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The Book of Job, Chapter 21, Verse 4

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Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
King James Version
As for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it were so], why should not my spirit be troubled?
American Standard Version
As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
New English Translation
Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?
World English Bible
As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn't I be impatient?
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Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your] mouth.
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Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
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Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
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Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
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Their houses [are] safe from fear, neither [is] the rod of God upon them.
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Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
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They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
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They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
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They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
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Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.