Job 21
1 But Job answered and said,
Bvt Iob answered, and sayd,
2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
Heare diligently my wordes, and this shalbe in stead of your consolations.
3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after I have spoken, mock on.
Suffer mee, that I may speake, and when I haue spoken, mocke on.
4 As for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it were so], why should not my spirit be troubled?
Doe I direct my talke to man? If it were so, how should not my spirit be troubled?
5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your] mouth.
Marke mee, and be abashed, and lay your hand vpon your mouth.
6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
Euen when I remember, I am afrayde, and feare taketh hold on my flesh.
7 Why do the wicked live, become old, and, are mighty in power?
Wherefore do the wicked liue, and waxe olde, and grow in wealth?
8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
Their seede is established in their sight with them, and their generation before their eyes.
9 Their houses [are] safe from fear, neither [is] the rod of God upon them.
Their houses are peaceable without feare, and the rod of God is not vpon them.
10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
Their bullocke gendreth, and fayleth not: their cow calueth, and casteth not her calfe.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
They send forth their children like sheepe, and their sonnes dance.
12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
They take the tabret and harpe, and reioyce in the sound of the organs.
They spend their dayes in wealth, and suddenly they go downe to the graue. (Sheol h7585)
14 Therefore they say to God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
They say also vnto God, Depart from vs: for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes.
15 What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray to him?
Who is the Almightie, that we should serue him? and what profit should we haue, if we should pray vnto him?
16 Lo, their good [is] not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Lo, their wealth is not in their hand: therfore let the counsell of the wicked bee farre from me.
17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out? and [how oft] cometh their destruction upon them? [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger.
How oft shall the candle of the wicked be put out? and their destruction come vpon them? he wil deuide their liues in his wrath.
18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
They shall be as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme carieth away.
19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it].
God wil lay vp the sorowe of the father for his children: when he rewardeth him, hee shall knowe it.
20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drinke of the wrath of the Almightie.
21 For what pleasure [hath] he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the nomber of his moneths is cut off?
22 Shall [any] teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
Shall any teache God knowledge, who iudgeth the highest things?
23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
One dyeth in his full strength, being in all ease and prosperitie.
24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
His breasts are full of milke, and his bones runne full of marowe.
25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
And another dieth in the bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.
26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
They shall sleepe both in the dust, and the wormes shall couer them.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices [which] ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the enterprises, wherewith ye do me wrong.
28 For ye say, Where [is] the house of the prince? and where [are] the dwelling places of the wicked?
For ye say, Where is the princes house? and where is the tabernacle of the wickeds dwelling?
29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
May ye not aske the that go by the way? and ye can not deny their signes.
30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they will be brought forth to the day of wrath.
But the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him [what] he hath done?
Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall reward him for that he hath done?
32 Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
Yet shall he be brought to the graue, and remaine in the heape.
33 The clods of the valley will be sweet to him, and every man will draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him.
The slimie valley shalbe sweete vnto him, and euery man shall draw after him, as before him there were innumerable.
34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
How then comfort ye me in vaine, seeing in your answeres there remaine but lyes?
