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| | The Young's Literal Translation Online Bible (YLT) | The Basic English Online Bible (BAS) |
| Job 21:1 | And Job answereth and saith: | Then Job made answer and said, |
| Job 21:2 | Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation. | Give attention with care to my words; and let this be your comfort. |
| Job 21:3 | Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking ye may deride. | Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me. |
| Job 21:4 | I to man [is] my complaint? and if [so], wherefore May not my temper become short? | As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled? |
| Job 21:5 | Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth. | Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth. |
| Job 21:6 | Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright. | At the very thought of it my flesh is shaking with fear. |
| Job 21:7 | Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth. | Why is life given to the evil-doers? why do they become old and strong in power? |
| Job 21:8 | Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes. | Their children are ever with them, 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 free from fear, and the rod of God does not come on them. |
| Job 21:10 | His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry. | Their ox is ready at all times to give seed; their cow gives birth, without dropping her young. |
| Job 21:11 | They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip, | They send out their young ones like a flock, and their children have pleasure in the dance, |
| Job 21:12 | They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ. | They make songs to the instruments of music, and are glad at the sound of the pipe. |
| Job 21:13 | They wear out in good their days, And in a moment [to] Sheol go down. | Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld. |
| Job 21:14 | And they say to God, `Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired. | Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your 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 Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him? |
| Job 21:16 | Lo, not in their hand [is] their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.) | Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers 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 frequently is the light of the evil-doers put out, or does trouble come on them? how frequently does his wrath take them with cords? |
| Job 21:18 | They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away, | How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind? |
| Job 21:19 | God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him and he knoweth. | You say, God keeps punishment stored up for his children. Let him send it on the man himself, so that he may have the punishment of it! |
| Job 21:20 | His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh. | Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all! |
| Job 21:21 | For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off? | For what interest has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is ended? |
| Job 21:22 | To God doth [one] teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge? | Is anyone able to give teaching to God? for he is the judge of those who are on high. |
| Job 21:23 | This [one] dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet. | One comes to his end in complete well-being, full of peace and quiet: |
| Job 21:24 | His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten. | His buckets are full of milk, and there is no loss of strength in his bones. |
| Job 21:25 | And this [one] dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness. | And another comes to his end with a bitter soul, without ever tasting good. |
| Job 21:26 | Together on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over. | Together they go down to the dust, and are covered by the worm. |
| Job 21:27 | Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully. | See, I am conscious of your thoughts, and of your violent purposes against me; |
| Job 21:28 | For ye say, `Where [is] the house of the noble? And where the tent The tabernacles of the wicked?` | For you say, Where is the house of the ruler, and where is the tent of the evil-doer? |
| Job 21:29 | Have ye not asked those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know? | Have you not put the question to the travellers, and do you not take note of their experience? |
| Job 21:30 | That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought. | How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in 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 will make his way clear to his face? and if he has done a thing, who gives him punishment for it? |
| Job 21:32 | And he to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept. | He is taken to his last resting-place, and keeps watch over it. |
| 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 earth of the valley covering his bones is sweet to him, and all men come after him, as there were unnumbered before him. |
| Job 21:34 | And how do ye comfort me [with] vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass? | Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit? |
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