{As} God liveth, {who} hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, {who} hath vexed my soul; {vexed...: Heb. made my soul bitter}

I am clean without transgression, I {am} innocent; neither {is there} iniquity in me.

Not for {any} injustice in mine hands: also my prayer {is} pure.

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he {was} righteous in his own eyes. {to...: Heb. from answering}

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment {was} as a robe and a diadem.

Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and {there is} none that can deliver out of thine hand. {Thou...: Heb. It is upon thy knowledge}

For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

For thou hast said, My doctrine {is} pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

{As} God liveth, {who} hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, {who} hath vexed my soul; {vexed...: Heb. made my soul bitter}

Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but {there is} no judgment. {wrong: or, violence}

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

{Is it} good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? {work: Heb. labour}

For thou hast said, My doctrine {is} pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. {himself: Heb. his soul}

Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

Thinkest thou this to be right, {that} thou saidst, My righteousness {is} more than God's?

I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied {him}? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil {is} good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where {is} the God of judgment?

And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness {is} in it. {in it: that is, in this matter}

Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

I know {it is} so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? {with God: or, before God?}