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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

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11 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

eschewed evil .

12 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters .

13 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 .

14 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 .

15 And it was so when the days of their feasting were gone

about that Job sent and sanctified them and rose up 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 .

16 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present

themselves before the LORD and Satan came also among them .

17 And the LORD said unto Satan Whence comest thou Then Satan

answered the LORD and said From going to and fro in the earth

and from walking up and down in it .

18 And the LORD said unto Satan Hast thou considered my servant

Job that there is none like him in the earth a perfect and an

upright man one that feareth God and escheweth evil .

19 Then Satan answered the LORD and said Doth Job fear God for

nought .

110 Hast not thou made an 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 .

111 But put forth thine hand now and touch all that he hath and

he will curse thee to thy face .

112 And the LORD said unto Satan Behold all that he hath is in

thy power only upon himself put not forth thine hand So Satan

went forth from the presence of the LORD .

113 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were

eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house .

114 And there came a messenger unto Job and said The oxen were

plowing and the asses feeding beside them .

115 And the Sabeans fell upon them and took them away yea they

have slain the servants with the edge of the sword and I only am

escaped alone to tell thee .

116 While he was yet speaking there came also another and said

The fire of God is fallen from heaven and hath burned up the

sheep and the servants and consumed them and I only am escaped

alone to tell thee .

117 While he was yet speaking there came also another and said

The Chaldeans made out three bands and fell upon the camels and

have carried them away yea and slain the servants with the edge

of the sword and I only am escaped alone to tell thee .

118 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 .

119 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 am escaped alone to tell thee .

120 Then Job arose and rent his mantle and shaved his head and

fell down upon the ground and worshipped .

121 And said Naked came I out of 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 .

122 In all this Job sinned not nor charged God foolishly .

* 21 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 .

22 And the LORD said unto Satan From whence comest thou And

Satan answered the LORD and said From going to and fro in the

earth and from walking up and down in it .

23 And the LORD said unto Satan Hast thou considered my servant

Job that there is none like him in the earth a perfect and an

upright man one that feareth God and escheweth evil and still he

holdeth fast his integrity although thou movedst me against him

to destroy him without cause .

24 And Satan answered the LORD and said Skin for skin yea all

that a man hath will he give for his life .

25 But put forth thine hand now and touch his bone and his

flesh and he will curse thee to thy face .

26 And the LORD said unto Satan Behold he is in thine hand but

save his life .

27 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD and smote

Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown .

28 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal and he

sat down among the ashes .

29 Then said his wife unto him Dost thou still retain thine

integrity curse God and die .

210 But he said unto 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 .

211 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that

was 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 .

212 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off and knew him

not they lifted up their voice and wept and they rent every one

his mantle and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven .

213 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and

seven nights and none spake a word unto him for they saw that

his grief was very great .

* 31 After this opened Job his mouth and cursed his day .

32 And Job spake and said .

33 Let the day perish wherein I was born and the night in which

it was said There is a man child conceived .

34 Let that day be darkness let not God regard it from above

neither let the light shine upon it .

35 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it let a cloud

dwell upon it let the blackness of the day terrify it .

36 As for that night let darkness seize upon it let it not be

joined unto the days of the year let it not come into the number

of the months .

37 Lo let that night be solitary let no joyful voice come

therein .

38 Let them curse it that curse the day who are ready to raise

up their mourning .

39 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark let it look

for light but have none neither let it see the dawning of the

day .

310 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb nor

hid sorrow from mine eyes .

311 Why died I not from the womb why did I not give up the

ghost when I came out of the belly .

312 Why did the knees prevent me or why the breasts that I

should suck .

313 For now should I have lain still and been quiet I should

have slept then had I been at rest .

314 With kings and counsellors of the earth which built

desolate places for themselves .

315 Or with princes that had gold who filled their houses with

silver .

316 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been as infants

which never saw light .

317 There the wicked cease from troubling and there the weary

be at rest .

318 There the prisoners rest together they hear not the voice

of the oppressor .

319 The small and great are there and the servant is free from

his master .

320 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery and life

unto the bitter in soul .

321 Which long for death but it cometh not and dig for it more

than for hid treasures .

322 Which rejoice exceedingly and are glad when they can find

the grave .

323 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid and whom God

hath hedged in .

324 For my sighing cometh before I eat and my roarings are

poured out like the waters .

325 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me and

that which I was afraid of is come unto me .

326 I was not in safety neither had I rest neither was I quiet

yet trouble came .

* 41 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said .

42 If we assay to commune with thee wilt thou be grieved but

who can withhold himself from speaking .

43 Behold thou hast instructed many and thou hast strengthened

the weak hands .

44 Thy words have upholden him that was falling and thou hast

strengthened the feeble knees .

45 But now it is come upon thee and thou faintest it toucheth

thee and thou art troubled .

46 Is not this thy fear thy confidence thy hope and the

uprightness of thy ways .

47 Remember I pray thee who ever perished being innocent or

where were the righteous cut off .

48 Even as I have seen they that plow iniquity and sow

wickedness reap the same .

49 By the blast of God they perish and by the breath of his

nostrils are they consumed .

410 The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion

and the teeth of the young lions are broken .

411 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey and the stout

lion's whelps are scattered abroad .

412 Now a thing was secretly brought to me and mine ear

received a little thereof .

413 In thoughts from the visions of the night when deep sleep

falleth on men

414 Fear came upon me and trembling which made all my bones to

shake .

415 Then a spirit passed before my face the hair of my flesh

stood up .

416 It stood still but I could not discern the form thereof an

image was before mine eyes there was silence and I heard a voice

saying .

417 Shall mortal man be more just than God shall a man be more

pure than his maker .

418 Behold he put no trust in his servants and his angels he

charged with folly .

419 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay whose

foundation is in the dust which are crushed before the moth .

420 They are destroyed from morning to evening they perish for

ever without any regarding it .

421 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away they die

even without wisdom .

* 51 Call now if there be any that will answer thee and to

which of the saints wilt thou turn .

52 For wrath killeth the foolish man and envy slayeth the silly

one .

53 I have seen the foolish taking root but suddenly I cursed

his habitation .

54 His children are far from safety and they are crushed in the

gate neither is there any to deliver them .

55 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up and taketh it even out of

the thorns and the robber swalloweth up their substance .

56 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust neither

doth trouble spring out of the ground .

57 Yet man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward .

58 I would seek unto God and unto God would I commit my cause .

59 Which doeth great things and unsearchable marvellous things

without number .

510 Who giveth rain upon the earth and sendeth waters upon the

fields .

511 To set up on high those that be low that those which mourn

may be exalted to safety .

512 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty so that their

hands cannot perform their enterprise .

513 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness and the counsel

of the froward is carried headlong .

514 They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope in the

noonday as in the night .

515 But he saveth the poor from the sword from their mouth and

from the hand of the mighty .

516 So the poor hath hope and iniquity stoppeth her mouth .

517 Behold happy is the man whom God correcteth therefore

despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty .

518 For he maketh sore and bindeth up he woundeth and his hands

make whole .

519 He shall deliver thee in six troubles yea in seven there

shall no evil touch thee .

520 In famine he shall redeem thee from death and in war from

the power of the sword .

521 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue neither

shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh .

522 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh neither shalt

thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth .

523 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field

and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee .

524 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace

and thou shalt visit thy habitation and shalt not sin .

525 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great and thine

offspring as the grass of the earth .

526 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age like as a shock

of corn cometh in in his season .

527 Lo this we have searched it so it is hear it and know thou

it for thy good .

* 61 But Job answered and said .

62 Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed and my calamity

laid in the balances together .

63 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea

therefore my words are swallowed up .

64 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me the poison

whereof drinketh up my spirit the terrors of God do set

themselves in array against me .

65 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass or loweth the ox

over his fodder .

66 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt or is

there any taste in the white of an egg .

67 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful

meat .

68 Oh that I might have my request and that God would grant me

the thing that I long for .

69 Even that it would please God to destroy me that he would

let loose his hand and cut me off .

610 Then should I yet have comfort yea I would harden myself in

sorrow let him not spare for I have not concealed the words of

the Holy One .

611 What is my strength that I should hope and what is mine end

that I should prolong my life .

612 Is my strength the strength of stones or is my flesh of

brass .

613 Is not my help in me and is wisdom driven quite from me .

614 To him that is afflicted pity should be showed from his

friend but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty .

615 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook and as the

stream of brooks they pass away .

616 Which are blackish by reason of the ice and wherein the

snow is hid .

617 What time they wax warm they vanish when it is hot they are

consumed out of their place .

618 The paths of their way are turned aside they go to nothing

and perish .

619 The troops of Tema looked the companies of Sheba waited for

them .

620 They were confounded because they had hoped they came

thither and were ashamed .

621 For now ye are nothing ye see my casting down and are

afraid .

622 Did I say Bring unto me or Give a reward for me of your

substance .

623 Or Deliver me from the enemy's hand or Redeem me from the

hand of the mighty .

624 Teach me and I will hold my tongue and cause me to

understand wherein I have erred .

625 How forcible are right words but what doth your arguing

reprove .

626 Do ye imagine to reprove words and the speeches of one that

is desperate which are as wind .

627 Yea ye overwhelm the fatherless and ye dig a pit for your

friend .

628 Now therefore be content look upon me for it is evident

unto you if I lie .

629 Return I pray you let it not be iniquity yea return again

my righteousness is in it .

630 Is there iniquity in my tongue cannot my taste discern

perverse things .

* 71 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth are not

his days also like the days of an hireling .

72 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow and as an

hireling looketh for the reward of his work .

73 So am I made to possess months of vanity and wearisome

nights are appointed to me .

74 When I lie down I say When shall I arise and the night be

gone and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of

the day .

75 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust my skin is

broken and become loathsome .

76 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and are spent

without hope .

77 O remember that my life is wind mine eye shall no more see

good .

78 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more thine

eyes are upon me and I am not .

79 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away so he that goeth

down to the grave shall come up no more .

710 He shall return no more to his house neither shall his

place know him any more .

711 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth I will speak in the

anguish of my spirit I will complain in the bitterness of my

soul .

712 Am I a sea or a whale that thou settest a watch over me .

713 When I say My bed shall comfort me my couch shall ease my

complaint .

714 Then thou scarest me with dreams and terrifiest me through

visions .

715 So that my soul chooseth strangling and death rather than

my life .

716 I loathe it I would not live alway let me alone for my days

are vanity .

717 What is man that thou shouldest magnify him and that thou

shouldest set thine heart upon him .

718 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning and try him

every moment .

719 How long wilt thou not depart from me nor let me alone till

I swallow down my spittle .

720 I have sinned what shall I do unto thee O thou preserver of

men why hast thou set me as a mark against thee so that I am a

burden to myself .

721 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression and take away

mine iniquity for now shall I sleep in the dust and thou shalt

seek me in the morning but I shall not be .

* 81 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite and said .

82 How long wilt thou speak these things and how long shall the

words of thy mouth be like a strong wind .

83 Doth God pervert judgment or doth the Almighty pervert

justice .

84 If thy children have sinned against him and he have cast

them away for their transgression .

85 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes and make thy

supplication to the Almighty .

86 If thou wert pure and upright surely now he would awake for

thee and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous .

87 Though thy beginning was small yet thy latter end should

greatly increase .

88 For inquire I pray thee of the former age and prepare

thyself to the search of their fathers .

89 For we are but of yesterday and know nothing because our

days upon earth are a shadow .

810 Shall not they teach thee and tell thee and utter words out

of their heart .

811 Can the rush grow up without mire can the flag grow without

water .

812 Whilst it is yet in his greenness and not cut down it

withereth before any other herb .

813 So are the paths of all that forget God and the hypocrite's

hope shall perish .

814 Whose hope shall be cut off and whose trust shall be a

spider's web .

815 He shall lean upon his house but it shall not stand he

shall hold it fast but it shall not endure .

816 He is green before the sun and his branch shooteth forth in

his garden .

817 His roots are wrapped about the heap and seeth the place of

stones .

818 If he destroy him from his place then it shall deny him

saying I have not seen thee .

819 Behold this is the joy of his way and out of the earth

shall others grow .

820 Behold God will not cast away a perfect man neither will he

help the evil doers .

821 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with

rejoicing .

822 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame and the

dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought .

* 91 Then Job answered and said .

92 I know it is so of a truth but how should man be just with

God .

93 If he will contend with him he cannot answer him one of a

thousand .

94 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength who hath hardened

himself against him and hath prospered .

95 Which removeth the mountains and they know not which

overturneth them in his anger .

96 Which shaketh the earth out of her place and the pillars

thereof tremble .

97 Which commandeth the sun and it riseth not and sealeth up

the stars .

98 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens and treadeth upon the

waves of the sea .

99 Which maketh Arcturus Orion and Pleiades and the chambers of

the south .

910 Which doeth great things past finding out yea and wonders

without number .

911 Lo he goeth by me and I see him not he passeth on also but

I perceive him not .

912 Behold he taketh away who can hinder him who will say unto

him What doest thou .

913 If God will not withdraw his anger the proud helpers do

stoop under him .

914 How much less shall I answer him and choose out my words to

reason with him .

915 Whom though I were righteous yet would I not answer but I

would make supplication to my judge .

916 If I had called and he had answered me yet would I not

believe that he had hearkened unto my voice .

917 For he breaketh me with a tempest and multiplieth my wounds

without cause .

918 He will not suffer me to take my breath but filleth me with

bitterness .

919 If I speak of strength lo he is strong and if of judgment

who shall set me a time to plead .

920 If I justify myself mine own mouth shall condemn me if I

say I am perfect it shall also prove me perverse .

921 Though I were perfect yet would I not know my soul I would

despise my life .

922 This is one thing therefore I said it He destroyeth the

perfect and the wicked .

923 If the scourge slay suddenly he will laugh at the trial of

the innocent .

924 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked he covereth

the faces of the judges thereof if not where and who is he .

925 Now my days are swifter than a post they flee away they see

no good .

926 They are passed away as the swift ships as the eagle that

hasteth to the prey .

927 If I say I will forget my complaint I will leave off my

heaviness and comfort myself .

928 I am afraid of all my sorrows I know that thou wilt not

hold me innocent .

929 If I be wicked why then labour I in vain .

930 If I wash myself with snow water and make my hands never so

clean .

931 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch and mine own clothes

shall abhor me .

932 For he is not a man as I am that I should answer him and we

should come together in judgment .

933 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us that might lay his

hand upon us both .

934 Let him take his rod away from me and let not his fear

terrify me .

935 Then would I speak and not fear him but it is not so with

me .

* 101 My soul is weary of my life I will leave my complaint

upon myself I will speak in the bitterness of my soul .

102 I will say unto God Do not condemn me show me wherefore

thou contendest with me .

103 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress that thou

shouldest despise the work of thine hands and shine upon the

counsel of the wicked .

104 Hast thou eyes of flesh or seest thou as man seeth .

105 Are thy days as the days of man are thy years as man's days

106 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity and searchest after

my sin .

107 Thou knowest that I am not wicked and there is none that

can deliver out of thine hand .

108 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round

about yet thou dost destroy me .

109 Remember I beseech thee that thou hast made me as the clay

and wilt thou bring me into dust again .

1010 Hast thou not poured me out as milk and curdled me like

cheese .

1011 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh and hast fenced

me with bones and sinews .

1012 Thou hast granted me life and favour and thy visitation

hath preserved my spirit .

1013 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart I know that

this is with thee .

1014 If I sin then thou markest me and thou wilt not acquit me

from mine iniquity .

1015 If I be wicked woe unto me and if I be righteous yet will

I not lift up my head I am full of confusion therefore see thou

mine affliction .

1016 For it increaseth Thou huntest me as a fierce lion and

again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me .

1017 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me and increasest

thine indignation upon me changes and war are against me .

1018 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb

Oh that I had given up the ghost and no eye had seen me .

1019 I should have been as though I had not been I should have

been carried from the womb to the grave .

1020 Are not my days few cease then and let me alone that I may

take comfort a little .

1021 Before I go whence I shall not return even to the land of

darkness and the shadow of death .

1022 A land of darkness as darkness itself and of the shadow of

death without any order and where the light is as darkness .

* 111 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite and said .

112 Should not the multitude of words be answered and should a

man full of talk be justified .

113 Should thy lies make men hold their peace and when thou

mockest shall no man make thee ashamed .

114 For thou hast said My doctrine is pure and I am clean in

thine eyes .

115 But oh that God would speak and open his lips against thee .

116 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 thine iniquity deserveth .

117 Canst thou by searching find out God canst thou find out

the Almighty unto perfection .

118 It is as high as heaven what canst thou do deeper than hell

what canst thou know .

119 The measure thereof is longer than the earth and broader

than the sea .

1110 If he cut off and shut up or gather together then who can

hinder him .

1111 For he knoweth vain men he seeth wickedness also will he

not then consider it .

1112 For vain man would be wise though man be born like a wild

ass's colt .

1113 If thou prepare thine heart and stretch out thine hands

toward him .

1114 If iniquity be in thine hand put it far away and let not

wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles .

1115 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot yea thou

shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear .

1116 Because thou shalt forget thy misery and remember it as

waters that pass away .

1117 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday thou shalt

shine forth thou shalt be as the morning .

1118 And thou shalt be secure because there is hope yea thou

shalt dig about thee and thou shalt take thy rest in safety .

1119 Also thou shalt lie down and none shall make thee afraid

yea many shall make suit unto thee .

1120 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail and they shall not

escape and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost .

* 121 And Job answered and said .

122 No doubt but ye are the people and wisdom shall die with

you .

123 But I have understanding as well as you I am not inferior

to you yea who knoweth not such things as these .

