even though you know that I am not wicked and that there is no one who can rescue from your power?
Job 34:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For Job hath said, I am righteous: And God hath taken away my judgment. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For Job has said, I am [innocent and uncompromisingly] righteous, but God has taken away my right; [Job 33:9.] American Standard Version (1901) For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right: Common English Bible for Job has said, “I’m innocent; God has denied my just cause; Catholic Public Domain Version For Job has said: "I am just, yet God has subverted my judgment. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For Job hath said: I am just, and God hath overthrown my judgment. |
even though you know that I am not wicked and that there is no one who can rescue from your power?
I cry out, ‘Violence! ’ but get no response; I call for help, but there is no justice.
As God lives, who has deprived me of justice, and the Almighty who has made me bitter,
I clothed myself in righteousness, and it enveloped me; my just decisions were like a robe and a turban.
So these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Let us judge for ourselves what is right; let us decide together what is good.
Reconsider; don’t be unjust. Reconsider; my righteousness is still the issue.
He batters me with a whirlwind and multiplies my wounds without cause.
Jacob, why do you say, and Israel, why do you assert, ‘My way is hidden from the Lord, and my claim is ignored by my God’?