Job 21:1

^21:2Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

^21:2Heare diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

^21:3Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

^21:3Suffer me that I may speake, and after that I haue spoken, mocke on.

^21:4As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

^21:4As for mee, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be ^†troubled?

^21:5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

^21:5†Marke mee, and be astonished, and lay your hand vpon your mouth.

^21:6Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

^21:6Euen when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh holde on my flesh.

^21:7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

^21:7*Wherefore doe the wicked liue, become old, yea, are mightie in power?

^21:8Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

^21:8Their seede is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

^21:9Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

^21:9Their houses are ^†safe from feare, neither is the rod of God vpon them.

^21:10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

^21:10Their bull gendreth and faileth not, their cow calueth, and casteth not her calfe.

^21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

^21:11They send foorth their little ones like a flocke, and their children dance.

^21:12They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

^21:12They take the timbrell and harpe, and reioyce at the sound of the organe.

^21:13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

^21:13They spend their daies ^‖in wealth, and in a moment goe downe to the graue.

^21:14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

^21:14*Therefore they say vnto God, Depart from vs: for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes.

^21:15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

^21:15What is the Almightie, that wee should serue him? and what profite should we haue, if we pray vnto him?

^21:16Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

^21:16Loe, their good is not in their hand, the counsell of the wicked is farre from me.

^21:17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

^21:17How oft is the ^‖candle of the wicked put out? and how oft commeth their destruction vpon them? God distributeth sorrowes in his anger.

^21:18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

^21:18They are as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme ^†carieth away.

^21:19God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

^21:19God layeth vp his ^†iniquitie for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

^21:20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

^21:20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drinke of the wrath of the Almightie.

^21:21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

^21:21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his moneths is cut off in the middest?

^21:22Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

^21:22Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he iudgeth those that are high.

^21:23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

^21:23One dieth ^†in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

^21:24His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

^21:24His ^‖breasts are full of milke, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

^21:25And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

^21:25And another dieth in the bitternesse of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.

^21:26They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

^21:26They shall lie downe alike in the dust, and the wormes shall couer them.

^21:27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

^21:27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the deuices which yee wrongfully imagine against me.

^21:28For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

^21:28For ye say, where is the house of the prince? and where are ^†the dwelling places of the wicked?

^21:29Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,

^21:29Haue ye not asked them that goe by the way? and doe ye not know their tokens?

^21:30That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

^21:30*That the wicked is reserued to the day of destruction; they shall bee brought foorth to ^†the day of wrath.

^21:31Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

^21:31Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

^21:32Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

^21:32Yet shall hee be brought to the ^†graue, & shall ^†remaine in the tombe.

^21:33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

^21:33The cloudes of the valley shalbe sweete vnto him, and euery man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

^21:34How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?

^21:34How then comfort ye me in vaine, seeing in your answeres there remaineth ^†falshood?