Job 21:1-13 ▼

1 Then Job answered and said,

2 Hear diligently my speech; and let this be your consolations.

3 Suffer me, and I also will speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and why should I not be impatient?

5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

6 Even when I remember I am troubled, and horror taketh hold on my flesh.

7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, wax mighty in power?

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

9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

12 They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

13 They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol.