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16 They were snatched away before their time;
    their foundations were swept away by a flood.[a]
17 They had said to God, ‘Leave us alone!’
    and thought, ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’
18 “Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things,
    even though his plans and theirs were diametrically opposed.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 22:16 An allusion to the flood (Gen 6–8).