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1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name [was] Job; and
 that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and
 shunned evil.
1:2 And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
1:3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three
 thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five
 hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that this man
 was the greatest of all the men of the east.
1:4 And his sons went and feasted [in their] houses, every one
 his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and
 to drink with them.
1:5 And it was so, when the days of [their] feasting were ended,
 that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose early in the
 morning, and offered burnt-offerings [according] to the number
 of them all; for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned,
 and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present
 themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
1:7 And the LORD said to Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan
 answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the
 earth, and from walking up and down upon it.
1:8 And the LORD said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant
 Job, that [there is] none like him on the earth, a perfect and
 an upright man, one that feareth God, and shunneth evil?
1:9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God
 for naught?
1:10 Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house,
 and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the
 work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
1:11 But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he hath, and
 he will curse thee to thy face.
1:12 And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, all that he hath [is]
 in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thy hand. So
 Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
1:13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters [were]
 eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
1:14 And there came a messenger to Job, and said, The oxen were
 plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
1:15 And the Sabeans fell [upon them], and took them away; yes,
 they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I
 only have escaped alone to tell thee.
1:16 While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and
 said, The fire of God hath fallen from heaven, and hath burned
 up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I only
 have escaped alone to tell thee.
1:17 While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and
 said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels,
 and have carried them away, yes, and slain the servants with
 the edge of the sword; and I only have escaped alone to tell
 thee.
1:18 While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and
 said, Thy sons and thy daughters [were] eating and drinking
 wine in their eldest brother's house:
1:19 And behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness,
 and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the
 young men, and they are dead; and I only have escaped alone to
 tell thee.
1:20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head,
 and fell upon the ground, and worshiped,
1:21 And said, Naked came I from my mother's womb, and naked
 shall I return thither: The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken
 away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
1:22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
2:1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present
 themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to
 present himself before the LORD.
2:2 And the LORD said to Satan, Whence comest thou? and Satan
 answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the
 earth, and from walking up and down upon it.
2:3 And the LORD said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant
 Job, that [there is] none like him on the earth, a perfect and
 an upright man, one that feareth God, and shunneth evil? and
 still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me
 against him, to destroy him without cause.
2:4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, even,
 all that a man hath will he give for his life.
2:5 But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his
 flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
2:6 And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, he [is] in thy hand; but
 save his life.
2:7 So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote
 Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to his crown.
2:8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself with [it]; and
 he sat down among the ashes.
2:9 Then said his wife to him, Dost thou still retain thy
 integrity? curse God, and die.
2:10 But he said to her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish
 women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God,
 and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with
 his lips.
2:11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that
 had come upon him, they came every one from his own place;
 Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the
 Naamathite; for they had made an appointment together to come
 to mourn with him, and to comfort him.
2:12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him
 not, they raised their voice, and wept; and they rent every one
 his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads towards heaven.
2:13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and
 seven nights, and none spoke a word to him: for they saw that
 [his] grief was very great.
3:1 After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day.
3:2 And Job spoke, and said,
3:3 Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night [in
 which] it was said, There is a mail child conceived.
3:4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above,
 neither let the light shine upon it.
3:5 Let darkness and the shades of death stain it; let a cloud
 dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
3:6 As [for] that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not
 be joined to the days of the year, let it not come into the
 number of the months.
3:7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come
 therein.
3:8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise
 up their mourning.
3:9 Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for
 light, but [have] none; neither let it see the dawning of the
 day:
3:10 Because it prevented not my birth, nor hid sorrow from my
 eyes.
3:11 Why died I not from the womb? [why] did I [not] expire at
 the time of my birth?
3:12 Why did the knees receive me? or why the breasts that I
 should be nursed?
3:13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should
 have slept: then had I been at rest,
3:14 With kings and counselors of the earth, who built desolate
 places for themselves;
3:15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with
 silver:
3:16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants
 [which] never saw light.
3:17 There the wicked cease [from] troubling; and there the
 weary are at rest.
3:18 [There] the prisoners rest together; they hear not the
 voice of the oppressor.
3:19 The small and great are there; and the servant [is] free
 from his master.
3:20 Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to
 the bitter [in] soul;
3:21 Who long for death, but it [cometh] not; and dig for it
 more than for hid treasures;
3:22 Who rejoice exceedingly, [and] are glad, when they can find
 the grave?
3:23 [Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom
 God hath hedged in?
3:24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are
 poured out like the waters.
3:25 For the thing which I greatly feared hath come upon me, and
 that which I dreaded hath come to me.
3:26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I
 quiet; yet trouble came.
4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
4:2 [If] we essay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved?
 but who can refrain from speaking?
4:3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast
 strengthened the weak hands.
4:4 Thy words have upheld him that was falling, and thou hast
 strengthened the feeble knees.
4:5 But now it hath come upon thee, and thou faintest; it
 toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
4:6 [Is] not [this] thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the
 uprightness of thy ways?
4:7 Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent?
 or where were the righteous cut off;
4:8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow
 wickedness, reap the same.
4:9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his
 nostrils are they consumed.
4:10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion,
 and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
4:11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout
 lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
4:12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received
 a small sound of it.
4:13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep
 falleth on men.
4:14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones
 to shake.
4:15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh
 stood up:
4:16 It stood still, but I could not discern its form: an image
 [was] before my eyes, [there was] silence, and I heard a voice,
 [saying],
4:17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more
 pure than his maker?
4:18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he
 charged with folly:
4:19 How much less [in] them that dwell in houses of clay, whose
 foundation [is] in the dust, [who] are crushed before the moth?
4:20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for
 ever without any regarding [it].
4:21 Doth not their excellence [which is] in them depart? they
 die, even without wisdom.
5:1 Call now, if there is any that will answer thee; and to
 which of the saints wilt thou turn?
5:2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the
 silly one.
5:3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed
 his habitation.
5:4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in
 the gate, neither [is there] any to deliver [them].
5:5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out
 of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
5:6 Although affliction cometh not forth from the dust, neither
 doth trouble spring out of the ground;
5:7 Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
5:8 I would seek to God, and to God would I commit my cause:
5:9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable; wonderful things
 without number:
5:10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the
 fields:
5:11 To set on high those that are low: that those who mourn may
 be exalted to safety.
5:12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their
 hands cannot perform [their] enterprise.
5:13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel
 of the froward is carried headlong.
5:14 They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope in the
 noon-day as in the night.
5:15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth,
 and from the hand of the mighty.
5:16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
5:17 Behold, happy [is] the man whom God correcteth: therefore
 despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
5:18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his
 hands make whole.
5:19 He will deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there
 shall no evil touch thee.
5:20 In famine he will redeem thee from death: and in war from
 the power of the sword.
5:21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither
 shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
5:22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt
 thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
5:23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field:
 and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
5:24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle [will be] in peace;
 and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
5:25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed [will be] great, and thy
 offspring as the grass of the earth.
5:26 Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in a full age, as a shock of
 corn cometh in in its season.
5:27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know
 thou [it] for thy good.
6:1 But Job answered and said,
6:2 Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity
 laid in the balances together!
6:3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea:
 therefore my words are swallowed up.
6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty [are] within me, the poison
 of which drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God set
 themselves in array against me.
6:5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox
 over his fodder?
6:6 Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? or is
 there [any] taste in the white of an egg?
6:7 The things [that] my soul refused to touch [are] as my
 sorrowful food.
6:8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant
 [me] the thing that I long for!
6:9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would
 let loose his hand, and cut me off!
6:10 Then should I yet have comfort; yes, I would harden myself
 in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the
 words of the Holy One.
6:11 What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] my
 end, that I should prolong my life?
6:12 [Is] my strength the strength of stones? or [is] my flesh
 of brass?
6:13 [Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
6:14 To him that is afflicted pity [should be shown] from his
 friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
6:15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, [and] as the
 stream of brooks they pass away;
6:16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, [and] in which the
 snow is hid:
6:17 In the time when they become warm, they vanish: when it is
 hot, they are consumed out of their place.
