Job 21
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Job’s Dialogue Regarding the Wicked
1Then Job answered and said,
2“Listen carefully to my speech,
And let this be the consolation.
3“Bear with me, and I also will speak;
And after I have spoken, you may [continue to] mock [me].
4“As for me, is my complaint to man or about him?
And why should I not be impatient and my spirit troubled?
5“Look at me and be astonished and appalled;
And put your hand over your mouth.
6“Even when I remember, I am troubled and afraid;
Horror and trembling take hold of my flesh.
7“Why do the wicked still live,
Become old, and become mighty in power?
8“Their children and descendants are established with them in their sight,
And their offspring before their eyes.
9“Their houses are safe from fear;
And the rod of God is not on them.
10“His bull breeds and does not fail;
His cow calves and does not miscarry.
11“They send forth their little ones like a flock,
And their children skip about.
12“They lift up their voices and sing to the tambourine and the lyre
And rejoice to the sound of the flute.
13“They fully enjoy their days in prosperity,
And so go down to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) in a [peaceful] moment.
14“Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us,
For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
15‘Who [and what] is #21:15 Heb Shaddai, also v 20.the Almighty, that we should serve Him?
And what would we gain if we plead with Him?’ [Ex 5:2]
16“But notice, the prosperity of the wicked is not in their hand (in their power);
The counsel of the wicked [and the mystery of God’s dealings with the ungodly] is far from my comprehension.
17¶“How often [then] is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out,
And that their disaster falls on them?
Does God distribute pain and destruction and sorrow [to them] in His anger? [Luke 12:46]
18“Are they like straw before the wind,
And like chaff that the storm steals and carries away?
19“You say, ‘God stores away [the punishment of] man’s wickedness for his children.’
Let God repay him so that he may know and experience it.
20“Let his own eyes see his destruction,
And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21“For what pleasure does he have in his house and family after he is dead,
When the number of his months [of life] is cut off?
22“Can anyone teach God knowledge,
Seeing that He judges those on high? [Rom 11:34; 1 Cor 2:16]
23“One dies in his full strength,
Being wholly at ease and quiet and satisfied;
24His pails are full of milk [his sides are filled out with fat],
And the marrow of his bones is moist,
25Whereas another dies with a bitter soul,
Never even tasting pleasure or good fortune.
26“Together they lie down in the dust,
And the worms cover them.
27¶“Behold, I know your thoughts,
And the plots by which you would wrong me.
28“For you say, ‘Where is the house of the noble man?
And where is the tent, the dwelling place of the wicked?’
29“Have you not asked those who travel this way,
And do you not recognize their witness?
30“That evil men are [now] reserved for the day of disaster and destruction,
They will be led away on the day of [God’s] wrath?
31“But who will confront him with his actions and rebuke him face to face,
And who will repay him for what he has done?
32“When he is carried to his grave,
A guard will keep watch over his tomb.
33“The [dirt] clods of the valley are sweet to him [and gently cover him],
Moreover, all men will follow after him [to a grave],
While countless ones go before him.
34“How then can you vainly comfort me with empty words,
Since your answers remain untrue?”
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Iyov 21
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1But Iyov answered and said,
2Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your tanechumot (consolations).
3Bear with me that I may speak; and achar (after) that I have spoken, mock on.
4As for me, is my complaint to adam (mortals)? Or why should my ruach not become impatient?
5Look at me, and be astonished, and lay your yad upon your peh (mouth).
6Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my basar.
7Madu'a (why) do the resha'im live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
8Their zera is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
9Their batim (houses) are shalom from pachad; neither is the shevet Eloah upon them.
10Their shor (bull) breeds, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and doth not miscarry her calf.
11They send forth their little ones like a tzon, and their yeladim jump about.
12They sing to the tambourine and kinnor, and rejoice at the sound of the flute.
13They spend their yamim in tov, and in a moment go down to Sheol.
14Therefore they say unto El, Depart from us; for we desire not the da'as of Thy ways.
15What is Shaddai, that we should serve Him? And what profit should we have, if we importune Him?
16Lo, their tov is not in their yad; the etzah (counsel, scheme) of the resha'im is far from me.
17How oft is the ner (light) of the resha'im put out! And how oft cometh their destruction upon them and He distributeth pains in His anger.
18They are as straw before the ruach, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
19Eloah layeth up his iniquity for his banim; He payeth him back, and he shall know it.
20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of Shaddai.
21For what pleasure hath he in his bais after him, when the mispar (number) of his months is cut off?
22Shall any teach El da'as, seeing He judgeth those that are on high?
23Zeh (this one) dieth in his full prosperity, being wholly at ease and secure.
24His troughs are full of cholov, and his atzmot are moistened with marrow.
25And another dieth in the marah (bitterness) of his nefesh, and never eateth with pleasure.
26They shall lie down alike in the aphar, and the worms shall cover them.
27Behold, I know your machshevot, and the stratagems which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
28For ye say, Where is the bais of the tyrant? And where are the ohel mishkenot of the resha'im?
29Have ye not asked them that travel the derech? And do ye not accept their testimony,
30That the rah is spared in the yom eid (day of calamity)? They shall be rescued in the yom avarot (day of wrath).
31Who shall declare his derech to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?
32Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the gadish (gravemound).
33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and kol adam shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
34How then comfort ye me with hevel (empty nothings), seeing in your answers there is nothing left but falsehood?
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