21:1 But Job answered and said,
21:1 Then Job answered and said:

21:2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
21:2 "Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your consolation.

21:3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
21:3 Bear with me that I may speak, And after I have spoken, keep mocking.

21:4 As for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it were so], why should not my spirit be troubled?
21:4 "As for me, is my complaint against man? And if it were, why should I not be impatient?

21:5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your] mouth.
21:5 Look at me and be astonished; Put your hand over your mouth.

21:6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
21:6 Even when I remember I am terrified, And trembling takes hold of my flesh.

21:7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
21:7 Why do the wicked live and become old, Yes, become mighty in power?

21:8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
21:8 Their descendants are established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.

21:9 Their houses [are] safe from fear, neither [is] the rod of God upon them.
21:9 Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them.

21:10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
21:10 Their bull breeds without failure; Their cow calves without miscarriage.

21:11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
21:11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.

21:12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
21:12 They sing to the tambourine and harp, And rejoice to the sound of the flute.

21:13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
21:13 They spend their days in wealth, And in a moment go down to the grave.

21:14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
21:14 Yet they say to God, 'Depart from us, For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.

21:15 What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
21:15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?'

21:16 Lo, their good [is] not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
21:16 Indeed their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

21:17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and [how oft] cometh their destruction upon them! [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger.
21:17 "How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? How often does their destruction come upon them, The sorrows God distributes in His anger?

21:18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
21:18 They are like straw before the wind, And like chaff that a storm carries away.

21:19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it].
21:19 They say, 'God lays up one's iniquity for his children'; Let Him recompense him, that he may know it.

21:20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21:20 Let his eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

21:21 For what pleasure [hath] he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
21:21 For what does he care about his household after him, When the number of his months is cut in half?

21:22 Shall [any] teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
21:22 "Can anyone teach God knowledge, Since He judges those on high?

21:23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
21:23 One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and secure;

21:24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
21:24 His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moist.

21:25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
21:25 Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, Never having eaten with pleasure.

21:26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
21:26 They lie down alike in the dust, And worms cover them.

21:27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices [which] ye wrongfully imagine against me.
21:27 "Look, I know your thoughts, And the schemes with which you would wrong me.

21:28 For ye say, Where [is] the house of the prince? and where [are] the dwelling places of the wicked?
21:28 For you say, 'Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent, The dwelling place of the wicked?'

21:29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
21:29 Have you not asked those who travel the road? And do you not know their signs?

21:30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
21:30 For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom; They shall be brought out on the day of wrath.

21:31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him [what] he hath done?
21:31 Who condemns his way to his face? And who repays him for what he has done?

21:32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
21:32 Yet he shall be brought to the grave, And a vigil kept over the tomb.

21:33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him.
21:33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him; Everyone shall follow him, As countless have gone before him.

21:34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
21:34 How then can you comfort me with empty words, Since falsehood remains in your answers?"