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And Job answered and said, Job 21:1
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Listen carefully to my speech, and let this be your comfort. Job 21:2
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Rise with me and I shall speak; and after I have spoken, mock on. Job 21:3
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As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should my spirit not be troubled? Job 21:4
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Turn to me and be amazed, and lay your hand on your mouth. Job 21:5
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And if I remember, I am afraid, and trembling takes hold on my flesh. Job 21:6
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Why do the wicked live? They grow old and become mighty in power. Job 21:7
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Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. Job 21:8
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Their houses are in peace, without fear; nor is the rod of God on them. Job 21:9
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Their bull mates and does not fail; their cow calves, and does not cast her calf. Job 21:10
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They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. Job 21:11
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They lift up voice at the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the flute. Job 21:12
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They spend their days in good, and in a moment go down to the grave. Job 21:13
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And they say to God, Depart from us; for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways; Job 21:14
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what is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit should we have if we pray to Him? Job 21:15
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Behold, their good is not in their hand; the wisdom of the wicked is far from me. Job 21:16
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How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, and their trouble comes on them! He shares out pains in His anger; Job 21:17
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they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm steals away. Job 21:18
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God lays up his iniquity for his children. He repays him, and he knows. Job 21:19
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His eyes shall see his ruin, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. Job 21:20
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For what is his pleasure in his house after him, and the number of his months is cut off? Job 21:21
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Shall any teach God knowledge, since He shall judge the exalted? Job 21:22
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One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. Job 21:23
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His sides are full of milk, his bones are wet with marrow. Job 21:24
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And another dies with bitter soul, and never eats with pleasure. Job 21:25
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They lie down together in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. Job 21:26
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Behold, I know your thoughts, and the plots which you wrongfully hatch against me. Job 21:27
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For you say, Where is the house of the noble, and where the dwelling-places of the wicked? Job 21:28
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Did you not ask those who go by the way? And do you not know their signs, Job 21:29
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that the wicked is kept for the day of calamity? They shall be brought to the day of wrath. Job 21:30
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Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he has done? Job 21:31
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Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and watch shall be kept over his tomb. Job 21:32
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And the clods of the valley shall be sweet to him and every man shall draw after him, as there is no numbering of those before him. Job 21:33
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How then do you comfort me in vain? Yea, in your answers remains transgression. Job 21:34