And her rival also (A)provoked her severely, to make her miserable, because the Lord had closed her womb.

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Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.(A)

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“I(A) am one mocked by his friends,
Who (B)called on God, and He answered him,
The just and blameless who is ridiculed.

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“I have become a laughingstock(A) to my friends,(B)
    though I called on God and he answered(C)
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!(D)

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“But He has made me (A)a byword of the people,
And I have become one in whose face men spit.

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“God has made me a byword(A) to everyone,(B)
    a man in whose face people spit.(C)

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Job’s Wealth Now Poverty

30 “But now they mock at me, men [a]younger than I,
Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 30:1 Lit. of fewer days

30 “But now they mock me,(A)
    men younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
    to put with my sheep dogs.(B)

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“And(A) now I am their taunting song;
Yes, I am their byword.

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“And now those young men mock me(A) in song;(B)
    I have become a byword(C) among them.

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What man is like Job,
(A)Who drinks [a]scorn like water,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 34:7 derision

Is there anyone like Job,
    who drinks scorn like water?(A)

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