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Job 13 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

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Look, my eyes have seen all this;

my ears have heard and understood it.

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Everything you know, I also know;

I am not inferior to you.

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Yet I prefer to speak to the Almighty

and argue my case before God.

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You use lies like plaster;

you are all worthless healers.

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If only you would shut up

and let that be your wisdom!

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Hear now my argument,

and listen to my defense.[fn]

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Would you testify unjustly on God’s behalf

or speak deceitfully for him?

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Would you show partiality to him

or argue the case in his defense?

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Would it go well if he examined you?

Could you deceive him as you would deceive a man?

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Surely he would rebuke you

if you secretly showed partiality.

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Would God’s majesty not terrify you?

Would his dread not fall on you?

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Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ash;

your defenses are made of clay.

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Be quiet,[fn] and I will speak.

Let whatever comes happen to me.

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I will put[fn] myself at risk[fn]

and take my life in my own hands.

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Even if he kills me, I will hope in him.[fn]

I will still defend my ways before him.

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Yes, this will result in my deliverance,

for no godless person can appear before him.

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Pay close attention to my words;

let my declaration ring in your ears.

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Now then, I have prepared my case;

I know that I am right.

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Can anyone indict me?

If so, I will be silent and die.

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Only grant these two things to me, God,

so that I will not have to hide from your presence:

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remove your hand from me,

and do not let your terror frighten me.

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Then call, and I will answer,

or I will speak, and you can respond to me.

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How many iniquities and sins have I committed?[fn]

Reveal to me my transgression and sin.

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Why do you hide your face

and consider me your enemy?

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Will you frighten a wind-driven leaf?

Will you chase after dry straw?

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For you record bitter accusations against me

and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.

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You put my feet in the stocks

and stand watch over all my paths,

setting a limit for the soles[fn] of my feet.

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A person wears out like something rotten,

like a moth-eaten garment.

See the CSB Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
CSB Footnotes
Lit to the claims of my lips
Lit quiet before me
LXX; MT reads Why do I put
Lit I take my flesh in my teeth
Some Hb mss read I will be without hope
Lit sins are to me
Lit paths. You mark a line around the roots
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Job Chapter 13 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras