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Job 21

Job Says God Will Deal with the Wicked

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Then Jobh347  1answeredh6030a,

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"Listenh8085 carefullyh8085 to my speechh4405, And let thish384 be your way of consolationh8575.

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"Bearh5375 with me that I may speakh1696; Then afterh310 I have spokenh1696, you may  amockh3932.

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"As for me, is  amy complainth7879  1to manh120? And  bwhyh4069 should  2I not be impatienth7114a?

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"Lookh6437 at me, and be astonishedh8074, And  aputh7760 your handh3027 overh5921 your mouthh6310.

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"Even whenh518 I rememberh2142, I am disturbedh926, And  ahorrorh6427 takesh270 holdh270 of my fleshh1320.

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"Whyh4069  ado the wickedh7563 still liveh2421a, Continueh6275 on, alsoh1571 becomeh1396 veryh2428  bpowerfulh2428?

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"Their  1 adescendantsh2233 are establishedh3559 with them in their sighth6440, And their offspringh6631 before their eyesh5869,

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Their housesh1004  aare safeh7965 from fearh6343, And the rodh7626 of Godh433 is not on them.

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"His oxh7794 matesh5674a  1withouth3808 failh1602; His cowh6510 calvesh6403 and does not aborth7921.

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"They sendh7971 forth their littleh5759 onesh5759 like the flockh6629, And their childrenh3206 skiph7540 abouth7540.

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"They  1singh5375 to the timbrelh8596 and harph3658 And rejoiceh8055 at the soundh6963 of the fluteh5748.

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"They  aspendh1086 their daysh3117 in prosperityh2896b, And  1suddenlyh7281 they goh5181 downh5181 to  2Sheolh7585.

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"They sayh559 to Godh410, ` aDeparth5493 from us! We do not even desireh2654a the knowledgeh1847 of Your waysh1870.

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1Whoh4100 is  2the Almightyh7706b, that we should serveh5647 Him, And  awhath4100 would we gainh3276 ifh3588 we entreath6293 Him?'

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"Beholdh2005, their prosperityh2898 is not in their handh3027; The  acounselh6098 of the wickedh7563 is farh7368 from me.

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"Howh4100 oftenh4100 is  athe lamph5216 of the wickedh7563 puth1846 out, Or does their  bcalamityh343 fallh935 on them? Does  1God apportionh2505a destructionh2256b in His angerh639?

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"Are they as  astrawh8401 beforeh6440 the windh7307, And like  bchaffh4671b which the stormh5492a carriesh1589 awayh1589?

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"You say,aGodh433 storesh6845 awayh6845  1a man's iniquityh205 for his sonsh1121.' Let  2God repayh7999a him so that he may knowh3045 it.

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"Let his  aown eyesh5869 seeh7200 his decayh3589, And let him  bdrinkh8354 of the wrathh2534 of  1the Almightyh7706b.

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"For whath4100 does he careh2656 for his householdh1004  1afterh310 him, When the numberh4557 of his monthsh2320 is cuth2686a offh2686a?

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"Can anyone  ateachh3925 Godh410 knowledgeh1847, In that He  bjudgesh8199 those on highh7311?

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"Oneh2088  adiesh4191 in his fullh8537 strengthh6106, Being whollyh3605 at easeh7600 and  1satisfiedh7961;

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His  1sidesh5845 are filledh4390 out with fath2459, And the  amarrowh4221 of his bonesh6106 is moisth8248,

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While anotherh2088 diesh4191 with a bitterh4751 soulh5315, Neverh3808 even  1tastingh398 anything goodh2899b.

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"Togetherh3162 they  alieh7901 downh7901 in the dusth6083, And  bwormsh7415 coverh3680 them.

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"Beholdh2005, I knowh3045 your thoughtsh4284, And the plansh4209 by which you would wrongh2554 me.

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"For you sayh559, `Whereh346 is the househ1004 of  athe noblemanh5081, And whereh346 is the  btenth168, the dwellingh4908 placesh4908 of the wickedh7563?'

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"Have you not askedh7592 wayfaringh5674a men, And do you not recognizeh5234 their  1witnessh226?

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"For the  awickedh7451a is reservedh2820 for the dayh3117 of calamityh343; They will be ledh2986 forthh2986 at  bthe dayh3117 of furyh5678.

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"Whoh4310 will  1confronth5046h5921h6440 him with his actionsh1870, And whoh4310 will repayh7999a him for what he has doneh6213a?

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"While he is carriedh2986 to the graveh6913, Men will keeph8245 watchh8245 overh5921 his tombh1430b.

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"The  aclodsh7263 of the valleyh5158a will  1gentlyh4985 coverh4985 him; Moreover,  ballh3605 menh120 will  2followh4900 afterh310 him, While countlessh369h4557 ones go beforeh6440 him.

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"Howh349 then will you vainlyh1892  acomforth5162 me, For your answersh8666 remainh7604 full of  1falsehoodh4604?"



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