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18 If he is uprooted[a] from his place,
    then it will deny him:
        ‘I never saw you.’

19 “Indeed, this is the benefit of God’s[b] way:
    from the soil other plants[c] will sprout.
20 Surely God won’t reject those who are blameless
    or hold hands with those who practice evil.

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  1. Job 8:18 Lit. is swallowed up
  2. Job 8:19 Lit. his
  3. Job 8:19 The Heb. lacks plants

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