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13 He is capturing the wise in their craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are rushed.
14 In the daytime they meet with darkness,
and they grope at noon[a] as in the night.
15 And[b] he saves from the sword of[c] their mouth,
even[d] the poor from the hand of the strong.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:14 Or “the noon”
  2. Job 5:15 Or “Thus,” or “So”
  3. Job 5:15 Literally “from”
  4. Job 5:15 Literally “and”; the entire verse could be translated “So he saves the poor from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the strong”