Job 4:7
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“Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the righteous cut off?
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
“Remember now, who, being innocent, ever perished? Or where [and in what circumstances] were those upright and in right standing with God destroyed?
Think [earnestly], I beg of you: who, being innocent, ever perished? Or where were those upright and in right standing with God cut off?
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
Consider: Who has perished when he was innocent? Where have the honest been destroyed?
Think! What innocent person has ever perished? When have those who do the right thing been destroyed?
“Think back: what innocent person has perished? Since when are the upright destroyed?
No truly innocent person has ever died young.
Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? or when were the just destroyed?
Can you think of any innocent person who was ever destroyed? Do you know of any place where good people are punished?
Think about this: People who are not guilty of sin do not suddenly die. God does not destroy people who do good things.
Now remember this: Who has ever perished if he was innocent? Where were the upright ever erased?
“Remember: who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?
“Remember: who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?
“Remember ·that the innocent will not die [L who being innocent/blameless has perished…?]; ·honest people will never be [L when were the honest/virtuous…? ] destroyed.
Remember, I pray thee: who ever perished, being an innocent? or where were the upright destroyed?
“Now think about this: Which innocent person ⌞ever⌟ died ⌞an untimely death⌟? Find me a decent person who has been destroyed.
Think back now. Name a single case where someone righteous met with disaster.
Consider: who has perished when he was innocent? Where have the honest been destroyed?
“Think about this now: A person who has not done wrong will not die. Honest people were never destroyed.
Now please think: Who has ever perished when they’re innocent? Where have the upright been destroyed?
¶ Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the righteous cut off?
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright wiped out?
Think now, who has perished who is innocent? Or where are the upright destroyed?
Stop and think! Have you ever known a truly good and innocent person who was punished? Experience teaches that it is those who sow sin and trouble who harvest the same.
“Think! Has a truly innocent person ever ended up on the scrap heap? Do genuinely upright people ever lose out in the end? It’s my observation that those who plow evil and sow trouble reap evil and trouble. One breath from God and they fall apart, one blast of his anger and there’s nothing left of them. The mighty lion, king of the beasts, roars mightily, but when he’s toothless he’s useless— No teeth, no prey—and the cubs wander off to fend for themselves.
“Remember now, who being innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright ever wiped out?
“Now think about this: Which innocent person ever died an untimely death? Find me a decent person who has been destroyed.
Reflect now, what innocent person perishes? Where are the upright destroyed?
“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright destroyed?
“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright destroyed?
Can you recall even one innocent person who perished? Where have the upright ever been destroyed?
“Remember that the innocent will not die; honest people will never be destroyed.
Call to mind now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were upright people ever destroyed?
“Here’s something to think about. Have people who aren’t guilty ever been wiped out? Have honest people ever been completely destroyed?
“Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?
‘Consider now: who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?
“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright ever cut off?
“Think now, who without guilt was ever destroyed?
“Stop and think! Do the innocent die? When have the upright been destroyed?
‘Think now, who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?
‘Think now, who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?
“Think now, who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?
“Think now, who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?
Consider now, who ever perished, being naki (innocent)? Or where were the yesharim (upright ones) cut off?
“Think now, who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?
“Think now, who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?
Reflect now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were the upright destroyed?
Take pause; scan your memory: Who ever died among the innocent? And when have the righteous ever met with destruction?
“Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
I beseech thee, have thou mind, what innocent man perished ever, either when rightful men were done away? (I beseech thee, remember, did an innocent person ever perished, or were the upright ever done away with?)
Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off?
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