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Book 18 Job18:001:001 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and 18:001:002 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. 18:001:003 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three 18:001:004 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his 18:001:005 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone 18:001:006 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present 18:001:007 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan 18:001:008 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant 18:001:009 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for 18:001:010 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, 18:001:011 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and 18:001:012 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in 18:001:013 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were 18:001:014 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were 18:001:015 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they 18:001:016 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, 18:001:017 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, 18:001:018 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, 18:001:019 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and 18:001:020 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and 18:001:021 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked 18:001:022 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. 18:002:001 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present 18:002:002 And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And 18:002:003 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant 18:002:004 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all 18:002:005 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his 18:002:006 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but 18:002:007 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote 18:002:008 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he 18:002:009 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine 18:002:010 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish 18:002:011 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was 18:002:012 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, 18:002:013 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven 18:003:001 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. 18:003:002 And Job spake, and said, 18:003:003 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which 18:003:004 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, 18:003:005 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud 18:003:006 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be 18:003:007 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come 18:003:008 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise 18:003:009 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for 18:003:010 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid 18:003:011 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost 18:003:012 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should 18:003:013 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have 18:003:014 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate 18:003:015 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with 18:003:016 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants 18:003:017 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be 18:003:018 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of 18:003:019 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from 18:003:020 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life 18:003:021 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more 18:003:022 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find 18:003:023 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God 18:003:024 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured 18:003:025 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that 18:003:026 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; 18:004:001 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 18:004:002 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but 18:004:003 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened 18:004:004 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast 18:004:005 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth 18:004:006 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the 18:004:007 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or 18:004:008 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow 18:004:009 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his 18:004:010 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and 18:004:011 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's 18:004:012 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received 18:004:013 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep 18:004:014 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to 18:004:015 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh 18:004:016 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an 18:004:017 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more 18:004:018 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he 18:004:019 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose 18:004:020 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for 18:004:021 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, 18:005:001 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which 18:005:002 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly 18:005:003 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his 18:005:004 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the 18:005:005 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of 18:005:006 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth 18:005:007 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 18:005:008 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 18:005:009 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things 18:005:010 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the 18:005:011 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn 18:005:012 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their 18:005:013 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of 18:005:014 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the 18:005:015 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and 18:005:016 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. 18:005:017 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore 18:005:018 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands 18:005:019 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there 18:005:020 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the 18:005:021 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither 18:005:022 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou 18:005:023 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and 18:005:024 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and 18:005:025 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine 18:005:026 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of 18:005:027 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou 18:006:001 But Job answered and said, 18:006:002 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid 18:006:003 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: 18:006:004 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison 18:006:005 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox 18:006:006 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there 18:006:007 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful 18:006:008 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me 18:006:009 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let 18:006:010 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in 18:006:011 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, 18:006:012 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of 18:006:013 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? 18:006:014 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his 18:006:015 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the 18:006:016 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow 18:006:017 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are 18:006:018 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, 18:006:019 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for 18:006:020 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came 18:006:021 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are 18:006:022 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your 18:006:023 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the 18:006:024 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to 18:006:025 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing 18:006:026 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that 18:006:027 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your 18:006:028 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto 18:006:029 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, 18:006:030 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern 18:007:001 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his 18:007:002 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling 18:007:003 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights 18:007:004 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be 18:007:005 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is 18:007:006 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent 18:007:007 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see 18:007:008 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine 18:007:009 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth 18:007:010 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place 18:007:011 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the 18:007:012 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? 