1 There was a man376 in the land776 of Uz,5780 whose name8034 was Job;347 and that man376 was perfect8535 and upright,3477 and one that feared3373 God,430 and eschewed5493 evil.7451
2 And there were born3205 to him seven7651 sons1121 and three7969 daughters.1323
3 His substance4735 also was seven7651 thousand505 sheep,6629 and three7969 thousand505 camels,1581 and five2568 hundred3967 yoke6776 of oxen,1241 and five2568 hundred3967 she asses,860 and a very3966 great7227 household;5657 so that this1931 man376 was the greatest1419 of all3605 the men1121 of the east.6924
4 And his sons1121 went1980 and feasted6213 4960 in their houses,1004 every376 one376 his day;3117 and sent7971 and called7121 for their three7969 sisters269 to eat398 and to drink8354 with them.
5 And it was so, when3588 the days3117 of their feasting4960 were gone5362 about,5362 that Job347 sent7971 and sanctified6942 them, and rose7925 up early7925 in the morning,1242 and offered5927 burnt5930 offerings according to the number4557 of them all:3605 for Job347 said,559 It may194 be that my sons1121 have sinned,2398 and cursed1288 God430 in their hearts.3824 Thus3602 did6213 Job347 continually.3605 3117
6 Now there was a day3117 when the sons1121 of God430 came935 to present3320 themselves before5921 the LORD,3068 and Satan7854 came935 also1571 among8432 them.
7 And the LORD3068 said559 to Satan,7854 From where370 come935 you? Then Satan7854 answered6030 the LORD,3068 and said,559 From going7751 to and fro7751 in the earth,776 and from walking1980 up and down in it.
8 And the LORD3068 said559 to Satan,7854 Have you considered7760 3820 my servant5650 Job,347 that there is none369 like3644 him in the earth,776 a perfect8535 and an upright3477 man,376 one that fears3373 God,430 and eschews5493 evil?7451
9 Then Satan7854 answered6030 the LORD,3068 and said,559 Does Job347 fear3372 God430 for nothing?2600
10 Have not you made an hedge7753 about1157 him, and about1157 his house,1004 and about1157 all3605 that he has on every5437 side?5439 you have blessed1288 the work4639 of his hands,3027 and his substance4735 is increased6555 in the land.776
11 But put7971 forth7971 your hand3027 now,4994 and touch5060 all3605 that he has, and he will curse1288 you to your face.6440
12 And the LORD3068 said559 to Satan,7854 Behold,2009 all3605 that he has is in your power;3027 only7535 on himself put7971 not forth7971 your hand.3027 So Satan7854 went3318 forth3318 from the presence6440 of the LORD.3068
13 And there was a day3117 when his sons1121 and his daughters1323 were eating398 and drinking8354 wine3196 in their oldest1060 brother's251 house:1004
14 And there came935 a messenger4397 to Job,347 and said,559 The oxen1241 were plowing,2790 and the asses860 feeding7462 beside5921 3027 them:
15 And the Sabeans7614 fell5307 on them, and took3947 them away; yes, they have slain5221 the servants5288 with the edge6310 of the sword;2719 and I only7535 am escaped4422 alone905 to tell5046 you.
16 While he was yet speaking,1696 there came935 also another,2088 and said,559 The fire784 of God430 is fallen5307 from heaven,8064 and has burned1197 up the sheep,6629 and the servants,5288 and consumed398 them; and I only7535 am escaped4422 alone905 to tell5046 you.
17 While he was yet speaking,1696 there came935 also another,2088 and said,559 The Chaldeans3778 made7760 out three7969 bands,7218 and fell6584 on the camels,1581 and have carried3947 them away, yes, and slain5221 the servants5288 with the edge6310 of the sword;2719 and I only7535 am escaped4422 alone905 to tell5046 you.
18 While he was yet speaking,1696 there came935 also another,2088 and said,559 Your sons1121 and your daughters1323 were eating398 and drinking8354 wine3196 in their oldest1060 brother's251 house:1004
19 And, behold,2009 there came935 a great1419 wind7307 from the wilderness,4057 and smote5060 the four702 corners6438 of the house,1004 and it fell5307 on the young5288 men, and they are dead;4191 and I only7535 am escaped4422 alone905 to tell5046 you.
20 Then Job347 arose,6965 and rent7167 his mantle,4598 and shaved1494 his head,7218 and fell5307 down on the ground,776 and worshipped,7812
21 And said,559 Naked6174 came3318 I out of my mother's517 womb,990 and naked6174 shall I return7725 thither:8033 the LORD3068 gave,5414 and the LORD3068 has taken3947 away; blessed1288 be the name8034 of the LORD.3068
22 In all3605 this2063 Job347 sinned2398 not, nor3808 charged5414 God430 foolishly.8604
1 Again there was a day3117 when the sons1121 of God430 came935 to present3320 themselves before5921 the LORD,3068 and Satan7854 came935 also1571 among8432 them to present3320 himself before5921 the LORD.3068
2 And the LORD3068 said559 to Satan,7854 From where335 2088 come935 you? And Satan7854 answered6030 the LORD,3068 and said,559 From going7751 to and fro7751 in the earth,776 and from walking1980 up and down in it.
3 And the LORD3068 said559 to Satan,7854 Have you considered3820 my servant5650 Job,347 that there is none369 like3644 him in the earth,776 a perfect8535 and an upright3477 man,376 one that fears3373 God,430 and eschews5493 evil?7451 and still5750 he holds2388 fast his integrity,8538 although you moved5496 me against him, to destroy1104 him without2600 cause.2600
4 And Satan7854 answered6030 the LORD,3068 and said,559 Skin5785 for skin,5785 yes, all3605 that a man376 has will he give5414 for his life.5315
5 But put7971 forth7971 your hand3027 now,4994 and touch5060 his bone6106 and his flesh,1320 and he will curse1288 you to your face.6440
6 And the LORD3068 said559 to Satan,7854 Behold,2009 he is in your hand;3027 but save8104 his life.5315
7 So went3318 Satan7854 forth3318 from the presence6440 of the LORD,3068 and smote5221 Job347 with sore7451 boils7822 from the sole3709 of his foot7272 to his crown.6936
8 And he took3947 him a potsherd2789 to scrape1623 himself with; and he sat3427 down among8432 the ashes.665
9 Then said559 his wife802 to him, Do you still5750 retain2388 your integrity?8538 curse1288 God,430 and die.4191
10 But he said559 to her, You speak1696 as one259 of the foolish5039 women speaks.1696 What?1571 shall we receive6901 good2896 at the hand854 of God,430 and shall we not receive6901 evil?7451 In all3605 this2063 did not Job347 sin2398 with his lips.8193
11 Now when Job's347 three7969 friends7453 heard8085 of all3605 this2063 evil7451 that was come935 on him, they came935 every376 one376 from his own place;4725 Eliphaz464 the Temanite,8489 and Bildad1085 the Shuhite,7747 and Zophar6691 the Naamathite:5284 for they had made an appointment3259 together3162 to come935 to mourn5110 with him and to comfort5162 him.
12 And when they lifted5375 up their eyes5869 afar7350 off, and knew5234 him not, they lifted5375 up their voice,6963 and wept;1058 and they rent7167 every376 one376 his mantle,4598 and sprinkled2236 dust6083 on their heads7218 toward heaven.8064
13 So they sat3427 down with him on the ground776 seven7651 days3117 and seven7651 nights,3915 and none369 spoke1696 a word1697 to him: for they saw7200 that his grief3511 was very3966 great.1431
1 After310 this3651 opened6605 Job347 his mouth,6310 and cursed7043 his day.3117
2 And Job347 spoke,6030 and said,559
3 Let the day3117 perish6 wherein I was born,3205 and the night3915 in which it was said,559 There is a man1397 child conceived.2029
4 Let that day3117 be darkness;2822 let not God433 regard1875 it from above,4605 neither408 let the light5105 shine3313 on it.
5 Let darkness2822 and the shadow6757 of death6757 stain1351 it; let a cloud6053 dwell7931 on it; let the blackness3650 of the day3117 terrify1204 it.
6 As for that night,3915 let darkness652 seize3947 on it; let it not be joined2302 to the days3117 of the year,8141 let it not come935 into the number4557 of the months.3391
7 See,2009 let that night3915 be solitary,1565 let no408 joyful7445 voice come935 therein.
8 Let them curse5344 it that curse779 the day,3117 who are ready6264 to raise5782 up their mourning.3882
9 Let the stars3556 of the twilight5399 thereof be dark;2821 let it look6960 for light,216 but have none;369 neither408 let it see7200 the dawning6079 of the day:7837
10 Because3588 it shut5462 not up the doors1817 of my mother's womb,990 nor hid5641 sorrow5999 from my eyes.5869
11 Why4100 died4191 I not from the womb?7358 why did I not give1478 up the ghost1478 when I came3318 out of the belly?990
12 Why4069 did the knees1290 prevent6923 me? or why4069 the breasts7699 that I should suck?3243
13 For now6258 should I have lain7901 still and been quiet,8252 I should have slept:3462 then227 had I been at rest,5117
14 With kings4428 and counsellors3289 of the earth,776 which build1129 desolate2723 places2723 for themselves;
15 Or176 with princes8269 that had gold,2091 who filled4390 their houses1004 with silver:3701
16 Or176 as an hidden2934 untimely5309 birth5309 I had not been;1961 as infants5768 which never3808 saw7200 light.216
17 There8033 the wicked7563 cease2308 from troubling;7267 and there8033 the weary3019 be at rest.5117
18 There the prisoners615 rest7599 together;3162 they hear8085 not the voice6963 of the oppressor.5065
19 The small6996 and great1419 are there;8033 and the servant5650 is free2670 from his master.113
20 Why4100 is light216 given5414 to him that is in misery,6001 and life2416 to the bitter4751 in soul;5315
21 Which long2442 for death,4194 but it comes not; and dig2658 for it more than for hid4301 treasures;4301
22 Which rejoice8055 exceedingly,413 1524 and are glad,7797 when3588 they can find4672 the grave?6913
23 Why is light given to a man1397 whose834 way1870 is hid,5641 and whom God433 has hedged5526 in?
24 For my sighing585 comes935 before6440 I eat,3899 and my roarings7581 are poured5413 out like the waters.4325
25 For the thing which I greatly feared6342 is come857 on me, and that which834 I was afraid3025 of is come935 to me.
26 I was not in safety,7951 neither3808 had I rest,8252 neither3808 was I quiet;5117 yet trouble7267 came.935
1 Then Eliphaz464 the Temanite8489 answered6030 and said,559
2 If we assay5254 to commune1697 with you, will you be grieved?3811 but who4310 can3201 withhold6113 himself from speaking?4405
3 Behold,2009 you have instructed3256 many,7227 and you have strengthened2388 the weak7504 hands.3027
4 Your words4405 have upheld6965 him that was falling,3782 and you have strengthened553 the feeble3766 knees.1290
5 But now6258 it is come935 on you, and you faint;3811 it touches5060 you, and you are troubled.926
6 Is not this your fear,3374 your confidence,3690 your hope,8615 and the uprightness8537 of your ways?1870
7 Remember,2142 I pray4994 you, who4310 ever perished,6 being innocent?5355 or where375 were the righteous6662 cut3582 off?
8 Even as I have seen,7200 they that plow2790 iniquity,205 and sow2232 wickedness,5999 reap7114 the same.
9 By the blast5397 of God433 they perish,6 and by the breath7307 of his nostrils639 are they consumed.3615
10 The roaring7581 of the lion,738 and the voice6963 of the fierce7826 lion,7826 and the teeth8127 of the young3715 lions,3715 are broken.5421
11 The old lion3918 perishes6 for lack1097 of prey,2964 and the stout lion's3833 whelps1121 are scattered6504 abroad.6504
12 Now a thing1697 was secretly1589 brought1589 to me, and my ear241 received3947 a little8102 thereof.
13 In thoughts5587 from the visions2384 of the night,3915 when deep8639 sleep8639 falls5307 on5921 men,582
14 Fear6343 came7122 on me, and trembling,7460 which made all7230 my bones6106 to shake.6342
15 Then a spirit7307 passed2498 before5921 my face;6440 the hair8185 of my flesh1320 stood5568 up:
16 It stood5975 still, but I could not discern5234 the form4758 thereof: an image8544 was before5048 my eyes,5869 there was silence,1827 and I heard8085 a voice,6963 saying,
17 Shall mortal582 man582 be more just6663 than God?433 shall a man1400 be more pure2891 than his maker?6213
18 Behold,2005 he put no3808 trust539 in his servants;5650 and his angels4397 he charged7760 with folly:8417
19 How637 much637 less in them that dwell7931 in houses1004 of clay,2563 whose834 foundation3247 is in the dust,6083 which are crushed1792 before6440 the moth?6211
20 They are destroyed3807 from morning1242 to evening:6153 they perish6 for ever5331 without any regarding7760 it.
21 Does not their excellency3499 which is in them go5265 away?5265 they die,4191 even without3808 wisdom.2451
1 Call7121 now,4994 if there be any that will answer6030 you; and to which4310 of the saints6918 will you turn?6437
2 For wrath3708 kills2026 the foolish191 man, and envy7068 slays4191 the silly6601 one.
3 I have seen7200 the foolish191 taking root:8327 but suddenly6597 I cursed5344 his habitation.5116
4 His children1121 are far7350 from safety,3468 and they are crushed1792 in the gate,8179 neither369 is there any to deliver5337 them.
5 Whose834 harvest7105 the hungry7456 eats398 up, and takes3947 it even out of the thorns,6791 and the robber6782 swallows7602 up their substance.2428
6 Although3588 affliction205 comes3318 not forth3318 of the dust,6083 neither3808 does trouble5999 spring6779 out of the ground;127
7 Yet3588 man120 is born3205 to trouble,5999 as the sparks1121 7565 fly5774 upward.1361
8 I would seek1875 to God,410 and to God430 would I commit7760 my cause:1700
9 Which does6213 great1419 things and unsearchable;369 2714 marvelous6381 things without5704 369 number:4557
10 Who gives5414 rain4306 on the earth,776 and sends7971 waters4325 on the fields:2351
11 To set7760 up on high4791 those that be low;8217 that those which mourn6937 may be exalted7682 to safety.3468
12 He disappoints6565 the devices4284 of the crafty,6175 so that their hands3027 cannot3808 3201 perform their enterprise.8454
13 He takes3920 the wise2450 in their own craftiness:6193 and the counsel6098 of the fraudulent6617 is carried4116 headlong.
14 They meet6298 with darkness2822 in the day time,3119 and grope4959 in the noonday6672 as in the night.3915
15 But he saves3467 the poor34 from the sword,2719 from their mouth,6310 and from the hand3027 of the mighty.2389
16 So the poor1800 has1961 hope,8615 and iniquity5766 stops7092 her mouth.6310
17 Behold,2009 happy835 is the man582 whom God433 corrects:3198 therefore despise3988 not you the chastening4148 of the Almighty:7706
18 For he makes sore,3510 and binds2280 up: he wounds,4272 and his hands3027 make whole.7495
19 He shall deliver5337 you in six8337 troubles:6869 yes, in seven7651 there shall no3808 evil7451 touch5060 you.
20 In famine7458 he shall redeem6299 you from death:4194 and in war4421 from the power3027 of the sword.2719
21 You shall be hid2244 from the whip7752 of the tongue:3956 neither3808 shall you be afraid3372 of destruction7701 when3588 it comes.935
22 At destruction7701 and famine3720 you shall laugh:7832 neither408 shall you be afraid3372 of the beasts2416 of the earth.776
23 For you shall be in league1285 with the stones68 of the field:7704 and the beasts2416 of the field7704 shall be at peace7999 with you.
24 And you shall know3045 that your tabernacle168 shall be in peace;7965 and you shall visit6485 your habitation,5116 and shall not sin.2398
25 You shall know3045 also that your seed2233 shall be great,7227 and your offspring6631 as the grass6212 of the earth.776
26 You shall come935 to your grave6913 in a full3624 age,3624 like as a shock1430 of corn comes5927 in in his season.6256
27 See2009 this,2063 we have searched2713 it, so3651 it is; hear8085 it, and know3045 you it for your good.2896
1 But Job347 answered6030 and said,559
2 Oh3863 that my grief3708 were thoroughly weighed,8254 and my calamity1942 laid5375 in the balances3976 together!3162
3 For now6258 it would be heavier3513 than the sand2344 of the sea:3220 therefore5921 3651 my words1697 are swallowed3886 up.
