Job 2:7-10
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7 So the accuser[a] went out from the presence of the Lord and inflicted loathsome sores on Job from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.(A) 8 Job[b] took a potsherd with which to scrape himself and sat among the ashes.(B)
9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still persist in your integrity? Curse[c] God and die.” 10 But he said to her, “You speak as any foolish woman would speak. Shall we receive good from God and not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.(C)
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Job 19:13-21
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13 “He has put my family far from me,
and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
14 My relatives and my close friends have failed me;
15 the guests in my house have forgotten me;
my female servants count me as a stranger;
I have become an alien in their eyes.(A)
16 I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer;
I must myself plead with him.
17 My breath is repulsive to my wife;
I am loathsome to my own family.
18 Even young children despise me;
when I rise, they talk against me.(B)
19 All my intimate friends abhor me,
and those whom I love have turned against me.(C)
20 My bones cling to my skin and to my flesh,
and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.(D)
21 Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends,
for the hand of God has touched me!(E)
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