211Then Job answered and said,+2Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations.+3Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on.+4As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?+5Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.+6Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh.+7Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?+8Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.+9Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them.+10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.+11They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.+12They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.+13They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.+14And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.+15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?+16Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.+17How 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?+18That 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:+20Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.+21For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?+22Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high?+23One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet:+24His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moistened.+25And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.+26They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.+27Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.+28For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?+29Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences,+30That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?+31Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?+32Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb.+33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.+34How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth [only] falsehood?+
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