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27 “Behold, I know your thoughts,
    the plans with which you would wrong me.
28 For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince?
    Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’
29 Haven’t you asked wayfaring men?
    Don’t you know their evidences,
30 that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity,
    That they are led out to the day of wrath?
31 Who will declare his way to his face?
    Who will repay him what he has done?
32 Yet he will be borne to the grave.
    Men will keep watch over the tomb.
33 The clods of the valley will be sweet to him.
    All men will draw after him,
    as there were innumerable before him.

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27 “Behold, I know your thoughts,
And the plots you devise against me.
28 For you say, ‘Where is the house of (A)the nobleman,
And where is the (B)tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?’
29 Have you not asked travelers,
And do you not examine their [a]evidence?
30 For the (C)wicked person is spared [b]a day of disaster;
They [c]are led away from (D)a day of fury.
31 Who [d]confronts him with his actions,
And who repays him for what he has done?
32 When he is carried to the grave,
People will keep watch over his tomb.
33 The (E)clods of the valley will [e]gently cover him;
Moreover, (F)all mankind will [f]follow after him,
While countless others go before him.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:29 Lit signs
  2. Job 21:30 Or for the day
  3. Job 21:30 Or will be led to the day
  4. Job 21:31 Lit declares his way to his face
  5. Job 21:33 Lit be sweet to him
  6. Job 21:33 Lit draw