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Job 21:34 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?” "
Job 21:34
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32 Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men will keep watch over the tomb.
33 The clods of the valley will be sweet to him. All men will draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
34 So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?”
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Job 21:1
"Then Job answered,"
Job 21:2
"“Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation."
Job 21:3
"Allow me, and I also will speak. After I have spoken, mock on."
Job 21:4
"As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn’t I be impatient?"
Job 21:5
"Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth."
Job 21:6
"When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh."
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