1 B ut Job answered and said,

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

3 S uffer me that I may speak; and after that 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?

5 M ark 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.

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

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

9 T heir 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.

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

12 T hey take 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.

14 T herefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not 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?

16 L o, their good is not in their hand: 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.

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

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

20 H is 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?

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

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

24 H is 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.

26 T hey 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.

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

29 H ave ye not asked them 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.

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

32 Y et shall he 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.

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