Thematic Bible
Job 21:1 (show verse)
In response, Job said:
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Job 21:2 (show verse)
"Listen carefully to my words; let this encourage all of you.
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Job 21:3 (show verse)
Bear with me and let me speak! Then, after I've spoken, you'll be free to mock me.
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Job 21:4 (show verse)
After all, isn't my complaint against a human being? If so, why shouldn't I be impatient?
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Job 21:5 (show verse)
Look at me, be appalled, and then shut up!
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Job 21:6 (show verse)
When I think about this, I'm petrified with terror and my body shudders uncontrollably."
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Job 21:7 (show verse)
"Why do the wicked live to reach old age and increase in power and wealth, too?
Job 21:8 (show verse)
Their children grow up while they're alive, and they live to see their grandchildren.
Job 21:9 (show verse)
Their houses are safe from fear, and God's chastisement never visits them.
Job 21:10 (show verse)
Their bull breeds without fail, and their cows calve without miscarriages.
Job 21:11 (show verse)
They release their children to play like sheep; their young ones dance about,
Job 21:12 (show verse)
singing with tambourines and lyres as they rejoice to the sound of flutes.
Job 21:13 (show verse)
They grow old in prosperity, as they descend peacefully into the afterlife.
Job 21:14 (show verse)
"They say to God, "Turn away from us! We have no desire to know your ways.
Job 21:15 (show verse)
Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? Where's the profit in talking to him?'
Job 21:16 (show verse)
Behold! Their prosperity isn't in their control! The counsel of the wicked will remain far from me."
Job 21:17 (show verse)
"How often do the wicked have their lights put out? Does calamity ever fall on them? Will God in his anger ever apportion their destruction?
Job 21:18 (show verse)
May they become like a straw, blown away before the wind; like a chaff that's swept off by a storm.
Job 21:19 (show verse)
God stores up their iniquity to repay their children; making them repay so that they may be aware.
Job 21:20 (show verse)
Their own eyes will see their destruction; and they'll drink the wrath of the Almighty.
Job 21:21 (show verse)
What will they care for their household after them, when the number of his months comes to an end?"
Job 21:22 (show verse)
"Can God learn anything? After all, he will judge even the exalted ones.
Job 21:23 (show verse)
Such persons will die in their full vigor, completely prosperous and secure.
Job 21:24 (show verse)
His buckets are filled with milk, his bone marrow is healthy.
Job 21:25 (show verse)
Others die with a bitter soul, never having tasted the good life.
Job 21:26 (show verse)
They both lie down in the dust; and worms cover them."
Job 21:27 (show verse)
"Look! I know your thoughts, your plans are going to harm me.
Job 21:28 (show verse)
You ask, "Where is the noble person's house?' and "Where are the tents where the wicked live?'
Job 21:29 (show verse)
Haven't you asked travelers on the highway? Don't you accept their word
Job 21:30 (show verse)
that the wicked person is spared from times of calamity, that he is rescued on the day of wrath?
Job 21:31 (show verse)
Who will expose his conduct to his face? Who will repay him for what he has done
Job 21:32 (show verse)
when he is carried away to the cemetery and guardians are placed to watch his tomb?
Job 21:33 (show verse)
The runoff from the streams will seem sweet to him; everyone will follow after him; countless crows march ahead of him.
Job 21:34 (show verse)
How then, can you console me so worthlessly? What is left of your answers is treachery."
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