Job 21
1 And he answered Job and he said.
Then Job made answer and said,
2 Listen completely [to] speech my and let it be this consolations your.
Give attention with care to my words; and let this be your comfort.
3 Bear with me and I I will speak and after have spoken I you will mock.
Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me.
4 ¿ I to humankind [is] complaint my and if why? not will it be short spirit my.
As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?
5 Turn to me and be appalled and put a hand over a mouth.
Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth.
6 And if I remember [this] and I am disturbed and it takes hold of flesh my shuddering.
At the very thought of it my flesh is shaking with fear.
7 Why? wicked [people] do they live they grow old also do they become strong? strength.
Why is life given to the evil-doers? why do they become old and strong in power?
8 Offspring their [is] established before them with them and descendants their to eyes their.
Their children are ever with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
9 Houses their [are] safety from fear and not [the] rod of God [is] on them.
Their houses are free from fear, and the rod of God does not come on them.
10 Bull his it impregnates and not it fails it calves cow his and not it miscarries.
Their ox is ready at all times to give seed; their cow gives birth, without dropping her young.
11 They send forth like flock young boys their and children their they leap about!
They send out their young ones like a flock, and their children have pleasure in the dance,
12 They lift according to tambourine and harp so they may rejoice to [the] sound of a flute.
They make songs to the instruments of music, and are glad at the sound of the pipe.
Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld. (Sheol h7585)
14 And they have said to God depart from us and knowledge of ways your not we desire.
Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.
15 What? [is the] Almighty that we will serve him and what? will we gain that we will entreat him.
What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?
16 There! not [is] in own hand their prosperity their [the] counsel of wicked [people] it is far from me.
Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)
17 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.
How frequently is the light of the evil-doers put out, or does trouble come on them? how frequently does his wrath take them with cords?
18 Are they? like straw before a wind and like chaff [which] it has stolen it a storm-wind.
How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?
19 God he stores up for children his wickedness his let him repay to him so he may know.
You say, God keeps punishment stored up for his children. Let him send it on the man himself, so that he may have the punishment of it!
20 Let them see (own eyes his *Q(K)*) destruction his and from [the] rage of [the] Almighty let him drink.
Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all!
21 For what? [is] pleasure his in household his after him and [the] number of months his they have been cut off.
For what interest has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is ended?
22 ¿ To God will anyone teach knowledge and he exalted [ones] he judges.
Is anyone able to give teaching to God? for he is the judge of those who are on high.
23 This [one] he will die with limb[s] of completeness his all of him [is] at ease and at ease.
One comes to his end in complete well-being, full of peace and quiet:
24 Pails his they are full milk and [the] marrow of bones his it is watered.
His buckets are full of milk, and there is no loss of strength in his bones.
25 And this [one] he will die with a soul bitter and not he has eaten in the good.
And another comes to his end with a bitter soul, without ever tasting good.
26 Together on dust they will lie and a maggot it will cover over them.
Together they go down to the dust, and are covered by the worm.
27 Here! I know thoughts your and [the] schemes on me you do violence.
See, I am conscious of your thoughts, and of your violent purposes against me;
28 For you say where? [is the] house of a noble [person] and where? [is the] tent of - [the] dwelling places of wicked [people].
For you say, Where is the house of the ruler, and where is the tent of the evil-doer?
29 ¿ Not have you asked [those who] pass by of [the] road and signs their not do you recognize?
Have you not put the question to the travellers, and do you not take note of their experience?
30 That to a day of calamity he is spared an evil [person] to a day of furi they are brought forth.
How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?
31 Who? will he tell on face his way his and [that which] he he has done who? will he repay to him.
Who will make his way clear to his face? and if he has done a thing, who gives him punishment for it?
32 And he to [the] grave he will be borne and over a tomb someone will keep watch.
He is taken to his last resting-place, and keeps watch over it.
33 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.
The earth of the valley covering his bones is sweet to him, and all men come after him, as there were unnumbered before him.
34 And how? will you comfort me vanity and answers your it remains unfaithfulness.
Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit?
