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Job’s Despondent Prayer

20 “Only grant two things to me;
    then I will not hide myself from your face:
21 withdraw your hand far from me,
    and do not let dread of you terrify me.(A)
22 Then call, and I will answer;
    or let me speak, and you reply to me.(B)

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Job Argues His Case with God

20 “Only you[a] must not do these two things to me;
then I will not hide from your face:
21 withdraw your[b] hand from me,
and let not your[c] dread terrify me.
22 Then[d] call, and I myself[e] will answer;
or let me speak, then[f] reply to me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 13:20 Singular; the antecedent is God
  2. Job 13:21 Singular
  3. Job 13:21 Singular
  4. Job 13:22 Hebrew “And”
  5. Job 13:22 Emphatic personal pronoun
  6. Job 13:22 Hebrew “and”