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The Book of Job, Chapter 17, Verse 4

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Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?
King James Version
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].
American Standard Version
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them] .
New English Translation
Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.
World English Bible
For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore you shall not exalt them.
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He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
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He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
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Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shadow.
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Upright [men] shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
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The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
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But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.
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My days are past, my purposes are broken off, [even] the thoughts of my heart.
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They change the night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness.
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If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
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I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.