King James Version (KJV)
Job 36:20
“Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.”
Verse in context — Job 36
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Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
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Will he esteem thy riches? [no], not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
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Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
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Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
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Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
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