# Job 9

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] Then Job answered: [2] “Yes, I know that it is so,
but how can a mortal be righteous before God? [3] If one wished to contend with God,
he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand. [4] God is wise in heart and mighty in strength.
Who has resisted Him and prospered? [5] He moves mountains without their knowledge
and overturns them in His anger. [6] He shakes the earth from its place,
so that its foundations tremble. [7] He commands the sun not to shine;
He seals off the stars. [8] He alone stretches out the heavens
and treads on the waves of the sea. [9] He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion,
of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south. [10] He does great things beyond searching out,
and wonders without number. [11] Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him;
were He to move, I would not recognize Him. [12] If He takes away, who can stop Him?
Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’ [13] God does not restrain His anger;
the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him. [14] How then can I answer Him
or choose my arguments against Him? [15] For even if I were right, I could not answer.
I could only beg my Judge for mercy. [16] If I summoned Him and He answered me,
I do not believe He would listen to my voice. [17] For He would crush me with a tempest
and multiply my wounds without cause. [18] He does not let me catch my breath,
but overwhelms me with bitterness. [19] If it is a matter of strength,
He is indeed mighty!
If it is a matter of justice,
who can summon Him? [20] Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me;
if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty. [21] Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself;
I despise my own life. [22] It is all the same, and so I say,
‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’ [23] When the scourge brings sudden death,
He mocks the despair of the innocent. [24] The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
He blindfolds its judges.
If it is not He, then who is it? [25] My days are swifter than a runner;
they flee without seeing good. [26] They sweep by like boats of papyrus,
like an eagle swooping down on its prey. [27] If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint
and change my expression and smile,’ [28] I would still dread all my sufferings;
I know that You will not acquit me. [29] Since I am already found guilty,
why should I labor in vain? [30] If I should wash myself with snow
and cleanse my hands with lye, [31] then You would plunge me into the pit,
and even my own clothes would despise me. [32] For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him,
that we can take each other to court. [33] Nor is there a mediator between us,
to lay his hand upon us both. [34] Let Him remove His rod from me,
so that His terror will no longer frighten me. [35] Then I would speak without fear of Him.
But as it is, I am on my own.

## Each verse

- Job 9:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/1
- Job 9:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/2
- Job 9:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/3
- Job 9:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/4
- Job 9:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/5
- Job 9:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/6
- Job 9:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/7
- Job 9:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/8
- Job 9:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/9
- Job 9:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/10
- Job 9:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/11
- Job 9:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/12
- Job 9:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/13
- Job 9:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/14
- Job 9:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/15
- Job 9:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/16
- Job 9:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/17
- Job 9:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/18
- Job 9:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/19
- Job 9:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/20
- Job 9:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/21
- Job 9:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/22
- Job 9:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/23
- Job 9:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/24
- Job 9:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/25
- Job 9:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/26
- Job 9:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/27
- Job 9:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/28
- Job 9:29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/29
- Job 9:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/30
- Job 9:31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/31
- Job 9:32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/32
- Job 9:33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/33
- Job 9:34 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/34
- Job 9:35 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/9/35