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Job 21
New International Version
Job 21
New International Version
Job
21 Then Job replied:
2 “Listen carefully to my words;(A)
let this be the consolation you give me.(B)
3 Bear with me while I speak,
and after I have spoken, mock on.(C)
4 “Is my complaint(D) directed to a human being?
Why should I not be impatient?(E)
5 Look at me and be appalled;
clap your hand over your mouth.(F)
6 When I think about this, I am terrified;(G)
trembling seizes my body.(H)
7 Why do the wicked live on,
growing old and increasing in power?(I)
8 They see their children established around them,
their offspring before their eyes.(J)
9 Their homes are safe and free from fear;(K)
the rod of God is not on them.(L)
10 Their bulls never fail to breed;
their cows calve and do not miscarry.(M)
11 They send forth their children as a flock;(N)
their little ones dance about.
12 They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre;(O)
they make merry to the sound of the pipe.(P)
13 They spend their years in prosperity(Q)
and go down to the grave(R) in peace.[a](S)
14 Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!(T)
We have no desire to know your ways.(U)
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
What would we gain by praying to him?’(V)
16 But their prosperity is not in their own hands,
so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.(W)
17 “Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out?(X)
How often does calamity(Y) come upon them,
the fate God allots in his anger?(Z)
18 How often are they like straw before the wind,
like chaff(AA) swept away(AB) by a gale?(AC)
19 It is said, ‘God stores up the punishment of the wicked for their children.’(AD)
Let him repay the wicked, so that they themselves will experience it!(AE)
20 Let their own eyes see their destruction;(AF)
let them drink(AG) the cup of the wrath of the Almighty.(AH)
21 For what do they care about the families they leave behind(AI)
when their allotted months(AJ) come to an end?(AK)
22 “Can anyone teach knowledge to God,(AL)
since he judges even the highest?(AM)
23 One person dies in full vigor,(AN)
completely secure and at ease,(AO)
24 well nourished(AP) in body,[b]
bones(AQ) rich with marrow.(AR)
25 Another dies in bitterness of soul,(AS)
never having enjoyed anything good.
26 Side by side they lie in the dust,(AT)
and worms(AU) cover them both.(AV)
27 “I know full well what you are thinking,
the schemes by which you would wrong me.
28 You say, ‘Where now is the house of the great,(AW)
the tents where the wicked lived?’(AX)
29 Have you never questioned those who travel?
Have you paid no regard to their accounts—
30 that the wicked are spared from the day of calamity,(AY)
that they are delivered from[c] the day of wrath?(AZ)
31 Who denounces their conduct to their face?
Who repays them for what they have done?(BA)
32 They are carried to the grave,
and watch is kept over their tombs.(BB)
33 The soil in the valley is sweet to them;(BC)
everyone follows after them,
and a countless throng goes[d] before them.(BD)
Job 21
New King James Version
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
Iov 21
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Iov 21
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Răspunsul lui Iov
21 Iov a luat cuvântul şi a zis:
2 „Ascultaţi, ascultaţi cuvintele mele,
daţi-mi măcar această mângâiere.
3 Lăsaţi-mă să vorbesc, vă rog,
şi, după ce voi vorbi, veţi putea să vă bateţi(A) joc.
4 Oare împotriva unui om se îndreaptă plângerea mea?
Şi pentru ce n-aş fi nerăbdător?
5 Priviţi-mă, miraţi-vă
şi puneţi mâna(B) la gură.
6 Când mă gândesc, mă înspăimânt
şi un tremur îmi apucă tot trupul:
7 Pentru ce trăiesc(C) cei răi?
Pentru ce îi vezi îmbătrânind şi sporind în putere?
8 Sămânţa lor se întăreşte cu ei şi în faţa lor,
odraslele lor propăşesc sub ochii lor.
9 În casele lor domneşte pacea, fără umbră de frică;
nuiaua(D) lui Dumnezeu nu vine să-i lovească.
10 Taurii lor sunt plini de vlagă şi prăsitori,
juncanele lor zămislesc şi nu leapădă(E).
11 Îşi lasă copiii să se împrăştie ca nişte oi,
şi copiii se zbenguie în jurul lor.
12 Cântă cu sunet de tobă şi de harpă,
se desfătează cu sunete de caval.
13 Îşi petrec zilele(F) în fericire
şi se pogoară într-o clipă în Locuinţa morţilor.
14 Şi totuşi(G) ziceau lui Dumnezeu: ‘Pleacă de la noi.
Nu voim să cunoaştem căile Tale.
15 Ce(H) este Cel Atotputernic, ca să-I slujim?
Ce vom(I) câştiga dacă-I vom înălţa rugăciuni?’
16 Ce, nu sunt ei în stăpânirea fericirii? –
Departe de mine sfatul celor(J) răi! –
17 Dar de multe ori se întâmplă să li se stingă(K) candela,
să vină sărăcia peste ei,
să le dea şi lor Dumnezeu partea lor de dureri în mânia Lui,
18 să fie ca paiul(L) luat de vânt,
ca pleava luată de vârtej?
19 Veţi zice că pentru fiii Săi păstrează Dumnezeu(M) pedeapsa.
Dar pe el, pe nelegiuit, ar trebui să-l pedepsească Dumnezeu, ca să simtă;
20 el ar trebui să-şi vadă nimicirea,
el ar trebui să bea(N) mânia Celui Atotputernic.
21 Căci ce-i pasă lui ce va fi de casa lui după el,
când numărul lunilor i s-a împlinit?
22 Oare pe Dumnezeu Îl vom învăţa(O) minte,
pe El, care cârmuieşte duhurile cereşti?
23 Unul moare în mijlocul propăşirii, păcii şi fericirii,
24 cu coapsele încărcate de grăsime
şi măduva oaselor plină de suc.
25 Altul moare cu amărăciunea în suflet,
fără să se fi bucurat de vreo fericire,
26 şi amândoi adorm(P) în ţărână,
amândoi sunt mâncaţi de viermi.
27 Ştiu eu bine care sunt gândurile voastre,
ce judecăţi nedrepte rostiţi asupra mea.
28 Voi ziceţi: ‘Unde(Q) este casa apăsătorului?
Unde este cortul în care locuiau nelegiuiţii?’
29 Dar, ce, n-aţi întrebat pe călători
şi nu ştiţi ce istorisesc ei?
30 Cum, în ziua nenorocirii, cel rău(R) este cruţat
şi, în ziua mâniei, el scapă.
31 Cine îl mustră în faţă pentru purtarea(S) lui?
Cine îi răsplăteşte tot ce a făcut?
32 Este dus la groapă
şi i se pune o strajă la mormânt.
33 Bulgării din vale îi sunt mai uşori,
căci toţi oamenii(T) merg după el
şi o mulţime îi merge înainte.
34 Pentru ce dar îmi daţi mângâieri deşarte?
Ce mai rămâne din răspunsurile voastre decât viclenie?”
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