⁷ For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit?

⁴ For, truly, my words `are' not false, The perfect in knowledge `is' with thee.

⁷ Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off?

² Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?

³ Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!

⁴ And thou sayest, `Pure `is' my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.'

⁵ For a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.

⁴ My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.

²¹ Let me not, I pray you, accept the face of any, Nor unto man give flattering titles,

²² For I have not known to give flattering titles, In a little doth my Maker take me away.

² out of the synagogues they will put you; but an hour doth come, that every one who hath killed you, may think to offer service unto God;

⁵ And, if our unrighteousness God's righteousness doth establish, what shall we say? is God unrighteous who is inflicting the wrath? (after the manner of a man I speak)

⁶ let it not be! since how shall God judge the world?

⁷ for if the truth of God in my falsehood did more abound to His glory, why yet am I also as a sinner judged?

⁸ and not, as we are evil spoken of, and as certain affirm us to say -- `We may do the evil things, that the good ones may come?' whose judgment is righteous.

² but did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before God;