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The Book of Job, Chapter 36, Verse 14

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But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
King James Version
They die in youth, and their life [is] among the unclean.
American Standard Version
They die in youth, And their life [perisheth] among the unclean.
New English Translation
They die in their youth, and their life ends among the male cultic prostitutes.
World English Bible
They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.
15
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
16
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?
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Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.