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22 “Shall any teach God knowledge,
    since he judges those who are high?
23 One dies in his full strength,
    being wholly at ease and quiet.
24 His pails are full of milk.
    The marrow of his bones is moistened.
25 Another dies in bitterness of soul,
    and never tastes of good.
26 They lie down alike in the dust.
    The worm covers them.

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Death Levels Everyone

22 “Can God learn anything?
    After all, he will judge even the exalted ones.
23 Such persons will die in their full vigor,
    completely prosperous and secure.
24 His buckets are filled with milk,
    his bone marrow is healthy.[a]
25 Others die with a bitter soul,
    never having tasted the good life.[b]
26 They both lie down in the dust;
    and worms[c] cover them.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:24 Lit. moist
  2. Job 21:25 The Heb. lacks life
  3. Job 21:26 Lit. and a worm