16 How much less one who is (A)detestable and corrupt:
A person who (B)drinks [a]malice like water!

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Footnotes

  1. Job 15:16 Or injustice

16 how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,(A)
    who drink up evil(B) like water!(C)

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12 “Though (A)evil tastes sweet in his mouth
And he hides it under his tongue,
13 Though he [a]desires it and will not let it go,
But holds it (B)in his [b]mouth,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:13 Lit spares it
  2. Job 20:13 Lit palate

12 “Though evil(A) is sweet in his mouth
    and he hides it under his tongue,(B)
13 though he cannot bear to let it go
    and lets it linger in his mouth,(C)

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What man is like Job,
Who (A)drinks up derision like water,

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Is there anyone like Job,
    who drinks scorn like water?(A)

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