32 For he is not a man like me, that I can answer him,(A)
that we can take each other to court.
33 There is no mediator between us,
to lay his hand on both of us.
34 Let him take his rod away from me
so his terror will no longer frighten me.(B)
35 Then I would speak and not fear him.
But that is not the case; I am on my own.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:32 Lit. controversy