Job Chapter 21

Job shows his reason to be grieved

21:1 But Job answered and said,
21:2 Listen carefully to what I say, and let this be your comfort.
21:3 Bear with me while I speak; and after I have spoken, then ridicule.
21:4 [As] for me, is my complaint aimed to a man? and if it were so, why shouldn’t I be impatient?
21:5 Turn toward me, and be shocked, and put your hand on your mouth.
21:6 And if I recall [correctly] I am upset, and trembling takes hold of my flesh.
21:7 Why do the wicked live? They become old, yes, become powerful?
21:8 Their offspring are established in their sight with them, and their lineage before their eyes.
21:9 Their houses are in peaceשָׁלוֹם‎
Transliteration šālôm Pronunciation shaw-lome’ shalom – completeness, soundness, welfare, peace, be well, prosperity For more info click here, without fear nor is the rod of Eloahאֱלוֹהַּ
Transliteration:’ĕlôha Pronunciation:el-o’-ah El appears in this form (El transl. God) rarely (shortened) אֱלֹהַּ ʼĕlôahh; probably prolonged (emphatic); a deity or the Deity:—God, god click here on them.
21:10 Their bull mates, and doesn’t fail; their cow calves, and doesn’t miscarry.
21:11 They send out their little ones like a flock, and their children dance around.
21:12 They take the tambourine and lyre, and rejoice at the sound of the flute.
21:13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down [to] Sheolשְׁאוֹל‎
Transliteration: šᵊ’ôl Pronunciation: sheh-ole’ underworld, grave, hell, pit For more info click here.
21:14 For that reason they say to EL אֵל
‎Transliteration:ēl Pronunciation:ale — masculine noun — God, god-like one, mighty one occurs 245 times in 235 verses in the WLC Hebrew click here, Depart from us; because we don’t want the knowledge of Your ways.
21:15 What is Shaddaiשַׁדַּי
romanized: Šaddāy; or Shaddai is one of the names of the God of Israel. El Shaddai is conventionally translated into English as God Almighty (Deus Omnipotens in Latin, Arabic: الله عزوجل, romanized: ʾAllāh ʿazzawajal), but its original meaning is unclear. One of God’s names Shaddai = Exhaustless Bounty click here, that we should serve Him? And what will we gain, if we pray to Him?
21:16 Look, their good future isn’t in their hands: the advice of the wicked is far from me.
21:17 How often is the lamp of the wicked put out! and how often does their destruction come on them? He distributes sorrow in his anger.
21:18 They are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away.
21:19 Eloah אֱלוֹהַּ
Transliteration:’ĕlôha Pronunciation:el-o’-ah El appears in this form (El transl. God) rarely (shortened) אֱלֹהַּ ʼĕlôahh; probably prolonged (emphatic); a deity or the Deity:—God, god click here‘s stores His iniquity for His sons: He repays him, and He knows it.
21:20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the anger of Shaddaiשַׁדַּי
romanized: Šaddāy; or Shaddai is one of the names of the God of Israel. El Shaddai is conventionally translated into English as God Almighty (Deus Omnipotens in Latin, Arabic: الله عزوجل, romanized: ʾAllāh ʿazzawajal), but its original meaning is unclear. One of God’s names Shaddai = Exhaustless Bounty click here.
21:21 Because what is his joy in his house after him, when the number of his months [have been] cut off ?
21:22 Can [anyone] teach EL אֵל
‎Transliteration:ēl Pronunciation:ale — masculine noun — God, god-like one, mighty one occurs 245 times in 235 verses in the WLC Hebrew click here knowledge? since He judges those that are honored.
21:23 One dies in his full strength, being totally at ease and quiet.
21:24 His pails are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
21:25 And another dies in the bitterness of his soul, and never eats with pleasure.
21:26 They shall both lie down in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
21:27 See, I know your thoughts, and the plots y’all wrongfully imagine against me.
21:28 Because y’all say, Where is the house of the noble? and where is the tent of the dwelling places of the wicked?
21:29 Haven’t y’all questioned those who travel on the roadדֶּרֶךְ‎
Transliteration: dereḵ Pronunciation: deh’-rek way, road, path, route, distance, journey, manner For more info click here? and don’t you accept their signs?
21:30 That the wicked is reserved for the day of destruction? they shall be brought to the day of anger.
21:31 Who will declare his pathדַּרְכּוֹ‎
Pronunciation:darkô – his way, his road, his path, his route, his distance, his journey, his manner For more info click here to his face? and who repays him for what he has done?
21:32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
21:33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him, and every man are drawn after him, and before him are countless.
21:34 Why do y’all offer me meaningless comfort, seeing how your answers remain falsehood?