New King James Version | English Standard Version |
1Then Job answered and said: | 1Then Job answered and said: |
2“Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your consolation. | 2“Keep listening to my words, and let this be your comfort. |
3Bear with me that I may speak, And after I have spoken, keep mocking. | 3Bear with me, and I will speak, and after I have spoken, mock on. |
4“As for me, is my complaint against man? And if it were, why should I not be impatient? | 4As for me, is my complaint against man? Why should I not be impatient? |
5Look at me and be astonished; Put your hand over your mouth. | 5Look at me and be appalled, and lay your hand over your mouth. |
6Even when I remember I am terrified, And trembling takes hold of my flesh. | 6When I remember, I am dismayed, and shuddering seizes my flesh. |
7Why do the wicked live and become old, Yes, become mighty in power? | 7Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power? |
8Their descendants are established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes. | 8Their offspring are established in their presence, and their descendants before their eyes. |
9Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them. | 9Their houses are safe from fear, and no rod of God is upon them. |
10Their bull breeds without failure; Their cow calves without miscarriage. | 10Their bull breeds without fail; their cow calves and does not miscarry. |
11They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance. | 11They send out their little boys like a flock, and their children dance. |
12They sing to the tambourine and harp, And rejoice to the sound of the flute. | 12They sing to the tambourine and the lyre and rejoice to the sound of the pipe. |
13They spend their days in wealth, And in a moment go down to the grave. | 13They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol. |
14Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us, For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways. | 14They say to God, ‘Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of your ways. |
15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’ | 15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’ |
16Indeed their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me. | 16Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand? The counsel of the wicked is far from me. |
17“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? How often does their destruction come upon them, The sorrows God distributes in His anger? | 17“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity comes upon them? That God distributes pains in his anger? |
18They are like straw before the wind, And like chaff that a storm carries away. | 18That they are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away? |
19They say, ‘God lays up one’s iniquity for his children’; Let Him recompense him, that he may know it. | 19You say, ‘God stores up their iniquity for their children.’ Let him pay it out to them, that they may know it. |
20Let his eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. | 20Let their own eyes see their destruction, and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty. |
21For what does he care about his household after him, When the number of his months is cut in half? | 21For what do they care for their houses after them, when the number of their months is cut off? |
22“Can anyone teach God knowledge, Since He judges those on high? | 22Will any teach God knowledge, seeing that he judges those who are on high? |
23One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and secure; | 23One dies in his full vigor, being wholly at ease and secure, |
24His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moist. | 24his pails full of milk and the marrow of his bones moist. |
25Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, Never having eaten with pleasure. | 25Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted of prosperity. |
26They lie down alike in the dust, And worms cover them. | 26They lie down alike in the dust, and the worms cover them. |
27“Look, I know your thoughts, And the schemes with which you would wrong me. | 27“Behold, I know your thoughts and your schemes to wrong me. |
28For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent, The dwelling place of the wicked?’ | 28For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’ |
29Have you not asked those who travel the road? And do you not know their signs? | 29Have you not asked those who travel the roads, and do you not accept their testimony |
30For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom; They shall be brought out on the day of wrath. | 30that the evil man is spared in the day of calamity, that he is rescued in the day of wrath? |
31Who condemns his way to his face? And who repays him for what he has done? | 31Who declares his way to his face, and who repays him for what he has done? |
32Yet he shall be brought to the grave, And a vigil kept over the tomb. | 32When he is carried to the grave, watch is kept over his tomb. |
33The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him; Everyone shall follow him, As countless have gone before him. | 33The clods of the valley are sweet to him; all mankind follows after him, and those who go before him are innumerable. |
34How then can you comfort me with empty words, Since falsehood remains in your answers?” | 34How then will you comfort me with empty nothings? There is nothing left of your answers but falsehood.” |
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