{"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/dbt/job/9","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T23:46:52.956Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":9,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":8,"nextChapter":10,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":35},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Job answered and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with God?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Who removeth mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Who doeth great things past finding out, and wonders without number."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Behold, he taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"+God withdraweth not his anger; the proud helpers stoop under him:"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words to strive 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, I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice, —"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Be it a question of strength, lo, he is strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Were I perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"It is all one; therefore I said, he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"The earth is given over into the hand of the wicked man; he covereth the faces of its judges. If not, who then is it?"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sad countenance, and brighten up,"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity,"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would 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 not an umpire between us, who should 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 I will speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 9 (DBT)","markdown":"[Job 9](https://primebible.com/dbt/job/9)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/job/9 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}