So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
‘I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent, without iniquity.
though You know that I am not guilty, yet there is no one to deliver from Your hand?
There the upright can reason with Him, and there I would forever be delivered from my Judge.
Even if He slays me, I will wait for Him; I will surely defend my ways before Him.
I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; tell me why You contend with me.’
Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my righteousness is in it.
See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
For your iniquity prompts your mouth and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
Is not your wickedness great, and is there no end to your iniquity?
“Indeed, you have said in my hearing, —I heard the sound of the words:
“Would you really annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?