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17 I broke the fangs of the wicked,
    and made him drop the prey.”

Job Remembers His Previous Condition

18 “I used to say: ‘I will die in my home.[a]
    I’m going to live as many days
        as there are grains of sand on the shore.[b]
19 My roots have spread out and have found water,
    and dew settles at night on my branches.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 29:18 Lit. nest
  2. Job 29:18 The Heb. lacks on the shore

17 I broke the fangs of the wicked
    and snatched the victims(A) from their teeth.(B)

18 “I thought, ‘I will die in my own house,
    my days as numerous as the grains of sand.(C)
19 My roots will reach to the water,(D)
    and the dew will lie all night on my branches.(E)

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