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The Book of Job, Chapter 21, Verse 15

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Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
King James Version
What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
American Standard Version
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
New English Translation
Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain if we were to pray to him?’
World English Bible
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'
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Lo, their good [is] not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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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.
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God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it].
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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?
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Shall [any] teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
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One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
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His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
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And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.