Job Prepares His Case 1 CPDV Behold, my eye has seen all these things, and my ear has heard, and I have understood each one. BSB BSB: “Indeed, my eyes have seen all this; my ears have heard and understood.
2 CPDV In conformity with your knowledge, I also know. I am not inferior to you. BSB BSB: What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
3 CPDV Yet I speak this way to the Almighty, and I desire to argue with God, BSB BSB: Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
4 CPDV having first shown that you fabricate lies and cultivate perverse teachings. BSB BSB: You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
5 CPDV And I wish that you would remain silent, so that you would be counted among the wise. BSB BSB: If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
6 CPDV Therefore, listen to my correction, and pay attention to the judgment of my lips. BSB BSB: Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
7 CPDV Does God require your lie, so that you would speak deceitfully for him? BSB BSB: Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?
8 CPDV Have you taken his place, and do you struggle to give judgment in favor of God? BSB BSB: Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?
9 CPDV Or, will it please him, from whom nothing can be concealed? Or, will he be deceived, like a man, by your deceitfulness? BSB BSB: Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?
10 CPDV He will accuse you because in secret you have preempted his presence. BSB BSB: Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.
11 CPDV As soon as he moves himself, he will disturb you, and his dread will fall over you. BSB BSB: Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you?
12 CPDV Your remembrance will be compared to ashes, and your necks will be reduced to clay. BSB BSB: Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
13 CPDV Be silent for a little while, so that I may speak whatever my mind suggests to me. BSB BSB: Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
14 CPDV Why do I wound my flesh with my teeth, and carry my soul in my hands? BSB BSB: Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?
15 CPDV And now, if he would kill me, I will hope in him; in this, truly, I will correct my ways in his sight. BSB BSB: Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
16 CPDV And he will be my savior, for no hypocrite at all will approach in his sight. BSB BSB: Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.
17 CPDV Listen to my words, and perceive an enigma with your ears. BSB BSB: Listen carefully to my words; let my declaration ring in your ears.
18 CPDV If I will be judged, I know that I will be found to be just. BSB BSB: See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
19 CPDV Who is it that will go to judgment with me? Let him approach. Why should I be consumed in silence? BSB BSB: Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
20 CPDV Do not do such things to me twice, and then I will not hide from your face. BSB BSB: Only grant these two things to me, so that I need not hide from You:
21 CPDV Take your hand far away from me, and do not let your dread terrify me. BSB BSB: Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
22 CPDV Call me, and I will answer you, or else I will speak, and you can answer me. BSB BSB: Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
23 CPDV How many iniquities and sins do I have? Reveal my crimes and offenses to me. BSB BSB: How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
24 CPDV Why do you conceal your face and consider me to be your enemy? BSB BSB: Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
25 CPDV Against a leaf, which is carried away by the wind, you reveal your power, and you pursue dry straw. BSB BSB: Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?
26 CPDV For you write bitter things against me, and you want to consume me for the sins of my youth. BSB BSB: For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
27 CPDV You have put my feet on a tether, and you have observed all my paths, and you have considered the steps of my feet. BSB BSB: You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
28 CPDV I will be left to decay like something rotten and like a garment that is being eaten by moths. BSB BSB: So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
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