So these three men refused to answer Job further, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

于是这三个人，因约伯自以为义就不再回答他。

于是这三个人因约伯看自己为义就停止，不再回答他。

于是这三个人因约伯看自己为义就停止，不再回答他。

三人见约伯自以为义，便不再回答他。

因为约伯自以为义，于是这三个人就不再回答他。

於是這三個人，因約伯自以為義就不再回答他。

於是這三個人因約伯看自己為義就停止，不再回答他。

於是這三個人因約伯看自己為義就停止，不再回答他。

三人見約伯自以為義，便不再回答他。

因為約伯自以為義，於是這三個人就不再回答他。

於是這三個人因約伯自以為義，就停止說話，不再回答約伯。

約伯自視為義、三人不復答之、

約百自以為義、三友不與辨也。

約百三友、約百三友原文作此三人見約百自以為義、遂不復答之、

So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

So the three men stopped answering Job, because he thought he was right.

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Job’s three friends refused to reply further to him because he kept insisting on his innocence.

So these three men quit answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Then these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

So these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

So these three men quit answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he[ was] righteous in his own eyes.

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

although you know that I am not guilty, and that there is no one who can deliver out of your hand?

‘ I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity.

“ As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban;I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame;I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.

I will say to God,‘ Do not condemn me; tell me why you are contending with me.’

There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

Relent, let there be no falsehood; reconsider, for my righteousness is intact!

my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will whisper no deceit.I will never declare that you three are in the right; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.

Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!

“ I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin?What then would be one’s lot from God above, one’s heritage from the Almighty on high?Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?Does he not see my ways and count all my steps?If I have walked in falsehood, and if my foot has hastened to deceit–let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity.If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands,then let me sow and let another eat, and let my crops be uprooted.If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men have sexual relations with her.For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged.For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.“ If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me,then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?Did not the one who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us in the womb?If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans–but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow!If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat,whose heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep,if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let my arm be broken off at the socket.For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.“ If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold,‘ You are my security!’if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing,so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him–I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse–if the members of my household have never said,‘ If only there were someone who has not been satisfied from Job’s meat!’–But no stranger had to spend the night outside, for I opened my doors to the traveler–if I have covered my transgressions as men do, by hiding iniquity in my heart,because I was terrified of the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors–“ If only I had someone to hear me! Here is my signature– let the Almighty answer me! If only I had an indictment that my accuser had written.Surely I would wear it proudly on my shoulder, I would bind it on me like a crown;I would give him an accounting of my steps; like a prince I would approach him.“ If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together,if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners,then let thorns sprout up in place of wheat, and in place of barley, weeds!” The words of Job are ended.