{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/job/13","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T16:13:42.345Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":13,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":12,"nextChapter":14,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":28},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Behold my eye hath seen all these things, and my ear hath heard them, and I have understood them all. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"According to your knowledge I also know: neither am I inferior to you. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"But yet I will speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Having first shewn that you are forgers of lies, and maintainers of perverse opinions. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And I wish you would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men.. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Hear ye therefore my reproof, and attend to the judgment of my lips. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Hath God any need of your lie, that you should speak deceitfully for him? "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Do you accept his person, and do you endeavour to judge for God? "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Or shall it please him, from whom nothing can be concealed ? or shall he be deceived as a man, with your deceitful dealings ? "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"He shall reprove you, because in secret you accept his person. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"As soon as he shall move himself, he shall trouble you: and his dread shall fall upon you. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Your remembrance shall be compared to ashes, and your necks shall be brought to clay. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Hold your peace a little while, that I may speak whatsoever my mind shall suggest to me. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Why do I tear my flesh with my teeth, and carry my soul in my hands? "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Although he should bill me, I will trust in him: but yet I will reprove my ways in his sight. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And he shall be my saviour: for no hypocrite shall come before his presence. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Hear ye my speech, and receive with Sour ears hidden truths. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"If I shall be judged, I know that I shall be found just. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Who is he that will plead against me? let him come: why am I consumed holding my peace? "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Two things only do not to me, and then from thy face I shall not be hid: "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Withdraw thy hand far from me, and let not thy dread terrify me. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Call me, and I will answer thee: or else I will speak, and do thou answer me. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"How many are my iniquities and sins? make me know my crimes and offences. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thy enemy? "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Against a leaf, that is carried away with the wind, thou shewest thy power, and thou pursuest a dry straw. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"For thou writest bitter things against me, and wilt consume me for the sins of my youth. "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Thou hast put my feet in the stocks, and hast observed all my paths, and hast considered the steps of my feet: "},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Who am to be consumed as rottenness, and as a garment that is moth-eaten. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 13 (DRB)","markdown":"[Job 13](https://primebible.com/drb/job/13)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/job/13 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}