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Job 29:16-18
Good News Translation

16 I was like a father to the poor
    and took the side of strangers in trouble.
17 I destroyed the power of cruel men
    and rescued their victims.

18 I always expected to live a long life
    and to die at home in comfort.

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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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