Bible in Basic English
"If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?"
— Job 9:19, Bible in Basic English
“If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?”
If I had sent for him to be present, and he had come, I would have no faith that he would give ear to my voice.
For I would be crushed by his storm, my wounds would be increased without cause.
He would not let me take my breath, but I would be full of bitter grief.
If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?
Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.
I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.
It is all the same to me; so I say, He puts an end to the sinner and to him who has done no wrong together.