1Then Job answered,
2“Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be…
3Allow me, and I also will speak. After…
4As for me, is my complaint to man?…
5Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your…
6When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes…
7“Why do the wicked live, become old, yes,…
8Their child is established with them in their…
9Their houses are safe from fear, neither is…
10Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve,…
11They send out their little ones like a…
12They sing to the tambourine and harp, and…
13They spend their days in prosperity. In an…
14They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we…
15What is the Almighty, that we should serve…
16Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand.…
17“How often is it that the lamp of…
18How often is it that they are as…
19You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for…
20Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let…
21For what does he care for his house…
22“Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges…
23One dies in his full strength, being wholly…
24His pails are full of milk. The marrow…
25Another dies in bitterness of soul, and never…
26They lie down alike in the dust. The…
27“Behold, I know your thoughts, the plans with…
28For you say, ‘Where is the house of…
29Haven’t you asked wayfaring men? Don’t you know…
30that the evil man is reserved to the…
31Who will declare his way to his face?…
32Yet he will be borne to the grave.…
33The clods of the valley will be sweet…
34So how can you comfort me with nonsense,…
