Job 21:4-18
New American Standard Bible 1995
4 “As for me, is (A)my complaint [a]to man?
And (B)why should [b]I not be impatient?
5 “Look at me, and be astonished,
And (C)put your hand over your mouth.
6 “Even when I remember, I am disturbed,
And (D)horror takes hold of my flesh.
7 “Why (E)do the wicked still live,
Continue on, also become very (F)powerful?
8 “Their [c](G)descendants are established with them in their sight,
And their offspring before their eyes,
9 Their houses (H)are safe from fear,
And the rod of God is not on them.
10 “His ox mates [d]without fail;
His cow calves and does not abort.
11 “They send forth their little ones like the flock,
And their children skip about.
12 “They [e]sing to the timbrel and harp
And rejoice at the sound of the flute.
13 “They (I)spend their days in prosperity,
And [f]suddenly they go down to [g]Sheol.
14 “They say to God, ‘(J)Depart from us!
We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.
15 ‘[h]Who is [i]the Almighty, that we should serve Him,
And (K)what would we gain if we entreat Him?’
16 “Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand;
The (L)counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17 “How often is (M)the lamp of the wicked put out,
Or does their (N)calamity fall on them?
Does [j]God apportion destruction in His anger?
18 “Are they as (O)straw before the wind,
And like (P)chaff which the storm carries away?
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