1But Job347 answered6030 and said559,
2Hear8085 diligently8085 my speech4405, and let this be your consolations8575.
3Suffer5375 me that I may speak1696; and after310 that I have spoken1696, mock on3932.
4As for me, is my complaint7879 to man120? and if it were so, why should not my spirit7307 be troubled7114?
5Mark6437 me, and be astonished8074, and lay7760 your hand3027 upon your mouth6310.
6Even when I remember2142 I am afraid926, and trembling6427 taketh hold on270 my flesh1320.
7Wherefore do the wicked7563 live2421, become old6275, yea, are mighty1396 in power2428?
8Their seed2233 is established3559 in their sight6440 with them, and their offspring6631 before their eyes5869.
9Their houses1004 are safe7965 from fear6343, neither is the rod7626 of God433 upon them.
10Their bull7794 gendereth5674, and faileth1602 not; their cow6510 calveth6403, and casteth not her calf7921.
11They send forth7971 their little ones5759 like a flock6629, and their children3206 dance7540.
12They take5375 the timbrel8596 and harp3658, and rejoice8055 at the sound6963 of the organ5748.
13They spend3615 1086 their days3117 in wealth2896, and in a moment7281 go down2865 5181 to the grave7585.
14Therefore they say559 unto God410, Depart5493 from us; for we desire2654 not the knowledge1847 of thy ways1870.
15What is the Almighty7706, that we should serve5647 him? and what profit3276 should we have, if we pray6293 unto him?
16Lo, their good2898 is not in their hand3027: the counsel6098 of the wicked7563 is far7368 from me.
17How oft is the candle5216 of the wicked7563 put out1846! and how oft cometh935 their destruction343 upon them! God distributeth2505 sorrows2256 in his anger639.
18They are as stubble8401 before6440 the wind7307, and as chaff4671 that the storm5492 carrieth away1589.
19God433 layeth up6845 his iniquity205 for his children1121: he rewardeth7999 him, and he shall know3045 it.
20His eyes5869 shall see7200 his destruction3589, and he shall drink8354 of the wrath2534 of the Almighty7706.
21For what pleasure2656 hath he in his house1004 after310 him, when the number4557 of his months2320 is cut off in the midst2686?
22Shall any teach3925 God410 knowledge1847? seeing he judgeth8199 those that are high7311.
23One dieth4191 in his full8537 strength6106, being wholly at ease7946 and quiet7961.
24His breasts5845 are full4390 of milk2461, and his bones6106 are moistened8248 with marrow4221.
25And another dieth4191 in the bitterness4751 of his soul5315, and never eateth398 with pleasure2896.
26They shall lie down7901 alike3162 in the dust6083, and the worms7415 shall cover3680 them.
27Behold, I know3045 your thoughts4284, and the devices4209 which ye wrongfully imagine2554 against me.
28For ye say559, Where is the house1004 of the prince5081? and where are the dwelling4908 places168 of the wicked7563?
29Have ye not asked7592 them that go5674 by the way1870? and do ye not know5234 their tokens226,
30That the wicked7451 is reserved2820 to the day3117 of destruction343? they shall be brought forth2986 to the day3117 of wrath5678.
31Who shall declare5046 his way1870 to his face6440? and who shall repay7999 him what he hath done6213?
32Yet shall he be brought2986 to the grave6913, and shall remain8245 in the tomb1430.
33The clods7263 of the valley5158 shall be sweet4985 unto him, and every man120 shall draw4900 after310 him, as there are innumerable4557 before6440 him.
34How then comfort5162 ye me in vain1892, seeing in your answers8666 there remaineth7604 falsehood4604?