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 am innocent,
    and God has taken away my right;
in spite of being right I am counted a liar;
    my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’(A)
Who is there like Job,
    who drinks up scoffing like water,(B)
who goes in company with evildoers
    and walks with the wicked?(C)
For he has said, ‘It profits one nothing
    to take delight in God.’(D)

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