The Leeser Bible
1853 by Isaac Leeser
Job 1:1 ¶ There was a man in the land of ‘Uz, Job was his name; And this man was perfect and upright, and fearing God, and eschewing evil.
Job 1:2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
Job 1:3 And his cattle consisted of seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she–asses, and he had a very great store of servants: so that this man was greater than all the sons of the east.
Job 1:4 ¶ And his sons used to go and prepare a feast in the house of every one on his day; and they sent and invited their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
Job 1:5 And it happened, when the days of the feast were gone round, that Job sent and sanctified them, and he then rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt–offerings according to the number of all of them; for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and have renounced God in their heart. In this manner used Job to do all the time.
Job 1:6 ¶ Now it happened on a certain day, when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, that the Accuser also came in the midst of them.
Job 1:7 Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Whence comest thou? And the Accuser answered the Lord, and said, From roaming over the earth, and from wandering through it.
Job 1:8 Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Hast thou directed thy attention toward my servant Job; for there is none like him on the earth, a man perfect and upright, who feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Job 1:9 Then answered the Accuser the Lord, and said, Is it for nought that Job feareth God?
Job 1:10 Behold, thou hast indeed placed a fence about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side: the work of his hands hast thou blessed, and his cattle are far spread out in the land.
Job 1:11 But stretch only forth thy hand and touch all that he hath, and [see] whether he will not renounce thee to thy face.
Job 1:12 Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Behold, all that is his be in thy power; only against himself shalt thou not stretch forth thy hand. The Accuser went thereupon away from the presence of the Lord.
Job 1:13 ¶ And it happened on a certain day, when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their first–born brother,
Job 1:14 That a messenger came unto Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the she–asses were feeding beside them:
Job 1:15 When the Sabeans made an incursion, and took them away, and the young men they slew with the edge of the sword; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee.
Job 1:16 This one was yet speaking, when another came, and said, A fire of God fell from heaven, and burnt among the sheep and the young men, and consumed them; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee.
Job 1:17 This one was yet speaking, when another came, and said, The Chaldeans posted themselves in three divisions, and made an inroad against the camels, and took them away, and the young men they slew with the edge of the sword; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee.
Job 1:18 While this one was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their first–born brother:
Job 1:19 When, behold, a violent wind came from the direction of the wilderness, and struck against the four corners of the house, so that it fell upon the young men, and they died; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee.
Job 1:20 ¶ Then arose Job, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and prostrated himself.
Job 1:21 And he 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; may the name of the Lord be blessed.
Job 1:22 With all this did Job not sin, and attributed no injustice to God.
Job 2:1 ¶ And it happened [again] on a certain day, when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, that the Accuser also came in the midst of them to present himself before the Lord.
Job 2:2 Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Whence comest thou now? And the Accuser answered the Lord, and said, From roaming over the earth, and from wandering through it.
Job 2:3 Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Hast thou directed thy attention toward my servant Job: for there is none like him on the earth, a man perfect and upright, who feareth God, and escheweth evil? and he is still holding fast to his integrity, and thou hast incited me against him, to destroy him without cause.
Job 2:4 Then answered the Accuser the Lord, and said, Skin for skin: yea, all that a man hath will he give in behalf of his life.
Job 2:5 But stretch only forth thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and [see] whether he will not renounce thee to thy face.
Job 2:6 Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Behold, he is in thy hand: only take care of his life.
Job 2:7 ¶ Thereupon went the Accuser forth from the presence of the Lord, and he smote Job with a sore inflammation, from the sole of his foot unto the crown of his head.
Job 2:8 And [Job] took himself a potsherd to scrape himself there with, while he was sitting down among the ashes.
Job 2:9 Then said his wife unto him, Art thou still holding fast to thy integrity? renounce God, and die.
Job 2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the worthless women would speak. What? should we accept the good alone, from God, and the evil we should not accept? With all this did Job not sin with his lips.
Job 2:11 ¶ When now the three friends of Job had heard of all this evil that was come over him, they came every one from his own place, Eliphaz the Themanite, and Bildad the Shuchite, and Zophar the Na’amthite; and they met together to come to condole with him and to comfort him.
Job 2:12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and they recognised him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his robe, and strewed dust upon their heads toward heaven.
Job 2:13 They likewise sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights; but no one spoke a word unto him; for they saw that his pain was very great.
Job 3:1 ¶ After this time Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day.
Job 3:2 And Job commenced, and said,
Job 3:3 Oh that the day whereon I was born might perish, and the night when it was said, There hath been a male child conceived.
Job 3:4 May that day be [covered with] darkness; may not God from above inquire for it, and may no light beam upon it.
Job 3:5 Oh that darkness and the shadow of death might defile it; may a cloud rest upon it; may the blackness of the day terrify it.
Job 3:6 Yon night––let darkness seize upon it; let it not be united to the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the [periods lighted by the] moon.
Job 3:7 Lo, may that night be solitary, let no song of joy occur thereon.
Job 3:8 Let those denounce it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning cry.
Job 3:9 Let the stars of its twilight be darkened; let it hope for light, and there be none; and let it not behold the eyelids of the morning–dawn;
Job 3:10 Because God closed not against me the doors of the womb, and thus concealed trouble from my eyes.
