Job 13 (NET)

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Job 13:1¹“Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:2²What you know, I know also; I am not inferior to you!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:3³But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:4⁴But you, however, are inventors of lies; all of you are worthless physicians!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:5⁵If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:6⁶“Listen now to my argument, and be attentive to my lips’ contentions.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:7⁷Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:8⁸Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:9⁹Would it turn out well if he would examine you? Or as one deceives a man would you deceive him?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:10¹⁰He would certainly rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:11¹¹Would not his splendor terrify you and the fear he inspires fall on you?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:12¹²Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:13¹³“Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:14¹⁴Why do I put myself in peril, and take my life in my hands?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:15¹⁵Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:16¹⁶Moreover, this will become my deliverance, for no godless person would come before him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:17¹⁷Listen carefully to my words; let your ears be attentive to my explanation.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:18¹⁸See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:19¹⁹Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:20²⁰Only in two things spare me, O God, and then I will not hide from your face:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:21²¹Remove your hand far from me and stop making me afraid with your terror.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:22²²Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:23²³How many are my iniquities and sins? Show me my transgression and my sin.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:24²⁴Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:25²⁵Do you wish to torment a windblown leaf and chase after dry chaff?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:26²⁶For you write down bitter things against me and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:27²⁷And you put my feet in the stocks and you watch all my movements; you put marks on the soles of my feet.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 13:28²⁸So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

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