Job 34:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 27:2 : 2 By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;
  • Job 33:9 : 9 I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:
  • Job 29:14 : 14 I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.
  • Job 32:1 : 1 So these three men gave no more answers to Job, because he seemed to himself to be right.
  • Job 9:17 : 17 For I would be crushed by his storm, my wounds would be increased without cause.
  • Job 10:7 : 7 Though you see that I am not an evil-doer; and there is no one who is able to take a man out of your hands?
  • Job 11:4 : 4 You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.
  • Job 16:17 : 17 Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.

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