{"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/asv/job/9","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T18:54:48.240Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":9,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":8,"nextChapter":10,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":35},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then Job answered and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?-"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Him that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"That doeth great things past finding out, Yea, marvellous things without number."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Behold, he seizeth the prey , who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words to reason with him?"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"If we speak of strength, lo, he is mighty! And if of justice, Who,'saith he , will summon me?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"The 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?"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good,"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my'sad countenance, and be of good cheer;"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid:"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Then would I speak, and not fear him; For I am not so in myself."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 9 (ASV)","markdown":"[Job 9](https://primebible.com/asv/job/9)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/job/9 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}