Job 21 — ENGLXXUP

21 Verse 1 But Job answered and said, ^{Verse 2} Hear ye, hear ye my words, ^{Verse 3} Raise me, and I will speak; ^{Verse 4} What! is my reproof of man? ^{Verse 5} Look upon me, and wonder, ^{Verse 6} For even when I remember, I am alarmed, ^{Verse 7} Wherefore do the ungodly live, ^{Verse 8} Their seed is according to their desire, ^{Verse 9} Their houses are prosperous, neither have they anywhere cause for fear, ^{Verse 10} Their cow does not cast her calf, ^{Verse 11} And they remain as an unfailing flock, ^{Verse 12} And they rejoice at the voice of a song. ^{Verse 13} And they spend their days in wealth, ^{Verse 14} Yet such a man says to the Lord, Depart from me; ^{Verse 15} What is the Mighty One, that we should serve him? ^{Verse 16} For their good things were in their hands, ^{Verse 17} Nevertheless, the lamp of the ungodly also shall be put out, ^{Verse 18} And they shall be as chaff before the wind, ^{Verse 19} Let his substance fail to supply his children: ^{Verse 20} Let his eyes see his own destruction, ^{Verse 21} For his desire is in his house with him, ^{Verse 22} Is it not the Lord who teaches understanding and knowledge? ^{Verse 23} One shall die in his perfect strength, ^{Verse 24} And his innards are full of fat, ^{Verse 25} And another dies in bitterness of soul, ^{Verse 26} But they lie down in the earth together, ^{Verse 27} So I know you, that ye presumptuously attack me: ^{Verse 28} So that ye will say, Where is the house of the prince? ^{Verse 29} Ask those that go by the way, ^{Verse 30} For the wicked hastens to the day of destruction: ^{Verse 31} Who will tell him his way to his face, whereas he has done it? ^{Verse 32} And he has been led away to the tombs, ^{Verse 33} The stones of the valley have been sweet to him, ^{Verse 34} How then do ye comfort me in vain?