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11 
“They send forth their little ones like a flock,
And their children skip about.
12 
“They lift up their voices and sing to the tambourine and the lyre
And rejoice to the sound of the flute.
13 
“They fully enjoy their days in prosperity,
And so go down to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) in a [peaceful] moment.

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11 They send forth their children as a flock;(A)
    their little ones dance about.
12 They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre;(B)
    they make merry to the sound of the pipe.(C)
13 They spend their years in prosperity(D)
    and go down to the grave(E) in peace.[a](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:13 Or in an instant