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“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has for his own life.
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“Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul,
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Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
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Have I ever said, ‘Give something on my behalf, pay a ransom for me from your wealth,
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“What is mankind that you make so much of them, that you give them so much attention,
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They lean on the web, but it gives way; they cling to it, but it does not hold.
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Even if I summoned him and he responded, I do not believe he would give me a hearing.
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“I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.
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(to whom alone the land was given when no foreigners moved among them):
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They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashions deceit.”
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“Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Who else will put up security for me?
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His children must make amends to the poor; his own hands must give back his wealth.
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What he toiled for he must give back uneaten; he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.
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“Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you give me.
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What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous? What would he gain if your ways were blameless?
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I would give him an account of my every step; I would present it to him as to a ruler.)—
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But it is the spirit in a person, the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.
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The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
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If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand?
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But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
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He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights.
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“Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place,
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From whose womb comes the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens
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Who gives the ibis wisdom or gives the rooster understanding?
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“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?
