Job Responds to Zophar's Cruel Untrue Comments |
Job 21:1-34 Book of Job [in Smaller Chunks] |
Job answered & said, Listen to [what I say carefully] & let this be your [consolation.] [Bear with me] while I speak. After I've spoken,] you can continue to mock [me.] |
As for me, is my complaint to man? If it were so, why shouldn't my spirit be troubled? [Look at me] & be astonished & [cover] your mouth [with] your hand. When I remember, I'm afraid & trembling takes hold of my flesh. |
[Why] do the wicked live & become old, [yet] are mighty in power? Their [descendants & their offspring are] established in their sight before their eyes. Their houses are safe from fear & neither is [God's] rod upon them. |
Their bull breeds [without] fail. Their cow, calves & [doesn't have still borns.] They send out their little ones like a flock & their children dance. They take the [tambourine] & harp & rejoice at the sound of the [flute.] |
They spend their days in wealth & go to the grave [at any] moment. Therefore, they say to [the Lord] God, Depart from us. We [don't] desire [to know] Your ways. |
What is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what [benefit do] we have, if we pray to him? |
[Job 34:9-11] For he has said, It [benefits] man nothing, that he should delight himself with God. Therefore, [pay attention] to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God, shall cause every man to find He shall [repay] for the work of a man, according to his [actions.] |
[Look,] their good [things aren't] in their hands.] The [advice] of the wicked is far from me. How [often] is the candle of the wicked [snuffed] out! And how [often] [does] their destruction come upon them! |
God distributes sorrows in His [anger.] They are [like] stubble before the wind & the [debris] that the storm carries away. God [reserves a man's punishment] for his children. |
[Man should] know, [God repays the wicked.] [A wicked man's] eyes shall see his destruction & he shall drink of the [fury] of the Almighty. |
[Revelation 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the [fury] of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of His indignation. And he shall be tormented with fire & brimstone in the presence of the holy angels & in the presence of the Lamb.] |
For what pleasure [does he have] in his house, when the number of his [life's] months are cut off in the [middle?] Shall [anyone] teach God knowledge? [Since,] He judges those who are on high. |
One [person dies with] his full strength & is [totally] at ease & [at peace.] His [chest is still strong] & his bones are moistened with marrow. Another [person dies] in the bitterness of his soul & never eats with pleasure. They [both] shall lie down in the [dirt the same] & the worms shall cover them. |
[Look,] I know your thoughts & [schemes] which you imagine against me wrongly. For you say, Where is the house of the [leader?] Where are the dwelling places of the wicked? |
Haven't you asked [those who] go by the [road?] [Don't] you know their [signs?] The wicked [are] reserved [until] the day of destruction. They shall be brought forth [on] the day of wrath. |
[Revelation 21:6-8 And He said to me, It is done. I am [the] Alpha and [the] Omega, the Beginning and the end. I will give [to] him [who is thirsty from] the fountain of the water of life freely. |
He [who] overcomes shall inherit all things & I will be his God & he shall be [like] My Son. But the fearful, unbelieving, [detestable,] murderers, [sexual traffickers,] sorcerers, idolaters & all liars, shall have their [portion] in the lake [that] burns with fire & brimstone, which is the 2nd death.] |
Who shall declare his [wicked actions] to his face? Who shall repay him [for] what he has done? Yet, he shall be brought to the grave & shall remain in the tomb. |
The [dirt] clods of the valley shall be sweet to him & every man shall [follow] after him [like] there were [many] before him. How [can you] comfort me, [since] your [worthless] answers [are falsehoods?] |