Job Says God Will Deal with the Wicked
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“Listen carefully to my speech,
And let this be your way of consolation.
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“They send forth their little ones like the flock,
And their children skip about.
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And their children skip about.
Footnotes:
a.
Job 21:1: ['Lit ', answered and said]
b.
Job 21:4: ['Or ', against]
c.
Job 21:4: ['Lit ', my spirit]
d.
Job 21:8: ['Lit ', seed]
e.
Job 21:10: ['Lit ', and does not fail]
f.
Job 21:12: ['Lit ', lifted up the voice]
g.
Job 21:13: ['So with most versions; M.T. ', are shattered by Sheol]
h.
Job 21:13: ['I.e. the nether world']
i.
Job 21:15: ['Lit ', What]
j.
Job 21:15: ['Heb ', Shaddai]
k.
Job 21:17: ['Lit ', He]
l.
Job 21:19: ['Lit ', his]
m.
Job 21:19: ['Lit ', Him]
n.
Job 21:20: ['Heb ', Shaddai]
o.
Job 21:21: ['I.e. after he dies']
p.
Job 21:23: ['Or ', quiet]
q.
Job 21:24: ['So with Syr; Heb uncertain. Some render as, ', his pails are full of milk]
r.
Job 21:25: ['Lit ', eating]
s.
Job 21:29: ['Lit ', signs]
t.
Job 21:31: ['Lit ', declare his way to his face]
u.
Job 21:33: ['Lit ', be sweet to him]
v.
Job 21:33: ['Lit ', draw]
w.
Job 21:34: ['Or ', faithlessness]