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Job's Friends Are No Help
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Then Job answered and said:
| E | UION | EIUB
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| | and·he-will·? | I-will·he-will·and·in
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O that my vexation were but weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances altogether!
| B | LU | ShQUL | IShQL | KOShI | UAIThI
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| | to·and | ? | he-will·? | as·? | and·the·he-will·?
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| | (UAUThI) | BMEZNIM | IShEU- | IChD
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| | and·the·and·? | in·from·I-will·? | he-will·? | he-will·?
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For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore are my words broken.
| G | KI- | OThA | MChUL | IMIM | IKBD | OL- | KN | DBRI | LOU
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| | that | ? | from·? | seas | he-will·as·in·? | on | so | ? | to·?
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For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinks up; the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
| D | KI | ChTsI | ShDI | OMDI | EShR | ChMThM | ShThA | RUChI | BOUThI
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| | that | ? | ? | ? | which | ? | ? | ? | in·?
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| | ELUA | IORKUNI
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| | I-will·to·and·the | he-will·?
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Does the wild ass bray when he has grass? or lows the ox over his fodder?
| A | AINAQ- | FRE | OLI- | DShE | EM
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| | the·he-will·we·the·? | ? | ? | sprouts | I-will·from
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| | IGOA- | ShUR | OL- | BLILU
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| | he-will·? | ? | on | in·to·he-will·to·and
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Can that which has no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the juice of mallows?
| U | AIEKL | ThFL | MBLI-
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| | the·he-will·I-will·all | ? | from·in·to·he-will
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| | MLCh | EM- | ISh- | TOM | BRIR | ChLMUTh
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| | from·to·? | I-will·from | he-will·? | ? | in·? | ?
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My soul refuses to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh.
| Z | MENA | LNGUO | NFShI | AMA | KDUI
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| | from·I-will·we·the | to·we·? | we·? | the·from·the | as·?
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O that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
| Ch | MI- | IThN | ThBUE | ShELThI | UThQUThI | IThN
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| | from·he-will | give | ? | ? | and·? | give
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Even that it would please God to crush me; that He would let loose His hand, and cut me off!
| T | UIEL | ELUA | UIDKENI
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| | and·he-will·this | I-will·to·and·the | and·he-will·?
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| | IThR | IDU | UIBTsONI
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| | he-will·? | he-will·? | and·he-will·in·?
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Then should I yet have comfort; yes, I would exult in pain, though He spare not; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
| I | UThAI- | OUD | NChMThI | UESLDA | BChILA | LE | IChMUL
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| | and·? | ? | we·? | and·I-will·? | in·? | not | he-will·?
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| | KI- | LE | KChDThI | EMRI | QDUSh
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| | that | not | as·? | I-will·from·? | ?
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What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, that I should be patient?
| IE | MA- | KChI | KI- | EIChL | UMA-
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| | from·the | as·life | that | I-will·he-will·? | and·from·the
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| | QTsI | KI- | EERIK | NFShI
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| | ? | that | I-will·I-will·? | we·?
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Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
| IB | EM- | KCh | EBNIM | KChI
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| | I-will·from | as·? | I-will·children | as·life
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| | EM- | BShRI | NChUSh
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| | I-will·from | in·? | we·?
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Is it that I have no help in me, and that sound wisdom is driven quite from me?
| IG | AEM | EIN | OZRThI | BI | UThShIA | NDChA
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| | the·I-will·from | no | ? | in·he-will | and·? | we·?
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| | MMNI
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| | from·from·we·he-will
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To him that is ready to faint kindness is due from his friend, even to him that forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
| ID | LMS | MROAU | ChSD | UIRETh | ShDI | IOZUB
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| | to·from·? | from·? | ? | and·he-will·? | ? | he-will·?
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My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that overflow,
| TU | EChI | BGDU | KMU- | NChL | KEFIQ | NChLIM
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| | I-will·life | in·? | as·from·and | we·? | as·I-will·? | we·?
