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vw@Job:21:1 @ Then Job answered and said:

vw@Job:21:2 @ Listen carefully to my speech, and let this be your consolation.

vw@Job:21:3 @ Bear with me that I may speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.

vw@Job:21:4 @ As for me, is my complaint against man? And if it were, why should my spirit not be impatient?

vw@Job:21:5 @ Look at me and be astonished; put your hand over your mouth.

vw@Job:21:6 @ Even when I remember I am terrified, and trembling takes hold of my flesh.

vw@Job:21:7 @ Why do the wicked live and become old, yea, and become mighty in power?

vw@Job:21:8 @ Their seed is established in their presence, and their offspring before their eyes.

vw@Job:21:9 @ Their houses are at peace, without dread; neither is the rod of God upon them.

vw@Job:21:10 @ Their bull has bred without failure; their cow calves and does not miscarry.

vw@Job:21:11 @ They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

vw@Job:21:12 @ They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice to the sound of the flute.

vw@Job:21:13 @ They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to Sheol.

vw@Job:21:14 @ Yet they say to the Mighty God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.

vw@Job:21:15 @ Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we entreat Him?

vw@Job:21:16 @ Behold, their goodness is not in their hand! The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

vw@Job:21:17 @ How often is the lamp of the wicked put out! How often does their calamity come upon them, the sorrows God distributes in His anger!

vw@Job:21:18 @ They are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that a storm steals away.

vw@Job:21:19 @ God treasures up ones iniquity for his children. He recompenses him, that he may know it.

vw@Job:21:20 @ His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

vw@Job:21:21 @ For what is his delight in his house after him, when the number of his months has been cut off?

vw@Job:21:22 @ Can anyone teach the Mighty God knowledge, since He judges those that are on high?

vw@Job:21:23 @ One dies in his full strength, being wholly secure and at ease;

vw@Job:21:24 @ his pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moist.

vw@Job:21:25 @ Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, never having eaten with pleasure.

vw@Job:21:26 @ They lie down together in the dust, and worms cover them.

vw@Job:21:27 @ Behold, I know your thoughts, and the plots with which you would do me wrong.

vw@Job:21:28 @ For you say, Where is the house of the noble one? And where is the tent, the dwelling place of the wicked?

vw@Job:21:29 @ Have you not asked those who pass along the road? And do you not know their trademarks?

vw@Job:21:30 @ For the wicked are reserved for the day of calamity; they shall be brought out on the day of wrath.

vw@Job:21:31 @ Who declares his way to his face? And who repays him for what he has done?

vw@Job:21:32 @ Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and a vigil kept over the tomb.

vw@Job:21:33 @ The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him; everyone shall drag along after him, as countless ones before him.

vw@Job:21:34 @ How then do you comfort me with vanity, since treachery remains in your answers?

Job 21