4 For the arrows2671 of the Almighty7706 are within5978 me, the poison2534 whereof834 drinks8354 up my spirit:7307 the terrors1161 of God433 do set themselves in array6186 against me.
5 Does the wild6501 ass6501 bray5101 when he has grass?1877 or lows1600 the ox7794 over5921 his fodder?1098
6 Can that which is unsavory8602 be eaten398 without1097 salt?4417 or is there any taste2940 in the white7388 of an egg?2495
7 The things that my soul5315 refused3985 to touch5060 are as my sorrowful1741 meat.3899
8 Oh that I might have935 my request;7596 and that God433 would grant5414 me the thing that I long8615 for!
9 Even that it would please2974 God433 to destroy1792 me; that he would let loose5425 his hand,3027 and cut1214 me off!
10 Then should I yet5750 have1961 comfort;5165 yes, I would harden5539 myself in sorrow:2427 let him not spare;2550 for I have not concealed3582 the words561 of the Holy6918 One.
11 What4100 is my strength,3581 that I should hope?3176 and what4100 is my end,7093 that I should prolong748 my life?5315
12 Is my strength3581 the strength3581 of stones?68 or is my flesh1320 of brass?5153
13 Is not my help5833 in me? and is wisdom8454 driven5080 quite5080 from me?
14 To him that is afflicted4523 pity2617 should be showed from his friend;7453 but he forsakes5800 the fear3374 of the Almighty.7706
15 My brothers251 have dealt deceitfully898 as a brook,5158 and as the stream650 of brooks5158 they pass5674 away;
16 Which are blackish6937 by reason4480 of the ice,7140 and wherein the snow7950 is hid:5956
17 What time6256 they wax warm,2215 they vanish:6789 when it is hot,2527 they are consumed1846 out of their place.4725
18 The paths734 of their way1870 are turned3943 aside;3943 they go5927 to nothing,8414 and perish.6
19 The troops734 of Tema8485 looked,5027 the companies1979 of Sheba7614 waited6960 for them.
20 They were confounded954 because3588 they had hoped;982 they came935 thither,5704 and were ashamed.2659
21 For now6258 you are nothing;3808 you see7200 my casting2866 down, and are afraid.3372
22 Did I say,559 Bring3051 to me? or, Give a reward7809 for me of your substance?3581
23 Or, Deliver4422 me from the enemy's6862 hand?3027 or, Redeem6299 me from the hand3027 of the mighty?6184
24 Teach3384 me, and I will hold2790 my tongue:2790 and cause me to understand995 wherein4100 I have erred.7683
25 How4100 forcible4834 are right3476 words!561 but what4100 does your arguing3198 reprove?3198
26 Do you imagine2803 to reprove3198 words,4405 and the speeches561 of one that is desperate,2976 which are as wind?7307
27 Yes,637 you overwhelm5307 the fatherless,3490 and you dig3738 a pit for your friend.7453
28 Now6258 therefore be content,2974 look6437 on me; for it is evident5921 6440 to you if518 I lie.3576
29 Return,7725 I pray4994 you, let it not be iniquity;5766 yes, return7725 again,5750 my righteousness6664 is in it.
30 Is there iniquity5766 in my tongue?3956 cannot3808 my taste2441 discern995 perverse1942 things?
1 Is there not an appointed6635 time6635 to man582 on earth?776 are not his days3117 also like the days3117 of an hireling?7916
2 As a servant5650 earnestly desires7602 the shadow,6738 and as an hireling7916 looks6960 for the reward of his work:6467
3 So3651 am I made to possess5157 months3391 of vanity,7723 and wearisome5999 nights3915 are appointed4487 to me.
4 When4970 I lie7901 down,7901 I say,559 When4970 shall I arise,6965 and the night6153 be gone?4059 and I am full7646 of tossings5076 to and fro to the dawning5399 of the day.5399
5 My flesh1320 is clothed3847 with worms7415 and clods1487 of dust;6083 my skin5785 is broken,7280 and become3988 loathsome.3988
6 My days3117 are swifter7043 than a weaver's shuttle,708 and are spent3615 without657 hope.8615
7 O remember2142 that my life2416 is wind:7307 my eye5869 shall no3808 more7725 see7200 good.2896
8 The eye5869 of him that has seen7210 me shall see7789 me no3808 more: your eyes5869 are on me, and I am not.
9 As the cloud6051 is consumed3615 and vanishes3212 away: so3651 he that goes3381 down3381 to the grave7585 shall come5927 up no3808 more.
10 He shall return7725 no3808 more5750 to his house,1004 neither3808 shall his place4725 know5234 him any more.5750
11 Therefore1571 I will not refrain2820 my mouth;6310 I will speak1696 in the anguish6862 of my spirit;7307 I will complain7878 in the bitterness4751 of my soul.5315
12 Am I a sea,3220 or a whale,8577 that you set7760 a watch4929 over5921 me?
13 When3588 I say,559 My bed6210 shall comfort5162 me, my couch4904 shall ease5375 my complaints;7879
14 Then you scare2865 me with dreams,2472 and terrify1204 me through visions:2384
15 So that my soul5315 chooses977 strangling,4267 and death4194 rather than my life.6106
16 I loathe3988 it; I would not live2421 always:5769 let me alone;2308 for my days3117 are vanity.1892
17 What4100 is man,582 that you should magnify1431 him? and that you should set7896 your heart3820 on him?
18 And that you should visit6485 him every morning,1242 and try974 him every moment?7281
19 How5704 long4100 will you not depart8159 from me, nor3808 let me alone7503 till5704 I swallow1104 down my spittle?7536
20 I have sinned;2398 what4100 shall I do6466 to you, O you preserver5341 of men?120 why4100 have you set7760 me as a mark4645 against you, so that I am a burden4853 to myself?
21 And why4100 do you not pardon5375 my transgression,6588 and take5674 away5674 my iniquity?5771 for now6258 shall I sleep7901 in the dust;6083 and you shall seek7836 me in the morning,7836 but I shall not be.
1 Then answered6030 Bildad1085 the Shuhite,7747 and said,559
2 How5704 long5704 will you speak4448 these428 things? and how long shall the words561 of your mouth6310 be like a strong3524 wind?7307
3 Does God410 pervert5791 judgment?4941 or does the Almighty7706 pervert5791 justice?6664
4 If518 your children1121 have sinned2398 against him, and he have cast7971 them away for their transgression;6588
5 If518 you would seek7836 to God410 betimes,7836 and make your supplication2603 to the Almighty;7706
6 If518 you were pure2134 and upright;3477 surely3588 now6258 he would awake5782 for you, and make the habitation5116 of your righteousness6664 prosperous.7999
7 Though your beginning7225 was small,4705 yet your latter319 end should greatly3966 increase.7685
8 For inquire,7592 I pray4994 you, of the former7223 age,1755 and prepare3559 yourself to the search2714 of their fathers:1
9 (For we are but of yesterday,8543 and know3045 nothing,3808 because3588 our days3117 on earth776 are a shadow:6738)
10 Shall not they teach3384 you, and tell559 you, and utter3318 words4405 out of their heart?3820
11 Can the rush1573 grow1342 up without3808 mire?1207 can the flag260 grow1342 without1097 water?4325
12 Whilst it is yet5750 in his greenness,3 and not cut6998 down, it wither3001 before6440 any3605 other herb.2682
13 So3651 are the paths734 of all3605 that forget7911 God;410 and the hypocrite's2611 hope8615 shall perish:6
14 Whose834 hope3689 shall be cut6990 off, and whose trust4009 shall be a spider's5908 web.1004
15 He shall lean8172 on his house,1004 but it shall not stand:5975 he shall hold2388 it fast, but it shall not endure.6965
16 He is green7373 before6440 the sun,8121 and his branch3127 shoots3318 forth3318 in his garden.1593
17 His roots8328 are wrapped5440 about5440 the heap,1530 and sees2372 the place1004 of stones.68
18 If518 he destroy1104 him from his place,4725 then it shall deny3584 him, saying, I have not seen7200 you.
19 Behold,2005 this1931 is the joy4885 of his way,1870 and out of the earth6083 shall others312 grow.6779
20 Behold,2005 God410 will not cast3988 away a perfect8535 man, neither3808 will he help2388 the evil7489 doers:
21 Till5704 he fill4390 your mouth6310 with laughing,7814 and your lips8193 with rejoicing.8643
22 They that hate8130 you shall be clothed3847 with shame;1322 and the dwelling168 place of the wicked7563 shall come to nothing.369
1 Then Job347 answered6030 and said,559
2 I know3045 it is so3651 of a truth:551 but how4100 should man582 be just6663 with God?410
3 If518 he will contend7378 with him, he cannot3808 answer6030 him one259 of a thousand.505
4 He is wise2450 in heart,3824 and mighty533 in strength:3581 who4310 has hardened7185 himself against413 him, and has prospered?7999
5 Which removes6275 the mountains,2022 and they know3045 not: which834 overturns2015 them in his anger.639
6 Which shakes7264 the earth776 out of her place,4725 and the pillars5982 thereof tremble.6426
7 Which commands559 the sun,2775 and it rises2224 not; and seals2856 up the stars.3556
8 Which alone905 spreads5186 out the heavens,8064 and treads1869 on the waves1116 of the sea.3220
9 Which makes6213 Arcturus,5906 Orion,3685 and Pleiades,3598 and the chambers2315 of the south.8486
10 Which does6213 great1419 things past369 finding2714 out; yes, and wonders6381 without5704 369 number.4557
11 See,2005 he goes5674 by me, and I see7200 him not: he passes2498 on also, but I perceive995 him not.
12 Behold,2005 he takes2862 away,2862 who4310 can hinder7725 him? who4310 will say559 to him, What4100 do6213 you?
13 If God433 will not withdraw7725 his anger,639 the proud7293 helpers5826 do stoop7817 under8478 him.
14 How637 much637 3588 less shall I answer6030 him, and choose977 out my words1697 to reason with him?
15 Whom,834 though518 I were righteous,6663 yet would I not answer,6030 but I would make supplication2603 to my judge.8199
16 If518 I had called,7121 and he had answered6030 me; yet would I not believe539 that he had listened238 to my voice.6963
17 For he breaks7779 me with a tempest,8183 and multiplies7235 my wounds6482 without2600 cause.2600
18 He will not suffer5414 me to take my breath,7307 but fills7646 me with bitterness.4472
19 If518 I speak of strength,3581 see,2009 he is strong:533 and if518 of judgment,4941 who4310 shall set3259 me a time to plead?
20 If518 I justify6663 myself, my own mouth6310 shall condemn7561 me: if I say, I am perfect,8535 it shall also prove me perverse.6140
21 Though I were perfect,8535 yet would I not know3045 my soul:5315 I would despise3988 my life.2416
22 This1931 is one259 thing, therefore5921 3651 I said559 it, He destroys3615 the perfect8535 and the wicked.7563
23 If518 the whip7752 slay4191 suddenly,6597 he will laugh3932 at the trial4531 of the innocent.5355
24 The earth776 is given5414 into the hand3027 of the wicked:7563 he covers4374 the faces6440 of the judges8199 thereof; if518 not, where,645 and who4310 is he?
25 Now my days3117 are swifter7043 than4480 a post:7323 they flee1272 away, they see7200 no3808 good.2896
26 They are passed2498 away as the swift16 ships:591 as the eagle5404 that hastens2907 to the prey.400
27 If518 I say,559 I will forget7911 my complaint,7879 I will leave5800 off my heaviness,6440 and comfort1082 myself:
28 I am afraid3025 of all3605 my sorrows,6094 I know3045 that you will not hold me innocent.5352
29 If I be wicked,7561 why4100 then labor3021 I in vain?1892
30 If518 I wash7364 myself with snow7950 water,7950 and make my hands3709 never1253 so clean;2141
31 Yet227 shall you plunge2881 me in the ditch,7845 and my own clothes8008 shall abhor8581 me.
32 For he is not a man,376 as I am, that I should answer6030 him, and we should come935 together3162 in judgment.4941
33 Neither3808 is there any judge3198 between996 us, that might lay7896 his hand3027 on us both.8147
34 Let him take5493 his rod7626 away5493 from me, and let not his fear367 terrify1204 me:
35 Then would I speak,1696 and not fear3372 him; but it is not so3651 with me.
1 My soul5315 is weary5354 of my life;2416 I will leave5800 my complaint7879 on myself; I will speak1696 in the bitterness4751 of my soul.5315
2 I will say559 to God,433 Do not condemn7561 me; show3045 me why5921 4100 you contend7378 with me.
3 Is it good2896 to you that you should oppress,6231 that you should despise3988 the work3018 of your hands,3709 and shine3313 on the counsel6098 of the wicked?7563
4 Have you eyes5869 of flesh?1320 or see7200 you as man582 sees?7200
5 Are your days3117 as the days3117 of man?582 are your years8141 as man's1397 days,3117
6 That you enquire1245 after my iniquity,5771 and search1875 after my sin?2403
7 You know1847 that I am not wicked;7561 and there is none369 that can deliver5337 out of your hand.3027
8 Your hands3027 have made6087 me and fashioned6213 me together3162 round5439 about; yet you do destroy1104 me.
9 Remember,2142 I beseech4994 you, that you have made6213 me as the clay;2563 and will you bring7725 me into413 dust6083 again?7725
10 Have you not poured5413 me out as milk,2461 and curdled7087 me like cheese?1385
11 You have clothed3847 me with skin5785 and flesh,1320 and have fenced7753 me with bones6106 and sinews.1517
12 You have granted6213 me life2416 and favor,2617 and your visitation6486 has preserved8104 my spirit.7307
13 And these428 things have you hid6845 in your heart:3824 I know3045 that this2063 is with you.
14 If518 I sin,2398 then you mark8104 me, and you will not acquit5352 me from my iniquity.5771
15 If518 I be wicked,7561 woe480 to me; and if518 I be righteous,6663 yet will I not lift5375 up my head.7218 I am full7646 of confusion;7036 therefore see7200 you my affliction;6040
16 For it increases.1342 You hunt6679 me as a fierce7826 lion:7826 and again7725 you show yourself marvelous6381 on me.
17 You renew2318 your witnesses5707 against5048 me, and increase7235 your indignation3708 on me; changes2487 and war6635 are against5973 me.
18 Why4100 then have you brought3318 me forth3318 out of the womb?7358 Oh that I had given1478 up the ghost,1478 and no3808 eye5869 had seen7200 me!
19 I should have been1961 as though I had not been;1961 I should have been carried2986 from the womb990 to the grave.6913
20 Are not my days3117 few?4592 cease2308 then, and let me alone,7896 that I may take comfort1082 a little,4592
21 Before2962 I go3212 from where I shall not return,7725 even to the land776 of darkness2822 and the shadow6757 of death;6757
22 A land776 of darkness,5890 as darkness652 itself; and of the shadow6757 of death,6757 without3808 any order,5468 and where the light3313 is as darkness.652
1 Then answered6030 Zophar6691 the Naamathite,5284 and said,559
2 Should not the multitude7230 of words1697 be answered?6030 and should a man376 full of talk8193 be justified?6663
3 Should your lies907 make men4962 hold2790 their peace?2790 and when you mock,3932 shall no369 man make you ashamed?3637
4 For you have said,559 My doctrine3948 is pure,2134 and I am clean1249 in your eyes.5869
5 But oh that God433 would speak,1696 and open6605 his lips8193 against5973 you;
6 And that he would show5046 you the secrets8587 of wisdom,2451 that they are double3718 to that which is! Know3045 therefore that God433 exacts5382 of you less than your iniquity5771 deserves.
