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32 For he is not a mortal, as I am, that I might answer him,
    that we should come to trial together.(A)

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32 “He is not a mere mortal(A) like me that I might answer him,(B)
    that we might confront each other in court.(C)

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What has been is what will be,
    and what has been done is what will be done;
    there is nothing new under the sun.(A)

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What has been will be again,
    what has been done will be done again;(A)
    there is nothing new under the sun.

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Woe to those who strive with their Maker,
    earthen vessels with the potter![a]
Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, “What are you making”?
    or “Your work has no handles”?(A)

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  1. 45.9 Cn: Heb with the potsherds or with the potters

“Woe to those who quarrel(A) with their Maker,(B)
    those who are nothing but potsherds(C)
    among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,(D)
    ‘What are you making?’(E)
Does your work say,
    ‘The potter has no hands’?(F)

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19 Like a lion coming up from the thickets of the Jordan to a perennial pasture, I will suddenly chase Edom[a] away from it, and I will appoint over it whomever I choose.[b] For who is like me? Who can summon me? Who is the shepherd who can stand before me?(A)

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  1. 49.19 Heb him
  2. 49.19 Meaning of Heb uncertain

19 “Like a lion(A) coming up from Jordan’s thickets(B)
    to a rich pastureland,
I will chase Edom from its land in an instant.
    Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who is like(C) me and who can challenge me?(D)
    And what shepherd(E) can stand against me?”

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