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| Job 21:1 | And Job answered and said, | But Job answered and said, | Then Job answered, | Then Job answered, and said: |
| Job 21:2 | Hear attentively my speech, and let this replace your consolations. | Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. | "Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation. | Hear, I beseech you, my words, and do penance. |
| Job 21:3 | Suffer me and I will speak; and after I have spoken, mock on! | Suffer me that I may speak; and after I have spoken, mock on. | Allow me, and I also will speak; After I have spoken, mock on. | Suffer me, and I will speak, and after, if you please, laugh at my words. |
| Job 21:4 | As for me, is my complaint to a man? or wherefore should not my spirit be impatient? | As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? | As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn't I be impatient? | Is my debate against man, that I should not have just reason to be troubled? |
| Job 21:5 | Mark me, and be astonished, and lay the hand upon the mouth. | Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. | Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth. | Hearken to me and be astonished, and lay your finger on your mouth. |
| Job 21:6 | Even when I think [thereon], I am affrighted, and trembling taketh hold of my flesh. | Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. | When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh. | As for me, when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. |
| Job 21:7 | Wherefore do the wicked live, grow old, yea, become mighty in power? | Why do the wicked live, become old, and, are mighty in power? | "Why do the wicked live, Become old, yes, and grow mighty in power? | Why then do the wicked live, are they advanced, and strengthened with riches? |
| Job 21:8 | Their seed is established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes. | Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. | Their child is established with them in their sight, Their offspring before their eyes. | Their seed continueth before them, a multitude of kinsmen, and of children's children in their sight. |
| Job 21:9 | Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of +God upon them. | Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. | Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them. | Their houses are secure and peaceable, and the rod of God is not upon them. |
| Job 21:10 | Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. | Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. | Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don't miscarry. | Their cattle have conceived, and failed not: their cow has calved, and is not deprived of her fruit. |
| Job 21:11 | They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. | They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. | They send forth their little ones like a flock. Their children dance. | Their little ones go out like a flock, and their children dance and play. |
| Job 21:12 | They shout to the tambour and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe. | They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. | They sing to the tambourine and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe. | They take the timbrel, and the harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. |
| Job 21:13 | They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to Sheol. | They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. | They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol. | They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment they go down to hell. |
| Job 21:14 | And they say unto ùGod, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways! | Therefore they say to God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. | They tell God, 'Depart from us, For we don't want to know about your ways. | Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. |
| Job 21:15 | What is the Almighty that we should serve him? and what are we profited if we pray unto him? | What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray to him? | What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?' | Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him? |
| Job 21:16 | Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked be far from me! | Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me. | Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me. | Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me. |
| Job 21:17 | How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, and cometh their calamity upon them? Doth he distribute sorrows [to them] in his anger? | How oft is the candle of the wicked put out? and how oft cometh their destruction upon them? God distributeth sorrows in his anger. | "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? | How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath? |
| Job 21:18 | Do they become as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away? | They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. | That they are as stubble before the wind, As chaff that the storm carries away? | They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth. |
| Job 21:19 | +God layeth up [the punishment of] his iniquity for his children; he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it]: | God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. | You say, 'God lays up his iniquity for his children.' Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it. | God shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: and when he shall repay, then shall he know. |
| Job 21:20 | His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the fury of the Almighty. | His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. | Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. | His eyes shall see his own destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. |
| Job 21:21 | For what pleasure should he have in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off? | For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? | For what does he care for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off? | For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half? |
| Job 21:22 | Can any teach ùGod knowledge? And he it is that judgeth those that are high. | Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. | "Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judges those who are high? | Shall any one teach God knowledge, who judgeth those that are high? |
| Job 21:23 | One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet; | One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. | One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet. | One man dieth strong, and hale, rich and happy. |
| Job 21:24 | His sides are full of fat, and the marrow of his bones is moistened; | His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. | His pails are full of milk. The marrow of his bones is moistened. | His bowels are full of fat, and his bones are moistened with marrow. |
| Job 21:25 | And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath not tasted good: | And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. | Another dies in bitterness of soul, And never tastes of good. | But another dieth in bitterness of soul without any riches: |
| Job 21:26 | Together they lie down in the dust, and the worms cover them. | They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. | They lie down alike in the dust, The worm covers them. | And yet they shall sleep together in the dust, and worms shall cover them. |
| Job 21:27 | Lo, I know your thoughts, and the devices ye wrongfully imagine against me. | Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. | "Behold, I know your thoughts, The devices with which you would wrong me. | Surely I know your thoughts, and your unjust judgments against me. |
| Job 21:28 | For ye say, Where is the house of the noble? and where the tent of the dwellings of the wicked? | For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? | For you say, 'Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?' | For you say: Where is the house of the prince ? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? |
| Job 21:29 | Have ye not asked the wayfarers? and do ye not regard their tokens: | Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, | Haven't you asked wayfaring men? Don't you know their evidences, | Ask any one of them that go by the way, and you shall perceive that he knoweth these same things. |
| Job 21:30 | That the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity? They are led forth to the day of wrath. | That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they will be brought forth to the day of wrath. | That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath? | Because the wicked man is reserved to the day of destruction, and he shall be brought to the day of wrath. |
| Job 21:31 | Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? | Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? | Who shall declare his way to his face? Who shall repay him what he has done? | Who shall reprove his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? |
| Job 21:32 | Yet is he carried to the graves, and watch is kept over the tomb. | Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. | Yet shall he be borne to the grave, Men shall keep watch over the tomb. | He shall be brought to the graves, and shall watch in the heap of the dead. |
| Job 21:33 | The clods of the valley are sweet unto him; and every man followeth suit after him, as there were innumerable before him. | The clods of the valley will be sweet to him, and every man will draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. | The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. All men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him. | He hath been acceptable to the gravel of Cocytus, and he shall draw every man after him, and there are innumerable before him. |
| Job 21:34 | How then comfort ye me in vain? Your answers remain perfidious. | How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood? | So how can you comfort me with nonsense, Seeing that in your answers there remains only falsehood?" | How then do ye comfort me in vain, whereas your answer is shewn to be repugnant to truth ? |
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