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If people are bound with chains
and trapped by the cords of affliction,
God tells them what they have done
and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
10 He opens their ears(A) to correction
and insists they repent from iniquity.

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And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.

10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

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But if people are bound in chains,(A)
    held fast by cords of affliction,(B)
he tells them what they have done—
    that they have sinned arrogantly.(C)
10 He makes them listen(D) to correction(E)
    and commands them to repent of their evil.(F)

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And (A)if they are bound in [a]fetters,
Held in the cords of affliction,
Then He tells them their work and their transgressions—
That they have acted [b]defiantly.
10 (B)He also opens their ear to [c]instruction,
And commands that they turn from iniquity.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 36:8 chains
  2. Job 36:9 proudly
  3. Job 36:10 discipline

And if they are (A)bound in chains
    and caught in the cords of affliction,
then he declares to them their work
    and their transgressions, that they are (B)behaving arrogantly.
10 He (C)opens their ears to instruction
    and commands that they (D)return from iniquity.

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