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| 1 And Job answereth and saith: |
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| 2 Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation. |
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| 3 Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking ye may deride. |
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| 4 I to man [is] my complaint and if [so], wherefore May not my temper become short |
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| 5 Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth. |
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| 6 Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright. |
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| 7 Wherefore do the wicked live They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth. |
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| 8 Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes. |
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| 9 Their houses [are] peace without fear, Nor [is] a rod of God upon them. |
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| 10 His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry. |
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| 11 They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip, |
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| 12 They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ. |
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| 13 They wear out in good their days, And in a moment [to] Sheol go down. |
In wealth – Describing the prosperous course of some who are not the Lord's people in contrast with the tribulations of some who are the Lord's people. E360
Down to the grave – Sheol, oblivion, death, not torment. E360; R2600:1
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| 14 And they say to God, 'Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired. |
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| 15 What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him And what do we profit when we meet with Him ' |
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| 16 Lo, not in their hand [is] their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.) |
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| 17 How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity Pangs He apportioneth in His anger. |
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| 18 They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away, |
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| 19 God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him and he knoweth. |
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| 20 His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh. |
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| 21 For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off |
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| 22 To God doth [one] teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge |
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| 23 This [one] dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet. |
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| 24 His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten. |
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| 25 And this [one] dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness. |
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| 26 Together on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over. |
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| 27 Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully. |
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| 28 For ye say, 'Where [is] the house of the noble And where the tent The tabernacles of the wicked ' |
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| 29 Have ye not asked those passing by the way And their signs do ye not know |
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| 30 That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought. |
Day of destruction – Day of judgment, the Millennial day. R1882:4; HG334:5
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| 31 Who doth declare to his face his way And [for] that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him |
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| 32 And he to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept. |
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| 33 Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering. |
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| 34 And how do ye comfort me [with] vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass |
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