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The Book of Job, Chapter 24, Verse 17

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In the dark they dig through houses, [which] they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
King James Version
For the morning [is] to them even as the shadow of death: if [one] know [them, they are in] the terrors of the shadow of death.
American Standard Version
For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
New English Translation
For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.
World English Bible
For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, for they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
18
He [is] swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
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Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [so doth] the grave [those which] have sinned.
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The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
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He evil entreateth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
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He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.
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[Though] it be given him [to be] in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes [are] upon their ways.
24
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all [other], and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
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And if [it be] not [so] now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
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Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
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Dominion and fear [are] with him, he maketh peace in his high places.