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37 I’ll give an account for every step I’ve taken;
    I’ll approach him confidently like a Commander-in-Chief.”[a]

No Abuse of the Land

38 “If my land were to cry out against me
    or if all its furrows wept as one,
39 If I’ve consumed its produce[b] without paying for it
    and snuffed out the life of its owners;

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:37 Lit. Nagid; i.e. a senior officer entrusted with dual roles of operational oversight and administrative authority
  2. Job 31:39 Lit. strength

37 I would give him an account of my every step;(A)
    I would present it to him as to a ruler.(B))—

38 “if my land cries out against me(C)
    and all its furrows are wet(D) with tears,
39 if I have devoured its yield without payment(E)
    or broken the spirit of its tenants,(F)

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