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14 Like clay is molded by a signet ring,
    the earth’s hills and valleys[a] then stand out
        like the colors of a garment.
15 Then from the wicked their light is withheld
    and their upraised arm is broken.

16 “Have you been to the source of the sea
    and walked about in the recesses of the deepest ocean?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:14 The Heb. lacks the earth’s hills and valleys

14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;(A)
    its features stand out like those of a garment.
15 The wicked are denied their light,(B)
    and their upraised arm is broken.(C)

16 “Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea
    or walked in the recesses of the deep?(D)

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