Job 21

Highlighted words differ from the KJV. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

KJV WEB

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KJVBut Job answered and said,
WEBThen Job answered,
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KJVHear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
WEB“Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation.
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KJVSuffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
WEBAllow me, and I also will speak. After I have spoken, mock on.
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KJVAs for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
WEBAs for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn’t I be impatient?
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KJVMark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
WEBLook at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.
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KJVEven when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
WEBWhen I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.
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KJVWherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
WEB“Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
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KJVTheir seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
WEBTheir child is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their eyes.
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KJVTheir houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
WEBTheir houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
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KJVTheir bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
WEBTheir bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry.
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KJVThey send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
WEBThey send out their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.
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KJVThey take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
WEBThey sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
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KJVThey spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
WEBThey spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.
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KJVTherefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
WEBThey tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we don’t want to know about your ways.
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KJVWhat is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
WEBWhat is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’
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KJVLo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
WEBBehold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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KJVHow oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
WEB“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?
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KJVThey are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
WEBHow often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?
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KJVGod layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
WEBYou say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’ Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.
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KJVHis eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
WEBLet his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
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KJVFor what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
WEBFor what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?
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KJVShall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
WEB“Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?
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KJVOne dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
WEBOne dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
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KJVHis breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
WEBHis pails are full of milk. The marrow of his bones is moistened.
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KJVAnd another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
WEBAnother dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.
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KJVThey shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
WEBThey lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.
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KJVBehold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
WEB“Behold, I know your thoughts, the plans with which you would wrong me.
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KJVFor ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
WEBFor you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’
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KJVHave ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
WEBHaven’t you asked wayfaring men? Don’t you know their evidences,
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KJVThat the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
WEBthat the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led out to the day of wrath?
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KJVWho shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
WEBWho will declare his way to his face? Who will repay him what he has done?
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KJVYet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
WEBYet he will be borne to the grave. Men will keep watch over the tomb.
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KJVThe clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
WEBThe clods of the valley will be sweet to him. All men will draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
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KJVHow then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
WEBSo how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?”

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