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“Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
And I have heard the sound of your speech:
‘I am (A)pure, (B)without transgression;
I am innocent, and there (C)is no guilt in me.
10 Behold, He finds reasons for opposition against me;
He (D)counts me as His enemy.
11 He (E)puts my feet in the stocks;
He keeps watch over all my paths.’
12 Behold, let me answer you; (F)you are not right in this,
For God is greater than mortal man.

13 “Why do you (G)contend against Him?
For He does not give an answer for all His doings.

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“But you have said in my hearing—
    I heard the very words—
‘I am pure,(A) I have done no wrong;(B)
    I am clean and free from sin.(C)
10 Yet God has found fault with me;
    he considers me his enemy.(D)
11 He fastens my feet in shackles;(E)
    he keeps close watch on all my paths.’(F)

12 “But I tell you, in this you are not right,
    for God is greater than any mortal.(G)
13 Why do you complain to him(H)
    that he responds to no one’s words[a]?(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:13 Or that he does not answer for any of his actions