Job 21:29 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 21:29

27 “Look, I know your thoughts,
And the schemes with which you would wrong me.

28 For you say,
‘Where is the house of the prince?
And where is¹ the tent,
The dwelling place of the wicked?’

29 Have you not asked those who travel the road?
And do you not know their signs?

30 ^aFor the wicked are reserved for the day of doom;
They shall be brought out on the day of wrath.

31 Who condemns his way to his face?
And who repays him for what he has done?

32 Yet he shall be brought to the grave,
And a vigil kept over the tomb.

33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him;
^aEveryone shall follow him,
As countless have gone before him.

34 How then can you comfort me with empty words,
Since¹ falsehood remains in your answers?”

Verse Comparison: Job 21:29

American Standard Version
Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences,

Amplified® Bible
Have you not asked those who travel this way, and do you not accept their testimony {and} evidences--

Contemporary English Version
Everyone, near and far, agrees

Darby English Version
Have ye not asked the wayfarers? and do ye not regard their tokens:

Good News Bible
Haven't you talked with people who travel? Don't you know the reports they bring back?

King James Version
Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,

New American Standard Bible
"Have you not asked wayfaring men, And do you not recognize their witness?

New International Version
Have you never questioned those who travel?
Have you paid no regard to their accounts-

New King James Version
Have you not asked those who travel the road?
And do you not know their signs?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Have you not asked wayfaring men, And do you not recognize their witness?

Revised Standard Version
Have you not asked those who travel the roads, and do you not accept their testimony

Young's Literal Translation
Have ye not asked those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know?

New English Translation
Have you never questioned those who travel the roads? Do you not recognize their accounts¹ –