For Job has said, ‘(A)I am righteous,
But (B)God has taken away my right;
[a]Should I lie about my right?
My [b](C)wound is incurable, though I am without wrongdoing.’
What man is like Job,
Who (D)drinks up derision like water,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 34:6 Or Although I am right I am accounted a liar.
  2. Job 34:6 Lit arrow

“Job says, ‘I am innocent,(A)
    but God denies me justice.(B)
Although I am right,
    I am considered a liar;(C)
although I am guiltless,(D)
    his arrow inflicts an incurable wound.’(E)
Is there anyone like Job,
    who drinks scorn like water?(F)

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