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<t><p class="indent1">And why should I not be impatient <i>and</i> my spirit troubled? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Look at me and be astonished <i>and</i> appalled; <t><p class="indent1">And put your hand over your mouth. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Even when I remember, I am troubled <i>and</i> afraid; <t><p class="indent1">Horror <i>and</i> trembling take hold of my flesh. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Why do the wicked <i>still</i> live, <t><p class="indent1">Become old, and become mighty in power? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Their children <i>and</i> descendants are established with them in their sight, <t><p class="indent1">And their offspring before their eyes. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Their houses are safe from fear; <t><p class="indent1">And the rod of God is not on them. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“His bull breeds and does not fail; <t><p class="indent1">His cow calves and does not miscarry. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“They send forth their little ones like a flock, <t><p class="indent1">And their children skip about. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“They lift up their voices <i>and</i> sing to the tambourine and the lyre <t><p class="indent1">And rejoice to the sound of the flute. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“They fully enjoy their days in prosperity, <t><p class="indent1">And so go down to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) in a [peaceful] moment. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us, <t><p class="indent1">For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>‘Who [and what] is <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>the Almighty, that we should serve Him? <t><p class="indent1">And what would we gain if we plead with Him?’ <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“<i>But</i> notice, the prosperity <i>of the wicked</i> is not in their hand (in their power); <t><p class="indent1">The counsel of the wicked [and the mystery of God’s dealings with the ungodly] is far from my comprehension. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“How often [then] is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, <t><p class="indent1">And that their disaster falls on them? <t><p class="indent1">Does God distribute pain <i>and</i> destruction <i>and</i> sorrow [to them] in His anger? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Are they like straw before the wind, <t><p class="indent1">And like chaff that the storm steals <i>and</i> carries away? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“<i>You say,</i> ‘God stores away [the punishment of] man’s wickedness for his children.’ <t><p class="indent1">Let God repay him so that he may know <i>and</i> experience it. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Let his own eyes see his destruction, <t><p class="indent1">And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“For what pleasure does he have in his house <i>and</i> family after he is dead, <t><p class="indent1">When the number of his months [of life] is cut off? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“Can anyone teach God knowledge, <t><p class="indent1">Seeing that He judges those on high? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“One dies in his full strength, <t><p class="indent1">Being wholly at ease and quiet <i>and</i> satisfied; <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>His pails are full of milk [his sides are filled out with fat], <t><p class="indent1">And the marrow of his bones is moist, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Whereas another dies with a bitter soul, <t><p class="indent1">Never even tasting pleasure <i>or</i> good fortune. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“Together they lie down in the dust, <t><p class="indent1">And the worms cover them. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“Behold, I know your thoughts, <t><p class="indent1">And the plots by which you would wrong me. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“For you say, ‘Where is the house of the noble man? <t><p class="indent1">And where is the tent, the dwelling place of the wicked?’ <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“Have you not asked those who travel this way, <t><p class="indent1">And do you not recognize their witness? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>“That evil men are [now] reserved for the day of disaster <i>and</i> destruction, <t><p class="indent1">They will be led away on the day of [God’s] wrath? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“<i>But</i> who will confront him with his actions <i>and</i> rebuke him face to face, <t><p class="indent1">And who will repay him for what he has done? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>“When he is carried to his grave, <t><p class="indent1"><i>A guard</i> will keep watch over his tomb. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>“The [dirt] clods of the valley are sweet to him [and gently cover him], <t><p class="indent1">Moreover, all men will follow after him [to a grave], <t><p class="indent1">While countless ones go before him. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/21-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>“How then can you vainly comfort me with empty words, <t><p class="indent1">Since your answers remain untrue?”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> Heb <i>Shaddai,</i> also v 20.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 22" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>