Berean Standard Bible

Job 21:7-34

7WhyH4069 do the wickedH7563 live onH2421, growing oldH6275 andH1571 increasingH1396 in powerH2428?8Their descendantsH2233 are establishedH3559 around themH5973 H6440, and their offspringH6631 before their eyesH5869.9Their homesH1004 are safeH7965 from fearH6343; noH3808 rod of punishmentH7626 from GodH433 is upon themH5921.10Their bullsH7794 breedH5674 withoutH3808 failH1602; their cowsH6510 bear calvesH6403 and do notH3808 miscarryH7921.11They send forthH7971 their little onesH5759 like a flockH6629; their childrenH3206 skip aboutH7540,12singingH5375 to the tambourineH8596 and lyreH3658 and making merryH8055 at the soundH6963 of the fluteH5748.13They spendH1086 their daysH3117 in prosperityH2896 and go downH5181 to SheolH7585 in peaceH7281.114Yet they sayH559 to GodH410: ‘Leave us aloneH5493 H4480! For we have noH3808 desireH2654 to knowH1847 Your waysH1870.15WhoH4100 is the AlmightyH7706, thatH3588 we should serve HimH5647, and whatH4100 would we gainH3276 ifH3588 we prayH6293 to Him?’16StillH2005, their prosperityH2898 is notH3808 in their own handsH3027, so I stay farH7368 H4480 from the counselH6098 of the wickedH7563.

17How oftenH4100 is the lampH5216 of the wickedH7563 put outH1846?Does disasterH343 comeH935 upon themH5921?Does God, in His angerH639, apportionH2505 destructionH2256?18AreH1961 they like strawH8401 beforeH6440 the windH7307,like chaffH4671 swept awayH1589 by a stormH5492?19It is said that GodH433 lays upH6845 one’s punishmentH205 for his childrenH1121.Let God repay the manH7999 himselfH413, so he will know itH3045.20Let his eyesH5869 seeH7200 his own destructionH3589;let him drinkH8354 for himself the wrathH2534 of the AlmightyH7706.21ForH3588 whatH4100 does he careH2656 about his householdH1004 after himH310,when the numberH4557 of his monthsH2320 has run outH2686?

22Can anyone teachH3925 knowledgeH1847 to GodH410,since HeH1931 judgesH8199 those on highH7311?23One manH2088 diesH4191 full of vigorH6106 H8537,completelyH3605 secureH7946 and at easeH7961.24His bodyH5845 is well nourishedH4390 H2461,2and his bonesH6106 are richH8248 with marrowH4221.25Yet another manH2088 diesH4191 in the bitternessH4751 of his soulH5315,having neverH3808 tastedH398 prosperityH2896.26But togetherH3162 they lie downH7901 inH5921 the dustH6083,and wormsH7415 cover themH3680 both.

27BeholdH2005, I knowH3045 your thoughts full wellH4284,the schemes by whichH4209 you would wrongH2554 meH5921.28ForH3588 you sayH559, ‘WhereH346 now is the nobleman’sH5081 houseH1004,and whereH346 are the tentsH168 in which the wickedH7563 dwellH4908?’29Have you neverH3808 askedH7592 those who travelH5674 the roadsH1870?Do you notH3808 acceptH5234 their reportsH226?30IndeedH3588, the evilH7451 man is sparedH2820 from the dayH3117 of calamityH343,deliveredH2986 from the dayH3117 of wrathH5678.31WhoH4310 denouncesH5046 his behaviorH1870 toH5921 his faceH6440?WhoH4310 repaysH7999 him for what heH1931 has doneH6213?32HeH1931 is carriedH2986 to the graveH6913,and watch is keptH8245 overH5921 his tombH1430.33The clodsH7263 of the valleyH5158 are sweetH4985 to him;everyoneH3605 H120 followsH4900 behind himH310,and those before himH6440 are withoutH369 numberH4557.

34So howH349 can you comfort meH5162 with empty wordsH1892?For your answersH8666 remainH7604 full of falsehoodH4604.”

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