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Job 31:10-20
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Job 31:10-20
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Then may my wife grind another man's grain. May other men have sex with her.
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Wanting another woman would have been a shameful thing. It would have been a sin that should be judged.
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It's like a fire that burns down to the grave. It would have caused my crops to be pulled up by the roots.
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"Suppose I haven't treated my male and female servants fairly when they've brought charges against me.
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Then what will I do when God opposes me? What answer will I give him when he asks me to explain myself?
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Didn't he who made me make my servants also? Didn't the same God form us inside our mothers?
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"I haven't said no to what poor people have wanted. I haven't let widows lose their hope.
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I haven't kept my bread to myself. I've shared it with children whose fathers had died.
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From the time I was young, I've helped those widows. I've raised those children as a father would.
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Suppose I've seen people dying because they didn't have any clothes. I've seen needy people who had nothing to wear.
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And they didn't give me their blessing when I warmed them with wool from my sheep.
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