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“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.

“He has made me a byword among people;
    I’m being spit on in the face.

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Footnotes

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

You have closed their minds to understanding;(A)
    therefore you will not let them triumph.
If anyone denounces their friends for reward,(B)
    the eyes of their children will fail.(C)

“God has made me a byword(D) to everyone,(E)
    a man in whose face people spit.(F)

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