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Job Replies: The Wicked Do Prosper
Then Job answered and said:
Then Job answered and said:
Job Says God Will Deal with the Wicked
Then Job answered,
Then Job answered,
“Keep listening to my words,
and let this be your comfort.
and let this be your comfort.
“Listen carefully to my speech,
And let this be your way of consolation.
And let this be your way of consolation.
Bear with me, and I will speak,
and after I have spoken, mock on.
and after I have spoken, mock on.
“Bear with me that I may speak;
Then after I have spoken, you may mock.
Then after I have spoken, you may mock.
As for me, is my complaint against man?
Why should I not be impatient?
Why should I not be impatient?
“As for me, is my complaint to man?
And why should I not be impatient?
And why should I not be impatient?
Look at me and be appalled,
and lay your hand over your mouth.
and lay your hand over your mouth.
“Look at me, and be astonished,
And put your hand over your mouth.
And put your hand over your mouth.
When I remember, I am dismayed,
and shuddering seizes my flesh.
and shuddering seizes my flesh.
“Even when I remember, I am disturbed,
And horror takes hold of my flesh.
And horror takes hold of my flesh.
Why do the wicked live,
reach old age, and grow mighty in power?
reach old age, and grow mighty in power?
“Why do the wicked still live,
Continue on, also become very powerful?
Continue on, also become very powerful?
Their offspring are established in their presence,
and their descendants before their eyes.
and their descendants before their eyes.
“Their descendants are established with them in their sight,
And their offspring before their eyes,
And their offspring before their eyes,
Their houses are safe from fear,
and no rod of God is upon them.
and no rod of God is upon them.
Their houses are safe from fear,
And the rod of God is not on them.
And the rod of God is not on them.
Their bull breeds without fail;
their cow calves and does not miscarry.
their cow calves and does not miscarry.
“His ox mates without fail;
His cow calves and does not abort.
His cow calves and does not abort.
They send out their little boys like a flock,
and their children dance.
and their children dance.
“They send forth their little ones like the flock,
And their children skip about.
And their children skip about.
They sing to the tambourine and the lyre
and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.
and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.
“They sing to the timbrel and harp
And rejoice at the sound of the flute.
And rejoice at the sound of the flute.
They spend their days in prosperity,
and in peace they go down to Sheol.
and in peace they go down to Sheol.
“They spend their days in prosperity,
And suddenly they go down to Sheol.
And suddenly they go down to Sheol.
They say to God, ‘Depart from us!
We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
“They say to God, ‘Depart from us!
We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.
We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’
And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’
‘Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him,
And what would we gain if we entreat Him?’
And what would we gain if we entreat Him?’
Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand?
The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
“Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand;
The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out,
Or does their calamity fall on them?
Does God apportion destruction in His anger?
Or does their calamity fall on them?
Does God apportion destruction in His anger?
That they are like straw before the wind,
and like chaff that the storm carries away?
and like chaff that the storm carries away?
“Are they as straw before the wind,
And like chaff which the storm carries away?
And like chaff which the storm carries away?
You say, ‘God stores up their iniquity for their children.’
Let him pay it out to them, that they may know it.
Let him pay it out to them, that they may know it.
“You say, ‘God stores away a man’s iniquity for his sons.’
Let God repay him so that he may know it.
Let God repay him so that he may know it.
Let their own eyes see their destruction,
and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
“Let his own eyes see his decay,
And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
For what do they care for their houses after them,
when the number of their months is cut off?
when the number of their months is cut off?
“For what does he care for his household after him,
When the number of his months is cut off?
When the number of his months is cut off?
Will any teach God knowledge,
seeing that he judges those who are on high?
seeing that he judges those who are on high?
“Can anyone teach God knowledge,
In that He judges those on high?
In that He judges those on high?
One dies in his full vigor,
being wholly at ease and secure,
being wholly at ease and secure,
“One dies in his full strength,
Being wholly at ease and satisfied;
Being wholly at ease and satisfied;
His sides are filled out with fat,
And the marrow of his bones is moist,
And the marrow of his bones is moist,
Another dies in bitterness of soul,
never having tasted of prosperity.
never having tasted of prosperity.
While another dies with a bitter soul,
Never even tasting anything good.
Never even tasting anything good.
They lie down alike in the dust,
and the worms cover them.
and the worms cover them.
“Together they lie down in the dust,
And worms cover them.
And worms cover them.
“Behold, I know your thoughts
and your schemes to wrong me.
and your schemes to wrong me.
“Behold, I know your thoughts,
And the plans by which you would wrong me.
And the plans by which you would wrong me.
For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince?
Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’
Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’
“For you say, ‘Where is the house of the nobleman,
And where is the tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?’
And where is the tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?’
Have you not asked those who travel the roads,
and do you not accept their testimony
and do you not accept their testimony
“Have you not asked wayfaring men,
And do you not recognize their witness?
And do you not recognize their witness?
that the evil man is spared in the day of calamity,
that he is rescued in the day of wrath?
that he is rescued in the day of wrath?
“For the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity;
They will be led forth at the day of fury.
They will be led forth at the day of fury.
Who declares his way to his face,
and who repays him for what he has done?
and who repays him for what he has done?
“Who will confront him with his actions,
And who will repay him for what he has done?
And who will repay him for what he has done?
When he is carried to the grave,
watch is kept over his tomb.
watch is kept over his tomb.
“While he is carried to the grave,
Men will keep watch over his tomb.
Men will keep watch over his tomb.
The clods of the valley are sweet to him;
all mankind follows after him,
and those who go before him are innumerable.
all mankind follows after him,
and those who go before him are innumerable.
“The clods of the valley will gently cover him;
Moreover, all men will follow after him,
While countless ones go before him.
Moreover, all men will follow after him,
While countless ones go before him.