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Job 20:5

Job 20:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

the triumphing: Job 5:3, Job 15:29-34, Job 18:5-6, Job 27:13-23; Exodus 15:9-10; Judges 16:21-30; Esther 5:11-12, Esther 7:10; Psalms 37:35-36, Psalms 73:18-20; Acts 12:22-23

short: Heb. from near

the joy: Job 8:19, Job 27:8; Matthew 7:21, Matthew 13:20-21; Galatians 6:4; James 4:16

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