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Job 21:7-26
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Job 21:7-26
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 Why do the wicked live on,
reach old age, and grow mighty in power?(A)
8 Their children are established in their presence
and their offspring before their eyes.(B)
9 Their houses are safe from fear,
and no rod of God is upon them.(C)
10 Their bull breeds without fail;
their cow calves and never miscarries.(D)
11 They send out their little ones like a flock,
and their children dance around.
12 They sing to the tambourine and the lyre
and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.(E)
13 They spend their days in prosperity,
and in peace they go down to Sheol.(F)
14 They say to God, ‘Leave us alone!
We do not desire to know your ways.(G)
15 What is the Almighty,[a] that we should serve him?
And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’(H)
16 Is not their prosperity indeed their own achievement?[b]
The plans of the wicked are repugnant to me.(I)
17 “How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
How often does calamity come upon them?
How often does God[c] distribute pains in his anger?(J)
18 How often are they like straw before the wind
and like chaff that the storm carries away?(K)
19 You say, ‘God stores up their iniquity for their children.’
Let it be paid back to them, so that they may know it.(L)
20 Let their own eyes see their destruction,
and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.[d](M)
21 For what do they care for their household after them,
when the number of their months is cut off?
22 Will any teach God knowledge,
seeing that he judges those who are on high?(N)
23 One dies in full prosperity,
being wholly at ease and secure,
24 his loins full of milk
and the marrow of his bones moist.
25 Another dies in bitterness of soul,
never having tasted of good.
26 They lie down alike in the dust,
and the worms cover them.(O)
Job 21:7-26
New International Version
Job 21:7-26
New International Version
7 Why do the wicked live on,
growing old and increasing in power?(A)
8 They see their children established around them,
their offspring before their eyes.(B)
9 Their homes are safe and free from fear;(C)
the rod of God is not on them.(D)
10 Their bulls never fail to breed;
their cows calve and do not miscarry.(E)
11 They send forth their children as a flock;(F)
their little ones dance about.
12 They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre;(G)
they make merry to the sound of the pipe.(H)
13 They spend their years in prosperity(I)
and go down to the grave(J) in peace.[a](K)
14 Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!(L)
We have no desire to know your ways.(M)
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
What would we gain by praying to him?’(N)
16 But their prosperity is not in their own hands,
so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.(O)
17 “Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out?(P)
How often does calamity(Q) come upon them,
the fate God allots in his anger?(R)
18 How often are they like straw before the wind,
like chaff(S) swept away(T) by a gale?(U)
19 It is said, ‘God stores up the punishment of the wicked for their children.’(V)
Let him repay the wicked, so that they themselves will experience it!(W)
20 Let their own eyes see their destruction;(X)
let them drink(Y) the cup of the wrath of the Almighty.(Z)
21 For what do they care about the families they leave behind(AA)
when their allotted months(AB) come to an end?(AC)
22 “Can anyone teach knowledge to God,(AD)
since he judges even the highest?(AE)
23 One person dies in full vigor,(AF)
completely secure and at ease,(AG)
24 well nourished(AH) in body,[b]
bones(AI) rich with marrow.(AJ)
25 Another dies in bitterness of soul,(AK)
never having enjoyed anything good.
26 Side by side they lie in the dust,(AL)
and worms(AM) cover them both.(AN)
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