Job 21:1

ASV: Then Job answered and said,

DARBY: And Job answered and said,

DRA: Then Job answered, and said:

KJV: But Job answered and said,

Job 21:2

ASV: Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations.

DARBY: Hear attentively my speech, and let this replace your consolations.

DRA: Hear, I beseech you, my words, and do penance.

KJV: Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

Job 21:3

ASV: Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on.

DARBY: Suffer me and I will speak; and after I have spoken, mock on!

DRA: Suffer me, and I will speak, and after, if you please, laugh at my words.

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

Job 21:4

ASV: As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?

DARBY: As for me, is my complaint to a man? or wherefore should not my spirit be impatient?

DRA: Is my debate against man, that I should not have just reason to be troubled?

KJV: As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

Job 21:5

ASV: Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.

DARBY: Mark me, and be astonished, and lay the hand upon the mouth.

DRA: Hearken to me and be astonished, and lay your finger on your mouth.

KJV: Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

Job 21:6

ASV: Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh.

DARBY: Even when I think [thereon], I am affrighted, and trembling taketh hold of my flesh.

DRA: As for me, when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

KJV: Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

Job 21:7

ASV: Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?

DARBY: Wherefore do the wicked live, grow old, yea, become mighty in power?

DRA: Why then do the wicked live, are they advanced, and strengthened with riches?

KJV: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Job 21:8

ASV: Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.

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

DRA: Their seed continueth before them, a multitude of kinsmen, and of children's children in their sight.

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

Job 21:9

ASV: Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them.

DARBY: Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

DRA: Their houses are secure and peaceable, and the rod of God is not upon them.

KJV: Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

Job 21:10

ASV: Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

DARBY: Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

DRA: Their cattle have conceived, and failed not: their cow has calved, and is not deprived of her fruit.

KJV: Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

Job 21:11

ASV: They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.

DARBY: They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

DRA: Their little ones go out like a flock, and their children dance and play.

KJV: They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

Job 21:12

ASV: They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

DARBY: They shout to the tambour and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

DRA: They take the timbrel, and the harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

KJV: They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

Job 21:13

ASV: They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.

DARBY: They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to Sheol.

DRA: They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment they go down to hell.

KJV: They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

Job 21:14

ASV: And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

DARBY: And they say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!

DRA: Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

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

Job 21:15

ASV: What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

DARBY: What is the Almighty that we should serve him? and what are we profited if we pray unto him?

DRA: Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him?

KJV: What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

Job 21:16

ASV: Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

DARBY: Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked be far from me!

DRA: Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me.

KJV: Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Job 21:17

ASV: How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger?

DARBY: How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, and cometh their calamity upon them? Doth he distribute sorrows [to them] in his anger?

DRA: How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?

KJV: How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

Job 21:18

ASV: That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?

DARBY: Do they become as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?

DRA: They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth.

KJV: They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

Job 21:19

ASV: [Ye say], God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:

DARBY: God layeth up [the punishment of] his iniquity for his children; he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it]:

DRA: God shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: and when he shall repay, then shall he know.

KJV: God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

Job 21:20

ASV: Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

DARBY: His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the fury of the Almighty.

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

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

Job 21:21

ASV: For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?

DARBY: For what pleasure should he have in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

DRA: For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half?

KJV: For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

Job 21:22

ASV: Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high?

DARBY: Can any teach God knowledge? And he it is that judgeth those that are high.

DRA: Shall any one teach God knowledge, who judgeth those that are high?

KJV: Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

Job 21:23

ASV: One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet:

DARBY: One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;

DRA: One man dieth strong, and hale, rich and happy.

KJV: One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

Job 21:24

ASV: His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moistened.

DARBY: His sides are full of fat, and the marrow of his bones is moistened;

DRA: His bowels are full of fat, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

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

Job 21:25

ASV: And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.

DARBY: And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath not tasted good:

DRA: But another dieth in bitterness of soul without any riches:

KJV: And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

Job 21:26

ASV: They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.

DARBY: Together they lie down in the dust, and the worms cover them.

DRA: And yet they shall sleep together in the dust, and worms shall cover them.

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

Job 21:27

ASV: Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.

DARBY: Lo, I know your thoughts, and the devices ye wrongfully imagine against me.

DRA: Surely I know your thoughts, and your unjust judgments against me.

KJV: Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

Job 21:28

ASV: For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?

DARBY: For ye say, Where is the house of the noble? and where the tent of the dwellings of the wicked?

DRA: For you say: Where is the house of the prince ? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

KJV: For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

Job 21:29

ASV: Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences,

DARBY: Have ye not asked the wayfarers? and do ye not regard their tokens:

DRA: Ask any one of them that go by the way, and you shall perceive that he knoweth these same things.

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

Job 21:30

ASV: That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

DARBY: That the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity? They are led forth to the day of wrath.

DRA: Because the wicked man is reserved to the day of destruction, and he shall be brought to the day of wrath.

KJV: That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

Job 21:31

ASV: Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?

DARBY: Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

DRA: Who shall reprove his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

KJV: Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

Job 21:32

ASV: Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb.

DARBY: Yet is he carried to the graves, and watch is kept over the tomb.

DRA: He shall be brought to the graves, and shall watch in the heap of the dead.

KJV: Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

Job 21:33

ASV: The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.

DARBY: The clods of the valley are sweet unto him; and every man followeth suit after him, as there were innumerable before him.

DRA: He hath been acceptable to the gravel of Cocytus, and he shall draw every man after him, and there are innumerable before him.

KJV: The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

Job 21:34

ASV: How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth [only] falsehood?

DARBY: How then comfort ye me in vain? Your answers remain perfidious.

DRA: How then do ye comfort me in vain, whereas your answer is shewn to be repugnant to truth ?

KJV: How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?

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