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Job 1
1. There was a man <0376> in the land <0776> of Uz <05780>, whose name <08034> [was] Job <0347>; and that man <0376> was perfect <08535> and upright <03477>, and one that feared <03373> God <0430>, and eschewed <05493> evil <07451>.
2 And there were born <03205> unto him seven <07651> sons <01121> and three <07969> daughters <01121>.
3 His substance <04735> also was seven <07651> thousand <0505> sheep <06629>, and three <07969> thousand <0505> camels <01581>, and five <02568> hundred <03967> yoke <06776> of oxen <01241>, and five <02568> hundred <03967> she asses <0860>, and a very <03966> great <07227> household <05657>; so that this <01931> man <0376> was the greatest <01419> of all <03605> the men <01121> of the east <06924>.
4. And his sons <01121> went <01980> and feasted <04960> [in their] houses <01004>, every <0376> one <0376> his day <03117>; and sent <07971> and called <07121> for their three <07969> sisters <0269> to eat <0398> and to drink <08354> with them.
5 And it was so, when <03588> the days <03117> of [their] feasting <04960> were gone <05362> about <05362>, that Job <0347> sent <07971> and sanctified <06942> them, and rose <07925> up early <07925> in the morning <01242>, and offered <05927> burnt <05930> offerings [according] to the number <04557> of them all <03605>: for Job <0347> said <0559>, It may <0194> be that my sons <01121> have sinned <02398>, and cursed <01288> God <0430> in their hearts <03824>. Thus <03602> did <06213> Job <0347> continually.
6. Now there was a day <03117> when the sons <01121> of God <0430> came <0935> to present <03320> themselves before <05921> the LORD <03068>, and Satan <07854> came <0935> also <01571> among <08432> them.
7 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto Satan <07854>, Whence <0370> comest <0935> thou? Then Satan <07854> answered <06030> the LORD <03068>, and said <0559>, From going <07751> to and fro <07751> in the earth <0776>, and from walking <01980> up and down in it.
8 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto Satan <07854>, Hast thou considered my servant <05650> Job <0347>, that [there is] none <0369> like <03644> him in the earth <0776>, a perfect <08535> and an upright <03477> man <0376>, one that feareth <03373> God <0430>, and escheweth <05493> evil <07451>?
9 Then Satan <07854> answered <06030> the LORD <03068>, and said <0559>, Doth Job <0347> fear <03372> God <0430> for nought <02600>?
10 Hast not thou made an hedge <07753> about <01157> him, and about <01157> his house <01004>, and about <01157> all <03605> that he hath on every <05437> side <05439>? thou hast blessed <01288> the work <04639> of his hands <03027>, and his substance <04735> is increased <06555> in the land <0776>.
11 But put <07971> forth <07971> thine hand <03027> now <04994>, and touch <05060> all <03605> that he hath, and he will curse <01288> thee to thy face <06440>.
12 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto Satan <07854>, Behold <02009>, all <03605> that he hath [is] in thy power <03027>; only <03535> upon himself put <07971> not forth <07971> thine hand <03027>. So Satan <07854> went <03318> forth <03318> from the presence <06440> of the LORD <03068>.
13. And there was a day <03117> when his sons <01121> and his daughters <01121> [were] eating <0398> and drinking <08354> wine <03196> in their eldest <01060> brother's <0251> house <01004>:
14 And there came <0935> a messenger <04397> unto Job <0347>, and said <0559>, The oxen <01241> were plowing <02790>, and the asses <0860> feeding <07462> beside them:
15 And the Sabeans <07614> fell <05307> [upon them], and took <03947> them away; yea, they have slain <05221> the servants <05288> with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>; and I only <07535> am escaped <04422> alone <0905> to tell <05046> thee.
16 While he [was] yet speaking <01696>, there came <0935> also another <02088>, and said <0559>, The fire <0784> of God <0430> is fallen <05307> from heaven <08064>, and hath burned <01197> up the sheep <06629>, and the servants <05288>, and consumed <0398> them; and I only <07535> am escaped <04422> alone <0905> to tell <05046> thee.
17 While he [was] yet speaking <01696>, there came <0935> also another <02088>, and said <0559>, The Chaldeans <03778> made <07760> out three <07969> bands <07218>, and fell <06584> upon the camels <01581>, and have carried <03947> them away, yea, and slain <05221> the servants <05288> with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>; and I only <07535> am escaped <04422> alone <0905> to tell <05046> thee.
