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Job Asks How He Has Sinned

20 “O God, grant me these two things,
    and then I will be able to face you.
21 Remove your heavy hand from me,
    and don’t terrify me with your awesome presence.
22 Now summon me, and I will answer!
    Or let me speak to you, and you reply.

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Job Argues His Case with God

20 “Only you[a] must not do these two things to me;
then I will not hide from your face:
21 withdraw your[b] hand from me,
and let not your[c] dread terrify me.
22 Then[d] call, and I myself[e] will answer;
or let me speak, then[f] reply to me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 13:20 Singular; the antecedent is God
  2. Job 13:21 Singular
  3. Job 13:21 Singular
  4. Job 13:22 Hebrew “And”
  5. Job 13:22 Emphatic personal pronoun
  6. Job 13:22 Hebrew “and”