| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Then Job answered, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2"Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your way of consolation. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3"Bear with me that I may speak; Then after I have spoken, you may mock. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4"As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient? |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5"Look at me, and be astonished, And put your hand over your mouth. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6"Even when I remember, I am disturbed, And horror takes hold of my flesh. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7"Why do the wicked still live, Continue on, also become very powerful? |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8"Their descendants are established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes, |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Their houses are safe from fear, And the rod of God is not on them. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10"His ox mates without fail; His cow calves and does not abort. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11"They send forth their little ones like the flock, And their children skip about. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12"They sing to the timbrel and harp And rejoice at the sound of the flute. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13"They spend their days in prosperity, And suddenly they go down to Sheol. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14"They say to God, 'Depart from us! We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15'Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we gain if we entreat Him?' |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16"Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17"How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, Or does their calamity fall on them? Does God apportion destruction in His anger? |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18"Are they as straw before the wind, And like chaff which the storm carries away? |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19"You say, 'God stores away a man's iniquity for his sons.' Let God repay him so that he may know it. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20"Let his own eyes see his decay, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21"For what does he care for his household after him, When the number of his months is cut off? |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22"Can anyone teach God knowledge, In that He judges those on high? |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23"One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and satisfied; |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24His sides are filled out with fat, And the marrow of his bones is moist, |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25While another dies with a bitter soul, Never even tasting anything good. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26"Together they lie down in the dust, And worms cover them. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27"Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plans by which you would wrong me. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28"For you say, 'Where is the house of the nobleman, And where is the tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?' |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29"Have you not asked wayfaring men, And do you not recognize their witness? |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30"For the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity; They will be led forth at the day of fury. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31"Who will confront him with his actions, And who will repay him for what he has done? |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32"While he is carried to the grave, Men will keep watch over his tomb. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33"The clods of the valley will gently cover him; Moreover, all men will follow after him, While countless ones go before him. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34"How then will you vainly comfort me, For your answers remain full of falsehood?" |
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