Job: God Will Punish the Wicked 1 ULT And Job answered and said, BSB BSB: Then Job answered:
2 ULT “Hearing, hear my words, and let this be your consolation. BSB BSB: “Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.
3 ULT Tolerate me and I will speak, and after I have spoken, you may mock. BSB BSB: Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
4 ULT As for me,{ is} my complaint to a man? And if, why may my breath not be short? BSB BSB: Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
5 ULT Look at me and wonder, and lay the hand upon the mouth. BSB BSB: Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
6 ULT For when I remember, then I am terrified, and trembling seizes my flesh. BSB BSB: When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
7 ULT Why do the wicked live, grow old, and become mighty{ in} power? BSB BSB: Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
8 ULT Their seed is established with them to their faces, and their descendants to their eyes. BSB BSB: Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.
9 ULT Their houses{ are} peace, without fear, and the rod of God{ is} not upon them. BSB BSB: Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.
10 ULT His bull breeds and it does not fail; his cow calves and it does not miscarry. BSB BSB: Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.
11 ULT They send out their babes like a flock, and their children dance. BSB BSB: They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
12 ULT They lift up the tambourine and the harp, and they rejoice to the sound of the flute. BSB BSB: singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.
13 ULT They spend their days in prosperity, and they go down{ to} Sheol in a moment. BSB BSB: They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
14 ULT They say to God,‘Turn away from us, for we do not desire knowledge of your ways. BSB BSB: Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
15 ULT Who{ is} the Almighty, that we should serve him? And how will we profit, that we should pray to him?’ BSB BSB: Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
16 ULT Behold, their prosperity{ is} not in their hand!{ May} the counsel of the wicked{ be} far from me! BSB BSB: Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
17 ULT How often does the lamp of the wicked go out, or does their calamity come upon them?{ How often,} in his nose, does he distribute pains? BSB BSB: How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
18 ULT { How often} are they like stubble to the face of the wind or like chaff that a storm carries away? BSB BSB: Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
19 ULT ‘God lays up his guilt for his sons.’ Let him repay to him, and he will know! BSB BSB: It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
20 ULT Let his eyes see his destruction, and from the wrath of the Almighty let him drink. BSB BSB: Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
21 ULT For what{ is} his interest in his house after him when the number of his months is cut off? BSB BSB: For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
22 ULT Will one teach knowledge to God, since he judges the ones being high? BSB BSB: Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?
23 ULT This one dies in the bone of his perfection; all of him{ is} tranquil and secure. BSB BSB: One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
24 ULT His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened. BSB BSB: His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.
25 ULT But that one dies in the soul of bitterness, and he has not eaten the good. BSB BSB: Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
26 ULT They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covers over them. BSB BSB: But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
27 ULT Behold, I know your thoughts and the notions you wrest against me. BSB BSB: Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
28 ULT For you say,‘Where{ is} the house of the tyrant? Where{ is} the tent of the habitation of the wicked?’ BSB BSB: For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
29 ULT Have you not asked travelers of the way? Or do you not acknowledge their signs, BSB BSB: Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?
30 ULT that the wicked is spared in the day of calamity; in the day of wrath they are brought forth? BSB BSB: Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
31 ULT Who will denounce his way to his face? And what he has done, who will repay to him? BSB BSB: Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?
32 ULT Indeed, he will be brought forth to the grave, and one will watch over the burial mound. BSB BSB: He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
33 ULT The clods of the torrent will be sweet to him, and every man will extend after him, and to his face there is not numbering. BSB BSB: The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.
34 ULT So how do you comfort me in vain? And falsehood is left in your answers!” BSB BSB: So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”
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