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Job 3:13

New Century Version

If they had not been there, I would be lying dead in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

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Soon I will leave; I will not return from the land of darkness and gloom,

the land of darkest night, from the land of gloom and confusion, where even the light is darkness.”

You defeat people forever, and they are gone; you change their appearance and send them away.

“Only a few years will pass before I go on the journey of no return.

If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

I know that my Defender lives, and in the end he will stand upon the earth.

I will see him myself; I will see him with my very own eyes. How my heart wants that to happen!

Evil people enjoy successful lives and then go peacefully to the grave.

One person dies while he still has all his strength, feeling completely safe and comfortable.

They are buried next to each other, and worms cover them both.

As heat and dryness quickly melt the snow, so the grave quickly takes away the sinners.

Their mothers forget them, and worms will eat their bodies. They will not be remembered, so wickedness is broken in pieces like a stick.

“The spirits of the dead tremble, those who are beneath and in the waters.

Death is naked before God; destruction is uncovered before him.

Why did my mother’s knees receive me, and my mother’s breasts feed me?

There is no dark place or deep shadow where those who do evil can hide from him.

Why don’t you pardon my wrongs and forgive my sins? I will soon lie down in the dust of death. Then you will search for me, but I will be no more.”

Whatever work you do, do your best, because you are going to the grave, where there is no working, no planning, no knowledge, and no wisdom.

But they are not buried with the other soldiers who were killed in battle long ago, those who went with their weapons of war to the place of the dead. These soldiers had their swords laid under their heads and their shields on their bodies. These mighty soldiers used to frighten people when they lived on earth.




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