Job 21:1-11 ▼

1 Then Job responded,

2 “Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your way of consolation.

3 “Bear with me that I may speak; Then after I have spoken, you may mock me.

4 “As for me, is my complaint to a mortal? Or why should I not be impatient?

5 “Look at me, and be astonished, And put your hand over your mouth.

6 “Even when I remember, I am disturbed, And horror takes hold of my flesh.

7 “Why do the wicked still live, Grow old, and also become very powerful?

8 “Their descendants endure 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 ox mates without fail; His cow calves and does not miscarry.

11 “They send out their boys like the flock, And their children dance.