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The Book of Job, Chapter 36, Verse 15

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They die in youth, and their life [is] among the unclean.
King James Version
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
American Standard Version
He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression.
New English Translation
He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.
World English Bible
He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.
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Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait [into] a broad place, where [there is] no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table [should be] full of fatness.
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But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
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Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
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Will he esteem thy riches? [no], not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
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Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
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Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
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Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
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Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
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Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
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Every man may see it; man may behold [it] afar off.