Job 21:4-18
New King James Version
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;
(A)Put your hand over your mouth.
6 Even when I remember I am terrified,
And trembling takes hold of my flesh.
7 (B)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,
(C)Neither is [a]the rod of God upon them.
10 Their bull breeds without failure;
Their cow calves (D)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 (E)spend their days in wealth,
And [b]in a moment go down to the [c]grave.
14 (F)Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us,
For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
15 (G)Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?
And (H)what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’
16 Indeed [d]their prosperity is not in their hand;
(I)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 (J)distributes in His anger?
18 (K)They are like straw before the wind,
And like chaff that a storm [e]carries away.
Job 21:4-18
21st Century King James Version
4 “As for me, is my complaint to man? And if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth!
6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
7 Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
10 Their bull breeds, and faileth not; their cow calveth and casteth not her calf.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
14 Therefore they say unto God, ‘Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of Thy ways.
15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto Him?’
16 Lo, their good is not in their hand; the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17 “How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! And how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in His anger.
18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
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