plead: Job 9:19, Job 9:33-34, Job 13:21; Isaiah 27:4, Isaiah 27:8; Ezekiel 20:33, Ezekiel 20:35
but he would: Psalms 138:3; 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
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Job 23:6
Job 23:6
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