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  21:1 ¶
Then Job answered and said, |
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21:1 ¶
But Jobº
answeredºº
and said,ºº |
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21:2
Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations. |
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21:2
Hearºº
diligentlyºº
my speech,º
and let thisº
beº
your consolations.º |
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21:3
Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on. |
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21:3
Sufferºº
me that Iº
may speak;ºº
and afterº
thatº
I have spoken,ºº
mock on.ºº |
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21:4
As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient? |
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21:4
As for me,º
[is] my complaintº
to man?º
and ifº
[it were so], whyº
should notº
my spiritº
be troubled?ºº |
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21:5
Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth. |
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21:5
Markººº
me, and be astonished,ºº
and layºº
[your] handº
uponº
[your] mouth.º |
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21:6
Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh. |
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21:6
Even whenº
I rememberºº
I am afraid,ºº
and tremblingº
taketh holdº
onºº
my flesh.º |
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21:7
Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power? |
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21:7
Whereforeº
do the wickedº
live,ºº
become old,ºº
yea,º
are mightyºº
in power?º |
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21:8
Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes. |
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21:8
Their seedº
is establishedºº
in their sightº
withº
them, and their offspringº
before their eyes.º |
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21:9
Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them. |
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21:9
Their housesº
[are] safeº
from fear,ºº
neitherº
[is] the rodº
of Godº
uponº
them. |
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21:10
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. |
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21:10
Their bullº
gendereth,ºº
and failethºº
not;º
their cowº
calveth,ºº
and casteth not her calf.ººº |
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21:11
They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance. |
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21:11
They send forthºº
their little onesº
like a flock,º
and their childrenº
dance.ºº |
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21:12
They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe. |
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21:12
They takeºº
the timbrelº
and harp,º
and rejoiceºº
at the soundº
of the organ.º |
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21:13
They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol. |
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21:13
They spendºººº
their daysº
in wealth,º
and in a momentº
go downººººº
to the grave.º |
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21:14
And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. |
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21:14
Therefore they sayºº
unto God,º
Departºº
fromº
us; for we desireºº
notº
the knowledgeº
of thy ways.º |
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21:15
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? |
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21:15
Whatº
[is] the Almighty,º
thatº
we should serveºº
him? and whatº
profitºº
should we have, ifº
we prayºº
unto him? |
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21:16
Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me. |
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21:16
Lo,º
their goodº
[is] notº
in their hand:º
the counselº
of the wickedº
is farºº
fromº
me. |
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21:17
How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger? |
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21:17
How oftº
is the candleº
of the wickedº
put out!ºº
and [how oft] comethºº
their destructionº
uponº
them! [God] distributethºº
sorrowsº
in his anger.º |
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21:18
That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away? |
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21:18
They areº
as stubbleº
beforeº
the wind,º
and as chaffº
that the stormº
carrieth away.ºº |
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21:19
[Ye say], God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it: |
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21:19
Godº
layeth upºº
his iniquityº
for his children:º
he rewardethººº
him, and he shall knowºº
[it]. |
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21:20
Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. |
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21:20
His eyesº
shall seeºº
his destruction,º
and he shall drinkºº
of the wrathºº
of the Almighty.º |
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21:21
For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off? |
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21:21
Forº
whatº
pleasureº
[hath] he in his houseº
afterº
him, when the numberº
of his monthsº
is cut off in the midst?ºº |
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21:22
Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high? |
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21:22
Shall [any] teachºº
Godº
knowledge?º
seeing heº
judgethºº
those that are high.ºº |
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21:23
One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet: |
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21:23
Oneº
diethºº
in his fullº
strength,º
being whollyº
at easeº
and quiet.º |
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21:24
His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moistened. |
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21:24
His breastsº
are fullºº
of milk,º
and his bonesº
are moistenedºº
with marrow.º |
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21:25
And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good. |
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21:25
And anotherº
diethºº
in the bitternessº
of his soul,º
and neverº
eatethºº
with pleasure.º |
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21:26
They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them. |
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21:26
They shall lie downºº
alikeº
inº
the dust,º
and the wormsº
shall coverººº
them. |
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21:27
Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me. |
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21:27
Behold,º
I knowºº
your thoughts,º
and the devicesº
[which] ye wrongfully imagineºº
againstº
me. |
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21:28
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt? |
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21:28
Forº
ye say,ºº
Whereº
[is] the houseº
of the prince?º
and whereº
[are] the dwellingº
placesº
of the wicked?º |
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21:29
Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences, |
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21:29
Have ye notº
askedºº
them that goºº
by the way?º
and do ye notº
knowºº
their tokens,º |
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21:30
That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath? |
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21:30
Thatº
the wickedº
is reservedºº
to the dayº
of destruction?º
they shall be brought forthºº
to the dayº
of wrath.º |
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21:31
Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done? |
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21:31
Whoº
shall declareºº
his wayº
toº
his face?º
and whoº
shall repayºº
him [what] heº
hath done?ºº |
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21:32
Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb. |
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21:32
Yet shall heº
be broughtºº
to the grave,º
and shall remainºº
inº
the tomb.º |
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21:33
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him. |
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21:33
The clodsº
of the valleyº
shall be sweetºº
unto him, and everyº
manº
shall drawºº
afterº
him, as [there are] innumerableºº
beforeº
him. |
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21:34
How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth [only] falsehood? |
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21:34
Howº
then comfortºº
ye me in vain,º
seeing in your answersº
there remainethºº
falsehood?º |
