Cross References

Job 17:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

All I can see are angry crowds, making fun of me.

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Your words have silenced others and made them ashamed; now it is only right for you to be put to shame.

I have always lived right, and God answered my prayers; now friends make fun of me.

If he took you to court, could you fool him, just as you fool others?

My friends have rejected me, but God is the one I beg

You, God, are the reason I am insulted and spat on.

And when I have finished, you can start your insults all over again.

All of you have seen these things for yourselves. So you have no excuse.

They will have plenty, and then their children will receive the land.

Live under the protection of God Most High and stay in the shadow of God All-Powerful.