Job 34:23 Cross References - LEB

²³ Indeed, he has not yet appointed a time for man to go to God in the judgment.

¹³ After all that has come upon us for our evil practices and for our great guilt—you, our God, have held back less than our guilt deserved and you have given us a remainder such as this.

³² "For* he is not a mortal like me that I can answer him, that _⌊we can come to trial together_⌋.* ³³ There is no arbiter between us that he might lay his hand on both of us.

⁶ and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom, for _⌊insight has many sides_⌋.* And know that God _⌊on your behalf_⌋* has forgotten _⌊some of_⌋* your guilt.

¹¹ For he knows _⌊those who are worthless_⌋;* _⌊when he sees_⌋* iniquity, _⌊he will not consider it_⌋.*

²¹ and it argues* for a mortal with God, and as _⌊a human_⌋* for his friend.

⁷ There an upright person could reason with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.

¹⁰ "Therefore, listen to me, _⌊people who have sense_⌋:* far be it from God _⌊that he should commit wickedness_⌋* and that Shaddai _⌊should do wrong_⌋.* ¹¹ Indeed, he will repay according to a human being's deeds, and according to a man's way he will let it happen to him. ¹² What's more, God truly does not act wickedly, and Shaddai does not pervert justice.

¹³⁷ You are righteous, O Yahweh, and your ordinances are upright.

³ He will not break a broken reed, and he not will extinguish a dim wick. He will bring justice forth in* faithfulness.

⁵ Thus says Yahweh:
"What injustice did your ancestors* find in me that they were far from me, and they went after the vanity, and they became vain?

⁷ "_⌊Righteousness belongs to you, O Lord_⌋,* and on us is open shame, just as it is this day to the people of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to all Israel, _⌊those who are near and those who are far off_⌋* in all the lands to which you have driven them,* because of their infidelity which they displayed against you. ⁸ Yahweh, on us is open shame, on our kings, on our princes, and on our ancestors,* because we have sinned against you. ⁹ _⌊Compassion and forgiveness belong to the Lord, our God_⌋,* for we have rebelled against him,

²⁰ On the contrary, O man, who are you who answers back to God? Will what is molded say to the one who molded it, "Why did you make me like this"?*