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