Verse 2
Job 21:2
Free Bible Version
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“Please listen carefully to what I say—that would be one comfort you could give me.
Original Language Text
hebrew
שִׁמְע֣וּ שָׁ֭מוֹעַ מִלָּתִ֑/י וּ/תְהִי זֹ֝֗את תַּנְח֥וּמֹֽתֵי/כֶֽם
English Translation
Listen to my words, and this shall be your consolation.
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Chapter 21 Context
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Job replied,
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“Please listen carefully to what I say—that would be one comfort you could give me.
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Bear with me; let me speak. After I've spoken you can resume mocking me.
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Am I complaining against people? Of course not. Why shouldn't I be impatient?
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Just take a look at me. Aren't you appalled? Cover your mouth with your hand in shock!
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Why do the wicked continue to live, to grow old and increasingly powerful?
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Their children are with them; they watch their grandchildren grow up.
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They live in their homes in safety—they are not afraid. God (Elohim) does not use his rod to beat th...
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Their bulls always breed successfully; their cows give birth to calves and do not miscarry.
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They send out their little ones like lambs to play; their children dance around.
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They sing accompanied by the tambourine and lyre; they celebrate with the music of the flute.
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They live out their lives contentedly, and go down to Sheol in peace.
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Yet they tell God (Elohim), ‘Get lost! We don't want anything to do with you.
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Who does the Almighty think he is for us to serve him as slaves? What benefit is there for us if we...
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Such people believe they make their own fortune, but I don't accept their way of thinking.
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How often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does disaster come upon them? How often d...
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Are they blown along like straw in the wind? Does a tornado come in and carry them away?
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Some say, ‘God (Elohim) saves up people's punishment for their children.’ But I say, ‘God (Elohim) s...
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Let them see their destruction themselves, and drink deeply from God (Elohim)'s anger.
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Can anyone teach God (Elohim) anything he doesn't already know, since he is the one who judges even...
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One person dies in good health, totally comfortable and secure.
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Their body is fat from eating well; their bones still strong.
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Yet they are both buried in the same dust; they are treated alike in death, eaten by maggots.
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Look, I know what you're thinking, and your schemes to do me wrong.
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You may ask me, ‘Where is the home of the great man? Where is the place where the wicked live?’
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Haven't you asked people who travel? Don't you pay attention to what they tell you?
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Wicked people are spared in times of disaster; they are rescued from the day of judgment.
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Who confronts them with their actions? Who pays them back for what they have done?
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When they eventually die and are carried to the graveyard, their tomb is guarded. The earth of the g...
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Everyone attends their funeral service; a huge procession of people comes to pay their last respects...
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Why do you try to comfort me with worthless nonsense? Your answers are just a pack of lies!”
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