Job Chapter 13

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asv (asv) - eBible.org engASV USFM

1 That thou settest a watch over me?

2 When I say, My bed shall comfort me,

3 My couch shall ease my complaint;

4 Then thou scarest me with dreams,

5 And terrifiest me through visions:

6 So that my soul chooseth strangling,

7 And death rather than

8 these my bones.

9 I loathe

10 my life; I would not live alway:

11 Let me alone; for my days are vanity.

12 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him,

13 And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,

14 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning,

15 And try him every moment?

16 How long wilt thou not look away from me,

17 Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

18 If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men?

19 Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee,

20 So that I am a burden to myself?

21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity?

22 For now shall I lie down in the dust;

23 And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.

24 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

25 How long wilt thou speak these things?

26 And

27 how long shall the words of thy mouth be

28 like a mighty wind?

darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext

1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], mine ear hath heard and understood it.

2 What ye know, I know also: I am not inferior to you.

3 But I will speak to the Almighty, and will find pleasure in reasoning withGod;

4 For ye indeed are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

5 Oh that ye would be altogether silent! and it would be your wisdom.

6 Hear now my defence, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

7 Will ye speak unrighteously forGod? and for him speak deceit?

8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend forGod?

9 Will it be well if he should search you out? or as one mocketh at a man, will ye mock at him?

10 He will certainly reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

11 Shall not his excellency terrify you? and his dread fall upon you?

12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, your bulwarks are bulwarks of mire.

13 Hold your peace from me, and I will speak, and let come on me what [will]!

14 Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?

15 Behold, if he slay me, yet would I trust in him; but I will defend mine own ways before him.

16 This also shall be my salvation, that a profane man shall not come before his face.

17 Hear attentively my speech and my declaration with your ears.

18 Behold now, I have ordered the cause; I know that I shall be justified.

19 Who is he that contendeth with me? For if I were silent now, I should expire.

20 Only do not two things unto me; then will I not hide myself from thee.

21 Withdraw thy hand far from me; and let not thy terror make me afraid:

22 Then call, and I will answer; or I will speak, and answer thou me.

23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.

24 Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, and countest me for thine enemy?

25 Wilt thou terrify a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble?

26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth;

27 And thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and markest all my paths; thou settest a bound about the soles of my feet; —

28 One who, as a rotten thing consumeth, as a garment that the moth eateth.

lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM

1 Behold, mine eye has seen these things, and mine ear has heard [them].

2 And I know all that ye too know; and I have not less understanding than you.

3 Nevertheless I will speak to the Lord, and I will reason before him, if he will.

4 But ye are all bad physicians, and healers of diseases.

5 But would that ye were silent, and it would be wisdom to you in the end.

6 But hear ye the reasoning of my mouth, and attend to the judgment of my lips.

7 Do ye not speak before the Lord, and utter deceit before him?

8 Or will ye draw back? nay, do ye yourselves be judges.

9 For [it were] well if he would thoroughly search you: for though doing all things [in your power] ye should attach yourselves to him,

10 he will not reprove you at all the less: but if moreover ye should secretly respect persons,

11 shall not his whirlpool sweep you round, and terror from him fall upon you?

12 And your glorying shall prove in the end to you like ashes, and your body [like a body] of clay.

13 Be silent, that I may speak, and cease from [mine] anger,

14 while I may take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.

15 Though the Mighty One should lay hand upon me, forasmuch as he has begun, verily I will speak, and plead before him.

16 And this shall turn to me for salvation; for fraud shall have no entrance before him.

17 Hear, hear ye my words, for I will declare in your hearing.

18 Behold, I am near my judgment: I know that I shall appear evidently just.

19 For who is he that shall plead with me, that I should now be silent, and expire?

20 But grant me two things: then I will not hide myself from thy face.

21 Withhold [thine] hand from me: and let not thy fear terrify me.

22 Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: or thou shalt speak, and I will give thee an answer.

23 How many are my sins and my transgressions? teach me what they are.

24 Wherefore hidest thou thyself from me, and deemest me thine enemy?

25 Wilt thou be startled [at me], as [at] a leaf shaken by the wind? or wilt thou set thyself against me as against grass borne upon the breeze?

