Job 9:34

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Job 9:32–35 · Berean Standard Bible

32 For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.

33 Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.

34 Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.

35 Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.

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Job 29:3

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when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,

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when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,

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Job 29:12

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Job 29:13

The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

Job 29:14

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Job 29:16

I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

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I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Job 29:18

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Job 29:19

My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

Job 29:20

My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’

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They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.

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