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30 Even if I were to wash myself with purest water and cleanse my hands with lye to make them utterly clean, 31 even so you would plunge me into the ditch and mud; and even my clothing would be less filthy than you consider me to be!

32-33 “And I cannot defend myself, for you are no mere man as I am. If you were, then we could discuss it fairly, but there is no umpire between us, no middle man, no mediator to bring us together.

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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)

32 “He is not a mere mortal(F) like me that I might answer him,(G)
    that we might confront each other in court.(H)
33 If only there were someone to mediate between us,(I)
    someone to bring us together,(J)

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30 Even if I were to wash myself with purest water and cleanse my hands with lye to make them utterly clean, 31 even so you would plunge me into the ditch and mud; and even my clothing would be less filthy than you consider me to be!

32-33 “And I cannot defend myself, for you are no mere man as I am. If you were, then we could discuss it fairly, but there is no umpire between us, no middle man, no mediator to bring us together.

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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)

32 “He is not a mere mortal(F) like me that I might answer him,(G)
    that we might confront each other in court.(H)

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