6:18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to
 nothing, and perish.
6:19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited
 for them.
6:20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came
 thither, and were ashamed.
6:21 For now ye are nothing: ye see [my] casting down, and are
 afraid.
6:22 Did I say, Bring to me? or Give a reward for me of your
 substance?
6:23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from
 the hand of the mighty?
6:24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to
 understand in what I have erred.
6:25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing
 reprove?
6:26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one
 that is desperate, [which are] as wind?
6:27 Yes, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig [a pit] for
 your friend.
6:28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for [it is] evident
 to you if I lie.
6:29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yes, return
 again, my righteousness [is] in it.
6:30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern
 perverse things?
7:1 [Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are
 not] his days also like the days of a hireling?
7:2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as a
 hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work;
7:3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome
 nights are appointed to me.
7:4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be
 gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro to the dawning of
 the day.
7:5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is
 broken and become lothsome.
7:6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
 without hope.
7:7 O remember that my life [is] wind: my eye will no more see
 good.
7:8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no [more]: thy
 eyes [are] upon me, and I [am] not.
7:9 [As] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that
 goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more].
7:10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his
 place know him any more.
7:11 Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the
 anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my
 soul.
7:12 [Am] I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over
 me?
7:13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my
 complaint;
7:14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through
 visions:
7:15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, [and] death rather
 than my life.
7:16 I lothe [it]; I would not live always: let me alone; for my
 days [are] vanity.
7:17 What [is] man, that thou shouldst magnify him? and that
 thou shouldst set thy heart upon him?
7:18 And [that] thou shouldst visit him every morning, [and] try
 him every moment?
7:19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone
 till I swallow my spittle?
7:20 I have sinned; what shall I do to thee, O thou preserver of
 men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am
 a burden to myself?
7:21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take
 away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou
 shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].
8:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
8:2 How long wilt thou speak these [things]? and [how long
 shall] the words of thy mouth [be like] a strong wind?
8:3 Doth God pervert judgment; or doth the Almighty pervert
 justice?
8:4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he hath cast
 them away for their transgression;
8:5 If thou wouldst seek to God betimes, and make thy
 supplication to the Almighty;
8:6 If thou [wert] pure and upright; surely now he would awake
 for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness
 prosperous.
8:7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end would
 greatly increase.
8:8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare
 thyself to the search of their fathers:
8:9 (For we [are but of] yesterday, and know nothing, because
 our days upon earth [are] a shadow:)
8:10 Will they not teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words
 out of their heart?
8:11 Can the rush grow without mire? can the flag grow without
 water?
8:12 Whilst it [is] yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, it
 withereth before any [other] herb.
8:13 So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the
 hypocrite's hope shall perish:
8:14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust [shall be] a
 spider's web.
8:15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he
 shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
8:16 He [is] green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth
 in his garden.
8:17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, [and] seeth the place
 of stones.
8:18 If he shall destroy him from his place, then [it] shall
 deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee.
8:19 Behold, this [is] the joy of his way, and out of the earth
 shall others grow.
8:20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect [man], neither
 will he help the evil doers:
8:21 Till he shall fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips
 with rejoicing.
8:22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the
 dwelling place of the wicked shall come to naught.
9:1 Then Job answered and said,
9:2 I know [it to be] so of a truth: but how should man be just
 with God?
9:3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a
 thousand.
9:4 [He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath
 hardened [himself] against him, and hath prospered?
9:5 Who removeth the mountains, and they know not: who
 overturneth them in his anger.
9:6 Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and its pillars
 tremble.
9:7 Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up
 the stars.
9:8 Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the
 waves of the sea.
9:9 Who maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers
 of the south.
9:10 Who doeth great things past finding out; yes, and wonders
 without number.
9:11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not: he passeth on
 also, but I perceive him not.
9:12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say to
 him, What doest thou?
9:13 [If] God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do
 stoop under him.
9:14 How much less shall I answer him, [and] choose out my words
 [to reason] with him?
9:15 Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer,
 [but] I would make supplication to my judge.
9:16 If I had called, and he had answered me; [yet] I would not
 believe that he had hearkened to my voice.
9:17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my
 wounds without cause.
9:18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me
 with bitterness.
9:19 If [I speak] of strength, lo, [he is] strong: and if of
 judgment, who shall set me a time [to plead]?
9:20 If I justify myself, my own mouth will condemn me: [if I
 say], I [am] perfect, that also will prove me perverse.
9:21 [Though] I [were] perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul:
 I would despise my life.
9:22 This [is] one [thing], therefore I said [it], he destroyeth
 the perfect and the wicked.
9:23 If the scourge shall slay suddenly, he will laugh at the
 trial of the innocent.
9:24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth
 the faces of its judges; if not, where, [and] who [is] he?
9:25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they
 see no good.
9:26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle
 [that] hasteth to the prey.
9:27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my
 heaviness, and comfort [myself]:
9:28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not
 hold me innocent.
9:29 [If] I am wicked, why then do I labor in vain?
9:30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never
 so clean;
9:31 Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes
 shall abhor me.
9:32 For [he is] not a man, as I [am], [that] I should answer
 him, [and] we should come together in judgment.
9:33 Neither is there any judge between us, [that] might lay his
 hand upon us both.
9:34 Let him take away his rod from me, and let not his fear
 terrify me:
9:35 [Then] would I speak, and not fear him; but [it is] not so
 with me.
10:1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon
 myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
10:2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why thou
 contendest with me.
10:3 [Is it] good to thee that thou shouldst oppress, that thou
 shouldst despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the
 counsel of the wicked?
10:4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
10:5 [Are] thy days as the days of man? [are] thy years as man's
 days,
10:6 That thou inquirest after my iniquity, and searchest after
 my sin?
10:7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and [there is] none that
 can deliver out of thy hand.
10:8 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me in all my parts;
 yet thou dost destroy me.
10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the
 clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
10:10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like
 cheese?
10:11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced
 me with bones and sinews.
10:12 Thou hast granted me life and favor, and thy visitation
 hath preserved my spirit.
10:13 And these [things] hast thou hid in thy heart: I know that
 this [is] with thee.
10:14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit
 me from my iniquity.
10:15 If I be wicked, woe to me; and [if] I be righteous, [yet]
 will I not lift up my head. [I am] full of confusion; therefore
 see thou my affliction;
10:16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and
 again thou showest thyself wonderful upon me.
10:17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thy
 indignation upon me; changes and war [are] against me.
10:18 Why then hast thou brought me forth from the womb? O that
 I had expired, and no eye had seen me!
10:19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have
 been carried from the womb to the grave.
10:20 [Are] not my days few? cease [then], [and] let me alone,
 that I may take comfort a little,
10:21 Before I go [whence] I shall not return, [even] to the
 land of darkness, and the shades of death;
10:22 A land of darkness, as darkness [itself]; [and] of the
 shades of death, without any order, and [where] the light [is]
 as darkness.
11:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
11:2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a
 man full of talk be justified?
11:3 Should thy falsehoods make men hold their peace? and when
 thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
11:4 For thou hast said, My doctrine [is] pure, and I am clean
 in thy eyes.
11:5 But Oh that God would speak, and open his lips against
 thee;
11:6 And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom, that
 [they are] double to that which is! Know therefore that God
 exacteth of thee [less] than thy iniquity [deserveth].
11:7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out
 the Almighty to perfection?
11:8 [It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than
 hell; what canst thou know?
11:9 The measure of it [is] longer than the earth, and broader
 than the sea.
11:10 If he shall cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then
 who can hinder him?
11:11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he
 not then consider [it]?
11:12 For vain man would be wise, though man is born [like] a
 wild ass's colt.
