Job 21
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Job 21:17-21

17“HowH4100 oftenH4100 is 1the lampH5216 of the wickedH7563 putH1846 outH1846, Or does their 2disasterH343 fallH935 on them? Does 3God apportionH2505 destructionH2256 in His angerH639?18Are they as 4strawH8401 beforeH6440 the windH7307, And like 5chaffH4671 which the stormH5492 carriesH1589 awayH1589?19You say, ‘6GodH433 savesH6845 upH6845 7a person’s 8wrongdoingH205 for his sonsH1121.’ Let 9God repayH7999 him so that he may knowH3045 it.20Let his 10own eyesH5869 seeH7200 his destructionH3589, And let him 11drinkH8354 of the wrathH2534 of 12the AlmightyH7706.21For whatH4100 does he careH2656 about his householdH1004 13afterH310 him, When the numberH4557 of his monthsH2320 isH2686 atH2686 anH2686 endH2686?

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Notes

  1. 1. Job 21:17 Job 18:5, 6 ↩
  2. 2. Job 21:17 Job 31:2, 3 ↩
  3. 3. Job 21:17 Lit He ↩
  4. 4. Job 21:18 Job 13:25; Ps 83:13 ↩
  5. 5. Job 21:18 Ps 1:4; 35:5; Is 17:13; Hos 13:3 ↩
  6. 6. Job 21:19 Ex 20:5; Jer 31:29; Ezek 18:2 ↩
  7. 7. Job 21:19 Lit his ↩
  8. 8. Job 21:19 Or disaster ↩
  9. 9. Job 21:19 Lit Him ↩
  10. 10. Job 21:20 Num 14:28-32; Jer 31:30; Ezek 18:4 ↩
  11. 11. Job 21:20 Ps 60:3; Is 51:17; Jer 25:15; Rev 14:10 ↩
  12. 12. Job 21:20 Heb Shaddai ↩
  13. 13. Job 21:21 I.e., after he dies ↩

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