Parallel Bible results for "job 21"

Job 21

The Latin Vulgate VUL

1 respondens autem Iob dixit

2 audite quaeso sermones meos et agetis paenitentiam

3 sustinete me ut et ego loquar et post mea si videbitur verba ridete

4 numquid contra hominem disputatio mea est ut merito non debeam contristari

5 adtendite me et obstupescite et superponite digitum ori vestro

6 et ego quando recordatus fuero pertimesco et concutit carnem meam tremor

7 quare ergo impii vivunt sublevati sunt confortatique divitiis

8 semen eorum permanet coram eis propinquorum turba et nepotum in conspectu eorum

9 domus eorum securae sunt et pacatae et non est virga Dei super illos

10 bos eorum concepit et non abortit vacca peperit et non est privata fetu suo

11 egrediuntur quasi greges parvuli eorum et infantes eorum exultant lusibus

12 tenent tympanum et citharam et gaudent ad sonitum organi

13 ducunt in bonis dies suos et in puncto ad inferna descendunt

14 qui dixerunt Deo recede a nobis et scientiam viarum tuarum nolumus

15 quid est Omnipotens ut serviamus ei et quid nobis prodest si oraverimus illum

16 verumtamen quia non sunt in manu eorum bona sua consilium impiorum longe sit a me

17 quotiens lucerna impiorum extinguetur et superveniet eis inundatio et dolores dividet furoris sui

18 erunt sicut paleae ante faciem venti et sicut favilla quam turbo dispergit

19 Deus servabit filiis illius dolorem patris et cum reddiderit tunc sciet

20 videbunt oculi eius interfectionem suam et de furore Omnipotentis bibet

21 quid enim ad eum pertinet de domo sua post se et si numerus mensuum eius dimidietur

22 numquid Deum quispiam docebit scientiam qui excelsos iudicat

23 iste moritur robustus et sanus dives et felix

24 viscera eius plena sunt adipe et medullis ossa illius inrigantur

25 alius vero moritur in amaritudine animae absque ullis opibus

26 et tamen simul in pulverem dormient et vermes operient eos

27 certe novi cogitationes vestras et sententias contra me iniquas

28 dicitis enim ubi est domus principis et ubi tabernacula impiorum

29 interrogate quemlibet de viatoribus et haec eadem eum intellegere cognoscetis

30 quia in diem perditionis servabitur malus et ad diem furoris ducitur

31 quis arguet coram eo viam eius et quae fecit quis reddet illi

32 ipse ad sepulchra ducetur et in congerie mortuorum vigilabit

33 dulcis fuit glareis Cocyti et post se omnem hominem trahet et ante se innumerabiles

34 quomodo igitur consolamini me frustra cum responsio vestra repugnare ostensa sit veritati

Good News Translation GNT

1 Listen to what I am saying;

2 that is all the comfort I ask from you.

3 Give me a chance to speak and then, when I am through, sneer if you like.

4 My quarrel is not with mortals; I have good reason to be impatient.

5 Look at me. Isn't that enough to make you stare in shocked silence?

6 When I think of what has happened to me, I am stunned, and I tremble and shake.

7 Why does God let evil people live, let them grow old and prosper?

8 They have children and grandchildren, and live to watch them all grow up.

9 God does not bring disaster on their homes; they never have to live in terror.

10 Yes, all their cattle breed and give birth without trouble.

11 Their children run and play like lambs

12 and dance to the music of harps and flutes.

13 They live out their lives in peace and quietly die without suffering.

14 The wicked tell God to leave them alone; they don't want to know his will for their lives.

15 They think there is no need to serve God nor any advantage in praying to him.

16 They claim they succeed by their own strength, but their way of thinking I can't accept.

17 Was a wicked person's light ever put out? Did one of them ever meet with disaster? Did God ever punish the wicked in anger

18 and blow them away like straw in the wind, or like dust carried away in a storm?

19 You claim God punishes a child for the sins of his father. No! Let God punish the sinners themselves; let him show that he does it because of [their ]sins.

20 Let sinners bear their own punishment; let them feel the wrath of Almighty God.

21 When our lives are over, do we really care whether our children are happy?

22 Can anyone teach God, who judges even those in high places?

23 Some people stay healthy till the day they die; they die happy and at ease, their bodies well-nourished.

25 Others have no happiness at all; they live and die with bitter hearts.

26 But all alike die and are buried; they all are covered with worms.

27 I know what spiteful thoughts you have.

28 You ask, "Where are the homes of great people now, those who practiced evil?"

29 Haven't you talked with people who travel? Don't you know the reports they bring back?

30 On the day God is angry and punishes, it is the wicked who are always spared.

31 There is no one to accuse the wicked or pay them back for all they have done.

32 When they are carried to the graveyard, to their well-guarded tombs,

33 thousands join the funeral procession, and even the earth lies gently on their bodies.

34 And you! You try to comfort me with nonsense! Every answer you give is a lie!