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The Book of Job, Chapter 21, Verse 17

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Lo, their good [is] not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
King James Version
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and [how oft] cometh their destruction upon them! [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger.
American Standard Version
How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger?
New English Translation
How Often Do the Wicked Suffer?“How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger?
World English Bible
"How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?
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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?
22
Shall [any] teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
23
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.
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They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
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Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices [which] ye wrongfully imagine against me.