But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite,(A) of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself(B) rather than God.(C)

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21 Uz(A) the firstborn, Buz(B) his brother, Kemuel (the father of Aram),

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“Would you discredit my justice?(A)
    Would you condemn me to justify yourself?(B)

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“Do you think this is just?
    You say, ‘I am in the right,(A) not God.’(B)

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I will never admit you are in the right;
    till I die, I will not deny my integrity.(A)

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26 “In your anger do not sin”[a]:(A) Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:26 Psalm 4:4 (see Septuagint)

29 But he wanted to justify himself,(A) so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

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He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored.

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for zeal for your house consumes me,(A)
    and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.(B)

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17 Can someone who hates justice govern?(A)
    Will you condemn the just and mighty One?(B)
18 Is he not the One who says to kings, ‘You are worthless,’
    and to nobles,(C) ‘You are wicked,’(D)

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“Job says, ‘I am innocent,(A)
    but God denies me justice.(B)
Although I am right,
    I am considered a liar;(C)
although I am guiltless,(D)
    his arrow inflicts an incurable wound.’(E)

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21 You turn on me ruthlessly;(A)
    with the might of your hand(B) you attack me.(C)

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“As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,(A)
    the Almighty,(B) who has made my life bitter,(C)

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Does it please you to oppress me,(A)
    to spurn the work of your hands,(B)
    while you smile on the plans of the wicked?(C)

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