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30 Even if I washed myself with soap and my hands with washing soda,
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30 Even if I washed myself with soap and my hands with washing soda,
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31 you would plunge me into a slime pit so that even my clothes would detest me.
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31 you would plunge me into a slime pit so that even my clothes would detest me.
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32 "He is not a man like me that I might answer him, that we might confront each other in court.
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32 "He is not a man like me that I might answer him, that we might confront each other in court.
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33 If only there were someone to arbitrate between us, to lay his hand upon us both,
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33 If only there were someone to arbitrate between us, to lay his hand upon us both,
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34 someone to remove God's rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.
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34 someone to remove God's rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.
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35 Then I would speak up without fear of him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot.
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35 Then I would speak up without fear of him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot.
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| Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
