Job 21:23-34 ▼

23 This [one] dies in his perfect strength, || Wholly at ease and quiet.

24 His breasts have been full of milk, || And marrow moistens his bones.

25 And this [one] dies with a bitter soul, || And has not eaten with gladness.

26 Together they lie down on the dust, || And the worm covers them over.

27 Behold, I have known your thoughts, || And the schemes against me you do wrongfully.

28 For you say, Where [is] the house of the noble? And where the tent—the dwelling places of the wicked?

29 Have you not asked those passing by the way? And do you not know their signs?

30 That the wicked is spared to a day of calamity. They are brought to a day of wrath.

31 Who declares his way to his face? And [for] that which he has done, || Who gives repayment to him?

32 And he is brought to the graves, || And a watch is kept over the heap.

33 The clods of the valley have been sweet to him, || And he draws every man after him, || And there is no numbering before him.

34 And how do you comfort me [with] vanity, || And trespass has been left in your answers?”