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18 “Earth, don’t cover my blood.
    Let my cry have no place to rest.
19 Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven.
    He who vouches for me is on high.
20 My friends scoff at me.
    My eyes pour out tears to God,
21 that he would maintain the right of a man with God,
    of a son of man with his neighbor!

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18 “O earth, (A)cover not my blood,
    and let my (B)cry find no resting place.
19 Even now, behold, my (C)witness is in heaven,
    and he who testifies for me is (D)on high.
20 My friends (E)scorn me;
    my eye pours out tears to God,
21 that he would (F)argue the case of a man with God,
    as[a] a son of man does with his neighbor.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:21 Hebrew and