But Job
answered
and said,
Hear
diligently
my speech,
and let this be your consolations.
Suffer
me that I may speak;
and after
that I have spoken,
mock on.
As for me, is my complaint
to man?
and if it were so, why should not my spirit
be troubled?
Mark
me, and be astonished,
and lay
your hand
upon your mouth.
Even when I remember
I am afraid,
and trembling
taketh hold on
my flesh.
Wherefore do the wicked
live,
become old,
yea, are mighty
in power?
Their seed
is established
in their sight
with them, and their offspring
before their eyes.
Their houses
are safe
from fear,
neither is the rod
of God
upon them.
Their bull
gendereth,
and faileth
not; their cow
calveth,
and casteth not her calf.
They send forth
their little ones
like a flock,
and their children
dance.
They take
the timbrel
and harp,
and rejoice
at the sound
of the organ.
They spend
their days
in wealth,
and in a moment
go down
to the grave.
Therefore they say
unto God,
Depart
from us; for we desire
not the knowledge
of thy ways.
What is the Almighty,
that we should serve
him? and what profit
should we have, if we pray
unto him?
Lo, their good
is not in their hand:
the counsel
of the wicked
is far
from me.
How oft is the candle
of the wicked
put out!
and how oft cometh
their destruction
upon them! God distributeth
sorrows
in his anger.
They are as stubble
before
the wind,
and as chaff
that the storm
carrieth away.
God
layeth up
his iniquity
for his children:
he rewardeth
him, and he shall know
it.
His eyes
shall see
his destruction,
and he shall drink
of the wrath
of the Almighty.
For what pleasure
hath he in his house
after
him, when the number
of his months
is cut off in the midst?
Shall any teach
God
knowledge?
seeing he judgeth
those that are high.
One dieth
in his full
strength,
being wholly at ease
and quiet.
His breasts
are full
of milk,
and his bones
are moistened
with marrow.
And another dieth
in the bitterness
of his soul,
and never eateth
with pleasure.
They shall lie down
alike
in the dust,
and the worms
shall cover
them.
Behold, I know
your thoughts,
and the devices
which ye wrongfully imagine
against me.
For ye say,
Where is the house
of the prince?
and where are the dwelling
places
of the wicked?
Have ye not asked
them that go
by the way?
and do ye not know
their tokens,
That the wicked
is reserved
to the day
of destruction?
they shall be brought forth
to the day
of wrath.
Who shall declare
his way
to his face?
and who shall repay
him what he hath done?
Yet shall he be brought
to the grave,
and shall remain
in the tomb.
The clods
of the valley
shall be sweet
unto him, and every man
shall draw
after
him, as there are innumerable
before
him.
sweeten
ἐγλυκάνθησαν
eglykanthēsan
small stone
χάλικες
chalikes
ravine
χειμάρρου
cheimarrou
How then comfort
ye me in vain,
seeing in your answers
there remaineth
falsehood?
