Job 21:9

Their homes are secure and free of fear;
no rod from God strikes them.

Let Him take His rod away from me
so His terror will no longer frighten me.

They are not in trouble like others;
they are not afflicted like most people.

Dreadful sounds fill his ears;
when he is at peace, a robber attacks him.

Terrors frighten him on every side
and harass him at every step.

How suddenly they become a desolation!
They come to an end, swept away by terrors.

creating words of praise.”
The Lord says,
“Peace, peace to the one who is far or near,
and I will heal him.

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Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

Dreadful sounds fill his ears;
when he is at peace, a robber attacks him.

Terrors frighten him on every side
and harass him at every step.

How suddenly they become a desolation!
They come to an end, swept away by terrors.

creating words of praise.”

The Lord says,
“Peace, peace to the one who is far or near,
and I will heal him.

Let Him take His rod away from me
so His terror will no longer frighten me.

They are not in trouble like others;
they are not afflicted like most people.

People went on eating, drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until the day Noah boarded the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.