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21:1 約伯回答說：
21:2 你們要細聽我的言語，就算是你們安慰我。
默想: 約伯對他的朋友說：「你們要細聽我的言語，就算是你們安慰我。」有時候，我們面對遭受極大患難的親友，我們所能做的就是陪伴與傾聽。約伯的這句話，不但是給朋友的建議，也是對他們多言的一種抗議。
回想我們自己，是否常常太快的給當事人建議？或許我們的建議是出於好意，也可能真的是有效的方法。但是這些建議對當事人，卻不一定有安慰的功效。我想對約伯而言，遭受這麼大的苦難，若能有好朋的陪伴與傾聽，真的會是一種安慰，可以撫慰他的痛苦與不幸。不過，若好友的陪伴，最後變成是對自己的指責、攻擊。那麼，這種陪伴不但不能成為安慰，反而是另外一種精神的傷害。
題目: 約伯請求朋友細聽他的言語，就算是對他的安慰，你對此有何看法呢？
21:1 約伯回答說：
But Job answered and said,
21:2 你們要細聽我的言語，就算是你們安慰我。
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
21:3 請寬容我，我又要說話；說了以後，任憑你們嗤笑吧！
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
21:4 我豈是向人訴冤？為何不焦急呢？
As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so , why should not my spirit be troubled? troubled: Heb. shortened?
21:5 你們要看著我而驚奇，用手摀口。
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. Mark...: Heb. Look unto me
21:6 我每逢思想，心就驚惶，渾身戰兢。
Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
21:7 惡人為何存活，享大壽數，勢力強盛呢？
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
21:8 他們眼見兒孫，和他們一同堅立。
Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
21:9 他們的家宅平安無懼； 神的杖也不加在他們身上。
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. safe...: Heb. peace from
21:10 他們的公牛孳生而不斷絕；母牛下犢而不掉胎。
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
21:11 他們打發小孩子出去，多如羊群；他們的兒女踴躍跳舞。
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
21:12 他們隨著琴鼓歌唱，又因簫聲歡喜。
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
21:13 他們度日諸事亨通，轉眼下入陰間。
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. in wealth: or, in mirth
21:14 他們對 神說：離開我們吧！我們不願曉得你的道。
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
21:15 全能者是誰，我們何必事奉他呢？求告他有甚麼益處呢？
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
21:16 看哪，他們亨通不在乎自己；惡人所謀定的離我好遠。
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
21:17 惡人的燈何嘗熄滅？患難何嘗臨到他們呢？ 神何嘗發怒，向他們分散災禍呢？
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. candle: or, lamp
21:18 他們何嘗像風前的碎秸，如暴風颳去的糠秕呢？
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. carrieth: Heb. stealeth
21:19 你們說： 神為惡人的兒女積蓄罪孽；我說：不如本人受報，好使他親自知道。
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it . his iniquity: that is, the punishment of his iniquity
21:20 願他親眼看見自己敗亡，親自飲全能者的忿怒。
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21:21 他的歲月既盡，他還顧他本家嗎？
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
21:22 神既審判那在高位的，誰能將知識教訓他呢？
Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
21:23 有人至死身體強壯，盡得平靖安逸；
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. his...: Heb. his very, or, the strength of, his perfection
21:24 他的奶桶充滿，他的骨髓滋潤。
His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. breasts: or, milk pails
21:25 有人至死心中痛苦，終身未嘗福樂的滋味；
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
21:26 他們一樣躺臥在塵土中，都被蟲子遮蓋。
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
21:27 我知道你們的意思，並誣害我的計謀。
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
21:28 你們說：霸者的房屋在哪裡？惡人住過的帳棚在哪裡？
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? the dwelling...: Heb. the tent of the tabernacles
21:29 你們豈沒有詢問過路的人嗎？不知道他們所引的證據嗎？
Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
21:30 就是惡人在禍患的日子得存留，在發怒的日子得逃脫。
That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. wrath: Heb. wraths
21:31 他所行的，有誰當面給他說明？他所做的，有誰報應他呢？
Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
21:32 然而他要被抬到塋地；並有人看守墳墓。
Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. grave: Heb. graves remain...: Heb. watch in the heap
21:33 他要以谷中的土塊為甘甜；在他以先去的無數，在他以後去的更多。
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
21:34 你們對答的話中既都錯謬，怎麼徒然安慰我呢？
How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood? falsehood: Heb. transgression?
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