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Lexicon :: Strong's H6030 - ʿānâ

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עָנָה
Transliteration
ʿānâ
Pronunciation
aw-naw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1650,1653

Strong’s Definitions

עָנָה ʻânâh, aw-naw'; a primitive root; properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce:—give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, × scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also H1042, H1043.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 329x

The KJV translates Strong's H6030 in the following manner: answer (242x), hear (42x), testify (12x), speak (8x), sing (4x), bear (3x), cry (2x), witness (2x), give (1x), miscellaneous (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 329x
The KJV translates Strong's H6030 in the following manner: answer (242x), hear (42x), testify (12x), speak (8x), sing (4x), bear (3x), cry (2x), witness (2x), give (1x), miscellaneous (13x).

  1. to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout

    1. (Qal)

      1. to answer, respond to

      2. to testify, respond as a witness

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to make answer

      2. to be answered, receive answer

  2. (Qal) to sing, utter tunefully

  3. (Qal) to dwell

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָנָה ʻânâh, aw-naw'; a primitive root; properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce:—give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, × scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also H1042, H1043.
STRONGS H6030: Abbreviations
† [עוּן] verb dwell (probably; √ of following; Arabic bdb073210, bdb073211 is support, help, see especially FlKl. Schr. i. 87 ff.); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular consecutive וְעָנָה֫ (read וְעָ֫נָה ?) Isaiah 13:22 and jackals shall dwell, etc. (on agreement see Ges§ 145 k; || שׁכן Isaiah 13:21 ), so Greek Version of the LXX Buhl; CheHeb. Hpt. 124 וְשָֽׁכְנוּ; > Syriac Version Targum Vulgate and others √ IV. ענה. — Psalm 87:7 see מַעְיָן.

