Job 17:16

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Job 17:14–16 · Berean Standard Bible

14 and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

15 where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?

16 Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”

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Job 18:14

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Job 33:19

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Job 33:20

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Job 33:21

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Job 33:22

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Job 33:23

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Job 33:24

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Job 33:25

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Job 33:26

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Job 33:27

Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.

Job 33:28

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Isaiah 38:18

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2 Corinthians 1:9

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