Job 21
1 And Job answereth and saith: —
And he answered Job and he said.
2 Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation.
Listen completely [to] speech my and let it be this consolations your.
3 Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking — ye may deride.
Bear with me and I I will speak and after have spoken I you will mock.
4 I — to man [is] my complaint? and if [so], wherefore May not my temper become short?
¿ I to humankind [is] complaint my and if why? not will it be short spirit my.
5 Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
Turn to me and be appalled and put a hand over a mouth.
6 Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.
And if I remember [this] and I am disturbed and it takes hold of flesh my shuddering.
7 Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.
Why? wicked [people] do they live they grow old also do they become strong? strength.
8 Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes.
Offspring their [is] established before them with them and descendants their to eyes their.
9 Their houses [are] peace without fear, Nor [is] a rod of God upon them.
Houses their [are] safety from fear and not [the] rod of God [is] on them.
10 His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry.
Bull his it impregnates and not it fails it calves cow his and not it miscarries.
11 They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,
They send forth like flock young boys their and children their they leap about!
12 They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.
They lift according to tambourine and harp so they may rejoice to [the] sound of a flute.
(They complete *Q(K)*) in the good days their and in a moment Sheol they descend. (Sheol h7585)
14 And they say to God, 'Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.
And they have said to God depart from us and knowledge of ways your not we desire.
15 What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'
What? [is the] Almighty that we will serve him and what? will we gain that we will entreat him.
16 Lo, not in their hand [is] their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
There! not [is] in own hand their prosperity their [the] counsel of wicked [people] it is far 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 often? - [the] lamp of wicked [people] is it extinguished and it may come? on them calamity their pain does he apportion? in anger his.
18 They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
Are they? like straw before a wind and like chaff [which] it has stolen it a storm-wind.
19 God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him — and he knoweth.
God he stores up for children his wickedness his let him repay to him so he may know.
20 His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.
Let them see (own eyes his *Q(K)*) destruction his and from [the] rage of [the] Almighty let him drink.
21 For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?
For what? [is] pleasure his in household his after him and [the] number of months his they have been cut off.
22 To God doth [one] teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge?
¿ To God will anyone teach knowledge and he exalted [ones] he judges.
23 This [one] dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.
This [one] he will die with limb[s] of completeness his all of him [is] at ease and at ease.
24 His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten.
Pails his they are full milk and [the] marrow of bones his it is watered.
25 And this [one] dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.
And this [one] he will die with a soul bitter and not he has eaten in the good.
26 Together — on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.
Together on dust they will lie and a maggot it will cover over them.
27 Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.
Here! I know thoughts your and [the] schemes on me you do violence.
28 For ye say, 'Where [is] the house of the noble? And where the tent — The tabernacles of the wicked?'
For you say where? [is the] house of a noble [person] and where? [is the] tent of - [the] dwelling places of wicked [people].
29 Have ye not asked those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know?
¿ Not have you asked [those who] pass by of [the] road and signs their not do you recognize?
30 That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.
That to a day of calamity he is spared an evil [person] to a day of furi they are brought forth.
31 Who doth declare to his face his way? And [for] that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him?
Who? will he tell on face his way his and [that which] he he has done who? will he repay to him.
32 And he — to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.
And he to [the] grave he will be borne and over a tomb someone will keep watch.
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.
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.
34 And how do ye comfort me [with] vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?
And how? will you comfort me vanity and answers your it remains unfaithfulness.
