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13 Those who are evil spend their years living well.
    They go down to their graves in peace.
14 But they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!
    We don’t want to know how you want us to live.
15 Who is the Mighty One? Why should we serve him?
    What would we get if we prayed to him?’

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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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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:13 Or in an instant

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.

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

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