Job 21
1 But Job answered and said:
Bvt Iob answered, and sayd,
2 Hear attentively my words, And let this be your consolation.
Heare diligently my wordes, and this shalbe in stead of your consolations.
3 Bear with me, that I may speak; And after I have spoken, mock on!
Suffer mee, that I may speake, and when I haue spoken, mocke on.
4 Is my complaint concerning man? Why then should I not be angry?
Doe I direct my talke to man? If it were so, how should not my spirit be troubled?
5 Look upon me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth!
Marke mee, and be abashed, and lay your hand vpon your mouth.
6 When I think of it, I am confounded; Trembling taketh hold of my flesh.
Euen when I remember, I am afrayde, and feare taketh hold on my flesh.
7 Why is it that the wicked live, Grow old, yea, become mighty in substance?
Wherefore do the wicked liue, and waxe olde, and grow in wealth?
8 Their children are established in their sight with them, And their offspring before their eyes.
Their seede is established in their sight with them, and their generation before their eyes.
9 Their houses are in peace, without fear, And the rod of God cometh not upon them.
Their houses are peaceable without feare, and the rod of God is not vpon them.
10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
Their bullocke gendreth, and fayleth not: their cow calueth, and casteth not her calfe.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.
They send forth their children like sheepe, and their sonnes dance.
12 They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
They take the tabret and harpe, and reioyce in the sound of the organs.
They spend their dayes in wealth, and suddenly they go downe to the graue. (Sheol h7585)
14 And yet they say unto God, “Depart from us! We desire not the knowledge of thy ways!
They say also vnto God, Depart from vs: for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes.
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what will it profit us, if we pray to him?”
Who is the Almightie, that we should serue him? and what profit should we haue, if we should pray vnto him?
16 [[Ye say, ]] “Lo! their prosperity is not secure in their hands! Far from me be the conduct of the wicked!”
Lo, their wealth is not in their hand: therfore let the counsell of the wicked bee farre from me.
17 How often is it, that the lamp of the wicked is put out? And that destruction cometh upon them, And that He dispenseth to them tribulations in his anger?
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.
18 How often are they as stubble before the wind, Or as chaff, which the whirlwind carrieth away?
They shall be as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme carieth away.
19 “But” [[say ye]] “God layeth up his iniquity for his children.” Let him requite the offender, and let him feel it!
God wil lay vp the sorowe of the father for his children: when he rewardeth him, hee shall knowe it.
20 Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty!
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drinke of the wrath of the Almightie.
21 For what concern hath he for his household after him, When the number of his own months is completed?
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the nomber of his moneths is cut off?
22 Who then shall impart knowledge to God, —To him that judgeth the highest?
Shall any teache God knowledge, who iudgeth the highest things?
23 One dieth in the fulness of his prosperity, Being wholly at ease and quiet;
One dyeth in his full strength, being in all ease and prosperitie.
24 His sides are full of fat, And his bones moist with marrow.
His breasts are full of milke, and his bones runne full of marowe.
25 Another dieth in bitterness of soul, And hath not tasted pleasure.
And another dieth in the bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.
26 Alike they lie down in the dust, And the worms cover them.
They shall sleepe both in the dust, and the wormes shall couer them.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices by which ye wrong me.
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the enterprises, wherewith ye do me wrong.
28 For ye say, “Where is the house of the oppressor, And where the dwelling-places of the wicked?”
For ye say, Where is the princes house? and where is the tabernacle of the wickeds dwelling?
29 Have ye never inquired of travellers, And do ye not know their tokens,
May ye not aske the that go by the way? and ye can not deny their signes.
30 That the wicked is spared in the day of destruction, And that he is borne to his grave in the day of wrath?
But the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
31 Who will charge him with his conduct to his face, And who will requite him for the evil he hath done?
Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall reward him for that he hath done?
32 Even this man is borne with honor to the grave; Yea, he watcheth over his tomb.
Yet shall he be brought to the graue, and remaine in the heape.
33 Sweet to him are the sods of the valley: And all men move after him, As multitudes without number before him.
The slimie valley shalbe sweete vnto him, and euery man shall draw after him, as before him there were innumerable.
34 Why then do ye offer your vain consolations? Your answers continue false.
How then comfort ye me in vaine, seeing in your answeres there remaine but lyes?
