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18 
“Can you, with Him, spread out the sky,
Strong as a molten mirror?
19 
“Tell us [Job] what words [of man] shall we say to such a Being;
We cannot state our case because of darkness [that is, our ignorance in the presence of the unsearchable God].
20 
“So shall it be told Him that I wish to speak?
Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up [and destroyed by God]?

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18 can you join him in spreading out the skies,(A)
    hard as a mirror of cast bronze?(B)

19 “Tell us what we should say to him;(C)
    we cannot draw up our case(D) because of our darkness.(E)
20 Should he be told that I want to speak?
    Would anyone ask to be swallowed up?

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