Job 21:21
For what pleasure {hath} he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
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Seeing his days {are} determined, the number of his months {are} with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. {taken: Heb. laboured}
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years {are} throughout all generations.
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth {it} not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth {it} not of them.
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. {bloody...: Heb. men of bloods and deceit} {shall...: Heb. shall not half their days}
Seeing his days {are} determined, the number of his months {are} with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
From men {which are} thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, {which have} their portion in {this} life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid {treasure}: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their {substance} to their babes. {which are: or, by} {they...: or, their children are full}
And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen {it}.
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. {weakened: Heb. afflicted}
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: