1But Job answered and said:

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2Hear attentively my words, And let this be your consolation.

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Hebrews 2:1, Hebrews 2:1, Job 18:2, Judges 9:7, Job 13:3

3Bear with me, that I may speak; And after I have spoken, mock on!

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Job 17:2, Job 16:10, Job 17:2, Job 16:10, Job 16:20

4Is my complaint concerning man? Why then should I not be angry?

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Psalms 42:11, Psalms 42:11, Job 6:11, 1 Samuel 1:16, Psalms 77:3

5Look upon me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth!

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Job 40:4, Judges 18:19, Job 29:9, Job 40:4, Judges 18:19

6When I think of it, I am confounded; Trembling taketh hold of my flesh.

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Habakkuk 3:16, Lamentations 3:19, Lamentations 3:20, Psalms 119:120, Psalms 77:3

7Why is it that the wicked live, Grow old, yea, become mighty in substance?

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Psalms 73:3, Psalms 73:12, Psalms 73:3, Psalms 73:12, Job 12:6

8Their children are established in their sight with them, And their offspring before their eyes.

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Proverbs 17:6, Proverbs 17:6, Job 5:3, Job 5:4, Job 20:28

9Their houses are in peace, without fear, And the rod of God cometh not upon them.

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Job 9:34, Psalms 73:5, Job 9:34, Psalms 73:5, Job 15:21

10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

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Exodus 23:26, Exodus 23:26, Deuteronomy 7:13, Deuteronomy 7:14, Luke 12:16

11They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.

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Psalms 107:41, Psalms 127:3, Psalms 127:5, Psalms 107:41, Psalms 127:3

12They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

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Isaiah 5:12, Genesis 4:21, Amos 6:4, Amos 6:6, Isaiah 5:12

13They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment go down to the under-world.

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Job 36:11, Job 36:11, Luke 17:28, Luke 17:29, Matthew 24:38

14And yet they say unto God, "Depart from us! We desire not the knowledge of thy ways!

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Job 22:17, Job 22:17, Romans 8:7, Romans 8:7, 2 Thessalonians 2:10

15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what will it profit us, if we pray to him?"

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Exodus 5:2, Exodus 5:2, Job 34:9, Job 34:9, Malachi 1:13

16[Ye say,] "Lo! their prosperity is not secure in their hands! Far from me be the conduct of the wicked!"

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Job 22:18, Job 22:18, Psalms 1:1, Psalms 1:1, Psalms 52:5

17How often is it, that the lamp of the wicked is put out? And that destruction cometh upon them, And that He dispenseth to them tribulations in his anger?

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Job 18:5, Job 18:6, Job 18:5, Job 18:6, Luke 12:46

18How often are they as stubble before the wind, Or as chaff, which the whirlwind carrieth away?

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Psalms 1:4, Psalms 1:4, Psalms 35:5, Job 13:25, Psalms 83:13

19"But" [say ye] "God layeth up his iniquity for his children." Let him requite the offender, and let him feel it!

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Exodus 20:5, Exodus 20:5, Ezekiel 18:19, Ezekiel 18:20, Ezekiel 18:19

20Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty!

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Isaiah 51:17, Revelation 14:10, Isaiah 51:17, Revelation 14:10, Psalms 75:8

21For what concern hath he for his household after him, When the number of his own months is completed?

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Job 14:5, Job 14:5, Luke 16:27, Luke 16:28, Psalms 55:23

22Who then shall impart knowledge to God,—To him that judgeth the highest?

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Romans 11:34, Romans 11:34, 1 Corinthians 2:16, 1 Corinthians 2:16, Isaiah 40:13

23One dieth in the fulness of his prosperity, Being wholly at ease and quiet;

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Luke 12:19, Luke 12:21, Luke 12:19, Luke 12:21, Psalms 73:4

24His sides are full of fat, And his bones moist with marrow.

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Proverbs 3:8, Proverbs 3:8, Job 15:27, Psalms 17:10, Job 15:27

25Another dieth in bitterness of soul, And hath not tasted pleasure.

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Ezekiel 4:16, Ezekiel 4:17, Ezekiel 4:16, Ezekiel 4:17, Job 7:11

26Alike they lie down in the dust, And the worms cover them.

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Ecclesiastes 9:2, Isaiah 14:11, Ecclesiastes 9:2, Isaiah 14:11, Job 20:11

27Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices by which ye wrong me.

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Luke 5:22, Luke 5:22, Psalms 119:86, Psalms 119:86, Job 42:7

28For ye say, "Where is the house of the oppressor, And where the dwelling-places of the wicked?"

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Job 8:22, Job 20:7, Job 8:22, Job 20:7, Psalms 37:36

29Have ye never inquired of travellers, And do ye not know their tokens,

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Psalms 129:8, Psalms 129:8

30That the wicked is spared in the day of destruction, And that he is borne to his grave in the day of wrath?

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Proverbs 16:4, Proverbs 16:4, 2 Peter 2:9, 2 Peter 2:17, 2 Peter 2:9

31Who will charge him with his conduct to his face, And who will requite him for the evil he hath done?

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Deuteronomy 7:10, Deuteronomy 7:10, Galatians 2:11, Galatians 2:11, Job 41:11

32Even this man is borne with honor to the grave; Yea, he watcheth over his tomb.

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Luke 16:22, Luke 16:22, Psalms 49:14, Ezekiel 32:21, Ezekiel 32:32

33Sweet to him are the sods of the valley: And all men move after him, As multitudes without number before him.

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Hebrews 9:27, Job 30:23, Hebrews 9:27, Job 30:23, Job 24:24

34Why then do ye offer your vain consolations? Your answers continue false.

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Job 16:2, Job 16:2, Job 32:3, Job 32:3, Job 13:4