So the three men stopped answering Job, because he thought he was right.
I say to God, ‘Don’t find me guilty. Instead, tell me what charges you are bringing against me.
You already know I’m not guilty. No one can save me from your power.
Even if God kills me, I’ll still put my hope in him. I’ll argue my case in front of him.
I’ve prepared my case. And I know I’ll be proved right.
Your sin makes you say evil things. You talk like people who twist the truth.
Haven’t you done many evil things? Don’t you sin again and again?
There honest people can prove to him they’re not guilty. There my Judge would tell me once and for all that I’m not guilty.
“But I heard what you said. And here are the exact words I heard.
You said, ‘I’m pure. I have done no wrong. I’m clean. I’m free from sin.
“Would you dare to claim that I am not being fair? Would you judge me in order to make yourself seem right?
Stop what you are saying. Don’t be so unfair. Think it over again. You are trying to take my honesty away from me.