Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Now this is Job's claim: "Even though I'm innocent, God has stopped treating me righteously.

New American Standard Bible

“For Job has said, ‘I am righteous,
But God has taken away my right;

King James Version

For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

Holman Bible

For Job has declared, “I am righteous,
yet God has deprived me of justice.

A Conservative Version

For Job has said, I am righteous, and God has taken away my right.

American Standard Version

For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:

Amplified


“For Job has said, ‘I am righteous [and innocent],
But God has taken away my right;

Bible in Basic English

For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;

Darby Translation

For Job hath said, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my judgment:

Julia Smith Translation

For Job said, I was just: and God removed my judgment

King James 2000

For Job has said, I am righteous: and God has taken away my justice.

Lexham Expanded Bible

for Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.

Modern King James verseion

For Job has said, I am righteous; and God has taken away my right;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And why? Job hath said, 'I am righteous, but God doth me wrong.'

NET Bible

For Job says, 'I am innocent, but God turns away my right.

New Heart English Bible

For Job has said, 'I am righteous, God has taken away my right:

The Emphasized Bible

For Job hath said - I am righteous, But, GOD, hath turned away my right;

Webster

For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

World English Bible

For Job has said, 'I am righteous, God has taken away my right:

Youngs Literal Translation

For Job hath said, 'I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
איּוב 
'Iyowb 
Job
Usage: 17

and God
אל 
'el 
Usage: 114

שׂוּר סוּר 
Cuwr 
Usage: 301

Verse Info

Context Readings

Elihu Asserts God's Justice

4 let's choose what's right for us. Let's consider among ourselves what is good." 5 Now this is Job's claim: "Even though I'm innocent, God has stopped treating me righteously. 6 Have I lied concerning the justice that I deserve? My wound is incurable, though transgression cannot be attributed to me.'


Cross References

Job 27:2

"The living God has withheld justice from me; the Almighty has made my life bitter.

Job 33:9

"I'm pure. I'm without sin; I'm innocent. I'm harboring no iniquity inside of me.

Job 9:17

For he crushes me with a storm, and keeps on wounding me for no reason.

Job 10:7

Although you know that I'm not guilty, there's no one to deliver me from you!

Job 11:4

You've said, "My teaching is flawless; I'm clean in God's sight.'

Job 16:17

even though violence is not my intention, and my prayer is pure."

Job 29:14

I put on righteousness like clothing; my just decisions were like a robe and a turban.

Job 32:1

These three men stopped responding to Job, because he was claiming to be righteous, in his own opinion.

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