Job 21
1 Bvt Iob answered, and sayd,
And Job answereth and saith: —
2 Heare diligently my wordes, and this shalbe in stead of your consolations.
Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation.
3 Suffer mee, that I may speake, and when I haue spoken, mocke on.
Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking — ye may deride.
4 Doe I direct my talke to man? If it were so, how should not my spirit be troubled?
I — to man [is] my complaint? and if [so], wherefore May not my temper become short?
5 Marke mee, and be abashed, and lay your hand vpon your mouth.
Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
6 Euen when I remember, I am afrayde, and feare taketh hold on my flesh.
Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.
7 Wherefore do the wicked liue, and waxe olde, and grow in wealth?
Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.
8 Their seede is established in their sight with them, and their generation before their eyes.
Their seed is established, Before their face with them, 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] peace without fear, Nor [is] a rod of God upon them.
10 Their bullocke gendreth, and fayleth not: their cow calueth, and casteth not her calfe.
His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry.
11 They send forth their children like sheepe, and their sonnes dance.
They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,
12 They take the tabret and harpe, and reioyce in the sound of the organs.
They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.
They wear out in good their days, And in a moment [to] Sheol go down. (Sheol h7585)
14 They say also vnto God, Depart from vs: for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes.
And they say to God, 'Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.
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 Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'
16 Lo, their wealth is not in their hand: therfore let the counsell of the wicked bee farre from me.
Lo, not in their hand [is] their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been 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 oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.
18 They shall be as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme carieth away.
They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen 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 for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him — and he knoweth.
20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drinke of the wrath of the Almightie.
His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.
21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the nomber of his moneths is cut off?
For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?
22 Shall any teache God knowledge, who iudgeth the highest things?
To God doth [one] teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge?
23 One dyeth in his full strength, being in all ease and prosperitie.
This [one] dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.
24 His breasts are full of milke, and his bones runne full of marowe.
His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten.
25 And another dieth in the bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.
And this [one] dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.
26 They shall sleepe both in the dust, and the wormes shall couer them.
Together — on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the enterprises, wherewith ye do me wrong.
Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.
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 — The tabernacles 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 those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know?
30 But the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.
31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall reward him for that he hath done?
Who doth declare to his face his way? And [for] that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him?
32 Yet shall he be brought to the graue, and remaine in the heape.
And he — to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.
33 The slimie valley shalbe sweete vnto him, and euery man shall draw after him, as before him there were innumerable.
Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.
34 How then comfort ye me in vaine, seeing in your answeres there remaine but lyes?
And how do ye comfort me [with] vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?
