1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.

1 ¶ Lo, mine eye hath seen all this,
Mine ear hath heard and understood it.

2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

2 ¶ What ye know, the same do I know also:
I am not inferior unto you.

3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

3 ¶ Surely I would speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to reason with God.

4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

4 ¶ But ye are forgers of lies,
Ye are all physicians of no value.

5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

5 ¶ Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace!
And it should be your wisdom.

6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

6 ¶ Hear now my reasoning,
And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

7 ¶ Will ye speak unrighteously for God,
And talk deceitfully for him?

8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

8 ¶ Will ye respect his person?
Will ye contend for God?

9 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?

9 ¶ Is it good that he should search you out?
Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?

10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

10 ¶ He will surely reprove you,
If ye do secretly respect persons.

11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

11 ¶ Shall not his excellency make you afraid,
And his dread fall upon you?

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

12 ¶ Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes,
Your defences are defences of clay.

13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

13 ¶ Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak,
And let come on me what will.

14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

14 ¶ Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth,
And put my life in mine hand?

15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

15 ¶ Though he slay me, yet will I wait for him:
Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.

16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

16 ¶ This also shall be my salvation;
For a godless man shall not come before him.

17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

17 ¶ Hear diligently my speech,
And let my declaration be in your ears.

18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.

18 ¶ Behold now, I have ordered my cause;
I know that I am righteous.

19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

19 ¶ Who is he that will contend with me?
For now shall I hold my peace and give up the ghost.

20 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.

20 ¶ Only do not two things unto me,
Then will I not hide myself from thy face:

21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

21 ¶ Withdraw thine hand far from me;
And let not thy terror make me afraid.

22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

22 ¶ Then call thou, and I will answer;
Or let me speak, and answer thou me.

23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

23 ¶ How many are mine iniquities and sins?
Make me to know my transgression and my sin.

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

24 ¶ Wherefore hidest thou thy face,
And holdest me for thine enemy?

25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

25 ¶ Wilt thou harass a driven leaf?
And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

26 ¶ For thou writest bitter things against me,
And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:

27 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.

27 ¶ Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and markest all my paths;
Thou drawest thee a line about the soles of my feet:

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

28 ¶ Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.