{"book":"Job","slug":"job","ch":21,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Job","prev":"job/20","next":"job/22","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Then Job answered:","f":[],"h":"Job: God Will Punish the Wicked","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"“ Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation [to me].","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Listen carefully to my words;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let this be your consolation [to me]."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Bear with me while I speak;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Is my complaint against a man?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Then why should I not be impatient?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Look at me and be appalled;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"put your hand over your mouth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"When I remember, terror takes hold,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my body trembles in horror."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Why do the wicked live on,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"growing old and increasing in power?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Their descendants are established around them,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and their offspring before their eyes."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God [is] upon them.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Their homes are safe from fear;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"no rod of punishment from God [is] upon them."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Their bulls breed without fail;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"their cows bear calves and do not miscarry."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They send forth their little ones like a flock;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"their children skip about,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"singing to the tambourine and lyre"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and making merry at the sound of the flute."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.","f":["Or in an instant"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They spend their days in prosperity"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and go down to Sheol in peace."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"Yet they say to God:‘ Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Yet they say to God:‘ Leave us alone!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"For we have no desire to know Your ways."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"Still, their prosperity [is] not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Still, their prosperity [is] not in their own hands,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does [God,] in His anger, apportion destruction?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Does disaster come upon them?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Does [God,] in His anger, apportion destruction?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":18,"t":"Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Are they like straw before the wind,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like chaff swept away by a storm?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"[It is said that] God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"[It is said that] God lays up one’s punishment for his children."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink [for himself] the wrath of the Almighty.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Let his eyes see his own destruction;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let him drink [for himself] the wrath of the Almighty."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For what does he care about his household after him,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when the number of his months has run out?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Can anyone teach knowledge to God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"since He judges those on high?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":23,"t":"One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"One man dies full of vigor,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"completely secure and at ease."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":24,"t":"His body is well nourished, and his bones [are] rich with marrow.","f":["Literally His pails are full of milk"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"His body is well nourished,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and his bones [are] rich with marrow."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"having never tasted prosperity."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":26,"t":"But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them [both].","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But together they lie down in the dust,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and worms cover them [both]."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":27,"t":"Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Behold, I know your thoughts full well,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the schemes by which you would wrong me."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":28,"t":"For you say,‘ Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For you say,‘ Where now is the nobleman’s house,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":29,"t":"Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Have you never asked those who travel the roads?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Do you not accept their reports?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":30,"t":"Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"delivered from the day of wrath."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":31,"t":"Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Who denounces his behavior to his face?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Who repays him for what he has done?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":32,"t":"He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He is carried to the grave,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and watch is kept over his tomb."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":33,"t":"The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The clods of the valley are sweet to him;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"everyone follows behind him,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and those before him are without number."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":34,"t":"So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain [full of] falsehood.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"So how can you comfort me with empty words?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"For your answers remain [full of] falsehood.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"}]}