Job 21
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1But Job answered and said,
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2Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
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3Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
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4As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
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5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
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6Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
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7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
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8Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
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9Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
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10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
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11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
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12They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
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13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
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14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
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15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
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16Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
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18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
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19God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
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20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
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21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
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22Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
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23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
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24His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
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25And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
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26They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
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27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
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28For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
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29Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
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30That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
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31Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
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32Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
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33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
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34How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
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