Job 21:5-16
New King James Version
5 Look at me and be astonished;
(A)Put your hand over your mouth.
6 Even when I remember I am terrified,
And trembling takes hold of my flesh.
7 (B)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,
(C)Neither is [a]the rod of God upon them.
10 Their bull breeds without failure;
Their cow calves (D)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 (E)spend their days in wealth,
And [b]in a moment go down to the [c]grave.
14 (F)Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us,
For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
15 (G)Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?
And (H)what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’
16 Indeed [d]their prosperity is not in their hand;
(I)The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 21:5-16
New International Version
5 Look at me and be appalled;
clap your hand over your mouth.(A)
6 When I think about this, I am terrified;(B)
trembling seizes my body.(C)
7 Why do the wicked live on,
growing old and increasing in power?(D)
8 They see their children established around them,
their offspring before their eyes.(E)
9 Their homes are safe and free from fear;(F)
the rod of God is not on them.(G)
10 Their bulls never fail to breed;
their cows calve and do not miscarry.(H)
11 They send forth their children as a flock;(I)
their little ones dance about.
12 They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre;(J)
they make merry to the sound of the pipe.(K)
13 They spend their years in prosperity(L)
and go down to the grave(M) in peace.[a](N)
14 Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!(O)
We have no desire to know your ways.(P)
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
What would we gain by praying to him?’(Q)
16 But their prosperity is not in their own hands,
so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.(R)
Footnotes
- Job 21:13 Or in an instant
Jeremiah 12:1
New King James Version
Jeremiah’s Question
12 Righteous (A)are You, O Lord, when I plead with You;
Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments.
(B)Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?
Jeremiah 12:1
New International Version
Jeremiah’s Complaint
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