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-Job's Discourse on the Wicked
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 # Chapter 21
-1. Then Job answered and said:
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-2. "Listen carefully to my speech,
+1 Then Job answered and said:
+2 “Listen carefully to my speech,
 And let this be your consolation.
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-3. Bear with me that I may speak,
+3 Bear with me that I may speak,
 And after I have spoken, keep mocking.
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-4. "As for me, is my complaint against man?
+4 “As for me, is my complaint against man?
 And if it were, why should I not be impatient?
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-5. Look at me and be astonished;
+5 Look at me and be astonished;
 Put your hand over your mouth.
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-6. Even when I remember I am terrified,
+6 Even when I remember I am terrified,
 And trembling takes hold of my flesh.
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-7. Why do the wicked live and become old,
+7 Why do the wicked live and become old,
 Yes, become mighty in power?
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-8. Their descendants are established with them in their sight,
+8 Their descendants are established with them in their sight,
 And their offspring before their eyes.
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-9. Their houses are safe from fear,
+9 Their houses are safe from fear,
 Neither is the rod of God upon them.
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-10. Their bull breeds without failure;
+10 Their bull breeds without failure;
 Their cow calves without miscarriage.
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-11. They send forth their little ones like a flock,
+11 They send forth their little ones like a flock,
 And their children dance.
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-12. They sing to the tambourine and harp,
+12 They sing to the tambourine and harp,
 And rejoice to the sound of the flute.
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-13. They spend their days in wealth,
+13 They spend their days in wealth,
 And in a moment go down to the grave.
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-14. Yet they say to God, 'Depart from us,
+14 Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us,
 For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
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-15. Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?
-And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?'
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-16. Indeed their prosperity is not in their hand;
+15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?
+And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’
+16 Indeed their prosperity is not in their hand;
 The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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-17. "How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
+17 “How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
 How often does their destruction come upon them,
 The sorrows God distributes in His anger?
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-18. They are like straw before the wind,
+18 They are like straw before the wind,
 And like chaff that a storm carries away.
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-19. They say, 'God lays up one's iniquity for his children';
+19 They say, ‘God lays up one’s iniquity for his children’;
 Let Him recompense him, that he may know it.
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-20. Let his eyes see his destruction,
+20 Let his eyes see his destruction,
 And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
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-21. For what does he care about his household after him,
+21 For what does he care about his household after him,
 When the number of his months is cut in half?
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-22. "Can anyone teach God knowledge,
+22 “Can anyone teach God knowledge,
 Since He judges those on high?
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-23. One dies in his full strength,
+23 One dies in his full strength,
 Being wholly at ease and secure;
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-24. His pails are full of milk,
+24 His pails are full of milk,
 And the marrow of his bones is moist.
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-25. Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul,
+25 Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul,
 Never having eaten with pleasure.
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-26. They lie down alike in the dust,
+26 They lie down alike in the dust,
 And worms cover them.
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-27. "Look, I know your thoughts,
+27 “Look, I know your thoughts,
 And the schemes with which you would wrong me.
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-28. For you say,
-'Where is the house of the prince?
+28 For you say,
+‘Where is the house of the prince?
 And where is the tent,
-The dwelling place of the wicked?'
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-29. Have you not asked those who travel the road?
+The dwelling place of the wicked?’
+29 Have you not asked those who travel the road?
 And do you not know their signs?
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-30. For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom;
+30 For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom;
 They shall be brought out on the day of wrath.
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-31. Who condemns his way to his face?
+31 Who condemns his way to his face?
 And who repays him for what he has done?
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-32. Yet he shall be brought to the grave,
+32 Yet he shall be brought to the grave,
 And a vigil kept over the tomb.
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-33. The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him;
+33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him;
 Everyone shall follow him,
 As countless have gone before him.
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-34. How then can you comfort me with empty words,
-Since falsehood remains in your answers?"
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+34 How then can you comfort me with empty words,
+Since falsehood remains in your answers?”