“You have in fact spoken [a]while I listened,
And I heard the sound of your words:
‘I am (A)pure, (B)without wrongdoing;
I am innocent and there (C)is no guilt in me.
10 Behold, He [b]invents [c]criticisms against me;
He (D)counts me as His enemy.
11 He (E)puts my feet in the stocks;
He watches all my paths.’
12 Behold, let me respond to you, (F)you are not right in this,
For God is greater than mankind.

13 “Why do you (G)complain to Him
That He does not give an account of all His doings?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:8 Lit in my ears
  2. Job 33:10 Lit finds
  3. Job 33:10 Or complaints

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:13 Compare Gk: Heb his