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Job 22:5

New English Translation

Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity?

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if iniquity is in your hand – put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents.

and reveal to you the secrets of wisdom – for true wisdom has two sides – so that you would know that God has forgiven some of your sins.

“Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.

So these three men refused to answer Job further, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. He was angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.

With Job’s three friends he was also angry, because they could not find an answer, and so declared Job guilty.

But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

Who can know all his errors? Please do not punish me for sins I am unaware of.

For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me.