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23 Tell me, what have I done wrong?
    Show me my rebellion and my sin.
24 Why do you turn away from me?
    Why do you treat me as your enemy?
25 Would you terrify a leaf blown by the wind?
    Would you chase dry straw?

26 “You write bitter accusations against me
    and bring up all the sins of my youth.
27 You put my feet in stocks.
    You examine all my paths.
    You trace all my footprints.

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Job Presents Himself for Cross-Examination

23 “How many of my iniquities and sins have you counted?
    Show me my transgression and sin.
24 Why do you hide your face
    and regard me as your enemy?
25 Are you a god who would make a leaf tremble
    or who would prosecute a dry straw?
26 You’ve accused me of bitter things;
    you’ve caused me to reap[a] the sins of my youth.
27 You’ve locked my feet in stocks;
    you watch all my steps;
        You’ve limited where I can walk.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 13:26 Lit. inherit
  2. Job 13:27 Lit. limited the soles of my feet