Job 3:11 ¶ Why did I not die [the moment I issued] from the womb, and [why] was I not born merely to perish at once?
Job 3:12 Wherefore were knees ready to receive me? and for what purpose were breasts there that I might suck?
Job 3:13 For now should I be lying still and be quiet; I should sleep: then would I be at rest,
Job 3:14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, who build up ruined places for themselves;
Job 3:15 Or with princes possessing gold, who fill their houses with silver;
Job 3:16 Or as an untimely birth, hidden [from view] I should not exist; as infants that never have seen the light;
Job 3:17 There [where] the wicked cease from troubling; and where the exhausted weary are at rest;
Job 3:18 [Where] the prisoners repose together, [and] they hear no more the taskmaster’s voice.
Job 3:19 The small with the great is there, and the servant free from his master.
Job 3:20 ¶ Wherefore giveth He now light to the labor–laden, and life unto the bitter in soul?
Job 3:21 Who wait for death, which [cometh] not; and who dig for it sooner than for hidden treasures;
Job 3:22 Who would rejoice even to exulting, who would be glad could they but find a grave?
Job 3:23 [Why is light given] to a man whose way is hidden, and around whom God hath placed a fence?
Job 3:24 For before my food cometh my groaning, and like the water are poured forth my loud complaints.
Job 3:25 Because what I greatly dreaded is come upon me, and what I apprehended is come unto me.
Job 3:26 I have had no safety, and no quiet, and no rest; and [now] harrowing trouble is come.
Job 4:1 ¶ Then answered Eliphaz the Themanite, and said,
Job 4:2 If we essay to address a word to thee, wilt thou be wearied? yet who is able to refrain from speaking?
Job 4:3 Behold, thou hast [ere this] corrected many, and weak hands thou wast wont to strengthen.
Job 4:4 Him that stumbled thy words used to uphold, and to sinking knees thou gavest vigor.
Job 4:5 Yet now, when it cometh to thee, thou art wearied: it toucheth even thee, and thou art terrified.
Job 4:6 Is not then thy fear of God still thy confidence, thy hope equal to the integrity of thy ways?
Job 4:7 ¶ Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous destroyed?
Job 4:8 Even as I have seen, that those who plough wrong–doing, and sow trouble, have to reap the same.
Job 4:9 Before the breathing of God they perish, and before the breath of his nostrils they come to their end.
Job 4:10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
Job 4:11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness have to scatter themselves abroad.
Job 4:12 ¶ But to me a word came by stealth, and my ear took in a scarcely perceptible whisper thereof.
Job 4:13 In intense thoughts out of visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men:
Job 4:14 Dread came over me, with trembling, and it caused all my bones to shudder.
Job 4:15 Then flitted a spirit past before my face; the hair of my body stood up:
Job 4:16 It stood still, but I could not recognize its form; a figure was before my eyes, a slight whisper, then a [louder] voice I heard, saying,
Job 4:17 Can a mortal be more righteous than God? or can a man be more pure than his Maker?
Job 4:18 Behold, in his servants he putteth no trust, and his angels he chargeth with folly:
Job 4:19 How much less in those that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed till they come to be eaten by the moth?
Job 4:20 From morning to evening are they broken to pieces: without laying it [to heart] they perish for ever.
Job 4:21 Behold, their excellency which is in them is torn away: they die, and this without wisdom.
Job 5:1 ¶ Do but call: is there one that will answer thee? and to whom of the saints wilt thou turn thyself?
Job 5:2 For vexation will prove death to a foolish man, and jealousy will slay the simple.
Job 5:3 I have myself seen the foolish taking root; but I suddenly held his habitation as accursed.
Job 5:4 His children are far from help, and men crush them in the gate, with no one to deliver them.
Job 5:5 [He it is] whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber snatcheth eagerly after their substance.
Job 5:6 ¶ For wrong doth not come forth out of the dust, neither doth trouble grow up out of the ground;
Job 5:7 But man is born unto trouble, as young birds take up their flight.
Job 5:8 I, however, would have besought God, and unto God would I have committed my cause;
Job 5:9 Who doth great things which are unsearchable, marvelous things till they are without number;
Job 5:10 Who giveth rain upon the surface of the earth, and sendeth out waters over the face of the fields;
Job 5:11 To set up the lowly on high, that those who mourn may rise high to happiness;
Job 5:12 [But] who frustrateth the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot execute their well–devised counsel;
Job 5:13 Who catcheth the wise in their own craftiness; and the advise of the perverse is hastened on headlong;
Job 5:14 By day they meet with darkness, and as though it were night they grope about in the noon of day;
Job 5:15 But who saveth from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty, the needy one:
Job 5:16 And so cometh to the indigent hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Job 5:17 ¶ Behold, happy is the man whom God admonisheth: despise then not the correction of the Almighty.
Job 5:18 For he it is that woundeth, and bindeth up: he smiteth, and his hands do heal.
Job 5:19 In six distresses will he deliver thee; and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Job 5:20 In famine he redeemeth thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.
