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Job 13 :: New International Version (NIV)

Job 13:1

Job 13:1“My eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.

Job 13:2

Job 13:2What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.

Job 13:3

Job 13:3But I desire to speak to the Almighty and to argue my case with God.

Job 13:4

Job 13:4You, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless physicians, all of you!

Job 13:5

Job 13:5If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom.

Job 13:6

Job 13:6Hear now my argument; listen to the pleas of my lips.

Job 13:7

Job 13:7Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?

Job 13:8

Job 13:8Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God?

Job 13:9

Job 13:9Would it turn out well if he examined you? Could you deceive him as you might deceive a mortal?

Job 13:10

Job 13:10He would surely call you to account if you secretly showed partiality.

Job 13:11

Job 13:11Would not his splendor terrify you? Would not the dread of him fall on you?

Job 13:12

Job 13:12Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.

Job 13:13

Job 13:13“Keep silent and let me speak; then let come to me what may.

Job 13:14

Job 13:14Why do I put myself in jeopardy and take my life in my hands?

Job 13:15

Job 13:15Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely[fn] defend my ways to his face.

Job 13:16

Job 13:16Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance, for no godless person would dare come before him!

Job 13:17

Job 13:17Listen carefully to what I say; let my words ring in your ears.

Job 13:18

Job 13:18Now that I have prepared my case, I know I will be vindicated.

Job 13:19

Job 13:19Can anyone bring charges against me? If so, I will be silent and die.

Job 13:20

Job 13:20“Only grant me these two things, God, and then I will not hide from you:

Job 13:21

Job 13:21Withdraw your hand far from me, and stop frightening me with your terrors.

Job 13:22

Job 13:22Then summon me and I will answer, or let me speak, and you reply to me.

Job 13:23

Job 13:23How many wrongs and sins have I committed? Show me my offense and my sin.

Job 13:24

Job 13:24Why do you hide your face and consider me your enemy?

Job 13:25

Job 13:25Will you torment a windblown leaf? Will you chase after dry chaff?

Job 13:26

Job 13:26For you write down bitter things against me and make me reap the sins of my youth.

Job 13:27

Job 13:27You fasten my feet in shackles; you keep close watch on all my paths by putting marks on the soles of my feet.

Job 13:28

Job 13:28“So man wastes away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.
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Or He will surely slay me; I have no hope — / yet I will
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