Job 9:32-34

New Catholic Bible

³²“For God is not a man like me,
    someone before whom I can plead my case
    or whom I can confront in a court.
³³There is no arbiter to judge between us
    with the power to render a verdict,
³⁴someone who could remove God’s rod from me
    so that I would not shrink from him in terror.

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Job 9:32-34

King James Version

³²For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

³³Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

³⁴Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

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Job 9:32-34

New International Version

³²“He is not a mere mortal^(A) like me that I might answer him,^(B)
    that we might confront each other in court.^(C)
³³If only there were someone to mediate between us,^(D)
    someone to bring us together,^(E)
³⁴someone to remove God’s rod from me,^(F)
    so that his terror would frighten me no more.^(G)