Chapter:

The Book of Job

Chapter 21

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Jb 21:1	Then Job answered and said,
Jb 21:2	Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations.
Jb 21:3	Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on.
Jb 21:4	As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
Jb 21:5	Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.
Jb 21:6	Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh.
Jb 21:7	Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
Jb 21:8	Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.
Jb 21:9	Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them.
Jb 21:10	Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
Jb 21:11	They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.
Jb 21:12	They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
Jb 21:13	They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.
Jb 21:14	And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Jb 21:15	What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Jb 21:16	Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Jb 21:17	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?
Jb 21:18	That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Jb 21:19	Ye say, God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:
Jb 21:20	Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Jb 21:21	For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?
Jb 21:22	Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high?
Jb 21:23	One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet:
Jb 21:24	His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moistened.
Jb 21:25	And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.
Jb 21:26	They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.
Jb 21:27	Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.
Jb 21:28	For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?
Jb 21:29	Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences,
Jb 21:30	That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
Jb 21:31	Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?
Jb 21:32	Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb.
Jb 21:33	The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.
Jb 21:34	How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth only falsehood?