Job 21
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1But Iyov [hated] answered and said,
2Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
3Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
4As for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it were so], why should not my spirit be troubled?
5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your] mouth.
6Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling takes hold on my flesh.
7For what reason do the wicked live, become old, yes, are mighty in power?
8Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
9Their houses [are] safe from fear, neither [is] the rod of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] upon them.
10Their bulls are fertile, and fail not; their cow calve, and casts not her calf.
11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
12They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
14Therefore they say unto God-El [The Powerful Living Word], Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of youi ways.
15What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
16Lo, their good [is] not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and [how oft] comes their destruction upon them! [God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]] distributes sorrows in his anger.
18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away.
19God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] lays up his iniquity for his children: he rewards him, and he shall know [it].
20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21For what pleasure [has] he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
22Shall [any] teach God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] knowledge? seeing he those that are high.
23One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
24His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
25And another dies in the bitterness of his soul, and never eats with pleasure.
26They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices [which] you2f wrongfully imagine against me.
28For you2f say, Where [is] the house of the prince? and where [are] the dwelling places of the wicked?
29Have you2f not asked them that go by the way? and do you2f not know their tokens,
30That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
31Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him [what] he has done?
32Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him.
34How then comfort you2f me in vain, seeing in your answers there remains falsehood?
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