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Book of Job, Chapter 13

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Job 13 RSV - Revised Standard VersionJob 13 RSV - Revised Standard Version

Chapter 13 of Job—Revised Standard Version (RSV)

  1. ¶ “Lo, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it.
  2. ¶ What you know, I also know;
      I am not inferior to you.
  3. But I would speak to the Almighty,
      and I desire to argue my case with God.
  4. As for you, you whitewash with lies;
      worthless physicians are you all.
  5. Oh that you would keep silent,
      and it would be your wisdom!
  6. Hear now my reasoning,
      and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
  7. Will you speak falsely for God,
      and speak deceitfully for him?
  8. Will you show partiality toward him,
      will you plead the case for God?
  9. Will it be well with you when he searches you out?
      Or can you deceive him, as one deceives a man?
  10. He will surely rebuke you
      if in secret you show partiality.
  11. Will not his majesty terrify you,
      and the dread of him fall upon you?
  12. Your maxims are proverbs of ashes,
      your defenses are defenses of clay.
  13. ¶ “Let me have silence, and I will speak,
      and let come on me what may.
  14. I will take[a] my flesh in my teeth,
      and put my life in my hand.
  15. Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope;
      yet I will defend my ways to his face.
  16. This will be my salvation,
      that a godless man shall not come before him.
  17. Listen carefully to my words,
      and let my declaration be in your ears.
  18. Behold, I have prepared my case;
      I know that I shall be vindicated.
  19. Who is there that will contend with me?
      For then I would be silent and die.
  20. ¶ Only grant two things to me,
      then I will not hide myself from thy face:
  21. withdraw thy hand far from me,
      and let not dread of thee terrify me.
  22. Then call, and I will answer;
      or let me speak, and do thou reply to me.
  23. How many are my iniquities and my sins?
      Make me know my transgression and my sin.
  24. Why dost thou hide thy face,
      and count me as thy enemy?
  25. Wilt thou frighten a driven leaf
      and pursue dry chaff?
  26. For thou writest bitter things against me,
      and makest me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
  27. Thou puttest my feet in the stocks,
      and watchest all my paths;
      thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet.
  28. Man[b] wastes away like a rotten thing,
      like a garment that is moth-eaten.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Gk: Heb Why should I take?
  2. ^ Heb He

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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