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The Book of Job, Chapter 7, Verse 19

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And [that] thou shouldest visit him every morning, [and] try him every moment?
King James Version
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
American Standard Version
How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
New English Translation
Will you never look away from me, will you not let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle?
World English Bible
How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?
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I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
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And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].
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Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
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How long wilt thou speak these [things]? and [how long shall] the words of thy mouth [be like] a strong wind?
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Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
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If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
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If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
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If thou [wert] pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
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Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
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For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: