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| [1]But Job answered, and said, |
[1]But Job answered and said, |
| [2]Hear diligently my words, and this shall be instead of your consolations. |
[2]Hear ye, hear ye my words, that I may not have this consolation from you. |
| [3]Suffer me, that I may speak, and when I have spoken, mock on. |
[3]Raise me, and I will speak; then ye shall not laugh me to scorn. |
| [4]Do I direct my talk to man? If it were so, how should not my spirit be troubled? |
[4]What! is my reproof of man? and why should I not be angry? |
| [5]Mark me, and be abashed, and lay your hand upon your mouth. |
[5]Look upon me, and wonder, laying your hand upon your cheek. |
| [6]Even when I remember, I am afraid, and fear taketh hold on my flesh. |
[6]For even when I remember, I am alarmed, and pains seize my flesh. |
| [7]Wherefore do the wicked live, and wax old, and grow in wealth? |
[7]Wherefore do the ungodly live, and grow old even in wealth? |
| [8]Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their generation before their eyes. |
[8]Their seed is according to their desire, and their children are in their sight. |
| [9]Their houses are peaceable without fear, and the rod of God is not upon them. |
[9]Their houses are prosperous, neither have they any where cause for fear, neither is there a scourge from the Lord upon them. |
| [10]Their bullock gendereth, and faileth not: their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. |
[10]Their cow does not cast her calf, and their beast with young is safe, and does not miscarry. |
| [11]They send forth their children like sheep, and their sons dance. |
[11]And they remain as an unfailing flock, and their children play before them, taking up the psaltery and harp; |
| [12]They take the tabret and harp, and rejoice in the sound of the organs. |
[12]and they rejoice at the voice of a song. |
| [13]They spend their days in wealth, and suddenly they go down to the grave. |
[13]And they spend their days in wealth, and fall asleep in the rest of the grave. |
| [14]They say also unto God, Depart from us: for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. |
[14]Yet such a man says to the Lord, Depart from me; I desire not to know thy ways. |
| [15]Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we should pray unto him? |
[15]What is the Mighty One, that we should serve him? and what profit is there that we should approach him? |
| [16]Lo, their wealth is not in their hand: therefore let the counsel of the wicked be far from me. |
[16]For their good things were in their hands, but he regards not the works of the ungodly. |
| [17]How oft shall the candle of the wicked be put out? And their destruction come upon them? He will divide their lives in his wrath. |
[17]Nevertheless, the lamp of the ungodly also shall be put out, and destruction shall come upon them, and pangs of vengeance shall seize them. |
| [18]They shall be as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. |
[18]And they shall be as chaff before the wind, or as dust which the storm has taken up. |
| [19]God will lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: when he rewardeth him, he shall know it. |
[19]Let his substance fail to supply his children: God shall recompense him, and he shall know it. |
| [20]His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. |
[20]Let his eyes see his own destruction, and let him not be saved by the Lord. |
| [21]For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off? |
[21]For his desire is in his house with him, and the number of his months has been suddenly cut off. |
| [22]Shall any teach God knowledge, who judgeth the highest things? |
[22]Is it not the Lord who teaches understanding and knowledge? and does not he judge murders? |
| [23]One dieth in his full strength, being in all ease and prosperity. |
[23]One shall die in his perfect strength, and wholly at ease and prosperous; |
| [24]His breasts are full of milk, and his bones run full of marrow. |
[24]and his inwards are full of fat, and his marrow is diffused throughout him. |
| [25]And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. |
[25]And another dies in bitterness of soul, not eating any good thing. |
| [26]They shall sleep both in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. |
[26]But they lie down in the earth together, and corruption covers them. |
| [27]Behold, I know your thoughts, and the enterprises, wherewith ye do me wrong. |
[27]So I know you, that ye presumptuously attack me: |
| [28]For ye say, Where is the prince's house? And where is the tabernacle of the wicked's dwelling? |
[28]so that ye will say, Where is the house of the prince? and where is the covering of the tabernacles of the ungodly? |
| [29]May ye not ask them that go by the way? And ye cannot deny their signs. |
[29]Ask those that go by the way, and do not disown their tokens. |
| [30]But the wicked is kept unto the day of destruction , and they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. |
[30]For the wicked hastens to the day of destruction: they shall be led away for the day of his vengeance. |
| [31]Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall reward him for that he hath done? |
[31]Who will tell him his way to his face, whereas he has done it? who shall recompense him? |
| [32]Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and remain in the heap. |
[32]And he has been led away to the tombs, and he has watched over the heaps. |
| [33]The slimy valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as before him there were innumerable. |
[33]The stones of the valley have been sweet to him, and every man shall depart after him, and there are innumerable ones before him. |
| [34]How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remain but lies? |
[34]How then do ye comfort me in vain? whereas I have no rest from your molestation. |