11:13 If thou preparest thy heart, and stretchest out thy hands
 towards him;
11:14 If iniquity [is] in thy hand, put it far away, and let not
 wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
11:15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yes,
 thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear:
11:16 Because thou shalt forget [thy] misery, [and] remember
 [it] as waters [that] pass away:
11:17 And [thy] age shall be clearer than the noon-day: thou
 shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
11:18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yes, thou
 shalt dig [about thee], [and] thou shalt take thy rest in
 safety.
11:19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make [thee]
 afraid; yes, many shall make suit to thee.
11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not
 escape, and their hope [shall be as] the expiration of the
 breath.
12:1 And Job answered and said,
12:2 No doubt but ye [are] the people, and wisdom shall die with
 you.
12:3 But I have understanding as well as you; I [am] not
 inferior to you: yes, who knoweth not such things as these?
12:4 I am [as] one mocked by his neighbor, who calleth upon God,
 and he answereth him: the just upright [man is] derided.
12:5 He that is ready to slip with [his] feet [is as] a lamp
 despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
12:6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke
 God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly].
12:7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the
 fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
12:8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the
 fishes of the sea shall declare to thee.
12:9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath
 wrought this?
12:10 In whose hand [is] the soul of every living thing, and the
 breath of all mankind.
12:11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste its food?
12:12 With the ancient [is] wisdom; and in length of days
 understanding.
12:13 With him [is] wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and
 understanding.
12:14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he
 shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
12:15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also
 he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
12:16 With him [is] strength and wisdom: the deceived and the
 deceiver [are] his.
12:17 He leadeth counselors away spoiled, and maketh the judges
 fools.
12:18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with
 a girdle.
12:19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the
 mighty.
12:20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away
 the understanding of the aged.
12:21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the
 strength of the mighty.
12:22 He revealeth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth to
 light the shades of death.
12:23 He increaseth nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth
 nations, and straiteneth them [again].
12:24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the
 earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness [where there
 is] no way.
12:25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them
 to stagger like [a] drunken [man].
13:1 Lo, my eye hath seen all [this], my ear hath heard and
 understood it.
13:2 What ye know, [the same] do I know also: I [am] not
 inferior to you.
13:3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to
 reason with God.
13:4 But ye [are] forgers of lies, ye [are] all physicians of no
 value.
13:5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace and it would be
 your wisdom.
13:6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my
 lips.
13:7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for
 him?
13:8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
13:9 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man
 mocketh another, do ye [so] mock him?
13:10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept
 persons.
13:11 Shall not his excellence make you afraid? and his dread
 fall upon you?
13:12 Your remembrances [are] like to ashes, your bodies to
 bodies of clay.
13:13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let
 come on me what [will].
13:14 Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my
 hand?
13:15 Though he shall slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I
 will maintain my own ways before him.
13:16 He also [shall be] my salvation: for a hypocrite shall not
 come before him.
13:17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your
 ears.
13:18 Behold now, I have ordered [my] cause; I know that I shall
 be justified.
13:19 Who [is] he [that] will plead with me? for now, if I hold
 my tongue, I shall expire.
13:20 Only do not two [things] to me: then will I not hide
 myself from thee.
13:21 Withdraw thy hand far from me: and let not thy dread make
 me afraid.
13:22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and
 answer thou me.
13:23 How many [are] my iniquities and sins? make me to know my
 transgression and my sin.
13:24 Why hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thy enemy?
13:25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou
 pursue the dry stubble?
13:26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me
 to possess the iniquities of my youth.
13:27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest
 narrowly to all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels
 of my feet.
13:28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is
 moth-eaten.
14:1 Man [that is] born of a woman [is] of few days, and full of
 trouble.
14:2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth
 also as a shadow, and continueth not.
14:3 And dost thou open thy eyes upon such one, and bring me
 into judgment with thee?
14:4 Who can bring a clean [thing] out of an unclean? not one.
14:5 Seeing his days [are] determined, the number of his months
 [is] with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot
 pass;
14:6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish,
 as a hireling, his day.
14:7 For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it
 will sprout again, and that its tender branch will not cease.
14:8 Though its root shall become old in the earth, and its
 stock die in the ground;
14:9 [Yet] through the scent of water it will bud, and bring
 forth boughs like a plant.
14:10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yes, man yieldeth his
 breath, and where [is] he?
14:11 [As] the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth
 and drieth up:
14:12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens [shall
 be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their
 sleep.
14:13 O that thou wouldst hide me in the grave, that thou
 wouldst keep me secret, until thy wrath is past, that thou
 wouldst appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14:14 If a man dieth, shall he live [again]? all the days of my
 appointed time will I wait, till my change shall come.
14:15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a
 desire to the work of thy hands.
14:16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over
 my sin?
14:17 My transgression [is] sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest
 up my iniquity.
14:18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to naught, and the
 rock is removed out of its place.
14:19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things
 which grow [out] of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest
 the hope of man.
14:20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou
 changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
14:21 His sons come to honor, and he knoweth [it] not; and they
 are brought low, but he perceiveth [it] not of them.
14:22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul
 within him shall mourn.
15:1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
15:2 Should a wise men utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly
 with the east wind?
15:3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches
 with which he can do no good?
15:4 Yes, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before
 God.
15:5 For thy mouth uttereth thy iniquity, and thou choosest the
 tongue of the crafty.
15:6 Thy own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yes, thy own lips
 testify against thee.
15:7 [Art] thou the first man [that] was born? or wast thou made
 before the hills?
15:8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain
 wisdom to thyself?
15:9 What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest
 thou, which [is] not in us?
15:10 With us [are] both the gray headed and very aged men, much
 older than thy father.
15:11 [Are] the consolations of God small with thee? is there
 any secret thing with thee?
15:12 Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes
 wink at,
15:13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest
 [such] words go out of thy mouth?
15:14 What [is] man, that he should be clean? and [he who is]
 born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15:15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yes, the
 heavens are not clean in his sight.
15:16 How much more abominable and filthy [is] man, who drinketh
 iniquity like water?
15:17 I will show thee, hear me; and that [which] I have seen, I
 will declare;
15:18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not
 hid [it]:
15:19 To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed
 among them.
15:20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all [his] days, and
 the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
15:21 A dreadful sound [is] in his ears: in prosperity the
 destroyer shall come upon him.
15:22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and
 he is waited for by the sword.
15:23 He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where [is it]? he
 knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
15:24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall
 prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
15:25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and
 strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
15:26 He runneth upon him, [even] on [his] neck, upon the thick
 bosses of his bucklers:
15:27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh
 collops of fat on [his] flanks.
15:28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, [and] in houses which
 no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
15:29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance
 continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection of it upon
 the earth.
15:30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry
 up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go
 away.
15:31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity
 shall be his recompense.
15:32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch
 shall not be green.
15:33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall
 cast off his flower as the olive.
15:34 For the congregation of hypocrites [shall be] desolate,
 and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
15:35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their
 belly prepareth deceit.
16:1 Then Job answered and said,
16:2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters [are]
 ye all.
16:3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that
 thou answerest?
16:4 I also could speak as ye [do]: if your soul were in my
 soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake my
 head at you.
16:5 [But] I would strengthen you with my mouth and the moving
 of my lips should assuage [your grief].
16:6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and [though] I
 forbear, what am I eased?
16:7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all
 my company.
16:8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, [which] is a witness
 [against me]: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness
 to my face.
16:9 He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth
 upon me with his teeth; my enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
16:10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have
 smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered
 themselves against me.
16:11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over
 into the hands of the wicked.
16:12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also
 taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up
 for his mark.
16:13 His archers encompass me; he cleaveth my reins asunder,
 and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
16:14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me
 like a giant.
16:15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn
 in the dust.
16:16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [are] the
 shades of death;
16:17 Not for [any] injustice in my hands: also my prayer [is]
 pure.
16:18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no
 place.
16:19 Also now, behold, my witness [is] in heaven, and my record
 [is] on high.
16:20 My friends scorn me: [but] my eye poureth out [tears] to
 God.
16:21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man
 [pleadeth] for his neighbor!
