18 If any pluck it from his place, and it [a]deny, saying, I have not seen thee,

19 Behold, it will rejoice [b]by this means, that it may grow in another mold.

20 Behold, God will not cast away an upright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:18 That is, so that there remain nothing there to prove whether the tree had grown there or no.
  2. Job 8:19 To be planted in another place, where it may grow at pleasure.

18 But when it is torn from its spot,
    that place disowns(A) it and says, ‘I never saw you.’(B)
19 Surely its life withers(C) away,
    and[a] from the soil other plants grow.(D)

20 “Surely God does not reject one who is blameless(E)
    or strengthen the hands of evildoers.(F)

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  1. Job 8:19 Or Surely all the joy it has / is that