Job 21:31 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 21:31

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 21:31

American Standard Version
Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?

Amplified® Bible
But who declares [a man's] way [and rebukes] him to his face? And who pays him back for what he has done?

Contemporary English Version
No one points out their sin or punishes them.

Darby English Version
Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

Good News Bible
There is no one to accuse the wicked or pay them back for all they have done.

King James Version
Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

New American Standard Bible
"Who will confront him with his actions, And who will repay him for what he has done?

New International Version
Who denounces his conduct to his face?
Who repays him for what he has done?

New King James Version
Who condemns his way to his face?
And who repays him for what he has done?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Who will confront him with his actions, And who will repay him for what he has done?

Revised Standard Version
Who declares his way to his face, and who requites him for what he has done?

Young's Literal Translation
Who doth declare to his face his way? And `for' that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him?

New English Translation
No one denounces his conduct to his face; no one repays him for what¹ he has done.²