Job 34:23
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23 For he has not appointed a time[a] for anyone
to go before God in judgment.
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- 34.23 Cn: Heb yet
Daniel 9:7-9
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7 “Righteousness is on your side, O Lord, but open shame, as at this day, falls on us, the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them because of the treachery that they have committed against you.(A) 8 Open shame, O Lord, falls on us, our kings, our princes, and our ancestors because we have sinned against you. 9 To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, but we have rebelled against him(B)
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Psalm 119:137
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137 You are righteous, O Lord,
and your judgments are right.(A)
Ezra 9:13
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13 After all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, seeing that you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a remnant as this,(A)
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Romans 9:20
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20 But who indeed are you, a human, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”(A)
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Jeremiah 2:5
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5 Thus says the Lord:
What wrong did your ancestors find in me
that they went far from me
and went after worthless things and became worthless themselves?(A)
Isaiah 42:3
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3 a bruised reed he will not break,
and a dimly burning wick he will not quench;
he will faithfully bring forth justice.(A)
Job 34:10-12
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10 “Therefore, hear me, you who have sense;
far be it from God that he should do wickedness
and from the Almighty[a] that he should do wrong.(A)
11 For according to their deeds he will repay them,
and according to their ways he will make it befall them.(B)
12 Of a truth, God will not do wickedly,
and the Almighty[b] will not pervert justice.(C)
Job 23:7
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7 There the upright could reason with him,
and I should be acquitted forever by my judge.(A)
Job 16:21
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- 16.21 Syr Vg Tg: Heb and
Job 11:11
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11 For he knows those who are worthless;
when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?(A)
Job 11:6
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6 and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!
For wisdom is many-sided.[a]
Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.(A)
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- 11.6 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Job 9:32-33
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32 For he is not a mortal, as I am, that I might answer him,
that we should come to trial together.(A)
33 There is no mediator[a] between us,
who might lay his hand on us both.(B)
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- 9.33 Another reading is Would that there were a mediator
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