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Passage Lookup: Job 9:1-12:12
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Job 9:1
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Then Job replied:Job 9:2
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"Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?(a)
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Job 9:3
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Though they wished to dispute with him,(b) they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.(c)
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Job 9:4
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His wisdom(d) is profound, his power is vast.(e) Who has resisted(f) him and come out unscathed?(g)
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Job 9:5
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He moves mountains(h) without their knowing it and overturns them in his anger.(i)
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Job 9:6
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He shakes the earth(j) from its place and makes its pillars tremble.(k)
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Job 9:7
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He speaks to the sun and it does not shine;(l) he seals off the light of the stars.(m)
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Job 9:8
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He alone stretches out the heavens(n) and treads on the waves of the sea.(o)
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Job 9:9
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He is the Maker(p) of the Bear[a] and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.(q)
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Job 9:10
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He performs wonders(r) that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.(s)
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Job 9:11
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When he passes me, I cannot see him; when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.(t)
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Job 9:12
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If he snatches away, who can stop him?(u) Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?'(v)
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Job 9:13
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God does not restrain his anger;(w) even the cohorts of Rahab(x) cowered at his feet.
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Job 9:14
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"How then can I dispute with him? How can I find words to argue with him?(y)
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Job 9:15
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Though I were innocent, I could not answer him;(z) I could only plead(aa) with my Judge(ab) for mercy.(ac)
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Job 9:16
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Even if I summoned him and he responded, I do not believe he would give me a hearing.(ad)
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Job 9:17
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He would crush me(ae) with a storm(af) and multiply(ag) my wounds for no reason.(ah)
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Job 9:18
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He would not let me catch my breath but would overwhelm me with misery.(ai)
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Job 9:19
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If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty!(aj) And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him[b]?(ak)
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Job 9:20
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Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.(al)
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Job 9:21
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"Although I am blameless,(am) I have no concern for myself;(an) I despise my own life.(ao)
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Job 9:22
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It is all the same; that is why I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.'(ap)
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Job 9:23
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When a scourge(aq) brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent.(ar)
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Job 9:24
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When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,(as) he blindfolds its judges.(at) If it is not he, then who is it?(au)
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Job 9:25
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"My days are swifter than a runner;(av) they fly away without a glimpse of joy.(aw)
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Job 9:26
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They skim past(ax) like boats of papyrus,(ay) like eagles swooping down on their prey.(az)
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Job 9:27
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If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,(ba) I will change my expression, and smile,'
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Job 9:28
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I still dread(bb) all my sufferings, for I know you will not hold me innocent.(bc)
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Job 9:29
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Since I am already found guilty, why should I struggle in vain?(bd)
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Job 9:30
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Even if I washed myself with soap(be) and my hands(bf) with cleansing powder,(bg)
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Job 9:31
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you would plunge me into a slime pit(bh) so that even my clothes would detest me.(bi)
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Job 9:32
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"He is not a mere mortal(bj) like me that I might answer him,(bk) that we might confront each other in court.(bl)
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Job 9:33
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If only there were someone to mediate between us,(bm) someone to bring us together,(bn)
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Job 9:34
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someone to remove God's rod from me,(bo) so that his terror would frighten me no more.(bp)
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Job 9:35
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Then I would speak up without fear of him,(bq) but as it now stands with me, I cannot.(br)
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Job 10:1
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"I loathe my very life;(a) therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.(b)
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Job 10:2
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I say to God:(c) Do not declare me guilty, but tell me what charges(d) you have against me.(e)
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Job 10:3
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Does it please you to oppress me,(f) to spurn the work of your hands,(g) while you smile on the plans of the wicked?(h)
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Job 10:4
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Do you have eyes of flesh? Do you see as a mortal sees?(i)
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Job 10:5
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Are your days like those of a mortal or your years like those of a strong man,(j)
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Job 10:6
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that you must search out my faults and probe after my sin(k)—
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Job 10:7
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though you know that I am not guilty(l) and that no one can rescue me from your hand?(m)
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Job 10:8
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"Your hands shaped(n) me and made me. Will you now turn and destroy me?(o)
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Job 10:9
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Remember that you molded me like clay.(p) Will you now turn me to dust again?(q)
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Job 10:10
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Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese,
Job 10:11
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clothe me with skin and flesh and knit me together(r) with bones and sinews?
