| 1 | Then Job answered and said, |
| 2 | Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations. |
| 3 | Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on. |
| 4 | As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient? |
| 5 | Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth. |
| 6 | Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh. |
| 7 | Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power? |
| 8 | Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes. |
| 9 | Their houses are safe from 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 in a moment they go down to Sheol. |
| 14 | And they say 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? |
| 16 | Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me. |
| 17 | How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger? |
| 18 | That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away? |
| 19 | [Ye say], God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it: |
| 20 | Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. |
| 21 | For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off? |
| 22 | Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high? |
| 23 | One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet: |
| 24 | His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moistened. |
| 25 | And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good. |
| 26 | They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them. |
| 27 | Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me. |
| 28 | For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt? |
| 29 | Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences, |
| 30 | That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath? |
| 31 | Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done? |
| 32 | Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb. |
| 33 | The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him. |
| 34 | How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth [only] falsehood? |
