Job
King James Version (KJV)
Job 21:34
“How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?”
King James Version (KJV)
Job 21:34 Context
31Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? 32Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. 33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. 34How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
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Other Translations
How then comfort ye me in vaine, seeing in your answeres there remaineth falshood?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"How then will you vainly comfort me, For your answers remain {full of} falsehood?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth `only' falsehood?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit?
- Basic English Bible
How then comfort ye me in vain? Your answers remain perfidious.
- Darby Bible
How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
- Webster's Bible
So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?"
- World English Bible
And how do ye comfort me [with] vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?
- Youngs Literal Bible
How then comfort ye me in vain? And as for your answers, there remaineth only faithlessness?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"How then will you vainly comfort me, For your answers remain {full of} falsehood?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth `only' falsehood?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit?
- Basic English Bible
How then comfort ye me in vain? Your answers remain perfidious.
- Darby Bible
How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
- Webster's Bible
So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?"
- World English Bible
And how do ye comfort me [with] vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?
- Youngs Literal Bible
How then comfort ye me in vain? And as for your answers, there remaineth only faithlessness?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Job 21:34
21:34 How - Why then do you seek to comfort me with vain hopes of recovering my prosperity, seeing your grounds are false, and experience shews, that good men are often in great tribulation, while the vilest of men prosper.