Job 21
1 And he answered Job and he said.
And Job answered and said,
2 Listen completely [to] speech my and let it be this consolations your.
Hear attentively my speech, and let this replace your consolations.
3 Bear with me and I I will speak and after have spoken I you will mock.
Suffer me and I will speak; and after I have spoken, mock on!
4 ¿ I to humankind [is] complaint my and if why? not will it be short spirit my.
As for me, is my complaint to a man? or wherefore should not my spirit be impatient?
5 Turn to me and be appalled and put a hand over a mouth.
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay the hand upon the mouth.
6 And if I remember [this] and I am disturbed and it takes hold of flesh my shuddering.
Even when I think [thereon], I am affrighted, and trembling taketh hold of my flesh.
7 Why? wicked [people] do they live they grow old also do they become strong? strength.
Wherefore do the wicked live, grow old, yea, become mighty in power?
8 Offspring their [is] established before them with them and descendants their to eyes their.
Their seed is established with them in their sight, 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 safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
10 Bull his it impregnates and not it fails it calves cow his and not it miscarries.
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
11 They send forth like flock young boys their and children their they leap about!
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
12 They lift according to tambourine and harp so they may rejoice to [the] sound of a flute.
They shout to the tambour and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
14 And they have said to God depart from us and knowledge of ways your not we desire.
And they say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!
15 What? [is the] Almighty that we will serve him and what? will we gain that we will entreat him.
What is the Almighty that we should serve him? and what are we profited if we pray unto him?
16 There! not [is] in own hand their prosperity their [the] counsel of wicked [people] it is far from me.
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked be 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 often is the lamp of the wicked put out, and cometh their calamity upon them? Doth he distribute sorrows [to them] in his anger?
18 Are they? like straw before a wind and like chaff [which] it has stolen it a storm-wind.
Do they become as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
19 God he stores up for children his wickedness his let him repay to him so he may know.
God layeth up [the punishment of] his iniquity for his children; he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it]:
20 Let them see (own eyes his *Q(K)*) destruction his and from [the] rage of [the] Almighty let him drink.
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the fury of the Almighty.
21 For what? [is] pleasure his in household his after him and [the] number of months his they have been cut off.
For what pleasure should he have in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?
22 ¿ To God will anyone teach knowledge and he exalted [ones] he judges.
Can any teach God knowledge? And he it is that judgeth those that are high.
23 This [one] he will die with limb[s] of completeness his all of him [is] at ease and at ease.
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;
24 Pails his they are full milk and [the] marrow of bones his it is watered.
His sides are full of fat, and the marrow of his bones is moistened;
25 And this [one] he will die with a soul bitter and not he has eaten in the good.
And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath not tasted good:
26 Together on dust they will lie and a maggot it will cover over them.
Together they lie down in the dust, and the worms cover them.
27 Here! I know thoughts your and [the] schemes on me you do violence.
Lo, I know your thoughts, and the devices ye wrongfully imagine 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 ye say, Where is the house of the noble? and where the tent of the dwellings of the wicked?
29 ¿ Not have you asked [those who] pass by of [the] road and signs their not do you recognize?
Have ye not asked the wayfarers? and do ye not regard their tokens:
30 That to a day of calamity he is spared an evil [person] to a day of furi they are brought forth.
That the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity? They are led forth to 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 shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
32 And he to [the] grave he will be borne and over a tomb someone will keep watch.
Yet is he carried to the graves, and watch is kept over the tomb.
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 clods of the valley are sweet unto him; and every man followeth suit after him, as there were innumerable before him.
34 And how? will you comfort me vanity and answers your it remains unfaithfulness.
How then comfort ye me in vain? Your answers remain perfidious.
