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30 They will not ·escape [L turn aside from] the darkness.
    A flame will dry up their ·branches [shoots];
    God’s breath will carry the wicked away.[a]
31 The wicked should not fool themselves by trusting what is useless.
    If they do, they will get nothing in return [C “useless” and “nothing” are the same Hebrew word].
32 Their branches will dry up ·before they finish growing [L out of season]
    and will never turn green.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 15:30 God’s breath will carry the wicked away Some Greek copies read “their blossom will be carried off by the wind.”

30 He will not escape the darkness;(A)
    a flame(B) will wither his shoots,(C)
    and the breath of God’s mouth(D) will carry him away.(E)
31 Let him not deceive(F) himself by trusting what is worthless,(G)
    for he will get nothing in return.(H)
32 Before his time(I) he will wither,(J)
    and his branches will not flourish.(K)

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