Job Responds to Zophar's Cruel, Untrue Comments |
Job 21:1-34 Book of Job [in Smaller Chunks] |
Job answered & said, [Listen t carefully to what I say] & let this be your [consolation.] [Bear with me] while I speak. After I've spoken, [you can continue to] mock [me.] |
As for me, is my complaint to man? And if it were so, why shouldn't my spirit be troubled? [Look at me] & be astonished & [cover] your mouth [with] your hand. Even when I remember, I'm afraid & trembling takes hold [of] my flesh. |
[Why] do the wicked live & become old, [yet] are mighty in power? Their [descendants] & their offspring [are] established in their sight before their eyes. Their houses are safe from fear & neither is [God's] rod upon them. |
Their bull [breeds without fail.] Their cow calves & [doesn't have still borns.] They send out their little ones like a flock & their children dance. They take the [tambourine] & harp & rejoice at the sound of the [flute.] |
They spend their days in wealth & go to the grave [at any] moment. Therefore, they say to [the Lord] God, Depart from us. We [don't] desire [to know] Your ways. |
What is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what [benefit do] we have, if we pray to Him? |
[Job 34:9-11] For he has said, It [benefits] man nothing, that he should delight himself with God. Therefore, [pay attention] to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God, that He [would] do wickedness & the Almighty, [would] commit [sin.] For He shall cause every man to find [that] He shall [repay] to him, for the work of a man, according to his [actions.] |
[Look,] their good isn’t in their [hands.] The [advice] of the wicked is far from me. How [often] is the candle of the wicked put out! And how [often does] their destruction [come] upon them! |
God distributes sorrows in His [anger.] They are [like] stubble [in front of] the wind & [like] the [debris] that the storm carries away. [You may think,] God [stores] up [a man’s sin] for his children. |
[Man should] know, [God repays the wicked.] [A man's] eyes shall see his destruction & he shall drink of the [fury] of the Almighty. |
[Revelation 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the [fury] of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of His indignation. And he shall be tormented with fire & brimstone in the presence of the holy angels & in the presence of the Lamb.] |
For what pleasure [does] he have in his house, when the number of his months [are] cut off in the [middle?] Shall [anyone] teach God knowledge? [Since, God] judges those [who have] high [status.] |
One [person dies with] his full strength & [is totally] at ease & [at peace.] His [chest is still strong] & his bones are moistened with marrow. And another [person] dies in the bitterness of his soul & never eats with pleasure. They [both] shall lie down in the [dirt the same] & the worms shall cover them. |
[Look,] I know your thoughts & [schemes] which you wrongfully imagine against me. For you say, Where is the house of the prince? And where are the dwelling places of the wicked? |
Haven't you asked [those who] go by the [road?] [Don't] you know their [signs] & that the wicked [are] reserved [until] the day of destruction? They shall be brought [out on] the day of wrath. |
[Revelation 21:6-8 And He said to me, It is done. I am [the] Alpha and [the] Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give [to] him [who is thirsty from] the fountain of the Water of Life freely. |
He [who] overcomes shall inherit all things & I will be his God & he shall be [like] My Son. But the fearful, unbelieving, [detestable,] murderers, [sexual traffickers,] sorcerers, idolaters & all liars, shall have their [portion] in the lake [that] burns with fire & brimstone, which is the 2nd death.] |
Who shall declare his [wicked actions] to his face? And who shall repay him [for] what he has done? Yet, he shall be brought to the grave & shall remain in the tomb. |
The [dirt] clods of the valley shall be sweet to him & every man shall [follow] after him [like] there were [many] before him. How then, [can you] comfort me, [since] in your answers [falsehoods] remain? |