Parallel Bible results for "job 21:1-9"

Job 21:1-9

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1 Then Job replied:
1 Then Job replied:
2 “Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you give me.
2 “Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you give me.
3 Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
3 Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
4 “Is my complaint directed to a human being? Why should I not be impatient?
4 “Is my complaint directed to a human being? Why should I not be impatient?
5 Look at me and be appalled; clap your hand over your mouth.
5 Look at me and be appalled; clap your hand over your mouth.
6 When I think about this, I am terrified; trembling seizes my body.
6 When I think about this, I am terrified; trembling seizes my body.
7 Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
7 Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
8 They see their children established around them, their offspring before their eyes.
8 They see their children established around them, their offspring before their eyes.
9 Their homes are safe and free from fear; the rod of God is not on them.
9 Their homes are safe and free from fear; the rod of God is not on them.
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Scripture quoted by permission.  Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®.  NIV®.  Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica.  All rights reserved worldwide.