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30 Even if I scrubbed my hands with soap
    and washed myself whiter than snow,
31 God would still push me into the slime pit,[a]
    and even my clothes would hate to touch me.
32 God is not a human like me, so I cannot argue with him.
    I cannot take him to court.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:31 slime pit The grave, a place where bodies rot.

30 Even if I washed myself with soap(A)
    and my hands(B) with cleansing powder,(C)
31 you would plunge me into a slime pit(D)
    so that even my clothes would detest me.(E)

32 “He is not a mere mortal(F) like me that I might answer him,(G)
    that we might confront each other in court.(H)

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