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| 21:1 |
Then Job answered and said,
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| 21:2 |
Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations.
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| 21:3 |
Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on.
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| 21:4 |
As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
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| 21:5 |
Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.
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| 21:6 |
Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh.
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| 21:7 |
Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
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| 21:8 |
Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.
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| 21:9 |
Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them.
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| 21:10 |
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
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| 21:11 |
They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.
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| 21:12 |
They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
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| 21:13 |
They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.
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| 21:14 |
And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
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| 21:15 |
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
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| 21:16 |
Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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| 21:17 |
How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger?
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| 21:18 |
That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
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| 21:19 |
[Ye say], God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:
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| 21:20 |
Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
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| 21:21 |
For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?
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| 21:22 |
Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high?
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| 21:23 |
One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet:
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| 21:24 |
His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moistened.
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| 21:25 |
And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.
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| 21:26 |
They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.
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| 21:27 |
Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.
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| 21:28 |
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?
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| 21:29 |
Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences,
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| 21:30 |
That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
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| 21:31 |
Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?
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| 21:32 |
Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb.
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| 21:33 |
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.
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| 21:34 |
How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth [only] falsehood?
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