For Job has said, ‘I am (A)in the right,
    and (B)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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You say, ‘I am (A)pure, without (B)transgression;
    I am clean, and there is no iniquity in me.

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‘I am pure,(A) I have done no wrong;(B)
    I am clean and free from sin.(C)

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“As God lives, who has (A)taken away my right,
    and the Almighty, who has (B)made my soul bitter,

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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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Elihu Rebukes Job's Three Friends

32 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was (A)righteous in his own eyes.

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Elihu

32 So these three men stopped answering Job,(A) because he was righteous in his own eyes.(B)

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14 I (A)put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
    my justice was like a robe and (B)a turban.

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14 I put on righteousness(A) as my clothing;
    justice was my robe and my turban.(B)

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17 although there is no (A)violence in my hands,
    and my prayer is pure.

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17 yet my hands have been free of violence(A)
    and my prayer is pure.(B)

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For (A)you say, ‘My (B)doctrine is pure,
    and I am clean in God's[a] eyes.’

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Footnotes

  1. Job 11:4 Hebrew your

You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless(A)
    and I am pure(B) in your sight.’

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although you (A)know that I am not guilty,
    and there is (B)none to deliver out of your hand?

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though you know that I am not guilty(A)
    and that no one can rescue me from your hand?(B)

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17 For he crushes me with a tempest
    and multiplies my wounds (A)without cause;

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17 He would crush me(A) with a storm(B)
    and multiply(C) my wounds for no reason.(D)

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