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Job 21 (WEBP)

[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?”

Job 21:13 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

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Job 21 (KJVS)

[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?

Young’s Literal Translation

Job 21 (YLT)

[1] And Job answereth and saith:-
[2] Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation.
[3] Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking-ye may deride.
[4] I-to man is my complaint? and if so, wherefore May not my temper become short?
[5] Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
[6] Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.
[7] Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.
[8] Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes.
[9] Their houses are peace without fear, Nor is a rod of God upon them.
[10] His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry.
[11] They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,
[12] They lift themselves up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.
[13] They wear out in good their days, And in a moment to Sheol go down.
[14] And they say to God, ‘Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.
[15] What is the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?’
[16] Lo, not in their hand is their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
[17] How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.
[18] They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
[19] God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him-and he knoweth.
[20] His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.
[21] For what is his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?
[22] To God doth one teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge?
[23] This one dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.
[24] His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten.
[25] And this one dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.
[26] Together-on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.
[27] Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.
[28] For ye say, ‘Where is the house of the noble? And where the tent-The tabernacles of the wicked?’
[29] Have ye not asked those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know?
[30] That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.
[31] Who doth declare to his face his way? And for that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him?
[32] And he-to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.
[33] Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.
[34] And how do ye comfort me with vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?