{"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/kjv/job/9","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T02:32:12.015Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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":"I know <i>it is</i> so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"<i>He is</i> wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened <i>himself</i> against him, and hath prospered?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Lo, he goeth by me, and I see <i>him</i> not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"<i>If</i> God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"How much less shall I answer him, <i>and</i> choose out my words <i>to reason</i> with him?"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Whom, though I were righteous, <i>yet</i> would I not answer, <i>but</i> I would make supplication to my judge."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"If I had called, and he had answered me; <i>yet</i> would I not believe that he had 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 <i>I speak</i> of strength, lo, <i>he is</i> strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time <i>to plead</i>?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: <i>if I say</i>, I <i>am</i> perfect, it shall also prove me perverse."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"<i>Though</i> I <i>were</i> perfect, <i>yet</i> would I not know my soul: I would despise my life."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"This <i>is</i> one <i>thing</i>, therefore I said <i>it</i>, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh 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 not, where, <i>and</i> who <i>is</i> he?"},{"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 <i>that</i> hasteth to the prey."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort <i>myself</i>:"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"<i>If</i> I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"For <i>he is</i> not a man, as I <i>am, that</i> I should answer him, <i>and</i> we should come together in judgment."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, <i>that</i> might lay his hand upon us both."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"<i>Then</i> would I speak, and not fear him; but <i>it is</i> not so with me."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 9 (KJV)","markdown":"[Job 9](https://primebible.com/kjv/job/9)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/job/9 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}