18 While he [was] yet speaking <01696>, there came <0935> also another <02088>, and said <0559>, Thy sons <01121> and thy daughters <01121> [were] eating <0398> and drinking <08354> wine <03196> in their eldest <01060> brother's <0251> house <01004>:
19 And, behold <02009>, there came <0935> a great <01419> wind <07307> from the wilderness <04057>, and smote <05060> the four <0702> corners <06438> of the house <01004>, and it fell <05307> upon the young <05288> men, and they are dead <04191>; and I only <07535> am escaped <04422> alone <0905> to tell <05046> thee.
20. Then Job <0347> arose <06965>, and rent <07167> his mantle <04598>, and shaved <01494> his head <07218>, and fell <05307> down upon the ground <0776>, and worshipped <07812>,
21 And said <0559>, Naked <06174> came <03318> I out of my mother's <0517> womb <0990>, and naked <06174> shall I return <07725> thither <08033>: the LORD <03068> gave <05414>, and the LORD <03068> hath taken <03947> away; blessed <01288> be the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>.
22 In all <03605> this <02063> Job <0347> sinned <02398> not, nor <03808> charged <05414> God <0430> foolishly <08604>.
Job 2
1. Again there was a day <03117> when the sons <01121> of God <0430> came <0935> to present <03320> themselves before <05921> the LORD <03068>, and Satan <07854> came <0935> also <01571> among <08432> them to present <03320> himself before <06440> the LORD <03068>.
2 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto Satan <07854>, From whence comest <0935> thou? And Satan <07854> answered <06030> the LORD <03068>, and said <0559>, From going <07751> to and fro <07751> in the earth <0776>, and from walking <01980> up and down in it.
3 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto Satan <07854>, Hast thou considered my servant <05650> Job <0347>, that [there is] none <0369> like <03644> him in the earth <0776>, a perfect <08535> and an upright <03477> man <0376>, one that feareth <03373> God <0430>, and escheweth <05493> evil <07451>? and still <05750> he holdeth <02388> fast his integrity <08538>, although thou movedst <05496> me against him, to destroy <01104> him without <02600> cause <02600>.
4 And Satan <07854> answered <06030> the LORD <03068>, and said <0559>, Skin <05785> for skin <05785>, yea, all <03605> that a man <0376> hath will he give <05414> for his life <05315>.
5 But put <07971> forth <07971> thine hand <03027> now <04994>, and touch <05060> his bone <06106> and his flesh <01320>, and he will curse <01288> thee to thy face <06440>.
6 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto Satan <07854>, Behold <02009>, he [is] in thine hand <03027>; but save <08104> his life <05315>.
7. So went <03318> Satan <07854> forth <03318> from the presence <06440> of the LORD <03068>, and smote <05221> Job <0347> with sore <07451> boils <07822> from the sole <03709> of his foot <07272> unto his crown <06936>.
8 And he took <03947> him a potsherd <02789> to scrape <01623> himself withal; and he sat <03427> down among <08432> the ashes <0665>.
9 Then said <0559> his wife <0802> unto him, Dost thou still <05750> retain <02388> thine integrity <08538>? curse <01288> God <0430>, and die <04191>.
10 But he said <0559> unto her, Thou speakest <01696> as one <0259> of the foolish <05039> women speaketh <01696>. What <01571>? shall we receive <06901> good <02896> at the hand <0854> of God <0430>, and shall we not receive <06901> evil <07451>? In all <03605> this <02063> did not Job <0347> sin <02398> with his lips <08193>.
11. Now when Job's <0347> three <07969> friends <07453> heard <08085> of all <03605> this <02063> evil <07451> that was come <0935> upon him, they came <0935> every <0376> one <0376> from his own place <04725>; Eliphaz <0464> the Temanite <08489>, and Bildad <01085> the Shuhite <07747>, and Zophar <06691> the Naamathite <05284>: for they had made an appointment <03259> together <03162> to come <0935> to mourn <05110> with him and to comfort <05162> him.
12 And when they lifted <05375> up their eyes <05869> afar <07350> off, and knew <05234> him not, they lifted <05375> up their voice <06963>, and wept <01058>; and they rent <07167> every <0376> one <0376> his mantle <04598>, and sprinkled <02236> dust <06083> upon their heads <07218> toward heaven <08064>.
