Job 21:4-18
Legacy Standard Bible
4 As for me, is (A)my musing [a]to man?
And (B)why should [b]I not be impatient?
5 Look at me, and be appalled,
And (C)put your hand over your mouth.
6 Even when I remember, I am dismayed,
And (D)horror seizes my flesh.
7 Why (E)do the wicked still live,
Continue on, also become very (F)powerful?
8 Their (G)seed is established with them in their presence,
And their offspring before their eyes,
9 Their houses (H)are safe from dread,
And the rod of God is not on them.
10 His ox mates and does not fail;
His cow calves and does not miscarry.
11 They send forth their little ones like the flock,
And their children skip about.
12 They lift up the tambourine and harp
And are glad at the sound of the pipe.
13 They (I)spend their days in prosperity,
And [c]suddenly they go down to Sheol.
14 They say to God, ‘(J)Depart from us!
We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.
15 [d]Who is [e]the Almighty, that we should serve Him,
And (K)what would we profit 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)disaster fall on them?
Does [f]God apportion destruction in His anger?
18 Are they as (O)straw before the wind,
And like (P)chaff which the storm steals away?
Job 21:4-18
Christian Standard Bible
4 As for me, is my complaint(A) against a human being?
Then why shouldn’t I be impatient?
5 Look at me and shudder;(B)
put your hand over your mouth.(C)
6 When I think about it, I am terrified
and my body trembles(D) in horror.
7 Why do the wicked continue to live,
growing old and becoming powerful?
8 Their children are established while they are still alive,[a]
and their descendants, before their eyes.
9 Their homes are secure and free of fear;(E)
no rod from God strikes them.(F)
10 Their bulls breed without fail;
their cows calve and do not miscarry.
11 They let their little ones run around like lambs;
their children skip about,
12 singing to the tambourine and lyre
and rejoicing at the sound of the flute.(G)
13 They spend[b] their days in prosperity(H)
and go down to Sheol in peace.
14 Yet they say to God, “Leave us alone!
We don’t want to know your ways.(I)
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him,
and what will we gain by pleading with him?” (J)
16 But their prosperity is not of their own doing.
The counsel of the wicked is far from me!(K)
17 How often is the lamp(L) of the wicked put out?
Does disaster[c] come on them?
Does he apportion destruction in his anger?
18 Are they like straw before the wind,
like chaff(M) a storm sweeps away?
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