124 I am as one mocked of his neighbour who calleth upon God

and he answereth him the just upright man is laughed to scorn .

125 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp

despised in the thought of him that is at ease .

126 The tabernacles of robbers prosper and they that provoke

God are secure into whose hand God bringeth abundantly .

127 But ask now the beasts and they shall teach thee and the

fowls of the air and they shall tell thee .

128 Or speak to the earth and it shall teach thee and the

fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee .

129 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath

wrought this .

1210 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing and the

breath of all mankind .

1211 Doth not the ear try words and the mouth taste his meat .

1212 With the ancient is wisdom and in length of days

understanding .

1213 With him is wisdom and strength he hath counsel and

understanding .

1214 Behold he breaketh down and it cannot be built again he

shutteth up a man and there can be no opening .

1215 Behold he withholdeth the waters and they dry up also he

sendeth them out and they overturn the earth .

1216 With him is strength and wisdom the deceived and the

deceiver are his .

1217 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled and maketh the judges

fools .

1218 He looseth the bond of kings and girdeth their loins with

a girdle .

1219 He leadeth princes away spoiled and overthroweth the

mighty .

1220 He removeth away the speech of the trusty and taketh away

the understanding of the aged .

1221 He poureth contempt upon princes and weakeneth the

strength of the mighty .

1222 He discovereth deep things out of darkness and bringeth

out to light the shadow of death .

1223 He increaseth the nations and destroyeth them he enlargeth

the nations and straiteneth them again .

1224 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 .

1225 They grope in the dark without light and he maketh them to

stagger like a drunken man .

* 131 Lo mine eye hath seen all this mine ear hath heard and

understood it .

132 What ye know the same do I know also I am not inferior unto

you .

133 Surely I would speak to the Almighty and I desire to reason

with God .

134 But ye are forgers of lies ye are all physicians of no

value .

135 O that ye would altogether hold your peace and it should be

your wisdom .

136 Hear now my reasoning and hearken to the pleadings of my

lips .

137 Will ye speak wickedly for God and talk deceitfully for him

138 Will ye accept his person will ye contend for God .

139 Is it good that he should search you out or as one man

mocketh another do ye so mock him .

1310 He will surely reprove you if ye do secretly accept

persons .

1311 Shall not his excellency make you afraid and his dread

fall upon you .

1312 Your remembrances are like unto ashes your bodies to

bodies of clay .

1313 Hold your peace let me alone that I may speak and let come

on me what will .

1314 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life

in mine hand .

1315 Though he slay me yet will I trust in him but I will

maintain mine own ways before him .

1316 He also shall be my salvation for an hypocrite shall not

come before him .

1317 Hear diligently my speech and my declaration with your

ears .

1318 Behold now I have ordered my cause I know that I shall be

justified .

1319 Who is he that will plead with me for now if I hold my

tongue I shall give up the ghost .

1320 Only do not two things unto me then will I not hide myself

from thee .

1321 Withdraw thine hand far from me and let not thy dread make

me afraid .

1322 Then call thou and I will answer or let me speak and

answer thou me .

1323 How many are mine iniquities and sins make me to know my

transgression and my sin .

1324 Wherefore hidest thou thy face and holdest me for thine

enemy .

1325 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro and wilt thou

pursue the dry stubble .

1326 For thou writest bitter things against me and makest me to

possess the iniquities of my youth .

1327 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks and lookest

narrowly unto all my paths thou settest a print upon the heels

of my feet .

1328 And he as a rotten thing consumeth as a garment that is

moth eaten .

* 141 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of

trouble .

142 He cometh forth like a flower and is cut down he fleeth

also as a shadow and continueth not .

143 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one and bringest

me into judgment with thee .

144 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean not one .

145 Seeing his days are determined the number of his months are

with thee thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass .

146 Turn from him that he may rest till he shall accomplish as

an hireling his day .

147 For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down that it will

sprout again and that the tender branch thereof will not cease .

148 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth and the stock

thereof die in the ground .

149 Yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth

boughs like a plant .

1410 But man dieth and wasteth away yea man giveth up the ghost

and where is he .

1411 As the waters fail from the sea and the flood decayeth and

drieth up .

1412 So man lieth down and riseth not till the heavens be no

more they shall not awake nor be raised out of their sleep .

1413 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave that thou

wouldest keep me secret until thy wrath be past that thou

wouldest appoint me a set time and remember me .

1414 If a man die shall he live again all the days of my

appointed time will I wait till my change come .

1415 Thou shalt call and I will answer thee thou wilt have a

desire to the work of thine hands .

1416 For now thou numberest my steps dost thou not watch over

my sin .

1417 My transgression is sealed up in a bag and thou sewest up

mine iniquity .

1418 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought and the

rock is removed out of his place .

1419 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 .

1420 Thou prevailest for ever against him and he passeth thou

changest his countenance and sendest him away .

1421 His sons come to honour and he knoweth it not and they are

brought low but he perceiveth it not of them .

1422 But his flesh upon him shall have pain and his soul within

him shall mourn .

* 151 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite and said .

152 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge and fill his belly

with the east wind .

153 Should he reason with unprofitable talk or with speeches

wherewith he can do no good .

154 Yea thou castest off fear and restrainest prayer before God

155 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity and thou choosest the

tongue of the crafty .

156 Thine own mouth condemneth thee and not I yea thine own

lips testify against thee .

157 Art thou the first man that was born or wast thou made

before the hills .

158 Hast thou heard the secret of God and dost thou restrain

wisdom to thyself .

159 What knowest thou that we know not what understandest thou

which is not in us .

1510 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men much

elder than thy father .

1511 Are the consolations of God small with thee is there any

secret thing with thee .

1512 Why doth thine heart carry thee away and what do thy eyes

wink at .

1513 That thou turnest thy spirit against God and lettest such

words go out of thy mouth .

1514 What is man that he should be clean and he which is born

of a woman that he should be righteous .

1515 Behold he putteth no trust in his saints yea the heavens

are not clean in his sight .

1516 How much more abominable and filthy is man which drinketh

iniquity like water .

1517 I will show thee hear me and that which I have seen I will

declare .

1518 Which wise men have told from their fathers and have not

hid it .

1519 Unto whom alone the earth was given and no stranger passed

among them .

1520 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days and the

number of years is hidden to the oppressor .

1521 A dreadful sound is in his ears in prosperity the

destroyer shall come upon him .

1522 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness and

he is waited for of the sword .

1523 He wandereth abroad for bread saying Where is it he

knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand .

1524 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid they shall

prevail against him as a king ready to the battle .

1525 For he stretcheth out his hand against God and

strengtheneth himself against the Almighty .

1526 He runneth upon him even on his neck upon the thick bosses

of his bucklers .

1527 Because he covereth his face with his fatness and maketh

collops of fat on his flanks .

1528 And he dwelleth in desolate cities and in houses which no

man inhabiteth which are ready to become heaps .

1529 He shall not be rich neither shall his substance continue

neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth .

1530 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 .

1531 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity for vanity

shall be his recompense .

1532 It shall be accomplished before his time and his branch

shall not be green .

1533 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine and shall

cast off his flower as the olive .

1534 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate and

fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery .

1535 They conceive mischief and bring forth vanity and their

belly prepareth deceit .

* 161 Then Job answered and said .

162 I have heard many such things miserable comforters are ye

all .

163 Shall vain words have an end or what emboldeneth thee that

thou answerest .

164 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 mine head at

you .

165 But I would strengthen you with my mouth and the moving of

my lips should asswage your grief .

166 Though I speak my grief is not asswaged and though I

forbear what am I eased .

167 But now he hath made me weary thou hast made desolate all

my company .

168 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 .

169 He teareth me in his wrath who hateth me he gnasheth upon

me with his teeth mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me .

1610 They have gaped upon me with their mouth they have smitten

me upon the cheek reproachfully they have gathered themselves

together against me .

1611 God hath delivered me to the ungodly and turned me over

into the hands of the wicked .

1612 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 .

1613 His archers compass me round about he cleaveth my reins

asunder and doth not spare he poureth out my gall upon the

ground .

1614 He breaketh me with breach upon breach he runneth upon me

like a giant .

1615 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin and defiled my horn in

the dust .

1616 My face is foul with weeping and on my eyelids is the

shadow of death .

1617 Not for any injustice in mine hands also my prayer is pure

1618 O earth cover not thou my blood and let my cry have no

place .

1619 Also now behold my witness is in heaven and my record is

on high .

1620 My friends scorn me but mine eye poureth out tears unto

God .

1621 O that one might plead for a man with God as a man

pleadeth for his neighbour .

1622 When a few years are come then I shall go the way whence I

shall not return .

* 171 My breath is corrupt my days are extinct the graves are

ready for me .

172 Are there not mockers with me and doth not mine eye

continue in their provocation .

173 Lay down now put me in a surety with thee who is he that

will strike hands with me .

174 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding therefore

shalt thou not exalt them .

175 He that speaketh flattery to his friends even the eyes of

his children shall fail .

