Verse 12
Job 9:12
Free Bible Version
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Even though I'm right, I can't answer him. I must plead for mercy from my judge.
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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Job replied,
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“Yes, I know all that! But how can anyone be right before God (Elohim)?
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If you wanted to argue with God (Elohim), God (Elohim) could ask a thousand questions that no one co...
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God (Elohim) moves the mountains suddenly; he overturns them in his anger.
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He shakes the earth, making its foundations quake.
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He made the constellations of the Bear, Orion, the Pleiades, and the stars of the southern sky.
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He is the one who does incredible things that are beyond our understanding, marvelous things that ar...
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But when he passes by me, I don't see him; when he moves on, he is invisible to me.
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If he takes away, who can prevent him? Who is going to ask him, ‘What are you doing?’
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God (Elohim) does not restrain his anger; he crushes Rahab's helpers underfoot.
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So how much less could I answer God (Elohim), or choose my words to argue with him!
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Even though I'm right, I can't answer him. I must plead for mercy from my judge.
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Even if I called him to come and he responded, I don't believe he would listen to me.
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He pounds me with the winds of a storm; he wounds me time and again, without giving a reason.
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He doesn't give me a chance even to catch my breath; instead he fills my life with bitter suffering.
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If it's a question of strength, then God (Elohim) is the strongest. If it's a question of justice, t...
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Even though I am right, my own mouth would condemn me; even though I am innocent, he would prove me...
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I am innocent! I don't care what happens to me. I hate my life!
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That's why I say, ‘It makes no difference to God (Elohim). He destroys both the innocent and the wic...
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The earth has been handed over to the wicked; he blinds the eyes of the judges—if it's not him who d...
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The days of my life race by like a runner, rushing past without me seeing any happiness.
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They pass by like fast sailing ships, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
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If I said to myself, ‘I will forget my complaints; I will stop crying and be happy,’
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I would still be terrified at all my suffering because you, God (Elohim), will not say I'm innocent.
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Since I'm condemned, what's the point in arguing?
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Even if I wash myself with pure mountain water and clean my hands with soap,
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you would toss me into a slime pit so that even my own clothes would hate me!
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For God (Elohim) is not a mortal being like me, I can't defend myself or take him to court.
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If only there was an arbitrator who could bring us both together!
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I wish God (Elohim) would stop beating me with his rod and terrifying me!
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Then I could speak up without being afraid—but since I am, I can't!”
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