Job 21:14-34

Legacy Standard Bible

¹⁷ “How often is ^(D)the lamp of the wicked put out,
Or does their ^(E)disaster fall on them?
Does ^[c]God apportion destruction in His anger?
¹⁸ Are they as ^(F)straw before the wind,
And like ^(G)chaff which the storm steals away?
¹⁹ You say, ‘^(H)God stores away ^[d]a man’s wickedness for his sons.’
Let ^[e]God repay him so that he may know it.
²⁰ Let his ^(I)own eyes see his decay,
And let him ^(J)drink of the wrath of ^[f]the Almighty.
²¹ For what desire does he have for his household ^[g]after him,
When the number of his months is cut off?
²² Can anyone ^(K)teach God knowledge,
In that He ^(L)judges those on high?
²³ One ^(M)dies in his full strength,
Being wholly carefree and at ease;
²⁴ His ^[h]sides are filled out with fat,
And the ^(N)marrow of his bones is moist,
²⁵ But another dies with a bitter soul,
Never even eats anything good.
²⁶ Together they ^(O)lie down in the dust,
And ^(P)worms cover them.

²⁷ “Behold, I know your thoughts,
And the plans by which you do violence against me.
²⁸ For you say, ‘Where is the house of ^(Q)the nobleman,
And where is the ^(R)tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?’
²⁹ Have you not asked those who pass by along the way,
And do you not recognize their ^[i]witness?
³⁰ That the ^(S)wicked is reserved for the day of disaster;
They will be led forth at ^(T)the day of fury.
³¹ Who will declare to his face about his actions,
And who will repay him for what he has done?
³² While he is led forth to the grave,
Men will keep watch over his tomb.
³³ The ^(U)clods of the valley will ^[j]gently cover him;
Moreover, ^(V)all men will draw up after him,
While countless ones go before him.
³⁴ How then will you vainly ^(W)comfort me,
Indeed when your answers remain full of ^[k]falsehood?”