Job 13
- 1My eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it.
- 2What you know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior to you.
- 3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
- 4But you are forgers of lies, you are all physicians of no value.
- 5Oh, if only you would altogether be quiet! And it should be your wisdom.
- 6Hear now my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
- 7Will you speak wickedly for God? And talk deceitfully for him?
- 8Will you accept his person? Will you argue for God?
- 9Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one man mocks another, do you so mock him?
- 10He will surely correct you, if you do secretly accept persons.
- 11Shall not his majesty make you afraid? And his dread fall on you?
- 12Your remembrances are like to ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
- 13Be quiet, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
- 14Therefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
- 15Though he kill me, yet I will trust in him: but I will maintain my own ways before him.
- 16He also shall be my salvation. For a hypocrite shall not come before him.
- 17Hear carefully my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
- 18Now I have ordered my cause. I know that I shall be justified.
- 19Who is he who will plead with me? For now, if I hold my tongue, I shall die.
- 20Only do not two things to me: then I will not hide myself from you.
- 21Withdraw your hand far from me: and do not let your dread make me afraid.
- 22Then you call, and I will answer. Or let me speak, and you answer me.
- 23How many are my wrongdoings and sins? Make me to know my rebellion and my sin.
- 24Why do you hide your face, and hold me for your enemy?
- 25Will you break a leaf driven back and forth? And will you pursue the dry stubble?
- 26For you write bitter things against me, and make me to possess the wrongdoings of my youth.
- 27You put my feet also in the stocks, and watch closely all my paths. You set a print on the heels of my feet.
- 28And he, as a rotten thing, consumes, as a garment that is moth eaten.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Job 13 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVLo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.
GIGAKJVMy eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it.
KJVWhat ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
GIGAKJVWhat you know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior to you.
KJVBut ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
GIGAKJVBut you are forgers of lies, you are all physicians of no value.
KJVO that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
GIGAKJVOh, if only you would altogether be quiet! And it should be your wisdom.
KJVHear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
GIGAKJVHear now my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
KJVWill ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
GIGAKJVWill you speak wickedly for God? And talk deceitfully for him?
KJVWill ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
GIGAKJVWill you accept his person? Will you argue for God?
KJVIs it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
GIGAKJVIs it good that he should search you out? Or as one man mocks another, do you so mock him?
KJVHe will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
GIGAKJVHe will surely correct you, if you do secretly accept persons.
KJVShall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
GIGAKJVShall not his majesty make you afraid? And his dread fall on you?
KJVYour remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
GIGAKJVYour remembrances are like to ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
KJVHold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
GIGAKJVBe quiet, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
KJVWherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
GIGAKJVTherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
KJVThough he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
GIGAKJVThough he kill me, yet I will trust in him: but I will maintain my own ways before him.
KJVHe also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
GIGAKJVHe also shall be my salvation. For a hypocrite shall not come before him.
KJVHear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
GIGAKJVHear carefully my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
KJVBehold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
GIGAKJVNow I have ordered my cause. I know that I shall be justified.
KJVWho is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
GIGAKJVWho is he who will plead with me? For now, if I hold my tongue, I shall die.
KJVOnly do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
GIGAKJVOnly do not two things to me: then I will not hide myself from you.
KJVWithdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
GIGAKJVWithdraw your hand far from me: and do not let your dread make me afraid.
KJVThen call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
GIGAKJVThen you call, and I will answer. Or let me speak, and you answer me.
KJVHow many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
GIGAKJVHow many are my wrongdoings and sins? Make me to know my rebellion and my sin.
KJVWherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
GIGAKJVWhy do you hide your face, and hold me for your enemy?
KJVWilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
GIGAKJVWill you break a leaf driven back and forth? And will you pursue the dry stubble?
KJVFor thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
GIGAKJVFor you write bitter things against me, and make me to possess the wrongdoings of my youth.
KJVThou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
GIGAKJVYou put my feet also in the stocks, and watch closely all my paths. You set a print on the heels of my feet.
KJVAnd he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
GIGAKJVAnd he, as a rotten thing, consumes, as a garment that is moth eaten.
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