13 So they sat <03427> down with him upon the ground <0776> seven <07651> days <03117> and seven <07651> nights <03915>, and none <0369> spake <01696> a word <01697> unto him: for they saw <07200> that [his] grief <03511> was very <03966> great <01431>.
Job 3
1. After <0310> this <03651> opened <06605> Job <0347> his mouth <06310>, and cursed <07043> his day <03117>.
2 And Job <0347> spake <06030>, and said <0559>,
3 Let the day <03117> perish <06> wherein I was born <03205>, and the night <03915> [in which] it was said <0559>, There is a man <01397> child conceived <02030>.
4 Let that day <03117> be darkness <02822>; let not God <0433> regard <01875> it from above <04605>, neither <0408> let the light <05105> shine <03313> upon it.
5 Let darkness <02822> and the shadow <06757> of death <06757> stain <01350> it; let a cloud <06053> dwell <07931> upon it; let the blackness <03650> of the day <03117> terrify <01204> it.
6 As [for] that night <03915>, let darkness <0652> seize <03947> upon it; let it not be joined <02302> unto the days <03117> of the year <08141>, let it not come <0935> into the number <04557> of the months <03391>.
7 Lo <02009>, let that night <03915> be solitary <01565>, let no <0408> joyful <07445> voice come <0935> therein.
8 Let them curse <05344> it that curse <0779> the day <03117>, who are ready <06264> to raise <05782> up their mourning <03382>.
9 Let the stars <03556> of the twilight <05399> thereof be dark <02821>; let it look <06960> for light <0216>, but [have] none <0369>; neither <0408> let it see <07200> the dawning <06079> of the day <07837>:
10 Because <03588> it shut <05462> not up the doors <01817> of my [mother's] womb <0990>, nor hid <05641> sorrow <03999> from mine eyes <05869>.
11. Why <04100> died <04191> I not from the womb <07358>? [why] did I [not] give <01478> up the ghost <01478> when I came <03318> out of the belly <0990>?
12 Why <04069> did the knees <01290> prevent <06923> me? or why <04069> the breasts <07699> that I should suck <03243>?
13 For now <06258> should I have lain <07901> still and been quiet <08252>, I should have slept <03462>: then <0227> had I been at rest <05117>,
14 With kings <04428> and counsellors <03289> of the earth <0776>, which built <01129> desolate <02723> places <02723> for themselves;
15 Or <0176> with princes <08269> that had gold <02091>, who filled <04390> their houses <01004> with silver <03701>:
16 Or <0176> as an hidden <02934> untimely <05309> birth <05309> I had not been <01961>; as infants <05768> [which] never <03808> saw <07200> light <0216>.
17 There <08033> the wicked <07563> cease <02308> [from] troubling <07267>; and there <08033> the weary <03019> be at rest <05117>.
18 [There] the prisoners <0615> rest <07599> together <03162>; they hear <08085> not the voice <06963> of the oppressor <05065>.
19 The small <06996> and great <01419> are there <08033>; and the servant <05650> [is] free <02670> from his master <0113>.
20. Wherefore <04100> is light <0216> given <05414> to him that is in misery <06001>, and life <02416> unto the bitter <04751> [in] soul <05315>;
21 Which long <02442> for death <04194>, but it [cometh] not; and dig <02658> for it more than for hid <04301> treasures <04301>;
22 Which rejoice <08055> exceedingly, [and] are glad <07797>, when <03588> they can find <04672> the grave <06913>?
23 [Why is light given] to a man <01397> whose <0834> way <01870> is hid <05641>, and whom God <0433> hath hedged <05526> in?
24 For my sighing <0585> cometh <0935> before <06440> I eat <03899>, and my roarings <07581> are poured <05413> out like the waters <04325>.
25 For the thing which I greatly feared <06342> is come <0857> upon me, and that which <0834> I was afraid <03025> of is come <0935> unto me.
26 I was not in safety <07951>, neither <03808> had I rest <08252>, neither <03808> was I quiet <05117>; yet trouble <07267> came <0935>.
Job 4
1. Then Eliphaz <0464> the Temanite <08489> answered <06030> and said <0559>,
2 [If] we assay <05254> to commune <01697> with thee, wilt thou be grieved <03811>? but who <04310> can <03201> withhold <06113> himself from speaking <04405>?
