Job 21:4-18
English Standard Version
4 As for me, is my (A)complaint against man?
Why should I not be impatient?
5 Look at me and be appalled,
and (B)lay your hand over your mouth.
6 When I remember, I am dismayed,
and shuddering seizes my flesh.
7 (C)Why do the wicked live,
reach old age, and grow mighty in power?
8 Their (D)offspring are established in their presence,
and their descendants before their eyes.
9 Their houses are (E)safe from fear,
and (F)no rod of God is upon them.
10 Their bull breeds without fail;
their cow calves and (G)does not miscarry.
11 They send out their (H)little boys like a flock,
and their children dance.
12 They sing to (I)the tambourine and (J)the lyre
and rejoice to the sound of (K)the pipe.
13 They (L)spend their days in prosperity,
and in (M)peace they go down to (N)Sheol.
14 They say to God, (O)‘Depart from us!
We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
15 (P)What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
And what (Q)profit do we get if we pray to him?’
16 Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand?
(R)The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17 “How often is it that (S)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 (T)straw before the wind,
and like (U)chaff that the storm carries away?
Footnotes
- Job 21:17 Hebrew he
Job 21:4-18
New American Standard Bible
4 As for me, is (A)my complaint [a]to a mortal?
Or (B)why should [b]I not be impatient?
5 Look at me, and be astonished,
And (C)put your hand over your mouth.
6 Even when I remember, I am disturbed,
And (D)horror takes hold of my flesh.
7 Why (E)do the wicked still live,
Grow old, and also become very [c](F)powerful?
8 Their [d](G)descendants endure with them in their sight,
And their offspring before their eyes,
9 Their houses (H)are safe from fear,
And the [e]rod of God is not on them.
10 His ox mates [f]without fail;
His cow calves and does not miscarry.
11 They send out their boys like the flock,
And their children dance.
12 They [g]sing with the tambourine and harp,
And rejoice at the sound of the flute.
13 They (I)spend their days in prosperity,
And [h]suddenly they go down to [i]Sheol.
14 Yet they say to God, ‘(J)Go away from us!
We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.
15 [j]Who is [k]the Almighty, that we should serve Him,
And (K)what would we gain if we plead with Him?’
16 Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand;
The (L)advice 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 [l]God apportion destruction in His anger?
18 Are they as (O)straw before the wind,
And like (P)chaff which the storm carries away?
Footnotes
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