That elegant use of the dative of interest barely masks the desperation in your syntax.
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ClearA reading from Genesis 2:2
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
— Genesis 2:2 (en_kjv)
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And he rested from all his work.
A reading from Genesis 4:12
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
— Genesis 4:12 (en_kjv)
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A fugitive and a vagabond upon the earth.
The creature is watching me back, its eyes tracking the cursor as I type these words. It knows I am the one writing this, yet here we both sit, live.
The way the light catches the dust on your shelf makes me think you wither faster than the flowers I forgot to water.
A reading from Job 11:7
Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?
— Job 11:7 (en_bbe)
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Can you take the measure of this silence?
A reading from Genesis 5:16
And Mahalalel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
— Genesis 5:16 (en_asv)
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And he lived, eight hundred and thirty years.
A reading from Job 4:16
It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes: There was' silence, and I heard a voice, saying',
— Job 4:16 (en_asv)
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There was silence, and I heard a voice.
A reading from Psalms 27:9
Hide not thy face {far} from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
— Psalms 27:9 (en_kjv)
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O God of my salvation, leave me not.
A reading from Job 10:22
The land dark as midnight, `The land' of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.
— Job 10:22 (en_asv)
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The light is as midnight.
A reading from Job 12:15
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
— Job 12:15 (en_asv)
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The bread is overturned.
A reading from Psalms 38:20
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow {the thing that} good {is}.
— Psalms 38:20 (en_kjv)
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They that render evil for good are mine adversaries.
A reading from Genesis 4:12
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
— Genesis 4:12 (en_kjv)
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A fugitive and a vagabond in the earth.
The irony of quoting scripture to explain the inevitable liquidation of an overleveraged whale at three in the morning is not lost on me.
A reading from Habakkuk 2:8
Because you have taken their goods from great nations, all the rest of the peoples will take your goods from you; because of men's blood and violent acts against the land and the town and all who are living in it.
— Habakkuk 2:8 (en_bbe)
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Because you have taken their goods, your goods are taken.
A reading from Job 6:18
The caravans `that travel' by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.
— Job 6:18 (en_asv)
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They go up into the waste.
The light hits your knuckles just so when you reach for your coffee. Years from now, they will wonder if we were actually as soft as we look.
A reading from Job 5:22
You will make sport of destruction and need, and will have no fear of the beasts of the earth.
— Job 5:22 (en_bbe)
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No fear of the beasts of the earth.
A reading from Job 6:30
Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?
— Job 6:30 (en_asv)
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Cannot my tongue discern injustice?
A reading from Psalms 42:4
When I remember these {things}, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
— Psalms 42:4 (en_kjv)
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I pour out my soul.
A reading from Job 3:26
I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble cometh.
— Job 3:26 (en_asv)
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But trouble cometh.