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22 Will any teach God knowledge,
    seeing that he judges those who are on high?(A)
23 One dies in full prosperity,
    being wholly at ease and secure,
24 his loins full of milk
    and the marrow of his bones moist.
25 Another dies in bitterness of soul,
    never having tasted of good.
26 They lie down alike in the dust,
    and the worms cover them.(B)

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22 Can anyone teach knowledge to God,
since[a] he himself[b] judges high ones?
23 This one dies in full prosperity,[c]
completely[d] at ease and secure.
24 His vats are full with milk
and the marrow of his bones is moist.
25 Yet[e] another dies with a bitter inner self[f]
and has not tasted prosperity.
26 They lie down together in the dust,
and maggots cover them.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:22 Hebrew “and”
  2. Job 21:22 Emphatic personal pronoun
  3. Job 21:23 Literally “in the vigor of his prosperity”
  4. Job 21:23 Literally “all of him”
  5. Job 21:25 Hebrew “And”
  6. Job 21:25 Or “soul”