Job 21:1-11 ▼

1 Then Job answered and said:

2 “Keep listening to my words, and let this be your comfort.

3 Bear with me, and I will speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.

4 As for me, is my complaint against man? Why should I not be impatient?

5 Look at me and be appalled, and lay your hand over your mouth.

6 When I remember, I am dismayed, and shuddering seizes my flesh.

7 Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power?

8 Their offspring are established in their presence, and their descendants before their eyes.

9 Their houses are safe from fear, and no rod of God is upon them.

10 Their bull breeds without fail; their cow calves and does not miscarry.

11 They send out their little boys like a flock, and their children dance.