Job 21:1-8 Common English Bible (CEB)

1. Then Job answered:

2. Listen carefully to my remarksand let that comfort you.

3. Bear with me so I can speak, I myself;and after my reply you can mock.

4. Are my complaints against another human;why is my patience short?

5. Turn to me and be appalled;lay your hand over your mouth.

6. If I recall it, I’m scared;shaking seizes my body.

7. Why do the wicked live,grow old, and even become strong?

8. Their children are always with them,their offspring in their sight,

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