Job:21-23

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* But Job answered and said , * Hear diligently my speech , and let this be your consolations . * Suffer me that I may speak ; and after that I have spoken , mock on . * As for me , is my complaint to man ? and if it were so , why should not my spirit be troubled ? * Mark me , and be astonished , and lay your hand upon your mouth . * Even when I remember I am afraid , and trembling taketh hold on my flesh . * Wherefore do the wicked live , become old , yea , are mighty in power ? * Their seed is established in their sight with them , and their offspring before their eyes . * Their houses are safe from fear , neither is the rod of God upon them . * Their bull gendereth , and faileth not ; their cow calveth , and casteth not her calf . * They send forth their little ones like a flock tso #n #, and their children dance . * They take the timbrel and harp , and rejoice at the sound of the organ . * They spend (8675 ) their days in wealth , and in a moment go down (8676 ) to the grave sh @#owl #. * Therefore they say unto God , Depart from us ; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways . * What is the Almighty , that we should serve him ? and what profit should we have , if we pray unto him ? * Lo , their good is not in their hand : the counsel of the wicked is 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 . * They are as stubble before the wind , and as chaff that the storm carrieth away . * God layeth up his iniquity for his children : he rewardeth him , and he shall know it . * His eyes shall see his destruction , and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty . * For what pleasure hath he in his house after him , when the number of his months is cut off in the midst ? * Shall any teach God knowledge da #ath #? seeing he judgeth those that are high . * One dieth in his full strength , being wholly at ease and quiet . * His breasts are full of milk , and his bones are moistened with marrow . * And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul , and never eateth with pleasure . * They shall lie down alike in the dust , and the worms shall cover them . * Behold , I know your thoughts , and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me . * For ye say , Where is the house of the prince ? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked ? * Have ye not asked them that go by the way ? and do ye not know their tokens , * That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction ? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath . * Who shall declare his way to his face ? and who shall repay him what he hath done ? * Yet shall he be brought to the grave , and shall remain in the tomb . * The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him , and every man shall draw after him , as there are innumerable before him . * How then comfort ye me in vain , seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood ma #al #? * Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said , * Can a man be profitable unto God , as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself ? * Is it any pleasure to the Almighty , that thou art righteous ? or is it gain to him , that thou makest thy ways perfect ? * Will he reprove thee for fear of thee ? will he enter with thee into judgment ? * Is not thy wickedness great ? and thine iniquities infinite ? * For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought , and stripped the naked of their clothing . * Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink , and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry ra #eb #. * But as for the mighty man , he had the earth ; and the honourable man dwelt in it . * Thou hast sent widows away empty , and the arms of the fatherless have been broken . * Therefore snares are round about thee , and sudden fear troubleth thee ; * Or darkness , that thou canst not see ; and abundance of waters cover thee . * Is not God in the height of heaven ? and behold the height of the stars , how high they are ! * And thou sayest , How doth God know ? can he judge through the dark cloud ? * Thick clouds are a covering to him , that he seeth not ; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven . * Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden ? * Which were cut down out of time , whose foundation was overflown with a flood : * Which said unto God , Depart from us : and what can the Almighty do for them ? * Yet he filled their houses with good things : but the counsel of the wicked is far from me . * The righteous see it , and are glad : and the innocent laugh them to scorn . * Whereas our substance is not cut down , but the remnant of them the fire consumeth . * Acquaint now thyself with him , and be at peace : thereby good shall come unto thee . * Receive , I pray thee , the law from his mouth , and lay up his words in thine heart . * If thou return to the Almighty , thou shalt be built up , thou shalt put away # iniquity far from thy tabernacles . * Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust , and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks . * Yea , the Almighty shall be thy defence , and thou shalt have plenty of silver . * For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty , and shalt lift up thy face unto God . * Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him , and he shall hear thee , and thou shalt pay thy vows . * Thou shalt also decree a thing , and it shall be established unto thee : and the light shall shine upon thy ways . * When men are cast down , then thou shalt say , There is lifting up ; and he shall save the humble person . * He shall deliver the island of the innocent : and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands . * Then Job answered and said , * Even to day is my complaint bitter : my stroke is heavier than my groaning . * Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! * I would order my cause before him , and fill my mouth with arguments . * I would know the words which he would answer me , and understand what he would say unto me . * Will he plead against me with his great power ? No ; but he would put strength in me . * There the righteous might dispute with him ; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge . * Behold , I go forward , but he is not there ; and backward , but I cannot perceive him : * On the left hand s @mo #wl #, where he doth work , but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand , that I cannot see him : * But he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me , I shall come forth as gold . * My foot hath held his steps , his way have I kept , and not declined . * Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips ; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food . * But he is in one mind , and who can turn him ? and what his soul desireth , even that he doeth . * For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me : and many such things are with him . * Therefore am I troubled at his presence : when I consider , I am afraid of him . * For God maketh my heart soft , and the Almighty troubleth me : * Because I was not cut off before the darkness , neither hath he covered the darkness from my face . * Why , seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty , do they that know him not see his days ?

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