Job 9:32-35

English Standard Version

³²For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him,
    that we should ^(A)come to trial together.
³³^(B)There is no^[a] arbiter between us,
    who might lay his hand on us both.
³⁴^(C)Let him take his ^(D)rod away from me,
    and let ^(E)not dread of him terrify me.
³⁵Then I would speak without fear of him,
    for I am not so in myself.

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Job 9:33 Or Would that there were an

Job 9:32-35

International Standard Version

³²He’s not a man like me,
    so that I can answer him,
        or that we can enter into litigation^[a] with one another.
³³There is not yet a mediator between us,
    who would set his hand on the two of us,
³⁴removing his rod from me,
    and not letting terror of him overwhelm me.
³⁵Otherwise, I would speak without being terrified of him,
    because I’m not like that inside myself.”

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Job 9:32 Lit. controversy

Job 9:32-35

New International Version

³²“He is not a mere mortal^(A) like me that I might answer him,^(B)
    that we might confront each other in court.^(C)
³³If only there were someone to mediate between us,^(D)
    someone to bring us together,^(E)
³⁴someone to remove God’s rod from me,^(F)
    so that his terror would frighten me no more.^(G)
³⁵Then I would speak up without fear of him,^(H)
    but as it now stands with me, I cannot.^(I)