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King James Bible |
Youngs Literal Translation |
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| 21:1 | But Job answered and said, | And Job answereth and saith: -- |
| 21:2 | Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. | Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation. |
| 21:3 | Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. | Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking -- ye may deride. |
| 21:4 | As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be |
I -- to man `is' my complaint? and if `so', wherefore May not my temper become short? |
| 21:5 | Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth. | |
| 21:6 | Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. | Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright. |
| 21:7 | Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? | Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth. |
| 21:8 | Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. | Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes. |
| 21:9 | Their houses are |
Their houses `are' peace without fear, Nor `is' a rod of God upon them. |
| 21:10 | Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. | His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry. |
| 21:11 | They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. | They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip, |
| 21:12 | They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. | They lift `themselves' up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ. |
| 21:13 | They spend their days |
They wear out in good their days, And in a moment `to' Sheol go down. |
| 21:14 | Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. | And they say to God, `Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired. |
| 21:15 | What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? | What `is' the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?' |
| 21:16 | Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me. | Lo, not in their hand `is' their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.) |
| 21:17 | How oft is the |
How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger. |
| 21:18 | They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm |
They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away, |
| 21:19 | God layeth up |
God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him -- and he knoweth. |
| 21:20 | His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. | His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh. |
| 21:21 | For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? | For what `is' his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off? |
| 21:22 | Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. | To God doth `one' teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge? |
| 21:23 | One dieth |
This `one' dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet. |
| 21:24 | His |
His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten. |
| 21:25 | And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. | And this `one' dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness. |
| 21:26 | They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. | Together -- on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over. |
| 21:27 | Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. | Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully. |
| 21:28 | For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are |
For ye say, `Where `is' the house of the noble? And where the tent -- The tabernacles of the wicked?' |
| 21:29 | Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, | Have ye not asked those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know? |
| 21:30 | That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to |
That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought. |
| 21:31 | Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? | Who doth declare to his face his way? And `for' that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him? |
| 21:32 | Yet shall he be brought to the |
And he -- to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept. |
| 21:33 | The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. | Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering. |
| 21:34 | How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth |
And how do ye comfort me `with' vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass? |