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10 Look, he finds occasions against me;
    he counts me as his enemy;(A)

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10 Yet God has found fault with me;
    he considers me his enemy.(A)

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11 He has kindled his wrath against me
    and counts me as his adversary.(A)

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11 His anger(A) burns against me;
    he counts me among his enemies.(B)

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24 Why do you hide your face
    and count me as your enemy?(A)
25 Will you frighten a windblown leaf
    and pursue dry chaff?(B)

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24 Why do you hide your face(A)
    and consider me your enemy?(B)
25 Will you torment(C) a windblown leaf?(D)
    Will you chase(E) after dry chaff?(F)

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For Job has said, ‘I am innocent,
    and God has taken away my right;

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“Job says, ‘I am innocent,(A)
    but God denies me justice.(B)

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35 O that I had one to hear me!
    (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty[a] answer me!)
    O that I had the indictment written by my adversary!(A)

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  1. 31.35 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

35 (“Oh, that I had someone to hear me!(A)
    I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me;
    let my accuser(B) put his indictment in writing.

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21 You have turned cruel to me;
    with the might of your hand you persecute me.(A)

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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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He has torn me in his wrath and hated me;
    he has gnashed his teeth at me;
    my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.(A)

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God assails me and tears(A) me in his anger(B)
    and gnashes his teeth at me;(C)
    my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.(D)

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16 For then you would not[a] number my steps;
    you would not keep watch over my sin;(A)

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  1. 14.16 Syr: Heb lacks not

16 Surely then you will count my steps(A)
    but not keep track of my sin.(B)

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15 If I am wicked, woe to me!
    If I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head,
for I am filled with disgrace
    and look upon my affliction.(A)
16 Bold as a lion you hunt me;
    you repeat your exploits against me.(B)
17 You renew your witnesses against me
    and increase your vexation toward me;
    you bring fresh troops against me.[a](C)

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  1. 10.17 Cn Compare Gk: Heb toward me; changes and a troop are with me

15 If I am guilty(A)—woe to me!(B)
    Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head,(C)
for I am full of shame
    and drowned in[a] my affliction.(D)
16 If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion(E)
    and again display your awesome power against me.(F)
17 You bring new witnesses against me(G)
    and increase your anger toward me;(H)
    your forces come against me wave upon wave.(I)

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  1. Job 10:15 Or and aware of

30 If I wash myself with soap
    and cleanse my hands with lye,(A)
31 yet you will plunge me into filth,
    and my own clothes will abhor me.

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30 Even if I washed myself with soap(A)
    and my hands(B) with cleansing powder,(C)
31 you would plunge me into a slime pit(D)
    so that even my clothes would detest me.(E)

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