7 Can you by searching2714 find4672 out God?433 can you find4672 out the Almighty7706 to perfection?8503
8 It is as high1363 as heaven;8064 what4100 can you do?6466 deeper6013 than hell;7585 what4100 can you know?3045
9 The measure4055 thereof is longer752 than4480 the earth,776 and broader7342 than4480 the sea.3220
10 If518 he cut2498 off, and shut5462 up, or gather6950 together, then who4310 can hinder7725 him?
11 For he knows3045 vain7723 men:4962 he sees7200 wickedness205 also; will he not then consider995 it?
12 For vain5014 men376 would be wise,3823 though man120 be born3205 like a wild6501 ass's6501 colt.168
13 If518 you prepare3559 your heart,3820 and stretch6566 out your hands3709 toward413 him;
14 If518 iniquity205 be in your hand,3027 put it far7350 away, and let not wickedness5766 dwell7931 in your tabernacles.168
15 For then227 shall you lift5375 up your face6440 without spot;3971 yes, you shall be steadfast,3332 and shall not fear:3372
16 Because3588 you shall forget7911 your misery,5999 and remember2142 it as waters4325 that pass5674 away:
17 And your age2465 shall be clearer6965 than the noonday:6672 you shall shine5774 forth, you shall be as the morning.1242
18 And you shall be secure,982 because3588 there is hope;8615 yes, you shall dig2658 about5439 you, and you shall take7901 your rest7901 in safety.983
19 Also you shall lie7257 down,7257 and none369 shall make you afraid;2729 yes, many7227 shall make suit2470 to you.
20 But the eyes5869 of the wicked7563 shall fail,3615 and they shall not escape,4498 6 and their hope8615 shall be as the giving4646 up of the ghost.5315
1 And Job347 answered6030 and said,559
2 No551 doubt551 but you are the people,5971 and wisdom2451 shall die4191 with you.
3 But I have understanding3824 as well1571 as you; I am1961 not inferior5307 to you: yes, who4310 knows854 not such3644 things as these?428
4 I am as one mocked7832 of his neighbor,7453 who calls7121 on God,433 and he answers6030 him: the just6662 upright8549 man is laughed7832 to scorn.
5 He that is ready3559 to slip4571 with his feet7272 is as a lamp3940 despised937 in the thought6248 of him that is at ease.7600
6 The tabernacles168 of robbers7703 prosper,7951 and they that provoke7264 God410 are secure;987 into whose834 hand3027 God433 brings935 abundantly.
7 But ask7592 now4994 the beasts,929 and they shall teach3384 you; and the fowls5775 of the air,8064 and they shall tell5046 you:
8 Or176 speak7878 to the earth,776 and it shall teach3384 you: and the fishes1709 of the sea3220 shall declare5608 to you.
9 Who4310 knows3045 not in all3605 these428 that the hand3027 of the LORD3068 has worked6213 this?2063
10 In whose834 hand3027 is the soul5315 of every3605 living2416 thing, and the breath7307 of all3605 mankind.1320 376
11 Does not the ear241 try974 words?4405 and the mouth2441 taste2938 his meat?400
12 With the ancient3453 is wisdom;2451 and in length753 of days3117 understanding.8394
13 With him is wisdom2451 and strength,1369 he has counsel6098 and understanding.8394
14 Behold,2005 he breaks2040 down,2040 and it cannot3808 be built1129 again: he shuts5462 up a man,376 and there can be no3808 opening.6605
15 Behold,2005 he withholds6113 the waters,4325 and they dry3001 up: also he sends7971 them out, and they overturn2015 the earth.776
16 With him is strength5797 and wisdom:8454 the deceived7683 and the deceiver7686 are his.
17 He leads3212 counsellors3289 away spoiled,7758 and makes the judges8199 fools.1984
18 He looses6605 the bond4148 of kings,4428 and girds631 their loins4975 with a girdle.232
19 He leads3212 princes3548 away spoiled,7758 and overthrows5557 the mighty.386
20 He removes5493 away the speech8193 of the trusty,539 and takes3947 away the understanding2940 of the aged.2205
21 He pours8210 contempt937 on princes,5081 and weakens7503 the strength4206 of the mighty.650
22 He discovers1540 deep6013 things out of darkness,2822 and brings3318 out to light216 the shadow6757 of death.6757
23 He increases7679 the nations,1471 and destroys6 them: he enlarges7849 the nations,1471 and straitens5148 them again.
24 He takes5493 away5493 the heart3820 of the chief7218 of the people5971 of the earth,776 and causes them to wander8582 in a wilderness8414 where there is no3808 way.1870
25 They grope4959 in the dark2822 without3808 light,216 and he makes them to stagger8582 like a drunken7910 man.
1 See,2005 my eye5869 has seen7200 all3605 this, my ear241 has heard8085 and understood995 it.
2 What you know,1847 the same do I know3045 also:1571 I am not inferior5307 to you.
3 Surely199 I would speak1696 to the Almighty,7706 and I desire2654 to reason3198 with God.410
4 But you are forgers2950 of lies,8267 you are all3605 physicians7495 of no457 value.457
5 O that you would altogether hold2790 your peace!2790 and it should be your wisdom.2451
6 Hear8085 now4994 my reasoning,8433 and listen7181 to the pleadings7379 of my lips.8193
7 Will you speak1696 wickedly5766 for God?410 and talk1696 deceitfully7423 for him?
8 Will you accept5375 his person?6440 will you contend7378 for God?410
9 Is it good2896 that he should search2713 you out? or as one man582 mocks2048 another, do you so mock2048 him?
10 He will surely reprove3198 you, if518 you do secretly5643 accept5375 persons.6440
11 Shall not his excellency7613 make you afraid?1204 and his dread6343 fall5307 on you?
12 Your remembrances2146 are like4911 to ashes,665 your bodies1354 to bodies1354 of clay.2563
13 Hold2790 your peace,2790 let me alone, that I may speak,1696 and let come5674 on me what4100 will.
14 Why5921 4100 do I take5375 my flesh1320 in my teeth,8127 and put7760 my life5315 in my hand?3709
15 Though he slay6991 me, yet will I trust3176 in him: but I will maintain3198 my own ways1870 before413 6440 him.
16 He also1571 shall be my salvation:3444 for an hypocrite2611 shall not come935 before6440 him.
17 Hear8085 diligently my speech,4405 and my declaration262 with your ears.241
18 Behold2009 now,4994 I have ordered6186 my cause;4941 I know3045 that I shall be justified.6663
19 Who4310 is he that will plead7378 with me? for now,6258 if3588 I hold2790 my tongue,2790 I shall give1478 up the ghost.1478
20 Only389 do6213 not two8147 things to me: then227 will I not hide5641 myself from you.
21 Withdraw7368 your hand3709 far7350 from me: and let not your dread367 make me afraid.1204
22 Then call7121 you, and I will answer:6030 or176 let me speak,1696 and answer7725 you me.
23 How4100 many are my iniquities5771 and sins?2403 make me to know3045 my transgression6588 and my sin.2403
24 Why4100 hide5641 you your face,6440 and hold2803 me for your enemy?341
25 Will you break6206 a leaf5929 driven5086 to and fro? and will you pursue7291 the dry3002 stubble?7179
26 For you write3789 bitter4846 things against5921 me, and make me to possess3423 the iniquities5771 of my youth.5271
27 You put7760 my feet7272 also in the stocks,5465 and look8104 narrowly8104 to all3605 my paths;734 you set a print2707 on the heels8328 of my feet.7272
28 And he, as a rotten7538 thing, consumes,1086 as a garment899 that is moth6211 eaten.398
1 Man120 that is born3205 of a woman802 is of few7116 days 3117and full7646 of trouble.7267
2 He comes3318 forth3318 like a flower,6731 and is cut5243 down: he flees1272 also as a shadow,6738 and continues5975 not.
3 And does you open6491 your eyes5869 on such2088 an one, and bring935 me into judgment4941 with you?
4 Who4310 can bring5414 a clean2889 thing out of an unclean?2931 not one.259
5 Seeing518 his days3117 are determined,2782 the number4557 of his months2320 are with you, you have appointed6213 his bounds2706 that he cannot3808 pass;5674
6 Turn8159 from him, that he may rest,2308 till5704 he shall accomplish,7521 as an hireling,7916 his day.3117
7 For there is hope8615 of a tree,6086 if it be cut3772 down, that it will sprout2498 again,5750 and that the tender3127 branch thereof will not cease.2308
8 Though518 the root8328 thereof wax old2204 in the earth,776 and the stock1503 thereof die4191 in the ground;6083
9 Yet through the scent7381 of water4325 it will bud,6524 and bring6213 forth6213 boughs7105 like3644 a plant.5194
10 But man1397 dies,4191 and wastes2522 away: yes, man120 gives1478 up the ghost,1478 and where346 is he?
11 As the waters4325 fail235 from the sea,3220 and the flood5104 decays2717 and dries3001 up:
12 So man376 lies7901 down,7901 and rises6965 not: till5704 the heavens8064 be no1115 more, they shall not awake,6974 nor3808 be raised5782 out of their sleep.8142
13 O that you would hide6845 me in the grave,7585 that you would keep me secret,5641 until5704 your wrath639 be past,7725 that you would appoint7896 me a set2706 time, and remember2142 me!
14 If518 a man1397 die,4191 shall he live2421 again? all3605 the days3117 of my appointed6635 time6635 will I wait,3176 till5704 my change2487 come.935
15 You shall call,7121 and I will answer6030 you: you will have a desire3700 to the work4639 of your hands.3027
16 For now6258 you number5608 my steps:6806 do you not watch8104 over5921 my sin?2403
17 My transgression6588 is sealed2856 up in a bag,6872 and you sew2950 up my iniquity.5771
18 And surely199 the mountains2022 falling5307 comes5034 to nothing,5034 and the rock6697 is removed6275 out of his place.4725
19 The waters4325 wear7833 the stones:68 you wash7857 away the things which grow5599 out of the dust6083 of the earth;776 and you destroy6 the hope8615 of man.582
20 You prevail8630 for ever5331 against him, and he passes:1980 you change8138 his countenance,6440 and send7971 him away.
21 His sons1121 come to honor,3513 and he knows3045 it not; and they are brought6819 low,6819 but he perceives995 it not of them.
22 But his flesh1320 on him shall have pain,3510 and his soul5315 within5921 him shall mourn.56
1 Then answered6030 Eliphaz464 the Temanite,8489 and said,559
2 Should a wise2450 man utter6030 vain7307 knowledge,1847 and fill4390 his belly990 with the east6921 wind?7307
3 Should he reason3198 with unprofitable5532 talk?1697 or with speeches4405 with which he can do5953 no3808 good?3276
4 Yes,637 you cast6565 off fear,3374 and restrain1639 prayer7878 before6440 God.410
5 For your mouth6310 utters502 your iniquity,5771 and you choose977 the tongue3956 of the crafty.6175
6 Your own mouth6310 comdemns7561 you, and not I: yes, your own lips8193 testify6030 against you.
7 Are you the first7223 man120 that was born?3205 or were you made2342 before6440 the hills?1389
8 Have you heard8085 the secret5475 of God?433 and do you restrain1639 wisdom2451 to yourself?413
9 What4100 know3045 you, that we know3045 not? what understand995 you, which1931 is not in us?
10 With us are both1571 the gray headed7867 and very3453 aged3453 men, much3524 elder1419 than your father.1
11 Are the consolations8575 of God410 small4592 with you? is there any secret328 thing1697 with you?
12 Why4100 does your heart3820 carry3947 you away? and what4100 do your eyes5869 wink7335 at,
13 That you turn7725 your spirit7307 against413 God,410 and let such words4405 go3318 out of your mouth?6310
14 What4100 is man,582 that he should be clean?2135 and he which is born3205 of a woman,802 that he should be righteous?6663
15 Behold,2005 he puts no3808 trust539 in his saints;6918 yes, the heavens8064 are not clean2141 in his sight.5869
16 How637 much more abominable8581 and filthy444 is man,376 which drinks8354 iniquity5766 like water?4325
17 I will show2331 you, hear8085 me; and that which I have seen2372 I will declare;5608
18 Which834 wise2450 men have told5046 from their fathers,1 and have not hid3582 it:
19 To whom1992 alone905 the earth776 was given,5414 and no3808 stranger2114 passed5674 among8432 them.
20 The wicked7563 man travails2342 with pain all3605 his days,3117 and the number4557 of years8141 is hidden6845 to the oppressor.6184
21 A dreadful6343 sound6963 is in his ears:241 in prosperity7965 the destroyer7703 shall come935 on him.
22 He believes539 not that he shall return7725 out of darkness,2822 and he is waited6822 for of the sword.2719
23 He wanders5074 abroad5074 for bread,3899 saying, Where346 is it? he knows3045 that the day3117 of darkness2822 is ready3559 at his hand.3027
24 Trouble6862 and anguish4691 shall make him afraid;1204 they shall prevail8630 against him, as a king4428 ready6264 to the battle.3593
25 For he stretches5186 out his hand3027 against413 God,410 and strengthens1396 himself against413 the Almighty.7706
26 He runs7323 on him, even on his neck,6677 on the thick5672 bosses1354 of his bucklers:4043
27 Because3588 he covers3680 his face6440 with his fatness,2459 and makes6213 bulges6371 of fat6371 on his flanks.3689
28 And he dwells7931 in desolate3582 cities,5892 and in houses1004 which no3808 man inhabits,3427 which834 are ready6257 to become heaps.1530
29 He shall not be rich,6238 neither3808 shall his substance2428 continue,6965 neither3808 shall he prolong5186 the perfection4512 thereof on the earth.776
30 He shall not depart5493 out of darkness;2822 the flame7957 shall dry3001 up his branches,3127 and by the breath7307 of his mouth6310 shall he go5493 away.
31 Let not him that is deceived8582 trust539 in vanity:7723 for vanity7723 shall be his recompense.8545
32 It shall be accomplished4390 before3808 his time,3117 and his branch3712 shall not be green.7488
33 He shall shake2554 off his unripe1154 grape1154 as the vine,1612 and shall cast7993 off his flower5328 as the olive.2132
34 For the congregation5712 of hypocrites2611 shall be desolate,1565 and fire784 shall consume398 the tabernacles168 of bribery.7810
35 They conceive2029 mischief,5999 and bring3205 forth3205 vanity,205 and their belly990 prepares3559 deceit.4820
1 Then Job347 answered6030 and said,559
2 I have heard8085 many7227 such428 things: miserable5999 comforters5162 are you all.3605
3 Shall vain7307 words1697 have an end?7093 or176 what4100 emboldens4834 you that you answer?6030
4 I also1571 could speak1696 as you do: if3863 your soul5315 were in my soul's5315 stead,8478 I could heap2266 up words4405 against5921 you, and shake5128 my head7218 at you.
5 But I would strengthen553 you with my mouth,6310 and the moving5205 of my lips8193 should assuage2820 your grief.
6 Though518 I speak,1696 my grief3511 is not assuaged:2820 and though I forbear,2308 what4100 am I eased?1980
7 But now6258 he has made me weary:3811 you have made desolate8074 all3605 my company.5712
8 And you have filled7059 me with wrinkles,7059 which is a witness5707 against me: and my leanness3585 rising6965 up in me bears6030 witness6030 to my face.6440
9 He tears2963 me in his wrath,639 who hates7852 me: he gnashes2786 on me with his teeth;8127 my enemy6862 sharpens3913 his eyes5869 on me.
10 They have gaped6473 on me with their mouth;6310 they have smitten5221 me on the cheek3895 reproachfully;2781 they have gathered4390 themselves together3162 against5921 me.
