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18 But if a plant is torn from its place,
    then that place rejects it and says, ‘I never saw you.’
19 Now ·joy has gone away [or it (the plant) dissolves on the way];
    other plants grow up from the same dirt.

20 “Surely God does not reject the innocent
    or ·give strength to [or grasp the hand of] those who do evil.

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18 But when it is torn from its spot,
    that place disowns(A) it and says, ‘I never saw you.’(B)
19 Surely its life withers(C) away,
    and[a] from the soil other plants grow.(D)

20 “Surely God does not reject one who is blameless(E)
    or strengthen the hands of evildoers.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:19 Or Surely all the joy it has / is that