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Job answered:

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Then Job replied:

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Then Job answered and said:

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Then Job spoke again:

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"How long are you going to keep battering away at me, pounding me with these harangues?

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"How long will you torment me and crush me with words?

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"How long will you torment my soul, And break me in pieces with words?

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"How long will you torture me? How long will you try to break me with your words?

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Time after time after time you jump all over me. Do you have no conscience, abusing me like this?

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Ten times now you have reproached me; shamelessly you attack me.

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These ten times you have reproached me; You are not ashamed that you have wronged me.

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Ten times now you have meant to insult me. You should be ashamed of dealing with me so harshly.

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Even if I have, somehow or other, gotten off the track, what business is that of yours?

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If it is true that I have gone astray, my error remains my concern alone.

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And if indeed I have erred, My error remains with me.

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And even if I have sinned, that is my concern, not yours.

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Why do you insist on putting me down, using my troubles as a stick to beat me?

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If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my humiliation against me,

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If indeed you exalt yourselves against me, And plead my disgrace against me,

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You are trying to overcome me, using my humiliation as evidence of my sin,

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Tell it to God--he's the one behind all this, he's the one who dragged me into this mess.

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then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me.

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Know then that God has wronged me, And has surrounded me with His net.

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but it is God who has wronged me. I cannot defend myself, for I am like a city under siege.

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"Look at me--I shout "Murder!' and I'm ignored; I call for help and no one bothers to stop.

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"Though I cry, 'I've been wronged!' I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.

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"If I cry out concerning wrong, I am not heard. If I cry aloud, there is no justice.

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"I cry out for help, but no one hears me. I protest, but there is no justice.

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God threw a barricade across my path--I'm stymied; he turned out all the lights--I'm stuck in the dark.

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He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; he has shrouded my paths in darkness.

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He has fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass; And He has set darkness in my paths.

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God has blocked my way and plunged my path into darkness.

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He destroyed my reputation, robbed me of all self-respect.

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He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

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He has stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.

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He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

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He tore me apart piece by piece--I'm ruined! Then he yanked out hope by the roots.

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He tears me down on every side till I am gone; he uproots my hope like a tree.

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He breaks me down on every side, And I am gone; My hope He has uprooted like a tree.

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He has demolished me on every side, and I am finished. He has destroyed my hope.

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He's angry with me--oh, how he's angry! He treats me like his worst enemy.

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His anger burns against me; he counts me among his enemies.

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He has also kindled His wrath against me, And He counts me as one of His enemies.

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His fury burns against me; he counts me as an enemy.

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He has launched a major campaign against me, using every weapon he can think of, coming at me from all sides at once.

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His troops advance in force; they build a siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent.

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His troops come together And build up their road against me; They encamp all around my tent.

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His troops advance. They build up roads to attack me. They camp all around my tent.

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"God alienated my family from me;

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"He has alienated my brothers from me; my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.

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"He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.

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"My relatives stay far away, and my friends have turned against me.

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everyone who knows me avoids me. My relatives and friends have all left; houseguests forget I ever existed.

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My kinsmen have gone away; my friends have forgotten me.

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My relatives have failed, And my close friends have forgotten me.

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My neighbors and my close friends are all gone.

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The servant girls treat me like a bum off the street, look at me like they've never seen me before.

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My guests and my maidservants count me a stranger; they look upon me as an alien.

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Those who dwell in my house, and my maidservants, Count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.

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The members of my household have forgotten me. The servant girls consider me a stranger. I am like a foreigner to them.

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I call my attendant and he ignores me, ignores me even though I plead with him.

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I summon my servant, but he does not answer, though I beg him with my own mouth.

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I call my servant, but he gives no answer; I beg him with my mouth.

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I call my servant, but he doesn't come; I even plead with him!

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My wife can't stand to be around me anymore. I'm repulsive to my family.

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My breath is offensive to my wife; I am loathsome to my own brothers.

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My breath is offensive to my wife, And I am repulsive to the children of my own body.

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My breath is repulsive to my wife. I am loathsome to my own family.

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Even street urchins despise me; when I come out, they taunt and jeer.

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Even the little boys scorn me; when I appear, they ridicule me.

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Even young children despise me; I arise, and they speak against me.

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Even young children despise me. When I stand to speak, they turn their backs on me.

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Everyone I've ever been close to abhors me; my dearest loved ones reject me.

