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The Book of Job, Chapter 36, Verse 13

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But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
King James Version
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
American Standard Version
But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them.
New English Translation
The godless at heart nourish anger, they do not cry out even when he binds them.
World English Bible
"But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don't cry for help when he binds them.
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They die in youth, and their life [is] among the unclean.
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He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
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Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait [into] a broad place, where [there is] no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table [should be] full of fatness.
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But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
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Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
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Will he esteem thy riches? [no], not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
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Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
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Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
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Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
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Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?