Then these three men ceased to answer Iyoḇ
I say to Eloah, ‘Do not declare me wrong, show me why You strive with me.
For You know that I am not wrong, and there is no one to deliver from Your hand.
Though, He does slay me – I wait! But I show my ways to be right before Him.
Look, please, I have prepared my case, I know that I am in the right.
For your crookedness teaches your mouth what to say, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
Is not your evil great? And is there no end to your crookednesses?
There the upright might reason with Him, and I would go safe forever from my Judge.
But you have spoken in my hearing, and the sound of words I hear, saying,
‘I am clear, without transgression; I am innocent, and I have no crookedness.
Would you also set aside My judgment? Would you pronounce Me wrong, and you be declared righteous?
Relent, please, let there be no unrighteousness. Relent! My righteousness is still in it.
