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1 Then Job replied:
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1 Then Job replied:
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2 "If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!
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2 "If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!
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3 It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas-- no wonder my words have been impetuous.
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3 It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas-- no wonder my words have been impetuous.
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4 The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God's terrors are marshaled against me.
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4 The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God's terrors are marshaled against me.
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5 Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?
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5 Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?
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6 Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg ?
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6 Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg ?
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7 I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill.
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7 I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill.
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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) |
