Parallel Bible results for "Job 9:28-35"

Job 9:28-35

New Revised Standard NRS

28 I become afraid of all my suffering, for I know you will not hold me innocent.

29 I shall be condemned; why then do I labor in vain?

30 If I wash myself with soap and cleanse my hands with lye,

31 yet you will plunge me into filth, and my own clothes will abhor me.

32 For he is not a mortal, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together.

33 There is no umpire between us, who might lay his hand on us both.

34 If he would take his rod away from me, and not let dread of him terrify me,

35 then I would speak without fear of him, for I know I am not what I am thought to be.

New International Version NIV

28 I still dread all my sufferings, for I know you will not hold me innocent.

29 Since I am already found guilty, why should I struggle in vain?

30 Even if I washed myself with soap and my hands with cleansing powder,

31 you would plunge me into a slime pit so that even my clothes would detest me.

32 “He is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him, that we might confront each other in court.

33 If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together,

34 someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.

35 Then I would speak up without fear of him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot.