4 "But you smear with lies; You are all worthless physicians.

Job 13:5 "O that you would be completely silent, And that it would become your wisdom!

Job 13:6 "Please hear my argument And listen to the contentions of my lips.

Job 13:7 "Will you speak what is unjust for God, And speak what is deceitful for Him?

Job 13:8 "Will you show partiality for Him? Will you contend for God?

Job 13:9 "Will it be well when He examines you? Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?

Job 13:10 "He will surely reprove you If you secretly show partiality.

Job 13:11 "Will not His majesty terrify you, And the dread of Him fall on you?

Job 13:12 "Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay.

Job 13:13 "Be silent before me so that I may speak; Then let come on me what may.

Job 13:14 "Why should I take my flesh in my teeth And put my life in my hands?

Job 13:15 "Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.

Job 13:16 "This also will be my salvation, For a godless man may not come before His presence.

Job 13:17 "Listen carefully to my speech, And let my declaration fill your ears.

Job 13:18 "Behold now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.

Job 13:19 "Who will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.

Job 13:20 "Only two things do not do to me, Then I will not hide from Your face:

Job 13:21 Remove Your hand from me, And let not the dread of You terrify me.

Job 13:22 "Then call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, then reply to me.

Job 13:23 "How many are my iniquities and sins? Make known to me my rebellion and my sin.

Job 13:24 "Why do You hide Your face And consider me Your enemy?

Job 13:25 "Will You cause a driven leaf to tremble? Or will You pursue the dry chaff?

Job 13:26 "For You write bitter things against me And make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.

Job 13:27 "You put my feet in the stocks And watch all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet,

Job 13:28 While I am decaying like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.