13 They spend[a] their days in prosperity(A)
and go down to Sheol in peace.
14 Yet they say to God, “Leave us alone!
We don’t want to know your ways.(B)
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him,
and what will we gain by pleading with him?” (C)

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  1. 21:13 Alt Hb tradition reads fully enjoy

13 They spend their years in prosperity(A)
    and go down to the grave(B) in peace.[a](C)
14 Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!(D)
    We have no desire to know your ways.(E)
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
    What would we gain by praying to him?’(F)

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  1. Job 21:13 Or in an instant