Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
Lo, mine eye hath seen all `
this '
, Mine ear hath heard and understood it.
Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.
What ye know, `
the same '
do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
But ye are forgers of lies ;
Ye are all physicians of no value.
But ye are forgers of lies ,
ye are all physicians of no value.
Oh
that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would
be your wisdom.
O
that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should
be your wisdom.
Hear now my reasoning, And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Will ye speak unrighteously
for God ,
And talk deceitfully for him?
Will ye speak wickedly
for God ?
and talk deceitfully for him?
Will ye show
partiality
to
him
? Will ye contend for God?
Will ye accept
his
person
? will ye contend for God?
Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth
a
man, will
ye deceive
him?
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh
another
, do
ye so
mock
him?
He will surely reprove you If ye do secretly show
partiality
.
He will surely reprove you ,
if ye do secretly accept
persons
.
Shall not his majesty
make you afraid ,
And his dread fall upon you?
Shall not his excellency
make you afraid ?
and his dread fall upon you?
Your memorable
sayings
are proverbs
of
ashes, Your defences
are
defences
of clay.
Your remembrances
are like
unto
ashes, your bodies
to
bodies
of clay.
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak ;
And let come on me what will.
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak ,
and let come on me what will.
Wherefore should
I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my
hand?
Wherefore do
I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine
hand?
Behold,
he will
slay me ;
I have
no
hope
: Nevertheless
I will maintain my
ways before him.
Though
he slay me ,
yet
will
I trust
in
him
: but
I will maintain mine
own
ways before him.
This
also shall be my salvation ,
That
a
godless
man
shall not come before him.
He
also shall be my salvation :
for
an
hypocrite
shall not come before him.
Hear diligently my speech, And let
my declaration be
in
your ears.
Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with
your ears.
Behold now, I have set
my cause in
order
; I know that I am
righteous
.
Behold now, I have ordered
my cause; I know that I shall
be
justified
.
Who is he that will contend
with me? For then
would
I hold my peace
and
give up the ghost.
Who is he that will plead
with me? for now,
if
I hold my tongue,
I
shall
give up the ghost.
Only do not two things unto me ;
Then will I not hide myself from thy
face:
Only do not two things unto me :
then will I not hide myself from thee.
Withdraw thy
hand far from me ;
And let not thy terror
make me afraid.
Withdraw thine
hand far from me :
and let not thy dread
make me afraid.
Then call thou, and I will answer ;
Or let me speak, and answer thou me.
Then call thou, and I will answer :
or let me speak, and answer thou me.
How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.
How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Wilt thou harass
a driven
leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
Wilt thou break
a leaf driven
to
and
fro
? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit
the iniquities of my youth :
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess
the iniquities of my youth .
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest
all my paths; Thou settest a bound
to
the soles
of my feet :
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest
narrowly
unto
all my paths; thou settest a print
upon
the heels
of my feet .
Though
I
am
like
a rotten thing that
consumeth, Like
a garment that is moth -
eaten.
And
he,
as
a rotten thing ,
consumeth, as
a garment that is moth eaten.
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