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The Book of Job, Chapter 22, Verse 30

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When [men] are cast down, then thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
King James Version
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
American Standard Version
He will deliver [even] him that is not innocent: Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.
New English Translation
he will deliver even someone who is not innocent, who will escape through the cleanness of your hands.”
World English Bible
He will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."
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Then Job answered and said,
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Even to day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
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Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!
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I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
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I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
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Will he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me.
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There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
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Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
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On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold [him]: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see [him]:
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But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.