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20 For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on it,
    and the covering is too narrow to wrap oneself in it.

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20 The bed is too short to stretch out on,
    the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.(A)

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12 I will announce your verdict,
    and the objects you made will not help you.

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12 I will expose your righteousness and your works,(A)
    and they will not benefit you.

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You fast only to quarrel and to fight
    and to strike with a wicked fist.
Such fasting as you do today
    will not make your voice heard on high.(A)

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Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,(A)
    and in striking each other with wicked fists.
You cannot fast as you do today
    and expect your voice to be heard(B) on high.

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