Job 6:20-22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
20 They are disappointed, though they were confident;
they come there and are frustrated.
21 It is thus that you have now become for me;[a]
you see a terrifying thing and are afraid.
22 Have I said, “Give me something,
make a bribe on my behalf from your possessions”?
Footnotes
- 6:21 It is only at this point that the previous lines (vv. 1–20) are clearly directed to the three friends. The style of replying in these chapters (3–31) is often indirect. Job and the friends become mouthpieces through which the author presents current views on divine retribution in dramatic fashion. In chap. 7, Job will not even speak directly to the friends.
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