13 They spend their days in wealth, and suddenly [a]they go down to the grave.

14 They say also unto God, Depart from us: for we desire not the [b]knowledge of thy ways.

15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we should pray unto him?

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Notas al pie

  1. Job 21:13 Not being tormented with long sickness.
  2. Job 21:14 They desire nothing more than to be exempt from all subjection that they should bear to God: thus Job showeth his adversaries, that if they reason only by that which is seen by common experience, the wicked that hate God, are better dealt withal, than they that love him.

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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Notas al pie

  1. Job 21:13 Or in an instant