| 21:1 | Job's Discourse on the WickedJob Complains About the Prosperity of the Wicked Then Job answered and said: |
| 21:2 | Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your consolation. |
| 21:3 | Bear with me that I may speak, And after I have spoken, keep mocking. |
| 21:4 | As for me, is my complaint against man? And if it were, why should I not be impatient? |
| 21:5 | Look at me and be astonished; Put your hand over your mouth. |
| 21:6 | Even when I remember I am terrified, And trembling takes hold of my flesh. |
| 21:7 | Why do the wicked live and become old, Yes, become mighty in power? |
| 21:8 | Their descendants are established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes. |
| 21:9 | Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them. |
| 21:10 | Their bull breeds without failure; Their cow calves without miscarriage. |
| 21:11 | They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance. |
| 21:12 | They sing to the tambourine and harp, And rejoice to the sound of the flute. |
| 21:13 | They spend their days in wealth, And in a moment go down to the grave. |
| 21:14 | Yet they say to God, "Depart from us, For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways. |
| 21:15 | Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?' |
| 21:16 | Indeed their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me. |
| 21:17 | 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? |
| 21:18 | They are like straw before the wind, And like chaff that a storm carries away. |
| 21:19 | They say, "God lays up one's iniquity for his children'; Let Him recompense him, that he may know it. |
| 21:20 | Let his eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. |
| 21:21 | For what does he care about his household after him, When the number of his months is cut in half? |
| 21:22 | Can anyone teach God knowledge, Since He judges those on high? |
| 21:23 | One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and secure; |
| 21:24 | His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moist. |
| 21:25 | Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, Never having eaten with pleasure. |
| 21:26 | They lie down alike in the dust, And worms cover them. |
| 21:27 | Look, I know your thoughts, And the schemes with which you would wrong me. |
| 21:28 | For you say, "Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent, The dwelling place of the wicked?' |
| 21:29 | Have you not asked those who travel the road? And do you not know their signs? |
| 21:30 | For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom; They shall be brought out on the day of wrath. |
| 21:31 | Who condemns his way to his face? And who repays him for what he has done? |
| 21:32 | Yet he shall be brought to the grave, And a vigil kept over the tomb. |
| 21:33 | The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him; Everyone shall follow him, As countless have gone before him. |
| 21:34 | How then can you comfort me with empty words, Since falsehood remains in your answers?" |