Job 21:1-15 ▼

1 Then Job answered and said:

2 Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations.

3 Suffer me, that I may speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on.

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

5 Turn unto me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.

6 Even when I remember I am affrighted, And horror hath taketh hold on my flesh.

7 Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?

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

9 Their houses are safe, without fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them.

10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.

12 They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

13 They spend their days in prosperity, And peacefully they go down to the grave.

14 Yet they said unto God: 'Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of Thy ways.

15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto Him?'--