English Standard Version

Job 9:10-23 English Standard Version (ESV)

10. who does great things beyond searching out,and marvelous things beyond number.

11. Behold, he passes by me, and I see him not;he moves on, but I do not perceive him.

12. Behold, he snatches away; who can turn him back? Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?’

13. “God will not turn back his anger;beneath him bowed the helpers of Rahab.

14. How then can I answer him,choosing my words with him?

15. Though I am in the right, I cannot answer him;I must appeal for mercy to my accuser.

16. If I summoned him and he answered me,I would not believe that he was listening to my voice.

17. For he crushes me with a tempestand multiplies my wounds without cause;

18. he will not let me get my breath,but fills me with bitterness.

19. If it is a contest of strength, behold, he is mighty!If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?

20. Though I am in the right, my own mouth would condemn me;though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.

21. I am blameless; I regard not myself;I loathe my life.

22. It is all one; therefore I say,‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’

23. When disaster brings sudden death,he mocks at the calamity of the innocent.