I. עָנָה verb answer, respond (Late Hebrew id., respond, make response; Targum עֲנָא; Syriac bdb077205, Old Aramaic, Palmyrene ענה; compare Arabic bdb077206, bdb077207, intend by saying); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ע׳ Micah 6:5 +; suffix עָנַנִי 1 Samuel 28:15 +, עָנָךְ Isaiah 30:19; Jeremiah 23:37, עָנָהוּ 1 Samuel 9:17 +; 1st person singular עָנִיתִי Hosea 14:9 [Hosea 14:8], etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַעֲנֶה Genesis 41:16 +, וַיַּעַן Amos 7:14 +, suffix יַעֲנֵנִי Job 20:3 +, etc.; Imperative עֲנֵה Micah 6:3; Proverbs 26:5 etc.; Infinitive construct עֲנוֺת Genesis 45:3 + [2 Samuel 22:36 see עֲנָוָה]; Participle עֹנֶה Judges 19:28 +, etc.; —
1. answer, respond to something said, actual or implied, Judges 8:8; 1 Samuel 4:20; Job 9:15 +; especially
a. of men, with accusative of person Genesis 45:3 (E), Judges 5:29; 2 Kings 18:36 = Isaiah 36:21; Job 5:1 + very often (approximately + 110 times); specifically be responsive, i.e. answer kindly, grant request 1 Kings 12:7 (suffix person); = be amenable, docile (toward י׳) Hosea 2:17 [Hosea 2:15] (of Israel in figure); seldom and late, with accusative of thing replied to, Job 32:12; Job 33:13 (De Di Bu), Job 40:2.
b. of God answering (graciously): usually with accusative of person; by oracle 1 Samuel 14:37; 1 Samuel 28:6, 1 Samuel 28:15 +, figurative Habakkuk 2:11; by deed 1 Samuel 7:9; 1 Kings 18:37 (twice in verse), compare בָּאֵשׁ 1 Kings 18:24; 1 Chronicles 21:26, and especially Hosea 2:23 [Hosea 2:21]; Hosea 2:24 [Hosea 2:22]; Hosea 14:9 [Hosea 14:8], see also Micah 3:4; Isaiah 41:17; Isaiah 49:8; Jeremiah 33:3; Job 12:4 +, especially Psalms, e.g. Psalm 3:5 [Psalm 3:4]; Psalm 4:2 [Psalm 4:1]; Psalm 20:2 [Psalm 20:1] + 33 times, etc. (in all approximately + 77 times).
c. rarely with accusative, or clause, of answer: פַּרְעֹה אֶת־שְׁלוֹם יע'אלהים Genesis 41:16; Job 15:2; Proverbs 18:23; Nehemiah 8:6 they responded, Amen! 2 Samuel 19:43 they made reply against Israel (with עַל against, only here), + quoted answer; with accusative of person + answer 1 Samuel 20:28 Jonathan answered Saul, David asked leave, etc.; with 2 accusative (approximately + 20 times) 2 Kings 18:36 = Isaiah 36:21; Job 23:5 +; so = grant, vouchsafe to, נוֺרָאוֺת תַּעֲנֵנוּ Psalm 65:6 [Psalm 65:5] terrible things dost thou [י׳] vouchsafe to us.
d. often + אָמַר Genesis 18:27 Abraham answered and said, Exodus 4:1 (J), Exodus 19:8 (E), Job 4:1; Job 6:1 etc.; + אָמַר אֶלֿ Genesis 27:39 + 16 times; + לְ א׳ Genesis 27:37 + 8 times; י׳ + accusative of person + אמר, 1 Samuel 9:8 he answered Saul and said, + 23 times (in all approximately + 130 times); seldom + לֵאמֹר Numbers 32:31 (P), ע׳ + accusative of person + עא׳ Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:14 (P), Genesis 41:16; Genesis 42:22 (E), Joshua 1:16 (D).
e. seldom + דִּבֶּר Joshua 22:21 (P), 2 Kings 1:10, 2 Kings 1:11, 2 Kings 1:12; ע׳ + accusative of person + ר׳ Genesis 34:13 (P).
2.
a. respond to an occasion, speak in view of circumstances : 1 Samuel 9:17 (accusative of person + quotation), Judges 18:14)+ אָמַר), Numbers 11:28 (J E; + id.), 2 Kings 1:11 (+ id.), + 19 times
b. figurative יַעֲנֶה אֶתהַֿכֹּל Ecclesiastes 10:19; money meets all demands.
3.
a. specifically respond as a witness, testify, so perhaps participleעֹנֶה (absolute) Malachi 2:12 (in good sense); with בְּ person= in the case of = for Genesis 30:33; usually against, 1 Samuel 12:3; 2 Samuel 1:16; Isaiah 3:9; Isaiah 59:12; Micah 6:3; Jeremiah 14:7; Numbers 35:30 (P), Ruth 1:21 (>Be be occupied with, II.ענה; Vrss Luth KitKau עִנָּה humiliate); with בְּפָנָיו Hosea 5:5; Hosea 7:10; Job 16:8; with לְפָנָיו Deuteronomy 31:21 (+ לְעֵד as witness); with בְּ person + accusative of charge, סָרָה Deuteronomy 19:16, of false witness שֶׁקֶר Deuteronomy 19:18, עֵדשֶֿׁקֶר Exodus 20:16 (Ginsb Exodus 20:13), || Deuteronomy 5:17 ; Proverbs 25:18: absolute (bad implication) Exodus 23:2 (E; עַל concerning).
b. less often make response as one accused (respondent) Job 9:14, Job 9:15.
Niph..
1. make answer, subject י׳, with ל person, Perfect 1st person singular נַעֲנֵיתִי Ezekiel 14:4; Participle נַעֲנֶה (Qal not in Ezekiel).
2. be answered: Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יֵעָנֶה,
a. Job 11:2 (subject words).
b. of man = receive answer Proverbs 21:13, so 1st person singular אֵעָנֶה Job 19:7.
Hiph. Participle מַעֲנֶה בְּשִׂמְחַת לִבּוֺ Ecclesiastes 5:19 [Ecclesiastes 5:20], wholly dubious; Hi (God) causes (all things) to respond in the joy of his heart; De answers to the joy, etc.; de Jong Wild occupies him (II. עָנָה) with the joy, etc.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6032.

