Will you even put me in the wrong?
    Will you condemn me that (A)you may be in the right?

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By no means! (A)Let God be true though (B)every one were a liar, as it is written,

(C)“That you may be justified in your words,
    and prevail when you (D)are judged.”

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18 Then (A)your covenant with death will be annulled,
    and your agreement with Sheol will not stand;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
    you will be beaten down by it.

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Then Elihu the son of Barachel (A)the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself (B)rather than God.

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For Job has said, ‘I am (A)in the right,
    and (B)God has taken away my right;
in spite of my right I am counted a liar;
    my wound is incurable, though I am (C)without transgression.’

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(A)Does it seem good to you to oppress,
    to despise (B)the work of your hands
    (C)and favor the designs of the wicked?

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18 For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside (A)because of its weakness and uselessness

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17 This is what I mean: the law, which came (A)430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as (B)to make the promise void.

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The Law and the Promise

15 (A)To give a human example, brothers:[a] (B)even with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:15 Or brothers and sisters

27 (A)For the Lord of hosts has purposed,
    and who will annul it?
(B)His hand is stretched out,
    and who will turn it back?

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(A)Against you, you only, have I sinned
    and done what is evil (B)in your sight,
(C)so that you may be justified in your words
    and blameless in your judgment.

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“Do you think this to be just?
    Do you say, (A)‘It is my right before God,’
that you ask, (B)‘What advantage have I?
    How am I better off than if I had sinned?’

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“As God lives, who has (A)taken away my right,
    and the Almighty, who has (B)made my soul bitter,
as long as my breath is in me,
    and (C)the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
my lips will not speak (D)falsehood,
    and my tongue will not utter (E)deceit.
Far be it from me to say that you are right;
    till I die I will not put away my (F)integrity from me.
I (G)hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go;
    my heart does not (H)reproach me for any of my days.

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