Job 13

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Behold my eye hath seen all these things, and my ear hath heard them, and I have understood them all.	1 Behold, my eye has seen all these things, and my ear has heard, and I have understood each one.
2 According to your knowledge I also know: neither am I inferior to you.	2 In conformity with your knowledge, I also know. I am not inferior to you.
3 But yet I will speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.	3 Yet I speak this way to the Almighty, and I desire to argue with God,
4 Having first shewn that you are forgers of lies, and maintainers of perverse opinions.	4 having first shown that you fabricate lies and cultivate perverse teachings.
5 And I wish you would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men..	5 And I wish that you would remain silent, so that you would be counted among the wise.
6 Hear ye therefore my reproof, and attend to the judgment of my lips.	6 Therefore, listen to my correction, and pay attention to the judgment of my lips.
7 Hath God any need of your lie, that you should speak deceitfully for him?	7 Does God require your lie, so that you would speak deceitfully for him?
8 Do you accept his person, and do you endeavour to judge for God?	8 Have you taken his place, and do you struggle to give judgment in favor of God?
9 Or shall it please him, from whom nothing can be concealed ? or shall he be deceived as a man, with your deceitful dealings ?	9 Or, will it please him, from whom nothing can be concealed? Or, will he be deceived, like a man, by your deceitfulness?
10 He shall reprove you, because in secret you accept his person.	10 He will accuse you because in secret you have preempted his presence.
11 As soon as he shall move himself, he shall trouble you: and his dread shall fall upon you.	11 As soon as he moves himself, he will disturb you, and his dread will fall over you.
12 Your remembrance shall be compared to ashes, and your necks shall be brought to clay.	12 Your remembrance will be compared to ashes, and your necks will be reduced to clay.
13 Hold your peace a little while, that I may speak whatsoever my mind shall suggest to me.	13 Be silent for a little while, so that I may speak whatever my mind suggests to me.
14 Why do I tear my flesh with my teeth, and carry my soul in my hands?	14 Why do I wound my flesh with my teeth, and carry my soul in my hands?
15 Although he should bill me, I will trust in him: but yet I will reprove my ways in his sight.	15 And now, if he would kill me, I will hope in him; in this, truly, I will correct my ways in his sight.
16 And he shall be my saviour: for no hypocrite shall come before his presence.	16 And he will be my savior, for no hypocrite at all will approach in his sight.
17 Hear ye my speech, and receive with Sour ears hidden truths.	17 Listen to my words, and perceive an enigma with your ears.
18 If I shall be judged, I know that I shall be found just.	18 If I will be judged, I know that I will be found to be just.
19 Who is he that will plead against me? let him come: why am I consumed holding my peace?	19 Who is it that will go to judgment with me? Let him approach. Why should I be consumed in silence?
20 Two things only do not to me, and then from thy face I shall not be hid:	20 Do not do such things to me twice, and then I will not hide from your face.
21 Withdraw thy hand far from me, and let not thy dread terrify me.	21 Take your hand far away from me, and do not let your dread terrify me.
22 Call me, and I will answer thee: or else I will speak, and do thou answer me.	22 Call me, and I will answer you, or else I will speak, and you can answer me.
23 How many are my iniquities and sins? make me know my crimes and offences.	23 How many iniquities and sins do I have? Reveal my crimes and offenses to me.
24 Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thy enemy?	24 Why do you conceal your face and consider me to be your enemy?
25 Against a leaf, that is carried away with the wind, thou shewest thy power, and thou pursuest a dry straw.	25 Against a leaf, which is carried away by the wind, you reveal your power, and you pursue dry straw.
26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and wilt consume me for the sins of my youth.	26 For you write bitter things against me, and you want to consume me for the sins of my youth.
27 Thou hast put my feet in the stocks, and hast observed all my paths, and hast considered the steps of my feet:	27 You have put my feet on a tether, and you have observed all my paths, and you have considered the steps of my feet.
28 Who am to be consumed as rottenness, and as a garment that is moth-eaten.	28 I will be left to decay like something rotten and like a garment that is being eaten by moths.