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CHAP. XXI. / 1 Iob sheweth that euen in the iudgement of man, he hath reason to be grieued. 7 Sometimes the wicked doe so prosper, as they despise God. 15 Sometime their destruction is manifest. 22 Th

1But Iob answered, and sayd,Select Job 21:1

2Heare diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.Select Job 21:2

3Suffer me that I may speake, and after that I haue spoken, mocke on.Select Job 21:3

4As for mee, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?Select Job 21:4

5Marke mee, and be astonished, and lay your hand vpon your mouth.Select Job 21:5

6Euen when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh holde on my flesh.Select Job 21:6

7Wherefore doe the wicked liue, become old, yea, are mightie in power?Select Job 21:7

8Their seede is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.Select Job 21:8

9Their houses are safe from feare, neither is the rod of God vpon them.Select Job 21:9

10Their bull gendreth and faileth not, their cow calueth, and casteth not her calfe.Select Job 21:10

11They send foorth their little ones like a flocke, and their children dance.Select Job 21:11

12They take the timbrell and harpe, and reioyce at the sound of the organe.Select Job 21:12

13They spend their daies in wealth, and in a moment goe downe to the graue.Select Job 21:13

14Therefore they say vnto God, Depart from vs: for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes.Select Job 21:14

15What is the Almightie, that wee should serue him? and what profite should we haue, if we pray vnto him?Select Job 21:15

16Loe, their good is not in their hand, the counsell of the wicked is farre from me.Select Job 21:16

17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out? and how oft commeth their destruction vpon them? God distributeth sorrowes in his anger.Select Job 21:17

18They are as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme carieth away.Select Job 21:18

19God layeth vp his iniquitie for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.Select Job 21:19

20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drinke of the wrath of the Almightie.Select Job 21:20

21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his moneths is cut off in the middest?Select Job 21:21

22Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he iudgeth those that are high.Select Job 21:22

23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.Select Job 21:23

24His breasts are full of milke, and his bones are moistened with marrow.Select Job 21:24

25And another dieth in the bitternesse of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.Select Job 21:25

26They shall lie downe alike in the dust, and the wormes shall couer them.Select Job 21:26

27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the deuices which yee wrongfully imagine against me.Select Job 21:27

28For ye say, where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?Select Job 21:28

29Haue ye not asked them that goe by the way? and doe ye not know their tokens?Select Job 21:29

30That the wicked is reserued to the day of destruction; they shall bee brought foorth to the day of wrath.Select Job 21:30

31Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?Select Job 21:31

32Yet shall hee be brought to the graue, & shall remaine in the tombe.Select Job 21:32

33The cloudes of the valley shalbe sweete vnto him, and euery man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.Select Job 21:33

34How then comfort ye me in vaine, seeing in your answeres there remaineth falshood?Select Job 21:34