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| − | Job 21:1: But Job answered and said, | + | Job 21:1: But Job answered and said,<br/> |
| − | Job 21:2: Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. | + | Job 21:2: Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:3: Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. | + | Job 21:3: Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:4: As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? | + | Job 21:4: As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?<br/> |
| − | Job 21:5: Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. | + | Job 21:5: Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:6: Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. | + | Job 21:6: Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:7: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? | + | Job 21:7: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?<br/> |
| − | Job 21:8: Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. | + | Job 21:8: Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:9: Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. | + | Job 21:9: Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:10: Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. | + | Job 21:10: Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:11: They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. | + | Job 21:11: They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:12: They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. | + | Job 21:12: They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:13: They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. | + | Job 21:13: They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:14: Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. | + | Job 21:14: Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:15: What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? | + | Job 21:15: What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?<br/> |
| − | Job 21:16: Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me. | + | Job 21:16: Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:17: How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. | + | Job 21:17: How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:18: They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. | + | Job 21:18: They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:19: God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. | + | Job 21:19: God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:20: His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. | + | Job 21:20: His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:21: For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? | + | Job 21:21: For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? <br/> |
| − | Job 21:22: Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. | + | Job 21:22: Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:23: One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. | + | Job 21:23: One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:24: His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. | + | Job 21:24: His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:25: And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. | + | Job 21:25: And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:26: They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. | + | Job 21:26: They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:27: Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. | + | Job 21:27: Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:28: For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? | + | Job 21:28: For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?<br/> |
| − | Job 21:29: Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, | + | Job 21:29: Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,<br/> |
| − | Job 21:30: That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. | + | Job 21:30: That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of<br/> wrath.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:31: Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? | + | Job 21:31: Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?<br/> |
| − | Job 21:32: Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. | + | Job 21:32: Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:33: The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. | + | Job 21:33: The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.<br/> |
| − | Job 21:34: How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood? | + | Job 21:34: How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?<br/> |
Revision as of 20:02, 27 February 2011
Job 21:1: But Job answered and said,
Job 21:2: Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
Job 21:3: Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
Job 21:4: As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
Job 21:5: Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
Job 21:6: Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
Job 21:7: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Job 21:8: Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
Job 21:9: Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
Job 21:10: Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
Job 21:11: They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
Job 21:12: They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
Job 21:13: They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
Job 21:14: Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Job 21:15: What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Job 21:16: Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 21:17: How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
Job 21:18: They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
Job 21:19: God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
Job 21:20: His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Job 21:21: For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
Job 21:22: Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
Job 21:23: One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
Job 21:24: His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
Job 21:25: And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
Job 21:26: They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
Job 21:27: Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Job 21:28: For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
Job 21:29: Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
Job 21:30: That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of
wrath.
Job 21:31: Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
Job 21:32: Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
Job 21:33: The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
Job 21:34: How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?