Job 5:21 Against the scourge of the tongue shall thou he hidden; and thou needest not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
Job 5:22 At destruction and famine canst thou laugh; and thou needest not have any fear of the beasts of the earth.
Job 5:23 For with the stones of the field shalt thou have thy covenant; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
Job 5:24 And thou shalt know that there is peace in thy tent; and thou wilt look over thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.
Job 5:25 And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thy offspring as the herbage of the earth.
Job 5:26 Thon wilt go in a ripe age unto the grave, as a shock of corn is carried home in its season.
Job 5:27 Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is: hear it, and do thou note it well for thyself.
Job 6:1 ¶ Then answered Job, and said,
Job 6:2 Oh that my vexation could be truly weighed, and my calamity; oh that men might lift it up in the balances at once!
Job 6:3 For now it is already heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore are my words confused.
Job 6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh it: the terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
Job 6:5 Doth the wild ass bray over the grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Job 6:6 Is ever tasteless food eaten without salt? or is there any flavor in the white of an egg?
Job 6:7 My soul refuseth to touch them: they are unto me like disgusting food.
Job 6:8 ¶ Oh that some one would grant the accomplishment of my request; and that God would grant me the fulfillment of my hope!
Job 6:9 Yea, that it would please God that he might crush me: that he would let loose his hand, and make an end of me!
Job 6:10 Then would this be still my comfort; yea, I would rejoice in my pain while be would not spare: that I have not gainsaid the commands of the Holy One.––
Job 6:11 What is my strength, that I should wait? and what my end, that I should yet longer retain my patience?
Job 6:12 Is the strength of stones my strength? or is my flesh brazen?
Job 6:13 Truly, am I not without my help in me? and is not wise counsel driven far away from me?
Job 6:14 ¶ As though I were one who refuseth kindness to his friend, and forsaketh the fear of the Almighty:
Job 6:15 My brothers are treacherous as a brook, like flowing brooks they pass along;
Job 6:16 Which are made turbid by reason of the ice, wherein the snow hideth itself;
Job 6:17 At the time when they feel the warmth, they vanish; when it is hot, they are quenched out of their place.
Job 6:18 The paths of their course wind themselves along; they go in the wilderness and are lost.
Job 6:19 The caravans of Thema look hither, the travelling companies Sheba hope for them;
Job 6:20 But they stand ashamed because they had trusted; they come thither and are made to blush.
Job 6:21 For truly now ye are like such a one: ye see my terrible state and are afraid.
Job 6:22 ¶ Have I then ever said, Give me something, and out of your property offer a bribe in my behalf?
Job 6:23 And deliver me from the hand of the adversary? and redeem from the hand of tyrants?
Job 6:24 Teach me, and I will indeed remain silent; and wherein I erred give me to understand.
Job 6:25 How pleasant are straightforward words! but what doth arguing prove?
Job 6:26 Do ye think to reprove words, and [to regard] as wind the speeches of one that is despairing?
Job 6:27 Yea, ye would cast any thing upon the fatherless, and ye would dig a pit against your friend.
Job 6:28 But now, if it please you, turn yourselves toward me, and [say] whether I would lie before your face.
Job 6:29 Reflect again, I pray you, there will be no wrong: yea, reflect once more, my righteousness [will be found] therein.
Job 6:30 Is there any wrong on my tongue? or should my palate not understand [if I spoke] what is iniquitous?
Job 7:1 ¶ Is there not a limited time of service to a mortal upon the earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired laborer?
Job 7:2 As a servant eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hired laborer hopeth for his reward:
Job 7:3 So was I compelled to possess months of vanity, and nights of trouble were counted out unto me.
Job 7:4 When I He down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am wearied with tossings about till the dawn of day.
Job 7:5 My flesh is covered with worms and clods of dust: my skin is burst open, and become loathsome.
Job 7:6 My days hasten away more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle, and they come to an end in the absence of hope.
Job 7:7 ¶ Oh remember that nothing but a breath is my life; that my eye will not again see happiness;
Job 7:8 The eye of him that seeth me now will not behold me again: [thou fixest] thy eyes upon me, and I am no more.
Job 7:9 As the cloud vanisheth and passeth away: so will he that goeth down to the nether world not come up again.
Job 7:10 He will return no more to his house, and his place will not recognize him any more.
Job 7:11 Therefore will I also not restrain my mouth: I will speak in the anguish of my spirit: I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 7:12 Am I a sea, or a monster, that thou settest a watch over me?
Job 7:13 For should I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall help me bear my complaint:
Job 7:14 Then wouldst thou frighten me with dreams, and with visions wouldst thou terrify me;
Job 7:15 So that my soul would choose strangling, death rather than these limbs of mine.
Job 7:16 I loathe it; I cannot live for ever: let me alone; for my days are but nought.
Job 7:17 ¶ What is the mortal, that thou shouldst make him great? and that thou shouldst direct thy heart toward him?
Job 7:18 And that thou shouldst visit him every morning, probe him every moment?
Job 7:19 How long wilt thou not turn thy regard from me, nor let; me loose till I swallow down my spittle?
Job 7:20 If I have sinned, what [injury] can I cause unto thee, O thou Guardian of men? why hast thou set me as an object for thee to strike at, so that I am become a burden to myself?
