Job

Job 21 ©

1 Job desireth to be patiently heard because of his strange calamities: 7 he sheweth that wicked men sometimes do so prosper, that they are tempted to forget God: 16 though at other times their destruction is manifest. 23 The happy and unhappy are alike in death. 27 The judgment of the wicked is in another world.

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BUT Job answered and said,

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aHear diligently my speech, and let this be your bconsolations.

a ch. 33.1,31; 34.2. Ja. 1.19.
b ch. 15.11.
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Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, cmock on.

c ch. 12.4,5; 16.9,10,20; 17.2.
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As for me, dis my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be 1troubled?

d 2Ki. 6.26,27. Ps. 22.1-3; 102, title.
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2Mark me, and ebe astonished, and flay your hand upon your mouth.

e ch. 17.8. Ps. 119.120. Ro. 11.33.
f Ju. 18.19. ch. 29.9; 40.4. Ps. 39.9. Am. 5.13.
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Even when I remember gI am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

g Ps. 119.120. Hab. 3.16.
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hWherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are imighty in power?

h Ps. 17.10,14; 73.3-12. Je. 12.1-3. Hab. 1.16. ch. 12.6. Ec. 7.15.
i Re. 13.4; 17.2-4. Ps. 37.35,36. Lu. 12.16-20; 16.19,22.
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Their jseed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

j Pr. 17.6. Ps. 93.2. ch. 20.5,10,21,26,28.
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Their houses 3are safe from fear, kneither is the rod of God upon them.

k Ps. 73.5. ch. 9.34.
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lTheir bull *gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

l Ps. 144.13,14. Ex. 23.26.
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mThey send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

m Ps. 107.41; 127.3-5; 128.3,6; 144.12,13.
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They ntake the *timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the oorgan.

n Ge. 4.21. Am. 6.5,6. Is. 22.13; 5.12.
o ch. 30.31.
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They pspend their days 4in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

p ch. 36.11. Ps. 73.4. Mat. 24.38,39. Lu. 12.19.
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qTherefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

q ch. 22.17. Lu. 19.14. Mal. 3.14,15; 1.13. Je. 12.2.
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rWhat is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

r Ex. 5.2. Pr. 30.9. ch. 35.3. Mal. 3.14. Is. 45.11,19. Mat. 7.7.
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Lo, stheir good is not in their hand: tthe counsel of the wicked uis far from me.

s Ps. 52.7. ch. 1.21. De. 8.18.
t ch. 22.18.
u Ps. 1.1. Ge. 49.6. Pr. 1.10-19; 5.8.
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How voft is the 5candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God wdistributeth sorrows in his anger.

v ch. 18.5,6,12. Ps. 73.18-20.
w Ps. 32.10. Ho. 13.13. Lu. 12.46. 1Th. 5.3.
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They are as xstubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm 6carrieth away.

x Ps. 1.4. Is. 17.13; 29.5. Ho. 13.3.
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God layeth up 7his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

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yHis eyes shall see his destruction, and zhe shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

y Je. 52.10; 25.15. Ps. 75.8. Re. 14.10; 20.15.
z Ps. 60.3.
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For what apleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off bin the midst?

a ch. 14.21.
b Ps. 55.23; 102.24.
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cShall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are dhigh.

c Is. 40.13,14; 45.9. Ro. 11.34. 1Co. 2.16.
d ch. 34.17-19. Ge. 18.25. Ec. 5.8.
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One dieth 8in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

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eHis breasts are 9full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

e Ps. 73.4,7; 17.10. ch. 15.27.
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fAnd another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

f Mat. 27.3-5. Ec. 6.2. ch. 3.20. Ru. 1.20,21. He. 2.15.
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They gshall lie down halike in the dust, and the iworms shall cover them.

g ch. 20.11.
h Ec. 9.2. ch. 3.18.
i Is. 14.11. Ps. 49.14. ch. 17.14; 19.25.
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Behold, I know your jthoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

j ch. 20.5,29; 4.8-11.
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For ye say, Where is the khouse of the prince? and where are 10the dwelling places of the wicked?

k ch. 1.13-19; 20.6,7. Ge. 19.24; 6.5-7. Ps. 49.11.
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Have ye not asked them that lgo by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,

l ch. 31.32. Ps. 129.8.
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That the wicked mis reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to 11the day of wrath.

m Pr. 16.4,5; 11.21. 2Pe. 2.9; ch. 36.6.
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nWho shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

n Ju. 1.7. 2Ki. 25.6,7. Mat. 14.3,4; 7.2. Ga. 2.11. Ja. 2.13.
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oYet shall he be brought to the 12grave, and shall 13remain in the tomb.

o ch. 3.13. Lu. 16.22.
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The clods of the valley shall be psweet unto him, and qevery man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

p ch. 3.17,18; 14.21.
q He. 9.27. ch. 30.23. Ge. 3.19. Ec. 12.7.
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How rthen comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth 14falsehood?

r ch. 13.4; 16.2.