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Job 13

Highlighted words differ from the KJV. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    KJVLo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.
    WEB“Behold, my eye has seen all this. My ear has heard and understood it.
  2. 2
    KJVWhat ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
    WEBWhat you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you.
  3. 3
    KJVSurely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
    WEB“Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.
  4. 4
    KJVBut ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
    WEBBut you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.
  5. 5
    KJVO that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
    WEBOh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
  6. 6
    KJVHear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
    WEBHear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips.
  7. 7
    KJVWill ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
    WEBWill you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
  8. 8
    KJVWill ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
    WEBWill you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God?
  9. 9
    KJVIs it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
    WEBIs it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?
  10. 10
    KJVHe will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
    WEBHe will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.
  11. 11
    KJVShall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
    WEBWon’t his majesty make you afraid and his dread fall on you?
  12. 12
    KJVYour remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
    WEBYour memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes. Your defenses are defenses of clay.
  13. 13
    KJVHold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
    WEB“Be silent! Leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will.
  14. 14
    KJVWherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
    WEBWhy should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
  15. 15
    KJVThough he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
    WEBBehold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.
  16. 16
    KJVHe also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
    WEBThis also will be my salvation, that a godless man will not come before him.
  17. 17
    KJVHear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
    WEBListen carefully to my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears.
  18. 18
    KJVBehold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
    WEBSee now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.
  19. 19
    KJVWho is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
    WEBWho is he who will contend with me? For then I would hold my peace and give up the spirit.
  20. 20
    KJVOnly do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
    WEB“Only don’t do two things to me, then I will not hide myself from your face:
  21. 21
    KJVWithdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
    WEBwithdraw your hand far from me, and don’t let your terror make me afraid.
  22. 22
    KJVThen call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
    WEBThen call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and you answer me.
  23. 23
    KJVHow many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
    WEBHow many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin.
  24. 24
    KJVWherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
    WEBWhy do you hide your face, and consider me your enemy?
  25. 25
    KJVWilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
    WEBWill you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?
  26. 26
    KJVFor thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
    WEBFor you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
  27. 27
    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.
    WEBYou also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet,
  28. 28
    KJVAnd he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
    WEBthough I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
  • King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.
  • World English Bible (WEB), public domain. “World English Bible” is a trademark of eBible.org.