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The Book of Job, Chapter 19, Verse 22

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Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
King James Version
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
American Standard Version
Why do ye persecute me as God, And are not satisfied with my flesh?
New English Translation
Why do you pursue me like God does? Will you never be satiated with my flesh?
World English Bible
Why do you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
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Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
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That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
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For I know [that] my redeemer liveth, and [that] he shall stand at the latter [day] upon the earth:
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And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body], yet in my flesh shall I see God:
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Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; [though] my reins be consumed within me.
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But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
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Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, that ye may know [there is] a judgment.
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Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
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Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for [this] I make haste.
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I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.