176 He hath made me also a byword of the people and aforetime I

was as a tabret .

177 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow and all my members

are as a shadow .

178 Upright men shall be astonied at this and the innocent

shall stir up himself against the hypocrite .

179 The righteous also shall hold on his way and he that hath

clean hands shall be stronger and stronger .

1710 But as for you all do ye return and come now for I cannot

find one wise man among you .

1711 My days are past my purposes are broken off even the

thoughts of my heart .

1712 They change the night into day the light is short because

of darkness .

1713 If I wait the grave is mine house I have made my bed in

the darkness .

1714 I have said to corruption Thou art my father to the worm

Thou art my mother and my sister .

1715 And where is now my hope as for my hope who shall see it .

1716 They shall go down to the bars of the pit when our rest

together is in the dust .

* 181 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite and said .

182 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words mark and

afterwards we will speak .

183 Wherefore are we counted as beasts and reputed vile in your

sight .

184 He teareth himself in his anger shall the earth be forsaken

for thee and shall the rock be removed out of his place .

185 Yea the light of the wicked shall be put out and the spark

of his fire shall not shine .

186 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle and his candle

shall be put out with him .

187 The steps of his strength shall be straitened and his own

counsel shall cast him down .

188 For he is cast into a net by his own feet and he walketh

upon a snare .

189 The gin shall take him by the heel and the robber shall

prevail against him .

1810 The snare is laid for him in the ground and a trap for him

in the way .

1811 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side and shall

drive him to his feet .

1812 His strength shall be hungerbitten and destruction shall

be ready at his side .

1813 It shall devour the strength of his skin even the

firstborn of death shall devour his strength .

1814 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle and

it shall bring him to the king of terrors .

1815 It shall dwell in his tabernacle because it is none of his

brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation .

1816 His roots shall be dried up beneath and above shall his

branch be cut off .

1817 His remembrance shall perish from the earth and he shall

have no name in the street .

1818 He shall be driven from light into darkness and chased out

of the world .

1819 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people nor

any remaining in his dwellings .

1820 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day as

they that went before were affrighted .

1821 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked and this is

the place of him that knoweth not God .

* 191 Then Job answered and said .

192 How long will ye vex my soul and break me in pieces with

words .

193 These ten times have ye reproached me ye are not ashamed

that ye make yourselves strange to me .

194 And be it indeed that I have erred mine error remaineth

with myself .

195 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me and plead

against me my reproach .

196 Know now that God hath overthrown me and hath compassed me

with his net .

197 Behold I cry out of wrong but I am not heard I cry aloud

but there is no judgment .

198 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass and he hath set

darkness in my paths .

199 He hath stripped me of my glory and taken the crown from my

head .

1910 He hath destroyed me on every side and I am gone and mine

hope hath he removed like a tree .

1911 He hath also kindled his wrath against me and he counteth

me unto him as one of his enemies .

1912 His troops come together and raise up their way against me

and encamp round about my tabernacle .

1913 He hath put my brethren far from me and mine acquaintance

are verily estranged from me .

1914 My kinsfolk have failed and my familiar friends have

forgotten me .

1915 They that dwell in mine house and my maids count me for a

stranger I am an alien in their sight .

1916 I called my servant and he gave me no answer I entreated

him with my mouth .

1917 My breath is strange to my wife though I entreated for the

children's sake of mine own body .

1918 Yea young children despised me I arose and they spake

against me .

1919 All my inward friends abhorred me and they whom I loved

are turned against me .

1920 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh and I am

escaped with the skin of my teeth .

1921 Have pity upon me have pity upon me O ye my friends for

the hand of God hath touched me .

1922 Why do ye persecute me as God and are not satisfied with

my flesh .

1923 Oh that my words were now written oh that they were

printed in a book .

1924 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the

rock for ever .

1925 For I know that my redeemer liveth and that he shall stand

at the latter day upon the earth .

1926 And though after my skin worms destroy this body yet in my

flesh shall I see God .

1927 Whom I shall see for myself and mine eyes shall behold and

not another though my reins be consumed within me .

1928 But ye should say Why persecute we him seeing the root of

the matter is found in me .

1929 Be ye afraid of the sword for wrath bringeth the

punishments of the sword that ye may know there is a judgment .

* 201 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite and said .

202 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer and for this I

make haste .

203 I have heard the check of my reproach and the spirit of my

understanding causeth me to answer .

204 Knowest thou not this of old since man was placed upon

earth .

205 That the triumphing of the wicked is short and the joy of

the hypocrite but for a moment .

206 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens and his head

reach unto the clouds .

207 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung they which

have seen him shall say Where is he .

208 He shall fly away as a dream and shall not be found yea he

shall be chased away as a vision of the night .

209 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more neither

shall his place any more behold him .

2010 His children shall seek to please the poor and his hands

shall restore their goods .

2011 His bones are full of the sin of his youth which shall lie

down with him in the dust .

2012 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth though he hide it

under his tongue .

2013 Though he spare it and forsake it not but keep it still

within his mouth .

2014 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned it is the gall of

asps within him .

2015 He hath swallowed down riches and he shall vomit them up

again God shall cast them out of his belly .

2016 He shall suck the poison of asps the viper's tongue shall

slay him .

2017 He shall not see the rivers the floods the brooks of honey

and butter .

2018 That which he laboured for shall he restore and shall not

swallow it down according to his substance shall the restitution

be and he shall not rejoice therein .

2019 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor

because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded

not .

2020 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly he shall

not save of that which he desired .

2021 There shall none of his meat be left therefore shall no

man look for his goods .

2022 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits

every hand of the wicked shall come upon him .

2023 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 .

2024 He shall flee from the iron weapon and the bow of steel

shall strike him through .

2025 It is drawn and cometh out of the body yea the glittering

sword cometh out of his gall terrors are upon him .

2026 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 .

2027 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity and the earth shall

rise up against him .

2028 The increase of his house shall depart and his goods shall

flow away in the day of his wrath .

2029 This is the portion of a wicked man from God and the

heritage appointed unto him by God .

* 211 But Job answered and said .

212 Hear diligently my speech and let this be your consolations

213 Suffer me that I may speak and after that I have spoken

mock on .

214 As for me is my complaint to man and if it were so why

should not my spirit be troubled .

215 Mark me and be astonished and lay your hand upon your mouth

216 Even when I remember I am afraid and trembling taketh hold

on my flesh .

217 Wherefore do the wicked live become old yea are mighty in

power .

218 Their seed is established in their sight with them and

their offspring before their eyes .

219 Their houses are safe from fear neither is the rod of God

upon them .

2110 Their bull gendereth and faileth not their cow calveth and

casteth not her calf .

2111 They send forth their little ones like a flock and their

children dance .

2112 They take the timbrel and harp and rejoice at the sound of

the organ .

2113 They spend their days in wealth and in a moment go down to

the grave .

2114 Therefore they say unto God Depart from us for we desire

not the knowledge of thy ways .

2115 What is the Almighty that we should serve him and what

profit should we have if we pray unto him .

2116 Lo their good is not in their hand the counsel of the

wicked is far from me .

2117 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out and how oft

cometh their destruction upon them God distributeth sorrows in

his anger .

2118 They are as stubble before the wind and as chaff that the

storm carrieth away .

2119 God layeth up his iniquity for his children he rewardeth

him and he shall know it .

2120 His eyes shall see his destruction and he shall drink of

the wrath of the Almighty .

2121 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him when the

number of his months is cut off in the midst .

2122 Shall any teach God knowledge seeing he judgeth those that

are high .

2123 One dieth in his full strength being wholly at ease and

quiet .

2124 His breasts are full of milk and his bones are moistened

with marrow .

2125 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul and never

eateth with pleasure .

2126 They shall lie down alike in the dust and the worms shall

cover them .

2127 Behold I know your thoughts and the devices which ye

wrongfully imagine against me .

2128 For ye say Where is the house of the prince and where are

the dwelling places of the wicked .

2129 Have ye not asked them that go by the way and do ye not

know their tokens

2130 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction they

shall be brought forth to the day of wrath .

2131 Who shall declare his way to his face and who shall repay

him what he hath done .

2132 Yet shall he be brought to the grave and shall remain in

the tomb .

2133 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him and every

man shall draw after him as there are innumerable before him .

2134 How then comfort ye me in vain seeing in your answers

there remaineth falsehood .

* 221 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said .

222 Can a man be profitable unto God as he that is wise may be

profitable unto himself .

223 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou art righteous

or is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect .

224 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee will he enter with

thee into judgment .

225 Is not thy wickedness great and thine iniquities infinite .

226 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought

and stripped the naked of their clothing .

227 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink and thou

hast withholden bread from the hungry .

228 But as for the mighty man he had the earth and the

honourable man dwelt in it .

229 Thou hast sent widows away empty and the arms of the

fatherless have been broken .

2210 Therefore snares are round about thee and sudden fear

troubleth thee .

2211 Or darkness that thou canst not see and abundance of

waters cover thee .

