KJV King James Version
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
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Job 21:11
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
WEB World English Bible
They send forth their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.
ASV American Standard Version
They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,
Surrounding context — Job 21
8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
9 Their houses [are] safe from fear, neither [is] the rod of God upon them.
10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
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.
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