New English Translation

Job 9:21-28 New English Translation (NET)

21. I am blameless. I do not know myself.I despise my life.

22. “It is all one! That is why I say,‘He destroys the blameless and the guilty.’

23. If a scourge brings sudden death,he mocks at the despair of the innocent.

24. If a land has been given into the hand of a wicked man,he covers the faces of its judges;if it is not he, then who is it?

25. “My days are swifter than a runner,they speed by without seeing happiness.

26. They glide by like reed boats,like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.

27. If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,I will change my expression and be cheerful,’

28. I dread all my sufferings,for I know that you do not hold me blameless.