Job 21 — KJV

21 Verse 1 But Job answered and said, ^{Verse 2} Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. ^{Verse 3} Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. ^{Verse 4} As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? ^{Verse 5} Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. ^{Verse 6} Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. ^{Verse 7} Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? ^{Verse 8} Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. ^{Verse 9} Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. ^{Verse 10} Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. ^{Verse 11} They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. ^{Verse 12} They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. ^{Verse 13} They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. ^{Verse 14} Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. ^{Verse 15} What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? ^{Verse 16} Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me. ^{Verse 17} How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. ^{Verse 18} They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. ^{Verse 19} God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. ^{Verse 20} His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. ^{Verse 21} For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? ^{Verse 22} Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. ^{Verse 23} One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. ^{Verse 24} His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. ^{Verse 25} And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. ^{Verse 26} They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. ^{Verse 27} Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. ^{Verse 28} For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? ^{Verse 29} Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, ^{Verse 30} That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. ^{Verse 31} Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? ^{Verse 32} Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. ^{Verse 33} The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. ^{Verse 34} How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?