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31 if the men of my household have never said, 'Who has not had his fill of Job's meat?'--
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31 if the men of my household have never said, 'Who has not had his fill of Job's meat?'--
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32 but no stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler--
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32 but no stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler--
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33 if I have concealed my sin as men do, by hiding my guilt in my heart
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33 if I have concealed my sin as men do, by hiding my guilt in my heart
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34 because I so feared the crowd and so dreaded the contempt of the clans that I kept silent and would not go outside--
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34 because I so feared the crowd and so dreaded the contempt of the clans that I kept silent and would not go outside--
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35 ("Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense--let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing.
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35 ("Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense--let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing.
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36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown.
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36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown.
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37 I would give him an account of my every step; like a prince I would approach him.)--
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37 I would give him an account of my every step; like a prince I would approach him.)--
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38 "if my land cries out against me and all its furrows are wet with tears,
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38 "if my land cries out against me and all its furrows are wet with tears,
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39 if I have devoured its yield without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
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39 if I have devoured its yield without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
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40 then let briers come up instead of wheat and weeds instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.
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40 then let briers come up instead of wheat and weeds instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.
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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) |
