American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. Then Job[H347] answered[H6030] and said[H559],

2. Hear[H8085] diligently[H8085] my speech[H4405]; And let this be your consolations[H8575].

3. Suffer[H5375] me[H1696], and I also will speak; And after[H310] that I have spoken[H1696], mock on[H3932].

4. As for me[H7879], is my complaint to man[H120]? And why should I[H7307] not be impatient[H7114]?

5. 480[H6437] me[H8074], and be astonished, And lay[H7760] your hand[H3027] upon your mouth[H6310].

6. Even when I remember[H2142] I am troubled[H926], And horror[H6427] taketh hold on[H270] my flesh[H1320].

7. Wherefore do the wicked[H7563] live[H2421], Become old[H6275], yea[H1396], wax mighty in power[H2428]?

8. Their seed[H2233] is established[H3559] with them in their sight[H6440], And their offspring[H6631] before their eyes[H5869].

9. Their houses[H1004] are safe[H7965] from fear[H6343], Neither is the rod[H7626] of God upon them[H433].

10. Their bull[H7794] gendereth[H5674], and faileth[H1602] not[H6510]; Their cow calveth[H6403], and casteth not her calf[H7921].

11. They send forth[H7971] their little ones[H5759] like a flock[H6629], And their children[H3206] dance[H7540].

12. They sing[H5375] to the timbrel[H8596] and harp[H3658], And rejoice[H8055] at the sound[H6963] of the pipe[H5748].

13. They spend[H3615] their days[H3117] in prosperity[H2896], And in a moment[H7281] they go down[H2865] to Sheol[H7585].

14. And they say[H559] unto God[H410], Depart[H5493] from us[H2654]; For we desire not the knowledge[H1847] of thy ways[H1870].

15. What is the Almighty[H7706], that we should serve[H5647] him[H3276]? And what profit should we have[H6293], if we pray unto him?

16. Lo[H2898], their prosperity is not in their hand[H3027]: The counsel[H6098] of the wicked[H7563] is far from me[H7368].

17. How oft is it that the lamp[H5216] of the wicked[H7563] is put out[H1846]? That their calamity[H343] cometh[H935] upon them[H2505]? That God distributeth sorrows[H2256] in his anger[H639]?

18. That they are as stubble[H8401] before[H6440] the wind[H7307], And as chaff[H4671] that the storm[H5492] carrieth away[H1589]?

19. Ye say[H433], God layeth up[H6845] his iniquity[H205] for his children[H1121]. Let him recompense[H7999] it unto himself[H3045], that he may know it:

20. Let his own eyes[H5869] see[H7200] his destruction[H3589], And let him drink[H8354] of the wrath[H2534] of the Almighty[H7706].

21. For what careth[H2656] he for his house[H1004] after[H310] him[H4557], When the number of his months[H2320] is cut off[H2686]?

22. Shall any teach[H3925] God[H410] knowledge[H1847], Seeing he judgeth[H8199] those that are high[H7311]?

23. One dieth[H4191] in his full[H8537] strength[H6106], Being wholly at ease[H7946] and quiet[H7961]:

24. His pails[H5845] are full[H4390] of milk[H2461], And the marrow[H4221] of his bones[H6106] is moistened[H8248].

25. And another dieth[H4191] in bitterness[H4751] of soul[H5315], And never tasteth[H398] of good[H2896].

26. They lie down[H7901] alike[H3162] in the dust[H6083], And the worm[H7415] covereth them[H3680].

27. Behold[H3045], I know your thoughts[H4284], And the devices[H4209] wherewith ye would wrong me[H2554].

28. For ye say[H559], Where is the house[H1004] of the prince[H5081]? And where is the tent[H4908] wherein the wicked[H7563] dwelt[H4908]?

29. Have ye not asked[H7592] wayfaring[H1870] men[H5674]? And do ye not know[H5234] their evidences[H226],

30. That the evil[H7451] man is reserved[H2820] to the day[H3117] of calamity[H343]? That they are led forth[H2986] to the day[H3117] of wrath[H5678]?

31. Who shall declare[H5046] his way[H1870] to his face[H6440]? And who shall repay[H7999] him what he hath done[H6213]?

32. Yet shall he be borne[H2986] to the grave[H6913], And men shall keep watch[H8245] over the tomb[H1430].

33. The clods[H7263] of the valley[H5158] shall be sweet[H4985] unto him[H120], And all men shall draw[H4900] after[H310] him[H4557], As there were innumerable before him[H6440].

34. How then comfort[H5162] ye me in vain[H1892], Seeing in your answers[H8666] there remaineth[H7604] only falsehood[H4604]?