11 God410 has delivered5462 me to the ungodly,5760 and turned3399 me over5921 into413 the hands3027 of the wicked.7563
12 I was at ease,7961 but he has broken6565 me asunder: he has also taken247 me by my neck,6203 and shaken6327 me to pieces, and set6965 me up for his mark.4307
13 His archers7228 compass5437 me round5437 about, he splits6398 my reins3629 asunder, and does not spare;2550 he pours8210 out my gall4845 on the ground.776
14 He breaks6555 me with breach6556 on breach,6556 he runs7323 on me like a giant.1368
15 I have sewed8609 sackcloth8242 on my skin,1539 and defiled5953 my horn7161 in the dust.6083
16 My face6440 is foul2560 with weeping,1065 and on5921 my eyelids6079 is the shadow6757 of death;6757
17 Not for any injustice2555 in my hands:3709 also my prayer8605 is pure.2134
18 O earth,776 cover3680 not you my blood,1818 and let my cry2201 have1961 no408 place.4725
19 Also1571 now,6258 behold,2009 my witness5707 is in heaven,8064 and my record7717 is on high.4791
20 My friends7453 scorn3887 me: but my eye5869 pours1811 out tears to God.433
21 O that one might plead3198 for a man1397 with God,433 as a man120 pleads for his neighbor!7453
22 When3588 a few4557 years8141 are come,857 then I shall go1980 the way734 from where I shall not return.7725
1 My breath7307 is corrupt,2254 my days3117 are extinct,2193 the graves6913 are ready for me.
2 Are there not mockers2049 with me? and does not my eye5869 continue3885 in their provocation?4784
3 Lay7760 down now,4994 put me in a surety6148 with you; who4310 is he that will strike8628 hands3027 with me?
4 For you have hid6845 their heart3820 from understanding:7922 therefore5921 3651 shall you not exalt7311 them.
5 He that speaks5046 flattery2506 to his friends,7453 even the eyes5869 of his children1121 shall fail.3615
6 He has made3322 me also a byword4914 of the people;5971 and aforetime6440 I was as a tabret.8611
7 My eye5869 also is dim3543 by reason of sorrow,3708 and all3605 my members3338 are as a shadow.6738
8 Upright3477 men shall be astonished8074 at5921 this,2063 and the innocent5355 shall stir5782 up himself against5921 the hypocrite.2611
9 The righteous6662 also shall hold270 on his way,1870 and he that has clean2891 hands3027 shall be stronger555 and stronger.
10 But as for you all,3605 do you return,7725 and come935 now:4994 for I cannot3808 find4672 one wise2450 man among you.
11 My days3117 are past,5674 my purposes2154 are broken5423 off, even the thoughts4180 of my heart.3824
12 They change7760 the night3915 into day:3117 the light216 is short7138 because6440 of darkness.2822
13 If518 I wait,6960 the grave7585 is my house:1004 I have made7502 my bed3326 in the darkness.2822
14 I have said7121 to corruption,7845 You are my father:1 to the worm,7415 You are my mother,517 and my sister.269
15 And where346 645 is now645 my hope?8615 as for my hope,8615 who4310 shall see7789 it?
16 They shall go3381 down3381 to the bars905 of the pit,7585 when518 our rest5183 together3162 is in the dust.6083
1 Then answered6030 Bildad1085 the Shuhite,7747 and said,559
2 How5704 long5704 will it be ere you make7760 an end7078 of words?4405 mark,995 and afterwards310 we will speak.1696
3 Why4069 are we counted2803 as beasts,929 and reputed vile2933 in your sight?5869
4 He tears2963 himself5315 in his anger:639 shall the earth776 be forsaken5800 for you? and shall the rock6697 be removed6275 out of his place?4725
5 Yes,1571 the light216 of the wicked7563 shall be put1846 out, and the spark7632 of his fire784 shall not shine.5050
6 The light216 shall be dark2821 in his tabernacle,168 and his candle5216 shall be put1846 out with him.
7 The steps6806 of his strength202 shall be straitened,3334 and his own counsel6098 shall cast7993 him down.
8 For he is cast7971 into a net7568 by his own feet,7272 and he walks1980 on a snare.7639
9 The gin6341 shall take270 him by the heel,6119 and the robber6782 shall prevail2388 against5921 him.
10 The snare2256 is laid for him in the ground,776 and a trap4434 for him in the way.5410
11 Terrors1091 shall make him afraid1204 on every5437 side,5439 and shall drive6327 him to his feet.7272
12 His strength202 shall be extremely hungry,7457 and destruction343 shall be ready3559 at5921 his side.6763
13 It shall devour398 the strength905 of his skin:5785 even the firstborn1060 of death4194 shall devour398 his strength.905
14 His confidence4009 shall be rooted5423 out of his tabernacle,168 and it shall bring6805 him to the king4428 of terrors.1091
15 It shall dwell7931 in his tabernacle,168 because it is none1097 of his: brimstone1614 shall be scattered2219 on his habitation.5116
16 His roots8328 shall be dried3001 up beneath,8478 and above4605 shall his branch7105 be cut5243 off.
17 His remembrance2143 shall perish6 from the earth,776 and he shall have no3808 name8034 in the street.2351 6440
18 He shall be driven1920 from light216 into darkness,2822 and chased5074 out of the world.8398
19 He shall neither3808 have son5209 nor3808 nephew5220 among his people,5971 nor3808 any remaining8300 in his dwellings.4033
20 They that come after314 him shall be astonished8074 at5921 his day,3117 as they that went6923 before6931 were affrighted.270 8178
21 Surely389 such428 are the dwellings4908 of the wicked,5767 and this2088 is the place4725 of him that knows3045 not God.410
1 Then Job347 answered6030 and said,559
2 How5704 long5704 will you vex3013 my soul,5315 and break1792 me in pieces with words?4405
3 These2088 ten6235 times6471 have you reproached3637 me: you are not ashamed954 that you make yourselves strange1970 to me.
4 And be it indeed551 that I have erred,7683 my error4879 remains3885 with myself.
5 If518 indeed551 you will magnify1431 yourselves against5921 me, and plead3198 against5921 me my reproach:2781
6 Know3045 now645 that God433 has overthrown5791 me, and has compassed5362 me with his net.4685
7 Behold,2005 I cry6817 out of wrong,2555 but I am not heard:6030 I cry7768 aloud,7768 but there is no3808 judgment.4941
8 He has fenced1443 up my way734 that I cannot3808 pass,5674 and he has set7760 darkness2822 in my paths.5410
9 He has stripped6584 me of my glory,3519 and taken5493 the crown5850 from my head.7218
10 He has destroyed5422 me on every5437 side,5439 and I am gone:3212 and my hope8615 has he removed5265 like a tree.6086
11 He has also kindled2734 his wrath639 against5921 me, and he counts2803 me to him as one of his enemies.6862
12 His troops1416 come935 together,3162 and raise5549 up their way1870 against5921 me, and encamp2583 round5439 about my tabernacle.168
13 He has put my brothers251 far7350 from me, and my acquaintance3045 are truly389 estranged2114 from me.
14 My kinsfolk7138 have failed,2308 and my familiar3045 friends have forgotten7911 me.
15 They that dwell1481 in my house,1004 and my maids,519 count2803 me for a stranger:2114 I am an alien5237 in their sight.5869
16 I called7121 my servant,5650 and he gave me no3808 answer;6030 I entreated2603 him with my mouth.6310
17 My breath7307 is strange2114 to my wife,802 though I entreated2589 for the children's1121 sake of my own body.990
18 Yes,1571 young children despised3988 me; I arose,6965 and they spoke1696 against me.
19 All3605 my inward5475 friends4962 abhorred8581 me: and they whom I loved157 are turned2015 against me.
20 My bone6106 sticks1692 to my skin5785 and to my flesh,1320 and I am escaped4422 with the skin5785 of my teeth.8127
21 Have pity2603 on me, have pity2603 on me, O you my friends;7453 for the hand3027 of God433 has touched5060 me.
22 Why4100 do you persecute7291 me as God,410 and are not satisfied7646 with my flesh?1320
23 Oh that my words4405 were now645 written!3789 oh that they were printed2710 in a book!5612
24 That they were graven2672 with an iron1270 pen5842 and lead5777 in the rock6697 for ever!5703
25 For I know3045 that my redeemer1350 lives,2416 and that he shall stand6965 at the latter314 day on the earth:6083
26 And though after310 my skin5785 worms destroy5362 this2063 body, yet in my flesh1320 shall I see2372 God:433
27 Whom834 I shall see2372 for myself, and my eyes5869 shall behold,7200 and not another;2114 though my reins3629 be consumed3615 within2436 me.
28 But you should say,559 Why4100 persecute7291 we him, seeing the root8328 of the matter1697 is found4672 in me?
29 Be you afraid1481 of the sword:2719 for wrath2534 brings the punishments5771 of the sword,2719 that you may know3045 there is a judgment.1779
1 Then answered6030 Zophar6691 the Naamathite,5284 and said,559
2 Therefore3651 do my thoughts5587 cause me to answer,7725 and for this I make haste.2363
3 I have heard8085 the check4148 of my reproach,3639 and the spirit7307 of my understanding998 causes me to answer.6030
4 Know3045 you not this2063 of old,5703 since4480 man120 was placed7760 on earth,776
5 That the triumphing7445 of the wicked7563 is short,7138 and the joy8057 of the hypocrite2611 but for a moment?7281
6 Though his excellency7863 mount5927 up to the heavens,8064 and his head7218 reach5060 to the clouds;5645
7 Yet he shall perish6 for ever5331 like his own dung:1561 they which have seen7200 him shall say,559 Where335 is he?
8 He shall fly5774 away as a dream,2472 and shall not be found:4672 yes, he shall be chased5074 away as a vision2384 of the night.3915
9 The eye5869 also which saw7805 him shall see him no3808 more;3254 neither3808 shall his place4725 any more5750 behold7789 him.
10 His children1121 shall seek to please7521 the poor,1800 and his hands3027 shall restore7725 their goods.202
11 His bones6106 are full4390 of the sin2403 of his youth,5934 which shall lie7901 down7901 with him in the dust.6083
12 Though518 wickedness7451 be sweet4985 in his mouth,6310 though he hide3582 it under8478 his tongue;3956
13 Though he spare2550 it, and forsake5800 it not; but keep4513 it still within8432 his mouth:2441
14 Yet his meat3899 in his bowels4578 is turned,2015 it is the gall4846 of asps6620 within7130 him.
15 He has swallowed1104 down riches,2428 and he shall vomit6958 them up again: God410 shall cast3423 them out of his belly.990
16 He shall suck3243 the poison7219 of asps:6620 the viper's660 tongue3956 shall slay2026 him.
17 He shall not see7200 the rivers,6390 the floods,5104 the brooks5158 of honey1706 and butter.2529
18 That which he labored3022 for shall he restore,7725 and shall not swallow1104 it down: according to his substance2428 shall the restitution8545 be, and he shall not rejoice5965 therein.
19 Because3588 he has oppressed7533 and has forsaken5800 the poor;1800 because he has violently1497 taken1497 away1497 an house1004 which he built1129 not;
20 Surely3588 he shall not feel3045 quietness7961 in his belly,990 he shall not save4422 of that which he desired.2530
21 There shall none369 of his meat400 be left;8300 therefore5921 3651 shall no3808 man look2342 for his goods.2898
22 In the fullness4390 of his sufficiency5607 he shall be in straits:3334 every3605 hand3027 of the wicked6001 shall come935 on him.
23 When he is about to fill4390 his belly,990 God shall cast7971 the fury2740 of his wrath639 on him, and shall rain4305 it on him while he is eating.3894
24 He shall flee1272 from the iron1270 weapon,5402 and the bow7198 of steel5154 shall strike2498 him through.
25 It is drawn,8025 and comes3318 out of the body;1465 yes, the glittering1300 sword1300 comes1980 out of his gall:4846 terrors367 are on him.
26 All3605 darkness2822 shall be hid2244 in his secret6845 places: a fire784 not blown5301 shall consume398 him; it shall go3381 ill3415 with him that is left8300 in his tabernacle.168
27 The heaven8064 shall reveal1540 his iniquity;5771 and the earth776 shall rise6965 up against him.
28 The increase2981 of his house1004 shall depart,1540 and his goods shall flow5064 away in the day3117 of his wrath.639
29 This2088 is the portion2506 of a wicked7563 man120 from God,430 and the heritage5159 appointed561 to him by God.410
1 But Job347 answered6030 and said,559
2 Hear8085 diligently my speech,4405 and let this2063 be your consolations.8575
3 Suffer5375 me that I may speak;1696 and after310 that I have spoken,1696 mock3932 on.
4 As for me, is my complaint7879 to man?120 and if518 it were so, why4069 should not my spirit7307 be troubled?7114
5 Mark6437 me, and be astonished,8074 and lay7760 your hand3027 on your mouth.6310
6 Even when518 I remember2142 I am afraid,926 and trembling6427 takes270 hold270 on my flesh.1320
7 Why4069 do the wicked7563 live,2421 become6275 old,6275 yes,1571 are mighty1396 in power?2428
8 Their seed2233 is established3559 in their sight6440 with them, and their offspring6631 before their eyes.5869
9 Their houses1004 are safe7965 from fear,6343 neither3808 is the rod7626 of God433 on them.
10 Their bull7794 engenders,5674 and fails1602 not; their cow6510 calves,6403 and casts7921 not her calf.
11 They send7971 forth their little5759 ones like a flock,6629 and their children3206 dance.7540
12 They take5375 the tambourine8596 and harp,3658 and rejoice8055 at the sound6963 of the organ.5748
13 They spend1086 3615 their days3117 in wealth,2896 and in a moment7281 go5181 down5181 to the grave.7585
14 Therefore they say559 to God,410 Depart5493 from us; for we desire2654 not the knowledge1847 of your ways.1870
15 What4100 is the Almighty,7706 that we should serve5647 him? and what4100 profit3276 should we have, if3588 we pray6293 to him?
16 See,2005 their good2898 is not in their hand:3027 the counsel6098 of the wicked7563 is far7350 from me.
17 How4100 oft is the candle5216 of the wicked7563 put1846 out! and how oft comes935 their destruction343 on them! God distributes2505 sorrows2256 in his anger.639
18 They are as stubble8401 before6440 the wind,7307 and as chaff4671 that the storm5492 carries1589 away.1589
19 God433 lays6845 up his iniquity205 for his children:1121 he rewards7999 him, and he shall know3045 it.
20 His eyes5869 shall see7200 his destruction,3589 and he shall drink8354 of the wrath2534 of the Almighty.7706
21 For what4100 pleasure2656 has he in his house1004 after310 him, when the number4557 of his months2320 is cut2686 off in the middle?2686
22 Shall any teach3925 God410 knowledge?1847 seeing he judges8199 those that are high.7311
23 One dies4191 in his full8537 strength,6106 being wholly3605 at ease7946 and quiet.7961
24 His breasts5845 are full4390 of milk,2461 and his bones6106 are moistened8248 with marrow.4221
25 And another2088 dies4191 in the bitterness4751 of his soul,5315 and never3808 eats398 with pleasure.2896
26 They shall lie7901 down7901 alike3162 in the dust,6083 and the worms7415 shall cover3680 them.
27 Behold,2005 I know3045 your thoughts,4284 and the devices4209 which you wrongfully2554 imagine2554 against5921 me.
28 For you say,559 Where346 is the house1004 of the prince?5081 and where346 are the dwelling4908 places168 of the wicked?7563
29 Have you not asked7592 them that go5674 by the way?1870 and do you not know5234 their tokens,226
30 That the wicked7451 is reserved2820 to the day3117 of destruction?343 they shall be brought2986 forth to the day3117 of wrath.5678
31 Who4310 shall declare5046 his way1870 to his face?6440 and who4310 shall repay7999 him what he has done?6213
32 Yet shall he be brought2986 to the grave,6913 and shall remain8245 in the tomb.1430
33 The clods7263 of the valley5158 shall be sweet4985 to him, and every3605 man120 shall draw4900 after310 him, as there are innumerable369 4557 before6440 him.
34 How349 then comfort5162 you me in vain,1892 seeing in your answers8666 there remains7604 falsehood?4604
1 Then Eliphaz464 the Temanite8489 answered6030 and said,559
2 Can a man1397 be profitable5532 to God,410 as he that is wise7919 may be profitable5532 to himself?5315
3 Is it any pleasure2656 to the Almighty,7706 that you are righteous?6663 or is it gain1214 to him, that you make your ways1870 perfect?8552
4 Will he reprove3198 you for fear3374 of you? will he enter935 with you into judgment?4941
5 Is not your wickedness7451 great?7227 and your iniquities5771 infinite?369
6 For you have taken2254 a pledge2254 from your brother251 for nothing,2600 and stripped6584 the naked6174 of their clothing.899
7 You have not given water4325 to the weary5889 to drink,8248 and you have withheld4513 bread3899 from the hungry.7456
8 But as for the mighty2220 man,376 he had the earth;776 and the honorable5375 6440 man dwelled3427 in it.
9 You have sent7971 widows490 away empty,7387 and the arms2220 of the fatherless3490 have been broken.1792
10 Therefore5921 3651 snares6341 are round5439 about you, and sudden6597 fear6343 troubles926 you;
11 Or176 darkness,2822 that you can not see;7200 and abundance8229 of waters4325 cover3680 you.
12 Is not God433 in the height1363 of heaven?8064 and behold7200 the height7218 of the stars,3556 how3588 high7311 they are!
