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Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways (21:14) What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? (21:15) Lo, their good [is] not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me (21:16) How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and [how oft] cometh their destruction upon them! [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger (21:17) They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away (21:18) God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it] (21:19) His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty (21:20) For what pleasure [hath] he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? (21:21) Shall [any] teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high (21:22) One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet (21:23) His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow (21:24) And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure (21:25) They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them (21:26) Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices [which] ye wrongfully imagine against me (21:27) For ye say, Where [is] the house of the prince? and where [are] the dwelling places of the wicked? (21:28) Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, (21:29) That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath (21:30) Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him [what] he hath done? (21:31) Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb (21:32) The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him (21:33) How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
(21:34)
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