18:007:013 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my 18:007:014 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through 18:007:015 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my 18:007:016 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days 18:007:017 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou 18:007:018 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him 18:007:019 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I 18:007:020 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of 18:007:021 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away 18:008:001 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 18:008:002 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the 18:008:003 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert 18:008:004 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them 18:008:005 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy 18:008:006 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for 18:008:007 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should 18:008:008 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare 18:008:009 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our 18:008:010 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out 18:008:011 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without 18:008:012 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it 18:008:013 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's 18:008:014 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a 18:008:015 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall 18:008:016 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in 18:008:017 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of 18:008:018 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, 18:008:019 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall 18:008:020 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he 18:008:021 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with 18:008:022 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the 18:009:001 Then Job answered and said, 18:009:002 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with 18:009:003 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a 18:009:004 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened 18:009:005 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which 18:009:006 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars 18:009:007 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up 18:009:008 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the 18:009:009 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers 18:009:010 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders 18:009:011 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but 18:009:012 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto 18:009:013 If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop 18:009:014 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to 18:009:015 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I 18:009:016 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not 18:009:017 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds 18:009:018 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with 18:009:019 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, 18:009:020 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I 18:009:021 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would 18:009:022 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the 18:009:023 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of 18:009:024 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth 18:009:025 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see 18:009:026 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that 18:009:027 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my 18:009:028 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold 18:009:029 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? 18:009:030 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so 18:009:031 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes 18:009:032 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we 18:009:033 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his 18:009:034 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear 18:009:035 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with 18:010:001 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon 18:010:002 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou 18:010:003 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou 18:010:004 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? 18:010:005 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days, 18:010:006 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after 18:010:007 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can 18:010:008 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round 18:010:009 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; 18:010:010 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like 18:010:011 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me 18:010:012 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath 18:010:013 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that 18:010:014 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me 18:010:015 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I 18:010:016 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again 18:010:017 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine 18:010:018 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh 18:010:019 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have 18:010:020 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may 18:010:021 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of 18:010:022 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of 18:011:001 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 18:011:002 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a 18:011:003 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou 18:011:004 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in 18:011:005 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; 18:011:006 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they 18:011:007 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the 18:011:008 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; 18:011:009 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than 18:011:010 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can 18:011:011 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not 18:011:012 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild 18:011:013 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands 18:011:014 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not 18:011:015 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou 18:011:016 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as 18:011:017 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt 18:011:018 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou 18:011:019 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; 18:011:020 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not 18:012:001 And Job answered and said, 18:012:002 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. 18:012:003 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to 18:012:004 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and 18:012:005 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised 18:012:006 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God 18:012:007 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the 18:012:008 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes 18:012:009 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath 18:012:010 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the 18:012:011 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? 18:012:012 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days 18:012:013 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and 18:012:014 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he 18:012:015 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he 18:012:016 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver 18:012:017 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges 18:012:018 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a 18:012:019 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. 18:012:020 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the 18:012:021 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength 18:012:022 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out 18:012:023 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth 18:012:024 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the 18:012:025 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to 18:013:001 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and 18:013:002 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto 18:013:003 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason 18:013:004 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. 18:013:005 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be 18:013:006 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my 18:013:007 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him? 18:013:008 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God? 18:013:009 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man 18:013:010 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons. 18:013:011 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall 18:013:012 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies 18:013:013 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come 18:013:014 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in 18:013:015 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will 18:013:016 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come 18:013:017 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. 18:013:018 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be 18:013:019 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my 18:013:020 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself 18:013:021 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me 18:013:022 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer 18:013:023 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my 18:013:024 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine 18:013:025 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue 18:013:026 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to 18:013:027 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly 18:013:028 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is 18:014:001 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of 18:014:002 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also 18:014:003 And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest 18:014:004 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. 18:014:005 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are 18:014:006 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as 18:014:007 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will 18:014:008 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock 18:014:009 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth 18:014:010 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, 18:014:011 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and 18:014:012 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no 18:014:013 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest 18:014:014 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my 18:014:015 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a 18:014:016 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my 18:014:017 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up 18:014:018 And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the 18:014:019 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which 18:014:020 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou 18:014:021 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are 18:014:022 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within 18:015:001 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 18:015:002 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly 18:015:003 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches 18:015:004 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. 