But Job answered and said,
2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
1Nanso Hiob buaeɛ kaa sɛ,Under pastoral review
2Montie me kasa yie, na momma yei nyɛ mo awerɛkyekyerɛ.Under pastoral review
3Momma me kwan na menkasa; na sɛ makasa wie a, monkɔ so nni fɛw.Under pastoral review
4Me deɛ, m'anwiinwii kyerɛ onipa anaa? na sɛ saa na ɛteɛ a, adɛn enti na me honhom nnyɛ basaa?Under pastoral review
5Monhwɛ me, na mo ho nnwiri mo, na momfa mo nsa nka mo ano.Under pastoral review
6Sɛ mekae mpo a, mesuro, na ahopopo so me honam mu.Under pastoral review
7Adɛn enti na adebɔneyɛfoɔ tena ase, na wɔnyini, aane, na wɔyɛ den wɔ tumi mu?Under pastoral review
8Wɔn asefoɔ atim wɔ wɔn ani so wɔ wɔn nkyɛn, na wɔn awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ wɔ wɔn ani so.Under pastoral review
9Wɔn afie wɔ banbɔ firi ehu ho, na Onyankopɔn abaa nni wɔn so.Under pastoral review
10Wɔn nantwinini nya awoɔ, na ɛnni hwammɔ; wɔn nantwibereɛ wo, na ɔmpɔn.Under pastoral review
11Wɔsoma wɔn mma nkumaa sɛ nnwankuo, na wɔn mma sa.Under pastoral review
12Wɔfa akasaeɛ ne sanku, na wɔn ani gye atɛntɛbɛn nnyegyeɛ ho.Under pastoral review
13Wɔde wɔn nna di yie wɔ ahonyadeɛ mu, na berɛ tiaa bi mu wɔsiane kɔ damena mu.Under pastoral review
14Ɛno enti wɔka kyerɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ, Firi yɛn nkyɛn kɔ; efisɛ yɛmpɛ w'akwan ho nimdeɛ.Under pastoral review
15Hwan ne Otumfoɔ Panin, a ɛsɛ sɛ yɛsom no? na mfasoɔ bɛn na yɛbɛnya, sɛ yɛbɔ mpaeɛ kyerɛ no a?Under pastoral review
16Hwɛ, wɔn yiedie nni wɔn nsam: adebɔneyɛfoɔ afotuo ne me ntam ware.Under pastoral review
17Mpɛn ahe na wɔdum adebɔneyɛfoɔ kanea! na mpɛn ahe na wɔn ɔsɛeɛ ba wɔn so! Onyankopɔn kyekyɛ awerɛhoɔ wɔ n'abufuo mu.Under pastoral review
18Wɔte sɛ ɛserɛ wesee mframa anim, na sɛ ntɛtɛ a osuframa soa kɔ.Under pastoral review
19Onyankopɔn kora n'amumuyɛ so ma ne mma: ɔtua no ka, na ɔbɛhunu.Under pastoral review
20N'ani bɛhunu ne sɛeɛ, na ɔbɛnom Otumfoɔ Panin abufuo.Under pastoral review
21Efisɛ anigyeɛ bɛn na ɔwɔ wɔ ne fie wɔ n'akyi, ɛberɛ a wɔatwa n'abosome dodoɔ mu wɔ mfimfini?Under pastoral review
22Obi bɛkyerɛ Onyankopɔn nimdeɛ anaa? ɛberɛ a ɔbu wɔn a wɔkorɔn atɛn.Under pastoral review
23Obi wu wɔ n'ahoɔden mu pɛpɛɛpɛ, a ɔwɔ ahomegyeɛ ne dwoodwoo mu koraa.Under pastoral review
24Nufusuo ahyɛ ne nufoɔ ma, na hon afɔw ne nnompe mu.Under pastoral review
25Na ɔfoforɔ wu wɔ ne kra mu nwononwono mu, na ɔnnidi anigyeɛ so da.Under pastoral review
26Wɔbɛda mfuturo mu saa ara, na nsammaa bɛkata wɔn so.Under pastoral review
27Hwɛ, menim mo nsusuiɛ, ne nhyehyɛeɛ a mode ntɛnkyea dwene tia me.Under pastoral review
28Efisɛ moka sɛ, Ɔbirɛmpɔn fie wɔ he? na adebɔneyɛfoɔ atenaeɛ wɔ he?Under pastoral review
29Mommisaa wɔn a wɔfa ɛkwan so no anaa? na monnim wɔn agyiraeɛ,Under pastoral review
30Sɛ wɔakora ɔdebɔneyɛni so ama ɔsɛeɛ da? wɔde no bɛba abufuo da mu.Under pastoral review
31Hwan na ɔbɛka ne kwan akyerɛ n'anim? na hwan na ɔbɛtua no deɛ wayɛ so ka?Under pastoral review
32Nanso wɔde no bɛkɔ damena mu, na ɔbɛtena ɔboda mu.Under pastoral review
33Bɔnhwa mu dɔteɛ atɔmee bɛyɛ no dɛ, na obiara bɛdi n'akyi, sɛdeɛ wɔn a wɔdii n'anim no dodoɔ nni ano.Under pastoral review
34Ɛnneɛ adɛn enti na mokyekye me werɛ kwa, ɛberɛ a atorɔ ka mo mmuaeɛ mu?Under pastoral review