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All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me.

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All my close friends abhor me, And those whom I love have turned against me.

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My close friends abhor me. Those I loved have turned against me.

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I'm nothing but a bag of bones; my life hangs by a thread.

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I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth.

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My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, And I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

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I have been reduced to skin and bones and have escaped death by the skin of my teeth.

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"Oh, friends, dear friends, take pity on me. God has come down hard on me!

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"Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

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"Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me!

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"Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy, for the hand of God has struck me.

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Do you have to be hard on me too? Don't you ever tire of abusing me?

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Why do you pursue me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?

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Why do you persecute me as God does, And are not satisfied with my flesh?

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Why must you persecute me as God does? Why aren't you satisfied with my anguish?

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"If only my words were written in a book--

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"Oh, that my words were recorded, that they were written on a scroll,

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"Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!

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"Oh, that my words could be written. Oh, that they could be inscribed on a monument,

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better yet, chiseled in stone!

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that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead, or engraved in rock forever!

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That they were engraved on a rock With an iron pen and lead, forever!

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carved with an iron chisel and filled with lead, engraved forever in the rock.

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Still, I know that God lives--the One who gives me back my life--and eventually he'll take his stand on earth.

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I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth.

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For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth;

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"But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that he will stand upon the earth at last.

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And I'll see him--even though I get skinned alive!-

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And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;

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And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, That in my flesh I shall see God,

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And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God!

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see God myself, with my very own eyes. Oh, how I long for that day!

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I myself will see him with my own eyes-I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!

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Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!

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I will see him for myself. Yes, I will see him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought!

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"If you're thinking, "How can we get through to him, get him to see that his trouble is all his own fault?'

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"If you say, 'How we will hound him, since the root of the trouble lies in him, '

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If you should say, "How shall we persecute him?'-- Since the root of the matter is found in me,

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"How dare you go on persecuting me, saying, `It's his own fault'?

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Forget it. Start worrying about yourselves. Worry about your own sins and God's coming judgment, for judgment is most certainly on the way." HKZophar Attacks Job--The Second RoundHK Savoring Evil as a Delicacy

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you should fear the sword yourselves; for wrath will bring punishment by the sword, and then you will know that there is judgment. "

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Be afraid of the sword for yourselves; For wrath brings the punishment of the sword, That you may know there is a judgment."

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I warn you, you yourselves are in danger of punishment for your attitude. Then you will know that there is judgment."

Job.20.1

Zophar from Naamath again took his turn:

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Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

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Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:

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Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

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"I can't believe what I'm hearing! You've put my teeth on edge, my stomach in a knot.

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"My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed.

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"Therefore my anxious thoughts make me answer, Because of the turmoil within me.

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"I must reply because I am greatly disturbed.

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How dare you insult my intelligence like this! Well, here's a piece of my mind!

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I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding inspires me to reply.

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I have heard the rebuke that reproaches me, And the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.

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I have had to endure your insults, but now my spirit prompts me to reply.

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"Don't you even know the basics, how things have been since the earliest days, when Adam and Eve were first placed on earth?

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"Surely you know how it has been from of old, ever since man was placed on the earth,

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"Do you not know this of old, Since man was placed on earth,

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"Don't you realize that ever since people were first placed on the earth,

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The good times of the wicked are short-lived; godless joy is only momentary.

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that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

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That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment?

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the triumph of the wicked has been short-lived and the joy of the godless has been only temporary?

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The evil might become world famous, strutting at the head of the celebrity parade,

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Though his pride reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,

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Though his haughtiness mounts up to the heavens, And his head reaches to the clouds,

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Though the godless man's pride reaches to the heavens and though his head touches the clouds,

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But still end up in a pile of dung. Acquaintances look at them with disgust and say, "What's that?'

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he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'

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Yet he will perish forever like his own refuse; Those who have seen him will say, "Where is he?'

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yet he will perish forever, thrown away like his own dung. Those who knew him will ask, `Where is he?'

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They fly off like a dream that can't be remembered, like a shadowy illusion that vanishes in the light.

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Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found, banished like a vision of the night.

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He will fly away like a dream, and not be found; Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.

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He will fade like a dream and not be found. He will vanish like a vision in the night.

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Though once notorious public figures, now they're nobodies, unnoticed, whether they come or go.

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The eye that saw him will not see him again; his place will look on him no more.

