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  21:1 ¶
Then Job answered and said, |
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21:1 ¶
But Job°
answered°°
and said,°° |
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21:2
Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations. |
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21:2
Hear°°
diligently°°
my speech,°
and let this°
be°
your consolations.° |
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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
Suffer°°
me that I°
may speak;°°
and after°
that°
I have spoken,°°
mock on.°° |
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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,°
[is] my complaint°
to man?°
and if°
[it were so], why°
should not°
my spirit°
be troubled?°° |
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21:5
Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth. |
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21:5
Mark°°°
me, and be astonished,°°
and lay°°
[your] hand°
upon°
[your] mouth.° |
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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 when°
I remember°°
I am afraid,°°
and trembling°
taketh hold°
on°°
my flesh.° |
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21:7
Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power? |
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21:7
Wherefore°
do the wicked°
live,°°
become old,°°
yea,°
are mighty°°
in power?° |
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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 seed°
is established°°
in their sight°
with°
them, and their offspring°
before their eyes.° |
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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 houses°
[are] safe°
from fear,°°
neither°
[is] the rod°
of God°
upon°
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 bull°
gendereth,°°
and faileth°°
not;°
their cow°
calveth,°°
and casteth not her calf.°°° |
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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 forth°°
their little ones°
like a flock,°
and their children°
dance.°° |
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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 take°°
the timbrel°
and harp,°
and rejoice°°
at the sound°
of the organ.° |
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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 spend°°°°
their days°
in wealth,°
and in a moment°
go down°°°°°
to the grave.° |
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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 say°°
unto God,°
Depart°°
from°
us; for we desire°°
not°
the knowledge°
of thy ways.° |
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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
What°
[is] the Almighty,°
that°
we should serve°°
him? and what°
profit°°
should we have, if°
we pray°°
unto him? |
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21:16
Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me. |
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21:16
Lo,°
their good°
[is] not°
in their hand:°
the counsel°
of the wicked°
is far°°
from°
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 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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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 are°
as stubble°
before°
the wind,°
and as chaff°
that the storm°
carrieth away.°° |
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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
God°
layeth up°°
his iniquity°
for his children:°
he rewardeth°°°
him, and he shall know°°
[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 eyes°
shall see°°
his destruction,°
and he shall drink°°
of the wrath°°
of the Almighty.° |
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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
For°
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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21:22
Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high? |
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21:22
Shall [any] teach°°
God°
knowledge?°
seeing he°
judgeth°°
those that are high.°° |
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21:23
One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet: |
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21:23
One°
dieth°°
in his full°
strength,°
being wholly°
at ease°
and quiet.° |
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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 breasts°
are full°°
of milk,°
and his bones°
are moistened°°
with marrow.° |
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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 another°
dieth°°
in the bitterness°
of his soul,°
and never°
eateth°°
with pleasure.° |
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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 down°°
alike°
in°
the dust,°
and the worms°
shall cover°°°
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,°
I know°°
your thoughts,°
and the devices°
[which] ye wrongfully imagine°°
against°
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
For°
ye say,°°
Where°
[is] the house°
of the prince?°
and where°
[are] the dwelling°
places°
of the wicked?° |
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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 not°
asked°°
them that go°°
by the way?°
and do ye not°
know°°
their tokens,° |
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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
That°
the wicked°
is reserved°°
to the day°
of destruction?°
they shall be brought forth°°
to the day°
of wrath.° |
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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
Who°
shall declare°°
his way°
to°
his face?°
and who°
shall repay°°
him [what] he°
hath done?°° |
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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 he°
be brought°°
to the grave,°
and shall remain°°
in°
the tomb.° |
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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 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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21:34
How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth [only] falsehood? |
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21:34
How°
then comfort°°
ye me in vain,°
seeing in your answers°
there remaineth°°
falsehood?° |
