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Passage Lookup: Job 21
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Job 21:1
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Then Job answered:
Job 21:2
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Pay close attention to my words; let this be the consolation you offer.
Job 21:3
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Bear with me while I speak; then after I have spoken, you may continue mocking.
Job 21:4
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As for me, is my complaint(a) against a man? Then why shouldn't I be impatient?
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Job 21:5
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Look at me and shudder;(b) put your hand over your mouth.(c)
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Job 21:6
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When I think about it, I am terrified and my body trembles(d) in horror.
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Job 21:7
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Why do the wicked continue to live, growing old and becoming powerful?
Job 21:8
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Their children are established while they are still alive,[a] and their descendants, before their eyes.
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Job 21:9
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Their homes are secure and free of fear;(e) no rod from God strikes them.(f)
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Job 21:10
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Their bulls breed without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry.
Job 21:11
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They let their little ones run around like lambs; their children skip about,
Job 21:12
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singing to the tambourine and lyre and rejoicing at the sound of the flute.(g)
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Job 21:13
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They spend[b] their days in prosperity(h) and go down to Sheol in peace.
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Job 21:14
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Yet they say to God: "Leave us alone! We don't want to know Your ways.(i)
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Job 21:15
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Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what will we gain by pleading with Him?"(j)
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Job 21:16
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But their prosperity is not of their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!(k)
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Job 21:17
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How often is the lamp(l) of the wicked put out? Does disaster[c] come on them? Does He apportion destruction in His anger?
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Job 21:18
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Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff(m) a storm sweeps away?
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Job 21:19
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God reserves a person's punishment for his children.(n) Let God repay the person himself, so that he may know it.
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Job 21:20
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Let his own eyes see his demise; let him drink from the Almighty's wrath!(o)
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Job 21:21
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For what does he care about his family once he is dead,(p) when the number of his months has run out?(q)
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Job 21:22
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Can anyone teach God knowledge,(r) since He judges the exalted ones?[d]
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Job 21:23
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One person dies in excellent health,[e] completely secure[f] and at ease.
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Job 21:24
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His body is[g] well fed,[h] and his bones are full of marrow.[i]
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Job 21:25
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Yet another person dies with a bitter(s) soul, having never tasted prosperity.
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Job 21:26
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But they both lie in the dust, and worms cover them.(t)
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Job 21:27
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I know your thoughts very well, the schemes you would wrong me with.
Job 21:28
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For you say, "Where now is the nobleman's house?" and "Where are the tents(u) the wicked lived in?"
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Job 21:29
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Have you never consulted those who travel the roads? Don't you accept their reports?[j]
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Job 21:30
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Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of disaster, rescued from the day of wrath.
Job 21:31
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Who would denounce his behavior to his face? Who would repay(v) him for what he has done?
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Job 21:32
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He is carried to the grave, and someone keeps watch over his tomb.
Job 21:33
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The dirt on his grave is[k] sweet to him. Everyone follows behind him, and those who go before him are without number.
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Job 21:34
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So how can you offer me such futile comfort? Your answers are deceptive.
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