For Job has said, ‘(A)I am righteous,
But (B)God has taken away my right;
[a]Should I lie about my right?
My [b](C)wound is incurable, though I am without wrongdoing.’
What man is like Job,
Who (D)drinks up derision like water,
Who goes (E)in company with the workers of injustice,
And walks with wicked people?
For he has said, ‘(F)It is of no use to a man
When he becomes friends with God.’

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Footnotes

  1. Job 34:6 Or Although I am right I am accounted a liar.
  2. Job 34:6 Lit arrow

    for Job has said, “I’m innocent;
        God has denied my just cause;
    because of my cause I’m thought a liar;
        my wound from an arrow is incurable, even though I didn’t rebel.”
Who is a man like Job?
    He drinks mockery like water
    and travels a path with wrongdoers,
        walking with evil persons.
Indeed he said, “No one is rewarded
    for delighting in God.”

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