Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

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“Is it for your piety that he rebukes you
    and brings charges against you?(A)

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And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

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Do you fix your eye on them?(A)
    Will you bring them[a] before you for judgment?(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 14:3 Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew me

And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

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Do not bring your servant into judgment,
    for no one living is righteous(A) before you.

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19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

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19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.(A) So be earnest and repent.(B)

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14 The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.

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14 The Lord enters into judgment(A)
    against the elders and leaders of his people:
“It is you who have ruined my vineyard;
    the plunder(B) from the poor(C) is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by crushing my people(D)
    and grinding(E) the faces of the poor?”(F)
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.(G)

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If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

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If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,
    Lord, who could stand?(A)
But with you there is forgiveness,(B)
    so that we can, with reverence, serve you.(C)

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16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

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16 Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire;(A)
    at your rebuke(B) your people perish.

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At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

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At your rebuke,(A) God of Jacob,
    both horse and chariot(B) lie still.

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11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

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11 When you rebuke(A) and discipline(B) anyone for their sin,
    you consume(C) their wealth like a moth(D)
    surely everyone is but a breath.(E)

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23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

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23 God has no need to examine people further,(A)
    that they should come before him for judgment.(B)

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Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

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Would he vigorously oppose me?(A)
    No, he would not press charges against me.(B)
There the upright(C) can establish their innocence before him,(D)
    and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.(E)

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29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

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29 you should fear the sword yourselves;
    for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,(A)
    and then you will know that there is judgment.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:29 Or sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty

21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

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21 on behalf of a man he pleads(A) with God
    as one pleads for a friend.

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