“Then Job answered and said,”
Job 21
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1Then Job answered:
“But Job answered and said,”
“then Job answered”
“then Job answered and said,”
2"Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.
“hear diligently my speech and let this be your consolations”
3Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
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4Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
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5Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
“Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.”
6When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
“Even when I remember I am afraid and trembling takes hold on my flesh.”
“Even when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling take hold of my flesh.”
7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
“Wherefore do the wicked live? Become old, yea, are mighty in power.”
“do the wicked live, become old, yea, they are mighty in power.”
“why do the wicked still live continue on almost become very powerful.”
8Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.
“Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.”
“Their descendants are established with them in their sight and their offspring before their eyes.”
“Their seed is established in their sight with them. And their offspring before their eyes.”
9Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.
“Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.”
“Their houses are safe from fear. Neither is the rod of God on them.”
10Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.
“Their bull gendereth, and faileth not. Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.”
“Their bull gendereth and faileth not, their cow calves and cast not her calf.”
11They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
“They send forth their little ones like a flock and their children dance.”
“They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.”
12singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.
“They take the timbrel and the harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.”
13They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
“They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.”
“They spend their days in wealth and in a moment go down to the grave.”
“They spend their days in wealth. And in a moment the floods go down to the grave.”
“They spend their days in carelessness. And in a moment go down to the grave.”
“they spend their days in wealth. In a moment they go down to the grave.”
14Yet they say to God: 'Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
“Therefore, they say unto God, depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of Thy ways.”
“They say to God, depart from us. We do not even desire the knowledge of your ways.”
“Therefore they say unto God, depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.”
“Therefore they say unto God, depart from us. For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.”
15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?'
“What is the Almighty that we should serve Him? And what profit should we have if we pray unto Him?”
“what is the Almighty that we should serve Him and what profit should we have if we pray unto Him?”
“What is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto Him?”
“Who is the almighty that we should serve him? And what should we gain if we entreat him?”
“What is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what profit should we have if we pray unto him?”
“What is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what profit shall we have if we pray unto him?”
16Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
“Lo, their good is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.”
17How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
“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 is the candle of the wicked put out! How oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in His anger.”
18Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
“they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away,”
“they are as stubble before the wind and chaff that the storm carrieth away.”
19It is said that God lays up one's punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
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20Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
“His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.”
“His eyes shall see His destruction. He shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.”
21For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
“For what pleasure hath he in his house after him when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?”
22Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?
“Shall any teach God knowledge? Seeing he judges those that are on high,”
“Shall any teach God knowledge, seeing He judges those that are high?”
23One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
“one dies in his full strength being wholly at ease and”
24His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.
“his breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow,”
“His breasts are full of milk. His bones are moistened with marrow.”
25Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
“and another dieth in the bitterness of his soul and never eateth with pleasure.”
26But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
“They shall lie down alike in the dust. The worm shall cover them.”
27Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
“behold, I know your thoughts and the devices which you wrongfully imagine against me.”
28For you say, 'Where now is the nobleman's house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?'
“For you say, where is the house of the prince and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?”
29Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?
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30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
“That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction. They shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.”
“that the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction. They shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.”
31Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?
“Who shall declare His way to His face and who shall repay Him for what He has done?”
32He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
“Yet shall he be brought down to the grave and shall remain in the tomb”
33The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.
“The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto Him and every man shall draw after Him as there are innumerable before Him.”
34So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood."
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