Job 7:21 And why wilt thou not forgive my transgression, and let my iniquity pass away? for soon must I lie down in the dust; and thou wilt seek for me, but I shall be no more.
Job 8:1 ¶ Then answered Bildad the Shuchite, and said,
Job 8:2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and [let] like a mighty wind be the words of thy mouth?
Job 8:3 Should God pervert justice? or should the Almighty pervert righteousness?
Job 8:4 If thy children have sinned against him, then did he send them off through the means of their transgression.
Job 8:5 If thou wilt earnestly seek for God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Job 8:6 If thou become pure and upright: surely then will he watch over thee, and restore thy righteous habitation.
Job 8:7 And thy beginning will have been small; because thy latter end will grow up greatly.
Job 8:8 ¶ For ask, I pray thee, of an earlier generation, and prepare thyself to [stand by] the research of their fathers; ––
Job 8:9 For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because a [mere] shadow are our days upon earth; ––
Job 8:10 Behold, these will truly teach thee, they will speak unto thee, and out of their very heart will they bring forth words:
Job 8:11 Can the bulrush shoot upward without mire? can the meadow–grass grow up without water?
Job 8:12 It is yet in its greenness, not yet cut down, when it withereth before any other grass.
Job 8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the hypocrite will perish:
Job 8:14 [It is he] whose trust will be cut off, and but a spider’s web is that in which he confideth.
Job 8:15 He leaneth against his house, but it shall not stand: he layeth fast hold on it, but it shall not remain erect.
Job 8:16 He is in full vigor before the sun, and over his garden his shoots go forth.
Job 8:17 His roots are twisted about a stoneheap, he selecteth [for himself] a place of stones.
Job 8:18 But when men destroy him from his place, then will it deny him, saying, I have never seen thee.
Job 8:19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the [same] dust others will grow up.
Job 8:20 ¶ Behold, God will not reject a perfect man, and will not hold fast by their hand the evil–doers:
Job 8:21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with joyful shouting.
Job 8:22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
Job 9:1 ¶ Then answered Job, and said,
Job 9:2 Truly I know that it is so: and how could a mortal be righteous before God?
Job 9:3 If he were desirous to enter into a contest with him, he could not give him one answer out of a thousand.
Job 9:4 He is wise of heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and escaped unscathed?
Job 9:5 [He it is] who removeth mountains, and they know it not, yea, when he overturneth them in his anger;
Job 9:6 Who shaketh the earth loose out of her place, that her pillars tremble;
Job 9:7 Who speaketh to the sun, and he shineth not, and around the stars he placeth a seal;
Job 9:8 Who spread out the heavens by himself alone, and treadeth upon the hillocks of the sea;
Job 9:9 Who made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers the south;
Job 9:10 Who doth great things which are quite unsearchable, and wonders which are quite without number.
Job 9:11 Lo, were he to go past by me, I should not see him; and were he to pass along, I should not perceive him.
Job 9:12 Behold, were he to snatch aught away, who could hold him back? who would say unto him, What dost thou?
Job 9:13 God will not withdraw his anger: beneath him sink down the helpers of the proud.
Job 9:14 ¶ How much less then could I answer him, and select my words [to contend] with him?
Job 9:15 Whom, were I even righteous, I could not answer? to him that condemneth me I could [only] make supplication.
Job 9:16 Or were I to call, and he would answer me, I could yet not believe that he would give ear unto my voice––
Job 9:17 He that bruiseth me with [his] tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without a cause.
Job 9:18 He suffereth me not to recover my breath; but feedeth me overmuch with bitter things.
Job 9:19 If it regard strength, lo, he is the powerful; and if justice, who will cite him for me to appear?
Job 9:20 If I were righteous even, my own mouth would condemn me: were I innocent, it would still prove me perverse.
Job 9:21 I am innocent; I will not have regard for myself: I will despise my life.
Job 9:22 ¶ One thing is [certain], therefore have I said it, The innocent and the wicked he bringeth to their end.
Job 9:23 If a scourge should slay suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the guiltless.
Job 9:24 Is a land given up into the hand of the wicked? he covereth the faces of its judges: if this be not the truth, who is it then?
Job 9:25 ¶ And my days pass swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no happiness,
Job 9:26 They hasten along like pirate ships: like the eagle that stoopeth down upon his food.
Job 9:27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sorrowful countenance, and recover my cheerfulness:
Job 9:28 O then would I be in dread of all my pains; I know that thou wilt not declare me innocent.
Job 9:29 I must ever be guilty: why then should I fatigue myself for nought?
Job 9:30 If I were to wash myself in snow–water, to cleanse myself in the purity of my hands:
Job 9:31 Even then wouldst thou plunge me in the ditch, that my own clothes would render me abhorred.
Job 9:32 For he is not a man, like me, that I could answer him, that we should enter together into a contest.
Job 9:33 There is no one who can decide between us, who could lay his hand upon us both.
Job 9:34 Let him but remove from me his rod, and let not his dread terrify me:
Job 9:35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; for the like I feel not within me.
Job 10:1 ¶ My soul is disgusted with my life; I will give free vent to my complaint over myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 10:2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; let me know for what cause thou contendest against me.
