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Think[a] now, who has perished who is innocent?
Or[b] where are the upright destroyed?
Just as I have seen, plowers of mischief
and sowers of trouble will reap it.
By[c] the breath of God they perish,
and by[d] the blast of his anger they come to an end.
10 The roar of the lion and the voice of a lion in its prime,
and the teeth of the young lions are broken.
11 The lion is perishing without[e] prey,
and the lion’s whelps are scattered.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 4:7 Literally “Remember”
  2. Job 4:7 Hebrew “And”
  3. Job 4:9 Or “From”
  4. Job 4:9 Or “from”
  5. Job 4:11 Or “from lack of”

Consider: Who has perished when he was innocent?
Where have the honest[a] been destroyed?(A)
In my experience, those who plow injustice
and those who sow trouble(B) reap the same.(C)
They perish at a single blast(D) from God
and come to an end by the breath of his nostrils.(E)
10 The lion may roar and the fierce lion(F) growl,
but the teeth of young lions are broken.(G)
11 The strong lion dies if it catches no prey,
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. 4:7 Or the upright, or those with integrity