TODAY'S ENGLISH VERSION 2 Listen to what I am saying; that is all the comfort I ask from you. 3 Give me a chance to speak and then, when I am through, sneer if you like. 4 My quarrel is not with mortal men; I have good reason to be impatient. 5 Look at me. Isn-'t that enough to make you star... [ Continue Reading ]
F. INTEGRITY, PROSPERITY, AND THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY RIGHTEOUS GOD (Job 21:1-34) 1. Job pleads for a sympathetic hearing. (Job 21:1-6) TEXT 21:1-6 21 THEN JOB ANSWERED AND SAID, _2_ Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations. 3 Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after... [ Continue Reading ]
2. The wicked enjoy great peace and plenty. (Job 21:7-16) TEXT 21:7-16 7 WHEREFORE DO THE WICKED LIVE, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power? 8 Then- seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of Go... [ Continue Reading ]
3. Sometimes they suffer, but not regularly. (Job 21:17-22) TEXT 21:17-22 17 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? 18 That they are as stubble before the wind. And as chaff that the storm carrieth... [ Continue Reading ]
4. The only equality is to be found in death. (Job 21:23-26) TEXT 21:23-26 23 ONE DIETH IN HIS FULL STRENGTH, Being wholly at ease and quiet: 24 His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moistened. 25 And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good. 26 The... [ Continue Reading ]
5. So, your argument that I am wicked because I suffer is false. (Job 21:27-34) TEXT 21:27-34 27 BEHOLD, I KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me. 28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt? 29 Have ye not asked wayf... [ Continue Reading ]