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

Job 9:28-35

Revised Standard Version RSV

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

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

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

31 yet thou wilt plunge me into a pit, and my own clothes will abhor me.

32 For he is not a man, 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 upon us both.

34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not dread of him terrify me.

35 Then I would speak without fear of him, for I am not so in myself.

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.