1 B ut Job answered and said,

¶ But Job answered and said,

2 H ear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

Hear diligently my speech, and let this be instead of your consolations.

3 S uffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

Suffer me that I may speak; and after I have spoken, mock on.

4 A s for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

As for me, is my complaint to man? And if so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

5 M ark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

Look upon me and be astonished and lay your hand upon your mouth.

6 E ven when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

Even I myself, when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling takes hold on my flesh.

7 W herefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

¶ Why do the wicked live and become old and even increase in riches?

8 T heir seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

Their seed is with them, established in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes.

9 T heir houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

Their houses are safe from fear; neither is the rod of God upon them.

10 T heir bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

Their cows conceive, and do not abort; their cows calve and do not cast forth their young.

11 T hey send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

They send forth their little ones like a flock of sheep, and their children dance.

12 T hey take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

They jump at the sound of the timbrel and harp and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

13 T hey spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

They spend their days in pleasure and in a moment go down to Sheol.

14 T herefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Therefore, they say unto God, Depart from us; for we do not desire the knowledge of thy ways.

15 W hat is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what profit should we have if we pray unto him?

16 L o, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Behold that their good is not in their hands; the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

17 H ow oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

¶ How often is the lamp of the wicked put out and their destruction comes upon them, and God distributes sorrows upon them in his anger.

18 T hey are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

They shall be as stubble before the wind and as chaff taken up by the whirlwind.

19 G od layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

God shall lay up his violence for their sons; and he will reward him so that he shall know it.

20 H is eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

21 F or what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

For what delight shall he have in his house after him, being cut off in the number of his months?

22 S hall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

Shall he teach God knowledge, seeing he judges those that are high?

23 O ne dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

This one shall die in the full strength of his beauty, being completely at ease and quiet.

24 H is breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

25 A nd another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

And another dies in the bitterness of his soul, never having eaten with pleasure.

26 T hey shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

27 B ehold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

¶ Behold, I know your thoughts and the imaginations which ye devise against me.

28 F or ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

For ye say, What is of the house of the prince, and what of the tent of the habitation of the wicked?

29 H ave ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,

Have ye not asked those that go by the way, and do ye not know their tokens?

30 t hat the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

That the wicked is reserved for the day of destruction, they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

31 W ho shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he has done?

32 Y et shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

He shall yet be brought to the grave and shall remain in the tomb.

33 T he clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

The clods of the river valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall be drawn after him, as there were innumerable before him.

34 H ow then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?

How then do ye comfort me in vain, given that your answers remain as falsehood?