Job 20:2

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Job 20:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

2 “So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.

3 I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

4 Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,

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Job 20:3

I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

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Job 32:16

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Job 32:17

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Psalms 39:3

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