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The Book of Job, Chapter 3, Verse 24

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[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
King James Version
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
American Standard Version
For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.
New English Translation
For my sighing comes in place of my food, and my groanings flow forth like water.
World English Bible
For my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water.
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For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
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I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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[If] we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
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Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
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Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
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But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
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[Is] not [this] thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
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Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
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Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.