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The eye that saw him will see him no more, Nor will his place behold him anymore.

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Neither his friends nor his family will ever see him again.

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Their children will go begging on skid row, and they'll have to give back their ill-gotten gain.

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His children must make amends to the poor; his own hands must give back his wealth.

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His children will seek the favor of the poor, And his hands will restore his wealth.

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His children will beg from the poor, for he must give back his ill-gotten wealth.

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Right in the prime of life, and youthful and vigorous, they'll die.

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The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie with him in the dust.

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His bones are full of his youthful vigor, But it will lie down with him in the dust.

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He was just a young man, but his bones will lie in the dust.

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"They savor evil as a delicacy, roll it around on their tongues,

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"Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

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"Though evil is sweet in his mouth, And he hides it under his tongue,

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"He enjoyed the taste of his wickedness, letting it melt under his tongue.

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Prolong the flavor, a dalliance in decadence--real gourmets of evil!

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though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,

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Though he spares it and does not forsake it, But still keeps it in his mouth,

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He savored it, holding it long in his mouth.

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But then they get stomach cramps, a bad case of food poisoning.

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yet his food will turn sour in his stomach; it will become the venom of serpents within him.

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Yet his food in his stomach turns sour; It becomes cobra venom within him.

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But suddenly, the food he has eaten turns sour within him, a poisonous venom in his stomach.

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They gag on all that rich food; God makes them vomit it up.

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He will spit out the riches he swallowed; God will make his stomach vomit them up.

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He swallows down riches And vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly.

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He will vomit the wealth he swallowed. God won't let him keep it down.

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They gorge on evil, make a diet of that poison--a deadly diet--and it kills them.

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He will suck the poison of serpents; the fangs of an adder will kill him.

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He will suck the poison of cobras; The viper's tongue will slay him.

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He will suck the poison of snakes. The viper will kill him.

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No quiet picnics for them beside gentle streams with fresh-baked bread and cheese, and tall, cool drinks.

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He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

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He will not see the streams, The rivers flowing with honey and cream.

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He will never again enjoy abundant streams of olive oil or rivers of milk and honey.

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They spit out their food half-chewed, unable to relax and enjoy anything they've worked for.

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What he toiled for he must give back uneaten; he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.

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He will restore that for which he labored, And will not swallow it down; From the proceeds of business He will get no enjoyment.

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His labors will not be rewarded. His wealth will bring him no joy.

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And why? Because they exploited the poor, took what never belonged to them.

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For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute; he has seized houses he did not build.

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For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor, He has violently seized a house which he did not build.

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For he oppressed the poor and left them destitute. He foreclosed on their homes.

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"Such God--denying people are never content with what they have or who they are; their greed drives them relentlessly.

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"Surely he will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure.

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"Because he knows no quietness in his heart, He will not save anything he desires.

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He was always greedy but never satisfied. Of all the things he dreamed about, nothing remains.

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They plunder everything but they can't hold on to any of it.

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Nothing is left for him to devour; his prosperity will not endure.

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Nothing is left for him to eat; Therefore his well-being will not last.

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Nothing is left after he finishes gorging himself; therefore, his prosperity will not endure.

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Just when they think they have it all, disaster strikes; they're served up a plate full of misery.

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In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him; the full force of misery will come upon him.

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In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress; Every hand of misery will come against him.

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"In the midst of plenty, he will run into trouble, and disasters will destroy him.

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When they've filled their bellies with that, God gives them a taste of his anger, and they get to chew on that for a while.

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When he has filled his belly, God will vent his burning anger against him and rain down his blows upon him.

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When he is about to fill his stomach, God will cast on him the fury of His wrath, And will rain it on him while he is eating.

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May God give him a bellyful of trouble. May God rain down his anger upon him.

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As they run for their lives from one disaster, they run smack into another.

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Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.

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He will flee from the iron weapon; A bronze bow will pierce him through.

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He will try to escape, but God's arrow will pierce him.

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They're knocked around from pillar to post, beaten to within an inch of their lives. They're trapped in a house of horrors,

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He pulls it out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver. Terrors will come over him;

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It is drawn, and comes out of the body; Yes, the glittering point comes out of his gall. Terrors come upon him;

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The arrow is pulled from his body, and the arrowhead glistens with blood. The terrors of death are upon him.

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and see their loot disappear down a black hole. Their lives are a total loss--not a penny to their name, not so much as a bean.