Job 10:3 Is it well for thee that thou shouldst oppress, that thou shouldst reject the labor of thy hands, and shed light upon the counsel of the wicked?
Job 10:4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or wilt thou see as a mortal seeth?
Job 10:5 Are thy days as the days of a mortal, or are thy years as the days of a man,
Job 10:6 That thou inquirest after my iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
Job 10:7 Still it is within thy knowledge that I am not wicked, and there is none that can deliver me out of thy hand.
Job 10:8 ¶ Thy hands have carefully fashioned me and made me; every thing is in harmony all round about; and yet thou dost destroy me!
Job 10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that as though I were clay hast thou made me; and wilt thou cause me to return again unto the dust?
Job 10:10 Behold, like milk didst thou pour me out, and like cheese didst thou curdle me.
Job 10:11 With skin and flesh didst thou clothe me, and with bones and sinews didst thou cover me.
Job 10:12 Life and kindness didst thou grant me, and thy providence watched over my spirit.
Job 10:13 And yet these things hadst thou treasured up in thy heart: I know that this was [resolved] within thee.
Job 10:14 ¶ If I have sinned, then dost thou watch me, and from my iniquity thou wilt not declare me guiltless.
Job 10:15 If I be wicked, woe unto me: and if I be righteous, I can still not lift up my head; I am sated with disgrace, and ever seeing my affliction;
Job 10:16 And it constantly increaseth; like a fierce lion dost thou hunt for me; and again thou showest thyself continually wonderful on me;
Job 10:17 Thou ever renewest thy witnesses against me, and causest thy indignation to grow strong against me; changes and multitudes [of sufferings] are around me.
Job 10:18 Wherefore then didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had perished, and that no eye had seen me!
Job 10:19 That I were as though I had not been,––had been borne from the womb to the grave.
Job 10:20 Lo! my days are but few: cease, then, withdraw from me [thy hand], that I may recover my cheerfulness a little.
Job 10:21 Before I go, and return not, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
Job 10:22 A land of utter gloom, as of the darkness of the shadow of death, without any order, and the light of which is like utter gloom.
Job 11:1 ¶ Then answered Zophar the Na’amathite, and said.
Job 11:2 Shall a multitude of words not be answered? and is it so that a man full of talk shall be deemed in the right?
Job 11:3 Thy inventions are to bring men to silence; and when thou utterest thy mocking no one is to cause thee to feel abashed!
Job 11:4 For thou hast said [to God], My doctrine is pure, and I am become clean in thy eyes.
Job 11:5 But oh that God would but speak, and open his lips against thee;
Job 11:6 And that he would declare unto thee the secrets of wisdom; for it is double to that which is really in our possession: and thou wouldst experience that God overlooketh unto thee much of thy iniquity.
Job 11:7 ¶ Canst thou find out the experience of God? or canst thou find [the way] unto the utmost limit of the Almighty?
Job 11:8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou effect? it is deeper than the nether world; what canst thou know?
Job 11:9 Longer than the earth is its measure, and broader than the sea.
Job 11:10 If he pass by, and surrender [one to suffering], and call together an assembly, who can hinder him?
Job 11:11 For he knoweth the men of vanity: he seeth the wrong–doer and him who considereth not;
Job 11:12 And the heartless who acquireth intelligence, and him who is [like] the colt of the wild ass who is transformed into a man.
Job 11:13 ¶ If thou truly direct [aright] thy heart, and spread out thy hands toward him: ––
Job 11:14 If wrong be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tents.
Job 11:15 For then canst thou lift up thy face free from blemish: yea, thou wilt stand steadfast, and needest not to fear;
Job 11:16 Because thou wilt truly forget thy trouble, and as a waterflood that is passed away wilt thou remember it;
Job 11:17 And brighter than the noon of day will thy earthly existence arise; and thy obscurity will be like thy morning.
Job 11:18 And thou wilt feel trust, because there is hope: yea, thou wilt search about carefully, and thou wilt lie down in safety.
Job 11:19 Also thou wilt stretch thyself out [to rest], with none to make thee afraid; and many will entreat thy favor.
Job 11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and the means of escape will vanish from them, and their [sole] hope shall be the breathing out of their soul.
Job 12:1 ¶ Then answered Job, and said,
Job 12:2 Truly ye are indeed the [right kind of] people, and with you wisdom must die out.
Job 12:3 I also have sense like you; I do not fall short compared with you: and who possesseth not such things as these?
Job 12:4 I am as one laughed at by his friend, who calleth upon God, while he answered him: [yea,] a laughing–stock though righteous and innocent.
Job 12:5 To the unfortunate there is given contempt–– according to the thoughts of him that is at ease–– prepared [also] for those whose foot slippeth.
Job 12:6 ¶ Prosperous are the tents of robbers, and security is given to those that provoke God. to him who carrieth his god in his hand.
Job 12:7 Yet, do only ask of the beasts, and they will instruct thee; and the fowls of the heavens, and they will tell it thee;
Job 12:8 Or speak to the earth, and she will instruct thee; and the fishes of the sea will inform thee
Job 12:9 Who knoweth not through all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?
Job 12:10 [He] in whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all the bodies of men?
