于是这三个人，因约伯自以为义就不再回答他。

于是这三个人因约伯看自己为义就停止，不再回答他。

于是这三个人因约伯看自己为义就停止，不再回答他。

三人见约伯自以为义，便不再回答他。

因为约伯自以为义，于是这三个人就不再回答他。

於是這三個人，因約伯自以為義就不再回答他。

於是這三個人因約伯看自己為義就停止，不再回答他。

於是這三個人因約伯看自己為義就停止，不再回答他。

三人見約伯自以為義，便不再回答他。

因為約伯自以為義，於是這三個人就不再回答他。

於是這三個人因約伯自以為義，就停止說話，不再回答約伯。

約伯自視為義、三人不復答之、

約百自以為義、三友不與辨也。

約百三友、約百三友原文作此三人見約百自以為義、遂不復答之、

So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

So the three men stopped answering Job, because he thought he was right.

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Job’s three friends refused to reply further to him because he kept insisting on his innocence.

So these three men quit answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Then these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

So these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

So these three men quit answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he[ was] righteous in his own eyes.

So these three men refused to answer Job further, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

though you know that I am not guilty and that no one can rescue me from your hand? (niv)

‘ I am pure, I have done no wrong; I am clean and free from sin. (niv)

Whoever heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me commended me,because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow’s heart sing.I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth. (niv)

I say to God: Do not declare me guilty, but tell me what charges you have against me. (niv)

There the upright can establish their innocence before him, and there I would be delivered forever from my judge. (niv)

Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my integrity is at stake. (niv)

my lips will not say anything wicked, and my tongue will not utter lies.I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity.I will maintain my innocence and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live. (niv)

Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face. (niv)

“ I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.For what is our lot from God above, our heritage from the Almighty on high?Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong?Does he not see my ways and count my every step?“ If I have walked with falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit—let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless—if my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled,then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.“ If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,then may my wife grind another man’s grain, and may other men sleep with her.For that would have been wicked, a sin to be judged.It is a fire that burns to Destruction; it would have uprooted my harvest.“ If I have denied justice to any of my servants, whether male or female, when they had a grievance against me,what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?“ If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,if I have kept my bread to myself, not sharing it with the fatherless—but from my youth I reared them as a father would, and from my birth I guided the widow—if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing, or the needy without garments,and their hearts did not bless me for warming them with the fleece from my sheep,if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, knowing that I had influence in court,then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let it be broken off at the joint.For I dreaded destruction from God, and for fear of his splendor I could not do such things.“ If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold,‘ You are my security,’if I have rejoiced over my great wealth, the fortune my hands had gained,if I have regarded the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.“ If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune or gloated over the trouble that came to him—I have not allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse against their life—if those of my household have never said,‘ Who has not been filled with Job’s meat?’—but no stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler—if I have concealed my sin as people do, by hiding my guilt in my heartbecause I so feared the crowd and so dreaded the contempt of the clans that I kept silent and would not go outside—(“ Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense— let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing.Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown.I would give him an account of my every step; I would present it to him as to a ruler.)—“ if my land cries out against me and all its furrows are wet with tears,if I have devoured its yield without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,then let briers come up instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended. (niv)