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23 How much guilt and how many sins do I have?
Reveal my rebellion and my sin to me.
24 Why do you hide your face?
Why do you treat me like your enemy?
25 Will you toss me around[a] like a wind-blown leaf?
Will you chase me away like dry chaff?
26 You write bitter accusations against me,
and you hold me accountable for the guilt of my youth.
27 You lock my feet in stocks
and station guards along all my paths.
You put your brand on the soles of my feet.

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  1. Job 13:25 Literally torment me

23 How many[a] are my iniquities and sins?
Make known to me my transgression and my sin.
24 Why do you[b] hide your[c] face
and count me as your[d] enemy?
25 Will you[e] terrify a blown leaf?
And will you[f] pursue dry stubble?
26 “Indeed, you[g] write bitter things against me,
and you[h] make me reap the iniquities of my childhood.
27 And you[i] put my feet in the block,
and you[j] watch all my paths;
you carve a mark on the soles of my feet.[k]

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  1. Job 13:23 Literally “Like what”
  2. Job 13:24 Singular
  3. Job 13:24 Singular
  4. Job 13:24 Singular
  5. Job 13:25 Singular
  6. Job 13:25 Singular
  7. Job 13:26 Singular
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  9. Job 13:27 Singular
  10. Job 13:27 Singular
  11. Job 13:27 Or “You mark/note my footprints”