Job 21 EASY

1. Then Job replied. This is what he said:

2. ‘Listen carefully to the things that I am saying. You can only help me if you do that.

3. Be patient with me so that I can speak. After you have heard what I say, you may choose to laugh at me.

4. It is not people that I want to argue with. So I have good reason to be upset.

5. When you look at me, you should be upset. You should cover your mouth with your hand.

6. I think about what has happened to me. It makes me very afraid. My body shakes with fear.

7. Why do wicked people continue to live for a long time? The older they become, the more power they have.

8. They see their own children grow and become strong. Their children also have strong families.

9. They are safe in their homes and they are not afraid. God does not punish them.

10. Their cows give birth safely to many calves.

11. Their children run and play. They jump like young lambs.

12. They enjoy the music of tambourines and harps. They sing with joy to the sound of flutes.

13. Wicked people have plenty of money through their whole lives. Even when they die, they do not suffer.

14. They say to God, “Leave us alone! We do not want to know about your ways.

15. We do not need to serve the Almighty God. If we pray to him, there is nothing he can do to help us.”

16. They think that they have made themselves rich. But it is not true. So I do not listen to the things that wicked people say.

17. It seems that wicked people enjoy a long life. They do not often have many troubles. When God is angry with them, he does not cause them to suffer.

18. He does not blow them away, like the wind blows dry grass. They do not disappear like chaff that a storm blows away.

19. You may say, “God will punish a wicked person's children with the punishment that he deserves.” But I say that God should punish the wicked person himself. Then he will realize that he is wicked.

20. Wicked people should receive their own punishment. They should see that Almighty God is angry with them.

21. After wicked people have died, it does not matter to them if their family suffers.

22. No one can teach God what he should do. He himself judges the most powerful rulers.

23. One person has good health all his life. Even when he is ready to die, he still lives a safe and happy life.

24. He eats good food and his body is strong.

25. But another person is sad all his life, until he dies. No good things ever happen to him.

26. But they all die one day and their bodies lie under the ground. Worms cover their bodies, whoever they are.

27. I know what you are thinking. You want to show that I am guilty.

28. You say, “You see that the rich person no longer has a house. Wicked people no longer have homes to live in.”

29. But you should ask people who travel to different places. You should listen to the things that they say.

30. They would tell you that wicked people do not always suffer. When trouble comes, they continue to be safe. When God is angry with people, wicked people escape punishment.

31. No one speaks against them to say that they are guilty. No one punishes them for the bad things that they have done.

32. When a wicked person dies, people bury him with honour. Guards watch over his grave.

33. A big crowd of people come to his funeral. They make a heap of earth over his body, in the valley where he rests happily.

34. So your useless words do not comfort me. Your answers are all lies!’