New American Standard Bible Job Says God Will Deal with the Wicked 1Then Job answered,
2Listen carefully to my speech,
3Bear with me that I may speak;
4As for me, is my complaint to man?
5Look at me, and be astonished,
6Even when I remember, I am disturbed,
7Why do the wicked still live,
8Their descendants are established with them in their sight,
9Their houses are safe from fear,
10His ox mates without fail;
11They send forth their little ones like the flock,
12They sing to the timbrel and harp
13They spend their days in prosperity,
14They say to God, Depart from us!
15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him,
16Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand;
17How often is the lamp of the wicked put out,
18Are they as straw before the wind,
19You say, God stores away a mans iniquity for his sons.
20Let his own eyes see his decay,
21For what does he care for his household after him,
22Can anyone teach God knowledge,
23One dies in his full strength,
24His sides are filled out with fat,
25While another dies with a bitter soul,
26Together they lie down in the dust,
27Behold, I know your thoughts,
28For you say, Where is the house of the nobleman,
29Have you not asked wayfaring men,
30For the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity;
31Who will confront him with his actions,
32While he is carried to the grave,
33The clods of the valley will gently cover him;
34How then will you vainly comfort me, New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org Bible Hub |