Job 21
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Job 21:7-21

7WhyH4069 1do the wickedH7563 still liveH2421, ContinueH6275 on, alsoH1571 becomeH1396 veryH2428 2powerfulH2428?8Their 34descendantsH2233 are establishedH3559 with them in their sightH6440, And their offspringH6631 before their eyesH5869,9Their housesH1004 5are safeH7965 from fearH6343, And the rodH7626 of GodH433 is not on them.10His oxH7794 matesH5674 6withoutH3808 failH1602; His cowH6510 calvesH6403 and does not abortH7921.11They sendH7971 forth their littleH5759 onesH5759 like the flockH6629, And their childrenH3206 skipH7540 aboutH7540.12They 7singH5375 to the timbrelH8596 and harpH3658 And rejoiceH8055 at the soundH6963 of the fluteH5748.13They 8spendH1086 their daysH3117 in prosperityH2896, And 9suddenlyH7281 they goH5181 downH5181 to 10SheolH7585.14They sayH559 to GodH410, ‘11DepartH5493 from us! We do not even desireH2654 the knowledgeH1847 of Your waysH1870.1512WhoH4100 is 13the AlmightyH7706, that we should serveH5647 Him, And 14whatH4100 would we gainH3276 ifH3588 we entreatH6293 Him?’16BeholdH2005, their prosperityH2898 is not in their handH3027; The 15counselH6098 of the wickedH7563 is farH7368 from me.

17“HowH4100 oftenH4100 is 16the lampH5216 of the wickedH7563 putH1846 out, Or does their 17calamityH343 fallH935 on them? Does 18God apportionH2505 destructionH2256 in His angerH639?18Are they as 19strawH8401 beforeH6440 the windH7307, And like 20chaffH4671 which the stormH5492 carriesH1589 awayH1589?19You say, ‘21GodH433 storesH6845 awayH6845 22a man’s iniquityH205 for his sonsH1121.’ Let 23God repayH7999 him so that he may knowH3045 it.20Let his 24own eyesH5869 seeH7200 his decayH3589, And let him 25drinkH8354 of the wrathH2534 of 26the AlmightyH7706.21For whatH4100 does he careH2656 for his householdH1004 27afterH310 him, When the numberH4557 of his monthsH2320 is cutH2686 offH2686?

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Notes

  1. 1. Job 21:7 Job 9:24; Ps 73:3; Jer 12:1; Hab 1:13 ↩
  2. 2. Job 21:7 Job 12:19 ↩
  3. 3. Job 21:8 Lit seed ↩
  4. 4. Job 21:8 Ps 17:14 ↩
  5. 5. Job 21:9 Job 12:6 ↩
  6. 6. Job 21:10 Lit and does not fail ↩
  7. 7. Job 21:12 Lit lifted up the voice ↩
  8. 8. Job 21:13 Job 21:23; 36:11 ↩
  9. 9. Job 21:13 So with most versions; M.T. are shattered by Sheol ↩
  10. 10. Job 21:13 I.e. the nether world ↩
  11. 11. Job 21:14 Job 22:17 ↩
  12. 12. Job 21:15 Lit What ↩
  13. 13. Job 21:15 Heb Shaddai ↩
  14. 14. Job 21:15 Job 22:17; 34:9 ↩
  15. 15. Job 21:16 Job 22:18 ↩
  16. 16. Job 21:17 Job 18:5, 6 ↩
  17. 17. Job 21:17 Job 31:2, 3 ↩
  18. 18. Job 21:17 Lit He ↩
  19. 19. Job 21:18 Job 13:25; Ps 83:13 ↩
  20. 20. Job 21:18 Ps 1:4; 35:5; Is 17:13; Hos 13:3 ↩
  21. 21. Job 21:19 Ex 20:5; Jer 31:29; Ezek 18:2 ↩
  22. 22. Job 21:19 Lit his ↩
  23. 23. Job 21:19 Lit Him ↩
  24. 24. Job 21:20 Num 14:28-32; Jer 31:30; Ezek 18:4 ↩
  25. 25. Job 21:20 Ps 60:3; Is 51:17; Jer 25:15; Rev 14:10 ↩
  26. 26. Job 21:20 Heb Shaddai ↩
  27. 27. Job 21:21 I.e. after he dies ↩

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