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The Book of Job, Chapter 21, Verse 12

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They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
King James Version
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
American Standard Version
They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
New English Translation
They sing to the accompaniment of tambourine and harp, and make merry to the sound of the flute.
World English Bible
They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
13
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
14
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
15
What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
16
Lo, their good [is] not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and [how oft] cometh their destruction upon them! [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger.
18
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
19
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it].
20
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21
For what pleasure [hath] he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
22
Shall [any] teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.