32 If you have anything to say, answer me;
Speak, for I desire to justify you.

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Far be it from me
That I should say you are right;
Till I die (A)I will not put away my integrity from me.

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Is not your wickedness great,
And your iniquity without end?
For you have (A)taken pledges from your brother for no reason,
And stripped the naked of their clothing.
You have not given the weary water to drink,
And you (B)have withheld bread from the hungry.
But the [a]mighty man possessed the land,
And the honorable man dwelt in it.
You have sent widows away empty,
And the [b]strength of the fatherless was crushed.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 22:8 Lit. man of arm
  2. Job 22:9 Lit. arms

27 “Look, I know your thoughts,
And the schemes with which you would wrong me.

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Yes, you cast off fear,
And restrain [a]prayer before God.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
And you choose the tongue of the crafty.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 15:4 meditation or complaint

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