24 The earth (A)is handed over to the wicked;
He (B)covers the faces of its judges.
If it is not He, then who is it?

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Why (A)do the wicked still live,
Grow old, and also become very [a](B)powerful?
Their [b](C)descendants endure with them in their sight,
And their offspring before their eyes,
Their houses (D)are safe from fear,
And the [c]rod of God is not on them.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:7 Or superior
  2. Job 21:8 Lit seed
  3. Job 21:9 I.e., punishment

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