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Job 21:22-26
Holman Christian Standard Bible

22 Can anyone teach God knowledge,(A)
since He judges the exalted ones?[a]
23 One person dies in excellent health,[b]
completely secure[c] and at ease.
24 His body is[d] well fed,[e]
and his bones are full of marrow.[f]
25 Yet another person dies with a bitter(B) soul,
having never tasted prosperity.
26 But they both lie in the dust,
and worms cover them.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:22 Probably angels
  2. Job 21:23 Lit in bone of his perfection
  3. Job 21:23 Text emended; MT reads health, all at ease
  4. Job 21:24 Or His sides are; Hb obscure
  5. Job 21:24 Lit is full of milk
  6. Job 21:24 Lit and the marrow of his bones is watered
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Job 21:22-26
Common English Bible

A common fate

22 Will they instruct God—
    he who judges the most powerful?
23 Someone dies in wonderful health,
    completely comfortable and well,
24     their buckets full of milk,
    their bones marrow-filled and sound.
25 Another dies in bitter spirit,
    never having tasted the good things.
26 They lie together in the dust
    and worms cover them.

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