{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/job/21","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T18:20:47.315Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":21,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":20,"nextChapter":22,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":34},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then Job answered and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"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?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Ye say , God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high?"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet:"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moistened."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences,"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth only falsehood?"}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 21 (ASV)","markdown":"[Job 21](https://primebible.com/asv/job/21)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/job/21 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}