“Surely you have spoken in my ears,
    and I have heard the sound of your words.
You say, ‘I am (A)pure, without (B)transgression;
    I am clean, and there is no iniquity in me.
10 Behold, he finds occasions against me,
    he (C)counts me as his enemy,
11 he (D)puts my feet in the stocks
    and (E)watches all my paths.’

12 “Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you,
    for God is greater than man.
13 Why do you (F)contend against him,
    saying, ‘He (G)will answer none of man's[a] words’?[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:13 Hebrew his
  2. Job 33:13 Or He will not answer for any of his own words

“Surely you have spoken in my ears,
and I have heard the sound of your words:[a]
‘I am clean, without transgression;
I am pure, and there is no guilt in me.
10 Look, he finds fault against me;
he reckons me as his enemy;
11 he puts my feet in the block;
he watches all my paths.’
12 “Look, in this you are not right—I will answer you:
Indeed, God is greater than a human being.
13 Why do you contend against him,
that he will not answer all a person’s words?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:8 Or “sentences,” or “what you say”