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21:1
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约伯回答说：
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Then Job answered and said,
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21:2
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你们要细听我的言语，就算是你们安慰我。
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Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations.
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21:3
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请宽容我，我又要说话；说了以后，任凭你们嗤笑吧！
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Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on.
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21:4
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我岂是向人诉冤？为何不焦急呢？
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As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
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21:5
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你们要看着我而惊奇，用手摀口。
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Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.
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21:6
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我每逢思想，心就惊惶，浑身战兢。
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Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh.
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21:7
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恶人为何存活，享大寿数，势力强盛呢？
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Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
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21:8
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他们眼见儿孙，和他们一同坚立。
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Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.
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21:9
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他们的家宅平安无惧；神的杖也不加在他们身上。
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Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them.
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21:10
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他们的公牛孳生而不断绝；母牛下犊而不掉胎。
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Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
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21:11
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他们打发小孩子出去，多如羊群；他们的儿女踊跃跳舞。
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They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.
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21:12
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他们随着琴鼓歌唱，又因箫声欢喜。
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They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
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21:13
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他们度日诸事亨通，转眼下入阴间。
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They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.
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21:14
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他们对神说：离开我们吧！我们不愿晓得你的道。
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And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
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21:15
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全能者是谁，我们何必事奉他呢？求告他有什么益处呢？
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What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
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21:16
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看哪，他们亨通不在乎自己；恶人所谋定的离我好远。
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Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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21:17
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恶人的灯何尝熄灭？患难何尝临到他们呢？神何尝发怒，向他们分散灾祸呢？
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How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger?
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21:18
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他们何尝像风前的碎稓，如暴风刮去的糠秕呢？
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That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
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21:19
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你们说：神为恶人的儿女积蓄罪孽；我说：不如本人受报，好使他亲自知道。
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[Ye say], God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:
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21:20
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愿他亲眼看见自己败亡，亲自饮全能者的忿怒。
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Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
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21:21
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他的岁月既尽，他还顾他本家吗？
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For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?
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21:22
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神既审判那在高位的，谁能将知识教训他呢？
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Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high?
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21:23
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有人至死身体强壮，尽得平靖安逸；
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One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet:
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21:24
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他的奶桶充满，他的骨髓滋润。
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His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moistened.
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21:25
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有人至死心中痛苦，终身未尝福乐的滋味；
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And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.
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21:26
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他们一样躺卧在尘土中，都被虫子遮盖。
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They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.
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21:27
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我知道你们的意思，并诬害我的计谋。
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Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.
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21:28
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你们说：霸者的房屋在那里？恶人住过的帐棚在那里？
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For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?
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21:29
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你们岂没有询问过路的人吗？不知道他们所引的证据吗？
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Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences,
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21:30
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就是恶人在祸患的日子得存留，在发怒的日子得逃脱。
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That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
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21:31
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他所行的，有谁当面给他说明？他所做的，有谁报应他呢？
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Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?
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21:32
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然而他要被抬到茔地；并有人看守坟墓。
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Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb.
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21:33
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他要以谷中的土块为甘甜；在他以先去的无数，在他以后去的更多。
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The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.
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21:34
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你们对答的话中既都错谬，怎么徒然安慰我呢？
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How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth [only] falsehood?
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