16:22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way
 [whence] I shall not return.
17:1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves [are
 ready] for me.
17:2 [Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not my eye
 continue in their provocation?
17:3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he
 [that] will strike hands with me?
17:4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore
 shalt thou not exalt [them].
17:5 He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes
 of his children shall fail.
17:6 He hath made me also a by-word of the people; and in former
 time I was as a tabret.
17:7 My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members
 [are] as a shade.
17:8 Upright [men] shall be astonished at this, and the innocent
 shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath
 clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
17:10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I
 cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.
17:11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, [even] the
 thoughts of my heart.
17:12 They change the night into day: the light [is] short
 because of darkness.
17:13 If I wait, the grave [is] my house: I have made my bed in
 the darkness.
17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the
 worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.
17:15 And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who will see
 it?
17:16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when [our] rest
 together [is] in the dust.
18:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
18:2 How long [will it be ere] ye make an end of words? mark,
 and afterwards we will speak.
18:3 Why are we counted as beasts, [and] reputed vile in your
 sight?
18:4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be
 forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its
 place?
18:5 Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the
 spark of his fire shall not shine.
18:6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle
 shall be put out with him.
18:7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own
 counsel shall cast him down.
18:8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh
 upon a snare.
18:9 The gin shall take [him] by the heel, [and] the robber
 shall prevail against him.
18:10 The snare [is] laid for him in the ground, and a trap for
 him in the way.
18:11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall
 drive him to his feet.
18:12 His strength shall be hunger-bitten, and destruction
 [shall be] ready at his side.
18:13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: [even] the
 first-born of death shall devour his strength.
18:14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and
 it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
18:15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because [it is] none of
 his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
18:16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his
 branch be cut off.
18:17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall
 have no name in the street.
18:18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased
 out of the world.
18:19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor
 any remaining in his dwellings.
18:20 They that come after [him] shall be astonished at his day,
 as they that went before were affrighted.
18:21 Surely such [are] the dwellings of the wicked, and this
 [is] the place [of him that] knoweth not God.
19:1 Then Job answered and said,
19:2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with
 words?
19:3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed
 [that] ye make yourselves strange to me.
19:4 And be it indeed [that] I have erred, my error remaineth
 with myself.
19:5 If indeed ye will magnify [yourselves] against me, and
 plead against me my reproach:
19:6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath encompassed
 me with his net.
19:7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry
 aloud, but [there is] no judgment.
19:8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath
 set darkness in my paths.
19:9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown [from]
 my head.
19:10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and my
 hope hath he removed like a tree.
19:11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth
 me to him as [one of] his enemies.
19:12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against
 me, and encamp around my tabernacle.
19:13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance
 are verily estranged from me.
19:14 My kinsmen have failed, and my familiar friends have
 forgotten me.
19:15 They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a
 stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
19:16 I called my servant, and he gave [me] no answer; I
 entreated him with my mouth.
19:17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for
 the children's [sake] of my own body.
19:18 Yes, young children despised me; I arose, and they spoke
 against me.
19:19 All my intimate friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved
 are turned against me.
19:20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I have
 escaped with the skin of my teeth.
19:21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for
 the hand of God hath touched me.
19:22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with
 my flesh?
19:23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were
 printed in a book!
19:24 That they were graven with an iron pen in lead, in the
 rock for ever!
19:25 For I know [that] my redeemer liveth, and [that] he will
 stand at the latter [day] upon the earth:
19:26 And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body],
 yet in my flesh shall I see God:
19:27 Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and
 not another; [though] my reins be consumed within me.
19:28 But ye would say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of
 the matter is found in me?
19:29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath [bringeth] the
 punishments of the sword, that ye may know [there] is a
 judgment.
20:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
20:2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for [this]
 I make haste.
20:3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my
 understanding causeth me to answer.
20:4 Knowest thou [not] this of old, since man was placed upon
 earth,
20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy
 of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?
20:6 Though his excellence shall mount up to the heavens, and
 his head reach to the clouds;
20:7 [Yet] he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they who
 have seen him shall say, Where [is] he?
20:8 He shall fly away as a dream, and will not be found: yea,
 he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
20:9 The eye also [which] saw him shall [see him] no more;
 neither shall his place any more behold him.
20:10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands
 shall restore their goods.
20:11 His bones are full [of the sin] of his youth, which shall
 lie down with him in the dust.
20:12 Though wickedness may be sweet in his mouth, [though] he
 may hide it under his tongue;
20:13 [Though] he may spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it
 still within his mouth:
20:14 [Yet] his food in his bowels is turned, [it is] the gall
 of asps within him.
20:15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up
 again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
20:16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall
 slay him.
20:17 He shall not see the river, the floods, the brooks of
 honey and buttermilk.
20:18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not
 swallow [it]: according to [his] substance [shall] the
 restitution [be], and he shall not rejoice [in it].
20:19 Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor;
 [because] he hath violently taken away a house which he did not
 build.
20:20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall
 not save of that which he desired.
20:21 There shall none of his food be left; therefore shall no
 man look for his goods.
20:22 In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits:
 every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
20:23 [When] he is about to fill his belly, [God] shall cast the
 fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain [it] upon him while
 he is eating.
20:24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, [and] the bow of steel
 shall strike him through.
20:25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yes, the
 glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors [are] upon
 him.
20:26 All darkness [shall be] hid in his secret places: a fire
 not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is
 left in his tabernacle.
20:27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall
 rise up against him.
20:28 The increase of his house shall depart, [and his goods]
 shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
20:29 This [is] the portion of a wicked man from God, and the
 heritage appointed to him by God.
21:1 But Job answered and said,
21:2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your
 consolations.
21:3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after I have spoken, mock
 on.
21:4 As for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it were so],
 why should not my spirit be troubled?
21:5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your]
 mouth.
21:6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold
 on my flesh.
21:7 Why do the wicked live, become old, and, are mighty in
 power?
21:8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and
 their offspring before their eyes.
21:9 Their houses [are] safe from fear, neither [is] the rod of
 God upon them.
21:10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth,
 and casteth not her calf.
21:11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their
 children dance.
21:12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound
 of the organ.
21:13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down
 to the grave.
21:14 Therefore they say to God, Depart from us; for we desire
 not the knowledge of thy ways.
21:15 What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what
 profit should we have, if we pray to him?
21:16 Lo, their good [is] not in their hand: the counsel of the
 wicked is far from me.
21:17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out? and [how oft]
 cometh their destruction upon them? [God] distributeth sorrows
 in his anger.
21:18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the
 storm carrieth away.
21:19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth
 him, and he shall know [it].
21:20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of
 the wrath of the Almighty.
21:21 For what pleasure [hath] he in his house after him, when
 the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
21:22 Shall [any] teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those
 that are high.
21:23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and
 quiet.
21:24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened
 with marrow.
21:25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never
 eateth with pleasure.
21:26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall
 cover them.
21:27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices [which] ye
 wrongfully imagine against me.
21:28 For ye say, Where [is] the house of the prince? and where
 [are] the dwelling places of the wicked?
21:29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not
 know their tokens,
21:30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction?
 they will be brought forth to the day of wrath.
21:31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay
 him [what] he hath done?
21:32 Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and shall remain in
 the tomb.
21:33 The clods of the valley will be sweet to him, and every
 man will draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him.
21:34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers
 there remaineth falsehood?
22:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
22:2 Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be
 profitable to himself?
22:3 [Is it] any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art
 righteous? or [is it] gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways
 perfect?
22:4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with
 thee into judgment?
22:5 [Is] not thy wickedness great? and thy iniquities infinite?
22:6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for naught,
 and stripped the naked of their clothing.
22:7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou
 hast withheld bread from the hungry.
22:8 But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the
 honorable man dwelt in it.
22:9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the
 fatherless have been broken.
22:10 Therefore snares [are] around thee, and sudden fear
 troubleth thee;
22:11 Or darkness, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance of
 waters cover thee.