18:015:005 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the 18:015:006 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own 18:015:007 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before 18:015:008 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain 18:015:009 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, 18:015:010 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder 18:015:011 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any 18:015:012 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes 18:015:013 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such 18:015:014 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of 18:015:015 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens 18:015:016 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh 18:015:017 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will 18:015:018 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid 18:015:019 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed 18:015:020 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the 18:015:021 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer 18:015:022 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he 18:015:023 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth 18:015:024 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail 18:015:025 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth 18:015:026 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses 18:015:027 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh 18:015:028 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man 18:015:029 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, 18:015:030 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up 18:015:031 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall 18:015:032 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall 18:015:033 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall 18:015:034 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire 18:015:035 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their 18:016:001 Then Job answered and said, 18:016:002 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye 18:016:003 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that 18:016:004 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's 18:016:005 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my 18:016:006 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I 18:016:007 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my 18:016:008 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness 18:016:009 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me 18:016:010 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me 18:016:011 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into 18:016:012 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also 18:016:013 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins 18:016:014 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me 18:016:015 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in 18:016:016 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow 18:016:017 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. 18:016:018 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no 18:016:019 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on 18:016:020 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. 18:016:021 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth 18:016:022 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I 18:017:001 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are 18:017:002 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue 18:017:003 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that 18:017:004 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore 18:017:005 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his 18:017:006 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I 18:017:007 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members 18:017:008 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall 18:017:009 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath 18:017:010 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot 18:017:011 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the 18:017:012 They change the night into day: the light is short because of 18:017:013 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the 18:017:014 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, 18:017:015 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? 18:017:016 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest 18:018:001 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 18:018:002 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and 18:018:003 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your 18:018:004 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken 18:018:005 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark 18:018:006 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle 18:018:007 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own 18:018:008 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon 18:018:009 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall 18:018:010 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in 18:018:011 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive 18:018:012 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be 18:018:013 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn 18:018:014 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it 18:018:015 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: 18:018:016 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his 18:018:017 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have 18:018:018 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of 18:018:019 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any 18:018:020 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they 18:018:021 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the 18:019:001 Then Job answered and said, 18:019:002 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with 18:019:003 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that 18:019:004 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with 18:019:005 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead 18:019:006 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me 18:019:007 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, 18:019:008 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set 18:019:009 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my 18:019:010 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine 18:019:011 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me 18:019:012 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, 18:019:013 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are 18:019:014 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have 18:019:015 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a 18:019:016 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him 18:019:017 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the 18:019:018 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake 18:019:019 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are 18:019:020 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped 18:019:021 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the 18:019:022 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my 18:019:023 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed 18:019:024 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock 18:019:025 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at 18:019:026 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my 18:019:027 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and 18:019:028 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of 18:019:029 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments 18:020:001 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 18:020:002 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I 18:020:003 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my 18:020:004 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 18:020:005 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the 18:020:006 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head 18:020:007 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which 18:020:008 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he 18:020:009 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither 18:020:010 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands 18:020:011 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie 18:020:012 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it 18:020:013 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still 18:020:014 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps 18:020:015 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up 18:020:016 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall 18:020:017 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey 18:020:018 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not 18:020:019 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because 18:020:020 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not 18:020:021 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man 18:020:022 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: 18:020:023 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of 18:020:024 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall 18:020:025 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering 18:020:026 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not 18:020:027 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise 18:020:028 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall 18:020:029 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage 18:021:001 But Job answered and said, 18:021:002 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. 18:021:003 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock 18:021:004 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why 18:021:005 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. 18:021:006 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on 18:021:007 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in 18:021:008 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their 18:021:009 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God 18:021:010 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and 18:021:011 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their 18:021:012 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of 18:021:013 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to 18:021:014 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not 18:021:015 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what 18:021:016 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked 18:021:017 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft 18:021:018 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the 18:021:019 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, 18:021:020 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the 18:021:021 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the 18:021:022 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that 18:021:023 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and 18:021:024 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with 18:021:025 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never 18:021:026 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall 18:021:027 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye 18:021:028 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are 18:021:029 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know 18:021:030 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they 18:021:031 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him 18:021:032 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the 18:021:033 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man 18:021:034 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there 18:022:001 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 18:022:002 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be 18:022:003 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? 18:022:004 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee 18:022:005 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? 