Job 21

1 ♥ 📝 T hen Job^H347 answered^H6030 and said,^H559

2 ♥ 📝 Hear^H8085 diligently^H8085 my speech;^H4405 And let this be your consolations.^H8575

3 ♥ 📝 Suffer^H5375 me, and I also will speak;^H1696 And after^H310 that I have spoken,^H1696 mock on.^H3932

4 ♥ 📝 As for me, is my complaint^H7879 to man?^H120 And why should I^H7307 not be impatient?^H7114

5 ♥ 📝 Mark^H6437 me, and be astonished,^H8074 And lay^H7760 your hand^H3027 upon your mouth.^H6310

6 ♥ 📝 Even when I remember^H2142 I am troubled,^H926 And horror^H6427 taketh hold on^H270 my flesh.^H1320

7 ♥ 📝 Wherefore do the wicked^H7563 live,^H2421 Become old,^H6275 yea, wax mighty^H1396 in power?^H2428

8 ♥ 📝 Their seed^H2233 is established^H3559 with them in their sight,^H6440 And their offspring^H6631 before their eyes.^H5869

9 ♥ 📝 Their houses^H1004 are safe^H7965 from fear,^H6343 Neither is the rod^H7626 of God^H433 upon them.

10 ♥ 📝 Their bull^H7794 gendereth,^H5674 and faileth^H1602 not; Their cow^H6510 calveth,^H6403 and casteth not her calf.^H7921

11 ♥ 📝 They send forth^H7971 their little ones^H5759 like a flock,^H6629 And their children^H3206 dance.^H7540

12 ♥ 📝 They sing^H5375 to the timbrel^H8596 and harp,^H3658 And rejoice^H8055 at the sound^H6963 of the pipe.^H5748

13 ♥ 📝 They spend^H3615 their days^H3117 in prosperity,^H2896 And in a moment^H7281 they go down^H2865 to Sheol.^H7585

14 ♥ 📝 And they say^H559 unto God,^H410 Depart^H5493 from us; For we desire^H2654 not the knowledge^H1847 of thy ways.^H1870

15 ♥ 📝 What is the Almighty,^H7706 that we should serve^H5647 him? And what profit^H3276 should we have, if we pray^H6293 unto him?

16 ♥ 📝 Lo, their prosperity^H2898 is not in their hand:^H3027 The counsel^H6098 of the wicked^H7563 is far^H7368 from me.

17 ♥ 📝 How oft is it that the lamp^H5216 of the wicked^H7563 is put out?^H1846 That their calamity^H343 cometh^H935 upon them? That [God] distributeth^H2505 sorrows^H2256 in his anger?^H639

18 ♥ 📝 That they are as stubble^H8401 before^H6440 the wind,^H7307 And as chaff^H4671 that the storm^H5492 carrieth away?^H1589

19 ♥ 📝 [Ye say], God^H433 layeth up^H6845 his iniquity^H205 for his children.^H1121 Let him recompense^H7999 it unto himself, that he may know^H3045 it:

20 ♥ 📝 Let his own eyes^H5869 see^H7200 his destruction,^H3589 And let him drink^H8354 of the wrath^H2534 of the Almighty.^H7706

21 ♥ 📝 For what careth^H2656 he for his house^H1004 after^H310 him, When the number^H4557 of his months^H2320 is cut off?^H2686

22 ♥ 📝 Shall any teach^H3925 God^H410 knowledge,^H1847 Seeing he judgeth^H8199 those that are high?^H7311

23 ♥ 📝 One dieth^H4191 in his full^H8537 strength,^H6106 Being wholly at ease^H7946 and quiet:^H7961

24 ♥ 📝 His pails^H5845 are full^H4390 of milk,^H2461 And the marrow^H4221 of his bones^H6106 is moistened.^H8248

25 ♥ 📝 And another dieth^H4191 in bitterness^H4751 of soul,^H5315 And never tasteth^H398 of good.^H2896

26 ♥ 📝 They lie down^H7901 alike^H3162 in the dust,^H6083 And the worm^H7415 covereth^H3680 them.

27 ♥ 📝 Behold, I know^H3045 your thoughts,^H4284 And the devices^H4209 wherewith ye would wrong^H2554 me.

28 ♥ 📝 For ye say,^H559 Where is the house^H1004 of the prince?^H5081 And where is the tent^H4908 wherein the wicked^H7563 dwelt?^H4908

29 ♥ 📝 Have ye not asked^H7592 wayfaring^H1870 men?^H5674 And do ye not know^H5234 their evidences,^H226

30 ♥ 📝 That the evil^H7451 man is reserved^H2820 to the day^H3117 of calamity?^H343 That they are led forth^H2986 to the day^H3117 of wrath?^H5678

31 ♥ 📝 Who shall declare^H5046 his way^H1870 to his face?^H6440 And who shall repay^H7999 him what he hath done?^H6213

32 ♥ 📝 Yet shall he be borne^H2986 to the grave,^H6913 And men shall keep watch^H8245 over the tomb.^H1430

33 ♥ 📝 The clods^H7263 of the valley^H5158 shall be sweet^H4985 unto him, And all men^H120 shall draw^H4900 after^H310 him, As there were innumerable^H4557 before^H6440 him.

34 ♥ 📝 How then comfort^H5162 ye me in vain,^H1892 Seeing in your answers^H8666 there remaineth^H7604 [only] falsehood?^H4604