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Job 10:12
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You gave me life(s) and showed me kindness,(t) and in your providence(u) watched over(v) my spirit.
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Job 10:13
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"But this is what you concealed in your heart, and I know that this was in your mind:(w)
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Job 10:14
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If I sinned, you would be watching me(x) and would not let my offense go unpunished.(y)
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Job 10:15
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If I am guilty(z)—woe to me!(aa) Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head,(ab) for I am full of shame and drowned in[a] my affliction.(ac)
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Job 10:16
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If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion(ad) and again display your awesome power against me.(ae)
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Job 10:17
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You bring new witnesses against me(af) and increase your anger toward me;(ag) your forces come against me wave upon wave.(ah)
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Job 10:18
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"Why then did you bring me out of the womb?(ai) I wish I had died before any eye saw me.(aj)
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Job 10:19
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If only I had never come into being, or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!(ak)
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Job 10:20
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Are not my few days(al) almost over?(am) Turn away from me(an) so I can have a moment's joy(ao)
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Job 10:21
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before I go to the place of no return,(ap) to the land of gloom and utter darkness,(aq)
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Job 10:22
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to the land of deepest night, of utter darkness(ar) and disorder, where even the light is like darkness."(as)
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Job 11:1
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Job 11:2
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"Are all these words to go unanswered?(b) Is this talker to be vindicated?(c)
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Job 11:3
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Will your idle talk(d) reduce others to silence? Will no one rebuke you when you mock?(e)
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Job 11:4
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You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless(f) and I am pure(g) in your sight.'
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Job 11:5
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Oh, how I wish that God would speak,(h) that he would open his lips against you
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Job 11:6
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and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,(i) for true wisdom has two sides. Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.(j)
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Job 11:7
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"Can you fathom(k) the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
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Job 11:8
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They are higher(l) than the heavens(m) above—what can you do? They are deeper than the depths below(n)—what can you know?(o)
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Job 11:9
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Their measure(p) is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.(q)
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Job 11:10
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"If he comes along and confines you in prison and convenes a court, who can oppose him?(r)
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Job 11:11
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Surely he recognizes deceivers; and when he sees evil, does he not take note?(s)
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Job 11:12
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But the witless can no more become wise than a wild donkey's colt(t) can be born human.[a](u)
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Job 11:13
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"Yet if you devote your heart(v) to him and stretch out your hands(w) to him,(x)
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Job 11:14
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if you put away(y) the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil(z) to dwell in your tent,(aa)
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Job 11:15
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then, free of fault, you will lift up your face;(ab) you will stand firm(ac) and without fear.(ad)
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Job 11:16
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You will surely forget your trouble,(ae) recalling it only as waters gone by.(af)
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Job 11:17
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Life will be brighter than noonday,(ag) and darkness will become like morning.(ah)
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Job 11:18
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You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest(ai) in safety.(aj)
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Job 11:19
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You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid,(ak) and many will court your favor.(al)
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Job 11:20
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But the eyes of the wicked will fail,(am) and escape will elude them;(an) their hope will become a dying gasp."(ao)
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Job 12:1
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Then Job replied:Job 12:2
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"Doubtless you are the only people who matter, and wisdom will die with you!(a)
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Job 12:3
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But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things?(b)
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Job 12:4
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"I have become a laughingstock(c) to my friends,(d) though I called on God and he answered(e)— a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!(f)
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Job 12:5
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Those who are at ease have contempt(g) for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.(h)
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Job 12:6
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The tents of marauders are undisturbed,(i) and those who provoke God are secure(j)— those God has in his hand.[a]
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Job 12:7
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"But ask the animals, and they will teach you,(k) or the birds in the sky,(l) and they will tell you;(m)
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Job 12:8
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or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you.
Job 12:9
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Which of all these does not know(n) that the hand of the Lord has done this?(o)
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Job 12:10
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In his hand is the life(p) of every creature and the breath of all mankind.(q)
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Job 12:11
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Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food?(r)
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Job 12:12
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Is not wisdom found among the aged?(s) Does not long life bring understanding?(t)
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