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    You have seized me; you are my enemy.
I am skin and bones,
    and people take that as proof of my guilt.[a]

In anger God tears me limb from limb;
    he glares at me with hate.
10 People sneer at me;
    they crowd around me and slap my face.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:8 Verses 7-8 in Hebrew are unclear.

You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness;
    my gauntness(A) rises up and testifies against me.(B)
God assails me and tears(C) me in his anger(D)
    and gnashes his teeth at me;(E)
    my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.(F)
10 People open their mouths(G) to jeer at me;(H)
    they strike my cheek(I) in scorn
    and unite together against me.(J)

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