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The Book of Job, Chapter 17, Verse 8

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Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shadow.
King James Version
Upright [men] shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
American Standard Version
Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
New English Translation
Upright men are appalled at this; the innocent man is troubled with the godless.
World English Bible
Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
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The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
10
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.
12
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.
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And where [is] now 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.