18:022:006 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and 18:022:007 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast 18:022:008 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the 18:022:009 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the 18:022:010 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear 18:022:011 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters 18:022:012 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of 18:022:013 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the 18:022:014 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he 18:022:015 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 18:022:016 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was 18:022:017 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty 18:022:018 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel 18:022:019 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh 18:022:020 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them 18:022:021 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good 18:022:022 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his 18:022:023 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou 18:022:024 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as 18:022:025 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have 18:022:026 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and 18:022:027 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, 18:022:028 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established 18:022:029 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting 18:022:030 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is 18:023:001 Then Job answered and said, 18:023:002 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than 18:023:003 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even 18:023:004 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with 18:023:005 I would know the words which he would answer me, and 18:023:006 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he 18:023:007 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be 18:023:008 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I 18:023:009 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: 18:023:010 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I 18:023:011 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not 18:023:012 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I 18:023:013 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul 18:023:014 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many 18:023:015 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am 18:023:016 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: 18:023:017 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he 18:024:001 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they 18:024:002 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, 18:024:003 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the 18:024:004 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide 18:024:005 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their 18:024:006 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the 18:024:007 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have 18:024:008 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace 18:024:009 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge 18:024:010 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take 18:024:011 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their 18:024:012 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded 18:024:013 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not 18:024:014 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, 18:024:015 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, 18:024:016 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for 18:024:017 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one 18:024:018 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the 18:024:019 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave 18:024:020 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; 18:024:021 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not 18:024:022 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and 18:024:023 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; 18:024:024 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought 18:024:025 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my 18:025:001 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 18:025:002 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high 18:025:003 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his 18:025:004 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean 18:025:005 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars 18:025:006 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which 18:026:001 But Job answered and said, 18:026:002 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest 18:026:003 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast 18:026:004 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from 18:026:005 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the 18:026:006 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. 18:026:007 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth 18:026:008 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is 18:026:009 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his 18:026:010 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and 18:026:011 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his 18:026:012 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding 18:026:013 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath 18:026:014 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is 18:027:001 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 18:027:002 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the 18:027:003 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in 18:027:004 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter 18:027:005 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not 18:027:006 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart 18:027:007 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against 18:027:008 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, 18:027:009 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? 18:027:010 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call 18:027:011 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the 18:027:012 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus 18:027:013 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage 18:027:014 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his 18:027:015 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his 18:027:016 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as 18:027:017 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the 18:027:018 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the 18:027:019 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he 18:027:020 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him 18:027:021 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a 18:027:022 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee 18:027:023 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of 18:028:001 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold 18:028:002 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the 18:028:003 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all 18:028:004 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters 18:028:005 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is 18:028:006 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust 18:028:007 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's 18:028:008 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion 18:028:009 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the 18:028:010 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every 18:028:011 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is 18:028:012 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of 18:028:013 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the 18:028:014 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not 18:028:015 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed 18:028:016 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious 18:028:017 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of 18:028:018 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price 18:028:019 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be 18:028:020 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of 18:028:021 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close 18:028:022 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with 18:028:023 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place 18:028:024 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the 18:028:025 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters 18:028:026 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the 18:028:027 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and 18:028:028 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is 18:029:001 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 18:029:002 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God 18:029:003 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I 18:029:004 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was 18:029:005 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about 18:029:006 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out 18:029:007 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared 18:029:008 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, 18:029:009 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their 18:029:010 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the 18:029:011 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye 18:029:012 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, 18:029:013 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and 18:029:014 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as 18:029:015 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. 18:029:016 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I 18:029:017 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out 18:029:018 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my 18:029:019 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all 18:029:020 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. 18:029:021 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my 18:029:022 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped 18:029:023 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their 18:029:024 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of 18:029:025 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in 18:030:001 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, 18:030:002 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in 18:030:003 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the 18:030:004 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their 18:030:005 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them 18:030:006 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, 18:030:007 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were 18:030:008 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they 18:030:009 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. 18:030:010 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in 18:030:011 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have 18:030:012 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and 18:030:013 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no 18:030:014 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the 18:030:015 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: 18:030:016 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction 18:030:017 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews 18:030:018 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it 18:030:019 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and 18:030:020 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and 18:030:021 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou 18:030:022 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon 18:030:023 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house 18:030:024 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though 18:030:025 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul 18:030:026 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I 18:030:027 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction 18:030:028 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in 18:030:029 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. 