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Job 13

Job Says His Friends’ Proverbs Are Ashes

¹“Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it.

²“What you know I also know; I am not inferior to you.

³¶“But I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to argue with God.

⁴“But you smear me with lies; You are all worthless physicians.

⁵“Oh that you would be completely silent, And that it would become your wisdom!

⁶“Please hear my argument, And give your attention to the contentions of my lips.

⁷“Will you speak what is unjust for God, And speak what is deceitful for Him?

⁸“Will you show partiality for Him? Will you contend for God?

⁹“Will it go well when He examines you? Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?

¹⁰“He will certainly punish you If you secretly show partiality.

¹¹“Will His majesty not terrify you, And the dread of Him fall upon you?

¹²“Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay.

Job Is Sure He Will Be Vindicated

¹³¶“Be silent before me so that I may speak; Then let come upon me what may.

¹⁴“Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hands?

¹⁵“Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.

¹⁶“This also will be my salvation, For a godless person cannot come before His presence.

¹⁷“Listen carefully to my speech, And let my declaration fill your ears.

¹⁸“Behold now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.

¹⁹“Who could contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.

²⁰¶“Only two things I ask that You do not do to me, Then I will not hide from Your face:

²¹Remove Your hand from me, And may the dread of You not terrify me.

²²“Then call and I will answer; Or let me speak, then reply to me.

²³“How many are my guilty deeds and sins? Make known to me my wrongdoing and my sin.

²⁴“Why do You hide Your face And consider me Your enemy?

²⁵“Will You scare away a scattered leaf? Or will You pursue the dry chaff?

²⁶“For You write bitter things against me And make me inherit the guilty deeds of my youth.

²⁷“You put my feet in the stocks And watch all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet,

²⁸While I am decaying like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

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Job

Chapter 13

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