I myself have seen(A) a fool taking root,(B)
    but suddenly(C) his house was cursed.(D)
His children(E) are far from safety,(F)
    crushed in court(G) without a defender.(H)
The hungry consume his harvest,(I)
    taking it even from among thorns,
    and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

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I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

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The tents of marauders are undisturbed,(A)
    and those who provoke God are secure(B)
    those God has in his hand.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:6 Or those whose god is in their own hand

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

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21 Terrifying sounds fill his ears;(A)
    when all seems well, marauders attack him.(B)

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21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

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23 He wanders about(A) for food like a vulture;(B)
    he knows the day of darkness(C) is at hand.(D)

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23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

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27 “Though his face is covered with fat
    and his waist bulges with flesh,(A)

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27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

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29 He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure,(A)
    nor will his possessions spread over the land.(B)

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29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

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that the mirth of the wicked(A) is brief,
    the joy of the godless(B) lasts but a moment.(C)

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That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

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22 In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him;(A)
    the full force of misery will come upon him.(B)

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22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

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Why do the wicked live on,
    growing old and increasing in power?(A)
They see their children established around them,
    their offspring before their eyes.(B)
Their homes are safe and free from fear;(C)
    the rod of God is not on them.(D)
10 Their bulls never fail to breed;
    their cows calve and do not miscarry.(E)
11 They send forth their children as a flock;(F)
    their little ones dance about.
12 They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre;(G)
    they make merry to the sound of the pipe.(H)
13 They spend their years in prosperity(I)
    and go down to the grave(J) in peace.[a](K)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:13 Or in an instant

Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

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