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19 Will your cry avail to keep you from distress,
    or will all the force of your strength?
20 Do not long for the night,
    when peoples are cut off in their place.(A)
21 Beware! Do not turn to iniquity;
    because of that you have been tried by affliction.(B)

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19 Would your wealth(A) or even all your mighty efforts
    sustain you so you would not be in distress?
20 Do not long for the night,(B)
    to drag people away from their homes.[a]
21 Beware of turning to evil,(C)
    which you seem to prefer to affliction.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 36:20 The meaning of the Hebrew for verses 18-20 is uncertain.