Job 21
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| Then Job answered and said, |
| Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations. |
| Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on. |
| As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient? |
| Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth. |
| Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh. |
| Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power? |
| Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes. |
| Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them. |
| Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. |
| They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance. |
| They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe. |
| They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol. |
| And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. |
| What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? |
| Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me. |
| How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger? |
| That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away? |
| [Ye say], God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it: |
| Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. |
| For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off? |
| Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high? |
| One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet: |
| His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moistened. |
| And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good. |
| They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them. |
| Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me. |
| For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt? |
| Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences, |
| That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath? |
| Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done? |
| Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb. |
| The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him. |
| How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth [only] falsehood? |
