Job 9
American Standard Version
Job: No Arbiter Between God and Man

1Then Job answered and said,

2Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?

3If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.

4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?-

5Him that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger;

6That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble;

7That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars;

8That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;

9That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;

10That doeth great things past finding out, Yea, marvellous things without number.

11Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

12Behold, he seizeth the prey , who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?

13God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him.

14How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words to reason with him?

15Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.

16If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.

17For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause.

18He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.

19If we speak of strength, lo, he is mighty! And if of justice, Who,'saith he , will summon me?

20Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.

21I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.

22It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

23If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.

24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof: If it be not he , who then is it?

25Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good,

26They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.

27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my'sad countenance, and be of good cheer;

28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

29I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?

30If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;

31Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.

32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.

33There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.

34Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid:

35Then would I speak, and not fear him; For I am not so in myself.



Section Headings Courtesy INT Bible
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Outline
1. Job acknowledges God's justice
22. Man's innocence is not to be condemned by afflictions
Chapters
Job 1: Job's Character and Wealth

Job 2: Job Loses his Health

Job 3: Job Laments his Birth

Job 4: Eliphaz: the Innocent Prosper

Job 5: Eliphaz Continues

Job 6: Job Replies: My Complaint is Just

Job 7: Job Continues: Life Seems Futile

Job 8: Bildad: Job Should Repent

Job 9: Job: No Arbiter Between God and Man

Job 10: Job's Plea to God

Job 11: Zophar Rebukes Job

Job 12: Job's Response to Zophar

Job 13: Job Reproves his Friends

Job 14: Job Acknowledges the Finality of Death

Job 15: Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God

Job 16: Job: Poor Comforters Are You

Job 17: Job Appeals From Men to God

Job 18: Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked

Job 19: Job: My Redeemer Lives

Job 20: Zophar: Triumph of the Wicked is Short

Job 21: Job: God Will Deal with the Wicked

Job 22: Eliphaz Accuses and Exhorts Job

Job 23: Job Responds: He Longs for God

Job 24: Job: Why Are the Wicked Unpunished

Job 25: Bildad: Man Cannot Be Righteous

Job 26: Job: who Can Understand God's Majesty

Job 27: Job Affirms his Integrity

Job 28: The Earth's Treasures

Job 29: Job's Former Blessings

Job 30: Job's Honor is Turned Into Contempt

Job 31: Job's Final Appeal

Job 32: Elihu Rebukes Job's Three Friends

Job 33: Elihu Rebukes Job

Job 34: Elihu Confirms God's Justice

Job 35: Elihu Reminds Job of God's Justice

Job 36: Elihu Shows God's Justice and Power

Job 37: Elihu Proclaims God's Majesty

Job 38: God Challenges Job

Job 39: God Speaks of His Creation

Job 40: Job Humbles Himself Before God

Job 41: God's Power Shown in Creatures

Job 42: Job Submits Himself to God

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