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Job 8:16-18
Contemporary English Version
Job 8:16-18
Contemporary English Version
16 Sinful people are like plants
with spreading roots and plenty
of sun and water.
17 They wrap their roots tightly
around rocks.[a]
18 But once they are pulled up,
they have no more place;
Footnotes
- 8.17 rocks: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 17.
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