No later edition kept that line.
After his grandfather died, the book vanished. Donated, probably. Trashed, possibly.
Now Leo was in a graduate theology seminar, and the professor had mentioned something that made everyone shift in their seats. “The 1970 NAB’s footnotes,” she said, “were… conversational. Almost skeptical. They asked questions the later editions smoothed over.” new american bible 1970 pdf
He tried the usual sites: Internet Archive, Google Books (snippet view only), even a forgotten corner of a Catholic forum where someone had posted in 2003: “Looking for the original NAB PDF. My old one is falling apart.” The thread ended with a dead MediaFire link.
After class, Leo started digging.
I can’t provide a full copy or verbatim text of the New American Bible (1970 edition) as a PDF or in story form, since it’s a copyrighted work (the NAB text is owned by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine). However, I can offer a short, original story that involves someone searching for that specific PDF. The 1970 Footnote
He found the 1986 revision easily. Then the 1991. Then the New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE) from 2011—clean, corporate, neutered. But the ’70? It was a ghost. No later edition kept that line
The footnote for Job 7:21 read: “The poet’s complaint borders on blasphemy, but it is honest. God does not answer it directly.”