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The Book of Job, Chapter 34, Verse 21

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In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
King James Version
For his eyes [are] upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
American Standard Version
For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings.
New English Translation
For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person’s steps.
World English Bible
"For his eyes are on the ways of a man. He sees all his goings.
22
[There is] no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23
For he will not lay upon man more [than right]; that he should enter into judgment with God.
24
He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
25
Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth [them] in the night, so that they are destroyed.
26
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
27
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
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So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
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When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man only:
30
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
31
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]: