Job 21
1. But Job answered * and said * ,
2. Hear * diligently * my speech, and let this be your consolations.
3. Suffer * me that I may speak * ; and after that I have spoken * , mock on * .
4. As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled * ?
5. Mark * me, and be astonished * , and lay * your hand upon your mouth.
6. Even when I remember * I am afraid * , and trembling taketh hold on * my flesh.
7. Wherefore do the wicked live * , become old * , yea, are mighty * in power?
8. Their seed is established * in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
9. Their houses are safe from fear,neither is the rod of God upon them.
10. Their bull gendereth * , and faileth * not; their cow calveth * , and casteth not her calf * .
11. They send forth * their little ones like a flock, and their children dance * .
12. They take * the timbrel and harp, and rejoice * at the sound of the organ.
13. They spend * their days in wealth, and in a moment go down * to the grave.
14. Therefore they say * unto God, Depart * from us; for we desire * not the knowledge of thy ways.
15. What is the Almighty, that we should serve * him? and what profit * should we have, if we pray * unto him?
16. Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far * 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.
18. They are as stubble before the wind,and as chaff that the storm carrieth away * .
19. God layeth up * his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth * him, and he shall know * it.
20. His eyes shall see * his destruction, and he shall drink * of the wrath of the Almighty.
21. For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst * ?
22. Shall any teach * God knowledge? seeing he judgeth * those that are high * .
23. One dieth * in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
24. His breasts are full * of milk,and his bones are moistened * with marrow.
25. And another dieth * in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth * with pleasure.
26. They shall lie down * alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover * them.
27. Behold, I know * your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine * against me.
28. For ye say * , Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
29. Have ye not asked * them that go * by the way? and do ye not know * their tokens,
30. That the wicked is reserved * to the day of destruction? 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 * ?
32. Yet shall he be brought * to the grave,and shall remain * in the tomb.
33. The clods of the valley shall be sweet * unto him, and every man shall draw * after him, as there are innumerable before him.
34. How then comfort * ye me in vain,seeing in your answers there remaineth * falsehood?
