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But Job answered and said,
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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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Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
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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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Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
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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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As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
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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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Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
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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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Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
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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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Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
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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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Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
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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 houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
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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 bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
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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 forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
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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 take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
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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 spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
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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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Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
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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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What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
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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?'
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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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But they're wrong, dead wrong--they're not gods. It's beyond me how they can carry on like this!
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But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stand aloof from the counsel of the wicked.
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Indeed their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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But their prosperity is not of their own doing, so I will have nothing to do with that kind of thinking.
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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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"Still, how often does it happen that the wicked fail, or disaster strikes, or they get their just deserts?
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"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?
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"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?
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"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.
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They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
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How often are they blown away by bad luck? Not very often.
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How often are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a gale?
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They are like straw before the wind, And like chaff that a storm carries away.
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Are they driven before the wind like straw? Are they carried away by the storm? Not at all!
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God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
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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!'
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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!
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They say, "God lays up one's iniquity for his children'; Let Him recompense him, that he may know it.
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" `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.
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His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
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They deserve to experience the effects of their evil, feel the full force of God's wrath firsthand.
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Let his own eyes see his destruction; let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
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Let his eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
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Let their own eyes see their destruction. Let them drink deeply of the anger 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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What do they care what happens to their families after they're safely tucked away in the grave?
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For what does he care about the family he leaves behind when his allotted months come to an end?
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For what does he care about his household after him, When the number of his months is cut in half?
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For when they are dead, they will not care what happens to their family.
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Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
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"But who are we to tell God how to run his affairs? He's dealing with matters that are way over our heads.
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"Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since he judges even the highest?
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"Can anyone teach God knowledge, Since He judges those on high?
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"But who can teach a lesson to God, the supreme Judge?
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One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
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Some people die in the prime of life, with everything going for them--
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One man dies in full vigor, completely secure and at ease,
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One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and secure;
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One person dies in prosperity and security,
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His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
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fat and sassy.
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his body well nourished, his bones rich with marrow.
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His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moist.
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the very picture of good health.
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And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
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Others die bitter and bereft, never getting a taste of happiness.
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Another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having enjoyed anything good.
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Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, Never having eaten with pleasure.
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Another person dies in bitter poverty, never having tasted the good life.
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They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
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They're laid out side by side in the cemetery, where the worms can't tell one from the other.
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Side by side they lie in the dust, and worms cover them both.
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They lie down alike in the dust, And worms cover them.
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Both alike are buried in the same dust, both eaten by the same worms.
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Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
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"I'm not deceived. I know what you're up to, the plans you're cooking up to bring me down.
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"I know full well what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
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"Look, I know your thoughts, And the schemes with which you would wrong me.
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"Look, I know your thoughts. I know the schemes you plot 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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Naively you claim that the castles of tyrants fall to pieces, that the achievements of the wicked collapse.
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You say, 'Where now is the great man's house, the tents where wicked men lived?'
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For you say, "Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent, The dwelling place of the wicked?'
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You will tell me of rich and wicked people who came to disaster because of their sins.
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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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Have you ever asked world travelers how they see it? Have you not listened to their stories
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Have you never questioned those who travel? Have you paid no regard to their accounts-
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Have you not asked those who travel the road? And do you not know their signs?
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But I tell you to ask those who have been around, and they can tell you the truth.
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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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Of evil men and women who got off scot-free, who never had to pay for their wickedness?
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that the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, that he is delivered from the day of wrath?
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For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom; They shall be brought out on the day of wrath.
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Evil people are spared in times of calamity and are allowed to escape.
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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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Did anyone ever confront them with their crimes? Did they ever have to face the music?
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Who denounces his conduct to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?
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Who condemns his way to his face? And who repays him for what he has done?
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No one rebukes them openly. No one repays them for what they have done.
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Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
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Not likely--they're given fancy funerals with all the trimmings,
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He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
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Yet he shall be brought to the grave, And a vigil kept over the tomb.
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When they are carried to the grave, an honor guard keeps watch at their 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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Gently lowered into expensive graves, with everyone telling lies about how wonderful they were.
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The soil in the valley is sweet to him; all men follow after him, and a countless throng goes before him.
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The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him; Everyone shall follow him, As countless have gone before him.
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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.
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How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
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"So how do you expect me to get any comfort from your nonsense? Your so-called comfort is a tissue of lies." Eliphaz Attacks Job--The Third Round Come to Terms with God
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"So how can you console me with your nonsense? Nothing is left of your answers but falsehood!"
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How then can you comfort me with empty words, Since falsehood remains in your answers?"
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"How can you comfort me? All your explanations are wrong!"
