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Job 24:13
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"There are those who rebel against the light,(ad) who do not know its ways or stay in its paths.(ae)
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Job 24:14
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When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up, kills(af) the poor and needy,(ag) and in the night steals forth like a thief.(ah)
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Job 24:15
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The eye of the adulterer(ai) watches for dusk;(aj) he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,'(ak) and he keeps his face concealed.
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Job 24:16
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In the dark, thieves break into houses,(al) but by day they shut themselves in; they want nothing to do with the light.(am)
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Job 24:17
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For all of them, midnight is their morning; they make friends with the terrors(an) of darkness.(ao)
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Job 24:18
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"Yet they are foam(ap) on the surface of the water;(aq) their portion of the land is cursed,(ar) so that no one goes to the vineyards.(as)
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Job 24:19
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As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow,(at) so the grave(au) snatches away those who have sinned.
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Job 24:20
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The womb forgets them, the worm(av) feasts on them;(aw) the wicked are no longer remembered(ax) but are broken like a tree.(ay)
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Job 24:21
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They prey on the barren and childless woman, and to the widow they show no kindness.(az)
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Job 24:22
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But God drags away the mighty by his power;(ba) though they become established,(bb) they have no assurance of life.(bc)
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Job 24:23
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He may let them rest in a feeling of security,(bd) but his eyes(be) are on their ways.(bf)
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Job 24:24
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For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone;(bg) they are brought low and gathered up like all others;(bh) they are cut off like heads of grain.(bi)
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Job 24:25
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"If this is not so, who can prove me false and reduce my words to nothing?"(bj)
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Job 25:1
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Bildad
Then Bildad the Shuhite(a) replied:Footnotes:
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Job 25:2
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"Dominion and awe belong to God;(b) he establishes order in the heights of heaven.(c)
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Job 25:3
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Can his forces be numbered? On whom does his light not rise?(d)
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Job 25:4
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How then can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?(e)
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Job 25:5
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If even the moon(f) is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes,(g)
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Job 25:6
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how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot— a human being,(h) who is only a worm!"(i)
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Job 26:1
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Job
Then Job replied:Job 26:2
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"How you have helped the powerless!(a) How you have saved the arm that is feeble!(b)
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Job 26:3
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What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight(c) you have displayed!
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Job 26:4
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Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?(d)
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Job 26:5
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"The dead are in deep anguish,(e) those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
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Job 26:6
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The realm of the dead(f) is naked before God; Destruction[a](g) lies uncovered.(h)
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Job 26:7
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He spreads out the northern skies(i) over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.(j)
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Job 26:8
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He wraps up the waters(k) in his clouds,(l) yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
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Job 26:9
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He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds(m) over it.
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Job 26:10
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He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters(n) for a boundary between light and darkness.(o)
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Job 26:11
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The pillars of the heavens quake,(p) aghast at his rebuke.
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Job 26:12
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By his power he churned up the sea;(q) by his wisdom(r) he cut Rahab(s) to pieces.
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Job 26:13
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By his breath the skies(t) became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent.(u)
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Job 26:14
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And these are but the outer fringe of his works; how faint the whisper(v) we hear of him!(w) Who then can understand the thunder of his power?"(x)
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Job 27:1
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Job's Final Word to His Friends
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Job 27:2
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"As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,(b) the Almighty,(c) who has made my life bitter,(d)
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Job 27:3
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as long as I have life within me, the breath of God(e) in my nostrils,
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Job 27:4
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my lips will not say anything wicked, and my tongue will not utter lies.(f)
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Job 27:5
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I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity.(g)
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Job 27:6
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I will maintain my innocence(h) and never let go of it; my conscience(i) will not reproach me as long as I live.(j)
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Job 27:7
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"May my enemy be like the wicked,(k) my adversary(l) like the unjust!
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Job 27:8
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For what hope have the godless(m) when they are cut off, when God takes away their life?(n)
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Job 27:9
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Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them?(o)
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Job 27:10
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Will they find delight in the Almighty?(p) Will they call on God at all times?
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Job 27:11
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"I will teach you about the power of God; the ways(q) of the Almighty I will not conceal.(r)
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Job 27:12
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You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?
Job 27:13
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"Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:(s)
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Job 27:14
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However many his children,(t) their fate is the sword;(u) his offspring will never have enough to eat.(v)
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Job 27:15
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The plague will bury those who survive him, and their widows will not weep for them.(w)
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Job 27:16
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Though he heaps up silver like dust(x) and clothes like piles of clay,(y)
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Job 27:17
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what he lays up(z) the righteous will wear,(aa) and the innocent will divide his silver.(ab)
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Job 27:18
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The house(ac) he builds is like a moth's cocoon,(ad) like a hut(ae) made by a watchman.
