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Job continues speaking to his friends.

Why do the wicked continue to live, become old, and grow mighty in power?

Job uses a question to introduce his speech and to cause his friends to think deeply about what he says. AT: "The wicked person indeed continues to live, becomes old, and becomes wealthier."

their offspring are established before their eyes

This means the same as the first part of the sentence. The wicked person gets to watch his descendants grow strong and wealthy. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

Their houses

AT: "Their families"

rod of God

This refers to God's punishment.