Job Says His Friends’ Proverbs Are Ashes
“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 would speak to 1the Almighty,And I desire to bargue with God.Heb ShaddaiJob 13:22; 23:4Job 13:154 “But you asmear me with lies;You are all bworthless physicians.Ps 119:69Jer 23:325 “Oh that you would abe completely silent,And that it would become your wisdom!Job 13:13; 21:5; Prov 17:286 “Please hear my argument,And give your attention to the contentions 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?Will you contend for God?Lev 19:15; Prov 24:239 “Will it go well when He examines you?Or awill you deceive Him as one deceives a man?Job 12:1610 “He will certainly punish youIf you secretly ashow partiality.Job 13:8; 32:21; 34:1911 “Will aHis 1majesty not terrify you,And the dread of Him fall upon you?Lit exaltationJob 31:2312 “Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes,Your defenses are defenses of clay.
Job Is Sure He Will Be Vindicated
13 “aBe silent before me so that I may speak;Then let come upon me what may.Job 13:514 “Why should I take my flesh in my teeth,And aput my life in my 1hands?Lit palmPs 119:10915 “aThough He slay me,I will 1hope in Him.Nevertheless I bwill argue my ways 2before Him.Lit wait forLit to His faceJob 7:6Job 27:516 “This also will be my asalvation,For ba godless person cannot come before His presence.Job 23:7; Is 12:1, 2Job 34:21-2317 “Listen carefully 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 could contend with me?For then I would be silent and bdie.Is 50:8Job 7:21; 10:8
20 “Only two things I ask that You do not do to me,Then I will not hide from Your face:21 aRemove Your 1hand from me,And may the dread of You not terrify me.Lit palmJob 9:34; Ps 39:1022 “Then call and aI will answer;Or let me speak, then reply to me.Job 9:16; 14:1523 “aHow many are my guilty deeds and sins?Make known to me my wrongdoing and my sin.Job 7:2124 “Why do You ahide Your faceAnd consider me bYour enemy?Ps 13:1; 44:24; 88:14; Is 8:17Job 19:11; 33:10; Lam 2:525 “Will You scare away a ascattered leaf?Or will You pursue the dry bchaff?Lev 26:36Job 21:1826 “For You write abitter things against meAnd bmake me inherit the guilty deeds of my youth.Job 9:18Ps 25:727 “You aput my feet in the stocksAnd watch all my paths;You 1set a limit for the soles of my feet,Lit carve forJob 33:1128 While 1I am decaying like a arotten thing,Like a garment that is moth-eaten.Lit he isJob 2:7