But I don’t want to argue with you. I want to speak to God All-Powerful. I want to argue with God about my troubles.
Job 13:22 - Easy To Read Version Then call to me and I will answer you.\par Or let me speak, and you answer me.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then call thou, and I will answer: Or let me speak, and answer thou me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then [Lord] call and I will answer, or let me speak, and You answer me. American Standard Version (1901) Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me. Common English Bible Then call and I’ll answer, or I’ll speak and you can reply. Catholic Public Domain Version Call me, and I will answer you, or else I will speak, and you can answer me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Call me, and I will answer thee: or else I will speak, and do thou answer me. |
But I don’t want to argue with you. I want to speak to God All-Powerful. I want to argue with God about my troubles.
God, you would call me\par and I would answer you.\par Then I, the person you made,\par would be important to you.\par
“Oh, I wish someone would listen to me!\par Let me explain my side.\par I wish God All-Powerful\par would answer me.\par I wish he would write down\par what he thinks I did wrong.\par
Job, brace yourself {\cf2\super [80]} \par and get ready to answer the questions\par that I will ask you.\par
Even if I called and he answered,\par I still wouldn’t believe\par that he really would listen to me.\par
God is not a man like me.\par That is why I can’t answer him.\par We can’t meet each other in court.\par
Then I could say what I want to say\par without being afraid of God.\par