13 And you say,559 How4100 does God410 know?3045 can he judge8199 through the dark6205 cloud?6205
14 Thick clouds5645 are a covering5643 to him, that he sees7200 not; and he walks1980 in the circuit2329 of heaven.8064
15 Have you marked8104 the old5769 way734 which834 wicked205 men4962 have trodden?1869
16 Which834 were cut7059 down out of time,6256 whose foundation3247 was overflowed3332 with a flood:5104
17 Which said559 to God,410 Depart5493 from us: and what4100 can the Almighty7706 do6466 for them?
18 Yet he filled4390 their houses1004 with good2896 things: but the counsel6098 of the wicked7563 is far7350 from me.
19 The righteous6662 see7200 it, and are glad:8056 and the innocent5355 laugh3932 them to scorn.
20 Whereas518 our substance7009 is not cut3582 down, but the remnant3499 of them the fire784 consumes.398
21 Acquaint5532 now4994 yourself with him, and be at peace:7999 thereby good2896 shall come935 to you.
22 Receive,3947 I pray4994 you, the law8451 from his mouth,6310 and lay7760 up his words561 in your heart.3824
23 If518 you return7725 to the Almighty,7706 you shall be built1129 up, you shall put away7368 iniquity5766 far7350 from your tabernacles.168
24 Then shall you lay7896 up gold1220 as dust,6083 and the gold of Ophir211 as the stones6697 of the brooks.5158
25 Yes, the Almighty7706 shall be your defense,1220 and you shall have plenty8443 of silver.3701
26 For then227 shall you have your delight6026 in the Almighty,7706 and shall lift5375 up your face6440 to God.433
27 You shall make your prayer6279 to him, and he shall hear8085 you, and you shall pay7999 your vows.5088
28 You shall also decree1504 a thing,562 and it shall be established6965 to you: and the light216 shall shine5050 on your ways.1870
29 When3588 men are cast8213 down,8213 then you shall say,559 There is lifting1466 up; and he shall save3467 the humble7807 person.
30 He shall deliver4422 the island336 of the innocent:5355 and it is delivered4422 by the pureness1252 of your hands.3709
1 Then Job347 answered6030 and said,559
2 Even1571 to day3117 is my complaint7879 bitter:4805 my stroke3027 is heavier3513 than5921 my groaning.585
3 Oh that I knew3045 where I might find4672 him! that I might come935 even to his seat!8499
4 I would order6186 my cause4941 before6440 him, and fill4390 my mouth6310 with arguments.8433
5 I would know3045 the words4405 which he would answer6030 me, and understand995 what4100 he would say559 to me.
6 Will he plead7378 against5978 me with his great7227 power?3581 No;3808 but he would put7760 strength in me.
7 There8033 the righteous3477 might dispute3198 with him; so should I be delivered6403 for ever5331 from my judge.8199
8 Behold,2005 I go1980 forward,6924 but he is not there; and backward,268 but I cannot3808 perceive995 him:
9 On the left8040 hand,8040 where he does work,6213 but I cannot3808 behold2372 him: he hides5848 himself5315 on the right3225 hand,3225 that I cannot3808 see7200 him:
10 But he knows3045 the way1870 that I take:5978 when he has tried974 me, I shall come3318 forth3318 as gold.2091
11 My foot7272 has held270 his steps,838 his way1870 have I kept,8104 and not declined.5186
12 Neither3808 have I gone4185 back4185 from the commandment4687 of his lips;8193 I have esteemed6845 the words561 of his mouth6310 more than my necessary2706 food.
13 But he is in one259 mind, and who4310 can turn7725 him? and what his soul5315 desires,183 even that he does.6213
14 For he performes7999 the thing that is appointed2706 for me: and many7227 such2007 things are with him.
15 Therefore5921 3651 am I troubled926 at his presence:6440 when I consider,995 I am afraid6342 of him.
16 For God410 makes my heart3820 soft,7401 and the Almighty7706 troubles926 me:
17 Because3588 I was not cut6789 off before6440 the darkness,2822 neither has he covered3680 the darkness652 from my face.6440
1 Why,4069 seeing times6256 are not hidden6845 from the Almighty,7706 do they that know5234 him not see2372 his days?3117
2 Some remove5472 the landmarks;1367 they violently1497 take1497 away flocks,5739 and feed7462 thereof.
3 They drive5090 away the ass2543 of the fatherless,3490 they take2254 the widow's490 ox7794 for a pledge.2254
4 They turn5186 the needy34 out of the way:1870 the poor6035 of the earth776 hide2244 themselves together.3162
5 Behold,2005 as wild6501 asses6501 in the desert,4057 go3318 they forth3318 to their work;6467 rising7836 betimes7836 for a prey:2964 the wilderness6160 yields food3899 for them and for their children.5288
6 They reap7114 every one his corn1098 in the field:7704 and they gather3953 the vintage3754 of the wicked.7563
7 They cause the naked6174 to lodge3885 without1097 clothing,3830 that they have no369 covering3682 in the cold.7135
8 They are wet7372 with the showers2230 of the mountains,2022 and embrace2263 the rock6697 for want1097 of a shelter.4268
9 They pluck1497 the fatherless3490 from the breast,7699 and take2254 a pledge2254 of the poor.6041
10 They cause him to go1980 naked6174 without1097 clothing,3830 and they take5375 away the sheaf6016 from the hungry;7456
11 Which make oil6671 within996 their walls,7791 and tread1869 their winepresses,3342 and suffer thirst.6770
12 Men4962 groan5008 from out of the city,5892 and the soul5315 of the wounded2491 cries7768 out: yet God433 lays7760 not folly8604 to them.
13 They are of those that rebel4775 against the light;216 they know5234 not the ways1870 thereof, nor3808 abide3427 in the paths5410 thereof.
14 The murderer7523 rising6965 with the light216 kills6991 the poor6041 and needy,34 and in the night3915 is as a thief.1590
15 The eye5869 also of the adulterer5003 waits8104 for the twilight,5399 saying,559 No3808 eye5869 shall see7789 me: and disguises5643 his face.6440
16 In the dark2822 they dig2864 through2864 houses,1004 which they had marked2856 for themselves in the daytime:3119 they know3045 not the light.216
17 For the morning1242 is to them even as the shadow6757 of death:6757 if3588 one know5234 them, they are in the terrors1091 of the shadow6757 of death.6757
18 He is swift7031 as the waters;4325 their portion2513 is cursed7043 in the earth:776 he beholds6437 not the way1870 of the vineyards.3754
19 Drought6723 and heat2527 consume1497 the snow7950 waters:4325 so does the grave7585 those which have sinned.2398
20 The womb7358 shall forget7911 him; the worm7415 shall feed sweetly4988 on him; he shall be no3808 more5750 remembered;2142 and wickedness5766 shall be broken7665 as a tree.6086
21 He evil7462 entreats the barren6135 that bears3205 not: and does not good3190 to the widow.490
22 He draws4900 also the mighty47 with his power:3581 he rises6965 up, and no3808 man is sure539 of life.2416
23 Though it be given5414 him to be in safety,983 where on he rests;8172 yet his eyes5869 are on their ways.1870
24 They are exalted7426 for a little4592 while, but are gone369 and brought4355 low;4355 they are taken7092 out of the way1870 as all3605 other, and cut5243 off as the tops7218 of the ears7641 of corn.
25 And if518 it be not so now,645 who4310 will make7760 me a liar,3576 and make7760 my speech4405 nothing408 worth?
1 Then answered6030 Bildad1085 the Shuhite,7747 and said,559
2 Dominion4910 and fear6343 are with him, he makes6213 peace7965 in his high4791 places.
3 Is there any number4557 of his armies?1416 and on whom4310 does not his light216 arise?6965
4 How4100 then can man582 be justified6663 with God?410 or how637 can he be clean2135 that is born3205 of a woman?802
5 Behold2005 even to the moon,3394 and it shines166 not; yes, the stars3556 are not pure2141 in his sight.5869
6 How4100 much637 less man,582 that is a worm?7415 and the son1121 of man,120 which is a worm?8438
1 But Job347 answered6030 and said,559
2 How4100 have you helped5826 him that is without3808 power?3581 how save3467 you the arm2220 that has no3808 strength?5797
3 How4100 have you counceled3289 him that has no3808 wisdom?2451 and how have you plentifully7230 declared3045 the thing as it is?
4 To whom4310 have you uttered5046 words?4405 and whose4310 spirit5397 came3318 from you?
5 Dead7496 things are formed2342 from under8478 the waters,4325 and the inhabitants7934 thereof.
6 Hell7585 is naked6174 before5048 him, and destruction11 has no369 covering.3682
7 He stretches5186 out the north6828 over5921 the empty8414 place,8414 and hangs8518 the earth776 on nothing.1099
8 He binds6887 up the waters4325 in his thick clouds;5645 and the cloud6051 is not rent1234 under5921 them.
9 He holds270 back the face6440 of his throne,3678 and spreads6576 his cloud6051 on it.
10 He has compassed2328 the waters4325 with bounds,2706 until5704 the day216 and night2822 come to an end.8503
11 The pillars5982 of heaven8064 tremble7322 and are astonished8539 at his reproof.1606
12 He divides7280 the sea3220 with his power,3581 and by his understanding8394 he smites4272 through the proud.7293
13 By his spirit7307 he has garnished8235 the heavens;8064 his hand3027 has formed2342 the crooked1281 serpent.5175
14 See,2005 these428 are parts7098 of his ways:1870 but how4100 little8102 a portion1697 is heard8085 of him? but the thunder7482 of his power1369 who4310 can understand?995
1 Moreover Job347 continued3254 his parable,4912 and said,559
2 As God410 lives,2416 who has taken5493 away5493 my judgment;4941 and the Almighty,7706 who has vexed4843 my soul;5315
3 All3605 the while5750 my breath5397 is in me, and the spirit7307 of God433 is in my nostrils;639
4 My lips8193 shall not speak1696 wickedness,5766 nor518 my tongue3956 utter1897 deceit.7423
5 God forbid2486 that I should justify6663 you: till5704 I die1478 I will not remove5493 my integrity8538 from me.
6 My righteousness6666 I hold2388 fast, and will not let it go:7503 my heart3824 shall not reproach2778 me so3605 long3117 as I live.3117
7 Let my enemy341 be as the wicked,7563 and he that rises6965 up against me as the unrighteous.5767
8 For what4100 is the hope8615 of the hypocrite,2611 though3588 he has gained,1214 when3588 God433 takes7953 away7953 his soul?5315
9 Will God410 hear8085 his cry6818 when3588 trouble6869 comes935 on him?
10 Will he delight6026 himself in the Almighty?7706 will he always6256 call7121 on God?433
11 I will teach3384 you by the hand3027 of God:410 that which834 is with the Almighty7706 will I not conceal.3582
12 Behold,2005 all3605 you yourselves have seen2372 it; why4100 then are you thus2088 altogether vain?1891
13 This2088 is the portion2506 of a wicked7563 man120 with God,410 and the heritage5159 of oppressors,6184 which they shall receive3947 of the Almighty.7706
14 If518 his children1121 be multiplied,7235 it is for the sword:2719 and his offspring6631 shall not be satisfied7646 with bread.3899
15 Those that remain8300 of him shall be buried6912 in death:4194 and his widows490 shall not weep.1058
16 Though518 he heap6651 up silver3701 as the dust,6083 and prepare3559 raiment4403 as the clay;2563
17 He may prepare3559 it, but the just6662 shall put3847 it on, and the innocent5355 shall divide2505 the silver.3701
18 He builds1129 his house1004 as a moth,6211 and as a booth5521 that the keeper5341 makes.6213
19 The rich6223 man shall lie7901 down,7901 but he shall not be gathered:622 he opens6491 his eyes,5869 and he is not.
20 Terrors1091 take5381 hold5381 on him as waters,4325 a tempest5492 steals1589 him away in the night.3915
21 The east6921 wind carries5375 him away, and he departs:3212 and as a storm hurles8175 him out of his place.4725
22 For God410 shall cast7993 on him, and not spare:2550 he would fain1272 flee1272 out of his hand.3027
23 Men shall clap5606 their hands3709 at5921 him, and shall hiss8319 him out of his place.4725
1 Surely3588 there is a vein4161 for the silver,3701 and a place4725 for gold2091 where they fine2212 it.
2 Iron1270 is taken3947 out of the earth,6083 and brass5154 is molten6694 out of the stone.68
3 He sets7760 an end7093 to darkness,2822 and searches2713 out all3605 perfection:8503 the stones68 of darkness,652 and the shadow6757 of death.6757
4 The flood5158 breaks6555 out from the inhabitant;1481 even the waters forgotten7911 of the foot:7272 they are dried1809 up, they are gone5128 away from men.582
5 As for the earth,776 out of it comes3318 bread:3899 and under8478 it is turned2015 up as it were fire.784
6 The stones68 of it are the place4725 of sapphires:5601 and it has dust6083 of gold.2091
7 There is a path5410 which no3808 fowl5861 knows,3045 and which the vulture's344 eye5869 has not seen:7805
8 The lion's7830 whelps1121 have not trodden1869 it, nor3808 the fierce7826 lion7826 passed5710 by it.
9 He puts7971 forth7971 his hand3027 on the rock;2496 he overturns2015 the mountains2022 by the roots.8328
10 He cuts1234 out rivers2975 among the rocks;6697 and his eye5869 sees7200 every3605 precious3366 thing.
11 He binds2280 the floods5104 from overflowing;1065 and the thing that is hid8587 brings3318 he forth3318 to light.216
12 But where370 shall wisdom2451 be found?4672 and where335 2088 is the place4725 of understanding?998
13 Man582 knows3045 not the price6187 thereof; neither3808 is it found4672 in the land776 of the living.2416
14 The depth8415 said,559 It is not in me: and the sea3220 said,559 It is not with me.
15 It cannot3808 be gotten5414 for gold,5458 neither3808 shall silver3701 be weighed8254 for the price4242 thereof.
16 It cannot3808 be valued5541 with the gold3800 of Ophir,211 with the precious3368 onyx,7718 or the sapphire.5601
17 The gold2091 and the crystal2137 cannot3808 equal6186 it: and the exchange8545 of it shall not be for jewels3627 of fine gold.6337
18 No3808 mention2142 shall be made of coral,7215 or of pearls:1378 for the price4901 of wisdom2451 is above rubies.6443
19 The topaz6357 of Ethiopia3568 shall not equal6186 it, neither3808 shall it be valued5541 with pure2889 gold.3800
20 From where370 then comes935 wisdom?2451 and where335 is the place4725 of understanding?998
21 Seeing it is hid5956 from the eyes5869 of all3605 living,2416 and kept5641 close5641 from the fowls5775 of the air.8064
22 Destruction11 and death4194 say,559 We have heard8085 the fame8088 thereof with our ears.241
23 God430 understands995 the way1870 thereof, and he knows3045 the place4725 thereof.
24 For he looks5027 to the ends7098 of the earth,776 and sees7200 under8478 the whole3605 heaven;8064
25 To make6213 the weight4948 for the winds;7307 and he weighs8505 the waters4325 by measure.4060
26 When he made6213 a decree2706 for the rain,4306 and a way1870 for the lightning2385 of the thunder:6963
27 Then227 did he see7200 it, and declare5608 it; he prepared3559 it, yes,1571 and searched2713 it out.
28 And to man120 he said,559 Behold,2005 the fear3374 of the LORD,136 that is wisdom;2451 and to depart5493 from evil7451 is understanding.998
1 Moreover Job347 continued3254 his parable,4912 and said,559
2 Oh that I were as in months3391 past,6924 as in the days3117 when God433 preserved8104 me;
3 When his candle5216 shined1984 on my head,7218 and when by his light216 I walked3212 through darkness;2822
4 As I was in the days3117 of my youth,2779 when the secret5475 of God433 was on my tabernacle;168
5 When5750 the Almighty7706 was yet5750 with me, when my children5288 were about5439 me;
6 When I washed7364 my steps1978 with butter,2529 and the rock6697 poured6694 me out rivers6388 of oil;8081
7 When I went3318 out to the gate8179 through5921 the city,7176 when I prepared3559 my seat4186 in the street!7339
8 The young5288 men saw7200 me, and hid2244 themselves: and the aged2205 arose,6965 and stood5975 up.
9 The princes8269 refrained6113 talking,4405 and laid7760 their hand3709 on their mouth.6310
10 The nobles5057 held2244 their peace,6963 and their tongue3956 stuck1692 to the roof2441 of their mouth.2441
11 When3588 the ear241 heard8085 me, then it blessed833 me; and when the eye5869 saw7200 me, it gave witness5749 to me:
12 Because3588 I delivered4422 the poor6041 that cried,7768 and the fatherless,3490 and him that had none3808 to help5826 him.
