12 “Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you,
    for God is greater than man.

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25 (A)“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?

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“Behold, God is mighty, and (A)does not despise any;
    he is (B)mighty in strength of understanding.

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19 You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For (A)who can resist his will?” 20 But who are you, O man, (B)to answer back to God? (C)Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 (D)Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump (E)one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?

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“O house of Israel, (A)can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the Lord. (B)Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.

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20 Surely (A)there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

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Will you even put me in the wrong?
    Will you condemn me that (A)you may be in the right?
Have you (B)an arm like God,
    and can you thunder with (C)a voice like his?

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“Shall a faultfinder (A)contend with the Almighty?
    He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

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22 Behold, God is exalted in his power;
    who is (A)a teacher like him?
23 Who has (B)prescribed for him his way,
    or who can say, (C)‘You have done wrong’?

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I will answer you
    and (A)your friends with you.

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“Do you think this to be just?
    Do you say, (A)‘It is my right before God,’

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23 For God[a] has no need to consider a man further,
    that he should go before God in (A)judgment.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 34:23 Hebrew he

17 (A)Shall one who hates justice govern?
    Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,
18 who (B)says to a king, ‘Worthless one,’
    and to nobles, ‘Wicked man,’
19 who (C)shows no partiality to princes,
    nor regards the rich (D)more than the poor,
    for (E)they are all the work of his hands?

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10 “Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding:
    far be it from God that he should (A)do wickedness,
    and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.
11 For according to (B)the work of a man he will repay him,
    and (C)according to his ways he will make it befall him.
12 Of a truth, God will not do wickedly,
    and (D)the Almighty will not pervert justice.

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17 I also will answer with my share;
    I also will declare my opinion.

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14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his (A)ways,
    and how small (B)a whisper do we hear of him!
    But the thunder of his power who can understand?”

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He is (A)wise in heart and mighty in strength
    —who has (B)hardened himself against him, and succeeded?—

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22 (A)In all this Job did not sin or charge God with (B)wrong.

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