New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 21:1-16
1Then JobH347 respondedH6030H559,2“ListenH8085 carefullyH8085 to my speechH4405, And let thisH2088 be your way of consolationH8575.3BearH5375 with me that I may speakH1696; Then afterH310 I have spokenH1696, you may 1mockH3932 me.4As for me, is 2my complaintH7879 3to a mortalH120? OrH518 4whyH4069 should 5I not be impatientH7114?5LookH6437 at me, and beH8074 astonishedH8074, And 6putH7760 your handH3027 overH5921 your mouthH6310.6Even whenH518 I rememberH2142, I amH926 disturbedH926, And 7horrorH6427 takesH270 holdH270 of my fleshH1320.7WhyH4069 8do the wickedH7563 still liveH2421, GrowH6275 oldH6275, and alsoH1571 becomeH1396 veryH2428 910powerfulH2428?8Their 1112descendantsH2233 endureH3559 with them in their sightH6440, And their offspringH6631 before their eyesH5869,9Their housesH1004 13are safeH7965 from fearH6343, And the 14rodH7626 of GodH433 is not on them.10His oxH7794 matesH5674 15withoutH3808 failH1602; His cowH6510 calvesH6403 and does not miscarryH7921.11They sendH7971 outH7971 their boysH5759 like the flockH6629, And their childrenH3206 danceH7540.12They 16singH5375 with the tambourineH8596 and harpH3658, And rejoiceH8055 at the soundH6963 of the fluteH5748.13They 17spendH1086 their daysH3117 in prosperityH2896, And 18suddenlyH7281 they goH5181 downH5181 to 19SheolH7585.14Yet they sayH559 to GodH410, ‘20GoH5493 awayH5493 from us! We do not even desireH2654 the knowledgeH1847 of Your waysH1870.1521WhoH4100 is 22the AlmightyH7706, that we should serveH5647 Him, And 23whatH4100 would we gainH3276 ifH3588 we pleadH6293 with Him?’16BeholdH2005, their prosperityH2898 is not in their handH3027; The 24adviceH6098 of the wickedH7563 isH7368 farH7368 from me.
Notes
- 1. Job 21:3 Job 11:3; 17:2 ↩
- 2. Job 21:4 Job 7:11 ↩
- 3. Job 21:4 Or against ↩
- 4. Job 21:4 Job 6:11 ↩
- 5. Job 21:4 Lit my spirit ↩
- 6. Job 21:5 Judg 18:19; Job 13:5; 29:9; 40:4 ↩
- 7. Job 21:6 Ps 55:5 ↩
- 8. Job 21:7 Job 9:24; Ps 73:3; Jer 12:1; Hab 1:13 ↩
- 9. Job 21:7 Or superior ↩
- 10. Job 21:7 Job 12:19 ↩
- 11. Job 21:8 Lit seed ↩
- 12. Job 21:8 Ps 17:14 ↩
- 13. Job 21:9 Job 12:6 ↩
- 14. Job 21:9 I.e., punishment ↩
- 15. Job 21:10 Lit and does not fail ↩
- 16. Job 21:12 Lit lifted up the voice ↩
- 17. Job 21:13 Job 21:23; 36:11 ↩
- 18. Job 21:13 Or in peacefulness ↩
- 19. Job 21:13 I.e., the netherworld ↩
- 20. Job 21:14 Job 22:17 ↩
- 21. Job 21:15 Lit What ↩
- 22. Job 21:15 Heb Shaddai ↩
- 23. Job 21:15 Job 22:17; 34:9 ↩
- 24. Job 21:16 Job 22:18 ↩
Commentaries on Job 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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