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Job 17:4-6
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4 You have closed the minds of others to reason,
    but surely you will not allow them to triumph.
5 “Like a man who invites others to dine with him,
    while the eyes of his children are failing,[a]
6 I have become a byword in every land,
    someone people spit upon.

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  1. Job 17:5 This verse is a kind of proverb; i.e., those who concern themselves with others when everything is amiss in their own home are regarded as a joke by people.
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Job 17:4-6
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4 You have closed their minds to understanding;(A)
    therefore you will not let them triumph.
5 If anyone denounces their friends for reward,(B)
    the eyes of their children will fail.(C)

6 “God has made me a byword(D) to everyone,(E)
    a man in whose face people spit.(F)

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