2212 Is not God in the height of heaven and behold the height

of the stars how high they are .

2213 And thou sayest How doth God know can he judge through the

dark cloud .

2214 Thick clouds are a covering to him that he seeth not and

he walketh in the circuit of heaven .

2215 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden

2216 Which were cut down out of time whose foundation was

overflown with a flood .

2217 Which said unto God Depart from us and what can the

Almighty do for them .

2218 Yet he filled their houses with good things but the

counsel of the wicked is far from me .

2219 The righteous see it and are glad and the innocent laugh

them to scorn .

2220 Whereas our substance is not cut down but the remnant of

them the fire consumeth .

2221 Acquaint now thyself with him and be at peace thereby good

shall come unto thee .

2222 Receive I pray thee the law from his mouth and lay up his

words in thine heart .

2223 If thou return to the Almighty thou shalt be built up thou

shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles .

2224 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust and the gold of Ophir

as the stones of the brooks .

2225 Yea the Almighty shall be thy defence and thou shalt have

plenty of silver .

2226 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty and

shalt lift up thy face unto God .

2227 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him and he shall hear thee

and thou shalt pay thy vows .

2228 Thou shalt also decree a thing and it shall be established

unto thee and the light shall shine upon thy ways .

2229 When men are cast down then thou shalt say There is

lifting up and he shall save the humble person .

2230 He shall deliver the island of the innocent and it is

delivered by the pureness of thine hands .

* 231 Then Job answered and said .

232 Even to day is my complaint bitter my stroke is heavier

than my groaning .

233 Oh that I knew where I might find him that I might come

even to his seat .

234 I would order my cause before him and fill my mouth with

arguments .

235 I would know the words which he would answer me and

understand what he would say unto me .

236 Will he plead against me with his great power No but he

would put strength in me .

237 There the righteous might dispute with him so should I be

delivered for ever from my judge .

238 Behold I go forward but he is not there and backward but I

cannot perceive him .

239 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 .

2310 But he knoweth the way that I take when he hath tried me I

shall come forth as gold .

2311 My foot hath held his steps his way have I kept and not

declined .

2312 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips

I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary

food .

2313 But he is in one mind and who can turn him and what his

soul desireth even that he doeth .

2314 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me and

many such things are with him .

2315 Therefore am I troubled at his presence when I consider I

am afraid of him .

2316 For God maketh my heart soft and the Almighty troubleth me

2317 Because I was not cut off before the darkness neither hath

he covered the darkness from my face .

* 241 Why seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty do they

that know him not see his days .

242 Some remove the landmarks they violently take away flocks

and feed thereof .

243 They drive away the ass of the fatherless they take the

widow's ox for a pledge .

244 They turn the needy out of the way the poor of the earth

hide themselves together .

245 Behold as wild asses in the desert go they forth to their

work rising betimes for a prey the wilderness yieldeth food for

them and for their children .

246 They reap every one his corn in the field and they gather

the vintage of the wicked .

247 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing that they

have no covering in the cold .

248 They are wet with the showers of the mountains and embrace

the rock for want of a shelter .

249 They pluck the fatherless from the breast and take a pledge

of the poor .

2410 They cause him to go naked without clothing and they take

away the sheaf from the hungry .

2411 Which make oil within their walls and tread their

winepresses and suffer thirst .

2412 Men groan from out of the city and the soul of the wounded

crieth out yet God layeth not folly to them .

2413 They are of those that rebel against the light they know

not the ways thereof nor abide in the paths thereof .

2414 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and

needy and in the night is as a thief .

2415 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight

saying No eye shall see me and disguiseth his face .

2416 In the dark they dig through houses which they had marked

for themselves in the daytime they know not the light .

2417 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death if

one know them they are in the terrors of the shadow of death .

2418 He is swift as the waters their portion is cursed in the

earth he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards .

2419 Drought and heat consume the snow waters so doth the grave

those which have sinned .

2420 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 .

2421 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not and doeth

not good to the widow .

2422 He draweth also the mighty with his power he riseth up and

no man is sure of life .

2423 Though it be given him to be in safety whereon he resteth

yet his eyes are upon their ways .

2424 They are exalted for a little while but are gone and

brought low they are taken out of the way as all other and cut

off as the tops of the ears of corn .

2425 And if it be not so now who will make me a liar and make

my speech nothing worth .

* 251 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite and said .

252 Dominion and fear are with him he maketh peace in his high

places .

253 Is there any number of his armies and upon whom doth not

his light arise .

254 How then can man be justified with God or how can he be

clean that is born of a woman .

255 Behold even to the moon and it shineth not yea the stars

are not pure in his sight .

256 How much less man that is a worm and the son of man which

is a worm .

* 261 But Job answered and said .

262 How hast thou helped him that is without power how savest

thou the arm that hath no strength .

263 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom and how

hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is .

264 To whom hast thou uttered words and whose spirit came from

thee .

265 Dead things are formed from under the waters and the

inhabitants thereof .

266 Hell is naked before him and destruction hath no covering .

267 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place and

hangeth the earth upon nothing .

268 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds and the cloud

is not rent under them .

269 He holdeth back the face of his throne and spreadeth his

cloud upon it .

2610 He hath compassed the waters with bounds until the day and

night come to an end .

2611 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his

reproof .

2612 He divideth the sea with his power and by his

understanding he smiteth through the proud .

2613 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens his hand hath

formed the crooked serpent .

2614 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 .

* 271 Moreover Job continued his parable and said .

272 As God liveth who hath taken away my judgment and the

Almighty who hath vexed my soul .

273 All the while my breath is in me and the spirit of God is

in my nostrils .

274 My lips shall not speak wickedness nor my tongue utter

deceit .

275 God forbid that I should justify you till I die I will not

remove mine integrity from me .

276 My righteousness I hold fast and will not let it go my

heart shall not reproach me so long as I live .

277 Let mine enemy be as the wicked and he that riseth up

against me as the unrighteous .

278 For what is the hope of the hypocrite though he hath gained

when God taketh away his soul .

279 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him .

2710 Will he delight himself in the Almighty will he always

call upon God .

2711 I will teach you by the hand of God that which is with the

Almighty will I not conceal .

2712 Behold all ye yourselves have seen it why then are ye thus

altogether vain .

2713 This is the portion of a wicked man with God and the

heritage of oppressors which they shall receive of the Almighty .

2714 If his children be multiplied it is for the sword and his

offspring shall not be satisfied with bread .

2715 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death and his

widows shall not weep .

2716 Though he heap up silver as the dust and prepare raiment

as the clay .

2717 He may prepare it but the just shall put it on and the

innocent shall divide the silver .

2718 He buildeth his house as a moth and as a booth that the

keeper maketh .

2719 The rich man shall lie down but he shall not be gathered

he openeth his eyes and he is not .

2720 Terrors take hold on him as waters a tempest stealeth him

away in the night .

2721 The east wind carrieth him away and he departeth and as a

storm hurleth him out of his place .

2722 For God shall cast upon him and not spare he would fain

flee out of his hand .

2723 Men shall clap their hands at him and shall hiss him out

of his place .

* 281 Surely there is a vein for the silver and a place for

gold where they fine it .

282 Iron is taken out of the earth and brass is molten out of

the stone .

283 He setteth an end to darkness and searcheth out all

perfection the stones of darkness and the shadow of death .

284 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant even the waters

forgotten of the foot they are dried up they are gone away from

men .

285 As for the earth out of it cometh bread and under it is

turned up as it were fire .

286 The stones of it are the place of sapphires and it hath

dust of gold .

287 There is a path which no fowl knoweth and which the

vulture's eye hath not seen .

288 The lion's whelps have not trodden it nor the fierce lion

passed by it .

289 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock he overturneth the

mountains by the roots .

2810 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks and his eye seeth

every precious thing .

2811 He bindeth the floods from overflowing and the thing that

is hid bringeth he forth to light .

2812 But where shall wisdom be found and where is the place of

understanding .

2813 Man knoweth not the price thereof neither is it found in

the land of the living .

2814 The depth saith It is not in me and the sea saith It is

not with me .

2815 It cannot be gotten for gold neither shall silver be

weighed for the price thereof .

2816 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir with the

precious onyx or the sapphire .

2817 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it and the exchange

of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold .

2818 No mention shall be made of coral or of pearls for the

price of wisdom is above rubies .

2819 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it neither shall it

be valued with pure gold .

2820 Whence then cometh wisdom and where is the place of

understanding .

2821 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living and kept

close from the fowls of the air .

2822 Destruction and death say We have heard the fame thereof

with our ears .

2823 God understandeth the way thereof and he knoweth the place

thereof .

2824 For he looketh to the ends of the earth and seeth under

the whole heaven .

2825 To make the weight for the winds and he weigheth the

waters by measure .

2826 When he made a decree for the rain and a way for the

lightning of the thunder .

2827 Then did he see it and declare it he prepared it yea and

searched it out .

