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| The Book of Job 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| The Basic English Online Bible (BEN) | ||||||||||||||||
| Job 21:1 | Then Job made answer and said, | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:2 | Give attention with care to my words; and let this be your comfort. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:3 | Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:4 | As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled? | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:5 | Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:6 | At the very thought of it my flesh is shaking with fear. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:7 | Why is life given to the evil-doers? why do they become old and strong in power? | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:8 | Their children are ever with them, and their offspring before their eyes. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:9 | Their houses are free from fear, and the rod of God does not come on them. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:10 | Their ox is ready at all times to give seed; their cow gives birth, without dropping her young. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:11 | They send out their young ones like a flock, and their children have pleasure in the dance, | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:12 | They make songs to the instruments of music, and are glad at the sound of the pipe. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:13 | Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:14 | 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 Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him? | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:16 | Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.) | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:17 | 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 | How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind? | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:19 | 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 | Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all! | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:21 | For what interest has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is ended? | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:22 | Is anyone able to give teaching to God? for he is the judge of those who are on high. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:23 | One comes to his end in complete well-being, full of peace and quiet: | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:24 | His buckets are full of milk, and there is no loss of strength in his bones. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:25 | And another comes to his end with a bitter soul, without ever tasting good. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:26 | Together they go down to the dust, and are covered by the worm. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:27 | See, I am conscious of your thoughts, and of your violent purposes against me; | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:28 | For you say, Where is the house of the ruler, and where is the tent of the evil-doer? | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:29 | Have you not put the question to the travellers, and do you not take note of their experience? | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:30 | How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath? | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:31 | 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 | He is taken to his last resting-place, and keeps watch over it. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 21:33 | 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 | 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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