Job 21:1-11 ▼

1 And Job answered and said:

2 “Listen carefully to my speech, and let this be your? consolation.

3 Bear with me, and I will speak; and after I have spoken, you may mock.

4 As for me, is my complaint against man? And if so, why should not my spirit be short?

5 Turn to me and be appalled, and put a hand over your mouth.

6 Even when I remember, then I am terrified, and trembling seizes my flesh.

7 Why do the wicked live on, growing old, even becoming mighty in power?

8 Their seed is established with them before their face, and their offspring before their eyes.

9 Their houses are safe from dread, and the rod of God is not upon them.

10 His bull passes over, without fail; his cow brings forth, and does not miscarry.

11 They send forth their little boys like a flock, and their children skip about.