I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
Job 32:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition SO THESE three men ceased to answer Job, because he was [rigidly] righteous (upright and in right standing with God) in his own eyes. [But there was a fifth man there also.] American Standard Version (1901) So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Common English Bible These three men stopped answering Job because he thought he was righteous. Catholic Public Domain Version But these three men ceased to answer Job, because he considered himself justified. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he seemed just to himself. |
I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
although you know that I am not guilty, and there is no one to deliver out of your hand?
See, he will kill me; I have no hope; but I will defend my ways to his face.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
There the upright could reason with him, and I should be acquitted forever by my judge.
“Surely, you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the sound of your words.
You say, ‘I am clean, without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me.
Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?
Turn, I pray; let no wrong be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake.