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Job 15:21 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him. "
Job 15:21
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19 to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them):
20 the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
21 A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.
22 He doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.
23 He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
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Job 15:1
"Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,"
Job 15:2
"“Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?"
Job 15:3
"Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?"
Job 15:4
"Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God."
Job 15:5
"For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty."
Job 15:6
"Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you."
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