Thematic Bible

Job 21:1

Then Job answered,
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Job 21:2

“Listen carefully to my speech,
And let this be your way of consolation.
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Job 21:3

“Bear with me that I may speak;
Then after I have spoken, you may mock.
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Job 21:4

“As for me, is my complaint to man?
And why should I not be impatient?
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Job 21:5

“Look at me, and be astonished,
And put your hand over your mouth.
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Job 21:6

“Even when I remember, I am disturbed,
And horror takes hold of my flesh.
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Job 21:7

“Why do the wicked still live,
Continue on, also become very powerful?

Job 21:8

“Their descendants are established with them in their sight,
And their offspring before their eyes,

Job 21:9

Their houses are safe from fear,
And the rod of God is not on them.

Job 21:10

“His ox mates without fail;
His cow calves and does not abort.

Job 21:11

“They send forth their little ones like the flock,
And their children skip about.

Job 21:12

“They sing to the timbrel and harp
And rejoice at the sound of the flute.

Job 21:13

“They spend their days in prosperity,
And suddenly they go down to Sheol.

Job 21:14

“They say to God, ‘Depart from us!
We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.

Job 21:15

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him,
And what would we gain if we entreat Him?’

Job 21:16

“Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand;
The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Job 21:17

“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out,
Or does their calamity fall on them?
Does God apportion destruction in His anger?

Job 21:18

“Are they as straw before the wind,
And like chaff which the storm carries away?

Job 21:19

“You say, ‘God stores away a man’s iniquity for his sons.’
Let God repay him so that he may know it.

Job 21:20

“Let his own eyes see his decay,
And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

Job 21:21

“For what does he care for his household after him,
When the number of his months is cut off?

Job 21:22

“Can anyone teach God knowledge,
In that He judges those on high?

Job 21:23

“One dies in his full strength,
Being wholly at ease and satisfied;

Job 21:24

His sides are filled out with fat,
And the marrow of his bones is moist,

Job 21:25

While another dies with a bitter soul,
Never even tasting anything good.

Job 21:26

“Together they lie down in the dust,
And worms cover them.

Job 21:27

“Behold, I know your thoughts,
And the plans by which you would wrong me.

Job 21:28

“For you say, ‘Where is the house of the nobleman,
And where is the tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?’

Job 21:29

“Have you not asked wayfaring men,
And do you not recognize their witness?

Job 21:30

“For the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity;
They will be led forth at the day of fury.

Job 21:31

“Who will confront him with his actions,
And who will repay him for what he has done?

Job 21:32

“While he is carried to the grave,
Men will keep watch over his tomb.

Job 21:33

“The clods of the valley will gently cover him;
Moreover, all men will follow after him,
While countless ones go before him.

Job 21:34

“How then will you vainly comfort me,
For your answers remain full of falsehood?”
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