26 For thou hast written evil things against me, and thou hast compassed me with the sins of my youth.

27 And thou hast placed my foot in the stocks; and thou hast watched all my works, and hast penetrated to my heels.

28 [I am as] that which waxes old like a bottle, or like a moth-eaten garment.

vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)

1 Ecce omnia hæc vidit oculus meus, et audivit auris mea, et intellexi singula.

2 Secundum scientiam vestram et ego novi: nec inferior vestri sum.

3 Sed tamen ad Omnipotentem loquar, et disputare cum Deo cupio:

4 Prius vos ostendens fabricatores mendacii, et cultores perversorum dogmatum.

5 Atque utinam taceretis, ut putaremini esse sapientes.

6 Audite ergo correptionem meam, et iudicium labiorum meorum attendite.

7 Numquid Deus indiget vestro mendacio, ut pro illo loquamini dolos?

8 Numquid faciem eius accipitis, et pro Deo iudicare nitimini?

9 Aut placebit ei quem celare nihil potest? aut decipietur ut homo, vestris fraudulentiis?

10 Ipse vos arguet, quoniam in abscondito faciem eius accipitis.

11 Statim ut se commoverit, turbabit vos, et terror eius irruet super vos.

12 Memoria vestra comparabitur cineri, et redigentur in lutum cervices vestræ.

13 Tacete paulisper ut loquar quodcumque mihi mens suggesserit.

14 Quare lacero carnes meas dentibus meis, et animam meam porto in manibus meis?

15 Etiam si occiderit me, in ipso sperabo: verumtamen vias meas in conspectu eius arguam.

16 Et ipse erit salvator meus: non enim veniet in conspectu eius omnis hypocrita.

17 Audite sermonem meum, et ænigmata percipite auribus vestris.

18 Si fuero iudicatus, scio quod iustus inveniar.

19 Quis est qui iudicetur mecum? veniat: quare tacens consumor?

20 Duo tantum ne facias mihi, et tunc a facie tua non abscondar:

21 Manum tuam longe fac a me, et formido tua non me terreat.

22 Voca me, et ego respondebo tibi: aut certe loquar, et tu responde mihi.

23 Quantas habeo iniquitates et peccata, scelera mea et delicta ostende mihi.

24 Cur faciem tuam abscondis, et arbitraris me inimicum tuum?

25 Contra folium, quod vento rapitur, ostendis potentiam tuam, et stipulam siccam persequeris:

26 Scribis enim contra me amaritudines, et consumere me vis peccatis adolescentiæ meæ.

27 Posuisti in nervo pedem meum, et observasti omnes semitas meas, et vestigia pedum meorum considerasti:

28 Qui quasi putredo consumendus sum, et quasi vestimentum quod comeditur a tinea.

web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV

1 “Behold, my eye has seen all this. My ear has heard and understood it.

2 What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you.

3 “Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.

4 But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.

5 Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.

6 Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips.

7 Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?

8 Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God?

9 Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?

10 He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.

11 Won’t his majesty make you afraid and his dread fall on you?

12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes. Your defenses are defenses of clay.

13 “Be silent! Leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will.

14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?

15 Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.

16 This also will be my salvation, that a godless man will not come before him.

17 Listen carefully to my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears.

18 See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.

19 Who is he who will contend with me? For then I would hold my peace and give up the spirit.

20 “Only don’t do two things to me, then I will not hide myself from your face:

21 withdraw your hand far from me, and don’t let your terror make me afraid.

22 Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and you answer me.

23 How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin.

24 Why do you hide your face, and consider me your enemy?

25 Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?

26 For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.

27 You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet,

28 though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.

ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8

1 Lo, all--hath mine eye seen, Heard hath mine ear, and it attendeth to it.

2 According to your knowledge I have known--also I. I am not fallen more than you.

3 Yet I for the Mighty One do speak, And to argue for God I delight.

4 And yet, ye <FI>are<Fi> forgers of falsehood, Physicians of nought--all of you,

5 O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.

6 Hear, I pray you, my argument, And to the pleadings of my lips attend,

7 For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit?

8 His face do ye accept, if for God ye strive?

9 Is <FI>it<Fi> good that He doth search you, If, as one mocketh at a man, ye mock at Him?

10 He doth surely reprove you, if in secret ye accept faces.

11 Doth not His excellency terrify you? And His dread fall upon you?

12 Your remembrances <FI>are<Fi> similes of ashes, For high places of clay your heights.

13 Keep silent from me, and I speak, And pass over me doth what?

14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth? And my soul put in my hand?

15 Lo, He doth slay me--I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.

16 Also--He <FI>is<Fi> to me for salvation, For the profane cometh not before Him.

17 Hear ye diligently my word, And my declaration with your ears.

18 Lo, I pray you, I have set in order the cause, I have known that I am righteous.

19 Who <FI>is<Fi> he that doth strive with me? For now I keep silent and gasp.

20 Only two things, O God, do with me: Then from Thy face I am not hidden.

21 Thy hand put far off from me, And Thy terror let not terrify me.

22 And call Thou, and I--I answer, Or--I speak, and answer Thou me.

23 How many iniquities and sins have I? My transgression and my sin let me know.

24 Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?

25 A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?

26 For Thou writest against me bitter things, And causest me to possess iniquities of my youth:

27 And puttest in the stocks my feet, And observest all my paths, On the roots of my feet Thou settest a print,

28 And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.

Explanations by Age Level

Explain Like I'm 5

A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!

Explain Like I'm 10

Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.

Explain Like I'm 15

Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).