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If your children sinned against him,
    he allowed them to suffer the consequences of their sinfulness.
If you search for El
    and plead for mercy from Shadday,
if you are moral and ethical,
    then he will rise up on your behalf
        and prove your righteousness by rebuilding your home.[a]

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  1. Job 8:6 English equivalent of this line difficult.

When your children sinned against him,
    he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.(A)
But if you will seek God earnestly
    and plead(B) with the Almighty,(C)
if you are pure and upright,
    even now he will rouse himself on your behalf(D)
    and restore you to your prosperous state.(E)

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