Job 21
1 And Job answereth and saith: —
Bvt Iob answered, and sayd,
2 Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation.
Heare diligently my wordes, and this shalbe in stead of your consolations.
3 Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking — ye may deride.
Suffer mee, that I may speake, and when I haue spoken, mocke on.
4 I — to man [is] my complaint? and if [so], wherefore May not my temper become short?
Doe I direct my talke to man? If it were so, how should not my spirit be troubled?
5 Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
Marke mee, and be abashed, and lay your hand vpon your mouth.
6 Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.
Euen when I remember, I am afrayde, and feare taketh hold on my flesh.
7 Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.
Wherefore do the wicked liue, and waxe olde, and grow in wealth?
8 Their seed is established, Before their face 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] peace without fear, Nor [is] a rod of God upon them.
Their houses are peaceable without feare, and the rod of God is not vpon them.
10 His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry.
Their bullocke gendreth, and fayleth not: their cow calueth, and casteth not her calfe.
11 They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,
They send forth their children like sheepe, and their sonnes dance.
12 They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an 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 And they say to God, 'Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.
They say also vnto God, Depart from vs: for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes.
15 What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'
Who is the Almightie, that we should serue him? and what profit should we haue, if we should pray vnto him?
16 Lo, not in their hand [is] their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been 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 lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth 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 straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
They shall be as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme carieth away.
19 God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him — and he knoweth.
God wil lay vp the sorowe of the father for his children: when he rewardeth him, hee shall knowe it.
20 His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drinke of the wrath of the Almightie.
21 For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the nomber of his moneths is cut off?
22 To God doth [one] teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge?
Shall any teache God knowledge, who iudgeth the highest things?
23 This [one] dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.
One dyeth in his full strength, being in all ease and prosperitie.
24 His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten.
His breasts are full of milke, and his bones runne full of marowe.
25 And this [one] dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.
And another dieth in the bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.
26 Together — on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.
They shall sleepe both in the dust, and the wormes shall couer them.
27 Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the enterprises, wherewith ye do me wrong.
28 For ye say, 'Where [is] the house of the noble? And where the tent — The tabernacles 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 those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know?
May ye not aske the that go by the way? and ye can not deny their signes.
30 That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.
But the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
31 Who doth declare to his face his way? And [for] that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him?
Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall reward him for that he hath done?
32 And he — to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.
Yet shall he be brought to the graue, and remaine in the heape.
33 Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.
The slimie valley shalbe sweete vnto him, and euery man shall draw after him, as before him there were innumerable.
34 And how do ye comfort me [with] vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?
How then comfort ye me in vaine, seeing in your answeres there remaine but lyes?
