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Iyov commanded them to be silent.
2
“You ask where my throne has gone. I shall tell you.”
3
“The throne I seek is not the seat that can be burned, plundered, inherited, or overturned.”
4
“The splendor of rulers passes like a reflection upon water.”
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“My hope is established in the world that does not decay.”
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“Rivers dry, kingdoms collapse, and human glory fades.”
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“But the inheritance guarded above is not seized by armies.”
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The rulers heard him speak of a heavenly throne and began to suspect that suffering had disturbed his mind.