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The Book of Job, Chapter 21, Verse 16

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What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
King James Version
Lo, their good [is] not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
American Standard Version
Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
New English Translation
But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!
World English Bible
Behold, their prosperity 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.
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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.
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One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
24
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.
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They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.