Job 21:12-34 Parallel Bible Translations

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	STUDY Hebrew & Greek Study Bible	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
12	יִ֭שְׂאוּ כְּתֹ֣ף וְכִנּ֑וֹר וְ֝יִשְׂמְח֗וּ לְק֣וֹל עוּגָֽב׃	They sing to the tambourine and the lyre and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.	They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre; they make merry to the sound of the pipe.
13	[יבלו] (יְכַלּ֣וּ) בַטּ֣וֹב יְמֵיהֶ֑ם וּ֝בְרֶ֗גַע שְׁא֣וֹל יֵחָֽתּוּ׃	They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol.	They spend their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.
14	וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ לָ֭אֵל ס֣וּר מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וְדַ֥עַת דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א חָפָֽצְנוּ׃	They say to God, ‘Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.	Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone! We have no desire to know your ways.
15	מַה־ שַׁדַּ֥י כִּֽי־ נַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּ וּמַה־ נּ֝וֹעִ֗יל כִּ֣י נִפְגַּע־ בּֽוֹ׃	What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’	Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain by praying to him?’
16	הֵ֤ן לֹ֣א בְיָדָ֣ם טוּבָ֑ם עֲצַ֥ת רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים רָ֣חֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃	Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand? The counsel of the wicked is far from me.	But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.
17	כַּמָּ֤ה ׀ נֵר־ רְשָׁ֘עִ֤ים יִדְעָ֗ךְ וְיָבֹ֣א עָלֵ֣ימוֹ אֵידָ֑ם חֲ֝בָלִ֗ים יְחַלֵּ֥ק בְּאַפּֽוֹ׃	“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity comes upon them? That God distributes pains in his anger?	“Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does calamity come upon them, the fate God allots in his anger?
18	יִהְי֗וּ כְּתֶ֥בֶן לִפְנֵי־ ר֑וּחַ וּ֝כְמֹ֗ץ גְּנָבַ֥תּוּ סוּפָֽה׃	That they are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away?	How often are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a gale?
19	אֱל֗וֹהַּ יִצְפֹּן־ לְבָנָ֥יו אוֹנ֑וֹ יְשַׁלֵּ֖ם אֵלָ֣יו וְיֵדָֽע׃	You say, ‘God stores up their iniquity for their children.’ Let him pay it out to them, that they may know it.	It is said, ‘God stores up the punishment of the wicked for their children.’ Let him repay the wicked, so that they themselves will experience it!
20	יִרְא֣וּ [עינו] (עֵינָ֣יו) כִּיד֑וֹ וּמֵחֲמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃	Let their own eyes see their destruction, and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.	Let their own eyes see their destruction; let them drink the cup of the wrath of the Almighty.
21	כִּ֤י מַה־ חֶפְצ֣וֹ בְּבֵית֣וֹ אַחֲרָ֑יו וּמִסְפַּ֖ר חֳדָשָׁ֣יו חֻצָּֽצוּ׃	For what do they care for their houses after them, when the number of their months is cut off?	For what do they care about the families they leave behind when their allotted months come to an end?
22	הַלְאֵ֥ל יְלַמֶּד־ דָּ֑עַת וְ֝ה֗וּא רָמִ֥ים יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃	Will any teach God knowledge, seeing that he judges those who are on high?	“Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since he judges even the highest?
23	זֶ֗ה יָ֭מוּת בְּעֶ֣צֶם תֻּמּ֑וֹ כֻּ֝לּ֗וֹ שַׁלְאֲנַ֥ן וְשָׁלֵֽיו׃	One dies in his full vigor, being wholly at ease and secure,	One person dies in full vigor, completely secure and at ease,
24	עֲ֭טִינָיו מָלְא֣וּ חָלָ֑ב וּמֹ֖חַ עַצְמוֹתָ֣יו יְשֻׁקֶּֽה׃	his pails full of milk and the marrow of his bones moist.	well nourished in body, bones rich with marrow.
25	וְזֶ֗ה יָ֭מוּת בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁ מָרָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־ אָ֝כַ֗ל בַּטּוֹבָֽה׃	Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted of prosperity.	Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having enjoyed anything good.
26	יַ֭חַד עַל־ עָפָ֣ר יִשְׁכָּ֑בוּ וְ֝רִמָּ֗ה תְּכַסֶּ֥ה עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃	They lie down alike in the dust, and the worms cover them.	Side by side they lie in the dust, and worms cover them both.
27	הֵ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וּ֝מְזִמּ֗וֹת עָלַ֥י תַּחְמֹֽסוּ׃	“Behold, I know your thoughts and your schemes to wrong me.	“I know full well what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
28	כִּ֤י תֹֽאמְר֗וּ אַיֵּ֥ה בֵית־ נָדִ֑יב וְ֝אַיֵּ֗ה אֹ֤הֶל ׀ מִשְׁכְּנ֬וֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃	For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’	You say, ‘Where now is the house of the great, the tents where the wicked lived?’
29	הֲלֹ֣א שְׁ֭אֶלְתֶּם ע֣וֹבְרֵי דָ֑רֶךְ וְ֝אֹתֹתָ֗ם לֹ֣א תְנַכֵּֽרוּ׃	Have you not asked those who travel the roads, and do you not accept their testimony	Have you never questioned those who travel? Have you paid no regard to their accounts—
30	כִּ֤י לְי֣וֹם אֵ֭יד יֵחָ֣שֶׂךְ רָ֑ע לְי֖וֹם עֲבָר֣וֹת יוּבָֽלוּ׃	that the evil man is spared in the day of calamity, that he is rescued in the day of wrath?	that the wicked are spared from the day of calamity, that they are delivered from the day of wrath?
31	מִֽי־ יַגִּ֣יד עַל־ פָּנָ֣יו דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וְהֽוּא־ עָ֝שָׂ֗ה מִ֣י יְשַׁלֶּם־ לֽוֹ׃	Who declares his way to his face, and who repays him for what he has done?	Who denounces their conduct to their face? Who repays them for what they have done?
32	וְ֭הוּא לִקְבָר֣וֹת יוּבָ֑ל וְֽעַל־ גָּדִ֥ישׁ יִשְׁקֽוֹד׃	When he is carried to the grave, watch is kept over his tomb.	They are carried to the grave, and watch is kept over their tombs.
33	מָֽתְקוּ־ ל֗וֹ רִגְבֵ֫י נָ֥חַל וְ֭אַחֲרָיו כָּל־ אָדָ֣ם יִמְשׁ֑וֹךְ וּ֝לְפָנָ֗יו אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּֽר׃	The clods of the valley are sweet to him; all mankind follows after him, and those who go before him are innumerable.	The soil in the valley is sweet to them; everyone follows after them, and a countless throng goes before them.
34	וְ֭אֵיךְ תְּנַחֲמ֣וּנִי הָ֑בֶל וּ֝תְשֽׁוּבֹתֵיכֶ֗ם נִשְׁאַר־ מָֽעַל׃ ס	How then will you comfort me with empty nothings? There is nothing left of your answers but falsehood.”	“So how can you console me with your nonsense? Nothing is left of your answers but falsehood!”
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