Job 9:3
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3 If one wished to contend with him,
one could not answer him once in a thousand.(A)
Job 10:2
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2 I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
let me know why you contend against me.(A)
Job 40:2
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- 40.2 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
1 John 3:20
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20 whenever our hearts condemn us, for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
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1 John 1:8
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8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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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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Isaiah 57:15-16
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15 For thus says the high and lofty one
who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
I dwell in the high and holy place
and also with those who are contrite and humble in spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble
and to revive the heart of the contrite.(A)
16 For I will not continually accuse,
nor will I always be angry,
for then the spirits would grow faint before me,
even the souls that I have made.(B)
Psalm 40:12
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12 For evils have encompassed me
without number;
my iniquities have overtaken me
until I cannot see;
they are more than the hairs of my head,
and my heart fails me.(A)
Psalm 19:12
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12 But who can detect one’s own errors?
Clear me from hidden faults.(A)
Job 34:14-15
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14 If he should take back his spirit[a] to himself
and gather to himself his breath,(A)
15 all flesh would perish together,
and all mortals return to dust.(B)
Footnotes
- 34.14 Heb his heart his spirit
Job 33:13
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- 33.13 Compare Gk: Heb his
Job 31:35-37
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35 O that I had one to hear me!
(Here is my signature! Let the Almighty[a] answer me!)
O that I had the indictment written by my adversary!(A)
36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder;
I would bind it on me like a crown;
37 I would give him an account of all my steps;
like a prince I would approach him.(B)
Footnotes
- 31.35 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Job 23:3-7
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3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him,
that I might come even to his dwelling!(A)
4 I would lay my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.(B)
5 I would learn what he would answer me
and understand what he would say to me.
6 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?
No, but he would give heed to me.
7 There the upright could reason with him,
and I should be acquitted forever by my judge.(C)
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
Job 9:20
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20 Though I am innocent, my own mouth would condemn me;
though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.
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