Holy Scripture
Job 21:17
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“Ver. 17. How often shall their candle be put out? and how oft shall a flood come over them, and shall He divide sorrows in His fury? 55. It often happens that the wicked man reckons the life of his children as a 'candle,' but when the son, that is loved overmuch, is taken away, what seemed the 'light' of the wicked is…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
17Nevertheless, the lamp of the ungodly also shall be put out, And destruction shall come upon them, And pangs of vengeance shall seize them.
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15What is the Mighty One, that we should serve him? And what profit is there that we should approach him?
16For their good things were in their hands, But he regards not the works of the ungodly.
— Job 21:17 —
18And they shall be as chaff before the wind, Or as dust which the storm has taken up.
19Let his substance fail to supply his children: God shall recompense him, and he shall know it.