Job 29:1

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IV. Job’s Concluding Soliloquy(29:1-31:40)Job Recalls His Former Condition Then Job continued his speech:

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 27:1 : 1 A Protest of Innocence And Job took up his discourse again:
  • Num 23:7 : 7 Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying,“Balak, the king of Moab, brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying,‘Come, pronounce a curse on Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.’
  • Job 13:12 : 12 Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.

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