32 If you have anything to say, answer me;
Speak, for I desire to justify you.

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32 If you have anything to say, answer me;(A)
    speak up, for I want to vindicate you.(B)

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Far be it from me
That I should say you are right;
Till I die (A)I will not put away my integrity from me.

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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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Is not your wickedness great,
And your iniquity without end?
For you have (A)taken pledges from your brother for no reason,
And stripped the naked of their clothing.
You have not given the weary water to drink,
And you (B)have withheld bread from the hungry.
But the [a]mighty man possessed the land,
And the honorable man dwelt in it.
You have sent widows away empty,
And the [b]strength of the fatherless was crushed.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 22:8 Lit. man of arm
  2. Job 22:9 Lit. arms

Is not your wickedness great?
    Are not your sins(A) endless?(B)
You demanded security(C) from your relatives for no reason;(D)
    you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.(E)
You gave no water(F) to the weary
    and you withheld food from the hungry,(G)
though you were a powerful man, owning land(H)
    an honored man,(I) living on it.(J)
And you sent widows(K) away empty-handed(L)
    and broke the strength of the fatherless.(M)

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27 “Look, I know your thoughts,
And the schemes with which you would wrong me.

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27 “I know full well what you are thinking,
    the schemes by which you would wrong me.

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Yes, you cast off fear,
And restrain [a]prayer before God.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
And you choose the tongue of the crafty.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 15:4 meditation or complaint

But you even undermine piety
    and hinder devotion to God.(A)
Your sin(B) prompts your mouth;(C)
    you adopt the tongue of the crafty.(D)

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