Job 21
1 Bvt Iob answered, and sayd,
And Job answered and said,
2 Heare diligently my wordes, and this shalbe in stead of your consolations.
Hear attentively my speech, and let this replace your consolations.
3 Suffer mee, that I may speake, and when I haue spoken, mocke on.
Suffer me and I will speak; and after I have spoken, mock on!
4 Doe I direct my talke to man? If it were so, how should not my spirit be troubled?
As for me, is my complaint to a man? or wherefore should not my spirit be impatient?
5 Marke mee, and be abashed, and lay your hand vpon your mouth.
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay the hand upon the mouth.
6 Euen when I remember, I am afrayde, and feare taketh hold on my flesh.
Even when I think [thereon], I am affrighted, and trembling taketh hold of my flesh.
7 Wherefore do the wicked liue, and waxe olde, and grow in wealth?
Wherefore do the wicked live, grow old, yea, become mighty in power?
8 Their seede is established in their sight with them, and their generation before their eyes.
Their seed is established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes.
9 Their houses are peaceable without feare, and the rod of God is not vpon them.
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
10 Their bullocke gendreth, and fayleth not: their cow calueth, and casteth not her calfe.
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
11 They send forth their children like sheepe, and their sonnes dance.
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
12 They take the tabret and harpe, and reioyce in the sound of the organs.
They shout to the tambour and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
14 They say also vnto God, Depart from vs: for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes.
And they say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!
15 Who is the Almightie, that we should serue him? and what profit should we haue, if we should pray vnto him?
What is the Almighty that we should serve him? and what are we profited if we pray unto him?
16 Lo, their wealth is not in their hand: therfore let the counsell of the wicked bee farre from me.
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked be far from me!
17 How oft shall the candle of the wicked be put out? and their destruction come vpon them? he wil deuide their liues in his wrath.
How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, and cometh their calamity upon them? Doth he distribute sorrows [to them] in his anger?
18 They shall be as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme carieth away.
Do they become as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
19 God wil lay vp the sorowe of the father for his children: when he rewardeth him, hee shall knowe it.
God layeth up [the punishment of] his iniquity for his children; he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it]:
20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drinke of the wrath of the Almightie.
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the fury of the Almighty.
21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the nomber of his moneths is cut off?
For what pleasure should he have in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?
22 Shall any teache God knowledge, who iudgeth the highest things?
Can any teach God knowledge? And he it is that judgeth those that are high.
23 One dyeth in his full strength, being in all ease and prosperitie.
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;
24 His breasts are full of milke, and his bones runne full of marowe.
His sides are full of fat, and the marrow of his bones is moistened;
25 And another dieth in the bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.
And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath not tasted good:
26 They shall sleepe both in the dust, and the wormes shall couer them.
Together they lie down in the dust, and the worms cover them.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the enterprises, wherewith ye do me wrong.
Lo, I know your thoughts, and the devices ye wrongfully imagine against me.
28 For ye say, Where is the princes house? and where is the tabernacle of the wickeds dwelling?
For ye say, Where is the house of the noble? and where the tent of the dwellings of the wicked?
29 May ye not aske the that go by the way? and ye can not deny their signes.
Have ye not asked the wayfarers? and do ye not regard their tokens:
30 But the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
That the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity? They are led forth to the day of wrath.
31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall reward him for that he hath done?
Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
32 Yet shall he be brought to the graue, and remaine in the heape.
Yet is he carried to the graves, and watch is kept over the tomb.
33 The slimie valley shalbe sweete vnto him, and euery man shall draw after him, as before him there were innumerable.
The clods of the valley are sweet unto him; and every man followeth suit after him, as there were innumerable before him.
34 How then comfort ye me in vaine, seeing in your answeres there remaine but lyes?
How then comfort ye me in vain? Your answers remain perfidious.