18:030:030 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. 18:030:031 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the 18:031:001 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon 18:031:002 For what portion of God is there from above? and what 18:031:003 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to 18:031:004 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? 18:031:005 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to 18:031:006 Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine 18:031:007 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked 18:031:008 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be 18:031:009 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid 18:031:010 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down 18:031:011 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be 18:031:012 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root 18:031:013 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my 18:031:014 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, 18:031:015 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one 18:031:016 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused 18:031:017 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath 18:031:018 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a 18:031:019 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor 18:031:020 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed 18:031:021 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw 18:031:022 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be 18:031:023 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of 18:031:024 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, 18:031:025 If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine 18:031:026 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in 18:031:027 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath 18:031:028 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I 18:031:029 If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or 18:031:030 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to 18:031:031 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his 18:031:032 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my 18:031:033 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine 18:031:034 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families 18:031:035 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the 18:031:036 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a 18:031:037 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince 18:031:038 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise 18:031:039 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have 18:031:040 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of 18:032:001 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was 18:032:002 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the 18:032:003 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because 18:032:004 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were 18:032:005 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these 18:032:006 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I 18:032:007 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach 18:032:008 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the 18:032:009 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand 18:032:010 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine 18:032:011 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, 18:032:012 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you 18:032:013 Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth 18:032:014 Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I 18:032:015 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off 18:032:016 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and 18:032:017 I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine 18:032:018 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. 18:032:019 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to 18:032:020 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and 18:032:021 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let 18:032:022 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker 18:033:001 Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to 18:033:002 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in 18:033:003 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips 18:033:004 The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty 18:033:005 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, 18:033:006 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am 18:033:007 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my 18:033:008 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the 18:033:009 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is 18:033:010 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for 18:033:011 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. 18:033:012 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that 18:033:013 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of 18:033:014 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. 18:033:015 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth 18:033:016 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their 18:033:017 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from 18:033:018 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from 18:033:019 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude 18:033:020 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. 18:033:021 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his 18:033:022 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the 18:033:023 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a 18:033:024 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from 18:033:025 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to 18:033:026 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: 18:033:027 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and 18:033:028 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life 18:033:029 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, 18:033:030 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with 18:033:031 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will 18:033:032 If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire 18:033:033 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach 18:034:001 Furthermore Elihu answered and said, 18:034:002 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that 18:034:003 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. 18:034:004 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what 18:034:005 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my 18:034:006 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without 18:034:007 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? 18:034:008 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and 18:034:009 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should 18:034:010 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it 18:034:011 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause 18:034:012 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the 18:034:013 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath 18:034:014 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his 18:034:015 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto 18:034:016 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the 18:034:017 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn 18:034:018 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, 18:034:019 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of 18:034:020 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled 18:034:021 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his 18:034:022 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers 18:034:023 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should 18:034:024 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set 18:034:025 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in 18:034:026 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; 18:034:027 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any 18:034:028 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and 18:034:029 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when 18:034:030 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. 18:034:031 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne 18:034:032 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I 18:034:033 Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, 18:034:034 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken 18:034:035 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without 18:034:036 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his 18:034:037 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands 18:035:001 Elihu spake moreover, and said, 18:035:002 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My 18:035:003 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, 18:035:004 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. 18:035:005 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which 18:035:006 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy 18:035:007 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth 18:035:008 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy 18:035:009 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the 18:035:010 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the 18:035:011 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh 18:035:012 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride 18:035:013 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty 18:035:014 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is 18:035:015 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; 18:035:016 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth 18:036:001 Elihu also proceeded, and said, 18:036:002 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to 18:036:003 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe 18:036:004 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in 18:036:005 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in 18:036:006 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to 18:036:007 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings 18:036:008 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of 18:036:009 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that 18:036:010 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that 18:036:011 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in 18:036:012 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they 18:036:013 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when 18:036:014 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. 18:036:015 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their 18:036:016 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a 18:036:017 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment 18:036:018 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his 18:036:019 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of 18:036:020 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. 18:036:021 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen 18:036:022 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? 18:036:023 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast 18:036:024 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. 18:036:025 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. 