15 and the Sabeans(A) attacked and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

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15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

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15 when the [a]Sabeans [b]raided them and took them away—indeed they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:15 Lit. Sheba; cf. Job 6:19
  2. Job 1:15 Lit. fell upon

17 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “The Chaldeans(A) formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

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17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

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17 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels and took them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

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Does it please you to oppress me,(A)
    to spurn the work of your hands,(B)
    while you smile on the plans of the wicked?(C)

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Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

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Does it seem good to You that You should oppress,
That You should despise the work of Your hands,
And smile on the counsel of the wicked?

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11 God has turned me over to the ungodly
    and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.(A)

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11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

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11 God (A)has delivered me to the ungodly,
And turned me over to the hands of the wicked.

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16 But their prosperity is not in their own hands,
    so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.(A)

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16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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16 Indeed [a]their prosperity is not in their hand;
(A)The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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  1. Job 21:16 Lit. their goal

18 Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things,(A)
    so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.(B)

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18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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18 Yet He filled their houses with good things;
But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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“As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,(A)
    the Almighty,(B) who has made my life bitter,(C)

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As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

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As God lives, (A)who has taken away my justice,
And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,

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“Would you discredit my justice?(A)
    Would you condemn me to justify yourself?(B)

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Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

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“Would(A) you indeed [a]annul My judgment?
Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

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  1. Job 40:8 nullify

For I envied(A) the arrogant
    when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.(B)

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For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

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(A)For I was envious of the boastful,
When I saw the prosperity of the (B)wicked.

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