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11     They produce flocks of children and send them all out into the world;
        their young ones dance around free of care.
12     They still participate in celebration,
        raising their voices to the song of the tambourine and the harp;
        delighting in the sound of the flute.
13     They pass their time in the lap of abundance,
        and they are even permitted to pass quickly to the land of the dead,
        instead of lingering with chronic pain.

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11 They send forth their children as a flock;(A)
    their little ones dance about.
12 They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre;(B)
    they make merry to the sound of the pipe.(C)
13 They spend their years in prosperity(D)
    and go down to the grave(E) in peace.[a](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:13 Or in an instant