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total darkness lies in wait for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

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Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. An unfanned fire will consume him; It shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.

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"His treasures will be lost in deepest darkness. A wildfire will devour his goods, consuming all he has left.

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God will strip them of their sin-soaked clothes and hang their dirty laundry out for all to see.

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The heavens will expose his guilt; the earth will rise up against him.

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The heavens will reveal his iniquity, And the earth will rise up against him.

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The heavens will reveal his guilt, and the earth will give testimony against him.

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Life is a complete wipeout for them, nothing surviving God's wrath.

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A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters on the day of God's wrath.

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The increase of his house will depart, And his goods will flow away in the day of His wrath.

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A flood will sweep away his house. God's anger will descend on him in torrents.

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There! That's God's blueprint for the wicked--what they have to look forward to." Job's Response Why Do the Wicked Have It So Good?

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Such is the fate God allots the wicked, the heritage appointed for them by God."

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This is the portion from God for a wicked man, The heritage appointed to him by God."

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This is the fate that awaits the wicked. It is the inheritance decreed by God."

Job.21.1

Job replied:

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Then Job replied:

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Then Job answered and said:

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Then Job spoke again:

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"Now listen to me carefully, please listen, at least do me the favor of listening.

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"Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you give me.

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"Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your consolation.

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"Listen closely to what I am saying. You can console me by listening to me.

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Put up with me while I have my say--then you can mock me later to your heart's content.

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Bear with me while I speak, and after 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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Bear with me, and let me speak. After I have spoken, you may mock me.

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"It's not you I'm complaining to--it's God. Is it any wonder I'm getting fed up with his silence?

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"Is my complaint directed to man? Why should I not be impatient?

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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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"My complaint is with God, not with people. No wonder I'm so impatient.

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Take a good look at me. Aren't you appalled by what's happened? No! Don't say anything. I can do without your comments.

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Look at me and be astonished; clap your hand over your mouth.

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Look at me and be astonished; Put your hand over your mouth.

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Look at me and be stunned. Put your hand over your mouth in shock.

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When I look back, I go into shock, my body is racked with spasms.

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When I think about this, I am terrified; trembling seizes my body.

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Even when I remember I am terrified, And trembling takes hold of my flesh.

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When I think about what I am saying, I shudder. My body trembles.

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Why do the wicked have it so good, live to a ripe old age and get rich?

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Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

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Why do the wicked live and become old, Yes, become mighty in power?

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"The truth is that the wicked live to a good old age. They grow old and wealthy.

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They get to see their children succeed, get to watch and enjoy their grandchildren.

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They see their children established around them, 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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They live to see their children grow to maturity, and they enjoy their grandchildren.

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Their homes are peaceful and free from fear; they never experience God's disciplining rod.

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Their homes are safe and free from fear; the rod of God is not 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 homes are safe from every fear, and God does not punish them.

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Their bulls breed with great vigor and their cows calve without fail.

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Their bulls never fail to breed; their cows calve and do not miscarry.

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Their bull breeds without failure; Their cow calves without miscarriage.

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Their bulls never fail to breed. Their cows bear calves without miscarriage.

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They send their children out to play and watch them frolic like spring lambs.

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They send forth their children as a flock; their little ones dance about.

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They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.

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Their children skip about like lambs in a flock of sheep.

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They make music with fiddles and flutes, have good times singing and dancing.

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They sing to the music of tambourine and harp; they make merry to the sound of the flute.

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They sing to the tambourine and harp, And rejoice to the sound of the flute.

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They sing with tambourine and harp. They make merry to the sound of the flute.

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They have a long life on easy street, and die painlessly in their sleep.

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They spend their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.

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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 prosperity; then they go down to the grave in peace.

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They say to God, "Get lost! We've no interest in you or your ways.

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Yet they say to God, 'Leave us alone! We have no desire to know your 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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All this, even though they say to God, `Go away. We want no part of you and your ways.

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Why should we have dealings with God Almighty? What's there in it for us?'

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Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain by praying to 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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Who is the Almighty, and why should we obey him? What good will it do us if we pray?'

Job.21.16

But they're wrong, dead wrong--they're not gods. It's beyond me how they can carry on like this!

Job.21.16

But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stand aloof from the counsel of the wicked.

Job.21.16

Indeed their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Job.21.16

But their prosperity is not of their own doing, so I will have nothing to do with that kind of thinking.

