I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
Job 32:1 - English Standard Version 2016 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition SO THESE three men ceased to answer Job, because he was [rigidly] righteous (upright and in right standing with God) in his own eyes. [But there was a fifth man there also.] American Standard Version (1901) So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Common English Bible These three men stopped answering Job because he thought he was righteous. Catholic Public Domain Version But these three men ceased to answer Job, because he considered himself justified. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he seemed just to himself. |
I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
although you know that I am not guilty, and there is none to deliver out of your hand?
Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face.
Behold, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be in the right.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
There an upright man could argue with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
“Surely you have spoken in my ears, and I have heard the sound of your words.
You say, ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, and there is no iniquity in me.
Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?
Please turn; let no injustice be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake.