New American Standard Bible 1995

Job 21:22-33

22Can anyone 1teach God knowledge, In that He 2judges those on high?23One 3dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and 4satisfied;24His 5sides are filled out with fat, And the 6marrow of his bones is moist,25While another dies with a bitter soul, Never even 7tasting anything good.26Together they 8lie down in the dust, And 9worms cover them.

27“Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plans by which you would wrong me.28For you say, ‘Where is the house of 10the nobleman, And where is the 11tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?’29Have you not asked wayfaring men, And do you not recognize their 12witness?30For the 13wicked is reserved for the day of calamity; They will be led forth at 14the day of fury.31Who will 15confront him with his actions, And who will repay him for what he has done?32While he is carried to the grave, Men will keep watch over his tomb.33The 16clods of the valley will 17gently cover him; Moreover, 18all men will 19follow after him, While countless ones go before him.

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Notes

1. Job 21:22 Job 35:11; 36:22; Is 40:14; Rom 11:34 ↩
2. Job 21:22 Job 4:18; 15:15; Ps 82:1 ↩
3. Job 21:23 Job 20:11; 21:13 ↩
4. Job 21:23 Or quiet ↩
5. Job 21:24 So with Syr; Heb uncertain. Some render as, his pails are full of milk ↩
6. Job 21:24 Prov 3:8 ↩
7. Job 21:25 Lit eating ↩
8. Job 21:26 Job 3:13; 20:11; Eccl 9:2 ↩
9. Job 21:26 Job 24:20; Is 14:11 ↩
10. Job 21:28 Job 1:3; 31:37 ↩
11. Job 21:28 Job 8:22; 18:21 ↩
12. Job 21:29 Lit signs ↩
13. Job 21:30 Job 20:29; Prov 16:4; 2 Pet 2:9 ↩
14. Job 21:30 Job 21:17, 20; 40:11 ↩
15. Job 21:31 Lit declare his way to his face ↩
16. Job 21:33 Job 3:22; 17:16 ↩
17. Job 21:33 Lit be sweet to him ↩
18. Job 21:33 Job 3:19; 24:24 ↩
19. Job 21:33 Lit draw ↩

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