Job 21
1 and to answer Job and to say
And Job answereth and saith: —
2 to hear: hear to hear: hear speech my and to be this consolation your
Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation.
3 to lift: bear me and I to speak: speak and after to speak: speak I to mock
Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking — ye may deride.
4 I to/for man complaint my and if: surely no why? not be short spirit: temper my
I — to man [is] my complaint? and if [so], wherefore May not my temper become short?
5 to turn to(wards) me and be desolate: appalled and to set: put hand upon lip
Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
6 and if to remember and to dismay and to grasp flesh my shuddering
Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.
7 why? wicked to live to proceed also to prevail strength
Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.
8 seed: children their to establish: establish to/for face their with them and offspring their to/for eye their
Their seed is established, Before their face 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] peace without fear, Nor [is] a rod of God upon them.
10 cattle his to pass and not to abhor to escape heifer his and not be bereaved
His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry.
11 to send: depart like/as flock boy their and youth their to skip about [emph?]
They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,
12 to lift: bear like/as tambourine and lyre and to rejoice to/for voice: sound pipe
They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.
13 (to end: finish *Q(K)*) in/on/with good day their and in/on/with moment hell: Sheol to descend (Sheol h7585)
They wear out in good their days, And in a moment [to] Sheol go down. (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 they say to God, 'Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.
15 what? Almighty for to serve: minister him and what? to gain for to fall on in/on/with him
What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'
16 look! not in/on/with hand their goodness their counsel wicked to remove from me
Lo, not in their hand [is] their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
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 oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.
18 to be like/as straw to/for face: before spirit: breath and like/as chaff to steal him whirlwind
They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
19 god to treasure to/for son: child his evil: wickedness his to complete to(wards) him and to know
God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him — and he knoweth.
20 to see: see (eye his *Q(K)*) ruin his and from rage Almighty to drink
His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.
21 for what? pleasure his in/on/with house: household his after him and number month his to divide
For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?
22 to/for God to learn: teach knowledge and he/she/it to exalt to judge
To God doth [one] teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge?
23 this to die in/on/with bone integrity his all his at ease and at ease
This [one] dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.
24 belly his to fill milk and marrow bone his to water: watering
His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten.
25 and this to die in/on/with soul bitter and not to eat in/on/with welfare
And this [one] dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.
26 unitedness upon dust to lie down: lay down and worm to cover upon them
Together — on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.
27 look! to know plot your and plot upon me to injure
Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.
28 for to say where? house: home noble and where? tent tabernacle wicked
For ye say, 'Where [is] the house of the noble? And where the tent — The tabernacles of the wicked?'
29 not to ask to pass way: road and sign: indicator their not to recognize
Have ye not asked those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know?
30 for to/for day calamity to withhold bad: evil to/for day fury to conduct
That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.
31 who? to tell upon face his way: conduct his and he/she/it to make: do who? to complete to/for him
Who doth declare to his face his way? And [for] that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him?
32 and he/she/it to/for grave to conduct and upon tomb to watch
And he — to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.
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 have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.
34 and how? to be sorry: comfort me vanity and turn your to remain unfaithfulness
And how do ye comfort me [with] vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?