Job.21.17

"Still, how often does it happen that the wicked fail, or disaster strikes, or they get their just deserts?

Job.21.17

"Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does calamity come upon them, the fate God allots in his anger?

Job.21.17

"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?

Job.21.17

"Yet the wicked get away with it time and time again. They rarely have trouble, and God skips them when he distributes sorrows in his anger.

Job.21.18

How often are they blown away by bad luck? Not very often.

Job.21.18

How often are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a gale?

Job.21.18

They are like straw before the wind, And like chaff that a storm carries away.

Job.21.18

Are they driven before the wind like straw? Are they carried away by the storm? Not at all!

Job.21.19

You might say, "God is saving up the punishment for their children.' I say, "Give it to them right now so they'll know what they've done!'

Job.21.19

It is said, 'God stores up a man's punishment for his sons.' Let him repay the man himself, so that he will know it!

Job.21.19

They say, "God lays up one's iniquity for his children'; Let Him recompense him, that he may know it.

Job.21.19

" `Well,' you say, `at least God will punish their children!' But I say that God should punish the ones who sin, not their children! Let them feel their own penalty.

Job.21.20

They deserve to experience the effects of their evil, feel the full force of God's wrath firsthand.

Job.21.20

Let his own eyes see his destruction; let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

Job.21.20

Let his eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

Job.21.20

Let their own eyes see their destruction. Let them drink deeply of the anger of the Almighty.

Job.21.21

What do they care what happens to their families after they're safely tucked away in the grave?

Job.21.21

For what does he care about the family he leaves behind when his allotted months come to an end?

Job.21.21

For what does he care about his household after him, When the number of his months is cut in half?

Job.21.21

For when they are dead, they will not care what happens to their family.

Job.21.22

"But who are we to tell God how to run his affairs? He's dealing with matters that are way over our heads.

Job.21.22

"Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since he judges even the highest?

Job.21.22

"Can anyone teach God knowledge, Since He judges those on high?

Job.21.22

"But who can teach a lesson to God, the supreme Judge?

Job.21.23

Some people die in the prime of life, with everything going for them--

Job.21.23

One man dies in full vigor, completely secure and at ease,

Job.21.23

One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and secure;

Job.21.23

One person dies in prosperity and security,

Job.21.24

fat and sassy.

Job.21.24

his body well nourished, his bones rich with marrow.

Job.21.24

His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moist.

Job.21.24

the very picture of good health.

Job.21.25

Others die bitter and bereft, never getting a taste of happiness.

Job.21.25

Another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having enjoyed anything good.

Job.21.25

Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, Never having eaten with pleasure.

Job.21.25

Another person dies in bitter poverty, never having tasted the good life.

Job.21.26

They're laid out side by side in the cemetery, where the worms can't tell one from the other.

Job.21.26

Side by side they lie in the dust, and worms cover them both.

Job.21.26

They lie down alike in the dust, And worms cover them.

Job.21.26

Both alike are buried in the same dust, both eaten by the same worms.

Job.21.27

"I'm not deceived. I know what you're up to, the plans you're cooking up to bring me down.

Job.21.27

"I know full well what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.

Job.21.27

"Look, I know your thoughts, And the schemes with which you would wrong me.

Job.21.27

"Look, I know your thoughts. I know the schemes you plot against me.

Job.21.28

Naively you claim that the castles of tyrants fall to pieces, that the achievements of the wicked collapse.

Job.21.28

You say, 'Where now is the great man's house, the tents where wicked men lived?'

Job.21.28

For you say, "Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent, The dwelling place of the wicked?'

Job.21.28

You will tell me of rich and wicked people who came to disaster because of their sins.

Job.21.29

Have you ever asked world travelers how they see it? Have you not listened to their stories

Job.21.29

Have you never questioned those who travel? Have you paid no regard to their accounts-

Job.21.29

Have you not asked those who travel the road? And do you not know their signs?

Job.21.29

But I tell you to ask those who have been around, and they can tell you the truth.

Job.21.30

Of evil men and women who got off scot-free, who never had to pay for their wickedness?

Job.21.30

that the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, that he is delivered from the day of wrath?

Job.21.30

For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom; They shall be brought out on the day of wrath.

Job.21.30

Evil people are spared in times of calamity and are allowed to escape.

Job.21.31

Did anyone ever confront them with their crimes? Did they ever have to face the music?