22:12 [Is] not God in the hight of heaven? and behold the hight
 of the stars, how high they are!
22:13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through
 the dark cloud?
22:14 Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not;
 and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
22:15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have
 trodden?
22:16 Who were cut down out of time, whose foundation was
 overflowed with a flood!
22:17 Who said to God, depart from us: and what can the Almighty
 do for them!
22:18 Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the
 counsel of the wicked is far from me.
22:19 The righteous see [it], and are glad: and the innocent
 deride them.
22:20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of
 them the fire consumeth.
22:21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: by this
 good shall come to thee.
22:22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up
 his words in thy heart.
22:23 If thou shalt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built
 up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
22:24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of
 Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
22:25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defense and thou shalt have
 plenty of silver.
22:26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and
 shalt lift up thy face to God.
22:27 Thou shalt make thy prayer to him, and he shall hear thee,
 and thou shalt pay thy vows.
22:28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be
 established to thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
22:29 When [men] are cast down, then thou shalt say, [There is]
 exaltation; and he shall save the humble person.
22:30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is
 delivered by the pureness of thy hands.
23:1 Then Job answered and said,
23:2 Even to-day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier
 than my groaning.
23:3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come
 [even] to his seat!
23:4 I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with
 arguments.
23:5 I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and
 understand what he would say to me.
23:6 Would he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but
 he would put [strength] in me.
23:7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be
 delivered for ever from my judge.
23:8 Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and
 backward, but I cannot perceive him:
23:9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold
 [him]: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see
 [him]:
23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried
 me, I shall come forth as gold.
23:11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not
 declined.
23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips;
 I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary
 [food].
23:13 But he [is] in one [mind], and who can turn him? and
 [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth.
23:14 For he performeth [the thing that is] appointed for me:
 and many such [things are] with him.
23:15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider,
 I am afraid of him.
23:16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth
 me:
23:17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither]
 hath he covered the darkness from my face.
24:1 Why, seeing times [are] not hid from the Almighty, do they
 that know him not see his days?
24:2 [Some] remove the landmarks: they violently take away
 flocks, and [their] feed.
24:3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the
 widow's ox for a pledge.
24:4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth
 hide themselves together.
24:5 Behold, [as] wild asses in the desert, they go forth to
 their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness
 [yieldeth] food for them [and] for [their] children.
24:6 They reap [every one] his corn in the field: and they
 gather the vintage of the wicked.
24:7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that [they
 have] no covering in the cold.
24:8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace
 the rock for want of a shelter.
24:9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a
 pledge of the poor.
24:10 They cause [him] to go naked without clothing, and they
 take away the sheaf [from] the hungry;
24:11 [Who] make oil within their walls, [and] tread [their]
 wine-presses, and suffer thirst.
24:12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the
 wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly [to them].
24:13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know
 not its ways, nor abide in its paths.
24:14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and
 needy, and in the night is as a thief.
24:15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight,
 saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth [his] face.
24:16 In the dark they dig through houses, [which] they had
 marked for themselves in the day-time: they know not the light.
24:17 For the morning [is] to them even as the shades of death:
 if [one] knoweth [them], [they are in] the terrors of the
 shades of death.
24:18 He [is] swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in
 the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
24:19 Drouth and heat consume the snow-waters: [so doth] the
 grave [those who] have sinned.
24:20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on
 him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be
 broken as a tree.
24:21 He oppresseth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not
 good to the widow.
24:22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up,
 and no [man] is sure of life.
24:23 [Though] it is given him [to be] in safety, on which he
 resteth; yet his eyes [are] upon their ways.
24:24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and
 brought low; they are taken out of the way as all [others], and
 cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
24:25 And if [it is] not [so] now, who will make me a liar, and
 make my speech of no worth?
25:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
25:2 Dominion and fear [are] with him, he maketh peace in his
 high places.
25:3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not
 his light arise?
25:4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be
 clean [that is] born of a woman?
25:5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; and the stars
 are not pure in his sight.
25:6 How much less man, [that is] a worm; and the son of man,
 [who is] a worm?
26:1 But Job answered and said,
26:2 How hast thou helped [him that is] without power? [how]
 savest thou the arm [that hath] no strength?
26:3 How hast thou counseled [him that hath] no wisdom? and
 [how] hast thou abundantly declared the thing as it is?
26:4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from
 thee?
26:5 Dead [things] are formed from under the waters, and the
 inhabitants thereof.
26:6 Hell [is] naked before him, and destruction hath no
 covering.
26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, [and]
 hangeth the earth upon nothing.
26:8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud
 is not rent under them.
26:9 He holdeth back the face of [his] throne, [and] spreadeth
 his cloud upon it.
26:10 He hath encompassed the waters with bounds, until the day
 and night come to an end.
26:11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his
 reproof.
26:12 He divideth the sea by his power, and by his understanding
 he smiteth through the proud.
26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath
 formed the crooked serpent.
26:14 Lo, these [are] parts of his ways: but how little a
 portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can
 understand?
27:1 Moreover, Job continued his parable, and said,
27:2 [As] God liveth, [who] hath taken away my judgment; and the
 Almighty [who] hath afflicted my soul;
27:3 All the while my breath [is] in me, and the spirit of God
 [is] in my nostrils;
27:4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter
 deceit.
27:5 Far be it from me that I should justify you: till I die I
 will not remove my integrity from me.
27:6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my
 heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.
27:7 Let my enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up
 against me as the unrighteous.
27:8 For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath
 gained, when God taketh away his soul?
27:9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
27:10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always
 call upon God?
27:11 I will teach you by the hand of God: [that] which [is]
 with the Almighty will I not conceal.
27:12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen [it]; why then are ye
 thus altogether vain?
27:13 This [is] the portion of a wicked man with God, and the
 heritage of oppressors, [which] they shall receive of the
 Almighty.
27:14 If his children are multiplied, [it is] for the sword: and
 his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
27:15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his
 widows shall not weep.
27:16 Though he should heap up silver as the dust, and prepare
 raiment as the clay?
27:17 He may prepare [it], but the just shall put [it] on, and
 the innocent shall divide the silver.
27:18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth [that] the
 keeper maketh.
27:19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered:
 he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.
27:20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him
 away in the night.
27:21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as
 a storm hurleth him out of his place.
27:22 For [God] shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would
 fain flee out of his hand.
27:23 [Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him
 out of his place.
28:1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold
 [where] they fine [it].
28:2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass [is] melted [out
 of] the stone.
28:3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all
 perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shades of death.
28:4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant: [even the
 waters] forgotten by the foot: they are dried up, they have
 gone away from men.
28:5 [As for] the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is
 turned up as it were fire.
28:6 The stones of it [are] the place of sapphires: and it hath
 dust of gold.
28:7 [There is] a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the
 vultur's eye hath not seen:
28:8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion
 passed by it.
28:9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the
 mountains by the roots.
28:10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth
 every precious thing.
28:11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and [the thing
 that is] hid he bringeth forth to light.
28:12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where [is] the place
 of understanding?
28:13 Man knoweth not the price of it; neither is it found in
 the land of the living.
28:14 The depth saith, It [is] not in me: and the sea saith, [It
 is] not with me.
28:15 It cannot be obtained for gold, neither shall silver be
 weighed [for] the price of it.
28:16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the
 precious onyx, or the sapphire.
28:17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange
 of it [shall not be for] jewels of fine gold.
28:18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the
 price of wisdom [is] above rubies.
28:19 The topaz of Cush shall not equal it, neither shall it be
 valued with pure gold.
28:20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of
 understanding?
28:21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept
 close from the fowls of the air.
28:22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame of it
 with our ears.
28:23 God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth its place.
28:24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, [and] seeth under
 the whole heaven;
28:25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the
 waters by measure.
28:26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the
 lightning of the thunder:
28:27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea,
 and searched it out.
28:28 And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that
 [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.
