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The Book of Job, Chapter 17, Verse 15

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I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.
King James Version
And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
American Standard Version
Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
New English Translation
where then is my hope? And my hope, who sees it?
World English Bible
where then is my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
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They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when [our] rest together [is] in the dust.
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Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
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How long [will it be ere] ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
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Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [and] reputed vile in your sight?
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He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
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Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
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The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
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The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
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For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
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The gin shall take [him] by the heel, [and] the robber shall prevail against him.