Job 21
1 But Job answered and said,
But Job answered and said,
2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
Bear with me that I may speak; and after I have spoken, mock on.
4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling takes hold on my flesh.
Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Why do the wicked live, become old, and, are mighty in power?
8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
10 Their bull genders, and fails not; their cow calves, and casts not her calf.
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the flute.
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. (Sheol h7585)
14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of your ways.
Therefore they say to God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray to him?
16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17 How often is the candle of the wicked put out! and how often comes their destruction upon them! God distributes sorrows in his anger.
How oft is the lamp of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away.
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
19 God lays up his iniquity for his children: he rewards him, and he shall know it.
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21 For what pleasure has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judges those that are high.
Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
23 One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
25 And another dies in the bitterness of his soul, and never eats with pleasure.
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which all of you wrongfully imagine against me.
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
28 For all of you say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
29 Have all of you not asked them that go by the way? and do all of you not know their tokens,
Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their signs,
30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he has 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 grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
34 How then comfort all of you me in vain, seeing in your answers there remains falsehood?
How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
