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| Job 21:1 | But Job answered and said, | And Job answered and said, |
| Job 21:2 | Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. | Hear attentively my speech, and let this replace your consolations. |
| Job 21:3 | Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. | Suffer me and I will speak; and after 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 a man? or wherefore should not my spirit be impatient? |
| Job 21:5 | Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. | Mark me, and be astonished, and lay the hand upon the mouth. |
| Job 21:6 | Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. | Even when I think [thereon], I am affrighted, and trembling taketh hold of my flesh. |
| Job 21:7 | Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? | Wherefore do the wicked live, grow old, yea, become 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 shout to the tambour 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 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 ùGod, 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 are we profited 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. | Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked be 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 often is the lamp of the wicked put out, and cometh their calamity upon them? Doth he distribute sorrows [to them] in his anger? |
| Job 21:18 | They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. | Do they become 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. | +God layeth up [the punishment of] his iniquity for his children; he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it]: |
| Job 21:20 | His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. | His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the fury 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 pleasure should he have in 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. | Can any teach ùGod knowledge? And he it is that 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 sides are full of fat, 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 hath not tasted good: |
| Job 21:26 | They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. | Together they lie down in the dust, and the worms cover them. |
| Job 21:27 | Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. | Lo, I know your thoughts, and the devices ye wrongfully imagine against 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 noble? and where the tent of the dwellings of the wicked? |
| Job 21:29 | Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, | Have ye not asked the wayfarers? and do ye not regard their tokens: |
| 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 wicked is reserved for the day of calamity? 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 is he carried to the graves, and watch is kept 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 are sweet unto him; and every man followeth suit 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? Your answers remain perfidious. |
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