13 The blessing1293 of him that was ready to perish6 came935 on me: and I caused the widow's490 heart3820 to sing7442 for joy.7442
14 I put3847 on righteousness,6664 and it clothed3847 me: my judgment4941 was as a robe4598 and a diadem.6797
15 I was eyes5869 to the blind,5787 and feet7272 was I to the lame.6455
16 I was a father1 to the poor:34 and the cause7379 which I knew3045 not I searched2713 out.
17 And I broke7665 the jaws4973 of the wicked,5767 and plucked7993 the spoil2964 out of his teeth.8127
18 Then I said,559 I shall die1478 in my nest,7064 and I shall multiply7235 my days3117 as the sand.2344
19 My root8328 was spread6605 out by the waters,4325 and the dew2919 lay3885 all3885 night on my branch.7105
20 My glory3519 was fresh2319 in me, and my bow7198 was renewed2498 in my hand.3027
21 To me men gave ear,8085 and waited,3176 and kept silence1826 at3926 my counsel.6098
22 After310 my words1697 they spoke not again;8138 and my speech4405 dropped5197 on them.
23 And they waited3176 for me as for the rain;4306 and they opened6473 their mouth6310 wide as for the latter4456 rain.4456
24 If I laughed7832 on413 them, they believed539 it not; and the light216 of my countenance6440 they cast5307 not down.5307
25 I chose977 out their way,1870 and sat3427 chief,7218 and dwelled7931 as a king4428 in the army,1416 as one that comforts5162 the mourners.57
1 But now6258 they that are younger6810 3117 than I have me in derision,7832 whose834 fathers1 I would have disdained3988 to have set7896 with the dogs3611 of my flock.6629
2 Yes,1571 whereto4100 might the strength3581 of their hands3027 profit me, in whom5921 old age3624 was perished?6
3 For want2639 and famine3720 they were solitary;1565 fleeing6207 into the wilderness6723 in former570 time570 desolate7722 and waste.4875
4 Who cut6998 up mallows4408 by the bushes,7880 and juniper7574 roots8328 for their meat.3899
5 They were driven1644 forth from among1460 men, (they cried7321 after5921 them as after a thief;1590)
6 To dwell7931 in the cliffs6178 of the valleys,5158 in caves2356 of the earth,6083 and in the rocks.3710
7 Among996 the bushes7880 they brayed;5101 under8478 the nettles2738 they were gathered5596 together.
8 They were children1121 of fools,5036 yes,1571 children1121 of base1097 8034 men: they were viler5217 than4480 the earth.776
9 And now6258 am I their song,5058 yes, I am their byword.4405
10 They abhor8581 me, they flee7368 far7350 from me, and spare2820 not to spit7536 in my face.6440
11 Because3588 he has loosed6605 my cord,3499 and afflicted6031 me, they have also let loose7971 the bridle7448 before6440 me.
12 On my right3225 hand3225 rise6965 the youth;6526 they push7971 away my feet,7272 and they raise5549 up against5921 me the ways734 of their destruction.343
13 They mar5420 my path,5410 they set forward3276 my calamity,1942 they have no3808 helper.5826
14 They came857 on me as a wide7342 breaking6556 in of waters: in the desolation7722 they rolled1556 themselves on me.
15 Terrors1091 are turned2015 on me: they pursue7291 my soul5082 as the wind:7307 and my welfare3444 passes5674 away as a cloud.5645
16 And now6258 my soul5315 is poured8210 out on me; the days3117 of affliction6040 have taken270 hold270 on me.
17 My bones6106 are pierced5365 in me in the night3915 season: and my sinews6207 take7901 no3808 rest.7901
18 By the great7227 force3581 of my disease is my garment3830 changed:2664 it binds247 me about247 as the collar6310 of my coat.3801
19 He has cast3384 me into the mire,2563 and I am become4911 like4911 dust6083 and ashes.665
20 I cry7768 to you, and you do not hear6030 me: I stand5975 up, and you regard995 me not.
21 You are become2015 cruel393 to me: with your strong6108 hand3027 you oppose7852 yourself against me.
22 You lift5375 me up to the wind;7307 you cause me to ride7392 on it, and dissolve4127 my substance.7738
23 For I know3045 that you will bring7725 me to death,4194 and to the house1004 appointed4150 for all3605 living.2416
24 However, he will not stretch7971 out his hand3027 to the grave,1164 though518 they cry7769 in his destruction.6365
25 Did not I weep1058 for him that was in trouble?7186 was not my soul5315 grieved5701 for the poor?34
26 When3588 I looked6960 for good,2896 then evil7451 came935 to me: and when I waited3176 for light,216 there came935 darkness.652
27 My bowels4578 boiled,7570 and rested1826 not: the days3117 of affliction6040 prevented6923 me.
28 I went1980 mourning6937 without3808 the sun:2535 I stood6965 up, and I cried7768 in the congregation.6951
29 I am a brother251 to dragons,8577 and a companion7453 to owls.1323 3284
30 My skin5785 is black7835 on me, and my bones6106 are burned2787 with heat.2721
31 My harp3658 also is turned to mourning,60 and my organ5748 into the voice6963 of them that weep.1058
1 I made3772 a covenant1285 with my eyes;5869 why4100 then should I think995 on a maid?1330
2 For what4100 portion2506 of God433 is there from above?4605 and what inheritance5159 of the Almighty7706 from on high?4791
3 Is not destruction343 to the wicked?5767 and a strange5235 punishment to the workers6466 of iniquity?205
4 Does not he see7200 my ways,1870 and count5608 all3605 my steps?6806
5 If518 I have walked1980 with vanity,7723 or if my foot7272 has hurried2363 to deceit;4820
6 Let me be weighed8254 in an even6664 balance3976 that God433 may know3045 my integrity.8538
7 If518 my step838 has turned5186 out of the way,1870 and my heart3820 walked1980 after310 my eyes,5869 and if any blot3971 has stuck1692 to my hands;3709
8 Then let me sow,2232 and let another312 eat;398 yes, let my offspring6631 be rooted8327 out.
9 If518 my heart3820 have been deceived6601 by a woman,802 or if I have laid wait693 at5921 my neighbor's7453 door;6607
10 Then let my wife802 grind2912 to another,312 and let others312 bow3766 down3766 on her.
11 For this1931 is an heinous2154 crime;2154 yes, it is an iniquity5771 to be punished by the judges.6414
12 For it is a fire784 that consumes398 to destruction,11 and would root8327 out all3605 my increase.8393
13 If518 I did despise3988 the cause4941 of my manservant5650 or of my maidservant,519 when they contended7378 with me;
14 What4100 then shall I do when3588 God410 rises6965 up? and when3588 he visits,6485 what4100 shall I answer7725 him?
15 Did not he that made6213 me in the womb990 make6213 him? and did not one259 fashion3559 us in the womb?7358
16 If518 I have withheld4513 the poor1800 from their desire,2656 or have caused the eyes5869 of the widow490 to fail;3615
17 Or have eaten398 my morsel6595 myself alone,905 and the fatherless3490 has not eaten398 thereof;
18 (For from my youth5271 he was brought1431 up with me, as with a father,1 and I have guided5148 her from my mother's517 womb;990)
19 If518 I have seen7200 any perish6 for want1097 of clothing,3830 or any poor34 without369 covering;3682
20 If518 his loins2504 have not blessed1288 me, and if he were not warmed2552 with the fleece1488 of my sheep;3532
21 If518 I have lifted5130 up my hand3027 against5921 the fatherless,3490 when3588 I saw7200 my help5833 in the gate:8179
22 Then let my arm3802 fall5307 from my shoulder7929 blade,7929 and my arm248 be broken7665 from the bone.7070
23 For destruction343 from God410 was a terror6343 to me, and by reason of his highness7613 I could3201 not endure.
24 If518 I have made7760 gold2091 my hope,3689 or have said559 to the fine gold,3800 You are my confidence;4009
25 If518 I rejoice8055 because3588 my wealth2428 was great,7227 and because3588 my hand3027 had gotten4672 much;3524
26 If518 I beheld7200 the sun216 when3588 it shined,1984 or the moon3394 walking1980 in brightness;3368
27 And my heart3820 has been secretly5643 enticed,6601 or my mouth6310 has kissed5401 my hand:3027
28 This1931 also1571 were an iniquity5771 to be punished by the judge:6416 for I should have denied3584 the God410 that is above.4605
29 If518 I rejoice8055 at the destruction6365 of him that hated8130 me, or lifted5782 up myself when3588 evil7451 found4672 him:
30 Neither3808 have I suffered5414 my mouth2441 to sin2398 by wishing7592 a curse423 to his soul.5315
31 If518 the men4962 of my tabernacle168 said559 not, Oh that we had of his flesh!1320 we cannot3808 be satisfied.7646
32 The stranger1616 did not lodge3885 in the street:2351 but I opened6605 my doors1817 to the travelers.734
33 If518 I covered3680 my transgressions6588 as Adam,121 by hiding2934 my iniquity5771 in my bosom:2243
34 Did I fear6206 a great7227 multitude,1995 or did the contempt937 of families4940 terrify2865 me, that I kept silence,1826 and went3318 not out of the door?6607
35 Oh that one would hear8085 me! behold,2005 my desire8420 is, that the Almighty7706 would answer6030 me, and that my adversary376 7379 had written3789 a book.5612
36 Surely518 3808 I would take5375 it on my shoulder,7926 and bind6029 it as a crown5850 to me.
37 I would declare5046 to him the number4557 of my steps;6806 as a prince5057 would I go7126 near7126 to him.
38 If518 my land127 cry2199 against5921 me, or that the furrows8525 likewise3162 thereof complain;1058
39 If518 I have eaten398 the fruits3581 thereof without1097 money,3701 or have caused the owners1167 thereof to lose5307 their life:5315
40 Let thistles2336 grow3318 instead8478 of wheat,2406 and cockle890 instead8478 of barley.8184 The words1697 of Job347 are ended.8552
1 So these428 three7969 men582 ceased7673 to answer6030 Job,347 because3588 he was righteous6662 in his own eyes.5869
2 Then was kindled2734 the wrath639 of Elihu453 the son1121 of Barachel1292 the Buzite,940 of the kindred4940 of Ram:7410 against Job347 was his wrath639 kindled,2734 because5921 he justified6663 himself5315 rather than4480 God.430
3 Also against his three7969 friends7453 was his wrath639 kindled,2734 because5921 834 they had found4672 no3808 answer,4617 and yet had condemned7561 Job.347
4 Now Elihu453 had waited2442 till Job347 had spoken,1697 because3588 they were elder2205 3117 than he.
5 When Elihu453 saw7200 that there was no369 answer4617 in the mouth6310 of these three7969 men,582 then his wrath639 was kindled.2734
6 And Elihu453 the son1121 of Barachel1292 the Buzite940 answered6030 and said,559 I am young,6810 3117 and you are very3453 old;3453 why5921 3651 I was afraid,2119 and dared3372 not show2331 you my opinion.1843
7 I said,559 Days3117 should speak,1696 and multitude7230 of years8141 should teach3045 wisdom.2451
8 But there is a spirit7307 in man:582 and the inspiration5397 of the Almighty7706 gives them understanding.995
9 Great7227 men are not always wise:2449 neither do the aged2205 understand995 judgment.4941
10 Therefore3651 I said,559 Listen8085 to me; I also637 will show2331 my opinion.1843
11 Behold,2005 I waited3176 for your words;1697 I gave ear238 to your reasons,8394 whilst5704 you searched2713 out what to say.4405
12 Yes, I attended995 to you, and, behold,2009 there was none369 of you that convinced3198 Job,347 or that answered6030 his words:561
13 Lest6435 you should say,559 We have found4672 out wisdom:2451 God410 thrusts5086 him down, not man.376
14 Now he has not directed6186 his words4405 against413 me: neither3808 will I answer7725 him with your speeches.561
15 They were amazed,2865 they answered6030 no3808 more:5750 they left6275 off speaking.4405
16 When I had waited,3176 (for they spoke1696 not, but stood5975 still,5975 and answered6030 no3808 more;5750)
17 I said, I will answer6030 also637 my part,2506 I also637 will show2331 my opinion.1843
18 For I am full4390 of matter,4405 the spirit7307 within990 me constrains6693 me.
19 Behold,2009 my belly990 is as wine3196 which has no3808 vent;6605 it is ready to burst1234 like new2319 bottles.178
20 I will speak,1696 that I may be refreshed:7304 I will open6605 my lips8193 and answer.6030
21 Let me not, I pray4994 you, accept5375 any man's376 person,6440 neither3808 let me give flattering3655 titles to man.120
22 For I know3045 not to give flattering3655 titles; in so doing my maker6213 would soon4592 take5375 me away.
1 Why,199 Job,347 I pray4994 you, hear8085 my speeches,4405 and listen238 to all3605 my words.1697
2 Behold,2009 now4994 I have opened6605 my mouth,6310 my tongue3956 has spoken1696 in my mouth.2441
3 My words561 shall be of the uprightness3476 of my heart:3820 and my lips8193 shall utter4448 knowledge1847 clearly.1305
4 The spirit7307 of God410 has made6213 me, and the breath5397 of the Almighty7706 has given me life.2421
5 If518 you can3201 answer7725 me, set your words in order6186 before6440 me, stand3320 up.
6 Behold,2005 I am according to your wish6310 in God's410 stead: I also1571 am formed7169 out of the clay.2563
7 Behold,2009 my terror367 shall not make you afraid,1204 neither3808 shall my hand405 be heavy3513 on you.
8 Surely389 you have spoken559 in my hearing,241 and I have heard8085 the voice6963 of your words,4405 saying,
9 I am clean2134 without1097 transgression,6588 I am innocent;2643 neither3808 is there iniquity5771 in me.
10 Behold,2005 he finds4672 occasions8569 against5921 me, he counts2803 me for his enemy,341
11 He puts7760 my feet7272 in the stocks,5465 he marks8104 all3605 my paths.734
12 Behold,2005 in this2063 you are not just:6663 I will answer6030 you, that God433 is greater7235 than man.582
13 Why4069 do you strive7378 against413 him? for he gives not account6030 of any3605 of his matters.1697
14 For God410 speaks1696 once,259 yes twice,8147 yet man perceives7789 it not.
15 In a dream,2472 in a vision2384 of the night,3915 when deep8639 sleep falls5307 on men,582 in slumberings8572 on the bed;4904
16 Then227 he opens1540 the ears241 of men,582 and seals2856 their instruction,4561
17 That he may withdraw5493 man120 from his purpose,4639 and hide3680 pride1466 from man.1397
18 He keeps2820 back2820 his soul5315 from the pit,7845 and his life2416 from perishing5674 by the sword.7973
19 He is chastened3198 also with pain4341 on his bed,4904 and the multitude7379 of his bones6106 with strong386 pain:
20 So that his life2416 abhors2092 bread,3899 and his soul5315 dainty8378 meat.3978
21 His flesh1320 is consumed3615 away, that it cannot3808 be seen;7210 and his bones6106 that were not seen7200 stick8205 out.
