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But Job answered and said,
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Then Job answered and said:
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Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
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"Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your consolation.
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Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
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Bear with me that I may speak, And after I have spoken, keep mocking.
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As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
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"As for me, [is] my complaint against man? And if [it were,] why should I not be impatient?
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Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
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Look at me and be astonished; Put [your] hand over [your] mouth.
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Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
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Even when I remember I am terrified, And trembling takes hold of my flesh.
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Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
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Why do the wicked live [and] become old, Yes, become mighty in power?
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Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
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Their descendants are established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.
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Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
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Their houses [are] safe from fear, Neither [is] the rod of God upon them.
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Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
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Their bull breeds without failure; Their cow calves without miscarriage.
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They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
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They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.
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They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
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They sing to the tambourine and harp, And rejoice to the sound of the flute.
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They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
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They spend their days in wealth, And in a moment go down to the grave.
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Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
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Yet they say to God, 'Depart from us, For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
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What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
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Who [is] the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?'
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Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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Indeed their prosperity [is] not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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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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" 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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They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
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They are like straw before the wind, And like chaff that a storm carries away.
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God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
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[They say,] 'God lays up one's iniquity for his children'; Let Him recompense him, that he may know [it.]
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His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
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Let his eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
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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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For what does he care about his household after him, When the number of his months is cut in half?
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Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
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" Can [anyone] teach God knowledge, Since He judges those on high?
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One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
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One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and secure;
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His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
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His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moist.
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And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
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Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, Never having eaten with pleasure.
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They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
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They lie down alike in the dust, And worms cover them.
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Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
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"Look, I know your thoughts, And the schemes [with which] you would wrong me.
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For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
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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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Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
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Have you not asked those who travel the road? And do you not know their signs?
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That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
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For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom; They shall be brought out on the day of wrath.
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Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
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Who condemns his way to his face? And who repays him [for what] he has done?
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Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
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Yet he shall be brought to the grave, And a vigil kept over the tomb.
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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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The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him; Everyone shall follow him, As countless [have gone] before him.
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How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
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How then can you comfort me with empty words, Since falsehood remains in your answers?"