3 Behold <02009>, thou hast instructed <03256> many <07227>, and thou hast strengthened <02388> the weak <07504> hands <03027>.
4 Thy words <04405> have upholden <06965> him that was falling <03782>, and thou hast strengthened <0553> the feeble <03766> knees <01290>.
5 But now <06258> it is come <0935> upon thee, and thou faintest <03811>; it toucheth <05060> thee, and thou art troubled <0926>.
6 [Is] not [this] thy fear <03374>, thy confidence <03690>, thy hope <08615>, and the uprightness <08537> of thy ways <01870>?
7. Remember <02142>, I pray <04994> thee, who <04310> [ever] perished <06>, being innocent <05355>? or where <0375> were the righteous <06662> cut <03582> off?
8 Even as I have seen <07200>, they that plow <02790> iniquity <0205>, and sow <02232> wickedness <05999>, reap <07114> the same.
9 By the blast <05397> of God <0433> they perish <06>, and by the breath <07307> of his nostrils <0639> are they consumed <03615>.
10 The roaring <07581> of the lion <0738>, and the voice <06963> of the fierce <07826> lion <07826>, and the teeth <08127> of the young <03715> lions <03715>, are broken <05421>.
11 The old lion <03918> perisheth <06> for lack <01097> of prey <02964>, and the stout lion's <03833> whelps <01121> are scattered <06504> abroad <06504>.
12. Now a thing <01697> was secretly <01589> brought <01589> to me, and mine ear <0241> received <03947> a little <08102> thereof.
13 In thoughts <05587> from the visions <02384> of the night <03915>, when deep <08639> sleep <08639> falleth <05307> on <05921> men <0582>,
14 Fear <06343> came <07122> upon me, and trembling <07460>, which made all <07230> my bones <06106> to shake <06342>.
15 Then a spirit <07307> passed <02498> before <05921> my face <06440>; the hair <08185> of my flesh <01320> stood <05568> up:
16 It stood <05975> still, but I could not discern <05234> the form <04758> thereof: an image <08544> [was] before <05048> mine eyes <05869>, [there was] silence <01827>, and I heard <08085> a voice <06963>, [saying],
17 Shall mortal <0582> man <0582> be more just <06663> than God <0433>? shall a man <01396> be more pure <02891> than his maker <06213>?
18 Behold <02005>, he put no <03808> trust <0539> in his servants <05650>; and his angels <04397> he charged <07760> with folly <08417>:
19 How <0637> much <0637> less [in] them that dwell <07931> in houses <01004> of clay <02563>, whose <0834> foundation <03247> [is] in the dust <06083>, [which] are crushed <01792> before <06440> the moth <06211>?
20 They are destroyed <03807> from morning <01242> to evening <06153>: they perish <06> for ever <05331> without any regarding <07760> [it].
21 Doth not their excellency <03499> [which is] in them go <05265> away <05265>? they die <04191>, even without <03808> wisdom <02451>.
Job 5
1. Call <07121> now <04994>, if there be any that will answer <06030> thee; and to which <04310> of the saints <06918> wilt thou turn <06437>?
2 For wrath <03708> killeth <02026> the foolish <0191> man, and envy <07068> slayeth <04191> the silly <06601> one.
3 I have seen <07200> the foolish <0191> taking root <08327>: but suddenly <06597> I cursed <05344> his habitation <05116>.
4 His children <01121> are far <07350> from safety <03468>, and they are crushed <01792> in the gate <08179>, neither <0369> [is there] any to deliver <05337> [them].
5 Whose <0834> harvest <07105> the hungry <07456> eateth <0398> up, and taketh <03947> it even out of the thorns <06791>, and the robber <06782> swalloweth <07602> up their substance <02428>.
6. Although <03588> affliction <0205> cometh <03318> not forth <03318> of the dust <06083>, neither <03808> doth trouble <05999> spring <06779> out of the ground <0127>;
7 Yet <03588> man <0120> is born <03205> unto trouble <05999>, as the sparks <07565> fly <05774> upward <01361>.
8 I would seek <01875> unto God <0410>, and unto God <0430> would I commit <07760> my cause <01700>:
9 Which doeth <06213> great <01419> things and unsearchable; marvellous <06381> things without number <04557>:
10 Who giveth <05414> rain <04306> upon the earth <0776>, and sendeth <07971> waters <04325> upon the fields <02351>:
11 To set <07760> up on high <04791> those that be low <08217>; that those which mourn <06937> may be exalted <07682> to safety <03468>.