† IV. עָנָה verb sing (Arabic bdb077701 sing, chant, bdb077702 singing, chanting, etc.; Syriac bdb077703 sing responsively, bdb077704 hymn, refrain; possibly Assyrian enû, resound (?); Egyptian anni is loan-word according to Bondi80); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְעָנוּ consecutive Jeremiah 51:14; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַעַנֶה Jeremiah 25:30; 3rd person feminine singular וַתַּעַן Exodus 15:21; 3rd person feminine plural וַתַּעֲנֶינָה 1 Samuel 18:7, etc.; Imperative עֱנוּ Numbers 21:17; Psalm 147:7; Infinitive construct עֲנוֺת Exodus 32:18 (twice in verse); — sing, utter tunefully, Exodus 15:21 (E) and Miriam sang to (ל) them; of uttering shout (הֵידָד), as in vintage Jeremiah 25:30 (י׳ subject; + אֶלֿ person), in attack Jeremiah 51:14 (+ עַלֿ person); (חֲלוּשָׁה) קוֺל עֲנוֺת גְּבוּרָה Exodus 32:18 (twice in verse) (E); with ל of thing or person laudation Numbers 21:17 (J E; well); Psalm 147:7 (י׳; || זַמְּרוּ), Ezra 3:11; + אָמַר 1 Samuel 18:7 the women sang, and said; יַעֲנוּ בַמְּחֹלוֺת לֵאמֹר 1 Samuel 21:12 [1 Samuel 21:11]; 1 Samuel 29:5; with accusative of thing laudation Psalm 119:172 (compare || Psalm 119:171). — Isaiah 14:22 see עון.
Pi. intensive: Imperative עַנּוּלָֿהּ Isaiah 27:2 sing sweetly of it; Infinitive קוֺל עַנּוֺת Exodus 32:18 (E) the sound of distinct singing; compare לְעַנּוֺת Psalm 88:1.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:27; 23:5; 23:10; 23:14; 27:37; 27:39; 30:33; 34:13; 41:16; 41:16; 41:16; 42:22; 45:3; 45:3

Exodus

4:1; 15:21; 15:21; 19:8; 20:13; 20:16; 23:2; 32:18; 32:18; 32:18

Numbers

11:28; 21:17; 21:17; 32:31; 35:30

Deuteronomy

5:17; 19:16; 19:18; 31:21

Joshua

1:16; 22:21

Judges

5:29; 8:8; 18:14; 19:28

Ruth

1:21

1 Samuel

4:20; 7:9; 9:8; 9:17; 9:17; 12:3; 14:37; 18:7; 18:7; 20:28; 21:11; 28:6; 28:15; 28:15; 29:5

2 Samuel

1:16; 19:43; 22:36

1 Kings

12:7; 18:24; 18:37

2 Kings

1:10; 1:11; 1:11; 1:12; 18:36; 18:36

1 Chronicles

21:26

Ezra

3:11

Nehemiah

8:6

Job

4:1; 5:1; 6:1; 9:14; 9:15; 9:15; 11:2; 12:4; 15:2; 16:8; 19:7; 20:3; 23:5; 32:12; 33:13; 40:2

