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The Book of Job, Chapter 21, Verse 28

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Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices [which] ye wrongfully imagine against me.
King James Version
For ye say, Where [is] the house of the prince? and where [are] the dwelling places of the wicked?
American Standard Version
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?
New English Translation
For you say,‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked lived?’
World English Bible
For you say, 'Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?'
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Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
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That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
31
Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him [what] he hath done?
32
Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
33
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him.
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How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
1
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
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[Is it] any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or [is it] gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect?
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Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?