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Job 13
New International Version

13 “My eyes have seen all this,(A)
my ears have heard and understood it.
2 What you know, I also know;
I am not inferior to you.(B)
3 But I desire to speak to the Almighty(C)
and to argue my case with God.(D)
4 You, however, smear me with lies;(E)
you are worthless physicians,(F) all of you!(G)
5 If only you would be altogether silent!(H)
For you, that would be wisdom.(I)
6 Hear now my argument;
listen to the pleas of my lips.(J)
7 Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf?
Will you speak deceitfully for him?(K)
8 Will you show him partiality?(L)
Will you argue the case for God?
9 Would it turn out well if he examined you?(M)
Could you deceive him as you might deceive a mortal?(N)
10 He would surely call you to account
if you secretly showed partiality.(O)
11 Would not his splendor(P) terrify you?
Would not the dread of him fall on you?(Q)
12 Your maxims are proverbs of ashes;
your defenses are defenses of clay.(R)

13 “Keep silent(S) and let me speak;(T)
then let come to me what may.(U)
14 Why do I put myself in jeopardy
and take my life in my hands?(V)
15 Though he slay me, yet will I hope(W) in him;(X)
I will surely[a] defend my ways to his face.(Y)
16 Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance,(Z)
for no godless(AA) person would dare come before him!(AB)
17 Listen carefully to what I say;(AC)
let my words ring in your ears.
18 Now that I have prepared my case,(AD)
I know I will be vindicated.(AE)
19 Can anyone bring charges against me?(AF)
If so, I will be silent(AG) and die.(AH)

20 “Only grant me these two things, God,
and then I will not hide from you:
21 Withdraw your hand(AI) far from me,
and stop frightening me with your terrors.(AJ)
22 Then summon me and I will answer,(AK)
or let me speak, and you reply to me.(AL)
23 How many wrongs and sins have I committed?(AM)
Show me my offense and my sin.(AN)
24 Why do you hide your face(AO)
and consider me your enemy?(AP)
25 Will you torment(AQ) a windblown leaf?(AR)
Will you chase(AS) after dry chaff?(AT)
26 For you write down bitter things against me
and make me reap the sins of my youth.(AU)
27 You fasten my feet in shackles;(AV)
you keep close watch on all my paths(AW)
by putting marks on the soles of my feet.

28 “So man wastes away like something rotten,
like a garment(AX) eaten by moths.(AY)

#### Footnotes

1. Job 13:15 Or He will surely slay me; I have no hope — / yet I will

#### Cross references

1. Job 13:1 : S Job 9:24
2. Job 13:2 : S Job 12:3
3. Job 13:3 : Job 5:17; 40:2
4. Job 13:3 : S Job 5:8; 9:14-20; S 10:2
5. Job 13:4 : Ps 119:69; Isa 9:15; Jer 23:32
6. Job 13:4 : Jer 8:22
7. Job 13:4 : S Job 6:15
8. Job 13:5 : ver 13; S Jdg 18:19
9. Job 13:5 : Pr 17:28
10. Job 13:6 : Job 33:1; 36:4
11. Job 13:7 : S Job 12:16; S 16:17
12. Job 13:8 : S Lev 19:15
13. Job 13:9 : S Job 9:3
14. Job 13:9 : S Job 12:16; Gal 6:7
15. Job 13:10 : S Lev 19:15; S 2Ch 19:7
16. Job 13:11 : Job 31:23
17. Job 13:11 : S Ex 3:6
18. Job 13:12 : S Ne 4:2-3
19. Job 13:13 : S ver 5
20. Job 13:13 : S Job 7:11
21. Job 13:13 : S Job 9:21
22. Job 13:14 : S Jdg 9:17
23. Job 13:15 : S Job 7:6
24. Job 13:15 : Ps 23:4; 27:1; Pr 14:32; Isa 12:2; Da 3:28
25. Job 13:15 : S Job 5:8; 27:5
26. Job 13:16 : Ps 30:5; Isa 12:1; 54:7-8; Hos 14:4; Php 1:19
27. Job 13:16 : S Job 8:13
28. Job 13:16 : S Ge 3:8
29. Job 13:17 : Job 21:2
30. Job 13:18 : S ver 3; Job 23:4; 37:19
31. Job 13:18 : S Job 2:3; S 9:21
32. Job 13:19 : Job 40:4; Isa 50:8; Ro 8:33
33. Job 13:19 : S Job 9:15
34. Job 13:19 : S Job 3:13; 10:8
35. Job 13:21 : S Ex 9:3; Heb 10:31
36. Job 13:21 : S Job 6:4
37. Job 13:22 : Job 9:35; 14:15
38. Job 13:22 : S Job 9:16
39. Job 13:23 : S 1Sa 26:18
40. Job 13:23 : Job 7:21; 9:21; 14:17; 33:9
41. Job 13:24 : S Dt 32:20
42. Job 13:24 : Job 16:9; 19:11; 33:10; Ps 88:14-15; Jer 30:14; La 2:5
43. Job 13:25 : Job 19:2
44. Job 13:25 : Lev 26:36
45. Job 13:25 : Job 19:22, 28
46. Job 13:25 : Job 21:18; Ps 1:4; 35:5; 83:13; Isa 17:13; 42:3; 43:17; Hos 13:3
47. Job 13:26 : Job 18:7; 20:11; 21:23; Ps 25:7
48. Job 13:27 : S Ge 40:15; Job 33:11; Jer 20:2; Ac 16:24
49. Job 13:27 : Job 10:14
50. Job 13:28 : Ps 102:26; Mk 2:21
51. Job 13:28 : S Dt 28:35; Ps 39:11; Isa 50:9; 51:8; Hos 5:12; Jas 5:2

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