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20 Though I am innocent and in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; though I am blameless, He would prove me perverse.

21 Though I am blameless, I regard not myself; I despise my life.

22 It is all one; therefore I say, God [does not discriminate, but] destroys the blameless and the wicked.

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20 Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;
    if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.(A)

21 “Although I am blameless,(B)
    I have no concern for myself;(C)
    I despise my own life.(D)
22 It is all the same; that is why I say,
    ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’(E)

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