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Job 21 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:1 - Then Job made answer and said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:2 - Give attention with care to my words; and let this be your comfort.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:3 - Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:4 - As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:5 - Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:6 - At the very thought of it my flesh is shaking with fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:7 - Why is life given to the evil-doers? why do they become old and strong in power?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:8 - Their children are ever with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:9 - Their houses are free from fear, and the rod of God does not come on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:10 - Their ox is ready at all times to give seed; their cow gives birth, without dropping her young.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:11 - They send out their young ones like a flock, and their children have pleasure in the dance,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:12 - They make songs to the instruments of music, and are glad at the sound of the pipe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:13 - Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:14 - Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:15 - What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:16 - Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:17 - How frequently is the light of the evil-doers put out, or does trouble come on them? how frequently does his wrath take them with cords?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18 - How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:19 - You say, God keeps punishment stored up for his children. Let him send it on the man himself, so that he may have the punishment of it!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:20 - Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:21 - For what interest has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is ended?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:22 - Is anyone able to give teaching to God? for he is the judge of those who are on high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:23 - One comes to his end in complete well-being, full of peace and quiet:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:24 - His buckets are full of milk, and there is no loss of strength in his bones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:25 - And another comes to his end with a bitter soul, without ever tasting good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:26 - Together they go down to the dust, and are covered by the worm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:27 - See, I am conscious of your thoughts, and of your violent purposes against me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:28 - For you say, Where is the house of the ruler, and where is the tent of the evil-doer?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:29 - Have you not put the question to the travellers, and do you not take note of their experience?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:30 - How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:31 - Who will make his way clear to his face? and if he has done a thing, who gives him punishment for it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:32 - He is taken to his last resting-place, and keeps watch over it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:33 - The earth of the valley covering his bones is sweet to him, and all men come after him, as there were unnumbered before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 - Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit?
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