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1 Then Job replied:
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1 Then Job replied:
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2 "Doubtless you are the people, and wisdom will die with you!
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2 "Doubtless you are the people, and wisdom will die with you!
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3 But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things?
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3 But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things?
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4 "I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called upon God and he answered-- a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!
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4 "I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called upon God and he answered-- a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!
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5 Men at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
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5 Men at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
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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) |
