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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”

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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