Kommentar zu Ijow 13:20

But do not do two things to me viz. Heavenly judgment and earthly judgment. If You come to judgment with one [of these], I will not hide from before You. If with Heavenly judgment, I will say, “I have sinned.” [because] (Prov. 28:13), “He who conceals his sins will not succeed.” If with earthly judgment, even I will not confess to concealing sin. I did not hear this (absent in some editions).

Job now presents his case to God, opening with a plea he be allowed to do so without feeling intimidated. He then asks just what he had done to deserve his present state.