Psalms

3:4; 4:1; 20:1; 65:5; 87:7; 88:1; 119:171; 119:172; 147:7; 147:7

Proverbs

18:23; 21:13; 25:18; 26:5

Ecclesiastes

5:20; 10:19

Isaiah

3:9; 13:21; 13:22; 14:22; 27:2; 30:19; 36:21; 36:21; 41:17; 49:8; 59:12

Jeremiah

14:7; 23:37; 25:30; 25:30; 33:3; 51:14; 51:14

Ezekiel

14:4

Hosea

2:15; 2:21; 2:22; 5:5; 7:10; 14:8; 14:8

Amos

7:14

Micah

3:4; 6:3; 6:3; 6:5

Habakkuk

2:11

Malachi

2:12

H6030

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Strong's Number H6030 matches the Hebrew עָנָה (ʿānâ),
which occurs 60 times in 60 verses in 'Job' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Job 1:7–Job 33:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:7 - “Where have you come from?” the LORD asked Satan.
Satan answered the LORD, “I have been patrolling the earth, watching everything that’s going on.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:9 - Satan replied to the LORD, “Yes, but Job has good reason to fear God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:2 - “Where have you come from?” the LORD asked Satan.
Satan answered the LORD, “I have been patrolling the earth, watching everything that’s going on.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:4 - Satan replied to the LORD, “Skin for skin! A man will give up everything he has to save his life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:2 - He said:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:1 - Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied to Job:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:1 - “Cry for help, but will anyone answer you?
Which of the angels[fn] will help you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:1 - Then Job spoke again:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:1 - Then Bildad the Shuhite replied to Job:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:1 - Then Job spoke again:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:3 - If someone wanted to take God to court,[fn]
would it be possible to answer him even once in a thousand times?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:14 - “So who am I, that I should try to answer God
or even reason with him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:15 - Even if I were right, I would have no defense.
I could only plead for mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:16 - And even if I summoned him and he responded,
I’m not sure he would listen to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:32 - “God is not a mortal like me,
so I cannot argue with him or take him to trial.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:1 - Then Zophar the Naamathite replied to Job:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:2 - “Shouldn’t someone answer this torrent of words?
Is a person proved innocent just by a lot of talking?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:1 - Then Job spoke again:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:4 - Yet my friends laugh at me,
for I call on God and expect an answer.
I am a just and blameless man,
yet they laugh at me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:22 - Now summon me, and I will answer!
Or let me speak to you, and you reply.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:15 - You would call and I would answer,
and you would yearn for me, your handiwork.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:1 - Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:2 - “A wise man wouldn’t answer with such empty talk!
You are nothing but a windbag.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:6 - Your own mouth condemns you, not I.
Your own lips testify against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:1 - Then Job spoke again:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:3 - Won’t you ever stop blowing hot air?
What makes you keep on talking?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:8 - As if to prove I have sinned, you’ve reduced me to skin and bones.
My gaunt flesh testifies against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:1 - Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:1 - Then Job spoke again:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7 - “I cry out, ‘Help!’ but no one answers me.
I protest, but there is no justice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:16 - When I call my servant, he doesn’t come;
I have to plead with him!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:1 - Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:3 - I’ve had to endure your insults,
but now my spirit prompts me to reply.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:1 - Then Job spoke again:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:1 - Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:1 - Then Job spoke again:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:5 - Then I would listen to his reply
and understand what he says to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:1 - Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:1 - Then Job spoke again:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:20 - “I cry to you, O God, but you don’t answer.
I stand before you, but you don’t even look.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35 - “If only someone would listen to me!
Look, I will sign my name to my defense.
Let the Almighty answer me.
Let my accuser write out the charges against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:1 - Job’s three friends refused to reply further to him because he kept insisting on his innocence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:6 - Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said,
“I am young and you are old,
so I held back from telling you what I think.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:12 - I have listened,
but not one of you has refuted Job
or answered his arguments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:15 - You sit there baffled,
with nothing more to say.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:16 - Should I continue to wait, now that you are silent?
Must I also remain silent?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:17 - No, I will say my piece.
I will speak my mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:20 - I must speak to find relief,
so let me give my answers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:12 - “But you are wrong, and I will show you why.
For God is greater than any human being.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:13 - So why are you bringing a charge against him?
Why say he does not respond to people’s complaints?

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