Job 21
1 And he answered Job and he said.
And Job answers and says:
2 Listen completely [to] speech my and let it be this consolations your.
“Hear my word diligently, And this is your consolation.
3 Bear with me and I I will speak and after have spoken I you will mock.
Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking—you may deride.
4 ¿ I to humankind [is] complaint my and if why? not will it be short spirit my.
[Is] my complaint [against] man? And if [so], why may my temper not become short?
5 Turn to me and be appalled and put a hand over a mouth.
Turn to me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
6 And if I remember [this] and I am disturbed and it takes hold of flesh my shuddering.
Indeed, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh has taken fright.
7 Why? wicked [people] do they live they grow old also do they become strong? strength.
Why do the wicked live? They have become old, Indeed, they have been mighty in wealth.
8 Offspring their [is] established before them with them and descendants their to eyes their.
Their seed is established, Before their face 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] peace without fear, Nor [is] a rod of God on them.
10 Bull his it impregnates and not it fails it calves cow his and not it miscarries.
His bullock breeds without fail. His cow brings forth safely, and does not miscarry.
11 They send forth like flock young boys their and children their they leap about!
They send forth their sucklings as a flock, And their children skip,
12 They lift according to tambourine and harp so they may rejoice to [the] sound of a flute.
They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of a pipe.
They wear out their days in good, 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 to God, Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Your ways We have not desired.
15 What? [is the] Almighty that we will serve him and what? will we gain that we will entreat him.
What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?
16 There! not [is] in own hand their prosperity their [the] counsel of wicked [people] it is far from me.
Behold, their good [is] not in their hand (The counsel of the wicked Has been 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 extinguished, And their calamity comes on them? He apportions pangs in His anger.
18 Are they? like straw before a wind and like chaff [which] it has stolen it a storm-wind.
They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a windstorm has stolen away,
19 God he stores up for children his wickedness his let him repay to him so he may know.
God lays up for his sons his sorrow, He gives repayment to him—and he knows.
20 Let them see (own eyes his *Q(K)*) destruction his and from [the] rage of [the] Almighty let him drink.
His own eyes see his destruction, And he drinks of the wrath of the Mighty.
21 For what? [is] pleasure his in household his after him and [the] number of months his they have been cut off.
For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?
22 ¿ To God will anyone teach knowledge and he exalted [ones] he judges.
Does [one] teach knowledge to God, Since He judges [those] on high?
23 This [one] he will die with limb[s] of completeness his all of him [is] at ease and at ease.
This [one] dies in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.
24 Pails his they are full milk and [the] marrow of bones his it is watered.
His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow moistens his bones.
25 And this [one] he will die with a soul bitter and not he has eaten in the good.
And this [one] dies with a bitter soul, And has not eaten with gladness.
26 Together on dust they will lie and a maggot it will cover over them.
Together they lie down on the dust, And the worm covers them over.
27 Here! I know thoughts your and [the] schemes on me you do violence.
Behold, I have known your thoughts, And the schemes against me you do wrongfully.
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 noble? And where the tent—the dwelling places of the wicked?
29 ¿ Not have you asked [those who] pass by of [the] road and signs their not do you recognize?
Have you not asked those passing by the way? And do you not know their signs?
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 spared to a day of calamity. They are brought to a 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 declares his way to his face? And [for] that which he has done, Who gives repayment to him?
32 And he to [the] grave he will be borne and over a tomb someone will keep watch.
And he is brought to the graves, And a watch is kept over the heap.
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 have been sweet to him, And he draws every man after him, And there is no numbering before him.
34 And how? will you comfort me vanity and answers your it remains unfaithfulness.
And how do you comfort me [with] vanity, And trespass has been left in your answers?”
