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15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin
    and have laid my strength in the dust.(A)
16 My face is red with weeping,
    and deep darkness is on my eyelids,
17 though there is no violence in my hands,
    and my prayer is pure.(B)

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15 “I have sewed sackcloth on my skin,
and I have inserted my pride[a] in the dust.
16 My face is red because of weeping,
and deep shadows are on my eyelids,
17 although[b] violence is not on my hands,
and my prayer is pure.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:15 Literally “my horn”
  2. Job 16:17 Literally “upon,” or “because”