Job 21
1 and to answer Job and to say
But Job answered and said:
2 to hear: hear to hear: hear speech my and to be this consolation your
Hear attentively my words, And let this be your consolation.
3 to lift: bear me and I to speak: speak and after to speak: speak I to mock
Bear with me, that I may speak; And after I have spoken, mock on!
4 I to/for man complaint my and if: surely no why? not be short spirit: temper my
Is my complaint concerning man? Why then should I not be angry?
5 to turn to(wards) me and be desolate: appalled and to set: put hand upon lip
Look upon me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth!
6 and if to remember and to dismay and to grasp flesh my shuddering
When I think of it, I am confounded; Trembling taketh hold of my flesh.
7 why? wicked to live to proceed also to prevail strength
Why is it that the wicked live, Grow old, yea, become mighty in substance?
8 seed: children their to establish: establish to/for face their with them and offspring their to/for eye their
Their children are established in their sight with them, And their offspring before their eyes.
9 house: household their peace: well-being from dread and not tribe: staff god upon them
Their houses are in peace, without fear, And the rod of God cometh not upon them.
10 cattle his to pass and not to abhor to escape heifer his and not be bereaved
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
11 to send: depart like/as flock boy their and youth their to skip about [emph?]
They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.
12 to lift: bear like/as tambourine and lyre and to rejoice to/for voice: sound pipe
They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
13 (to end: finish *Q(K)*) in/on/with good day their and in/on/with moment hell: Sheol to descend (Sheol h7585)
They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment go down to the under-world. (Sheol h7585)
14 and to say to/for God to turn aside: depart from us and knowledge way: conduct your not to delight in
And yet they say unto God, “Depart from us! We desire not the knowledge of thy ways!
15 what? Almighty for to serve: minister him and what? to gain for to fall on in/on/with him
Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what will it profit us, if we pray to him?”
16 look! not in/on/with hand their goodness their counsel wicked to remove from me
[[Ye say, ]] “Lo! their prosperity is not secure in their hands! Far from me be the conduct of the wicked!”
17 like/as what? lamp wicked to put out and to come (in): come upon them calamity their pain to divide in/on/with face: anger his
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?
18 to be like/as straw to/for face: before spirit: breath and like/as chaff to steal him whirlwind
How often are they as stubble before the wind, Or as chaff, which the whirlwind carrieth away?
19 god to treasure to/for son: child his evil: wickedness his to complete to(wards) him and to know
“But” [[say ye]] “God layeth up his iniquity for his children.” Let him requite the offender, and let him feel it!
20 to see: see (eye his *Q(K)*) ruin his and from rage Almighty to drink
Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty!
21 for what? pleasure his in/on/with house: household his after him and number month his to divide
For what concern hath he for his household after him, When the number of his own months is completed?
22 to/for God to learn: teach knowledge and he/she/it to exalt to judge
Who then shall impart knowledge to God, —To him that judgeth the highest?
23 this to die in/on/with bone integrity his all his at ease and at ease
One dieth in the fulness of his prosperity, Being wholly at ease and quiet;
24 belly his to fill milk and marrow bone his to water: watering
His sides are full of fat, And his bones moist with marrow.
25 and this to die in/on/with soul bitter and not to eat in/on/with welfare
Another dieth in bitterness of soul, And hath not tasted pleasure.
26 unitedness upon dust to lie down: lay down and worm to cover upon them
Alike they lie down in the dust, And the worms cover them.
27 look! to know plot your and plot upon me to injure
Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices by which ye wrong me.
28 for to say where? house: home noble and where? tent tabernacle wicked
For ye say, “Where is the house of the oppressor, And where the dwelling-places of the wicked?”
29 not to ask to pass way: road and sign: indicator their not to recognize
Have ye never inquired of travellers, And do ye not know their tokens,
30 for to/for day calamity to withhold bad: evil to/for day fury to conduct
That the wicked is spared in the day of destruction, And that he is borne to his grave in the day of wrath?
31 who? to tell upon face his way: conduct his and he/she/it to make: do who? to complete to/for him
Who will charge him with his conduct to his face, And who will requite him for the evil he hath done?
32 and he/she/it to/for grave to conduct and upon tomb to watch
Even this man is borne with honor to the grave; Yea, he watcheth over his tomb.
33 be sweet to/for him clod torrent: valley and after him all man to draw and to/for face: before his nothing number
Sweet to him are the sods of the valley: And all men move after him, As multitudes without number before him.
34 and how? to be sorry: comfort me vanity and turn your to remain unfaithfulness
Why then do ye offer your vain consolations? Your answers continue false.
