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1. But Job answered and said,
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1. But Job H347 answered H6030 and said H559 ,
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2. Hear ye, hear ye my words, that I may not have this consolation from you.
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2. Hear diligently H8085 H8085 my speech H4405 , and let this H2063 be H1961 your consolations H8575 .
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3. Raise me, and I will speak; then ye shall not laugh me to scorn.
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3. Suffer H5375 me that I H595 may speak H1696 ; and after that H310 I have spoken H1696 , mock on H3932 .
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4. What! is my reproof of man? and why should I not be angry?
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4. As for me H595 , is my complaint H7879 to man H120 ? and if H518 it were so , why H4069 should not H3808 my spirit H7307 be troubled H7114 ?
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5. Look upon me, and wonder, laying your hand upon your cheek.
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5. Mark H6437 H413 me , and be astonished H8074 , and lay H7760 your hand H3027 upon H5921 your mouth H6310 .
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6. For even when I remember, I am alarmed, and pains seize my flesh.
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6. Even when H518 I remember H2142 I am afraid H926 , and trembling H6427 taketh hold H270 on my flesh H1320 .
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7. Wherefore do the ungodly live, and grow old even in wealth?
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7. Wherefore H4069 do the wicked H7563 live H2421 , become old H6275 , yea H1571 , are mighty H1396 in power H2428 ?
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8. Their seed is according to their desire, and their children are in their sight.
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8. Their seed H2233 is established H3559 in their sight H6440 with H5973 them , and their offspring H6631 before their eyes H5869 .
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9. Their houses are prosperous, neither have they any where cause for fear, neither is there a scourge from the Lord upon them.
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9. Their houses H1004 are safe H7965 from fear H4480 H6343 , neither H3808 is the rod H7626 of God H433 upon H5921 them.
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10. Their cow does not cast her calf, and their beast with young is safe, and does not miscarry.
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10. Their bull H7794 engendereth H5674 , and faileth H1602 not H3808 ; their cow H6510 calveth H6403 , and casteth not her calf H7921 H3808 .
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11. And they remain as an Gr. eternal sheep unfailing flock, and their children play before them, taking up the psaltery and harp;
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11. They send forth H7971 their little ones H5759 like a flock H6629 , and their children H3206 dance H7540 .
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12. and they rejoice at the voice of a song.
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12. They take H5375 the timbrel H8596 and harp H3658 , and rejoice H8055 at the sound H6963 of the organ H5748 .
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13. And they spend their days in wealth, and fall asleep in the rest of the grave.
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13. They spend H3615 their days H3117 in wealth H2896 , and in a moment H7281 go down H5181 to the grave H7585 .
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14. Yet such a man says to the Lord, Depart from me; I desire not to know thy ways.
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14. Therefore they say H559 unto God H410 , Depart H5493 from H4480 us ; for we desire H2654 not H3808 the knowledge H1847 of thy ways H1870 .
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15. What is the Mighty One, that we should serve him? and what profit is there that we should approach him?
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15. What H4100 is the Almighty H7706 , that H3588 we should serve H5647 him? and what H4100 profit H3276 should we have, if H3588 we pray H6293 unto him?
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16. For their good things were in their hands, but he regards not the works of the ungodly.
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16. Lo H2005 , their good H2898 is not H3808 in their hand H3027 : the counsel H6098 of the wicked H7563 is far H7368 from H4480 me.
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17. Nevertheless, the lamp of the ungodly also shall be put out, and destruction shall come upon them, and pangs of vengeance shall seize them.
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17. How oft H4100 is the candle H5216 of the wicked H7563 put out H1846 ! and how oft cometh H935 their destruction H343 upon H5921 them! God distributeth H2505 sorrows H2256 in his anger H639 .
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18. And they shall be as chaff before the wind, or as dust which the storm has taken up.
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18. They are H1961 as stubble H8401 before H6440 the wind H7307 , and as chaff H4671 that the storm H5492 carrieth away H1589 .
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19. Let his substance fail to supply his children: God shall recompense him, and he shall know it.
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19. God H433 layeth up H6845 his iniquity H205 for his children H1121 : he rewardeth H7999 H413 him , and he shall know H3045 it .
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20. Let his eyes see his own destruction, and let him not Or, escape from be saved by the Lord.
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20. His eyes H5869 shall see H7200 his destruction H3589 , and he shall drink H8354 of the wrath H4480 H2534 of the Almighty H7706 .
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21. For his desire is in his house with him, and the number of his months has been suddenly cut off.
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21. For H3588 what H4100 pleasure H2656 hath he in his house H1004 after H310 him , when the number H4557 of his months H2320 is cut off in the midst H2686 ?
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22. Is it not the Lord who teaches understanding and knowledge? and does not he judge murders?
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22. Shall any teach H3925 God H410 knowledge H1847 ? seeing he H1931 judgeth H8199 those that are high H7311 .
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23. One shall die in See Heb., also see 1 Ki 22:34 in Heb. Gr. and A. V. his perfect strength, and wholly at ease and prosperous;
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23. One H2088 dieth H4191 in his full H8537 strength H6106 , being wholly H3605 at ease H7946 and quiet H7961 .
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24. and his inwards are full of fat, and his marrow is diffused throughout him.
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24. His breasts H5845 are full H4390 of milk H2461 , and his bones H6106 are moistened H8248 with marrow H4221 .
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25. And another dies in bitterness of soul, not eating any good thing.
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25. And another H2088 dieth H4191 in the bitterness H4751 of his soul H5315 , and never H3808 eateth H398 with pleasure H2896 .
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26. But they lie down in the earth together, and corruption covers them.
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26. They shall lie down H7901 alike H3162 in H5921 the dust H6083 , and the worms H7415 shall cover H3680 H5921 them.
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27. So I know you, that ye presumptuously attack me:
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27. Behold H2005 , I know H3045 your thoughts H4284 , and the devices H4209 which ye wrongfully imagine H2554 against H5921 me.
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28. so that ye will say, Where is the house of the prince? and where is the covering of the tabernacles of the ungodly?
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28. For H3588 ye say H559 , Where H346 is the house H1004 of the prince H5081 ? and where H346 are the dwelling H4908 places H168 of the wicked H7563 ?
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29. Ask those that go by the way, and do not disown their tokens.
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29. Have ye not H3808 asked H7592 them that go H5674 by the way H1870 ? and do ye not H3808 know H5234 their tokens H226 ,
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30. For the wicked hastens to the day of destruction: they shall be led away for the day of his vengeance.
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30. That H3588 the wicked H7451 is reserved H2820 to the day H3117 of destruction H343 ? they shall be brought forth H2986 to the day H3117 of wrath H5678 .
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31. Who will tell him his way to his face, whereas he has done it? who shall recompense him?
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31. Who H4310 shall declare H5046 his way H1870 to H5921 his face H6440 ? and who H4310 shall repay H7999 him what he H1931 hath done H6213 ?
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32. And he has been led away to the tombs, and he has watched over the heaps.
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32. Yet shall he H1931 be brought H2986 to the grave H6913 , and shall remain H8245 in H5921 the tomb H1430 .
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33. The stones of the valley have been sweet to him, and every man shall depart after him, and there are innumerable ones before him.
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33. The clods H7263 of the valley H5158 shall be sweet H4985 unto him , and every H3605 man H120 shall draw H4900 after H310 him , as there are innumerable H369 H4557 before H6440 him.
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34. How then do ye comfort me in vain? whereas Alex. katapausai I have no rest from your molestation.
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34. How H349 then comfort H5162 ye me in vain H1892 , seeing in your answers H8666 there remaineth H7604 falsehood H4604 ?
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