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The Book of Job, Chapter 15, Verse 32

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Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
King James Version
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
American Standard Version
It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green.
New English Translation
Before his time he will be paid in full, and his branches will not flourish.
World English Bible
It shall be accomplished before his time. His branch shall not be green.
33
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
34
For the congregation of hypocrites [shall be] desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
35
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
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Then Job answered and said,
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I have heard many such things: miserable comforters [are] ye all.
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Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
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I also could speak as ye [do]: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
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[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage [your grief].
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Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?
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But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.