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Job 22:17

Judgment

15 Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?

16 They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.

They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’

18 But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

19 The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:

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BSB
They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
KJV
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
WEB
who said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’
ASV
Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?
DARBY
Who said unto God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?
BLB
They said to God, ‘Turn away from us!’ And’What can Shaddai do to [us]?’
ÅB
de menn som sa til Gud: Vik fra oss, og som spurte hva den Allmektige vel skulle kunne gjøre for dem,
OTB
De sa til Gud, ‘La oss være i fred!’
og ‘Hva kan Den Allmektige gjøre med dem?’
B1930
de menn som sa til Gud: Vik fra oss, og som spurte hvad den Allmektige vel skulde kunne gjøre for dem,

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