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The Book of Job, Chapter 4, Verse 7

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[Is] not [this] thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
King James Version
Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
American Standard Version
Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
New English Translation
Call to mind now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were upright people ever destroyed?
World English Bible
"Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
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Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
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By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
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The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
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The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
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Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
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In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
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Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
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Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
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It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image [was] before mine eyes, [there was] silence, and I heard a voice, [saying],
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Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?