12 He disappointeth <06565> the devices <04284> of the crafty <06175>, so that their hands <03027> cannot perform [their] enterprise <08454>.
13 He taketh <03920> the wise <02450> in their own craftiness <06193>: and the counsel <06098> of the froward <06617> is carried <04116> headlong.
14 They meet <06298> with darkness <02822> in the daytime <03119>, and grope <04959> in the noonday <06672> as in the night <03915>.
15 But he saveth <03467> the poor <034> from the sword <02719>, from their mouth <06310>, and from the hand <03027> of the mighty <02389>.
16 So the poor <01800> hath <01961> hope <08615>, and iniquity <05766> stoppeth <07092> her mouth <06310>.
17. Behold <02009>, happy <0835> [is] the man <0582> whom God <0433> correcteth <03198>: therefore despise <03988> not thou the chastening <04148> of the Almighty <07706>:
18 For he maketh sore <03510>, and bindeth <02280> up: he woundeth <04272>, and his hands <03027> make whole <07495>.
19 He shall deliver <05337> thee in six <08337> troubles <06869>: yea, in seven <07651> there shall no <03808> evil <07451> touch <05060> thee.
20 In famine <07458> he shall redeem <06299> thee from death <04194>: and in war <04421> from the power <03027> of the sword <02719>.
21 Thou shalt be hid <02244> from the scourge <07752> of the tongue <03956>: neither <03808> shalt thou be afraid <03372> of destruction <07701> when <03588> it cometh <0935>.
22 At destruction <07701> and famine <03720> thou shalt laugh <07832>: neither <0408> shalt thou be afraid <03372> of the beasts <02416> of the earth <0776>.
23 For thou shalt be in league <01285> with the stones <068> of the field <07704>: and the beasts <02416> of the field <07704> shall be at peace <07999> with thee.
24 And thou shalt know <03045> that thy tabernacle <0168> [shall be] in peace <07965>; and thou shalt visit <06485> thy habitation <05116>, and shalt not sin <02398>.
25 Thou shalt know <03045> also that thy seed <02233> [shall be] great <07227>, and thine offspring <06631> as the grass <06212> of the earth <0776>.
26 Thou shalt come <0935> to [thy] grave <06913> in a full <03624> age <03624>, like as a shock <01430> of corn cometh <05927> in in his season <06256>.
27 Lo <02009> this <02063>, we have searched <02713> it, so <03651> it [is]; hear <08085> it, and know <03045> thou [it] for thy good.
Job 6
1. But Job <0347> answered <06030> and said <0559>,
2 Oh that my grief <03708> were throughly weighed <08254>, and my calamity <01942> laid <05375> in the balances <03976> together <03162>!
3 For now <06258> it would be heavier <03513> than the sand <02344> of the sea <03220>: therefore my words <01697> are swallowed <03886> up.
4 For the arrows <02671> of the Almighty <07706> [are] within <05978> me, the poison <02534> whereof <0834> drinketh <08354> up my spirit <07307>: the terrors <01161> of God <0433> do set themselves in array <06186> against me.
5 Doth the wild <06501> ass <06501> bray <05101> when he hath grass <01877>? or loweth <01600> the ox <07794> over <05921> his fodder <01098>?
6 Can that which is unsavoury <08602> be eaten <0398> without <01097> salt <04417>? or is there <08033> [any] taste <02940> in the white <07388> of an egg <02495>?
7 The things [that] my soul <05315> refused <03985> to touch <05060> [are] as my sorrowful <01741> meat <03899>.
8. Oh that I might have <0935> my request <07596>; and that God <0433> would grant <05414> [me] the thing that I long <08615> for!
9 Even that it would please <02894> God <0433> to destroy <01792> me; that he would let loose <05425> his hand <03027>, and cut <01214> me off!
10 Then should I yet <05750> have <01961> comfort <05165>; yea, I would harden <05539> myself in sorrow <02427>: let him not spare <02550>; for I have not concealed <03582> the words <0561> of the Holy <06918> One.
11 What <04100> [is] my strength <03581>, that I should hope <03176>? and what <04100> [is] mine end <07093>, that I should prolong <0748> my life <05315>?
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