29:1 Moreover, Job continued his parable, and said,
29:2 Oh that I were as [in] months past, as [in] the days [when]
 God preserved me;
29:3 When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his
 light I walked [through] darkness;
29:4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God
 [was] upon my tabernacle;
29:5 When the Almighty [was] yet with me, [when] my children
 [were] about me;
29:6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me
 out rivers of oil;
29:7 When I went out to the gate through the city, [when] I
 prepared my seat in the street!
29:8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged
 arose, [and] stood up.
29:9 The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on
 their mouth.
29:10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to
 the roof of their mouth.
29:11 When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the
 eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:
29:12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the
 fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.
29:13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me:
 and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment
 [was] as a robe and a diadem.
29:15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame.
29:16 I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew
 not I searched out.
29:17 And I broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil
 out of his teeth.
29:18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply
 [my] days as the sand.
29:19 My root [was] spread out by the waters, and the dew lay
 all night upon my branch.
29:20 My glory [was] fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my
 hand.
29:21 To me [men] gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my
 counsel.
29:22 After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped
 upon them.
29:23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened
 their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.
29:24 [If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the
 light of my countenance they cast not down.
29:25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king
 in the army, as one [that] comforteth the mourners.
30:1 But now [they that are] younger than I, have me in
 derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the
 dogs of my flock.
30:2 Yes, to what [might] the strength of their hands [profit]
 me, in whom old age had perished?
30:3 For want and famine [they were] solitary; fleeing into the
 wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
30:4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots [for]
 their food.
30:5 They were driven forth from among [men], (they cried after
 them, as [after] a thief;)
30:6 To dwell in the clefts of the valleys, [in] caves of the
 earth, and [in] the rocks.
30:7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were
 collected.
30:8 [They were] children of fools, yes, children of base men:
 they were viler than the earth.
30:9 And now I am their song, yes, I am their by-word.
30:10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to
 spit in my face.
30:11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they
 have also let loose the bridle before me.
30:12 Upon [my] right [hand] rise the youth; they push away my
 feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their
 destruction.
30:13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have
 no helper.
30:14 They came [upon me] as a wide breaking in [of waters]: in
 the desolation they rolled themselves [upon me].
30:15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the
 wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
30:16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of
 affliction have taken hold upon me.
30:17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my
 sinews take no rest.
30:18 By the great force [of my disease] is my garment changed:
 it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
30:19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust
 and ashes.
30:20 I cry to thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and
 thou regardest me [not].
30:21 Thou hast become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou
 opposest thyself against me.
30:22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride
 [upon it], and dissolvest my substance.
30:23 For I know [that] thou wilt bring me [to] death, and [to]
 the house appointed for all living.
30:24 Yet he will not stretch out [his] hand to the grave,
 though they cry in his destruction.
30:25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was [not] my
 soul grieved for the poor?
30:26 When I looked for good, then evil came: and when I waited
 for light, there came darkness.
30:27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction
 came upon me.
30:28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, [and] I cried
 in the congregation.
30:29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
30:30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with
 heat.
30:31 My harp also is [turned] to mourning, and my organ into
 the voice of them that weep.
31:1 I Made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I think
 upon a maid?
31:2 For what portion of God [is there] from above? and [what]
 inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
31:3 [Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange
 [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?
31:4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
31:5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to
 deceit;
31:6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my
 integrity.
31:7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and my heart walked
 after my eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to my hands;
31:8 [Then] let me sow, and let another eat; yes, let my
 offspring be rooted out.
31:9 If my heart hath been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have
 laid wait at my neighbor's door;
31:10 [Then] let my wife grind to another, and let others bow
 down upon her.
31:11 For this [is] a hainous crime; yea, it [is] an iniquity
 [to be punished by] the judges.
31:12 For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction, and
 would root out all my increase.
31:13 If I despised the cause of my man-servant or of my
 maid-servant, when they contended with me;
31:14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he
 visiteth, what shall I answer him?
31:15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not
 one fashion us in the womb?
31:16 If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have
 caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
31:17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless
 hath not eaten of it;
31:18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a
 father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
31:19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any
 poor without covering;
31:20 If his loins have not blessed me, and [if] he hath not
 been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
31:21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I
 saw my help in the gate:
31:22 [Then] let my arm fall from my shoulder-blade, and my arm
 be broken from the bone.
31:23 For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by
 reason of his highness I could not endure.
31:24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine
 gold, [Thou art] my confidence;
31:25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and
 because my hand had gained much;
31:26 If I have beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon
 walking [in] brightness;
31:27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath
 kissed my hand:
31:28 This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the
 judge: for I should have denied the God [that is] above.
31:29 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated
 me, or have lifted up myself when evil found him:
31:30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse
 to his soul.
31:31 If the men of my tabernacle have not said, Oh that we had
 of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
31:32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: [but] I opened
 my doors to the traveler.
31:33 If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my
 iniquity in my bosom:
31:34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of
 families terrify me, that I kept silence, [and] went not out of
 the door?
31:35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is], [that]
 the Almighty would answer me, and [that] my adversary had
 written a book.
31:36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it
 [as] a crown to me.
31:37 I would declare to him the number of my steps; as a prince
 would I go near to him.
31:38 If my land crieth against me, or its furrows likewise
 complain;
31:39 If I have eaten the fruits of it without money, or have
 caused its owners to lose their life:
31:40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of
 barley. The words of Job are ended.
32:1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he [was]
 righteous in his own eyes.
32:2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the
 Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath
 kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
32:3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled,
 because they had found no answer, and [yet] had condemned Job.
32:4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken because they
 [were] older than he.
32:5 When Elihu saw that [there was] no answer in the mouth of
 [these] three men, then his wrath was kindled.
32:6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said,
 I [am] young, and ye [are] very old; wherefore I was afraid,
 and durst not show you my opinion.
32:7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should
 teach wisdom.
32:8 But [there is] a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the
 Almighty giveth them understanding.
32:9 Great men are not [always] wise: neither do the aged
 understand judgment.
32:10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will show my
 opinion.
32:11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your
 reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
32:12 Yes, I attended to you, and behold, [there was] none of
 you that convinced Job, [or] that answered his words:
32:13 Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God
 thrusteth him down, not man.
32:14 Now he hath not directed [his] words against me: neither
 will I answer him with your speeches.
32:15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off
 speaking.
32:16 When I had waited, (for they spoke not, but stood still,
 [and] answered no more;)
32:17 [I said], I will answer also my part, I also will show my
 opinion.
32:18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth
 me.
32:19 Behold, my belly [is] as wine [which] hath no vent; it is
 ready to burst like new bottles.
32:20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips
 and answer.
32:21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither
 let me give flattering titles to man.
32:22 For I know not to give flattering titles; [in so doing],
 my Maker would soon take me away.
33:1 Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken
 to all my words.
33:2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken
 in my mouth.
33:3 My words [shall be of] the uprightness of my heart: and my
 lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
33:4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the
 Almighty hath given me life.
33:5 If thou canst answer me, set [thy words] in order before
 me, stand up.
33:6 Behold, I [am] according to thy wish in God's stead: I also
 am formed out of the clay.
33:7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall
 my hand be heavy upon thee.
33:8 Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the
 voice of [thy] words, [saying],
33:9 I am clean without transgression, I [am] innocent; neither
 [is there] iniquity in me.
33:10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me
 for his enemy,
33:11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
33:12 Behold, [in] this thou art not just: I will answer thee,
 that God is greater than man.
33:13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not
 account of any of his matters.
33:14 For God speaketh once, yes twice, [yet man] perceiveth it
 not.
33:15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep
 falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
33:16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their
 instruction,
33:17 That he may withdraw man [from his] purpose, and hide
 pride from man.
33:18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from
 perishing by the sword.
33:19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the
 multitude of his bones with strong [pain]:
33:20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty
 food.
33:21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and
 his bones [that] were not seen stick out.
33:22 Yes, his soul draweth near to the grave, and his life to
 the destroyers.