2828 And unto man he said Behold the fear of the Lord that is

wisdom and to depart from evil is understanding .

* 291 Moreover Job continued his parable and said .

292 Oh that I were as in months past as in the days when God

preserved me .

293 When his candle shined upon my head and when by his light I

walked through darkness .

294 As I was in the days of my youth when the secret of God was

upon my tabernacle .

295 When the Almighty was yet with me when my children were

about me .

296 When I washed my steps with butter and the rock poured me

out rivers of oil .

297 When I went out to the gate through the city when I

prepared my seat in the street .

298 The young men saw me and hid themselves and the aged arose

and stood up .

299 The princes refrained talking and laid their hand on their

mouth .

2910 The nobles held their peace and their tongue cleaved to

the roof of their mouth .

2911 When the ear heard me then it blessed me and when the eye

saw me it gave witness to me .

2912 Because I delivered the poor that cried and the fatherless

and him that had none to help him .

2913 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me

and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy .

2914 I put on righteousness and it clothed me my judgment was

as a robe and a diadem .

2915 I was eyes to the blind and feet was I to the lame .

2916 I was a father to the poor and the cause which I knew not

I searched out .

2917 And I brake the jaws of the wicked and plucked the spoil

out of his teeth .

2918 Then I said I shall die in my nest and I shall multiply my

days as the sand .

2919 My root was spread out by the waters and the dew lay all

night upon my branch .

2920 My glory was fresh in me and my bow was renewed in my hand

2921 Unto me men gave ear and waited and kept silence at my

counsel .

2922 After my words they spake not again and my speech dropped

upon them .

2923 And they waited for me as for the rain and they opened

their mouth wide as for the latter rain .

2924 If I laughed on them they believed it not and the light of

my countenance they cast not down .

2925 I chose out their way and sat chief and dwelt as a king in

the army as one that comforteth the mourners .

* 301 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision

whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs

of my flock .

302 Yea whereto might the strength of their hands profit me in

whom old age was perished .

303 For want and famine they were solitary fleeing into the

wilderness in former time desolate and waste .

304 Who cut up mallows by the bushes and juniper roots for

their meat .

305 They were driven forth from among men (they cried after

them as after a thief .

306 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys in caves of the earth

and in the rocks .

307 Among the bushes they brayed under the nettles they were

gathered together .

308 They were children of fools yea children of base men they

were viler than the earth .

309 And now am I their song yea I am their byword .

3010 They abhor me they flee far from me and spare not to spit

in my face .

3011 Because he hath loosed my cord and afflicted me they have

also let loose the bridle before me .

3012 Upon my right hand rise the youth they push away my feet

and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction .

3013 They mar my path they set forward my calamity they have no

helper .

3014 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters in the

desolation they rolled themselves upon me .

3015 Terrors are turned upon me they pursue my soul as the wind

and my welfare passeth away as a cloud .

3016 And now my soul is poured out upon me the days of

affliction have taken hold upon me .

3017 My bones are pierced in me in the night season and my

sinews take no rest .

3018 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed it

bindeth me about as the collar of my coat .

3019 He hath cast me into the mire and I am become like dust

and ashes .

3020 I cry unto thee and thou dost not hear me I stand up and

thou regardest me not .

3021 Thou art become cruel to me with thy strong hand thou

opposest thyself against me .

3022 Thou liftest me up to the wind thou causest me to ride

upon it and dissolvest my substance .

3023 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death and to the

house appointed for all living .

3024 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave

though they cry in his destruction .

3025 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble was not my soul

grieved for the poor .

3026 When I looked for good then evil came unto me and when I

waited for light there came darkness .

3027 My bowels boiled and rested not the days of affliction

prevented me .

3028 I went mourning without the sun I stood up and I cried in

the congregation .

3029 I am a brother to dragons and a companion to owls .

3030 My skin is black upon me and my bones are burned with heat

3031 My harp also is turned to mourning and my organ into the

voice of them that weep .

* 311 I made a covenant with mine eyes why then should I think

upon a maid .

312 For what portion of God is there from above and what

inheritance of the Almighty from on high .

313 Is not destruction to the wicked and a strange punishment

to the workers of iniquity .

314 Doth not he see my ways and count all my steps .

315 If I have walked with vanity or if my foot hath hasted to

deceit .

316 Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine

integrity .

317 If my step hath turned out of the way and mine heart walked

after mine eyes and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands .

318 Then let me sow and let another eat yea let my offspring be

rooted out .

319 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman or if I have

laid wait at my neighbour's door .

3110 Then let my wife grind unto another and let others bow

down upon her .

3111 For this is an heinous crime yea it is an iniquity to be

punished by the judges .

3112 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction and would

root out all mine increase .

3113 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my

maidservant when they contended with me .

3114 What then shall I do when God riseth up and when he

visiteth what shall I answer him .

3115 Did not he that made me in the womb make him and did not

one fashion us in the womb .

3116 If I have withheld the poor from their desire or have

caused the eyes of the widow to fail .

3117 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone and the fatherless

hath not eaten thereof .

3118 (For from my youth he was brought up with me as with a

father and I have guided her from my mother's womb .

3119 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing or any poor

without covering .

3120 If his loins have not blessed me and if he were not warmed

with the fleece of my sheep .

3121 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless when I

saw my help in the gate .

3122 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade and mine arm

be broken from the bone .

3123 For destruction from God was a terror to me and by reason

of his highness I could not endure .

3124 If I have made gold my hope or have said to the fine gold

Thou art my confidence .

3125 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great and because mine

hand had gotten much .

3126 If I beheld the sun when it shined or the moon walking in

brightness .

3127 And my heart hath been secretly enticed or my mouth hath

kissed my hand .

3128 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge for

I should have denied the God that is above .

3129 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me or

lifted up myself when evil found him .

3130 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse

to his soul .

3131 If the men of my tabernacle said not Oh that we had of his

flesh we cannot be satisfied .

3132 The stranger did not lodge in the street but I opened my

doors to the traveller .

3133 If I covered my transgressions as Adam by hiding mine

iniquity in my bosom .

3134 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 .

3135 Oh that one would hear me behold my desire is that the

Almighty would answer me and that mine adversary had written a

book .

3136 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder and bind it as a

crown to me .

3137 I would declare unto him the number of my steps as a

prince would I go near unto him .

3138 If my land cry against me or that the furrows likewise

thereof complain .

3139 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money or have

caused the owners thereof to lose their life .

3140 Let thistles grow instead of wheat and cockle instead of

barley The words of Job are ended .

* 321 So these three men ceased to answer Job because he was

righteous in his own eyes .

322 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 .

323 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled

because they had found no answer and yet had condemned Job .

324 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken because they were

elder than he .

325 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of

these three men then his wrath was kindled .

326 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 mine opinion .

327 I said Days should speak and multitude of years should

teach wisdom .

328 But there is a spirit in man and the inspiration of the

Almighty giveth them understanding .

329 Great men are not always wise neither do the aged

understand judgment .

3210 Therefore I said Hearken to me I also will show mine

opinion .

3211 Behold I waited for your words I gave ear to your reasons

whilst ye searched out what to say .

3212 Yea I attended unto you and behold there was none of you

that convinced Job or that answered his words .

3213 Lest ye should say We have found out wisdom God thrusteth

him down not man .

3214 Now he hath not directed his words against me neither will

I answer him with your speeches .

3215 They were amazed they answered no more they left off

speaking .

3216 When I had waited (for they spake not but stood still and

answered no more .

3217 I said I will answer also my part I also will show mine

opinion .

3218 For I am full of matter the spirit within me constraineth

me .

3219 Behold my belly is as wine which hath no vent it is ready

to burst like new bottles .

3220 I will speak that I may be refreshed I will open my lips

and answer .

3221 Let me not I pray you accept any man's person neither let

me give flattering titles unto man .

3222 For I know not to give flattering titles in so doing my

maker would soon take me away .

* 331 Wherefore Job I pray thee hear my speeches and hearken to

all my words .

332 Behold now I have opened my mouth my tongue hath spoken in

my mouth .

333 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart and my

lips shall utter knowledge clearly .

334 The spirit of God hath made me and the breath of the

Almighty hath given me life .

335 If thou canst answer me set thy words in order before me

stand up .

336 Behold I am according to thy wish in God's stead I also am

formed out of the clay .

337 Behold my terror shall not make thee afraid neither shall

my hand be heavy upon thee .

338 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing and I have heard

the voice of thy words saying .

339 I am clean without transgression I am innocent neither is

there iniquity in me .

3310 Behold he findeth occasions against me he counteth me for

his enemy .

3311 He putteth my feet in the stocks he marketh all my paths .

3312 Behold in this thou art not just I will answer thee that

God is greater than man .

3313 Why dost thou strive against him for he giveth not account

of any of his matters .

3314 For God speaketh once yea twice yet man perceiveth it not .

3315 In a dream in a vision of the night when deep sleep

falleth upon men in slumberings upon the bed .

3316 Then he openeth the ears of men and sealeth their

instruction .

