16 I was a father unto the poor, and when I knew not the cause, I sought it out diligently.

17 I brake also the jaws of the unrighteous man, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

18 Then I said, I shall die in my [a]nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 29:18 That is, at home in my bed without all trouble and unquietness.

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