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Job 21 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Job Says God Will Deal with the Wicked

Job 21:1

Job 21:1Then Job [fn]answered,

Job 21:2

Job 21:2“Listen carefully to my speech,
And let this be your way of consolation.

Job 21:3

Job 21:3“Bear with me that I may speak;
Then after I have spoken, you may mock.

Job 21:4

Job 21:4“As for me, is my complaint [fn]to man?
And why should [fn]I not be impatient?

Job 21:5

Job 21:5“Look at me, and be astonished,
And put your hand over your mouth.

Job 21:6

Job 21:6“Even when I remember, I am disturbed,
And horror takes hold of my flesh.

Job 21:7

Job 21:7“Why do the wicked still live,
Continue on, also become very powerful?

Job 21:8

Job 21:8“Their [fn]descendants are established with them in their sight,
And their offspring before their eyes,

Job 21:9

Job 21:9Their houses are safe from fear,
And the rod of God is not on them.

Job 21:10

Job 21:10“His ox mates [fn]without fail;
His cow calves and does not abort.

Job 21:11

Job 21:11“They send forth their little ones like the flock,
And their children skip about.

Job 21:12

Job 21:12“They [fn]sing to the timbrel and harp
And rejoice at the sound of the flute.

Job 21:13

Job 21:13“They spend their days in prosperity,
And [fn]suddenly they go down to [fn]Sheol.

Job 21:14

Job 21:14“They say to God, ‘Depart from us!
We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.

Job 21:15

Job 21:15‘[fn]Who is [fn]the Almighty, that we should serve Him,
And what would we gain if we entreat Him?’

Job 21:16

Job 21:16“Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand;
The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Job 21:17

Job 21:17“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out,
Or does their calamity fall on them?
Does [fn]God apportion destruction in His anger?

Job 21:18

Job 21:18“Are they as straw before the wind,
And like chaff which the storm carries away?

Job 21:19

Job 21:19“You say, ‘God stores away [fn]a man’s iniquity for his sons.’
Let [fn]God repay him so that he may know it.

Job 21:20

Job 21:20“Let his own eyes see his decay,
And let him drink of the wrath of [fn]the Almighty.

Job 21:21

Job 21:21“For what does he care for his household [fn]after him,
When the number of his months is cut off?

Job 21:22

Job 21:22“Can anyone teach God knowledge,
In that He judges those on high?

Job 21:23

Job 21:23“One dies in his full strength,
Being wholly at ease and [fn]satisfied;

Job 21:24

Job 21:24His [fn]sides are filled out with fat,
And the marrow of his bones is moist,

Job 21:25

Job 21:25While another dies with a bitter soul,
Never even [fn]tasting anything good.

Job 21:26

Job 21:26“Together they lie down in the dust,
And worms cover them.

Job 21:27

Job 21:27“Behold, I know your thoughts,
And the plans by which you would wrong me.

Job 21:28

Job 21:28“For you say, ‘Where is the house of the nobleman,
And where is the tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?’

Job 21:29

Job 21:29“Have you not asked wayfaring men,
And do you not recognize their [fn]witness?

Job 21:30

Job 21:30“For the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity;
They will be led forth at the day of fury.

Job 21:31

Job 21:31“Who will [fn]confront him with his actions,
And who will repay him for what he has done?

Job 21:32

Job 21:32“While he is carried to the grave,
Men will keep watch over his tomb.

Job 21:33

Job 21:33“The clods of the valley will [fn]gently cover him;
Moreover, all men will [fn]follow after him,
While countless ones go before him.

Job 21:34

Job 21:34“How then will you vainly comfort me,
For your answers remain full of [fn]falsehood?”
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NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: answered and said
Or, against
Literally: my spirit
Literally: seed
Literally: and does not fail
Literally: lifted up the voice
So with most versions; M.T. are shattered by Sheol
I.e. the nether world
Literally: What
Hebrew: Shaddai
Literally: He
Literally: his
Literally: Him
Hebrew: Shaddai
I.e. after he dies
Or, quiet
So with Syr; Heb uncertain. Some render as, his pails are full of milk
Literally: eating
Literally: signs
Literally: declare his way to his face
Literally: be sweet to him
Literally: draw
Or, faithlessness
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