Job 9:25-31

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Job Argues that God Won’t Acquit Him

²⁵“My days pass faster than a runner;
    but they pass quickly without seeing anything good.
²⁶They pass by like a ship made of reeds,
    like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
²⁷If I were to say, ‘Let me forget my complaint,’
    change^[a] the expression on^[b] my face, and look cheerful,
²⁸then I still dread all of my suffering;
    I know you still won’t acquit me.
²⁹I will be condemned,
    so why should I wear myself out with this futility?

³⁰“If I wash myself with water from snow,
and cleanse my hands with lye,
³¹you’ll still drop me into the Pit,^[c]
and my own clothes will despise me.

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Footnotes

Job 9:27 Lit. forsake
Job 9:27 The Heb. lacks the expression on
Job 9:31 I.e. the place of punishment in the afterlife

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Job 9:25-31 International Standard Version

Job Argues that God Won’t Acquit Him

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Job 9:25-31

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