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)

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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.

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(A)Why do the wicked live and become old,
Yes, become mighty in power?
Their descendants are established with them in their sight,
And their offspring before their eyes.
Their houses are safe from fear,
(B)Neither is [a]the rod of God upon them.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:9 The rod of God’s chastisement

(A)Why do the wicked live,
    reach old age, and grow mighty in power?
Their (B)offspring are established in their presence,
    and their descendants before their eyes.
Their houses are (C)safe from fear,
    and (D)no rod of God is upon them.

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