I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; tell me why You contend with me.’
Job 32:1 - Tree of Life Version So these three men stopped answering 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; tell me why You contend with me.’
though You know that I am not guilty, yet there is no one to deliver from Your hand?
Even if He slays me, I will wait for Him; I will surely defend my ways before Him.
For your iniquity prompts your mouth and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
There the upright can reason with Him, and there I would forever be delivered from my Judge.
“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?