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14 along with kings and counselors of the earth,
    who used to build for themselves what are now only[a] ruins,
15 or princes who amassed[b] gold for themselves,
    and who kept filling their houses with silver.

16 “Or why was I not buried[c] like a stillborn child,[d]
    like babies[e] who never saw the light?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 3:14 The Heb. lacks only
  2. Job 3:15 The Heb. lacks who amassed
  3. Job 3:16 Lit. hidden
  4. Job 3:16 Or miscarriage
  5. Job 3:16 Lit. children

14 with kings and rulers of the earth,(A)
    who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,(B)
15 with princes(C) who had gold,
    who filled their houses with silver.(D)
16 Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,(E)
    like an infant who never saw the light of day?(F)

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