Job 21:1-11 ▼

1 Then 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.