Job 21:1-15 ▼

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.

12 They lift up to the tambourine and harp, and they rejoice at the sound of the flute.

13 They wear out their days in prosperity, and in peace go down to Sheol.

14 And they said to God, ‘Turn away from us! For we do not delight to know Your ways.

15 What is Shaddai that we should serve Him? And what do we gain that we should meet with Him?’