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27 “Behold, I know your thoughts,
And the plans by which you do violence against me.
28 For you say, ‘Where is the house of (A)the nobleman,
And where is the (B)tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?’
29 Have you not asked those who pass by along the way,
And do you not recognize their [a]witness?
30 That the (C)wicked is reserved for the day of disaster;
They will be led forth at (D)the day of fury.
31 Who will declare to his face about his actions,
And who will repay him for what he has done?
32 While he is led forth to the grave,
Men will keep watch over his tomb.
33 The (E)clods of the valley will [b]gently cover him;
Moreover, (F)all men will draw up after him,
While countless ones go before him.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:29 Lit signs
  2. Job 21:33 Lit be sweet to him

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