Job 21:17-34 God will Punish the Wicked“How often do the wicked have their lights put out? Does calamity ever fall on them? Will God in his anger ever apportion their destruction?

ISV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ God will Punish the Wicked“How often do the wicked have their lights put out? Does calamity ever fall on them? Will God in his anger ever apportion their destruction? ¹⁸ May they become like a straw, blown away before the wind; like a chaff that’s swept off by a storm. ¹⁹ God stores up their iniquity to repay their children; making them repay so that they may be aware. ²⁰ Their own eyes will see their destruction; and they’ll drink the wrath of the Almighty. ²¹ What will they care for their household after them, when the number of his months comes to an end?”
²² Death Levels Everyone“Can God learn anything? After all, he will judge even the exalted ones. ²³ Such persons will die in their full vigor, completely prosperous and secure. ²⁴ His buckets are filled with milk, his bone marrow is healthy. ²⁵ Others die with a bitter soul, never having tasted the good life. ²⁶ They both lie down in the dust; and worms cover them.”
²⁷ Job Suspects His Friends of Treachery“Look! I know your thoughts, your plans are going to harm me. ²⁸ You ask, ‘Where is the noble person’s house?’ and ‘Where are the tents where the wicked live?’ ²⁹ Haven’t you asked travelers on the highway? Don’t you accept their word ³⁰ that the wicked person is spared from times of calamity, that he is rescued on the day of wrath? ³¹ Who will expose his conduct to his face? Who will repay him for what he has done ³² when he is carried away to the cemetery and guardians are placed to watch his tomb? ³³ The runoff from the streams will seem sweet to him; everyone will follow after him; countless crows march ahead of him. ³⁴ How then, can you console me so worthlessly? What is left of your answers is treachery.”