15 Will you continue on the ancient path
that wicked men have walked?
16 They were snatched away before their time,
and their foundations(A) were washed away by a river.
17 They were the ones who said to God, “Leave us alone!”
and “What can the Almighty do to us?” [a](B)

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  1. 22:17 LXX, Syr; MT reads them

15 Will you keep to the old path
    that the wicked(A) have trod?(B)
16 They were carried off before their time,(C)
    their foundations(D) washed away by a flood.(E)
17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
    What can the Almighty do to us?’(F)

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The Lord looks down from heaven on the human race[a](A)
to see if there is one who is wise,
one who seeks God.
All have turned away;
all alike have become corrupt.
There is no one who does good,
not even one.(B)

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  1. 14:2 Or the descendants of Adam

The Lord looks down from heaven(A)
    on all mankind
to see if there are any who understand,(B)
    any who seek God.(C)
All have turned away,(D) all have become corrupt;(E)
    there is no one who does good,(F)
    not even one.(G)

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God looks down from heaven on the human race[a]
to see if there is one who is wise,
one who seeks God.(A)
All have turned away;
all alike have become corrupt.
There is no one who does good,
not even one.(B)

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  1. 53:2 Or the descendants of Adam

God looks down from heaven(A)
    on all mankind
to see if there are any who understand,(B)
    any who seek God.(C)
Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt;
    there is no one who does good,
    not even one.(D)

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