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I have seen a stubborn fool take root,
    but I quickly cursed his house.
His children are far from help.
    They are crushed at the city gate,
        and no one is there to rescue them.
What a stubborn fool gathers, hungry people eat.
    They take it even from among the thorns,
        and thirsty people pant after his wealth.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:5 Hebrew meaning of the last two lines uncertain.

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