Job 23:6
New Living Translation
6 Would he use his great power to argue with me?
No, he would give me a fair hearing.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
New Living Translation
9 Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. 10 That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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Job 13:21
New Living Translation
21 Remove your heavy hand from me,
and don’t terrify me with your awesome presence.
Job 9:33-34
New Living Translation
33 If only there were a mediator between us,
someone who could bring us together.
34 The mediator could make God stop beating me,
and I would no longer live in terror of his punishment.
Ezekiel 20:35
New Living Translation
35 I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, and there I will judge you face to face.
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Ezekiel 20:33
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33 As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, I will rule over you with an iron fist in great anger and with awesome power.
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Isaiah 27:8
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8 No, but he exiled Israel to call her to account.
She was exiled from her land
as though blown away in a storm from the east.
Isaiah 27:4
New Living Translation
4 My anger will be gone.
If I find briers and thorns growing,
I will attack them;
I will burn them up—
Job 9:19
New Living Translation
19 If it’s a question of strength, he’s the strong one.
If it’s a matter of justice, who dares to summon him[a] to court?
Footnotes
- 9:19 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads me.
Job 9:4
New Living Translation
4 For God is so wise and so mighty.
Who has ever challenged him successfully?
Psalm 138:3
New Living Translation
3 As soon as I pray, you answer me;
you encourage me by giving me strength.
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