though You know that I am not guilty, yet there is no one to deliver from Your hand?
Job 34:5 - Tree of Life Version “For Job says, ‘I am righteous, but 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. |
though You know that I am not guilty, yet there is no one to deliver from Your hand?
For you have said, ‘My teaching is flawless’ and ‘I am pure in Your eyes!’
“Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response. I cry for help, but there is no justice.
“As God lives, who has deprived me of justice, Shaddai who has made my soul bitter,
I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was as my robe and turban.
So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Let us choose for ourselves what is right; Let us learn together what is good.
He who crushes me with a storm and multiplies my wounds for no reason.
Why do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from Adonai, and the justice due me escapes the notice of my God”?