Job 21:1-11 ▼

1 Then Job answered and said,

2 “Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your way of consolation.

3 Bear with me that I may speak; Then after I have spoken, you may mock.

4 As for me, is my musing to man? And why should I not be impatient?

5 Look at me, and be appalled, And put your hand over your mouth.

6 Even when I remember, I am dismayed, And horror seizes my flesh.

7 Why do the wicked still live, Continue on, also become very powerful?

8 Their seed is established with them in their presence, And their offspring before their eyes,

9 Their houses are safe from dread, And the rod of God is not on them.

10 His ox mates and does not fail; His cow calves and does not miscarry.

11 They send forth their little ones like the flock, And their children skip about.