God strips priests of their power and\par fires the bureaucrats who feel so secure\par in their jobs.\par
Job 21:7 - Easy To Read Version Why do evil people live long lives?\par Why do they grow old and successful?\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, are mighty in power? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Why do the wicked live, become old, and become mighty in power? American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power? Common English Bible Why do the wicked live, grow old, and even become strong? Catholic Public Domain Version Why then do the impious live, having been lifted up and strengthened with riches? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Why then do the wicked live, are they advanced, and strengthened with riches? |
God strips priests of their power and\par fires the bureaucrats who feel so secure\par in their jobs.\par
But robbers’ tents are not bothered.\par People who make God angry live in peace,\par and their own strength\par is their only god!\par
When an evil man takes control of a land,\par does God keep the leaders\par from seeing what is happening?\par If that is true,\par then who is God anyway?\par
Those bad people have become too proud \{to listen to God\}.\par And they brag about themselves.\par
I saw a wicked person that was powerful.\par He was like a strong, healthy tree.\par
In my short life, I have seen everything. I have seen good men die young. And I have seen evil men living long lives.
There is something else that happens on earth that does not seem fair. Bad things should happen to bad people and good things should happen to good people. But sometimes bad things happen to good people and good things happen to bad people. That is not fair.
A holy angel announced this punishment. Why? So all the people on earth may know that God Most High rules over the kingdoms of men. God gives those kingdoms to anyone he wants to. And God chooses humble people to rule those kingdoms!
Your eyes are too good to look at evil.\par You can’t watch people doing wrong.\par So how can you watch\par those evil people win?\par How can you watch bad people\par defeating good people?\par