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Job 21:17-23 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

17. But how often does God blow out their light? How often does trouble come to them? How often does God get angry with them and punish them?

18. Does God blow them away, as the wind blows straw or as strong winds blow the grain husks?

19. But you say, ‘God is saving their punishment for their children.’ No! Let God punish the evil people themselves so that they will know what they have done!

20. Let them see their own punishment. Let them feel the anger of God All-Powerful.

21. When their life is finished and they are dead, they will not care about the family they leave behind.

22. “No one can teach God anything he doesn’t already know. God judges even those in high places.

23. One person dies after living a full and successful life, a life completely safe and comfortable,

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