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15 If one leans against its house, it will not stand;
    if one lays hold of it, it will not endure.
16 The wicked thrive[a] before the sun,
    and their shoots spread over the garden.
17 Their roots twine around the stoneheap;
    they live among the rocks.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:16 Heb He thrives
  2. Job 8:17 Gk Vg: Meaning of Heb uncertain

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