Job Chapter 21 Young's Literal Translation

Job 21:1

And Job answereth and saith: --

Job 21:2

Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation.

Job 21:3

Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking -- ye may deride.

Job 21:4

I -- to man `is' my complaint? and if `so', wherefore May not my temper become short?

Job 21:5

Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.

Job 21:6

Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.

Job 21:7

Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.

Job 21:8

Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes.

Job 21:9

Their houses `are' peace without fear, Nor `is' a rod of God upon them.

Job 21:10

His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry.

Job 21:11

They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,

Job 21:12

They lift `themselves' up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.

Job 21:13

They wear out in good their days, And in a moment `to' Sheol go down.

Job 21:14

And they say to God, `Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.

Job 21:15

What `is' the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'

Job 21:16

Lo, not in their hand `is' their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

Job 21:17

How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.

Job 21:18

They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,

Job 21:19

God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him -- and he knoweth.

Job 21:20

His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.

Job 21:21

For what `is' his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?

Job 21:22

To God doth `one' teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge?

Job 21:23

This `one' dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.

Job 21:24

His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten.

Job 21:25

And this `one' dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.

Job 21:26

Together -- on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.

Job 21:27

Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.

Job 21:28

For ye say, `Where `is' the house of the noble? And where the tent -- The tabernacles of the wicked?'

Job 21:29

Have ye not asked those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know?

Job 21:30

That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.

Job 21:31

Who doth declare to his face his way? And `for' that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him?

Job 21:32

And he -- to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.

Job 21:33

Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.

Job 21:34

And how do ye comfort me `with' vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?