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Job 8:18-20
Contemporary English Version

18 But once they are pulled up,
    they have no more place;
19 their life slips away,[a]
    and other plants grow there.

20 We know God doesn't reject
an innocent person
    or help a sinner.

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  1. 8.19 their … away: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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Job 8:18-20
New International Version

18 But when it is torn from its spot,
    that place disowns(A) it and says, ‘I never saw you.’(B)
19 Surely its life withers(C) away,
    and[a] from the soil other plants grow.(D)

20 “Surely God does not reject one who is blameless(E)
    or strengthen the hands of evildoers.(F)

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  1. Job 8:19 Or Surely all the joy it has / is that
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