Job 6:29

Tree of Life Version

Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my righteousness is in it.

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“But turn, all of you, come now! I will not find a wise man among you.

Then you will return and distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.”

Therefore I despise myself, and repent on dust and ashes.”

“For Job says, ‘I am righteous, but God has deprived me of justice.

Yet He knows the way that I take; if He tested me, I would come out as gold.

If I am guilty, woe to me! Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and conscious of my affliction.

“I have become a laughingstock to my friend, though I called on God and He answered— a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!

See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.

then know that God has wronged me and encircled me with His net.

Job answered Adonai and said: