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The Book of Job, Chapter 21, Verse 34

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The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him.
King James Version
How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
American Standard Version
How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth [only] falsehood?
New English Translation
So how can you console me with your futile words? Nothing is left of your answers but deception!”
World English Bible
So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?"
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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?
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[Is] not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
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For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
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Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
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But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
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Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
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Therefore snares [are] round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;