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
Revised Standard Version
4 As for me, is my complaint against man?
Why should I not be impatient?
5 Look at me, and be appalled,
and lay your hand upon your mouth.
6 When I think of it I am dismayed,
and shuddering seizes my flesh.
7 Why do the wicked live,
reach old age, and grow mighty in power?
8 Their children are established in their presence,
and their offspring before their eyes.
9 Their houses are safe from fear,
and no rod of God is upon them.
10 Their bull breeds without fail;
their cow calves, and does not cast her calf.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock,
and their children dance.
12 They sing to the tambourine and the lyre,
and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.
13 They spend their days in prosperity,
and in peace they go down to Sheol.
14 They say to God, ‘Depart from us!
We do not desire the knowledge of thy ways.
15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’
16 Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand?
The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17 “How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out?
That their calamity comes upon them?
That God[a] distributes pains in his anger?
18 That they are like straw before the wind,
and like chaff that the storm carries away?
Footnotes
- Job 21:17 Heb he
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