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 \v 1 Then Job answered and said,
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-\v 2 "Even today my complaint is bitter;
+\v 2 "Even today my complaint is rebellion; \f + \ft Some ancient translations and many English versions have: \fqa bitter \fqa* . \f*
 \q my hand \f + \ft Some copies have: \fqa his hand \fqa* . \f* is heavy because of my groaning.
 
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 \q like wild donkeys in the wilderness, looking carefully for food;
 \q perhaps the Arabah will provide them food for their children.
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-\v 6 Poor people reap in the night in other people's fields;
-\q they glean grapes from the harvest of those wicked people.
+\v 6 They reap fodder in the field;
+\q they glean the vineyard of the wicked.
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 \v 7 They lie naked all night without clothing;
 \q they have no covering in the cold.
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 \v 8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains;
 \q they lie next to large rocks because they have no shelter.
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-\v 9 There are wicked people who pluck orphans from their mothers' breast,
-\q and wicked people who take children as security from poor people.
+\v 9 The fatherless is seized from the breast,
+\q and they take a pledge against the poor.
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 \v 10 But the poor people go about naked without clothing;
 \q although they go hungry, they carry bundles of grain belonging to other people.
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 \q nor do they stay in its paths.
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 \v 14 Before daylight the murderer rises
-\q and he kills poor and needy people;
+\q and he kills the poor and the needy;
 \q in the night he is like a thief.
 
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 \q he says, 'No eye will see me.'
 \q He disguises his face.
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-\v 16 In the darkness wicked people dig into houses;
+\v 16 In the darkness they dig into houses;
 \q but they shut themselves up in the daytime;
 \q they do not care for the light.
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-\v 22 Yet God drags away the mighty people by his power;
-\q he rises up and does not strengthen them in life.
+\v 22 Yet God drags away the mighty by his power;
+\q he rises up and does not strengthen him in life.
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-\v 23 God allows them to think they are secure, and they are happy about that,
-\q but his eyes are on their ways.
+\v 23 God gives him what he needs for security, and he is supported,
+\q but his eyes are on his ways.
 
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