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| 1 Then Job answered and said, |
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2 Hear diligently my speech;
And let this be your consolations.
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3 Suffer me, and I also will speak;
And after that I have spoken, mock on.
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4 As for me, is my complaint to man?
And why should I not be impatient?
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5 Mark me, and be astonished,
And lay your hand upon your mouth.
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6 Even when I remember I am troubled,
And horror taketh hold on my flesh.
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7 Wherefore do the wicked live,
Become old, yes, wax mighty in power?
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8 Their seed is established with them in their sight,
And their offspring before their eyes.
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9 Their houses are safe from fear,
Neither is the rod of God upon them.
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10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not;
Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
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11 They send forth their little ones like a flock,
And their children dance.
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12 They sing to the timbrel and harp,
And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
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13 They spend their days in prosperity,
And in a moment they go down to Sheol.
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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 unto God, Depart from us;
For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
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15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
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16 Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand:
The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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17 How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out?
That their calamity cometh upon them?
That God distributeth sorrows in his anger?
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18 That they are as stubble before the wind,
And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
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19 Ye say, God layeth up his iniquity for his children.
Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:
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20 Let his own eyes see his destruction,
And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
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21 For what careth he for his house after him,
When the number of his months is cut off?
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22 Shall anyone teach God knowledge,
Seeing he judgeth those that are high?
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23 One dieth in his full strength,
Being wholly at ease and quiet:
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24 His pails are full of milk,
And the marrow of his bones is moistened.
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25 And another dieth in bitterness of soul,
And never tasteth of good.
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26 They lie down alike in the dust,
And the worm covereth them.
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27 Behold, I know your thoughts,
And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.
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28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince?
And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?
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29 Have ye not asked wayfaring men?
And do ye not know their evidences,
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30 That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity?
That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
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Day of destruction – Day of judgment, the Millennial day. R1882:4; HG334:5
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31 Who shall declare his way to his face?
And who shall repay him what he hath done?
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32 Yet shall he be borne to the graves,
And men shall keep watch over the tomb.
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33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him,
And all men shall draw after him,
As there were innumerable before him.
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34 How then comfort ye me in vain,
Seeing in your answers there remaineth only falsehood? |
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