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10 They gaped at me with their mouth;
they struck my cheeks with disgrace;
they have massed themselves together against me.
11 God delivers me to an evil one,
and he casts me into the hands of the wicked.
12 “I was at ease, then[a] he broke me in two,
and he seized me by my neck;
then[b] he shattered me
and set me up as a target for him.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:12 Hebrew “and”
  2. Job 16:12 Hebrew “and”

10 People open their mouths(A) to jeer at me;(B)
    they strike my cheek(C) in scorn
    and unite together against me.(D)
11 God has turned me over to the ungodly
    and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.(E)
12 All was well with me, but he shattered me;
    he seized me by the neck and crushed me.(F)
He has made me his target;(G)

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