3317 That he may withdraw man from his purpose and hide pride

from man .

3318 He keepeth back his soul from the pit and his life from

perishing by the sword .

3319 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed and the

multitude of his bones with strong pain .

3320 So that his life abhorreth bread and his soul dainty meat .

3321 His flesh is consumed away that it cannot be seen and his

bones that were not seen stick out .

3322 Yea his soul draweth near unto the grave and his life to

the destroyers .

3323 If there be a messenger with him an interpreter one among

a thousand to show unto man his uprightness .

3324 Then he is gracious unto him and saith Deliver him from

going down to the pit I have found a ransom .

3325 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's he shall return

to the days of his youth .

3326 He shall pray unto God and he will be favourable unto him

and he shall see his face with joy for he will render unto man

his righteousness .

3327 He looketh upon men and if any say I have sinned and

perverted that which was right and it profited me not .

3328 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit and his

life shall see the light .

3329 Lo all these things worketh God oftentimes with man .

3330 To bring back his soul from the pit to be enlightened with

the light of the living .

3331 Mark well O Job hearken unto me hold thy peace and I will

speak .

3332 If thou hast any thing to say answer me speak for I desire

to justify thee .

3333 If not hearken unto me hold thy peace and I shall teach

thee wisdom .

* 341 Furthermore Elihu answered and said .

342 Hear my words O ye wise men and give ear unto me ye that

have knowledge .

343 For the ear trieth words as the mouth tasteth meat .

344 Let us choose to us judgment let us know among ourselves

what is good .

345 For Job hath said I am righteous and God hath taken away my

judgment .

346 Should I lie against my right my wound is incurable without

transgression .

347 What man is like Job who drinketh up scorning like water .

348 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity and

walketh with wicked men .

349 For he hath said It profiteth a man nothing that he should

delight himself with God .

3410 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding far be

it from God that he should do wickedness and from the Almighty

that he should commit iniquity .

3411 For the work of a man shall he render unto him and cause

every man to find according to his ways .

3412 Yea surely God will not do wickedly neither will the

Almighty pervert judgment .

3413 Who hath given him a charge over the earth or who hath

disposed the whole world .

3414 If he set his heart upon man if he gather unto himself his

spirit and his breath .

3415 All flesh shall perish together and man shall turn again

unto dust .

3416 If now thou hast understanding hear this hearken to the

voice of my words .

3417 Shall even he that hateth right govern and wilt thou

condemn him that is most just .

3418 Is it fit to say to a king Thou art wicked and to princes

Ye are ungodly .

3419 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 .

3420 In a moment shall they die and the people shall be

troubled at midnight and pass away and the mighty shall be taken

away without hand .

3421 For his eyes are upon the ways of man and he seeth all his

goings .

3422 There is no darkness nor shadow of death where the workers

of iniquity may hide themselves .

3423 For he will not lay upon man more than right that he

should enter into judgment with God .

3424 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number and set

others in their stead .

3425 Therefore he knoweth their works and he overturneth them

in the night so that they are destroyed .

3426 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others

3427 Because they turned back from him and would not consider

any of his ways .

3428 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him

and he heareth the cry of the afflicted .

3429 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 .

3430 That the hypocrite reign not lest the people be ensnared .

3431 Surely it is meet to be said unto God I have borne

chastisement I will not offend any more .

3432 That which I see not teach thou me if I have done iniquity

I will do no more .

3433 Should it be according to thy mind he will recompense it

whether thou refuse or whether thou choose and not I therefore

speak what thou knowest .

3434 Let men of understanding tell me and let a wise man

hearken unto me .

3435 Job hath spoken without knowledge and his words were

without wisdom .

3436 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of

his answers for wicked men .

3437 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin he clappeth his hands

among us and multiplieth his words against God .

* 351 Elihu spake moreover and said .

352 Thinkest thou this to be right that thou saidst My

righteousness is more than God's .

353 For thou saidst What advantage will it be unto thee and

What profit shall I have if I be cleansed from my sin .

354 I will answer thee and thy companions with thee .

355 Look unto the heavens and see and behold the clouds which

are higher than thou .

356 If thou sinnest what doest thou against him or if thy

transgressions be multiplied what doest thou unto him .

357 If thou be righteous what givest thou him or what receiveth

he of thine hand .

358 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art and thy

righteousness may profit the son of man .

359 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the

oppressed to cry they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty

3510 But none saith Where is God my maker who giveth songs in

the night .

3511 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth and

maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven .

3512 There they cry but none giveth answer because of the pride

of evil men .

3513 Surely God will not hear vanity neither will the Almighty

regard it .

3514 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him yet judgment

is before him therefore trust thou in him .

3515 But now because it is not so he hath visited in his anger

yet he knoweth it not in great extremity .

3516 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain he multiplieth

words without knowledge .

* 361 Elihu also proceeded and said .

362 Suffer me a little and I will show thee that I have yet to

speak on God's behalf .

363 I will fetch my knowledge from afar and will ascribe

righteousness to my Maker .

364 For truly my words shall not be false he that is perfect in

knowledge is with thee .

365 Behold God is mighty and despiseth not any he is mighty in

strength and wisdom .

366 He preserveth not the life of the wicked but giveth right

to the poor .

367 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous but with

kings are they on the throne yea he doth establish them for ever

and they are exalted .

368 And if they be bound in fetters and be holden in cords of

affliction .

369 Then he showeth them their work and their transgressions

that they have exceeded .

3610 He openeth also their ear to discipline and commandeth

that they return from iniquity .

3611 If they obey and serve him they shall spend their days in

prosperity and their years in pleasures .

3612 But if they obey not they shall perish by the sword and

they shall die without knowledge .

3613 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath they cry not

when he bindeth them .

3614 They die in youth and their life is among the unclean .

3615 He delivereth the poor in his affliction and openeth their

ears in oppression .

3616 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 should be full of fatness .

3617 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked

judgment and justice take hold on thee .

3618 Because there is wrath beware lest he take thee away with

his stroke then a great ransom cannot deliver thee .

3619 Will he esteem thy riches no not gold nor all the forces

of strength .

3620 Desire not the night when people are cut off in their

place .

3621 Take heed regard not iniquity for this hast thou chosen

rather than affliction .

3622 Behold God exalteth by his power who teacheth like him .

3623 Who hath enjoined him his way or who can say Thou hast

wrought iniquity .

3624 Remember that thou magnify his work which men behold .

3625 Every man may see it man may behold it afar off .

3626 Behold God is great and we know him not neither can the

number of his years be searched out .

3627 For he maketh small the drops of water they pour down rain

according to the vapour thereof .

3628 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly .

3629 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds or

the noise of his tabernacle .

3630 Behold he spreadeth his light upon it and covereth the

bottom of the sea .

3631 For by them judgeth he the people he giveth meat in

abundance .

3632 With clouds he covereth the light and commandeth it not to

shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt .

3633 The noise thereof showeth concerning it the cattle also

concerning the vapour .

* 371 At this also my heart trembleth and is moved out of his

place .

372 Hear attentively the noise of his voice and the sound that

goeth out of his mouth .

373 He directeth it under the whole heaven and his lightning

unto the ends of the earth .

374 After it a voice roareth he thundereth with the voice of

his excellency and he will not stay them when his voice is heard

375 God thundereth marvellously with his voice great things

doeth he which we cannot comprehend .

376 For he saith to the snow Be thou on the earth likewise to

the small rain and to the great rain of his strength .

377 He sealeth up the hand of every man that all men may know

his work .

378 Then the beasts go into dens and remain in their places .

379 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind and cold out of the

north .

3710 By the breath of God frost is given and the breadth of the

waters is straitened .

3711 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud he scattereth

his bright cloud .

3712 And it is turned round about by his counsels that they may

do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in

the earth .

3713 He causeth it to come whether for correction or for his

land or for mercy .

3714 Hearken unto this O Job stand still and consider the

wondrous works of God .

3715 Dost thou know when God disposed them and caused the light

of his cloud to shine .

3716 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds the wondrous

works of him which is perfect in knowledge .

3717 How thy garments are warm when he quieteth the earth by

the south wind .

3718 Hast thou with him spread out the sky which is strong and

as a molten looking glass .

3719 Teach us what we shall say unto him for we cannot order

our speech by reason of darkness .

3720 Shall it be told him that I speak if a man speak surely he

shall be swallowed up .

3721 And now men see not the bright light which is in the

clouds but the wind passeth and cleanseth them .

3722 Fair weather cometh out of the north with God is terrible

majesty .

3723 Touching the Almighty we cannot find him out he is

excellent in power and in judgment and in plenty of justice he

will not afflict .

3724 Men do therefore fear him he respecteth not any that are

wise of heart .

* 381 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said .

382 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without

knowledge .

383 Gird up now thy loins like a man for I will demand of thee

and answer thou me .

384 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth

declare if thou hast understanding .

385 Who hath laid the measures thereof if thou knowest or who

hath stretched the line upon it .