Job 12:11 Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food for itself?
Job 12:12 ¶ So It with the ancients wisdom, and with [those of] length of days understanding,
Job 12:13 That with him are wisdom and strength, his are counsel and understanding.
Job 12:14 Behold, he pulleth down, and there can be no rebuilding: he locketh [the prison] upon a man, and there can be no opening,
Job 12:15 Behold, he restraineth the waters, and they dry up; or he suffereth them to flow, and they overturn the earth.
Job 12:16 With him are strength and counsel: his are the deceived and the deceiver.
Job 12:17 He leadeth counsellors away bereft of sense, and maketh the judges fools.
Job 12:18 He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth a girdle around their loins.
Job 12:19 He leadeth priests away bereft of sense, and the powerful he causeth to walk on crooked paths.
Job 12:20 He removeth the speech from trusty speakers, and taketh away the intelligence of the aged.
Job 12:21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and the belt of the mighty be looseneth.
Job 12:22 He layeth open deep things from the midst of darkness, and bringeth out unto light the shadow of death.
Job 12:23 He permitteth the nations to become great, and destroyeth them: he spreadeth out the nations, and leadeth them away.
Job 12:24 He taketh away the sense of the chiefs of the people of the land, and causeth them to wander astray in a wilderness when there is no way.
Job 12:25 They grope in the dark without light, and he causeth them to wander astray like a drunken man.
Job 13:1 ¶ Lo, all [this] hath my eye seen, my ear hath heard and noted it for itself;
Job 13:2 As much as ye know, do I also know: I do not fall short compared with you.
Job 13:3 However, I would gladly speak to the Almighty; and to argue with God do I desire.
Job 13:4 But ye are inventors of falsehood, physicians of no value are all of you.
Job 13:5 Oh, who would grant that ye might keep a profound silences! and it would he accounted unto you as wisdom.
Job 13:6 Do hearken but to my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
Job 13:7 Will ye speak wrong things for God? and will ye speak for him deceitfully?
Job 13:8 Will ye show him undue favor, when ye contend for God?
Job 13:9 Will it be well if he should search you out? or as one overreacheth another mortal, do ye expect to overreach him?
Job 13:10 He will surely reprove you, if in secret you show him undue favor.
Job 13:11 Doth not his excellency terrify you? and his dread fall upon you?
Job 13:12 The things you remember are mere proverbs of ashes, your high–places are high–places of clay.
Job 13:13 ¶ Keep silence toward me, that I may indeed speak, and let pass over me what will.
Job 13:14 Whatever it may cost, I will take my flesh in my teeth, and my life will I put in my hand.
Job 13:15 Lo, though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: only I will argue my own ways before him.
Job 13:16 Even he will come to my assistance; for a hypocrite cannot come before him.
Job 13:17 Listen well to my word, and to my demonstration with your ears.
Job 13:18 Behold now, I have arrayed my cause: I know that I shall be indeed justified.
Job 13:19 Who is he that will contend with me? for now, if I keep silence, I must perish.
Job 13:20 Only two things do not unto me: then will I not hide myself from thy presence.
Job 13:21 Remove thy hand far from me; and let not thy dread terrify me.
Job 13:22 Then call thou, and I will answer; or let me speak, and do thou reply to me.
Job 13:23 ¶ How many are my iniquities and sins? my transgression and my sin let me know.
Job 13:24 Wherefore wilt thou hide thy face, and regard me as an enemy unto thee?
Job 13:25 Wilt thou terrify a leaf driven about [by the wind]? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble?
Job 13:26 That thou writest bitter decrees against me, and assignest unto me the iniquities of my youth;
Job 13:27 And [that] thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and watchest narrowly all my paths; [and] settest for thyself a mark upon the soles of my feet?
Job 13:28 And yet the body decayeth like a rotten thing, as a garment that the moth hath eaten.
Job 14:1 ¶ Man born of a woman is short of days, and sated with harrowing trouble.
Job 14:2 Like a flower he cometh forth, and is cut down: and he fleeth like a shadow, and remaineth not.
Job 14:3 And yet on such a one dost thou open thy eyes, and me thou bringest into judgment with thee?
Job 14:4 Who can make a clean thing out of an unclean? not one [thing].
Job 14:5 Seeing that his days are determined, the number of his months are [fixed] with thee, that thou hast set his bounds which he cannot pass:
Job 14:6 Turn thyself from him that he may recover from his pain, and be able to enjoy like a hired laborer his day.
Job 14:7 ¶ For there is hope for the tree: if it be cut down, it may still sprout again, while its young shoot will not cease.
Job 14:8 If even its root become old in the earth, and its stock die in the dust:
Job 14:9 Yet through the scent of water will it flourish [again], and produce boughs as though It were newly planted.
Job 14:10 But man dieth, and lieth powerless: yea, the son of earth departeth––and where is he?
Job 14:11 The waters run off from the sea, and the river faileth and drieth up:
Job 14:12 So doth man lie down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they will not awake, and will not be roused out of their sleep.
Job 14:13 Oh who would grant that thou mightest hide me in the nether world, that thou mightest conceal me, until thy wrath be appeased, that thou mightest set for me a fixed time, and remember me then!