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Which are black by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow hides itself;
| TZ | AQDRIM | MNI- | QRCh | OLIMU | IThOLM- | ShLG
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| | the·? | from·we·he-will | ? | ? | he-will·? | ?
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What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
| IZ | BOTh | IZRBU | NTsMThU | BChMU | NDOKU | MMQUMM
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| | in·? | he-will·? | we·? | in·? | we·? | from·from·?
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The paths of their way do wind, they go up into the waste, and are lost.
| ICh | ILFThU | ERChUTh | DRKM | IOLU | BThAU
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| | he-will·to·? | I-will·? | ? | he-will·? | in·chaos
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| | UIEBDU
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| | and·he-will·I-will·in·?
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The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them--
| IT | ABITU | ERChUTh | ThME
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| | the·in·he-will·? | I-will·? | ?
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| | ALIKTh | ShBE | QUU- | LMU
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| | the·to·he-will·as·she-will | ? | ? | to·from·and
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They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came thither, and were confounded.
| K | BShU | KI- | BTCh | BEU | ODIA | UIChFRU
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| | in·? | that | in·? | in·I-will·and | ? | and·he-will·?
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For now you are become His; you see a terror, and are afraid.
| KE | KI- | OThA | AIIThM | LE | ThREU | ChThTh
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| | that | ? | the·he-will·he-will·? | not | ? | ?
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Did I say: 'Give to me'? or: 'Offer a present for me of your substance'?
| KB | AKI- | EMRThI | ABU | LI
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| | the·that | I-will·from·? | the·give | to·he-will
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| | UMKChKM | ShChDU | BODI
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| | and·from·as·? | ? | in·?
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or: 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? or: 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors'?
| KG | UMLTUNI | MID- | TsR
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| | and·from·to·? | from·he-will·? | ?
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| | UMID | ORITsIM | ThFDUNI
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| | and·from·he-will·? | ? | ?
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Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
| KD | AURUNI | UENI | EChRISh | UMA- | ShGIThI
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| | the·and·? | and·I | I-will·? | and·from·the | ?
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| | ABINU | LI
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| | the·in·he-will·we·and | to·he-will
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How forcible are words of uprightness! But what does your arguing argue?
| KA | MA- | NMRTsU | EMRI- | IShR
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| | from·the | we·from·? | I-will·from·? | he-will·?
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| | UMA- | IUKICh
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| | and·from·the | he-will·and·as·he-will·?
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| | AUKCh | MKM
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| | the·and·as·? | from·you
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Do you hold words to be an argument, but the speeches of one that is desperate to be wind?
| KU | ALAUKCh | MLIM | ThChShBU
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| | the·to·the·and·as·? | from·to·sea | ?
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| | ULRUCh | EMRI | NUESh
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| | and·to·breath | I-will·from·? | we·and·I-will·?
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Yes, you would cast lots on the fatherless, and dig a pit for your friend.
| KZ | EF- | OL- | IThUM | ThFILU | UThKRU | OL- | RIOKM
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| | nostril | on | he-will·? | ? | and·? | on | ?
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Now therefore be pleased to look on me; for surely I shall not lie to your face.
| KCh | UOThA | AUEILU | FNU-
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| | and·? | the·and·I-will·he-will·to·and | ?
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| | BI | UOL- | FNIKM | EM- | EKZB
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| | in·he-will | and·on | ? | I-will·from | I-will·as·?
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Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; yes, return again, my cause is righteous.
| KT | ShUBU- | NE | EL- | ThAI | OULA | UShBI | (UShBU) | OUD
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| | ? | we·I-will | this | ? | ? | and·? | and·? | ?
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Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern crafty devices?
| L | AISh- | BLShUNI | OULA | EM- | ChKI | LE-
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| | the·he-will·? | in·to·? | ? | I-will·from | ? | not
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| | IBIN | AUUTh
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| | he-will·between | the·and·and·she-will
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