386 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened or who laid

the corner stone thereof .

387 When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of

God shouted for joy .

388 Or who shut up the sea with doors when it brake forth as if

it had issued out of the womb .

389 When I made the cloud the garment thereof and thick

darkness a swaddlingband for it

3810 And brake up for it my decreed place and set bars and

doors .

3811 And said Hitherto shalt thou come but no further and here

shall thy proud waves be stayed .

3812 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days and caused

the dayspring to know his place .

3813 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth that the

wicked might be shaken out of it .

3814 It is turned as clay to the seal and they stand as a

garment .

3815 And from the wicked their light is withholden and the high

arm shall be broken .

3816 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea or hast thou

walked in the search of the depth .

3817 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee or hast thou

seen the doors of the shadow of death .

3818 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth declare if

thou knowest it all .

3819 Where is the way where light dwelleth and as for darkness

where is the place thereof .

3820 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof and that

thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof .

3821 Knowest thou it because thou wast then born or because the

number of thy days is great .

3822 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow or hast

thou seen the treasures of the hail .

3823 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble against

the day of battle and war .

3824 By what way is the light parted which scattereth the east

wind upon the earth .

3825 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of

waters or a way for the lightning of thunder .

3826 To cause it to rain on the earth where no man is on the

wilderness wherein there is no man .

3827 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground and to cause the

bud of the tender herb to spring forth .

3828 Hath the rain a father or who hath begotten the drops of

dew .

3829 Out of whose womb came the ice and the hoary frost of

heaven who hath gendered it .

3830 The waters are hid as with a stone and the face of the

deep is frozen .

3831 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades or loose

the bands of Orion .

3832 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season or canst

thou guide Arcturus with his sons .

3833 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven canst thou set the

dominion thereof in the earth .

3834 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds that abundance

of waters may cover thee .

3835 Canst thou send lightnings that they may go and say unto

thee Here we are .

3836 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts or who hath given

understanding to the heart .

3837 Who can number the clouds in wisdom or who can stay the

bottles of heaven .

3838 When the dust groweth into hardness and the clods cleave

fast together .

3839 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion or fill the appetite

of the young lions .

3840 When they couch in their dens and abide in the covert to

lie in wait .

3841 Who provideth for the raven his food when his young ones

cry unto God they wander for lack of meat .

* 391 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock

bring forth or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve .

392 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil or knowest

thou the time when they bring forth .

393 They bow themselves they bring forth their young ones they

cast out their sorrows .

394 Their young ones are in good liking they grow up with corn

they go forth and return not unto them .

395 Who hath sent out the wild ass free or who hath loosed the

bands of the wild ass .

396 Whose house I have made the wilderness and the barren land

his dwellings .

397 He scorneth the multitude of the city neither regardeth he

the crying of the driver .

398 The range of the mountains is his pasture and he searcheth

after every green thing .

399 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee or abide by thy

crib .

3910 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow or

will he harrow the valleys after thee .

3911 Wilt thou trust him because his strength is great or wilt

thou leave thy labour to him .

3912 Wilt thou believe him that he will bring home thy seed and

gather it into thy barn .

3913 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks or wings

and feathers unto the ostrich .

3914 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth and warmeth them in

dust .

3915 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them or that the

wild beast may break them .

3916 She is hardened against her young ones as though they were

not hers her labour is in vain without fear .

3917 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom neither hath he

imparted to her understanding .

3918 What time she lifteth up herself on high she scorneth the

horse and his rider .

3919 Hast thou given the horse strength hast thou clothed his

neck with thunder .

3920 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper the glory of

his nostrils is terrible .

3921 He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength he

goeth on to meet the armed men .

3922 He mocketh at fear and is not affrighted neither turneth

he back from the sword .

3923 The quiver rattleth against him the glittering spear and

the shield .

3924 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage neither

believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet .

3925 He saith among the trumpets Ha ha and he smelleth the

battle afar off the thunder of the captains and the shouting .

3926 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom and stretch her wings

toward the south .

3927 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command and make her nest

on high .

3928 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock upon the crag of the

rock and the strong place .

3929 From thence she seeketh the prey and her eyes behold afar

off .

3930 Her young ones also suck up blood and where the slain are

there is she .

* 401 Moreover the LORD answered Job and said .

402 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him he

that reproveth God let him answer it .

403 Then Job answered the LORD and said .

404 Behold I am vile what shall I answer thee I will lay mine

hand upon my mouth .

405 Once have I spoken but I will not answer yea twice but I

will proceed no further .

406 Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind and

said .

407 Gird up thy loins now like a man I will demand of thee and

declare thou unto me .

408 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment wilt thou condemn me

that thou mayest be righteous .

409 Hast thou an arm like God or canst thou thunder with a

voice like him .

4010 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency and array

thyself with glory and beauty .

4011 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath and behold every one

that is proud and abase him .

4012 Look on every one that is proud and bring him low and

tread down the wicked in their place .

4013 Hide them in the dust together and bind their faces in

secret .

4014 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right

hand can save thee .

4015 Behold now behemoth which I made with thee he eateth grass

as an ox .

4016 Lo now his strength is in his loins and his force is in

the navel of his belly .

4017 He moveth his tail like a cedar the sinews of his stones

are wrapped together .

4018 His bones are as strong pieces of brass his bones are like

bars of iron .

4019 He is the chief of the ways of God he that made him can

make his sword to approach unto him .

4020 Surely the mountains bring him forth food where all the

beasts of the field play .

4021 He lieth under the shady trees in the covert of the reed

and fens .

4022 The shady trees cover him with their shadow the willows of

the brook compass him about .

4023 Behold he drinketh up a river and hasteth not he trusteth

that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth .

4024 He taketh it with his eyes his nose pierceth through

snares .

* 411 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook or his tongue

with a cord which thou lettest down .

412 Canst thou put an hook into his nose or bore his jaw

through with a thorn .

413 Will he make many supplications unto thee will he speak

soft words unto thee .

414 Will he make a covenant with thee wilt thou take him for a

servant for ever .

415 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird or wilt thou bind

him for thy maidens .

416 Shall the companions make a banquet of him shall they part

him among the merchants .

417 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons or his head with

fish spears .

418 Lay thine hand upon him remember the battle do no more .

419 Behold the hope of him is in vain shall not one be cast

down even at the sight of him .

4110 None is so fierce that dare stir him up who then is able

to stand before me .

4111 Who hath prevented me that I should repay him whatsoever

is under the whole heaven is mine .

4112 I will not conceal his parts nor his power nor his comely

proportion .

4113 Who can discover the face of his garment or who can come

to him with his double bridle .

4114 Who can open the doors of his face his teeth are terrible

round about .

4115 His scales are his pride shut up together as with a close

seal .

4116 One is so near to another that no air can come between

them .

4117 They are joined one to another they stick together that

they cannot be sundered .

4118 By his neesings a light doth shine and his eyes are like

the eyelids of the morning .

4119 Out of his mouth go burning lamps and sparks of fire leap

out .

4120 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke as out of a seething pot

or caldron .

4121 His breath kindleth coals and a flame goeth out of his

mouth .

4122 In his neck remaineth strength and sorrow is turned into

joy before him .

4123 The flakes of his flesh are joined together they are firm

in themselves they cannot be moved .

4124 His heart is as firm as a stone yea as hard as a piece of

the nether millstone .

4125 When he raiseth up himself the mighty are afraid by reason

of breakings they purify themselves .

4126 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold the spear

the dart nor the habergeon .

4127 He esteemeth iron as straw and brass as rotten wood .

4128 The arrow cannot make him flee slingstones are turned with

him into stubble .

4129 Darts are counted as stubble he laugheth at the shaking of

a spear .

4130 Sharp stones are under him he spreadeth sharp pointed

things upon the mire .

4131 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot he maketh the sea

like a pot of ointment .

4132 He maketh a path to shine after him one would think the

deep to be hoary .

4133 Upon earth there is not his like who is made without fear .

4134 He beholdeth all high things he is a king over all the

children of pride .

* 421 Then Job answered the LORD and said .

422 I know that thou canst do every thing and that no thought

can be withholden from thee .

423 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge therefore

have I uttered that I understood not things too wonderful for me

which I knew not .

424 Hear I beseech thee and I will speak I will demand of thee

and declare thou unto me .

425 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear but now mine

eye seeth thee .

426 Wherefore I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes .

427 And it was so that after the LORD had spoken these words

unto 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 .

428 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams

and go to my servant Job and offer up 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 .

429 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 .

4210 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 .

4211 Then came there unto him all his brethren and all his

sisters and all they that had been of his acquaintance before

and did eat bread with him in his house and they bemoaned 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 earring of gold .

4212 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 .

4213 He had also seven sons and three daughters .

4214 And he called the name of the first Jemima and the name of

the second Kezia and the name of the third Kerenhappuch .

4215 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 .

4216 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years and saw

his sons and his sons' sons even four generations .

4217 So Job died being old and full of days .