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The Book of Job, Chapter 6, Verse 21

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They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
King James Version
For now ye are nothing; ye see [my] casting down, and are afraid.
American Standard Version
For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid.
New English Translation
For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.
World English Bible
For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid.
22
Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
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Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
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Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
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How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
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Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, [which are] as wind?
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Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig [a pit] for your friend.
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Now therefore be content, look upon me; for [it is] evident unto you if I lie.
29
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness [is] in it.
30
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
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[Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of an hireling?