Job 21 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Job Says God Will Deal with the Wicked

Job 21:1

Job 21:1Then Job made answer and said,

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Job 21:2Give attention with care to my words; and let this be your comfort.

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Job 21:3Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me.

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Job 21:4As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

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Job 21:5Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth.

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Job 21:6At the very thought of it my flesh is shaking with fear.

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Job 21:7Why is life given to the evil-doers? why do they become old and strong in power?

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Job 21:8Their children are ever with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

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Job 21:9Their houses are free from fear, and the rod of God does not come on them.

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Job 21:10Their ox is ready at all times to give seed; their cow gives birth, without dropping her young.

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Job 21:11They send out their young ones like a flock, and their children have pleasure in the dance,

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Job 21:12They make songs to the instruments of music, and are glad at the sound of the pipe.

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Job 21:13Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld.

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Job 21:14Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.

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Job 21:15What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?

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Job 21:16Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)

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Job 21:17How frequently is the light of the evil-doers put out, or does trouble come on them? how frequently does his wrath take them with cords?

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Job 21:18How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?

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Job 21:19You say, God keeps punishment stored up for his children. Let him send it on the man himself, so that he may have the punishment of it!

Job 21:20

Job 21:20Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all!

Job 21:21

Job 21:21For what interest has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is ended?

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Job 21:22Is anyone able to give teaching to God? for he is the judge of those who are on high.

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Job 21:23One comes to his end in complete well-being, full of peace and quiet:

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Job 21:24His buckets are full of milk, and there is no loss of strength in his bones.

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Job 21:25And another comes to his end with a bitter soul, without ever tasting good.

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Job 21:26Together they go down to the dust, and are covered by the worm.

Job 21:27

Job 21:27See, I am conscious of your thoughts, and of your violent purposes against me;

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Job 21:28For you say, Where is the house of the ruler, and where is the tent of the evil-doer?

Job 21:29

Job 21:29Have you not put the question to the travellers, and do you not take note of their experience?

Job 21:30

Job 21:30How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?

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Job 21:31Who will make his way clear to his face? and if he has done a thing, who gives him punishment for it?

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Job 21:32He is taken to his last resting-place, and keeps watch over it.

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Job 21:33The earth of the valley covering his bones is sweet to him, and all men come after him, as there were unnumbered before him.

Job 21:34

Job 21:34Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit?

The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

Job 21 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Job Says God Will Deal with the Wicked

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