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Job 20:4-6
Good News Translation

4 Surely you know that from ancient times,
    when we humans were first placed on earth,
5     no wicked people have been happy for long.
6 They may grow great, towering to the sky,
    so great that their heads reach the clouds,

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Job 20:4-6
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4 “Surely you know how it has been from of old,(A)
    ever since mankind[a] was placed on the earth,
5 that the mirth of the wicked(B) is brief,
    the joy of the godless(C) lasts but a moment.(D)
6 Though the pride(E) of the godless person reaches to the heavens(F)
    and his head touches the clouds,(G)

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  1. Job 20:4 Or Adam
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