Job 21:18-34 ▼

18 |Are they as straw before the wind, And like chaff which the storm carries away?

19 |[You say], 'God stores away a man's iniquity for his sons.' Let God repay him so that he may know [it].

20 |Let his own eyes see his decay, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

21 |For what does he care for his household after him, When the number of his months is cut off?

22 |Can anyone teach God knowledge, In that He judges those on high?

23 |One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and satisfied;

24 His sides are filled out with fat, And the marrow of his bones is moist,

25 While another dies with a bitter soul, Never even tasting [anything] good.

26 |Together they lie down in the dust, And worms cover them.

27 |Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plans by which you would wrong me.

28 |For you say, 'Where is the house of the nobleman, And where is the tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?'

29 |Have you not asked wayfaring men, And do you not recognize their witness?

30 |For the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity; They will be led forth at the day of fury.

31 |Who will confront him with his actions, And who will repay him for what he has done?

32 |While he is carried to the grave, [Men] will keep watch over [his] tomb.

33 |The clods of the valley will gently cover him; Moreover, all men will follow after him, While countless ones [go] before him.

34 |How then will you vainly comfort me, For your answers remain [full of] falsehood?|