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Kniha Jób

Biblia - Sväté písmo

(CPDV - Anglický - Catholic PD)

Jób 21, 1-34

1 Then Job responded by saying: 2 I beseech you to hear my words and to do penance. 3 Permit me, and I will speak, and afterwards, if you see fit, you can laugh at my words. 4 Is my dispute against man, so that I would have no reason to be discouraged? 5 Listen to me and be astonished, and place a finger over your mouth. 6 As for me, when I think it over, I am afraid, and trembling convulses my body. 7 Why then do the impious live, having been lifted up and strengthened with riches? 8 They see their offspring continue before them: a commotion of close relatives and of children’s children in their sight. 9 Their houses have been secure and peaceable, and there is no staff of God over them. 10 Their cattle have conceived and have not miscarried; their cow has given birth and is not deprived of her newborn. 11 Their little ones go out like a flock, and their children jump around playfully. 12 They take up the timbrel and the lyre, and they rejoice at the sound of the organ. 13 Their days are prolonged in wealth, yet, in an instant, they descend into hell. 14 Who has said to God, “Depart from us, for we do not want the knowledge of your ways. 15 Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? And how is it helpful to us if we pray to him?” 16 It is true that their good things are not in their power. May the counsel of the impious be far from me! 17 How often will the lamp of the wicked be extinguished, and a deluge overtake them, and how often will he distribute the afflictions of his wrath? 18 They will be like chaff before the face of the wind, and like ashes that the whirlwind scatters. 19 God will preserve the grief of the father for his sons, and, when he repays, then he will understand. 20 His eyes will see his own destruction, and he will drink from the wrath of the Almighty. 21 For what does he care what happens to his house after him, or if the number of its months are reduced by half? 22 Can anyone teach holy knowledge to God, who judges the exalted? 23 This one dies strong and healthy, rich and happy. 24 His gut is full of fat and his bones are moistened with marrow. 25 In truth, another dies in bitterness of soul, without any resources. 26 And yet they will sleep together in the dust, and worms will cover them. 27 Surely, I know your thoughts and your sinful judgments against me. 28 For you say, “Where is the house of the ruler, and where are the tabernacles of the impious?” 29 Ask any passerby whom you wish, and you will realize that he understands these same things: 30 that the evil-doer is reserved for the day of destruction, and he will be led to the day of wrath. 31 Who will reprove his way to his face, and who will repay him for what he has done? 32 He will be led to the tomb, and he will remain awake in the chaos of the dead. 33 He has been found acceptable to the banks of the River of Lamentation, and he will draw any man towards him, and there are countless before him. 34 Therefore, how long will you console me in vain, when your answer is shown to be repugnant to truth?

Jób 21, 1-34





Verš 7
Why then do the impious live, having been lifted up and strengthened with riches?
Ž 17:10 - He bent the heavens, and they descended. And darkness was under his feet.
Ž 73:12 - But God is our king before all ages. He has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
Jer 12:1 - Certainly, O Lord, you are just. But if I may contend with you, while still speaking what is just to you: Why does the way of the impious prosper? Why is it well with all those who transgress and act unfairly?
Hab 1:16 - For this reason, he will offer victims to his dragnet, and he will sacrifice to his netting. For through them, his portion has been made fat, and his meals elite.

Verš 14
Who has said to God, “Depart from us, for we do not want the knowledge of your ways.
Jób 22:17 - They said to God, “Withdraw from us,” and they treated the Almighty as if he could do nothing,

Verš 15
Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? And how is it helpful to us if we pray to him?”
Ex 5:2 - But he responded: “Who is the Lord, that I should listen to his voice and release Israel? I do not know the Lord, and I will not release Israel.”
Mal 3:14 - And you have said, “What have we spoken against you?” You have said, “He labors in vain who serves God,” and, “What advantage is it that we have kept his precepts, and that we have walked sorrowfully in the sight of the Lord of hosts?

Verš 16
It is true that their good things are not in their power. May the counsel of the impious be far from me!
Jób 22:18 - though he had filled their houses with good things. May their way of thinking be far from me.

Verš 17
How often will the lamp of the wicked be extinguished, and a deluge overtake them, and how often will he distribute the afflictions of his wrath?
Jób 20:29 - This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the inheritance of his words from the Lord.
Ž 11:6 - Because of the misery of the destitute and the groaning of the poor, now I will arise, says the Lord. I will place him in safety. I will act faithfully toward him.

Verš 22
Can anyone teach holy knowledge to God, who judges the exalted?
Iz 40:13 - Who has assisted the Spirit of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor and has revealed things to him?
Rim 11:34 - For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?
1Kor 2:16 - For who has known the mind of the Lord, so that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

Verš 26
And yet they will sleep together in the dust, and worms will cover them.
Jób 17:14 - I have said to decay and to worms: “You are my father, my mother, and my sister.”

Verš 30
that the evil-doer is reserved for the day of destruction, and he will be led to the day of wrath.
Prís 16:4 - The Lord has wrought all things because of himself. Likewise the impious is for the evil day.

Job 21,3 - Jób sa stavia asi proti mienke a tvrdeniu Sofarovmu, že Boh tresce hriešnikov odňatím zemského blahobytu. Jób v nasledujúcich veršoch prináša dôkazy o svojej opačnej skúsenosti, keď pripomína, že bezbožníkom sa spravidla dobre vedie na svete (verš 7 a n.) a veľmi často oplývajú blahobytom.

Job 21,5 - "Ruku si dať na ústa" je znakom mlčanlivosti, odmlčania sa.

Job 21,16-21 - Jób zopakuje tvrdenie svojich priateľov (verš 16) a pýta sa, ako často sa stáva, že sa hriešnik dostane do nešťastia (verš 17). Na námietku, že pomsta a nešťastie stihnú aspoň potomkov hriešneho človeka, Jób odpovedá, že z takejto odvety a pomsty hriešnik po svojej smrti už ničoho necíti (verše 19–21).

Job 21,22-26 - Jób zopakuje ďalšiu námietku svojich priateľov (verš 22), na ktorú odpovedá svojím poukazom na nerovný osud mnohých ľudí na tomto svete a na ich smutný podiel v podsvetí (verše 23–26).

Job 21,27-32 - Jób odmietne aj štvrtú námietku svojich priateľov, ako by jeho nešťastie bolo možno vysvetliť a odôvodniť len jeho hriešnosťou (verš 27). Oproti tomu vyhlasuje, že skúsenosť učí, že hriešnik je od zla často uchránený a ušetrený (verš 30).