Job Says His Friends’ Proverbs Are Ashes
Job continued: “aBehold, my eye has seen all this,My ear has heard and understood it.Job 12:92 “aWhat you know I also know;I am not inferior to you.Job 12:3
3 “But aI wish to speak to 1the Almighty,And I desire to bargue with God.Heb Shaddai.Job 13:22; 23:4Job 13:154 “But you asmear me with lies you defame my character most untruthfully;You are all bworthless physicians and have no remedy to offer.Ps 119:69Jer 23:325 “Oh, that you would abe completely silent,And that silence would be your wisdom!Job 13:13; 21:5; Prov 17:286 “Please hear my argumentAnd listen to the pleadings of my lips.7 “Will you aspeak what is unjust for God,And speak what is deceitful for Him?Job 27:48 “Will you ashow partiality for Him and be unjust to me so that you may gain favor with Him?Will you contend and plead for God?Lev 19:15; Prov 24:239 “Will it be well for you when He investigates you and your tactics against me?Or will you deceive Him as aone deceives a man?Job 12:1610 “He will surely reprimand youIf you secretly ashow partiality.Job 13:8; 32:21; 34:1911 “Will not aHis majesty terrify you,And will not the dread of Him fall upon you?Job 31:2312 “Your memorable sayings are worthless, merely proverbs of ashes;Your defenses are defenses of crumbling clay.
Job Is Sure He Will Be Vindicated
13 “aBe silent before me so that I may speak;And let happen to me what may.Job 13:514 “Why should I take my flesh in my teethAnd aput my life in my hands incurring the wrath of God?Ps 119:10915 “aEven though He kills me;I will hope in Him.Nevertheless, I bwill argue my ways to His face.Job 7:6Job 27:516 “This also will be my asalvation,For ba godless man may not come before Him.Job 23:7; Is 12:1, 2Job 34:21-2317 “Listen diligently to my speech,And let my declaration fill your ears.18 “Behold now, I have aprepared my case;I know that bI will be vindicated.Job 23:4Job 9:21; 10:7; 12:419 “aWho will argue and contend with me?For then I would be silent and bdie.Is 50:8Job 7:21; 10:8
20 “Only O Lord, do not do two things to me,And then I will not hide myself from Your face:21 aWithdraw Your hand from me and remove this bodily suffering,And let not the dread of You terrify me.Job 9:34; Ps 39:1022 “Then Lord, call, and aI will answer;Or let me speak, and then reply to me.Job 9:16; 14:1523 “aHow many are my iniquities and sins that so much sorrow should come to me?Make me recognize and understand my transgression and my sin. Rom 8:1Job 7:2124 “Why do You ahide Your face as if offendedAnd consider me bYour enemy?Ps 13:1; 44:24; 88:14; Is 8:17Job 19:11; 33:10; Lam 2:525 “Will You cause a windblown leaf ato tremble?Will You pursue the bchaff of the dry stubble?Lev 26:36Job 21:1826 “For You write abitter things against me in Your indictmentAnd bmake me inherit and suffer for the iniquities of my youth.Job 9:18Ps 25:727 “You also aput my feet in the stocks as punishmentAnd critically observe all my paths;You set a circle and limit around the soles of my feet which I must not overstep,Job 33:1128 While I waste away like a arotten thing,Like a garment that is moth-eaten.Job 2:7