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The Book of Job, Chapter 20, Verse 29

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The increase of his house shall depart, [and his goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
King James Version
This [is] the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
American Standard Version
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.
New English Translation
Such is the lot God allots the wicked, and the heritage of his appointment from God.”
World English Bible
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God."
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But Job answered and said,
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Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
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Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
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As for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it were so], why should not my spirit be troubled?
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Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your] mouth.
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Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
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Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
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Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
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Their houses [are] safe from fear, neither [is] the rod of God upon them.
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Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.