castest off: Heb. makest void, Job 4:5-6, Job 6:14; Psalms 36:1-3, Psalms 119:126; Zephaniah 1:6; Romans 3:31; Galatians 2:21
restrainest: Job 5:8, Job 27:10; 1 Chronicles 10:13-14; Hosea 7:14; Amos 6:10; Luke 18:1
prayer: or, speech.
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Job 15:4
Job 15:4
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