约伯记 21
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约伯述恶人藐主反享平康
21 约伯回答说： 2 “你们要细听我的言语，就算是你们安慰我。 3 请宽容我，我又要说话，说了以后，任凭你们嗤笑吧！ 4 我岂是向人诉冤，为何不焦急呢？ 5 你们要看着我而惊奇，用手捂口。 6 我每逢思想，心就惊惶，浑身战兢。 7 恶人为何存活，享大寿数，势力强盛呢？ 8 他们眼见儿孙，和他们一同坚立。 9 他们的家宅平安无惧，神的杖也不加在他们身上。 10 他们的公牛孳生而不断绝，母牛下犊而不掉胎。 11 他们打发小孩子出去，多如羊群，他们的儿女踊跃跳舞。 12 他们随着琴鼓歌唱，又因箫声欢喜。 13 他们度日诸事亨通，转眼下入阴间。 14 他们对神说：‘离开我们吧，我们不愿晓得你的道。 15 全能者是谁？我们何必侍奉他呢？求告他有什么益处呢？’ 16 看哪，他们亨通不在乎自己，恶人所谋定的离我好远。
17 “恶人的灯何尝熄灭？患难何尝临到他们呢？神何尝发怒，向他们分散灾祸呢？ 18 他们何尝像风前的碎秸，如暴风刮去的糠秕呢？ 19 你们说神为恶人的儿女积蓄罪孽，我说不如本人受报，好使他亲自知道。 20 愿他亲眼看见自己败亡，亲自饮全能者的愤怒。 21 他的岁月既尽，他还顾他本家吗？ 22 神既审判那在高位的，谁能将知识教训他呢？ 23 有人至死身体强壮，尽得平靖安逸； 24 他的奶桶充满，他的骨髓滋润。 25 有人至死心中痛苦，终身未尝福乐的滋味。 26 他们一样躺卧在尘土中，都被虫子遮盖。
27 “我知道你们的意思，并诬害我的计谋。 28 你们说：‘霸者的房屋在哪里？恶人住过的帐篷在哪里？’ 29 你们岂没有询问过路的人吗？不知道他们所引的证据吗？ 30 就是恶人在祸患的日子得存留，在发怒的日子得逃脱。 31 他所行的，有谁当面给他说明？他所做的，有谁报应他呢？ 32 然而他要被抬到茔地，并有人看守坟墓。 33 他要以谷中的土块为甘甜，在他以先去的无数，在他以后去的更多。 34 你们对答的话中既都错谬，怎么徒然安慰我呢？”
Job 21
New King James Version
Job’s Discourse on the Wicked
21 Then Job answered and said:
2 “Listen carefully to my speech,
And let this be your [a]consolation.
3 Bear with me that I may speak,
And after I have spoken, keep (A)mocking.
4 “As for me, is my complaint against man?
And if it were, why should I not be impatient?
5 Look at me and be astonished;
(B)Put your hand over your mouth.
6 Even when I remember I am terrified,
And trembling takes hold of my flesh.
7 (C)Why do the wicked live and become old,
Yes, become mighty in power?
8 Their descendants are established with them in their sight,
And their offspring before their eyes.
9 Their houses are safe from fear,
(D)Neither is [b]the rod of God upon them.
10 Their bull breeds without failure;
Their cow calves (E)without miscarriage.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock,
And their children dance.
12 They sing to the tambourine and harp,
And rejoice to the sound of the flute.
13 They (F)spend their days in wealth,
And [c]in a moment go down to the [d]grave.
14 (G)Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us,
For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
15 (H)Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?
And (I)what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’
16 Indeed [e]their prosperity is not in their hand;
(J)The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17 “How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
How often does their destruction come upon them,
The sorrows God (K)distributes in His anger?
18 (L)They are like straw before the wind,
And like chaff that a storm [f]carries away.
19 They say, ‘God [g]lays up [h]one’s iniquity (M)for his children’;
Let Him recompense him, that he may know it.
20 Let his eyes see his destruction,
And (N)let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21 For what does he care about his household after him,
When the number of his months is cut in half?
22 “Can(O) anyone teach God knowledge,
Since He judges those on high?
23 One dies in his full strength,
Being wholly at ease and secure;
24 His [i]pails are full of milk,
And the marrow of his bones is moist.
25 Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul,
Never having eaten with pleasure.
26 They (P)lie down alike in the dust,
And worms cover them.
27 “Look, I know your thoughts,
And the schemes with which you would wrong me.
28 For you say,
‘Where is the house of the prince?
And where is [j]the tent,
The dwelling place of the wicked?’
29 Have you not asked those who travel the road?
And do you not know their signs?
30 (Q)For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom;
They shall be brought out on the day of wrath.
31 Who condemns his way to his face?
And who repays him for what he has done?
32 Yet he shall be brought to the grave,
And a vigil kept over the tomb.
33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him;
(R)Everyone shall follow him,
As countless have gone before him.
34 How then can you comfort me with empty words,
Since [k]falsehood remains in your answers?”
Footnotes
Job 21
King James Version
21 But Job answered and said,
2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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.
18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
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