21Job 21

Job

2Listen to what I am saying; that is all the comfort I ask from you.Select Job 21:2

3Give me a chance to speak and then, when I am through, sneer if you like.Select Job 21:3

4My quarrel is not with mortals; I have good reason to be impatient.Select Job 21:4

5Look at me. Isn't that enough to make you stare in shocked silence?Select Job 21:5

6When I think of what has happened to me, I am stunned, and I tremble and shake.Select Job 21:6

7Why does God let evil people live, let them grow old and prosper?Select Job 21:7

8They have children and grandchildren, and live to watch them all grow up.Select Job 21:8

9God does not bring disaster on their homes; they never have to live in terror.Select Job 21:9

10Yes, all their cattle breed and give birth without trouble.Select Job 21:10

11Their children run and play like lambsSelect Job 21:11

12and dance to the music of harps and flutes.Select Job 21:12

13They live out their lives in peace and quietly die without suffering.Select Job 21:13

14The wicked tell God to leave them alone; they don't want to know his will for their lives.Select Job 21:14

15They think there is no need to serve God nor any advantage in praying to him.Select Job 21:15

16They claim they succeed by their own strength, but their way of thinking I can't accept.Select Job 21:16

17Was a wicked person's light ever put out? Did one of them ever meet with disaster? Did God ever punish the wicked in angerSelect Job 21:17

18and blow them away like straw in the wind, or like dust carried away in a storm?Select Job 21:18

19You claim God punishes a child for the sins of his father. No! Let God punish the sinners themselves; let him show that he does it because of their sins.Select Job 21:19

20Let sinners bear their own punishment; let them feel the wrath of Almighty God.Select Job 21:20

21When our lives are over, do we really care whether our children are happy?Select Job 21:21

22Can anyone teach God, who judges even those in high places?Select Job 21:22

24Some people stay healthy till the day they die; they die happy and at ease, their bodies well-nourished.Select Job 21:24

25Others have no happiness at all; they live and die with bitter hearts.Select Job 21:25

26But all alike die and are buried; they all are covered with worms.Select Job 21:26

27I know what spiteful thoughts you have.Select Job 21:27

28You ask, “Where are the homes of great people now, those who practiced evil?”Select Job 21:28

29Haven't you talked with people who travel? Don't you know the reports they bring back?Select Job 21:29

30On the day God is angry and punishes, it is the wicked who are always spared.Select Job 21:30

31There is no one to accuse the wicked or pay them back for all they have done.Select Job 21:31

32When they are carried to the graveyard, to their well-guarded tombs,Select Job 21:32

33thousands join the funeral procession, and even the earth lies gently on their bodies.Select Job 21:33

34And you! You try to comfort me with nonsense! Every answer you give is a lie!Select Job 21:34