32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him,
    that we should (A)come to trial together.
33 (B)There is no[a] arbiter between us,
    who might lay his hand on us both.
34 (C)Let him take his (D)rod away from me,
    and let (E)not dread of him terrify me.
35 Then I would speak without fear of him,
    for I am not so in myself.

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  1. Job 9:33 Or Would that there were an

32 He’s not a man like me,
    so that I can answer him,
        or that we can enter into litigation[a] with one another.
33 There is not yet a mediator between us,
    who would set his hand on the two of us,
34 removing his rod from me,
    and not letting terror of him overwhelm me.
35 Otherwise, I would speak without being terrified of him,
    because I’m not like that inside myself.”

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  1. Job 9:32 Lit. controversy