Job 14:14 Or, when a man dieth, will he live again? all the days of my time of service would I then wait, till [the hour of] my release were come.
Job 14:15 Do thou call, and I will truly answer thee: have a desire for the work of thy hands.
Job 14:16 ¶ Yet now thou numberest my steps: and thou waitest not with [the punishment of] my sin.
Job 14:17 Sealed up in a bag is my transgression, and thou yet addest to my iniquity.
Job 14:18 But truly a falling mountain will crumble, and [even] a rock is moved out of its place.
Job 14:19 The water weareth out stones; thou sweepest away their fragments [like] the dust of the earth: and so thou destroyest the hope of man.
Job 14:20 Thou assailest him with might without ceasing, till he passeth away: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him off.
Job 14:21 His children acquire honor, but he knoweth it not: and they are esteemed little, but he perceiveth nothing of them.
Job 14:22 But his body. on him, feeleth pain, and his soul will mourn for him.
Job 15:1 ¶ Then answered Eliphaz the Themanite, and said,
Job 15:2 Should a wise man utter windy knowledge, and fill his inward parts with the east wind?
Job 15:3 Should he reason with a speech which availeth nothing? and with words in which there is no profit?
Job 15:4 Yea, thou truly makest void the fear [of God], and diminishest devotion before God.
Job 15:5 For thy iniquity teacheth thy mouth, so that thou choosest the language of the crafty.
Job 15:6 Thy own mouth must condemn thee, but not I: yea, thy own lips will testify against thee.
Job 15:7 Wast thou born as the first man? or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
Job 15:8 Hast thou listened to the secret counsel of God? and is wisdom therefore of little esteem with thee?
Job 15:9 What knowest thou, that we do not know? what understandest thou, which is not with us?
Job 15:10 Both the grayheaded and the very aged are among us,–– richer than thy father in days.
Job 15:11 Are the divine consolations too little for thee? and the word that was so mild with thee?
Job 15:12 Whither doth thy heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes gaze at?
Job 15:13 That thou shouldst turn against God thy spirit, and utter [such] words out of thy mouth?
Job 15:14 What is man, that he should be pure? and that he who is born of woman should be declared righteous?
Job 15:15 Behold, in his holy ones he putteth no trust; and the heavens are not pure in his eyes:
Job 15:16 How much more then the abominable and corrupt, the man who drinketh like water wrong–doing?
Job 15:17 ¶ I will instruct thee, hear me; and what I have seen will I relate;
Job 15:18 Which wise men have ever told, and have not concealed, as they obtained it from their fathers;
Job 15:19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and into whose midst no stranger ever entered.
Job 15:20 All his days is the wicked plagued with pain, and the number of years which are laid by for the tyrant.
Job 15:21 A sound of terrors is in his ears: during peace will the waster come over him.
Job 15:22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is looked for by the sword.
Job 15:23 He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying,] Where is it? he knoweth that there is ready at his hand the day of darkness.
Job 15:24 Distress and anguish terrify him: they assail him with might, as a king prepared for the battle.
Job 15:25 Because he had stretched out against God his hand, and strengthened himself against the Almighty;
Job 15:26 [And] he had run against him, with an [extended] neck, with the thick roundings of his bucklers;
Job 15:27 Because he had covered his face with his fat, and had made thick folds of fat on his flanks;
Job 15:28 And he dwelt in abandoned cities, in houses which none inhabited, which were destined to be ruinous heaps.
Job 15:29 [Yet] will he not remain rich, neither will his wealth endure, nor will he attain their perfection on earth.
Job 15:30 He will never depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his shoots, and he will depart by the breath of God’s mouth.
Job 15:31 Let him that goeth astray not trust in vanity; for vanity will be what he obtaineth thereby.
Job 15:32 Even before his time will it be overfull, and his branches will not be green.
Job 15:33 He will shake off like the vine his unripe grapes, and cast off like the olive his blossoms.
Job 15:34 For the assembly of hypocrites will remain desolate, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
Job 15:35 They conceive trouble, and bring forth wrong–doing, and their body prepareth deceit.
Job 16:1 ¶ Then answered Job, and said,
Job 16:2 I have heard many things such as these: troublesome comforters are ye all.
Job 16:3 Shall there be any end to words of wind? or what compelleth thee that thou shouldst answer?
Job 16:4 I also could well speak as ye do: if your soul were but in my soul’s stead, I could overwhelm you with words, and could shake my head at you.
Job 16:5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the condolence of my lips should restrain [your grief].
Job 16:6 ¶ Though I were to speak, my pain would not be restrained; and though I should forbear, what will go away from me?
Job 16:7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
Job 16:8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, they are my witnesses; and my leanness riseth up for me, giveth its testimony to my face.
Job 16:9 In his wrath he teareth me to pieces, and assaileth me: he gnasheth over me with his teeth; my adversary sendeth threatening looks at me.
Job 16:10 They now open wide against me their mouth; reproachfully they smite my cheek: altogether do they assemble against me.
Job 16:11 God hath surrendered me to the unjust, and cast me down into the hands of the wicked.