22 Yes, his soul5315 draws near7126 to the grave,7845 and his life2416 to the destroyers.4191
23 If518 there be a messenger4397 with him, an interpreter,3887 one259 among4480 a thousand,505 to show5046 to man120 his uprightness:3476
24 Then he is gracious2603 to him, and said,559 Deliver6308 him from going3381 down3381 to the pit:7845 I have found4672 a ransom.3724
25 His flesh1320 shall be fresher7375 than a child's:5290 he shall return7725 to the days3117 of his youth:5934
26 He shall pray6279 to God,433 and he will be favorable7521 to him: and he shall see7200 his face6440 with joy:8643 for he will render7725 to man582 his righteousness.6666
27 He looks7789 on men,582 and if any say,559 I have sinned,2398 and perverted5753 that which was right,3477 and it profited7737 me not;
28 He will deliver6299 his soul5315 from going5674 into the pit,7845 and his life2416 shall see7200 the light.216
29 See,2005 all3605 these428 things works6466 God410 oftentimes6471 7969 with man,1397
30 To bring7725 back7725 his soul5315 from the pit,7845 to be enlightened215 with the light216 of the living.2416
31 Mark7181 well,7181 O Job,347 listen8085 to me: hold2790 your peace,2790 and I will speak.1696
32 If518 you have3426 anything3605 to say,4405 answer7725 me: speak,1696 for I desire2654 to justify6663 you.
33 If518 not, listen8085 to me: hold2790 your peace,2790 and I shall teach502 you wisdom.2451
1 Furthermore Elihu453 answered6030 and said,559
2 Hear8085 my words,4405 O you wise2450 men; and give ear238 to me, you that have knowledge.3045
3 For the ear241 tries974 words,4405 as the mouth2441 tastes2938 meat.398
4 Let us choose977 to us judgment:4941 let us know3045 among996 ourselves what4100 is good.2896
5 For Job347 has said,559 I am righteous:6663 and God410 has taken5493 away5493 my judgment.4941
6 Should I lie3576 against5921 my right?4941 my wound2671 is incurable605 without1097 transgression.6588
7 What4310 man1397 is like Job,347 who drinks8354 up scorning3933 like water?4325
8 Which goes732 in company2274 with the workers6466 of iniquity,205 and walks3212 with wicked7562 men.582
9 For he has said,559 It profits5532 a man1397 nothing3808 that he should delight7521 himself with God.430
10 Therefore3651 listen8085 to me you men582 of understanding:3824 far2486 be it from God,410 that he should do wickedness;7562 and from the Almighty,7706 that he should commit iniquity.5766
11 For the work6467 of a man120 shall he render7999 to him, and cause every man376 to find4672 according to his ways.734
12 Yes,637 surely551 God410 will not do wickedly,7561 neither3808 will the Almighty7706 pervert5791 judgment.4941
13 Who4310 has given him a charge6485 over the earth?776 or who4310 has disposed7760 the whole3605 world?8398
14 If518 he set7760 his heart3820 on man, if he gather622 to himself his spirit7307 and his breath;5397
15 All3605 flesh1320 shall perish1478 together,3162 and man120 shall turn7725 again7725 to dust.6083
16 If518 now you have understanding,998 hear8085 this:2063 listen238 to the voice6963 of my words.4405
17 Shall even637 he that hates8130 right4941 govern?2280 and will you condemn7561 him that is most3524 just?6662
18 Is it fit to say559 to a king,4428 You are wicked?1100 and to princes,5081 You are ungodly?7563
19 How834 much less to him that accepts5375 not the persons6440 of princes,8269 nor3808 regards5234 the rich7771 more6440 than6440 the poor?1800 for they all3605 are the work4639 of his hands.3027
20 In a moment7281 shall they die,4191 and the people5971 shall be troubled1607 at midnight,2676 3915 and pass5674 away: and the mighty47 shall be taken5493 away5493 without3808 hand.3027
21 For his eyes5869 are on the ways1870 of man,376 and he sees7200 all3605 his goings.6806
22 There is no369 darkness,2822 nor369 shadow6757 of death,6757 where8033 the workers6466 of iniquity205 may hide5641 themselves.
23 For he will not lay7760 on man376 more5750 than right; that he should enter1980 into judgment4941 with God.410
24 He shall break7489 in pieces mighty3524 men without3808 number,2714 and set5975 others312 in their stead.8478
25 Therefore3651 he knows5234 their works,4566 and he overturns2015 them in the night,3915 so that they are destroyed.1792
26 He strikes5606 them as wicked7563 men in the open4725 sight7200 of others;
27 Because834 they turned5493 back5493 from him, and would not consider7919 any3605 of his ways:1870
28 So that they cause the cry6818 of the poor1800 to come935 to him, and he hears8085 the cry6818 of the afflicted.6041
29 When he gives quietness,8252 who4310 then can make trouble?7561 and when he hides5641 his face,6440 who4310 then can behold7789 him? whether it be done against5921 a nation,1471 or against5921 a man120 only:3162
30 That the hypocrite120 2611 reign4427 not, lest the people5971 be ensnared.4170
31 Surely3588 it is meet to be said559 to God,410 I have borne5375 chastisement, I will not offend2254 any more:
32 That which I see2372 not teach3384 you me: if518 I have done6466 iniquity,5766 I will do6466 no3808 more.
33 Should it be according to your mind?5973 he will recompense7999 it, whether3588 you refuse,3988 or whether3588 you choose;977 and not I: therefore speak1696 what4100 you know.3045
34 Let men582 of understanding3824 tell559 me, and let a wise2450 man1397 listen8085 to me.
35 Job347 has spoken1696 without3808 knowledge,1847 and his words1697 were without3808 wisdom.7919
36 My desire15 is that Job347 may be tried974 to the end5331 because5921 of his answers8666 for wicked205 men.582
37 For he adds3254 rebellion6588 to his sin,2403 he clapps5606 his hands among996 us, and multiplies7235 his words561 against God.410
1 Elihu453 spoke6030 moreover, and said,559
2 Think2803 you this2063 to be right,4941 that you said,559 My righteousness6664 is more3254 than God's?410
3 For you said,559 What4100 advantage5532 will it be to you? and, What4100 profit3276 shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?2403
4 I will answer7725 4405 you, and your companions7453 with you.
5 Look5027 to the heavens,8064 and see;7200 and behold7789 the clouds7834 which are higher1361 than you.
6 If518 you sin,2398 what4100 do6466 you against him? or if your transgressions6588 be multiplied,7231 what4100 do6213 you to him?
7 If518 you be righteous,6663 what4100 give5414 you him? or176 what4100 receives3947 he of your hand?3027
8 Your wickedness7562 may hurt a man376 as you are; and your righteousness6666 may profit the son1121 of man.120
9 By reason of the multitude7230 of oppressions6217 they make the oppressed to cry:2199 they cry7768 out by reason of the arm2220 of the mighty.7227
10 But none3808 said,559 Where335 is God433 my maker,6213 who gives5414 songs2158 in the night;3915
11 Who teaches502 us more than the beasts929 of the earth,776 and makes us wiser2449 than the fowls5775 of heaven?8064
12 There8033 they cry,6817 but none3808 gives answer,6030 because6440 of the pride1347 of evil7451 men.
13 Surely389 God410 will not hear8085 vanity,7723 neither3808 will the Almighty7706 regard7789 it.
14 Although637 3588 you say559 you shall not see7789 him, yet judgment1779 is before6440 him; therefore trust2342 you in him.
15 But now,6258 because3588 it is not so, he has visited6485 in his anger;639 yet he knows3045 it not in great3966 extremity:6580
16 Therefore does Job347 open6475 his mouth6310 in vain;1892 he multiplies3527 words4405 without1097 knowledge.1847
1 Elihu453 also proceeded,3254 and said,559
2 Suffer3803 me a little,2191 and I will show2331 you that I have yet5750 to speak4405 on God's433 behalf.
3 I will fetch5375 my knowledge1843 from afar,7350 and will ascribe5414 righteousness6664 to my Maker.6466
4 For truly551 my words4405 shall not be false:8267 he that is perfect8549 in knowledge1844 is with you.
5 Behold,2005 God410 is mighty,3524 and despises3988 not any: he is mighty3524 in strength3581 and wisdom.3820
6 He preserves2421 not the life2421 of the wicked:7563 but gives5414 right4941 to the poor.6041
7 He withdraws1639 not his eyes5869 from the righteous:6662 but with kings4428 are they on the throne;3678 yes, he does establish3427 them for ever,5331 and they are exalted.1361
8 And if518 they be bound631 in fetters,2131 and be held3920 in cords2256 of affliction;6040
9 Then he shows5046 them their work,6467 and their transgressions6588 that they have exceeded.1396
10 He opens1540 also their ear241 to discipline,4148 and commands559 that they return7725 from iniquity.205
11 If518 they obey8085 and serve5647 him, they shall spend3615 their days3117 in prosperity,2896 and their years8141 in pleasures.5273
12 But if518 they obey8085 not, they shall perish5674 by the sword,7973 and they shall die1478 without1097 knowledge.1847
13 But the hypocrites2611 in heart3820 heap7760 up wrath:639 they cry7768 not when3588 he binds631 them.
14 They die4191 in youth,5290 and their life2416 is among the unclean.6945
15 He delivers2502 the poor6041 in his affliction,6040 and opens1540 their ears241 in oppression.3906
16 Even so would he have removed5496 you out of the strait6862 into a broad7338 place, where there is no3808 narrow place;4164 and that which should be set5183 on your table7979 should be full4390 of fatness.1880
17 But you have fulfilled4390 the judgment1779 of the wicked:7563 judgment1779 and justice4941 take8551 hold8551 on you.
18 Because3588 there is wrath,2534 beware lest6435 he take5496 you away5496 with his stroke:5607 then a great7227 ransom3724 cannot3808 deliver5186 you.
19 Will he esteem6186 your riches?7769 no,3808 not gold,1222 nor3808 all3605 the forces3981 of strength.3581
20 Desire7602 not the night,3915 when people5971 are cut5927 off in their place.8478
21 Take heed,8104 regard6437 not iniquity:205 for this2088 have you chosen970 rather than affliction.6040
22 Behold,2005 God410 exalts7682 by his power:3581 who4310 teaches3384 like3644 him?
23 Who4310 has enjoined6485 him his way?1870 or who4310 can say,559 You have worked6466 iniquity?5766
24 Remember2142 that you magnify7679 his work,6467 which834 men582 behold.7891
25 Every3605 man120 may see2372 it; man582 may behold5027 it afar7350 off.
26 Behold,2005 God410 is great,7689 and we know3045 him not, neither3808 can the number4557 of his years8141 be searched2714 out.
27 For he makes small1639 the drops5197 of water:4325 they pour2212 down rain4306 according to the vapor108 thereof:
28 Which834 the clouds7834 do drop5140 and distil7491 on man120 abundantly.7227
29 Also637 can any understand995 the spreading4666 of the clouds,5645 or the noise8663 of his tabernacle?5521
30 Behold,2005 he spreads6566 his light216 on it, and covers3680 the bottom8328 of the sea.3220
31 For by them judges1777 he the people;5971 he gives5414 meat400 in abundance.4342
32 With clouds3709 he covers3680 the light;216 and commands6680 it not to shine by the cloud that comes6293 between.6293
33 The noise7452 thereof shows5046 concerning5921 it, the cattle4735 also637 concerning5921 the vapor.5927
1 At this2063 also637 my heart3820 trembles,2729 and is moved5425 out of his place.4725
2 Hear8085 attentively8085 the noise7267 of his voice,6963 and the sound1899 that goes3318 out of his mouth.6310
3 He directs3474 it under8478 the whole3605 heaven,8064 and his lightning216 to the ends3671 of the earth.776
4 After310 it a voice6963 roars:7580 he thunders7481 with the voice6963 of his excellency;1347 and he will not stay6117 them when3588 his voice6963 is heard.8085
5 God410 thunders7481 marvelously6381 with his voice;6963 great1419 things does6213 he, which we cannot408 comprehend.3045
6 For he said559 to the snow,7950 Be you on the earth;776 likewise to the small rain,1653 and to the great4306 rain1653 of his strength.5797
7 He seals2856 up the hand3027 of every3605 man;120 that all3605 men582 may know3045 his work.4639
8 Then the beasts2416 go935 into1119 dens,695 and remain7931 in their places.4585
9 Out of the south2315 comes935 the whirlwind:5492 and cold7135 out of the north.4215
10 By the breath5397 of God410 frost7140 is given:5414 and the breadth7341 of the waters4325 is straitened.4164
11 Also637 by watering7377 he wearies2959 the thick cloud:5645 he scatters6327 his bright216 cloud:6051
12 And it is turned2015 round4524 about by his counsels:8458 that they may do6467 whatever3605 834 he commands6680 them on the face6440 of the world8398 in the earth.776
13 He causes it to come,4672 whether518 for correction,7626 or for his land,776 or for mercy.2617
14 Listen238 to this,2063 O Job:347 stand5975 still,5975 and consider995 the wondrous6381 works of God.410
15 Do you know3045 when God433 disposed7760 them, and caused the light216 of his cloud6051 to shine?3313
16 Do you know3045 the balancing4657 of the clouds,5645 the wondrous4652 works of him which is perfect8549 in knowledge?1843
17 How834 your garments899 are warm,2525 when he quiets8252 the earth776 by the south1864 wind?
18 Have you with him spread7554 out the sky,7834 which is strong,2389 and as a molten3332 looking7209 glass?7209
19 Teach3045 us what4100 we shall say559 to him; for we cannot3808 order6186 our speech by reason6440 of darkness.2822
20 Shall it be told5608 him that I speak?1696 if518 a man376 speak,559 surely3588 he shall be swallowed1104 up.
21 And now6258 men see7200 not the bright925 light216 which1931 is in the clouds:7834 but the wind7307 passes,5674 and cleans2891 them.
22 Fair2091 weather2091 comes857 out of the north:6828 with God433 is terrible3372 majesty.1935
23 Touching the Almighty,7706 we cannot3808 find4672 him out: he is excellent7689 in power,3581 and in judgment,4941 and in plenty7230 of justice:6666 he will not afflict.6031
24 Men582 do therefore3651 fear3372 him: he respects7200 not any that are wise2450 of heart.3820
1 Then the LORD3068 answered6030 Job347 out of the whirlwind,5591 and said,559
2 Who4310 is this2088 that darkens2821 counsel6098 by words4405 without1097 knowledge?1847
3 Gird247 up now4994 your loins2504 like a man;1397 for I will demand7592 of you, and answer3045 you me.
4 Where375 were1961 you when I laid the foundations3245 of the earth?776 declare,5046 if you have understanding.998
5 Who4310 has laid7760 the measures4461 thereof, if3588 you know?3045 or176 who4310 has stretched5186 the line6957 on it?
6 Whereupon5921 4100 are the foundations134 thereof fastened?2883 or176 who4310 laid3384 the corner6438 stone68 thereof;
7 When the morning1242 stars3556 sang7442 together,3162 and all3605 the sons1121 of God430 shouted7321 for joy?
8 Or who shut5526 up the sea3220 with doors,1817 when it broke1518 forth,1518 as if it had issued3318 out of the womb?7358
9 When I made7760 the cloud6051 the garment3830 thereof, and thick darkness6205 a swaddling cloth2854 for it,
10 And broke7665 up for it my decreed2706 place, and set7760 bars1280 and doors,1817
11 And said,559 Till now5704 6311 shall you come,935 but no3808 further:3254 and here6311 shall your proud1347 waves1530 be stayed?7896
12 Have you commanded6680 the morning1242 since4480 your days;3117 and caused the dayspring7837 to know3045 his place;4725
13 That it might take270 hold270 of the ends3671 of the earth,776 that the wicked7563 might be shaken5287 out of it?
14 It is turned2015 as clay2563 to the seal;2368 and they stand3320 as a garment.3830
15 And from the wicked7563 their light216 is withheld,4513 and the high7311 arm2220 shall be broken.7665
16 Have you entered935 into5704 the springs5033 of the sea?3220 or have you walked1980 in the search2714 of the depth?8415
17 Have the gates8179 of death4194 been opened1540 to you? or have you seen7200 the doors8179 of the shadow6757 of death?6757
18 Have you perceived995 the breadth7338 of the earth?776 declare5046 if518 you know3045 it all.3605
19 Where335 is the way1870 where335 light216 dwells?7931 and as for darkness,2822 where335 is the place4725 thereof,
20 That you should take3947 it to the bound1366 thereof, and that you should know995 the paths5410 to the house1004 thereof?
