Job 21

1But Job answered and said,● 2Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.● 3Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.● 4As for me, {is} my complaint to man? and if {it were so}, why should not my spirit be troubled? {troubled: Heb. shortened?}● 5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay {your} hand upon {your} mouth. {Mark...: Heb. Look unto me}● 6Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.● 7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?● 8Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.● 9Their houses {are} safe from fear, neither {is} the rod of God upon them. {safe...: Heb. peace from}● 10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.● 11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.● 12They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.● 13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. {in wealth: or, in mirth}● 14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.● 15What {is} the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?● 16Lo, their good {is} not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.● 17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and {how oft} cometh their destruction upon them! {God} distributeth sorrows in his anger. {candle: or, lamp}● 18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. {carrieth: Heb. stealeth}● 19God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know {it}. {his iniquity: that is, the punishment of his iniquity}● 20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.● 21For what pleasure {hath} he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?● 22Shall {any} teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.● 23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. {his...: Heb. his very, or, the strength of, his perfection}● 24His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. {breasts: or, milk pails}● 25And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.● 26They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.● 27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices {which} ye wrongfully imagine against me.● 28For ye say, Where {is} the house of the prince? and where {are} the dwelling places of the wicked? {the dwelling...: Heb. the tent of the tabernacles}● 29Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,● 30That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. {wrath: Heb. wraths}● 31Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him {what} he hath done?● 32Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. {grave: Heb. graves} {remain...: Heb. watch in the heap}● 33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as {there are} innumerable before him.● 34How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood? {falsehood: Heb. transgression?}●