New International Reader's Version

Job 9:28-34 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

28. Then I'd still be afraid I'd go on suffering. That's because I know you would say I had done something wrong.

29. In fact, you have already said I'm guilty. So why should I struggle without any reason?

30. Suppose I clean myself with soap. Suppose I wash my hands with cleanser.

31. Even then you would throw me into a muddy pit. And even my clothes would hate me.

32. "God isn't a man like me. I can't answer him. We can't take each other to court.

33. I wish someone would settle matters between us. I wish someone would force us to work things out.

34. I wish someone would keep God from punishing me. Then his terror wouldn't frighten me anymore.