| 13 | Job | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Lo, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it. | |||
| What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you. | |||
| But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God. | |||
| As for you, you whitewash with lies; worthless physicians are you all. | |||
| Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom! | |||
| Hear now my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips. | |||
| Will you speak falsely for God, and speak deceitfully for him? | |||
| Will you show partiality toward him, will you plead the case for God? | |||
| Will it be well with you when he searches you out? Or can you deceive him, as one deceives a man? | |||
| He will surely rebuke you if in secret you show partiality. | |||
| Will not his majesty terrify you, and the dread of him fall upon you? | |||
| Your maxims are proverbs of ashes, your defenses are defenses of clay. | |||
| "Let me have silence, and I will speak, and let come on me what may. | |||
| I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand. | |||
| Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope; yet I will defend my ways to his face. | |||
| This will be my salvation, that a godless man shall not come before him. | |||
| Listen carefully to my words, and let my declaration be in your ears. | |||
| Behold, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be vindicated. | |||
| Who is there that will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die. | |||
| Only grant two things to me, then I will not hide myself from thy face: | |||
| withdraw thy hand far from me, and let not dread of thee terrify me. | |||
| Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and do thou reply to me. | |||
| How many are my iniquities and my sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin. | |||
| Why dost thou hide thy face, and count me as thy enemy? | |||
| Wilt thou frighten a driven leaf and pursue dry chaff? | |||
| For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me inherit the iniquities of my youth. | |||
| Thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and watchest all my paths; thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet. | |||
| Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten. | |||
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