21 Know3045 you it, because3588 you were then227 born?3205 or because the number4557 of your days3117 is great?7227
22 Have you entered935 into413 the treasures214 of the snow?7950 or have you seen7200 the treasures214 of the hail,1259
23 Which834 I have reserved2820 against the time6256 of trouble,6862 against the day3117 of battle7128 and war?4421
24 By what335 2088 way1870 is the light216 parted,2505 which scatters6327 the east6921 wind on the earth?776
25 Who4310 has divided6385 a watercourse8585 for the overflowing7858 of waters, or a way1870 for the lightning2385 of thunder;6963
26 To cause it to rain4305 on5921 the earth,776 where no3808 man376 is; on the wilderness,4057 wherein there is no3808 man;120
27 To satisfy7646 the desolate7722 and waste4875 ground; and to cause the bud4161 of the tender herb1877 to spring6779 forth?6779
28 Has3426 the rain4306 a father?1 or176 who4310 has begotten3205 the drops96 of dew?2919
29 Out of whose4310 womb990 came3318 the ice?7140 and the hoary3713 frost3713 of heaven,8064 who4310 has gendered3205 it?
30 The waters4325 are hid2244 as with a stone,68 and the face6440 of the deep8415 is frozen.3920
31 Can you bind7194 the sweet4575 influences4575 of Pleiades,3598 or176 loose6605 the bands4189 of Orion?3685
32 Can you bring3318 forth3318 Mazzaroth4216 in his season?6256 or can you guide5148 Arcturus5906 with his sons?1121
33 Know3045 you the ordinances2708 of heaven?8064 can you set7760 the dominion4896 thereof in the earth?776
34 Can you lift7311 up your voice6963 to the clouds,5645 that abundance8229 of waters4325 may cover3680 you?
35 Can you send7971 lightning,1300 that they may go 3212and say559 to you, Here2009 we are?
36 Who4310 has put7896 wisdom2451 in the inward2910 parts? or176 who4310 has given5414 understanding998 to the heart?7907
37 Who4310 can number5608 the clouds7834 in wisdom?2451 or who4310 can stay7901 the bottles5035 of heaven,8064
38 When the dust6083 grows3332 into hardness,4165 and the clods7263 stuck1692 fast together?
39 Will you hunt6679 the prey2964 for the lion?3833 or fill4390 the appetite2416 of the young3715 lions,3715
40 When3588 they couch7817 in their dens,4585 and abide3427 in the covert5521 to lie in wait?695
41 Who4310 provides3559 for the raven6158 his food?6718 when3588 his young3206 ones cry7768 to God,410 they wander8582 for lack1097 of meat.400
1 Know3045 you the time6256 when the wild3277 goats3277 of the rock5553 bring3205 forth?3205 or can you mark8104 when the hinds355 do calve?2342
2 Can you number5608 the months3391 that they fulfill? or know3045 you the time6256 when they bring3205 forth?3205
3 They bow3766 themselves, they bring6398 forth6398 their young3206 ones, they cast7971 out their sorrows.2256
4 Their young1121 ones are in good2492 liking,2492 they grow7235 up with corn;1250 they go3318 forth,3318 and return7725 not to them.
5 Who4310 has sent7971 out the wild6501 ass6501 free?2670 or who4310 has loosed6605 the bands4147 of the wild6171 ass?6171
6 Whose834 house1004 I have made7760 the wilderness,6160 and the barren4420 land his dwellings.4908
7 He scorns7832 the multitude1995 of the city,7151 neither3808 regards8085 he the crying8663 of the driver.5065
8 The range3491 of the mountains2022 is his pasture,4829 and he searches1875 after310 every3605 green3387 thing.
9 Will the unicorn7214 be willing14 to serve5647 you, or abide3885 by your crib?18
10 Can you bind7194 the unicorn7214 with his band5688 in the furrow?8525 or will he harrow7702 the valleys6010 after310 you?
11 Will you trust982 him, because3588 his strength3581 is great?7227 or will you leave5800 your labor3018 to him?
12 Will you believe539 him, that he will bring7725 home7725 your seed,2233 and gather622 it into your barn?1637
13 Gave you the goodly7443 wings3671 to the peacocks?7443 or wings84 and feathers2624 to the ostrich?5133
14 Which3588 leaves5800 her eggs1000 in the earth,776 and warms2552 them in dust,6083
15 And forgets7911 that the foot7272 may crush2115 them, or that the wild7704 beast2416 may break1758 them.
16 She is hardened7188 against her young1121 ones, as though they were not her's: her labor3018 is in vain7385 without1097 fear;6343
17 Because3588 God433 has deprived5382 her of wisdom,2451 neither3808 has he imparted2505 to her understanding.998
18 What time6256 she lifts4754 up herself on high,4791 she scorns7832 the horse5483 and his rider.7392
19 Have you given5414 the horse5483 strength?1369 have you clothed3847 his neck6677 with thunder?7483
20 Can you make him afraid7493 as a grasshopper?697 the glory1935 of his nostrils5170 is terrible.367
21 He paws2658 in the valley,6010 and rejoices7797 in his strength:3581 he goes3318 on to meet7125 the armed5402 men.
22 He mocks7832 at fear,6343 and is not affrighted;2865 neither3808 turns7725 he back7725 from the sword.2719
23 The quiver827 rattles7439 against5921 him, the glittering3851 spear2595 and the shield.3591
24 He swallows1572 the ground776 with fierceness7494 and rage:7267 neither3808 believes539 he that it is the sound6963 of the trumpet.7782
25 He said559 among1767 the trumpets,7782 Ha,1889 ha;1889 and he smells7306 the battle4421 afar7350 off, the thunder7482 of the captains,8269 and the shouting.8643
26 Does the hawk5322 fly82 by your wisdom,998 and stretch6566 her wings3671 toward the south?8486
27 Does the eagle5404 mount1361 up at5921 your command,6310 and make her nest7064 on high?7311
28 She dwells7931 and stays3885 on the rock,5553 on the crag8127 of the rock,5553 and the strong4686 place.
29 From there8033 she seeks2658 the prey,400 and her eyes5869 behold5027 afar7350 off.
30 Her young667 ones also suck5966 up blood:1818 and where834 the slain2491 are, there8033 is she.
1 Moreover the LORD3068 answered6030 Job,347 and said,559
2 Shall he that contends7378 with the Almighty7706 instruct3250 him? he that reproves3198 God,433 let him answer6030 it.
3 Then Job347 answered6030 the LORD,3068 and said,559
4 Behold,2005 I am vile;7043 what4100 shall I answer7725 you? I will lay7760 my hand3027 on my mouth.6310
5 Once259 have I spoken;1696 but I will not answer:6030 yes, twice;8147 but I will proceed3254 no3808 further.
6 Then answered6030 the LORD3068 to Job347 out of the whirlwind,5591 and said,559
7 Gird247 up your loins2504 now4994 like a man:1397 I will demand7592 of you, and declare3045 you to me.
8 Will you also637 cancel6565 my judgment?4941 will you condemn7561 me, that you may be righteous?6663
9 Have you an arm2220 like God?410 or can you thunder7481 with a voice6963 like3644 him?
10 Deck5710 yourself now4994 with majesty1347 and excellency;1363 and array3847 yourself with glory1935 and beauty.1926
11 Cast6327 abroad6327 the rage5678 of your wrath:639 and behold7200 every3605 one that is proud,1343 and abase8213 him.
12 Look7200 on every3605 one that is proud,1343 and bring3665 him low;3665 and tread1915 down the wicked7563 in their place.8478
13 Hide2934 them in the dust6083 together;3162 and bind2280 their faces6440 in secret.2934
14 Then will I also1571 confess3034 to you that your own right3225 hand3225 can save3467 you.
15 Behold2009 now4994 behemoth,930 which834 I made6213 with you; he eats398 grass2682 as an ox.1241
16 See2009 now,4994 his strength3581 is in his loins,4975 and his force202 is in the navel8306 of his belly.990
17 He moves2654 his tail2180 like3644 a cedar:730 the sinews1517 of his stones6344 are wrapped8276 together.
18 His bones6106 are as strong650 pieces of brass;5154 his bones1634 are like bars4300 of iron.1270
19 He is the chief7225 of the ways1870 of God:410 he that made6213 him can make his sword2719 to approach5066 to him.
20 Surely3588 the mountains2022 bring5375 him forth food,944 where8033 all3605 the beasts2416 of the field7704 play.7832
21 He lies7901 under8478 the shady6628 trees, in the covert5643 of the reed,7070 and fens.1207
22 The shady6628 trees cover5526 him with their shadow;6752 the willows6155 of the brook5158 compass5437 him about.
23 Behold,2005 he drinks6231 up a river,5104 and hastens2648 not: he trusts982 that he can draw1518 up Jordan3383 into413 his mouth.6310
24 He takes3947 it with his eyes:5869 his nose639 pierces5344 through snares.4170
1 Can you draw4900 out leviathan3882 with an hook?100 or his tongue3956 with a cord2256 which you let8257 down?8257
2 Can you put7760 an hook2443 into his nose?639 or bore5344 his jaw3895 through with a thorn?2336
3 Will he make many7235 supplications8469 to you? will he speak1696 soft7390 words to you?
4 Will he make3772 a covenant1285 with you? will you take3947 him for a servant5650 for ever?5769
5 Will you play7832 with him as with a bird?6833 or will you bind7194 him for your maidens?5291
6 Shall the companions2271 make a banquet3738 of him? shall they part2673 him among996 the merchants?3669
7 Can you fill4390 his skin5785 with barbed7905 irons?7905 or his head7218 with fish1709 spears?6767
8 Lay7760 your hand3709 on him, remember2142 the battle,4421 do no408 more.3254
9 Behold,2005 the hope8431 of him is in vain:3576 shall not one be cast2904 down2904 even1571 at the sight4758 of him?
10 None3808 is so fierce393 that dare stir5782 him up: who4310 then is able to stand3320 before6440 me?
11 Who4310 has prevented6923 me, that I should repay7999 him? whatever is under8478 the whole3605 heaven8064 is mine.
12 I will not conceal2790 his parts,905 nor his power,1369 nor his comely2433 proportion.6187
13 Who4310 can discover1540 the face6440 of his garment?3830 or who4310 can come935 to him with his double3718 bridle?7448
14 Who4310 can open6605 the doors1817 of his face?6440 his teeth8127 are terrible367 round5439 about.
15 His scales650 4043 are his pride,1346 shut5462 up together as with a close6862 seal.2368
16 One259 is so near5066 to another,259 that no3808 air7307 can come935 between996 them.
17 They are joined1692 one376 to another,251 they stick3920 together, that they cannot3808 be sundered.6504
18 By his neesings5846 a light216 does shine,1984 and his eyes5869 are like the eyelids6079 of the morning.7837
19 Out of his mouth6310 go1980 burning3940 lamps,3940 and sparks3590 of fire784 leap4422 out.
20 Out of his nostrils5156 goes3318 smoke,6227 as out of a seething5301 pot1731 or caldron.100
21 His breath5315 kindles3857 coals,1513 and a flame3851 goes3318 out of his mouth.6310
22 In his neck6677 remains3885 strength,5797 and sorrow1670 is turned1750 into joy before6440 him.
23 The flakes4651 of his flesh1320 are joined1692 together: they are firm3332 in themselves; they cannot1077 be moved.4131
24 His heart3820 is as firm3332 as a stone;68 yes, as hard3332 as a piece6400 of the nether8482 millstone.
25 When he raises7613 up himself, the mighty410 are afraid:1481 by reason of breakings7667 they purify2398 themselves.
26 The sword2719 of him that lays5381 at him cannot1097 hold:6965 the spear,2595 the dart,4551 nor the habergeon.8302
27 He esteems2803 iron1270 as straw,8401 and brass5154 as rotten7539 wood.6086
28 The arrow1121 7198 cannot3808 make him flee:1272 sling stones68 7050 are turned2015 with him into stubble.7179
29 Darts8455 are counted2803 as stubble:7179 he laughs7832 at the shaking7494 of a spear.3591
30 Sharp2303 stones2789 are under8478 him: he spreads7502 sharp2742 pointed2742 things on the mire.2916
31 He makes the deep4688 to boil7570 like a pot:5518 he makes7760 the sea3220 like a pot of ointment.4841
32 He makes a path5410 to shine215 after310 him; one would think2803 the deep8415 to be hoary.7872
33 On earth6083 there is not his like,4915 who is made6213 without1097 fear.2844
34 He beholds7200 all3605 high1364 things: he is a king4428 over5921 all3605 the children1121 of pride.7830
1 Then Job347 answered6030 the LORD,3068 and said,559
2 I know3045 that you can3201 do every3605 thing, and that no3808 thought4209 can be withheld1219 from you.
3 Who4310 is he that hides5956 counsel6098 without1097 knowledge?1847 therefore3651 have I uttered5046 that I understood995 not; things too wonderful6381 for me, which I knew3045 not.
4 Hear,8085 I beseech4994 you, and I will speak:1696 I will demand7592 of you, and declare3045 you to me.
5 I have heard8085 of you by the hearing8088 of the ear:241 but now6258 my eye5869 sees7200 you.
6 Why5921 3651 I abhor3988 myself, and repent5162 in dust6083 and ashes.665
7 And it was so, that after310 the LORD3068 had spoken1696 these428 words1697 to Job,347 the LORD3068 said559 to Eliphaz464 the Temanite,8489 My wrath639 is kindled2734 against you, and against your two8147 friends:7453 for you have not spoken1696 of me the thing that is right,3559 as my servant5650 Job347 has.
8 Therefore take3947 to you now6258 seven7651 bullocks6499 and seven7651 rams,352 and go3212 to my servant5650 Job,347 and offer5927 up for yourselves a burnt5930 offering; and my servant5650 Job347 shall pray6419 for you: for him will I accept:5375 lest1115 I deal6213 with you after your folly,5039 in that you have not spoken1696 of me the thing which is right,3559 like my servant5650 Job.347
9 So Eliphaz464 the Temanite8489 and Bildad1085 the Shuhite7747 and Zophar6691 the Naamathite5284 went,3212 and did6213 according as the LORD3068 commanded1696 them: the LORD3068 also accepted5375 Job.347
10 And the LORD3068 turned7725 the captivity7622 of Job,347 when he prayed6419 for his friends:7453 also the LORD3068 gave3254 Job347 twice4932 as much637 as he had before.
11 Then came935 there to him all3605 his brothers,251 and all3605 his sisters,269 and all3605 they that had been of his acquaintance3045 before,6440 and did eat398 bread3899 with him in his house:1004 and they bemoaned5110 him, and comforted5162 him over5921 all3605 the evil7451 that the LORD3068 had brought935 on him: every man376 also gave5414 him a piece of money,7192 and every376 one376 an earring5141 of gold.2091
12 So the LORD3068 blessed1288 the latter319 end of Job347 more than his beginning:7225 for he had1961 fourteen702 6246 thousand505 sheep,6629 and six8337 thousand505 camels,1581 and a thousand505 yoke6776 of oxen,1241 and a thousand505 she asses.860
13 He had1961 also seven7658 sons1121 and three7969 daughters.1323
14 And he called7121 the name8034 of the first,7223 Jemima;3224 and the name8034 of the second,8145 Kezia;7103 and the name8034 of the third,7992 Kerenhappuch.7163
15 And in all3605 the land776 were no3808 women802 found4672 so fair3303 as the daughters1323 of Job:347 and their father1 gave5414 them inheritance5159 among8432 their brothers.251
16 After310 this2063 lived2421 Job347 an hundred3967 and forty705 years,8141 and saw7200 his sons,1121 and his sons'1121 sons,1121 even four702 generations.1755
17 So Job347 died,4191 being old2205 and full7646 of days.3117