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16 I was a father to the needy:
And [a]the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
17 And I brake the [b]jaws of the unrighteous,
And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
18 Then I said, I shall die [c]in my nest,
And I shall multiply my days as the sand:

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Footnotes

  1. Job 29:16 Or, the cause which I knew not
  2. Job 29:17 Hebrew great teeth.
  3. Job 29:18 Or, beside. Hebrew with.

16 I was a father to the needy;(A)
    I took up the case(B) of the stranger.(C)
17 I broke the fangs of the wicked
    and snatched the victims(D) from their teeth.(E)

18 “I thought, ‘I will die in my own house,
    my days as numerous as the grains of sand.(F)

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