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Offer, then, some collateral on my behalf.
    Is there anyone who will be my guarantor?

“Because you’re the one who closed their hearts to compassion;[a]
    therefore, you won’t let them triumph.
Now as for the one who testifies against his friends
    to take their property,[b]
        even the eyes of his children will fail.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 17:4 Lit. understanding
  2. Job 17:5 Or inheritance

“Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.(A)
    Who else will put up security(B) for me?(C)
You have closed their minds to understanding;(D)
    therefore you will not let them triumph.
If anyone denounces their friends for reward,(E)
    the eyes of their children will fail.(F)

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