Job 21
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Job 21:2
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"Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your {way of} consolation.
Job 21:3
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"Bear with me that I may speak; Then after I have spoken, you may mock.
Job 21:4
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"As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
Job 21:5
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"Look at me, and be astonished, And put {your} hand over {your} mouth.
Job 21:6
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"Even when I remember, I am disturbed, And horror takes hold of my flesh.
Job 21:7
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"Why do the wicked {still} live, Continue on, also become very powerful?
Job 21:8
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"Their descendants are established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes,
Job 21:9
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Their houses are safe from fear, And the rod of God is not on them.
Job 21:10
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"His ox mates without fail; His cow calves and does not abort.
Job 21:11
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"They send forth their little ones like the flock, And their children skip about.
Job 21:12
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"They sing to the timbrel and harp And rejoice at the sound of the flute.
Job 21:13
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"They spend their days in prosperity, And suddenly they go down to Sheol.
Job 21:14
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"They say to God, `Depart from us! We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.
Job 21:15
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`Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we gain if we entreat Him?'
Job 21:16
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"Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 21:17
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"How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, Or does their calamity fall on them? Does God apportion destruction in His anger?
Job 21:18
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"Are they as straw before the wind, And like chaff which the storm carries away?
Job 21:19
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"{You say,} `God stores away a man's iniquity for his sons.' Let God repay him so that he may know {it.}
Job 21:20
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"Let his own eyes see his decay, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Job 21:21
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"For what does he care for his household (I.e. after he dies) after him, When the number of his months is cut off?
Job 21:22
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"Can anyone teach God knowledge, In that He judges those on high?
Job 21:23
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"One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and satisfied;
Job 21:24
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His sides are filled out with fat, And the marrow of his bones is moist,
Job 21:25
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While another dies with a bitter soul, Never even tasting {anything} good.
Job 21:26
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"Together they lie down in the dust, And worms cover them.
Job 21:27
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"Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plans by which you would wrong me.
Job 21:28
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"For you say, `Where is the house of the nobleman, And where is the tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?'
Job 21:29
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"Have you not asked wayfaring men, And do you not recognize their witness?
Job 21:30
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"For the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity; They will be led forth at the day of fury.
Job 21:31
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"Who will confront him with his actions, And who will repay him for what he has done?
Job 21:32
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"While he is carried to the grave, {Men} will keep watch over {his} tomb.
Job 21:33
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"The clods of the valley will gently cover him; Moreover, all men will follow after him, While countless ones {go} before him.
Job 21:34
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"How then will you vainly comfort me, For your answers remain {full of} falsehood?"
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