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Job 21:21-32 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

21. for what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

22. Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since he himself judges high ones?

23. This one dies in full prosperity, completely at ease and secure.

24. His vats are full with milk and the marrow of his bones is moist.

25. Yet another dies with a bitter inner self and has not tasted prosperity.

26. They lie down together in the dust, and maggots cover them.

27. “Look, I know your thoughts and the schemes you devise against me.

28. For you say, ‘Where is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’

29. Do you not ask those traveling the roads, and do you not take notice of their accounts?

30. Indeed, the wicked is spared from the day of disaster; he is delivered from the day of wrath.

31. Who denounces his way to his face? And who repays him for what he has done?

32. When he is brought to the grave, then someone stands guard over the tomb.

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