14 with kings and rulers of the earth,(A)
    who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,(B)

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14 With kings and counselors of the earth,
Who (A)built ruins for themselves,

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The tents of marauders are undisturbed,(A)
    and those who provoke God are secure(B)
    those God has in his hand.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:6 Or those whose god is in their own hand

(A)The tents of robbers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure—
In what God provides by His hand.

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“Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;(A)
    though I call for help,(B) there is no justice.(C)

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“If I cry out concerning [a]wrong, I am not heard.
If I cry aloud, there is no justice.

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  1. Job 19:7 violence

Why do the wicked live on,
    growing old and increasing in power?(A)

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(A)Why do the wicked live and become old,
Yes, become mighty in power?

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23 He may let them rest in a feeling of security,(A)
    but his eyes(B) are on their ways.(C)

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23 He gives them security, and they rely on it;
Yet (A)His eyes are on their ways.

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35 (“Oh, that I had someone to hear me!(A)
    I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me;
    let my accuser(B) put his indictment in writing.

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35 (A)Oh, that I had one to hear me!
Here is my mark.
Oh, (B)that the Almighty would answer me,
That my [a]Prosecutor had written a book!

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  1. Job 31:35 Lit. Accuser

15 and further, that his anger never punishes(A)
    and he does not take the least notice of wickedness.[a](B)

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  1. Job 35:15 Symmachus, Theodotion and Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

15 And now, because He has not (A)punished in His anger,
Nor taken much notice of folly,

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12 This is what the wicked are like—
    always free of care,(A) they go on amassing wealth.(B)

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12 Behold, these are the ungodly,
Who are always at ease;
They increase in riches.

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11 When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.

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11 (A)Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

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Jeremiah’s Complaint

12 You are always righteous,(A) Lord,
    when I bring a case(B) before you.
Yet I would speak with you about your justice:(C)
    Why does the way of the wicked prosper?(D)
    Why do all the faithless live at ease?

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Jeremiah’s Question

12 Righteous (A)are You, O Lord, when I plead with You;
Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments.
(B)Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?

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He has barred(A) my way with blocks of stone;
    he has made my paths crooked.(B)

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He has blocked my ways with hewn stone;
He has made my paths crooked.

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