21 if I ever cast my vote[a] against a fatherless child
when I saw that I had support in the city gate,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:21 Lit I raise my hand

21 if I have raised my hand against the fatherless,(A)
    knowing that I had influence in court,(B)

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22 Don’t rob a poor man because he is poor,
and don’t crush the oppressed(A) at the gate,(B)

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Saying 2

22 Do not exploit the poor(A) because they are poor
    and do not crush the needy in court,(B)

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21 those who, with their speech,
accuse a person of wrongdoing,
who set a trap at the gate for the mediator,
and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.(A)

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21 those who with a word make someone out to be guilty,
    who ensnare the defender in court(A)
    and with false testimony(B) deprive the innocent of justice.(C)

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