Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
1 Then Job answered the Lord.
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Then Job replied to the LORD:
2 I know, Lord, that you are all-powerful; that you can do everything you want.
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“I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
3 You ask how I dare question your wisdom when I am so very ignorant. I talked about things I did not understand, about marvels too great for me to know.
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You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
4 You told me to listen while you spoke and to try to answer your questions.
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“You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.’
5 In the past I knew only what others had told me, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.
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My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.
6 So I am ashamed of all I have said and repent in dust and ashes.
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Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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