23 How many iniquities(A) and sins have I committed?[a]
Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
24 Why do you hide your face
and consider me your enemy?(B)
25 Will you frighten a wind-driven leaf?
Will you chase after dry straw?
26 For you record bitter accusations against me
and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
27 You put my feet in the stocks
and stand watch over all my paths,
setting a limit for the soles[b] of my feet.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:23 Lit sins are to me
  2. 13:27 Lit paths. You mark a line around the roots

Job Presents Himself for Cross-Examination

23 “How many of my iniquities and sins have you counted?
    Show me my transgression and sin.
24 Why do you hide your face
    and regard me as your enemy?
25 Are you a god who would make a leaf tremble
    or who would prosecute a dry straw?
26 You’ve accused me of bitter things;
    you’ve caused me to reap[a] the sins of my youth.
27 You’ve locked my feet in stocks;
    you watch all my steps;
        You’ve limited where I can walk.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 13:26 Lit. inherit
  2. Job 13:27 Lit. limited the soles of my feet

23 How many wrongs and sins have I committed?(A)
    Show me my offense and my sin.(B)
24 Why do you hide your face(C)
    and consider me your enemy?(D)
25 Will you torment(E) a windblown leaf?(F)
    Will you chase(G) after dry chaff?(H)
26 For you write down bitter things against me
    and make me reap the sins of my youth.(I)
27 You fasten my feet in shackles;(J)
    you keep close watch on all my paths(K)
    by putting marks on the soles of my feet.

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