18:036:026 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the 18:036:027 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain 18:036:028 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. 18:036:029 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the 18:036:030 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the 18:036:031 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in 18:036:032 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to 18:036:033 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also 18:037:001 At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his 18:037:002 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that 18:037:003 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto 18:037:004 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his 18:037:005 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth 18:037:006 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to 18:037:007 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his 18:037:008 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places. 18:037:009 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the 18:037:010 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the 18:037:011 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth 18:037:012 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do 18:037:013 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his 18:037:014 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the 18:037:015 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of 18:037:016 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous 18:037:017 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the 18:037:018 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as 18:037:019 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our 18:037:020 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he 18:037:021 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: 18:037:022 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible 18:037:023 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent 18:037:024 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise 18:038:001 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 18:038:002 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? 18:038:003 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, 18:038:004 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? 18:038:005 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who 18:038:006 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid 18:038:007 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God 18:038:008 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if 18:038:009 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness 18:038:010 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, 18:038:011 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here 18:038:012 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the 18:038:013 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the 18:038:014 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. 18:038:015 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high 18:038:016 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou 18:038:017 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou 18:038:018 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou 18:038:019 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, 18:038:020 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that 18:038:021 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the 18:038:022 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou 18:038:023 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the 18:038:024 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east 18:038:025 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, 18:038:026 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the 18:038:027 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud 18:038:028 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? 18:038:029 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, 18:038:030 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep 18:038:031 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the 18:038:032 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou 18:038:033 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the 18:038:034 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of 18:038:035 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto 18:038:036 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given 18:038:037 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the 18:038:038 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast 18:038:039 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of 18:038:040 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie 18:038:041 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry 18:039:001 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring 18:039:002 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou 18:039:003 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they 18:039:004 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; 18:039:005 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the 18:039:006 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land 18:039:007 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he 18:039:008 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth 18:039:009 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy 18:039:010 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or 18:039:011 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt 18:039:012 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and 18:039:013 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and 18:039:014 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, 18:039:015 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild 18:039:016 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were 18:039:017 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he 18:039:018 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the 18:039:019 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck 18:039:020 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his 18:039:021 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he 18:039:022 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he 18:039:023 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the 18:039:024 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither 18:039:025 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the 18:039:026 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward 18:039:027 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on 18:039:028 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the 18:039:029 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar 18:039:030 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, 18:040:001 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, 18:040:002 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he 18:040:003 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 18:040:004 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine 18:040:005 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I 18:040:006 Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and 18:040:007 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and 18:040:008 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, 18:040:009 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice 18:040:010 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array 18:040:011 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that 18:040:012 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread 18:040:013 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in 18:040:014 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand 18:040:015 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass 18:040:016 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the 18:040:017 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are 18:040:018 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like 18:040:019 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make 18:040:020 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the 18:040:021 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and 18:040:022 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of 18:040:023 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth 18:040:024 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. 18:041:001 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with 18:041:002 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through 18:041:003 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft 18:041:004 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a 18:041:005 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him 18:041:006 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part 18:041:007 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with 18:041:008 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. 18:041:009 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down 18:041:010 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to 18:041:011 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is 18:041:012 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely 18:041:013 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to 18:041:014 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible 18:041:015 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close 18:041:016 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. 18:041:017 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they 18:041:018 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the 18:041:019 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap 18:041:020 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or 18:041:021 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. 18:041:022 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy 18:041:023 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in 18:041:024 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of 18:041:025 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason 18:041:026 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, 18:041:027 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. 18:041:028 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with 18:041:029 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a 18:041:030 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things 18:041:031 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like 18:041:032 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep 18:041:033 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. 18:041:034 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the 18:042:001 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 18:042:002 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can 18:042:003 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore 18:042:004 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, 18:042:005 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine 18:042:006 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. 18:042:007 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto 18:042:008 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and 18:042:009 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the 18:042:010 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for 18:042:011 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his 18:042:012 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his 18:042:013 He had also seven sons and three daughters. 18:042:014 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of 18:042:015 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the 18:042:016 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his 18:042:017 So Job died, being old and full of days. 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