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The Book of Job, Chapter 17, Verse 9

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Upright [men] shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
King James Version
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
American Standard Version
Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
New English Translation
But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
World English Bible
Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow 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.
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.
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Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [and] reputed vile in your sight?