Job 21:23-33
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One dies in his full vigor,
being wholly at ease and secure,
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his pails full of milk
and n the marrow of his bones moist.
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Another dies in o bitterness of soul,
never having tasted of prosperity.
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They p lie down alike in the dust,
and q the worms cover them.
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"Behold, I know your thoughts
and your schemes to wrong me.
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For you say, r 'Where is the house of the prince?
Where is s the tent in which the wicked lived?'
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Have you not asked those who travel the roads,
and do you not accept their testimony
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that t the evil man is spared in the day of calamity,
that he is rescued in the day of wrath?
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Who declares his way u to his face,
and who v repays him for what he has done?
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When he is w carried to the grave,
watch is kept over his tomb.
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x The clods of the valley are sweet to him;
y all mankind follows after him,
and those who go before him are innumerable.
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Cross References
Proverbs 3:8
It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.
Isaiah 58:11
And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
Isaiah 66:14
You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice; your bones shall flourish like the grass; and the hand of the Lord shall be known to his servants, and he shall show his indignation against his enemies.
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Cross References
Job 7:11
Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
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Cross References
Job 20:11
His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the dust.
Ecclesiastes 9:2
It is the same for all, since the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil, to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one is, so is the sinner, and he who swears is as he who shuns an oath.
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Cross References
Isaiah 14:11
Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps; maggots are laid as a bed beneath you, and worms are your covers.
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Cross References
Job 20:6 - 7
Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds.
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Cross References
Job 8:22
Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.
Job 15:34
For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
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Cross References
Proverbs 16:4
The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.
2 Peter 2:9
Then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:10
And repays to their face those who hate him, by destroying them. He will not be slack with one who hates him. He will repay him to his face.
Hosea 5:5
The pride of Israel testifies to his face; Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in his guilt; Judah also shall stumble with them.
Galatians 2:11
But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:10
And repays to their face those who hate him, by destroying them. He will not be slack with one who hates him. He will repay him to his face.
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Cross References
Job 10:19
And were as though I had not been, carried from the womb to the grave.
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Cross References
Job 38:38
When the dust runs into a mass and the clods stick fast together?
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Cross References
Job 30:23
For I know that you will bring me to death and to the house appointed for all living.
Hebrews 9:27
And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment.
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