Job 23:6-8

International Standard Version

⁶“Would he use his great power to fight me?
No, he’ll pay attention to me.
⁷In that place, the upright can reason with him;
and I’ll be acquitted once and for all by my judge.”

Job Justifies His Innocence

⁸“Look! If I go east,^[a] he isn’t there!
If I go to the west,^[b] I don’t perceive him.

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Job 23:6-8

New International Version

⁶Would he vigorously oppose me?^(A)
No, he would not press charges against me.^(B)
⁷There the upright^(C) can establish their innocence before him,^(D)
and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.^(E)