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 troubled21-1?
5.Mark21-2 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 safe21-3 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 wealth21-4, 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 candle21-5 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 carrieth21-6 away.
19.God layeth up his iniquity21-7 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 his21-8 full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
24.His breasts21-9 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 dwelling21-10 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 wrath21-11.
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 grave21-12, and shall remain21-13 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 falsehood21-14?

Notes

21-1.
troubled Heb. shortened?
21-2.
Mark... Heb. Look unto me
21-3.
safe... Heb. peace from
21-4.
in wealth or, in mirth
21-5.
candle or, lamp
21-6.
carrieth Heb. stealeth
21-7.
his iniquity that is, the punishment of his iniquity
21-8.
his... Heb. his very, or, the strength of, his perfection
21-9.
breasts or, milk pails
21-10.
the dwelling... Heb. the tent of the tabernacles
21-11.
wrath Heb. wraths
21-12.
grave Heb. graves
21-13.
remain... Heb. watch in the heap
21-14.
falsehood Heb. transgression?