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34 You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea,
    like one who lies on the top of a mast.[a]
35 ‘They struck me’, you will say,[b] ‘but I was not hurt;
    they beat me, but I did not feel it.
When shall I awake?
    I will seek another drink.’

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:34 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. Proverbs 23:35 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb lacks you will say

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