Job:21-22
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But Job answered and said ,
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Hear diligently my speech ,
and let this be your consolations .
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Suffer me that I may speak ;
and after that I have spoken ,
mock on .
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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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Mark me ,
and be astonished ,
and lay your hand upon your mouth .
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Even when I remember I am afraid ,
and trembling taketh hold on my flesh .
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Wherefore do the wicked live ,
become old ,
yea ,
are 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 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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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 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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What is the Almighty ,
that we should serve him ?
and what profit should we have ,
if we pray unto 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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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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They are as stubble before the wind ,
and as chaff that the storm carrieth 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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His eyes shall see his destruction ,
and he shall 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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Shall any teach God knowledge ?
seeing he judgeth those that are high .
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One dieth in his full strength ,
being wholly at ease and quiet .
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His breasts are full of milk ,
and his bones are moistened with marrow .
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And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul ,
and never eateth with pleasure .
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They shall lie down alike in the dust ,
and the worms shall cover them .
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Behold ,
I know your thoughts ,
and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against 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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Have ye not asked them that go by the way ?
and do ye not know their tokens ,
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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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Who shall declare his way to his face ?
and who shall repay him what he hath done ?
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Yet shall he be brought to the grave ,
and shall remain in 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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How then comfort ye me in vain ,
seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood ?
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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said ,
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Can a man be profitable unto God ,
as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself ?
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Is it any pleasure to the Almighty ,
that thou art righteous ?
or is it gain to him ,
that thou makest thy ways perfect ?
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Will he reprove thee for fear of thee ?
will he enter with thee into judgment ?
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Is not thy wickedness great ?
and thine iniquities infinite ?
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For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought ,
and stripped the naked of their clothing .
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Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink ,
and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry .
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But as for the mighty man ,
he had the earth ;
and the honourable man dwelt in it .
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Thou hast sent widows away empty ,
and the arms of the fatherless have been broken .
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Therefore snares are round about thee ,
and sudden fear troubleth thee ;
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Or darkness ,
that thou canst not see ;
and abundance of waters cover thee .
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Is not God in the height of heaven ?
and behold the height of the stars ,
how high they are !
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And thou sayest ,
How doth God know ?
can he judge through the dark cloud ?
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Thick clouds are a covering to him ,
that he seeth not ;
and he walketh in the circuit of heaven .
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Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden ?
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Which were cut down out of time ,
whose foundation was overflown with a flood :
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Which said unto God ,
Depart from us :
and what can the Almighty do for them ?
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Yet he filled their houses with good things :
but the counsel of the wicked is far from me .
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The righteous see it ,
and are glad :
and the innocent laugh them to scorn .
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Whereas our substance is not cut down ,
but the remnant of them the fire consumeth .
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Acquaint now thyself with him ,
and be at peace :
thereby good shall come unto thee .
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Receive ,
I pray thee ,
the law from his mouth ,
and lay up his words in thine heart .
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If thou return to the Almighty ,
thou shalt be built up ,
thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles .
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Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust ,
and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks .
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Yea ,
the Almighty shall be thy defence ,
and thou shalt have plenty of silver .
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For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty ,
and shalt lift up thy face unto God .
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Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him ,
and he shall hear thee ,
and thou shalt pay thy vows .
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Thou shalt also decree a thing ,
and it shall be established unto thee :
and the light shall shine upon thy ways .
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When men are cast down ,
then thou shalt say ,
There is lifting up ;
and he shall save the humble person .
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He shall deliver the island of the innocent :
and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands .
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Then Job answered and said ,