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12 singing[a] with tambourines and lyres
    as they rejoice to the sound of flutes.
13 They grow old[b] in prosperity,
    as they descend peacefully into the afterlife.[c]

14 “They say to God, ‘Turn away from us!
    We have no desire to know your ways.

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  1. Job 21:12 Lit. they take up
  2. Job 21:13 Lit. wear out their days
  3. Job 21:13 Lit. Sheol; i.e. the abode of the dead

12 They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre;(A)
    they make merry to the sound of the pipe.(B)
13 They spend their years in prosperity(C)
    and go down to the grave(D) in peace.[a](E)
14 Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!(F)
    We have no desire to know your ways.(G)

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  1. Job 21:13 Or in an instant

12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

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12 They sing to the tambourine and harp,
And rejoice to the sound of the flute.
13 They (A)spend their days in wealth,
And [a]in a moment go down to the [b]grave.
14 (B)Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us,
For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.

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  1. Job 21:13 Without lingering
  2. Job 21:13 Or Sheol