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Job 21:29-31

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29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him [what] he hath done?

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KJV King James Version

29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him [what] he hath done?

BSB Berean Standard Bible

29 Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports? 30 Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath. 31 Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?

WEB World English Bible

29 Haven’t you asked wayfaring men? Don’t you know their evidences, 30 that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the day of wrath? 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? Who shall repay him what he has done?

ASV American Standard Version

29 Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences, 30 That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath? 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

29 Have ye not asked those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know? 30 That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought. 31 Who doth declare to his face his way? And for that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him?

Surrounding context — Job 21

26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices [which] ye wrongfully imagine against me.

28 For ye say, Where [is] the house of the prince? and where [are] the dwelling places of the wicked?

29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,

30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him [what] he hath done?

32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him.

34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?

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