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  16:1 ¶
Then Job answered and said, |
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16:1 ¶
Then Job°
answered°°
and said,°° |
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16:2
I have heard many such things: Miserable comforters are ye all. |
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16:2
I have heard°°
many°
such things:°°
miserable°
comforters°°
[are] ye all.° |
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16:3
Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest? |
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16:3
Shall vain°
words°
have an end?°
or°
what°
emboldeneth°°
thee that°
thou answerest?°° |
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16:4
I also could speak as ye do; If your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you. |
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16:4
I°
also°
could speak°°
as ye [do]: if°
your soul°
were°
in my soul's°
stead,°°
I could heap up°°
words°
against°
you, and shake°°
mine°
head°
at°°
you. |
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16:5
[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips would assuage [your grief]. |
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16:5
[But] I would strengthen°°
you with°
my mouth,°
and the moving°
of my lips°
should asswage°°
[your grief]. |
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16:6
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased? |
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16:6
Though°
I speak,°°
my grief°
is not°
asswaged:°°
and [though] I forbear,°°
what°°
am I eased?°° |
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16:7
But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company. |
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16:7
But°
now°
he hath made me weary:°°
thou hast made desolate°°
all°
my company.° |
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16:8
And thou hast laid fast hold on me, [which] is a witness [against me]: And my leanness riseth up against me, It testifieth to my face. |
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16:8
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles,°°
[which] is°
a witness°
[against me]: and my leanness°
rising up°°
in me beareth witness°°
to my face.° |
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16:9
He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me. |
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16:9
He teareth°°
[me] in his wrath,°
who hateth°°
me: he gnasheth°°
upon°
me with his teeth;°
mine enemy°
sharpeneth°°
his eyes°
upon me. |
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16:10
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me. |
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16:10
They have gaped°°
upon°
me with their mouth;°
they have smitten°°
me upon the cheek°
reproachfully;°
they have gathered°°
themselves°
together°
against°
me. |
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16:11
God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked. |
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16:11
God°
hath delivered°°
me to°
the ungodly,°
and turned me over°°
into°
the hands°
of the wicked.° |
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16:12
I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark. |
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16:12
I was°
at ease,°
but he hath broken me asunder:°°
he hath also taken°°
[me] by my neck,°
and shaken me to pieces,°°
and set me up°°
for his mark.° |
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16:13
His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground. |
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16:13
His archers°
compass me round about,°°°
he cleaveth°°
my reins°
asunder,°°
and doth not°
spare;°°
he poureth out°°
my gall°
upon the ground.° |
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16:14
He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant. |
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16:14
He breaketh°°
me with breach°
upon°°
breach,°
he runneth°°
upon°
me like a giant.° |
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16:15
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust. |
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16:15
I have sewed°°
sackcloth°
upon°
my skin,°
and defiled°°
my horn°
in the dust.° |
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16:16
My face is red with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death; |
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16:16
My face°
is foul°°
with°
weeping,°
and on°
my eyelids°
[is] the shadow of death;° |
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16:17
Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure. |
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16:17
Not°
for°
[any] injustice°
in mine hands:°
also my prayer°
[is] pure.° |
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16:18
O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no [resting]-place. |
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16:18
O earth,°
cover°°
not°
thou my blood,°
and let my cry°
have°
no°
place.° |
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16:19
Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that voucheth for me is on high. |
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16:19
Also°
now,°
behold,°
my witness°
[is] in heaven,°
and my record°
[is] on high.° |
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16:20
My friends scoff at me: [But] mine eye poureth out tears unto God, |
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16:20
My friends°
scorn°°
me: [but] mine eye°
poureth out°°
[tears] unto°
God.° |
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16:21
That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor! |
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16:21
O that one might plead°°
for a man°
with°
God,°
as a man°°
[pleadeth] for his neighbour!°° |
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16:22
For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return. |
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16:22
When°
a few°
years°
are come,°°
then I shall go°°
the way°
[whence] I shall not°
return.°° |
