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23 If he does get all he wants,
    God will throw his burning anger against him.
    God will attack him and rain down punishment on him.
24 Maybe he will run away from an iron sword,
    but then a bronze arrow[a] will strike him down.
25 It will go through his body
    and stick out of his back.
Its shining point will pierce his liver,
    and he will be shocked with terror.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:24 bronze arrow Literally, “bronze bow.” Or “powerful bow,” possibly a bow made of sinew, wood and horn.

23 When he has filled his belly,(A)
    God will vent his burning anger(B) against him
    and rain down his blows on him.(C)
24 Though he flees(D) from an iron weapon,
    a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.(E)
25 He pulls it out of his back,
    the gleaming point out of his liver.
Terrors(F) will come over him;(G)

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