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| | The King James Version Online Bible (KJV) | The American Standard Version Online Bible (ASV) |
| Job 21:1 | But Job answered and said, | Then Job answered and said, |
| Job 21:2 | Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. | Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations. |
| Job 21:3 | Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. | Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on. |
| Job 21:4 | 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? And why should I not be impatient? |
| Job 21:5 | Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. | Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth. |
| Job 21:6 | Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. | Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh. |
| Job 21:7 | Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? | Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power? |
| Job 21:8 | Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. | Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Job 21:12 | They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. | They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe. |
| Job 21:13 | They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. | They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol. |
| Job 21:14 | Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. | And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. |
| Job 21:15 | What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? | What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? |
| Job 21:16 | Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me. | Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me. |
| Job 21:17 | How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. | 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? |
| Job 21:18 | They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. | That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away? |
| Job 21:19 | God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. | [Ye say], God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it: |
| Job 21:20 | His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. | Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. |
| Job 21:21 | For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? | For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off? |
| Job 21:22 | Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. | Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he 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: |
| Job 21:24 | His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. | His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moistened. |
| Job 21:25 | And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. | And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good. |
| Job 21:26 | They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. | They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them. |
| Job 21:27 | Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. | Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me. |
| Job 21:28 | For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? | For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt? |
| Job 21:29 | Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, | Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences, |
| Job 21:30 | That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall 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? |
| 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? |
| Job 21:32 | Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. | Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb. |
| Job 21:33 | The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. | The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him. |
| Job 21:34 | How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood? | How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth [only] falsehood? |
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