Job 13
Job continues to speak
I have heard everything that you have said. And I have understood all of it.
You are no better than I am.
And I want him to explain the things that he has done to me.
You are like doctors who cannot make sick people better.
That would be a
Listen to the things that I say.
You are saying things on his behalf; but they are not true.
But I cannot believe that you are really trying to explain his thoughts to me.
Other people may not understand.
But he will see the wrong things that you have done.
Even so, God will still
I am sure that you will be afraid of him.
You are not strong enough to save yourself.
Then I will not cry about the things that happen to me.
But I do want to say what I really think.
But I will explain to him the reason why he should not kill me.
So if I speak to him, it will save me.
Do not forget the things that I say to you.
I have not done anything that was wrong. So I know that he will
If you can do that, I will be quiet. And then I will die.
So I want to ask you to do two things.
And stop making me afraid of you.
Or let me speak, and then reply to me.
Show me one wrong thing that I have done.
You seem to think that I am your enemy. I would like to know why you think that.
I am only as strong as dry grass.
So I do not understand why you want to frighten me.
I may have done wrong things when I was young. And you remember them.
You watch me to see where I am going.
You even put marks on my feet so that you can follow me.
I am like an old coat that the insects have eaten.’