27 “Behold, I know your thoughts,
And the plots you devise against me.
28 For you say, ‘Where is the house of (A)the nobleman,
And where is the (B)tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?’
29 Have you not asked travelers,
And do you not examine their [a]evidence?
30 For the (C)wicked person is spared [b]a day of disaster;
They [c]are led away from (D)a day of fury.
31 Who [d]confronts him with his actions,
And who repays him for what he has done?
32 When he is carried to the grave,
People will keep watch over his tomb.
33 The (E)clods of the valley will [e]gently cover him;
Moreover, (F)all mankind will [f]follow after him,
While countless others go before him.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:29 Lit signs
  2. Job 21:30 Or for the day
  3. Job 21:30 Or will be led to the day
  4. Job 21:31 Lit declares his way to his face
  5. Job 21:33 Lit be sweet to him
  6. Job 21:33 Lit draw

Further disagreement

27 Look, I know your thoughts;
    your plans harm me.
28 You say, “Where is the official’s house?
    Where is the tent, the dwelling of the wicked?”
29 Haven’t you asked travelers
    or paid attention to their reports?
30 On the day of disaster the wicked are spared;
    on the day of fury they are rescued.
31 Who can criticize their behavior to their faces;
    they act, and who can avenge them?
32 They are carried to their graves;
    someone keeps guard over their tombs.
33 The soil near the desert streambed is sweet to them;
    everyone marches after them—
    those before them, beyond counting.

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