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Job 21

Lexham English Bible LEB

1 Then Job answered and said,

2 "Listen carefully to my words, and let this be your consolation.

3 Bear [with] me, and I myself will speak; then after my speaking you can mock.

4 [As for] me, [is] my complaint for human beings? And if [so], why cannot I be impatient?

5 Turn to me and be appalled, and place [your] hand on [your] mouth.

6 And when I think of [it], I am horrified, and shuddering seizes my flesh.

7 "Why do [the] wicked live, grow old, even grow mighty [in] power?

8 With them their offspring [are] established {before them}, and their descendants before their eyes.

9 Their houses [are] safe without fear, and the rod of God [is] not upon them.

10 His bull breeds and does not fail; his cow calves and does not miscarry.

11 They send out their little ones like the flock, and their children dance around.

12 They {sing} to [the] tambourine and lyre, and they rejoice to [the] sound of [the] long flute.

13 They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol.

14 And they say to God, 'Turn away from us, for we do not desire to know your ways.

15 Who [is] Shaddai that we should serve him, or what would we benefit when we plead with him?'

16 Look, their prosperity [is] not in their hands; the schemes of [the] wicked are repugnant to me.

17 "How often is [the] lamp of [the] wicked put out, and their disaster comes upon them? He distributes pains in his anger.

18 [How often] are they like straw {before} the wind, and like chaff that [the] storm carries away?

19 'God stores up his iniquity for his children'? [Then] let him repay [it] to him that he may know.

20 Let his eyes see his decay, and let him drink from the wrath of Shaddai,

21 for what {does he care for} his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

22 Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since he himself judges high ones?

23 This [one] dies {in full prosperity}, {completely} at ease and secure.

24 His vats are full [with] milk and the marrow of his bones is moist.

25 Yet another dies with a bitter inner self and has not tasted prosperity.

26 They lie down together in [the] dust, and maggots cover them.

27 "Look, I know your thoughts and [the] schemes you devise against me.

28 For you say, 'Where is the nobleman's house, and where [are] {the tents in which the wicked dwell}?'

29 Do you not ask [those] traveling [the] roads, and do you not take notice of their accounts?

30 Indeed, [the] wicked is spared from [the] day of disaster; he is delivered from [the] day of wrath.

31 Who denounces his way to his face? And who repays him [for what] he has done?

32 When he is brought to [the] grave, then someone stands guard over [the] tomb.

33 [The] clods of [the] valley are sweet to him; everyone will follow after him, and {before} him {they are innumerable}.

34 So how will you comfort me [with] emptiness, when fraud is left [in] your answers?"

New International Version NIV

1 Then Job replied:

2 “Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you give me.

3 Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.

4 “Is my complaint directed to a human being? Why should I not be impatient?

5 Look at me and be appalled; clap your hand over your mouth.

6 When I think about this, I am terrified; trembling seizes my body.

7 Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

8 They see their children established around them, their offspring before their eyes.

9 Their homes are safe and free from fear; the rod of God is not on them.

10 Their bulls never fail to breed; their cows calve and do not miscarry.

11 They send forth their children as a flock; their little ones dance about.

12 They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre; they make merry to the sound of the pipe.

13 They spend their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.

14 Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone! We have no desire to know your ways.

15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain by praying to him?’

16 But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.

17 “Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does calamity come upon them, the fate God allots in his anger?

18 How often are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a gale?

19 It is said, ‘God stores up the punishment of the wicked for their children.’ Let him repay the wicked, so that they themselves will experience it!

20 Let their own eyes see their destruction; let them drink the cup of the wrath of the Almighty.

21 For what do they care about the families they leave behind when their allotted months come to an end?

22 “Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since he judges even the highest?

23 One person dies in full vigor, completely secure and at ease,

24 well nourished in body,bones rich with marrow.

25 Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having enjoyed anything good.

26 Side by side they lie in the dust, and worms cover them both.

27 “I know full well what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.

28 You say, ‘Where now is the house of the great, the tents where the wicked lived?’

29 Have you never questioned those who travel? Have you paid no regard to their accounts—

30 that the wicked are spared from the day of calamity, that they are delivered from the day of wrath?

31 Who denounces their conduct to their face? Who repays them for what they have done?

32 They are carried to the grave, and watch is kept over their tombs.

33 The soil in the valley is sweet to them; everyone follows after them, and a countless throng goes before them.

34 “So how can you console me with your nonsense? Nothing is left of your answers but falsehood!”