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Job 17:4-6
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4 You have closed my friends’ minds,
    and they don’t understand.
    Please don’t let them win.
5 You know what people say:
    ‘A man neglects his own children to help his friends.’[a]
    But my friends have turned against me.
6 God has made my name a bad word to everyone.
    People spit in my face.

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  1. Job 17:5 You know … friends Literally, “He promises a share to his friends and his children’s eyes go blind.”
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Job 17:4-6
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4 You have closed their minds to understanding;(A)
    therefore you will not let them triumph.
5 If anyone denounces their friends for reward,(B)
    the eyes of their children will fail.(C)

6 “God has made me a byword(D) to everyone,(E)
    a man in whose face people spit.(F)

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