Le Livre de Job

Chapître 13

1

Lo, mine eye hath seen¹ all [this], mine ear hath heard¹ and understood⁴ it.

2

What ye know, [the same] do I know¹ also: I [am] not inferior⁶ unto you.

3

 Surely I would speak¹⁷ to the Almighty, and I desire⁴ to reason⁵³ with God.

4

 But ye [are] forgers⁶ of lies, ye [are] all physicians⁶ of no value.

5

O that⁴ ye would altogether⁵³ hold your peace!⁵⁵ and it should be your wisdom.

6

 Hear³ now my reasoning, and hearken⁵⁴ to the pleadings of my lips.

7

Will ye speak¹⁷ wickedly for God? and talk¹⁷ deceitfully for him?

8

Will ye accept⁴ his person? will ye contend⁴ for God?

9

Is it good¹ that he should search⁴ you out? or as one man mocketh¹⁵ another, do ye [so] mock¹⁷ him?

10

He will surely⁵³ reprove⁵⁵ you, if ye do secretly accept⁴ persons.

11

Shall not his excellency make you afraid?¹⁷ and his dread fall⁴ upon you?

12

Your remembrances [are] like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

13

Hold your peace,⁵⁴ let me alone, that I may speak,¹⁷ and let come⁴ on me what [will].

14

Wherefore do I take⁴ my flesh in my teeth, and put⁴ my life in mine hand?

15

 Though he slay⁴ me, yet will I trust¹⁷ in him: but I will maintain⁵⁵ mine own ways before him.

16

He also [shall be] my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come⁴ before him.

17

 Hear³ diligently² my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

18

Behold now, I have ordered¹ [my] cause; I know¹ that I shall be justified.⁴

19

Who [is] he [that] will plead⁴ with me? for now, if I hold my tongue,⁵⁵ I shall give up the ghost.⁴

20

Only do⁴ not two [things] unto me: then will I not hide¹¹ myself from thee.

21

Withdraw thine hand far⁵⁴ from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.¹⁷

22

Then call³ thou, and I will answer:⁴ or let me speak,¹⁷ and answer⁵⁴ thou me.

23

How many [are] mine iniquities and sins? make me to know⁵⁴ my transgression and my sin.

24

Wherefore hidest⁵⁵ thou thy face, and holdest⁴ me for thine enemy?⁶

25

Wilt thou break⁴ a leaf driven to and fro?¹² and wilt thou pursue⁴ the dry stubble?

26

For thou writest⁴ bitter things against me, and makest me to possess⁵⁵ the iniquities of my youth.

27

Thou puttest⁴ my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly⁴ unto all my paths; thou settest a print¹⁰¹ upon the heels of my feet.

28

And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth,⁴ as a garment that is moth eaten.¹