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[1] Then Job answered,
[2] “Listen diligently to my speech.
Let this be your consolation.
[3] Allow me, and I also will speak.
After I have spoken, mock on.
[4] As for me, is my complaint to man?
Why shouldn’t I be impatient?
[5] Look at me, and be astonished.
Lay your hand on your mouth.
[6] When I remember, I am troubled.
Horror takes hold of my flesh. [7] “Why do the wicked live,
become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
[8] Their child is established with them in their sight,
their offspring before their eyes.
[9] Their houses are safe from fear,
neither is the rod of God upon them.
[10] Their bulls breed without fail.
Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry.
[11] They send out their little ones like a flock.
Their children dance.
[12] They sing to the tambourine and harp,
and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
[13] They spend their days in prosperity.
In an instant they go down to Sheol.ⓘ
[14] They tell God, ‘Depart from us,
for we don’t want to know about your ways.
[15] What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’
[16] Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand.
The counsel of the wicked is far from me. [17] “How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out,
that their calamity comes on them,
that God distributes sorrows in his anger?
[18] How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind,
as chaff that the storm carries away?
[19] You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’
Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.
[20] Let his own eyes see his destruction.
Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
[21] For what does he care for his house after him,
when the number of his months is cut off? [22] “Shall any teach God knowledge,
since he judges those who are high?
[23] One dies in his full strength,
being wholly at ease and quiet.
[24] His pails are full of milk.
The marrow of his bones is moistened.
[25] Another dies in bitterness of soul,
and never tastes of good.
[26] They lie down alike in the dust.
The worm covers them. [27] “Behold, I know your thoughts,
the plans with which you would wrong me.
[28] For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince?
Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’
[29] Haven’t you asked wayfaring men?
Don’t you know their evidences,
[30] that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity,
that they are led out to the day of wrath?
[31] Who will declare his way to his face?
Who will repay him what he has done?
[32] Yet he will be borne to the grave.
Men will keep watch over the tomb.
[33] The clods of the valley will be sweet to him.
All men will draw after him,
as there were innumerable before him.
[34] So how can you comfort me with nonsense,
because in your answers there remains only falsehood?”
[2] “Listen diligently to my speech.
Let this be your consolation.
[3] Allow me, and I also will speak.
After I have spoken, mock on.
[4] As for me, is my complaint to man?
Why shouldn’t I be impatient?
[5] Look at me, and be astonished.
Lay your hand on your mouth.
[6] When I remember, I am troubled.
Horror takes hold of my flesh. [7] “Why do the wicked live,
become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
[8] Their child is established with them in their sight,
their offspring before their eyes.
[9] Their houses are safe from fear,
neither is the rod of God upon them.
[10] Their bulls breed without fail.
Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry.
[11] They send out their little ones like a flock.
Their children dance.
[12] They sing to the tambourine and harp,
and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
[13] They spend their days in prosperity.
In an instant they go down to Sheol.ⓘ
[14] They tell God, ‘Depart from us,
for we don’t want to know about your ways.
[15] What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’
[16] Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand.
The counsel of the wicked is far from me. [17] “How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out,
that their calamity comes on them,
that God distributes sorrows in his anger?
[18] How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind,
as chaff that the storm carries away?
[19] You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’
Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.
[20] Let his own eyes see his destruction.
Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
[21] For what does he care for his house after him,
when the number of his months is cut off? [22] “Shall any teach God knowledge,
since he judges those who are high?
[23] One dies in his full strength,
being wholly at ease and quiet.
[24] His pails are full of milk.
The marrow of his bones is moistened.
[25] Another dies in bitterness of soul,
and never tastes of good.
[26] They lie down alike in the dust.
The worm covers them. [27] “Behold, I know your thoughts,
the plans with which you would wrong me.
[28] For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince?
Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’
[29] Haven’t you asked wayfaring men?
Don’t you know their evidences,
[30] that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity,
that they are led out to the day of wrath?
[31] Who will declare his way to his face?
Who will repay him what he has done?
[32] Yet he will be borne to the grave.
Men will keep watch over the tomb.
[33] The clods of the valley will be sweet to him.
All men will draw after him,
as there were innumerable before him.
[34] So how can you comfort me with nonsense,
because in your answers there remains only falsehood?”
Footnotes
- Sheol is the place of the dead.
