| 13:1 | Job Defends Himself "Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it. |
| 13:2 | What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you. |
| 13:3 | But I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God. |
| 13:4 | But you forgers of lies, You are all worthless physicians. |
| 13:5 | Oh, that you would be silent, And it would be your wisdom! |
| 13:6 | Now hear my reasoning, And heed the pleadings of my lips. |
| 13:7 | Will you speak wickedly for God, And talk deceitfully for Him? |
| 13:8 | Will you show partiality for Him? Will you contend for God? |
| 13:9 | Will it be well when He searches you out? Or can you mock Him as one mocks a man? |
| 13:10 | He will surely rebuke you If you secretly show partiality. |
| 13:11 | Will not His excellence make you afraid, And the dread of Him fall upon you? |
| 13:12 | Your platitudes are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay. |
| 13:13 | Hold your peace with me, and let me speak, Then let come on me what may! |
| 13:14 | Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hands? |
| 13:15 | Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him. |
| 13:16 | He also shall be my salvation, For a hypocrite could not come before Him. |
| 13:17 | Listen carefully to my speech, And to my declaration with your ears. |
| 13:18 | See now, I have prepared my case, I know that I shall be vindicated. |
| 13:19 | Who is he who will contend with me? If now I hold my tongue, I perish. Job's Despondent Prayer |
| 13:20 | Only two things do not do to me, Then I will not hide myself from You: |
| 13:21 | Withdraw Your hand far from me, And let not the dread of You make me afraid. |
| 13:22 | Then call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, then You respond to me. |
| 13:23 | How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin. |
| 13:24 | Why do You hide Your face, And regard me as Your enemy? |
| 13:25 | Will You frighten a leaf driven to and fro? And will You pursue dry stubble? |
| 13:26 | For You write bitter things against me, And make me inherit the iniquities of my youth. |
| 13:27 | You put my feet in the stocks, And watch closely all my paths. You set a limit for the soles of my feet. |
| 13:28 | Man decays like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten. |