Verse 12
Job 9:12
Darby Translation
12
Behold, he taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֵ֣ן יַ֭חְתֹּף מִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑/נּוּ מִֽי יֹאמַ֥ר אֵ֝לָ֗י/ו מַֽה תַּעֲשֶֽׂה
English Translation
Behold, who can take from me? Who can say to me, and what will you do?
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 9 Context
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And Job answered and said,
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Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with God (Elohim)?
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If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand.
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He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace?
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Who removeth mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger;
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Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble;
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Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars;
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Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;
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Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;
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Who doeth great things past finding out, and wonders without number.
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Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.
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Behold, he taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
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God (Elohim) withdraweth not his anger; the proud helpers stoop under him:
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How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words [to strive] with him?
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Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.
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If I had called, and he had answered me, I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice,
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He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
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He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.
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Be it a question of strength, lo, [he is] strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time?
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If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse.
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Were I perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
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It is all one; therefore I said, he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
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If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent.
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The earth is given over into the hand of the wicked [man]; he covereth the faces of its judges. If n...
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And my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good.
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They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.
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If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my [sad] countenance, and brighten up,
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I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
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Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?
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If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity,
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Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me.
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For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment.
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There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.
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Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,
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[Then] I will speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
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