Job.21.31

Who denounces his conduct to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?

Job.21.31

Who condemns his way to his face? And who repays him for what he has done?

Job.21.31

No one rebukes them openly. No one repays them for what they have done.

Job.21.32

Not likely--they're given fancy funerals with all the trimmings,

Job.21.32

He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.

Job.21.32

Yet he shall be brought to the grave, And a vigil kept over the tomb.

Job.21.32

When they are carried to the grave, an honor guard keeps watch at their tomb.

Job.21.33

Gently lowered into expensive graves, with everyone telling lies about how wonderful they were.

Job.21.33

The soil in the valley is sweet to him; all men follow after him, and a countless throng goes before him.

Job.21.33

The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him; Everyone shall follow him, As countless have gone before him.

Job.21.33

A great funeral procession goes to the cemetery. Many pay their respects as the body is laid to rest and the earth gives sweet repose.

Job.21.34

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Job.21.34

"So how can you console me with your nonsense? Nothing is left of your answers but falsehood!"

Job.21.34

How then can you comfort me with empty words, Since falsehood remains in your answers?"

Job.21.34

"How can you comfort me? All your explanations are wrong!"

Matt.21.1

When they neared Jerusalem, having arrived at Bethphage on Mount Olives, Jesus sent two disciples

Matt.21.1

As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,

Matt.21.1

Now when they drew near Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

Matt.21.1

As Jesus and the disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the town of Bethphage on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead.

Matt.21.2

with these instructions: "Go over to the village across from you. You'll find a donkey tethered there, her colt with her. Untie her and bring them to me.

Matt.21.2

saying to them, "Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me.

Matt.21.2

saying to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to Me.

Matt.21.2

"Go into the village over there," he said, "and you will see a donkey tied there, with its colt beside it. Untie them and bring them here.

Matt.21.3

If anyone asks what you're doing, say, "The Master needs them!' He will send them with you."

Matt.21.3

If anyone says anything to you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away."

Matt.21.3

And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, "The Lord has need of them,' and immediately he will send them."

Matt.21.3

If anyone asks what you are doing, just say, 'The Lord needs them,' and he will immediately send them."

Matt.21.4

This is the full story of what was sketched earlier by the prophet:

Matt.21.4

This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

Matt.21.4

All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:

Matt.21.4

This was done to fulfill the prophecy,

Matt.21.5

Tell Zion's daughter, "Look, your king's on his way, poised and ready, mounted On a donkey, on a colt, foal of a pack animal."

Matt.21.5

"Say to the Daughter of Zion, 'See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.'"

Matt.21.5

"Tell the daughter of Zion, "Behold, your King is coming to you, Lowly, and sitting on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey."'

Matt.21.5

"Tell the people of Israel, 'Look, your King is coming to you. He is humble, riding on a donkey--even on a donkey's colt.'"

Matt.21.6

The disciples went and did exactly what Jesus told them to do.

Matt.21.6

The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them.

Matt.21.6

So the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them.

Matt.21.6

The two disciples did as Jesus said.

Matt.21.7

They led the donkey and colt out, laid some of their clothes on them, and Jesus mounted.

Matt.21.7

They brought the donkey and the colt, placed their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.

Matt.21.7

They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their clothes on them, and set Him on them.

Matt.21.7

They brought the animals to him and threw their garments over the colt, and he sat on it.

Matt.21.8

Nearly all the people in the crowd threw their garments down on the road, giving him a royal welcome. Others cut branches from the trees and threw them down as a welcome mat.

Matt.21.8

A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

Matt.21.8

And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

Matt.21.8

Most of the crowd spread their coats on the road ahead of Jesus, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

Matt.21.9

Crowds went ahead and crowds followed, all of them calling out, "Hosanna to David's son!Blessed is he who comes in God's name!Hosanna in highest heaven!"

Matt.21.9

The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, "Hosanna to the Son of David!Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!Hosanna in the highest!"

Matt.21.9

Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: "Hosanna to the Son of David! "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!' Hosanna in the highest!"

Matt.21.9

He was in the center of the procession, and the crowds all around him were shouting, "Praise God for the Son of David! Bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Praise God in highest heaven!"

Matt.21.10

As he made his entrance into Jerusalem, the whole city was shaken. Unnerved, people were asking, "What's going on here? Who is this?"

Matt.21.10

When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, "Who is this?"

