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| 21:1 |
Then Job answered,
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| 21:2 |
"Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your [way of] consolation.
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| 21:3 |
"Bear with me that I may speak; Then after I have spoken, you may mock.
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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 |
"Look at me, and be astonished, And put [your] hand over [your] mouth.
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| 21:6 |
"Even when I remember, I am disturbed, And horror takes hold of my flesh.
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| 21:7 |
"Why do the wicked [still] live, Continue on, also become very powerful?
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| 21:8 |
"Their descendants are 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 on them.
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| 21:10 |
"His ox mates without fail; His cow calves and does not abort.
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| 21:11 |
"They send forth their little ones like the flock, And their children skip about.
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| 21:12 |
"They sing to the timbrel and harp And rejoice at the sound of the flute.
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| 21:13 |
"They spend their days in prosperity, And suddenly they go down to Sheol.
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| 21:14 |
"And they say to God, 'Depart from us! We do not even desire the knowledge of Thy ways.
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| 21:15 |
'Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we gain if we entreat Him?'
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| 21:16 |
"Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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| 21:17 |
"How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, Or [does] their calamity fall on them? Does God apportion destruction in His anger?
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| 21:18 |
"Are they as straw before the wind, And like chaff which the storm carries away?
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| 21:19 |
"[You say], 'God stores away a man's iniquity for his sons.' Let God repay him so that he may know [it].
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| 21:20 |
"Let his own eyes see his decay, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
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| 21:21 |
"For what does he care for his household after him, When the number of his months is cut off?
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| 21:22 |
"Can anyone teach God knowledge, In that He judges those on high?
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| 21:23 |
"One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and satisfied;
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| 21:24 |
His sides are filled out with fat, And the marrow of his bones is moist,
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| 21:25 |
While another dies with a bitter soul, Never even tasting [anything] good.
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| 21:26 |
"Together they lie down in the dust, And worms cover them.
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| 21:27 |
"Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plans by which you would wrong me.
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| 21:28 |
"For you say, 'Where is the house of the nobleman, And where is the tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?'
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| 21:29 |
"Have you not asked wayfaring men, And do you not recognize their witness?
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| 21:30 |
"For the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity; They will be led forth at the day of fury.
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| 21:31 |
"Who will confront him with his actions, And who will repay him for what he has done?
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| 21:32 |
"While he is carried to the grave, [Men] will keep watch over [his] tomb.
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| 21:33 |
"The clods of the valley will gently cover him; Moreover, all men will follow after him, While countless ones [go] before him.
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| 21:34 |
"How then will you vainly comfort me, For your answers remain [full of] falsehood?"
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