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Job 27:19
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He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;(af) when he opens his eyes, all is gone.(ag)
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Job 27:20
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Terrors(ah) overtake him like a flood;(ai) a tempest snatches him away in the night.(aj)
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Job 27:21
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The east wind(ak) carries him off, and he is gone;(al) it sweeps him out of his place.(am)
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Job 27:22
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It hurls itself against him without mercy(an) as he flees headlong(ao) from its power.(ap)
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Job 27:23
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It claps its hands(aq) in derision and hisses him out of his place."(ar)
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Job 28:1
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There is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.(a)
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Job 28:2
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Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.(b)
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Job 28:3
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Mortals put an end to the darkness;(c) they search out the farthest recesses for ore in the blackest darkness.(d)
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Job 28:4
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Far from human dwellings they cut a shaft,(e) in places untouched by human feet; far from other people they dangle and sway.
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Job 28:5
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The earth, from which food comes,(f) is transformed below as by fire;
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Job 28:6
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lapis lazuli(g) comes from its rocks, and its dust contains nuggets of gold.(h)
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Job 28:7
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No bird of prey knows that hidden path, no falcon's eye has seen it.(i)
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Job 28:8
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Proud beasts(j) do not set foot on it, and no lion prowls there.(k)
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Job 28:9
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People assault the flinty rock(l) with their hands and lay bare the roots of the mountains.(m)
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Job 28:10
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They tunnel through the rock;(n) their eyes see all its treasures.(o)
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Job 28:11
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They search[a] the sources of the rivers(p) and bring hidden things(q) to light.
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Job 28:12
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But where can wisdom be found?(r) Where does understanding dwell?(s)
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Job 28:13
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No mortal comprehends its worth;(t) it cannot be found in the land of the living.(u)
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Job 28:14
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The deep(v) says, "It is not in me"; the sea(w) says, "It is not with me."
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Job 28:15
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It cannot be bought with the finest gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.(x)
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Job 28:16
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It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir,(y) with precious onyx or lapis lazuli.(z)
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Job 28:17
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Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it,(aa) nor can it be had for jewels of gold.(ab)
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Job 28:18
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Coral(ac) and jasper(ad) are not worthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.(ae)
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Job 28:19
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The topaz(af) of Cush(ag) cannot compare with it; it cannot be bought with pure gold.(ah)
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Job 28:20
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Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?(ai)
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Job 28:21
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It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing, concealed even from the birds in the sky.(aj)
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Job 28:22
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Destruction[b](ak) and Death(al) say, "Only a rumor of it has reached our ears."
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Job 28:23
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God understands the way to it and he alone(am) knows where it dwells,(an)
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Job 28:24
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for he views the ends of the earth(ao) and sees everything under the heavens.(ap)
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Job 28:25
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When he established the force of the wind and measured out the waters,(aq)
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Job 28:26
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when he made a decree for the rain(ar) and a path for the thunderstorm,(as)
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Job 28:27
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then he looked at wisdom and appraised it; he confirmed it and tested it.(at)
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Job 28:28
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And he said to the human race, "The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil(au) is understanding."(av)
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Job 29:1
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Job's Final Defense
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Job 29:2
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"How I long for the months gone by,(b) for the days when God watched over me,(c)
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Job 29:3
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when his lamp shone on my head and by his light I walked through darkness!(d)
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Job 29:4
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Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God's intimate friendship(e) blessed my house,(f)
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Job 29:5
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when the Almighty was still with me and my children(g) were around me,(h)
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Job 29:6
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when my path was drenched with cream(i) and the rock(j) poured out for me streams of olive oil.(k)
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Job 29:7
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"When I went to the gate(l) of the city and took my seat in the public square,
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Job 29:8
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the young men saw me and stepped aside(m) and the old men rose to their feet;(n)
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Job 29:9
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the chief men refrained from speaking(o) and covered their mouths with their hands;(p)
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Job 29:10
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the voices of the nobles were hushed,(q) and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.(r)
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Job 29:11
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Whoever heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me commended me,(s)
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Job 29:12
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because I rescued the poor(t) who cried for help, and the fatherless(u) who had none to assist them.(v)
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Job 29:13
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The one who was dying blessed me;(w) I made the widow's(x) heart sing.
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