Job 21
1 But Job answered and said:
And he answered Job and he said.
2 Hear attentively my words, And let this be your consolation.
Listen completely [to] speech my and let it be this consolations your.
3 Bear with me, that I may speak; And after I have spoken, mock on!
Bear with me and I I will speak and after have spoken I you will mock.
4 Is my complaint concerning man? Why then should I not be angry?
¿ I to humankind [is] complaint my and if why? not will it be short spirit my.
5 Look upon me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth!
Turn to me and be appalled and put a hand over a mouth.
6 When I think of it, I am confounded; Trembling taketh hold of my flesh.
And if I remember [this] and I am disturbed and it takes hold of flesh my shuddering.
7 Why is it that the wicked live, Grow old, yea, become mighty in substance?
Why? wicked [people] do they live they grow old also do they become strong? strength.
8 Their children are established in their sight with them, And their offspring before their eyes.
Offspring their [is] established before them with them and descendants their to eyes their.
9 Their houses are in peace, without fear, And the rod of God cometh not upon them.
Houses their [are] safety from fear and not [the] rod of God [is] on them.
10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
Bull his it impregnates and not it fails it calves cow his and not it miscarries.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.
They send forth like flock young boys their and children their they leap about!
12 They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
They lift according to tambourine and harp so they may rejoice to [the] sound of a flute.
(They complete *Q(K)*) in the good days their and in a moment Sheol they descend. (Sheol h7585)
14 And yet they say unto God, “Depart from us! We desire not the knowledge of thy ways!
And they have said to God depart from us and knowledge of ways your not we desire.
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what will it profit us, if we pray to him?”
What? [is the] Almighty that we will serve him and what? will we gain that we will entreat him.
16 [[Ye say, ]] “Lo! their prosperity is not secure in their hands! Far from me be the conduct of the wicked!”
There! not [is] in own hand their prosperity their [the] counsel of wicked [people] it is far 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 often? - [the] lamp of wicked [people] is it extinguished and it may come? on them calamity their pain does he apportion? in anger his.
18 How often are they as stubble before the wind, Or as chaff, which the whirlwind carrieth away?
Are they? like straw before a wind and like chaff [which] it has stolen it a storm-wind.
19 “But” [[say ye]] “God layeth up his iniquity for his children.” Let him requite the offender, and let him feel it!
God he stores up for children his wickedness his let him repay to him so he may know.
20 Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty!
Let them see (own eyes his *Q(K)*) destruction his and from [the] rage of [the] Almighty let him drink.
21 For what concern hath he for his household after him, When the number of his own months is completed?
For what? [is] pleasure his in household his after him and [the] number of months his they have been cut off.
22 Who then shall impart knowledge to God, —To him that judgeth the highest?
¿ To God will anyone teach knowledge and he exalted [ones] he judges.
23 One dieth in the fulness of his prosperity, Being wholly at ease and quiet;
This [one] he will die with limb[s] of completeness his all of him [is] at ease and at ease.
24 His sides are full of fat, And his bones moist with marrow.
Pails his they are full milk and [the] marrow of bones his it is watered.
25 Another dieth in bitterness of soul, And hath not tasted pleasure.
And this [one] he will die with a soul bitter and not he has eaten in the good.
26 Alike they lie down in the dust, And the worms cover them.
Together on dust they will lie and a maggot it will cover over them.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices by which ye wrong me.
Here! I know thoughts your and [the] schemes on me you do violence.
28 For ye say, “Where is the house of the oppressor, And where the dwelling-places of the wicked?”
For you say where? [is the] house of a noble [person] and where? [is the] tent of - [the] dwelling places of wicked [people].
29 Have ye never inquired of travellers, And do ye not know their tokens,
¿ Not have you asked [those who] pass by of [the] road and signs their not do you recognize?
30 That the wicked is spared in the day of destruction, And that he is borne to his grave in the day of wrath?
That to a day of calamity he is spared an evil [person] to a day of furi they are brought forth.
31 Who will charge him with his conduct to his face, And who will requite him for the evil he hath done?
Who? will he tell on face his way his and [that which] he he has done who? will he repay to him.
32 Even this man is borne with honor to the grave; Yea, he watcheth over his tomb.
And he to [the] grave he will be borne and over a tomb someone will keep watch.
33 Sweet to him are the sods of the valley: And all men move after him, As multitudes without number before him.
They will be sweet to him [the] clods of [the] wadi and after him every person he will follow and before him there not [is] number.
34 Why then do ye offer your vain consolations? Your answers continue false.
And how? will you comfort me vanity and answers your it remains unfaithfulness.
