Job 21:1-13 ▼

1 And Job answers and says:

2 “Hear my word diligently, || And this is your consolation.

3 Bear with me, and I speak, || And after my speaking—you may deride.

4 [Is] my complaint [against] man? And if [so], why may my temper not become short?

5 Turn to me, and be astonished, || And put hand to mouth.

6 Indeed, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh has taken fright.

7 Why do the wicked live? They have become old, || Indeed, they have been mighty in wealth.

8 Their seed is established, || Before their face with them, || And their offspring before their eyes.

9 Their houses [are] peace without fear, || Nor [is] a rod of God on them.

10 His bullock breeds without fail. His cow brings forth safely, and does not miscarry.

11 They send forth their sucklings as a flock, || And their children skip,

12 They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, || And rejoice at the sound of a pipe.

13 They wear out their days in good, || And in a moment go down [to] Sheol.