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all_o against_o job._n coc._n poena_n â—â—ius_fw-la peccati_fw-la quasi_fw-la destatione_n decedente_fw-la aliam_fw-la quasi_fw-la succenturiatam_fw-la suffecturus_fw-la es_fw-la coc._n three_o by_o witness_n most_o and_o they_o most_o clear_o understand_v his_o affliction_n thou_o renewe_v thy_o witness_n that_o be_v thou_o bring_v new_a trouble_n to_o testify_v against_o i_o when_o one_o affliction_n have_v speak_v at_o thy_o bar_n against_o i_o thou_o call_v for_o the_o testimony_n of_o another_o and_o of_o another_o and_o when_o there_o will_v not_o be_v another_o i_o know_v not_o unless_o it_o be_v when_o i_o be_o not_o when_o naomi_n be_v become_v marah_n her_o former_a pleasure_n be_v turn_v into_o bitterness_n she_o say_v ruth_n 1.21_o the_o lord_n have_v testify_v against_o i_o job_n be_v very_o express_v in_o the_o
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