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21:1  Then Job answered,
21:2  “Be careful to listen to my words. Let this be the comfort you give me.
21:3  Listen to me while I speak. Then after I have spoken, you may keep on making fun of me.
21:4  As for me, am I complaining against man? Why should my spirit not be troubled?
21:5  Look at me, and be surprised; and put your hand over your mouth.
21:6  When I think, I am troubled; and fear takes hold of my body.
21:7  Why do the sinful live, become old, and become very powerful?
21:8  They watch their children’s children become strong in front of their eyes.
21:9  Their houses are safe from fear. And the punishment of God does not come upon them.
21:10  Their bull mates without trouble. Their cow gives birth to live calves.
21:11  They send out their little ones like a flock, and their children jump around.
21:12  They sing to the timbrel and the harp. They show their joy at the sound of the horn.
21:13  They spend their days with much more than they need. And all at once they go down to the place of the dead.
21:14  They say to God, ‘Leave us alone! We do not want to know Your ways.
21:15  Who is the All-powerful, that we should serve Him? What would we have more than we have if we prayed to Him?’
21:16  See, their well-being is not in their own hands. The wisdom of the sinful is far from me.
21:17  “How many times is the lamp of the sinful put out, that their trouble comes upon them? How often does God send trouble to them in His anger?
21:18  Are they like straw blown by the wind? Are they like straw that the storm carries away?
21:19  You say, ‘God stores up a man’s punishment for his sons.’ Let God punish him so that he may know it.
21:20  Let his own eyes see himself being destroyed. Let him drink the anger of the All-powerful.
21:21  For what does he care for his house and family after he is dead, when the number of his months is over?
21:22  Can anyone teach God anything, when He judges those on high?
21:23  One man dies while still very strong, having everything he needs and time to enjoy it.
21:24  His body has good food and his bones are strong.
21:25  Another dies with bitter feelings in his soul, never having enjoyed anything good.
21:26  Together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them.
21:27  “See, I know your thoughts and your plans to wrong me.
21:28  For you say, ‘Where is the house of the leader? Where are the tents where the sinful men live?’
21:29  Have you not asked those who travel this way? Do you listen to what they say?
21:30  For the sinful are kept for the day of trouble. They will be brought out on the day of anger.
21:31  Who will talk to him about his way to his face? And who will punish him for what he has done?
21:32  When he is carried to the grave, men will keep watch over his grave.
21:33  The earth of the valley will be sweet to him. All men will follow after him, and those who go before him are too many to number.
21:34  How then can you comfort me with foolish words? Your answers are full of lies.”