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32 “For[a] he is not a mortal like me that I can answer him,
that we can come to trial together.[b]
33 There is no arbiter between us
that he might lay his hand on both of us.
34 May he remove his rod from me,
and let his dread not terrify me;
35 then I would speak and not fear him,[c]
for in myself I am not fearful.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:32 Or the emphatic “Indeed”
  2. Job 9:32 Literally “we come together in the justice,” or “we come together in the judgment”
  3. Job 9:35 Hebrew “and I will not fear him”
  4. Job 9:35 Literally “not so I with me”

32 “He is not a mere mortal(A) like me that I might answer him,(B)
    that we might confront each other in court.(C)
33 If only there were someone to mediate between us,(D)
    someone to bring us together,(E)
34 someone to remove God’s rod from me,(F)
    so that his terror would frighten me no more.(G)
35 Then I would speak up without fear of him,(H)
    but as it now stands with me, I cannot.(I)

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