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Job 29:16-18
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16 I was a father to the needy;
    the case I didn’t know, I examined.
17 I shattered the fangs of the wicked,
    rescued prey from their teeth.

Job’s expected blessing

18 I thought, I’ll die in my nest,
        multiply days like sand,[a]

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  1. Job 29:18 Heb uncertain
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Job 29:16-18
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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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