King James Version
[1] But JobH347 answeredH6030(QalImpf) and said,H559(QalImpf) [2] HearH8085(QalImpv) diligentlyH8085(QalInf) my speech,H4405 and let this be your consolations.H8575 [3] SufferH5375(QalImpv) me that I may speak;H1696(PielImpf) and afterH310 that I have spoken,H1696(PielInf) mock on.H3932(HiphImpf) [4] As for me, [is] my complaintH7879 to man?H120 and if [it were so], why should not my spiritH7307 be troubled?H7114(QalImpf) [5] MarkH6437(QalImpv) me, and be astonished,H8074(HophImpv) and layH7760(QalImpv) [your] handH3027 upon [your] mouth.H6310 [6] Even when I rememberH2142(QalPerf) I am afraid,H926(NiphPerf) and tremblingH6427 taketh hold onH270(QalPerf) my flesh.H1320 [7] Wherefore do the wickedH7563 live,H2421(QalImpf) become old,H6275(QalPerf) yea, are mightyH1396(QalPerf) in power?H2428 [8] Their seedH2233 is establishedH3559(NiphPtc) in their sightH6440 with them, and their offspringH6631 before their eyes.H5869 [9] Their housesH1004 [are] safeH7965 from fear,H6343 neither [is] the rodH7626 of GodH433 upon them. [10] Their bullH7794 gendereth,H5674(PielPerf) and failethH1602(HiphImpf) not; their cowH6510 calveth,H6403(PielImpf) and casteth not her calf.H7921(PielImpf) [11] They send forthH7971(PielImpf) their little onesH5759 like a flock,H6629 and their childrenH3206 dance.H7540(PielImpf) [12] They takeH5375(QalImpf) the timbrelH8596 and harp,H3658 and rejoiceH8055(QalImpf) at the soundH6963 of the organ.H5748 [13] They spendH3615(PielImpf/Qere) their daysH3117 in wealth,H2896 and in a momentH7281 go downH2865(NiphImpf/Ketiv) to the grave.H7585 [14] Therefore they sayH559(QalImpf) unto God,H410 DepartH5493(QalImpv) from us; for we desireH2654(QalPerf) not the knowledgeH1847 of thy ways.H1870 [15] What [is] the Almighty,H7706 that we should serveH5647(QalImpf) him? and what profitH3276(HiphImpf) should we have, if we prayH6293(QalImpf) unto him? [16] Lo, their goodH2898 [is] not in their hand:H3027 the counselH6098 of the wickedH7563 is farH7368(QalPerf) from me. [17] How oft is the candleH5216 of the wickedH7563 put out!H1846(QalImpf) and [how oft] comethH935(QalImpf) their destructionH343 upon them! [God] distributethH2505(PielImpf) sorrowsH2256 in his anger.H639 [18] They are as stubbleH8401 beforeH6440 the wind,H7307 and as chaffH4671 that the stormH5492 carrieth away.H1589(QalPerf) [19] GodH433 layeth upH6845(QalImpf) his iniquityH205 for his children:H1121 he rewardethH7999(PielImpf) him, and he shall knowH3045(QalImpf) [it]. [20] His eyesH5869 shall seeH7200(QalImpf) his destruction,H3589 and he shall drinkH8354(QalImpf) of the wrathH2534 of the Almighty.H7706 [21] For what pleasureH2656 [hath] he in his houseH1004 afterH310 him, when the numberH4557 of his monthsH2320 is cut off in the midst?H2686(PualPerf) [22] Shall [any] teachH3925(PielImpf) GodH410 knowledge?H1847 seeing he judgethH8199(QalImpf) those that are high.H7311(QalActPtc) [23] One diethH4191(QalImpf) in his fullH8537 strength,H6106 being wholly at easeH7946 and quiet.H7961 [24] His breastsH5845 are fullH4390(QalPerf) of milk,H2461 and his bonesH6106 are moistenedH8248(PualImpf) with marrow.H4221 [25] And another diethH4191(QalImpf) in the bitternessH4751 of his soul,H5315 and never eatethH398(QalPerf) with pleasure.H2896 [26] They shall lie downH7901(QalImpf) alikeH3162 in the dust,H6083 and the wormsH7415 shall coverH3680(PielImpf) them. [27] Behold, I knowH3045(QalPerf) your thoughts,H4284 and the devicesH4209 [which] ye wrongfully imagineH2554(QalImpf) against me. [28] For ye say,H559(QalImpf) Where [is] the houseH1004 of the prince?H5081 and where [are] the dwellingH4908 placesH168 of the wicked?H7563 [29] Have ye not askedH7592(QalPerf) them that goH5674(QalActPtc) by the way?H1870 and do ye not knowH5234(PielImpf) their tokens,H226 [30] That the wickedH7451 is reservedH2820(NiphImpf) to the dayH3117 of destruction?H343 they shall be brought forthH2986(HophImpf) to the dayH3117 of wrath.H5678 [31] Who shall declareH5046(HiphImpf) his wayH1870 to his face?H6440 and who shall repayH7999(PielImpf) him [what] he hath done?H6213(QalPerf) [32] Yet shall he be broughtH2986(HophImpf) to the grave,H6913 and shall remainH8245(QalImpf) in the tomb.H1430 [33] The clodsH7263 of the valleyH5158 shall be sweetH4985(QalPerf) unto him, and every manH120 shall drawH4900(QalImpf) afterH310 him, as [there are] innumerableH4557 beforeH6440 him. [34] How then comfortH5162(PielImpf) ye me in vain,H1892 seeing in your answersH8666 there remainethH7604(NiphPerf) falsehood?H4604
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