Job 34:31

Surely it is meet (z) to be said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:

(z) It only belongs to God to moderate his corrections, and not to man.

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³¹ Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

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