Job 21  Legacy Standard Bible

¹⁷ “How often is ^(N)the lamp of the wicked put out,
Or does their ^(O)disaster fall on them?
Does ^[f]God apportion destruction in His anger?
¹⁸ Are they as ^(P)straw before the wind,
And like ^(Q)chaff which the storm steals away?
¹⁹ You say, ‘^(R)God stores away ^[g]a man’s wickedness for his sons.’
Let ^[h]God repay him so that he may know it.
²⁰ Let his ^(S)own eyes see his decay,
And let him ^(T)drink of the wrath of ^[i]the Almighty.
²¹ For what desire does he have for his household ^[j]after him,
When the number of his months is cut off?
²² Can anyone ^(U)teach God knowledge,
In that He ^(V)judges those on high?
²³ One ^(W)dies in his full strength,
Being wholly carefree and at ease;
²⁴ His ^[k]sides are filled out with fat,
And the ^(X)marrow of his bones is moist,
²⁵ But another dies with a bitter soul,
Never even eats anything good.
²⁶ Together they ^(Y)lie down in the dust,
And ^(Z)worms cover them.

²⁷ “Behold, I know your thoughts,
And the plans by which you do violence against me.
²⁸ For you say, ‘Where is the house of ^(AA)the nobleman,
And where is the ^(AB)tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?’
²⁹ Have you not asked those who pass by along the way,
And do you not recognize their ^[l]witness?
³⁰ That the ^(AC)wicked is reserved for the day of disaster;
They will be led forth at ^(AD)the day of fury.
³¹ Who will declare to his face about his actions,
And who will repay him for what he has done?
³² While he is led forth to the grave,
Men will keep watch over his tomb.
³³ The ^(AE)clods of the valley will ^[m]gently cover him;
Moreover, ^(AF)all men will draw up after him,
While countless ones go before him.
³⁴ How then will you vainly ^(AG)comfort me,
Indeed when your answers remain full of ^[n]falsehood?”