Catholic Public Domain Version
"If strength is sought, he is most strong; if equity in judgment, no one would dare to give testimony for me. "
— Job 9:19, Catholic Public Domain Version
“If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?”
“Ifwe speakof strength, lo, he ismighty! And if of justice, Who, saith he, will summon me? ”
“If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, 'Who,' says he, 'will summon me?'”
“If it is a matter of strength, most certainly he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say,‘Who will summon me?’”
“If strength be demanded, he is most strong: if equity of judgment, no man dare bear witness for me.”
“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?”
“If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?”
And if he should listen to me when I call, I would not believe that he had heard my voice.
For he will crush me in a whirlwind and multiply my wounds, even without cause.
He does not permit my spirit to rest, and he fills me with bitterness.
If strength is sought, he is most strong; if equity in judgment, no one would dare to give testimony for me.
If I wanted to justify myself, my own mouth will condemn me; if I would reveal my innocence, he would prove me depraved.
And if I now became simple, my soul would be ignorant even of this, and my life would weary me.
There is one thing that I have said: both the innocent and the impious he consumes.