1But Job answered and said,
2Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
3Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
4As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?troubled: Heb. shortened?
5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.Mark�: Heb. Look unto me
6Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
7Mengapakah orang durjana hidup, menjadi tua, ya, dan adalah kuat dalam kuasa?
8Benih mereka termantap di pandangan mereka bersama mereka, dan keturunan mereka juga di hadapan mata mereka.
9Rumah-rumah mereka adalah selamat daripada ketakutan, dan tongkat Allah pun tidak kena kepada mereka.
10Lembu jantan mereka memacek, dan tidak gagal; lembu bentina mereka beranak, dan tidak tergugur anaknya.
11Mereka menghantar kanak-kanak mereka seperti kawanan, dan anak-anak mereka menari.
12Mereka mengambil rebana dan kecapi, dan bersukacita ketika kedengaran bunyi organ
13Mereka melanjutkan hari-hari mereka dalam kekayaan, dan dengan seketika turun ke kubur.
14Oleh sebab itu, mereka berkata kepada Allah, Jauhilah kami; sebab kami tidak mengingini pengetahuan jalan-jalanmu.
15Yang Maha Kuasa itu apa, sehingga kami harus melayaninya? dan apakah untung yang diperoleh kami, jika kami berdoa kepadanya?
16Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.candle: or, lamp
18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.carrieth: Heb. stealeth
19God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.his iniquity: that is, the punishment of his iniquity
20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
22Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.his�: Heb. his very, or, the strength of, his perfection
24His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.breasts: or, milk pails
25And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
26They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
28For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?the dwelling�: Heb. the tent of the tabernacles
29Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
30Bahawa orang durjana disimpan untuk hari kebinasaan? mereka akan ditampil ke depan pada hari murka.
31Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
32Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.grave: Heb. gravesremain�: Heb. watch in the heap
33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
34How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?falsehood: Heb. transgression?