33:23 If there is a messenger with him, an interpreter, one
 among a thousand, to show to man his uprightness:
33:24 Then he is gracious to him, and saith, Deliver him from
 going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
33:25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he will return
 to the days of his youth:
33:26 He shall pray to God, and he will be favorable to him: and
 he shall see his face with joy: for he will render to man his
 righteousness.
33:27 He looketh upon men, and [if any] shall say, I have
 sinned, and perverted [that which was] right, and it profited
 me not;
33:28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his
 life shall see the light.
33:29 Lo, all these [things] God often worketh with man,
33:30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened
 with the light of the living.
33:31 Mark well, O Job, hearken to me: hold thy peace, and I
 will speak.
33:32 If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I
 desire to justify thee.
33:33 If not, hearken to me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach
 thee wisdom.
34:1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
34:2 Hear my words, O ye wise [men]; and give ear to me, ye that
 have knowledge.
34:3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth food.
34:4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves
 what [is] good.
34:5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away
 my judgment.
34:6 Should I lie against my right? my wound [is] incurable
 without transgression.
34:7 What man [is] like Job, [who] drinketh up scorning like
 water?
34:8 Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and
 walketh with wicked men.
34:9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should
 delight himself with God.
34:10 Therefore hearken to me, ye men of understanding: far be
 it from God, [that he should do] wickedness; and [from] the
 Almighty, [that he should commit] iniquity.
34:11 For the work of a man he shall render to him, and cause
 every man to find according to [his] ways.
34:12 Yes, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the
 Almighty pervert judgment.
34:13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath
 disposed the whole world?
34:14 If he should set his heart upon man, [if] he should gather
 to himself his spirit and his breath;
34:15 All flesh would perish together, and man would turn again
 to dust.
34:16 If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: hearken to
 the voice of my words.
34:17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou
 condemn him that is most just?
34:18 [Is it fit] to say to a king, [Thou art] wicked? [and] to
 princes, [Ye are] ungodly?
34:19 [How much less to him] that accepteth not the persons of
 princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they
 all [are] the work of his hands.
34:20 In a moment they shall die, and the people shall be
 troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be
 taken away without hand.
34:21 For his eyes [are] upon the ways of man, and he seeth all
 his goings.
34:22 [There is] no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the
 workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
34:23 For he will not lay upon man more [than right]; that he
 should enter into judgment with God.
34:24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and
 set others in their stead.
34:25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth
 [them] in the night, so that they are destroyed.
34:26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of
 others;
34:27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider
 any of his ways:
34:28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to him, and
 he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
34:29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and
 when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it
 be done] against a nation, or against a man only:
34:30 That the hypocrite may not reign, lest the people should
 be ensnared.
34:31 Surely it is meet to be said to God, I have borne
 [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:
34:32 [That which] I see not teach thou me: if I have done
 iniquity, I will do no more.
34:33 [Should it be] according to thy mind? he will recompense
 it, whether thou shalt refuse, or whether thou shalt choose;
 and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
34:34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man
 hearken to me.
34:35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words [were]
 without wisdom.
34:36 My desire [is that] Job may be tried to the end, because
 of [his] answers for wicked men.
34:37 For he addeth rebellion to his sin, he clappeth [his
 hands] among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
35:1 Elihu spoke moreover, and said,
35:2 Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My
 righteousness [is] more than God's?
35:3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be to thee? [and],
 What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?
35:4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
35:5 Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which]
 are higher than thou.
35:6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy
 transgressions are multiplied, what doest thou to him?
35:7 If thou art righteous, what givest thou to him? or what
 receiveth he from thy hand?
35:8 Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art]: and thy
 righteousness [may profit] the son of man.
35:9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make [the
 oppressed] to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the
 mighty.
35:10 But none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth songs
 in the night;
35:11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and
 maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
35:12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the
 pride of evil men.
35:13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty
 regard it.
35:14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet]
 judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.
35:15 But now, because [it is] not [so], he hath visited in his
 anger; yet he knoweth [it] not in great extremity:
35:16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth
 words without knowledge.
36:1 Elihu also proceeded, and said,
36:2 Suffer me a little, and I will show thee that [I have] yet
 to speak on God's behalf.
36:3 I will bring my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe
 righteousness to my Maker.
36:4 For truly my words [shall] not [be] false: he that is
 perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.
36:5 Behold, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not [any]: [he is]
 mighty in strength [and] wisdom.
36:6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right
 to the poor.
36:7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with
 kings [are they] on the throne; yes, he doth establish them for
 ever, and they are exalted.
36:8 And if [they are] bound in fetters, [and] are held in cords
 of affliction;
36:9 Then he showeth them their work, and their transgressions
 that they have exceeded.
36:10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth
 that they return from iniquity.
36:11 If they obey and serve [him], they shall spend their days
 in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
36:12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and
 they shall die without knowledge.
36:13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not
 when he bindeth them.
36:14 They die in youth, and their life [is] among the unclean.
36:15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth
 their ears in oppression.
36:16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait
 [into] a broad place, where [there is] no straitness; and that
 which should be set on thy table [would be] full of fatness.
36:17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked:
 judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
36:18 Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away
 with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
36:19 Will he esteem thy riches? [no], not gold, nor all the
 forces of strength.
36:20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their
 place.
36:21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen
 rather than affliction.
36:22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
36:23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast
 wrought iniquity?
36:24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
36:25 Every man may see it; man may behold [it] afar off.
36:26 Behold, God [is] great, and we know [him] not, neither can
 the number of his years be searched out.
36:27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down
 rain according to the vapor of it.
36:28 Which the clouds do drop [and] distill upon man
 abundantly.
36:29 Also can [any] understand the spreadings of the clouds,
 [or] the noise of his tabernacle?
36:30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the
 bottom of the sea.
36:31 For by them he judgeth the people; he giveth food in
 abundance.
36:32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it [not
 to shine] by [the] intervening [cloud].
36:33 The noise of it showeth concerning it, the cattle also
 concerning the vapor.
37:1 At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of its
 place.
37:2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound
 [that] goeth out of his mouth.
37:3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning
 to the ends of the earth.
37:4 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of
 his excellence; and he will not stay them when his voice is
 heard.
37:5 God thundereth marvelously with his voice; great things he
 doeth, which we cannot comprehend.
37:6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou [on] the earth; likewise
 to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
37:7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know
 his work.
37:8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
37:9 From the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold from the
 north.
37:10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of
 the waters is straitened.
37:11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he
 scattereth his bright cloud:
37:12 And it is turned around by his counsels: that they may do
 whatever he commandeth them upon the face of the world on the
 earth.
37:13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his
 land, or for mercy.
37:14 Hearken to this, O Job: stand still, and consider the
 wondrous works of God.
37:15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the
 light of his cloud to shine?
37:16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous
 works of him who is perfect in knowledge?
37:17 How thy garments [are] warm, when he quieteth the earth by
 the south [wind]?
37:18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky [which is] strong,
 [and] as a molten looking-glass?
37:19 Teach us what we shall say to him; [for] we cannot order
 [our speech] by reason of darkness.
37:20 Shall it be told him that I speak? If a man shall speak,
 surely he will be swallowed up.
37:21 And now [men] see not the bright light which [is] in the
 clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
37:22 Fair weather cometh from the north: with God [is] terrible
 majesty.
37:23 [Touching] the Almighty, we cannot find him out: [he is]
 excellent in power, and in judgment, and in abundance of
 justice: he will not afflict.
37:24 Men therefore fear him: he respecteth not any [that are]
 wise of heart.
38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
38:2 Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without
 knowledge?
38:3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of
 thee, and answer thou me.
38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?
 declare, if thou hast understanding.
38:5 Who hath laid the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who
 hath stretched the line upon it?
38:6 Upon what are the foundations of it fastened? or who laid
 its corner stone;
38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of
 God shouted for joy?
38:8 Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth,
 [as if] it had issued out of the womb?
