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But Job answered and said,
Maar Job het geantwoord, en gesê,
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Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
Hoor aandagtig na my toespraak, en laat dit julle vertroostinge wees.
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Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
Verdra my, dat ek mag spreek; en nadat ek gespreek het, spot voort.
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As for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it were so], why should not my spirit be troubled?
Wat my betref, is my klagte tot die mens? en as dit so was, waarom sou my gees nie benoud wees nie?
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Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your] mouth.
Merk my, en wees verbaas, en lê die hand op die mond.
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Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
Selfs wanneer ek daaraan dink, is ek bevrees, en bewing gryp my vlees.
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Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Waarom lewe die goddelose, word oud, ja, is magtig in mag?
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Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
Hulle saad is met hulle gevestig in hulle aangesig, en hulle nageslag voor hulle oë.
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Their houses [are] safe from fear, neither [is] the rod of God upon them.
Hulle huise is veilig van vrees, en die roede van God is nie op hulle nie.
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Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
Hulle bul teel, en mis nie; hulle koei kalwe, en werp nie haar kalf af nie.
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They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
Hulle stuur hulle klein kinders uit soos ‚'n trop, en hulle kinders dans.
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They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
Hulle neem die tamboeryn en harp, en is vrolik by die geluid van die orrel.
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They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
Hulle bring hulle dae in welvaart deur, en in ‚'n oomblik gaan hulle na die graf af.
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Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Daarom sê hulle tot God, Vertrek van ons; want ons begeer nie die kennis van u weë nie.
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What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Wat is die Almagtige, dat ons Hom sou dien? en watter wins sou ons hê as ons by Hom bid?
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Lo, their good [is] not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Kyk, hulle goed is nie in hulle hand nie: die raad van die goddelose is ver van my.
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How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and [how oft] cometh their destruction upon them! [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger.
Hoe dikwels word die kers van die goddelose uitgeblus! en hoe dikwels kom hulle vernietiging op hulle! God deel smarte uit in sy toorn.
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They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
Hulle is soos stoppels voor die wind, en soos kaf wat die storm wegneem.
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God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it].
God lê op vir sy kinders sy ongeregtigheid; Hy beloon hom, en hy sal dit weet.
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His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Sy oë sal sy vernietiging sien, en hy sal van die toorn van die Almagtige drink.
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For what pleasure [hath] he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
Want watter behae het hy in sy huis ná hom, wanneer die getal van sy maande afgesny is in die midde?
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Shall [any] teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
Sal enige iemand kennis aan God leer? aangesien Hy dié wat hoog is, oordeel.
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One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
Een sterwe in sy volle krag, heeltemal gerus en stil:
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His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
Sy borste is vol melk, en sy bene is bevogtig met murg.
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And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
En ‚'n ander sterwe in die bitterheid van sy siel, en eet nooit met behae nie.
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They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
Hulle sal saam in die stof lê, en die wurms sal hulle bedek.
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Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices [which] ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Kyk, ek ken julle gedagtes, en die toestelle wat julle verkeerd teen my bedink.
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For ye say, Where [is] the house of the prince? and where [are] the dwelling places of the wicked?
Want julle sê, Waar is die huis van die vorste? en waar is die woonplek van die goddelose?
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Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
Het julle nie dié gevra wat by die weg verbygaan nie? en ken julle nie hulle tekens nie,
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That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
Dat die goddelose vir die dag van vernietiging bewaar word? hulle sal voortgebring word tot die dag van toorn.
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Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him [what] he hath done?
Wie sal sy weg in sy aangesig verklaar? en wie sal hom vergeld vir wat hy gedoen het?
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Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
Tog sal hy na die graf gebring word, en sal in die graf bly.
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The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him.
Die kluite van die vallei sal soet vir hom wees, en elke man sal hom agtervolg, soos daar ontelbare voor hom was.
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How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
Hoe vertroos julle my dan tevergeefs, aangesien in julle antwoorde valsheid oorbly?