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Job 29:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Job 29:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 I was a father to the needy,
and I championed the cause of the stranger.(A)
17 I broke the fangs of the unrighteous
and made them drop their prey from their teeth.(B)
18 Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest,
and I shall multiply my days like the phoenix;[a](C)
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- 29.18 Or like sand
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