38:9 When I made a cloud its garment, and thick darkness a
 swaddling band for it,
38:10 And broke up for it my decreed [place], and set bars and
 doors,
38:11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and
 here shall thy proud waves be stayed.
38:12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; [and]
 caused the day-spring to know its place;
38:13 That it might take hold of the ends of earth, that the
 wicked might be shaken out of it?
38:14 It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a
 garment.
38:15 And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high
 arm shall be broken.
38:16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast
 thou walked in the search of the depth?
38:17 Have the gates of death been opened to thee? or hast thou
 seen the doors of the shades of death?
38:18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if
 thou knowest it all.
38:19 Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for]
 darkness, where [is] its place,
38:20 That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou
 shouldest know the paths [to] its house?
38:21 Knowest thou [it], because thou wast then born? or
 [because] the number of thy days [is] great?
38:22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast
 thou seen the treasures of the hail,
38:23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against
 the day of battle and war?
38:24 By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the
 east wind upon the earth?
38:25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of
 waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
38:26 To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is];
 [on] the wilderness in which [there is] no man;
38:27 To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground]; and to cause
 the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
38:28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of
 the dew?
38:29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of
 heaven, who hath gendered it?
38:30 The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the
 deep is frozen.
38:31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose
 the bands of Orion?
38:32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in its season? or canst
 thou guide Arcturus with its sons?
38:33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set its
 dominion on the earth?
38:34 Canst thou lift thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of
 waters may cover thee?
38:35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say to
 thee, Here we [are]?
38:36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given
 understanding to the heart?
38:37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the
 bottles of heaven,
38:38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave
 fast together?
38:39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite
 of the young lions,
38:40 When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert
 to lie in wait?
38:41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones
 cry to God, they wander for want of food.
39:1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring
 forth? [or] canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
39:2 Canst thou number the months [that] they fulfill? or
 knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
39:3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones,
 they cast out their sorrows.
39:4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with
 corn; they go forth, and return not to them.
39:5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the
 bands of the wild ass?
39:6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land
 his dwellings.
39:7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he
 the crying of the driver.
39:8 The range of the mountains [is] his pasture, and he
 searcheth after every green thing.
39:9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy
 crib?
39:10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow?
 or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
39:11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength [is] great? or
 wilt thou leave thy labor to him?
39:12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed,
 and gather [it into] thy barn?
39:13 [Gavest thou] the goodly wings to the peacocks? or wings
 and feathers to the ostrich!
39:14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in
 the dust,
39:15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the
 wild beast may break them.
39:16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though [they
 were] not hers: her labor is in vain without fear;
39:17 Because God hath withheld wisdom from her, neither hath he
 imparted to her understanding.
39:18 When she lifteth herself on high, she scorneth the horse
 and his rider.
39:19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his
 neck with thunder?
39:20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of
 his nostrils [is] terrible.
39:21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength:
 he goeth on to meet the armed men.
39:22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth
 he back from the sword.
39:23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and
 the shield.
39:24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither
 believeth he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet.
39:25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the
 battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
39:26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings
 towards the south?
39:27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest
 on high?
39:28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the
 rock, and the strong place.
39:29 From thence she seeketh the prey, [and] her eyes behold
 afar off.
39:30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain
 [are], there [is] she.
40:1 Moreover, the LORD answered Job, and said,
40:2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct [him]?
 he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
40:3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
40:4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my
 hand upon my mouth.
40:5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yes, twice; but
 I will proceed no further.
40:6 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
40:7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee,
 and declare thou to me.
40:8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me,
 that thou mayest be righteous?
40:9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a
 voice like his?
40:10 Deck thyself now [with] majesty and excellence; and array
 thyself with glory and beauty.
40:11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one
 [that is] proud, and abase him.
40:12 Look on every one [that is] proud, [and] bring him low;
 and tread down the wicked in their place.
40:13 Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in
 secret.
40:14 Then will I also confess to thee that thy own right hand
 can save thee.
40:15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth
 grass as an ox.
40:16 Lo now, his strength [is] in his loins, and his force [is]
 in the navel of his belly.
40:17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his male
 organs are wrapped together.
40:18 His bones [are as] strong pieces of brass; his bones [are]
 like bars of iron.
40:19 He [is] the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can
 make his sword to approach [him].
40:20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the
 beasts of the field play.
40:21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed,
 and fens.
40:22 The shady trees cover him [with] their shadow; the willows
 of the brook encompass him.
40:23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, [and] hasteth not: he
 trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
40:24 He taketh it with his eyes: [his] nose pierceth through
 snares.
41:1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook? or his tongue
 with a cord [which] thou lettest down?
41:2 Canst thou put a hook into his nose? or bore his jaw
 through with a thorn?
41:3 Will he make many supplications to thee? will he speak soft
 [words] to thee?
41:4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a
 servant for ever?
41:5 Wilt thou play with him as [with] a bird? or wilt thou bind
 him for thy maidens?
41:6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part
 him among the merchants.
41:7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head
 with fish spears?
41:8 Lay thy hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
41:9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not [one] be cast
 down even at the sight of him?
41:10 None [is so] fierce that he dare rouse him: who then is
 able to stand before me?
41:11 Who hath first benefited me, that I should repay [him]?
 [whatever is] under the whole heaven is mine.
41:12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his
 comely proportion.
41:13 Who can discover the face of his garment? [or] who can
 come [to him] with his double bridle?
41:14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth [are]
 terrible around.
41:15 [His] scales [are his] pride, shut together [as with] a
 close seal.
41:16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between
 them.
41:17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that
 they cannot be sundered.
41:18 His sneezings flash light, and his eyes [are] like the
 eyelids of the morning.
41:19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, [and] sparks of fire
 dart forth.
41:20 Out of his nostrils issueth smoke, as [out] of a seething
 pot or caldron.
41:21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame issueth from his
 mouth.
41:22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into
 joy before him.
41:23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm
 in themselves; they cannot be moved.
41:24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yes, as hard as a piece
 of the nether [millstone].
41:25 When he raiseth himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason
 of breakings they purify themselves.
41:26 The sword of him that attacketh him cannot hold: the
 spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
41:27 He esteemeth iron as straw, [and] brass as rotten wood.
41:28 The arrow cannot make him flee: sling-stones are turned
 with him into stubble.
41:29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking
 of a spear.
41:30 Sharp stones [are] under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed
 things upon the mire.
41:31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea
 like a pot of ointment.
41:32 He maketh a path to shine after him; [one] would think the
 deep [to be] hoary.
41:33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without
 fear.
41:34 He beholdeth all high [things]: he [is] a king over all
 the children of pride.
42:1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
42:2 I know that thou canst do every [thing], and [that] no
 thought can be withheld from thee.
42:3 Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge?
 therefore have I uttered that which I understood not; things
 too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
42:4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will ask of thee,
 and declare thou to me.
42:5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now my
 eye seeth thee.
42:6 Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.
42:7 And it was [so], that after the LORD had spoken these words
 to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is
 kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have
 not spoken of me [the thing that is] right, as my servant Job
 [hath].
42:8 Therefore take to you now seven bullocks and seven rams,
 and go to my servant Job, and offer for yourselves a
 burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him
 will I accept: lest I deal with you [after your] folly, in that
 ye have not spoken of me [the thing which is] right, like my
 servant Job.
42:9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite [and] Zophar
 the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded
 them: the LORD also accepted Job.
42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed
 for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had
 before.
42:11 Then came there to him all his brethren, and all his
 sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before,
 and ate bread with him in his house: and they condoled with
 him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had
 brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and
 every one an ear-ring of gold.
42:12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his
 beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand
 camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
42:13 He had also seven sons, and three daughters.
42:14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name
 of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.
42:15 And in all the land were no women found [so] fair as the
 daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among
 their brethren.
42:16 After this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw
 his sons, and his sons' sons, [even] four generations.
42:17 So Job died, [being] old and full of days.