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| | The Young's Literal Translation Online Bible (YLT) | The American Standard Version Online Bible (ASV) |
| Job 21:1 | And Job answereth and saith: | Then Job answered and said, |
| Job 21:2 | Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation. | Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations. |
| Job 21:3 | Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking ye may deride. | Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on. |
| Job 21:4 | I to man [is] my complaint? and if [so], wherefore May not my temper become short? | As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient? |
| Job 21:5 | Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth. | Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth. |
| Job 21:6 | Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright. | Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh. |
| Job 21:7 | Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth. | Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power? |
| Job 21:8 | Their seed is established, Before their face 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] peace without fear, Nor [is] a rod of God upon them. | Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them. |
| Job 21:10 | His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry. | Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. |
| Job 21:11 | They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip, | They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance. |
| Job 21:12 | They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ. | They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe. |
| Job 21:13 | They wear out in good their days, And in a moment [to] Sheol go down. | They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol. |
| Job 21:14 | And they say to God, `Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired. | And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. |
| Job 21:15 | What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with 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, not in their hand [is] their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been 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 lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth 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 straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away, | That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away? |
| Job 21:19 | God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him and he knoweth. | [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 own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh. | Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. |
| Job 21:21 | For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off? | For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off? |
| Job 21:22 | To God doth [one] teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge? | Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high? |
| Job 21:23 | This [one] dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet. | One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet: |
| Job 21:24 | His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten. | His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moistened. |
| Job 21:25 | And this [one] dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness. | And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good. |
| Job 21:26 | Together on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over. | They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them. |
| Job 21:27 | Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully. | 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 noble? And where the tent The tabernacles 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 those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know? | Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences, |
| Job 21:30 | That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought. | 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 doth declare to his face his way? And [for] that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him? | Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done? |
| Job 21:32 | And he to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept. | Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb. |
| Job 21:33 | Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering. | 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 | And how do ye comfort me [with] vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass? | How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth [only] falsehood? |
| | The Young's Literal Translation Online Bible (YLT) | The American Standard Version Online Bible (ASV) |
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