Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
But
Job answered
and said,
And
Job answereth
and saith:
--
Hear diligently my speech
, and let
this be
your consolations
.
Hear ye
diligently my word
, And this is
your consolation
.
Suffer
me that
I may
speak ;
and after that
I
have
spoken,
mock
on
.
Bear
with
me ,
and
I speak ,
And after my
speaking
--
ye
may
deride
.
As
for
me,
is my complaint to
man
? and if it
were
so, why
should
not my spirit
be
troubled
?
I
--
to
man
`
is '
my complaint? and if `
so '
, wherefore
May
not my temper
become
short
?
Mark
me, and be astonished, and lay
your
hand upon
your
mouth.
Turn
unto
me, and be astonished, And put
hand to
mouth.
Even
when
I
remember
I am
afraid
, and trembling
taketh
hold
on
my flesh.
Yea,
if
I have
remembered
, then
I
have
been
troubled.
And my flesh hath
taken
fright
.
Wherefore do the wicked live ,
become old, yea, are
mighty in power?
Wherefore do the wicked live ?
They
have
become old, Yea, they
have
been
mighty in wealth.
Their seed is established in
their sight
with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
Their seed is established ,
Before
their face
with them, And their offspring before their eyes.
Their houses are safe
from
fear, neither
is the
rod of God upon them.
Their houses `
are '
peace
without
fear, Nor
`
is '
a
rod of God upon them.
Their
bull
gendereth
, and faileth
not ;
their
cow calveth
, and casteth
not her
calf
.
His
bullock
hath
eaten
corn
, and doth
not loath.
His
cow bringeth
forth
safely
, And doth
not miscarry
.
They send forth their
little
ones
like
a flock, and their children dance.
They send forth as
a flock their
sucklings
, And their children skip,
They take
the
timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the
organ.
They lift
`themselves'
up
at
timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an
organ.
They spend
their days in
wealth
, and in a moment go down to
the
grave
.
They wear
out
in
good
their days, And in a moment `to'
Sheol
go down.
Therefore
they say unto
God, Depart
from us ;
for
we
desire
not
the knowledge of thy ways.
And
they say to
God, `Turn
aside
from us ,
And
the knowledge of Thy ways We
have
not
desired
.
What is the Almighty,
that we should
serve him? and what profit
should
we have,
if
we pray
unto
him?
What `
is '
the Mighty
One
that we serve Him? And what do
we profit
when
we meet
with
Him? '
Lo, their
good
is
not in their hand :
the counsel of the wicked is
far from me.
Lo, not in their hand `is'
their
good,
(
The counsel of the wicked Hath
been
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.
How oft is the lamp
of the wicked extinguished,
And come
on
them doth
their
calamity?
Pangs
He
apportioneth
in His anger.
They are as stubble
before the
wind, and as chaff that
the
storm
carrieth
away .
They are as straw
before wind, And as chaff a
hurricane
hath
stolen
away ,
God layeth up his
iniquity
for his children:
he rewardeth
him ,
and he shall
know
it
.
God layeth up for his sons
his
sorrow,
He giveth
recompense
unto
him --
and he knoweth
.
His eyes shall
see his destruction, and he
shall
drink
of the wrath of the Almighty
.
His own
eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty
he
drinketh
.
For what pleasure
hath
he
in his house after him, when
the number of his months is
cut off in
the
midst
?
For what `is'
his
delight
in his house after him, And
the number of his months cut off?
Shall
any
teach
God knowledge ?
seeing
he judgeth
those
that
are
high .
To
God doth
`one'
teach
knowledge ,
And
He the
high doth
judge?
One dieth in his full
strength, being
wholly at ease and quiet.
This
`
one '
dieth in his perfect
strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.
His breasts are
full of milk, and his bones are
moistened
with
marrow
.
His breasts have
been
full of milk, And marrow
his bones doth
moisten
.
And another
dieth in
the
bitterness
of
his
soul, and never
eateth
with pleasure
.
And this
`one'
dieth with
a
bitter
soul, And have
not
eaten
with gladness
.
They shall
lie down alike
in
the
dust
, and the worms
shall
cover them.
Together
--
on
the
dust
they lie down, And the worm
doth
cover them over
.
Behold
, I know
your thoughts, and the devices which
ye
wrongfully
imagine
against me.
Lo
, I have
known
your thoughts, And the devices against me ye
do
wrongfully
.
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince
? and where are
the dwelling
places
of the wicked?
For ye say, `
Where `
is '
the house of the noble
? And where the tent
--
The
tabernacles
of the wicked? '
Have ye not asked them
that
go
by the way? and do ye not know their
tokens,
Have ye not asked those
passing
by the way? And their
signs
do ye not know ?
That the
wicked
is
reserved
to the
day of destruction?
they
shall
be
brought
forth
to
the day of wrath.
That to a
day of calamity
is
the wicked
spared.
To
a
day of wrath they
are
brought
.
Who shall
declare his
way
to his face? and who
shall
repay
him
what
he hath done?
Who doth
declare to his face his
way
? And `for'
that
which
he hath done ,
Who
doth
give
recompence
to
him
?
Yet
shall
he be
brought
to the grave,
and shall
remain
in
the tomb
.
And
he --
to the graves
he
is
brought.
And over
the heap
a
watch
is
kept
.
The clods of the valley shall
be
sweet
unto
him
, and every
man
shall
draw
after him, as
there
are
innumerable
before him.
Sweet
to
him
have
been
the clods of the valley, And after him every
man
he
draweth
, And
before him there
is
no
numbering
.
How then
comfort
ye me in
vain
, seeing
in your answers there
remaineth
falsehood
?
And
how do
ye comfort
me `with'
vanity
, And
in your answers hath
been
left
trespass
?
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