Holy Scripture
Job 19:16
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“I called my servant, and he gave me no answer. For what was the Jewish people but a 'servant,' which never obeyed the Lord with the love of a son, but the fear of a slave? Contrariwise it is said to us by Paul, For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again; but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby w…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
16I called my servant, and he hearkened not; And my mouth entreated him.
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14My nearest of kin have not acknowledged me, And they that knew my name have forgotten me.
15As for my household, and my maidservants, I was a stranger before them.
— Job 19:16 —
17And I besought my wife, And earnestly entreated the sons of my concubines.
18But they rejected me forever; Whenever I rise up, they speak against me.