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1. Then Job answered:
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1. But Job H347 answered H6030 and said H559 ,
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2. "Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you offer me.
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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. Bear with me and I will speak, and after I have spoken you may mock.
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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. Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?
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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 at me and be appalled; put your hands over your mouths.
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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, when I think about this, I am terrified and my body feels a shudder.
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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. "Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, even increase in power?
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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 children are firmly established in their presence, their offspring before their eyes.
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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 safe and without fear; and no rod of punishment from God is 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 bulls breed without fail; their cows calve and do 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. They allow their children to run like a flock; their little ones dance about.
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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. They sing to the accompaniment of tambourine and harp, and make merry to the sound of the flute.
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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. They live out their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.
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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. So they say to God, 'Turn away from us! We do not want to know your 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. Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain if we were to pray to 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. But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!
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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. "How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger?
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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. How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?
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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. You may say, 'God stores up a man's punishment for his children!' Instead let him repay the man himself so that he may 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 own eyes see his destruction; let him drink of the anger of the Almighty.
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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 what is his interest in his home after his death, when the number of his months has been broken 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. Can anyone teach God knowledge, since he judges those that are on high?
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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 man dies in his full vigor, completely secure 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. his body well nourished, and the marrow of his bones moist.
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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 man dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted anything good.
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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. Together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover over them both.
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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. "Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong 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. For you say, 'Where now is the nobleman's house, and where are the tents in which the wicked lived?'
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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. Have you never questioned those who travel the roads? Do you not recognize their accounts�
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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. that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered from the day of God's wrath?
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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. No one denounces his conduct to his face; no one repays him for what he has done.
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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 when he is carried to the tombs, and watch is kept over the funeral mound,
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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 clods of the torrent valley are sweet to him; behind him everybody follows in procession, and before him goes a countless throng.
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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. So how can you console me with your futile words? Nothing is left of your answers but deception!"
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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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