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27 Behold, I know your thoughts,
And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.
28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince?
And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?
29 Have ye not asked wayfaring men?
And do ye not know their evidences,
30 That the evil man is [a]reserved to the day of calamity?
That they are [b]led forth to the day of wrath?
31 Who shall declare his way to his face?
And who shall repay him what he hath done?
32 [c]Yet shall he be borne to the grave,
And men shall keep watch over the tomb.
33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him,
And all men shall draw after him,
As there were innumerable before him.

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  1. Job 21:30 Or, spared in etc.
  2. Job 21:30 Or, led away in etc.
  3. Job 21:32 Or, Moreover he is borne to the grave, And keepeth watch over his tomb. The clods of the valley are sweet unto him; And all men draw etc.

27 “I know full well what you are thinking,
    the schemes by which you would wrong me.
28 You say, ‘Where now is the house of the great,(A)
    the tents where the wicked lived?’(B)
29 Have you never questioned those who travel?
    Have you paid no regard to their accounts—
30 that the wicked are spared from the day of calamity,(C)
    that they are delivered from[a] the day of wrath?(D)
31 Who denounces their conduct to their face?
    Who repays them for what they have done?(E)
32 They are carried to the grave,
    and watch is kept over their tombs.(F)
33 The soil in the valley is sweet to them;(G)
    everyone follows after them,
    and a countless throng goes[b] before them.(H)

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  1. Job 21:30 Or wicked are reserved for the day of calamity, / that they are brought forth to
  2. Job 21:33 Or them, / as a countless throng went