Matt.21.10

And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, "Who is this?"

Matt.21.10

The entire city of Jerusalem was stirred as he entered. "Who is this?" they asked.

Matt.21.11

The parade crowd answered, "This is the prophet Jesus, the one from Nazareth in Galilee."

Matt.21.11

The crowds answered, "This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee."

Matt.21.11

So the multitudes said, "This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee."

Matt.21.11

And the crowds replied, "It's Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee."

Matt.21.12

Jesus went straight to the Temple and threw out everyone who had set up shop, buying and selling. He kicked over the tables of loan sharks and the stalls of dove merchants.

Matt.21.12

Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.

Matt.21.12

Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.

Matt.21.12

Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out the merchants and their customers. He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the stalls of those selling doves.

Matt.21.13

He quoted this text: My house was designated a house of prayer; You have made it a hangout for thieves.

Matt.21.13

"It is written," he said to them, "'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a 'den of robbers.'"

Matt.21.13

And He said to them, "It is written, "My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a "den of thieves."'

Matt.21.13

He said, "The Scriptures declare, 'My Temple will be called a place of prayer,' but you have turned it into a den of thieves!"

Matt.21.14

Now there was room for the blind and crippled to get in. They came to Jesus and he healed them.

Matt.21.14

The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.

Matt.21.14

Then the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.

Matt.21.14

The blind and the lame came to him, and he healed them there in the Temple.

Matt.21.15

When the religious leaders saw the outrageous things he was doing, and heard all the children running and shouting through the Temple, "Hosanna to David's Son!" they were up in arms and took him to task.

Matt.21.15

But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple area, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they were indignant.

Matt.21.15

But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant

Matt.21.15

The leading priests and the teachers of religious law saw these wonderful miracles and heard even the little children in the Temple shouting, "Praise God for the Son of David." But they were indignant

Matt.21.16

"Do you hear what these children are saying?" Jesus said, "Yes, I hear them. And haven't you read in God's Word, "From the mouths of children and babies I'll furnish a place of praise'?"

Matt.21.16

"Do you hear what these children are saying?" they asked him. "Yes," replied Jesus, "have you never read, "'From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise'?"

Matt.21.16

and said to Him, "Do You hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes. Have you never read, "Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have perfected praise'?"

Matt.21.16

and asked Jesus, "Do you hear what these children are saying?Yes," Jesus replied. "Haven't you ever read the Scriptures? For they say, 'You have taught children and infants to give you praise.'"

Matt.21.17

Fed up, Jesus turned on his heel and left the city for Bethany, where he spent the night.

Matt.21.17

And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.

Matt.21.17

Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and He lodged there.

Matt.21.17

Then he returned to Bethany, where he stayed overnight.

Ps.18.1

I love you, GOD- you make me strong.

Ps.18.1

I love you, O LORD, my strength.

Ps.18.1

I will love You, O LORD, my strength.

Ps.18.1

I love you, LORD; you are my strength.

Ps.18.2

GOD is bedrock under my feet, the castle in which I live, my rescuing knight. My God--the high crag where I run for dear life, hiding behind the boulders, safe in the granite hideout.

Ps.18.2

The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Ps.18.2

The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Ps.18.2

The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my savior; my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the strength of my salvation, and my stronghold.

Ps.18.3

I sing to GOD, the Praise-Lofty, and find myself safe and saved.

Ps.18.3

I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies.

Ps.18.3

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.

Ps.18.3

I will call on the LORD, who is worthy of praise, for he saves me from my enemies.

Ps.18.4

The hangman's noose was tight at my throat; devil waters rushed over me.

Ps.18.4

The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

Ps.18.4

The pangs of death surrounded me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

Ps.18.4

The ropes of death surrounded me; the floods of destruction swept over me.

Ps.18.5

Hell's ropes cinched me tight; death traps barred every exit.

Ps.18.5

The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.

Ps.18.5

The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

Ps.18.5

The grave wrapped its ropes around me; death itself stared me in the face.

Ps.18.6

A hostile world! I call to GOD, I cry to God to help me. From his palace he hears my call; my cry brings me right into his presence--a private audience!

Ps.18.6

In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.

Ps.18.6

In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry came before Him, even to His ears.

Ps.18.6

But in my distress I cried out to the LORD; yes, I prayed to my God for help. He heard me from his sanctuary; my cry reached his ears.