Job 16:12 I was at ease, but he hath crushed me; he hath also grasped me by the neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up unto himself as a mark;
Job 16:13 His archers encompass me round about; he cleaveth my reins sunder, and doth not pity; he poureth out upon the ground my gall;
Job 16:14 He breaketh me down with breach upon breach; he runneth against me like a mighty man.
Job 16:15 Sackcloth have I sewed upon my skin, and my horn I roll in the dust.
Job 16:16 My face gloweth from weeping, and on my eyelids resteth the shadow of death:
Job 16:17 ¶ Not because any violence is in my hands, and while my prayer is pure.
Job 16:18 Earth! do thou not cover up my blood, and let no place restrain my cry.
Job 16:19 Even now, behold, my witness is in the heavens, and one that testifieth for me is on high.
Job 16:20 Are my friends my defenders? unto God my eye poureth out [its tears].
Job 16:21 And oh that a man might plead with God, as one son of earth with the other!
Job 16:22 For when the numbered years are passed, then must I travel a path whence I cannot return.
Job 17:1 ¶ My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave is ready for me.
Job 17:2 Yet truly those that mock are with me, and on their offendings must my eye rest.
Job 17:3 And thou, [Creator!] attend, I pray thee, be my surety with thyself: who else is there that would strike hands with me?
Job 17:4 For thou hast concealed their heart against intelligence: therefore art thou not exalted [through them].
Job 17:5 Every one of them speaketh deceptively to his friends: may also the eyes of his children fail.
Job 17:6 And he hath placed me here as a by–word unto nations; and I become openly as a place of abomination.
Job 17:7 Therefore is my eye dim from vexation, and my limbs are all of them like a shadow.
Job 17:8 Upright men must be astonished at this, and the innocent must arouse himself against the hypocrite.
Job 17:9 Yet will the righteous hold firmly on to his way; and he that is clean of hands will acquire additional strength.
Job 17:10 ¶ But all of you, do only return, and come but [to me]: and yet I shall not find among you one wise man.
Job 17:11 My days are past, my resolves are broken off, [even the thoughts]––the possessions of my heart.
Job 17:12 These would change the night into day, the light as near in the presence of darkness.––
Job 17:13 When I hope for the nether world as my house; in the darkness have I spread my couch;
Job 17:14 When I call to corruption, Thou art my father: Thou art my mother, and my sister, to the worms.
Job 17:15 Ay, where is then my hope? as for my hope, who will see it [fulfilled]?
Job 17:16 Let then my limbs sink down to the nether world: truly in the dust alone there is rest for all.
Job 18:1 ¶ Then answered Bildad the Shuchite, and said,
Job 18:2 When will ye at length put an end to words? Come to an understanding, and afterward let us speak.
Job 18:3 For what cause are we counted as beasts, reputed stupid your eyes?
Job 18:4 Thou, the one that teareth himself to pieces in his anger–– shall for thy sake the earth be forsaken, and the rock be moved away out of its place?
Job 18:5 ¶ Ah, truly the light of the wicked will be quenched, and the spark of his fire shall not give light.
Job 18:6 The light becometh dark in his tent, and his lamp will be quenched above him.
Job 18:7 His powerful steps will be narrowed, and his own counsel will cast him down.
Job 18:8 For he is driven into the net by his own feet, and he taketh his walk upon a snare.
Job 18:9 The trap will seize him by the heel, and the robber will prevail over him.
Job 18:10 The cord is hidden for him in the ground, and a trap is set for him on the pathway.
Job 18:11 ¶ All around do terrors scare him, and chase him as he walketh along.
Job 18:12 His first–born will suffer hunger, and calamity will be ready for his wife.
Job 18:13 It will devour the limbs of his body: yea, the first–born of death will devour his limbs.
Job 18:14 Then will be plucked up out of his tent his confidence, and [the evil] will urge him forward to the king of terrors.
Job 18:15 It will dwell in his tent, because it is no more his: there will be strewed sulphur on his habitation.
Job 18:16 Beneath, his roots will be dried up, and above will his boughs he cut away.
Job 18:17 His resemblance vanisheth from the earth, and no name remaineth for him in the streets.
Job 18:18 Men will thrust him out from light into darkness, and out of the world will they drive him.
Job 18:19 He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any that escapeth in the places of his sojourning.
Job 18:20 Because of his [calamitous] day are they that come after him astonished, and they that went before are seized with shuddering.
Job 18:21 Yea, such are the dwellings of the unjust, and this is the place of one that knew not God.
Job 19:1 ¶ Then answered Job, and said,
Job 19:2 How long will ye grieve my soul, and crush me with words?
Job 19:3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed when ye show yourselves as strangers to me.
Job 19:4 Yea, if it be indeed that I have erred, let my error remain with myself.
Job 19:5 But if indeed ye wish to magnify yourselves above me, and to prove against me my disgrace:
Job 19:6 Then know for certain that God hath bent me down, and hath laid his net all around me.
Job 19:7 Behold, I cry out concerning the violence [done me], but I am not answered: I entreat aloud, but there is no justice.
Job 19:8 ¶ My road hath he fenced up, so that I cannot pass out; and on my paths he placeth darkness.
Job 19:9 My glory hath he stripped from me, and removed the crown of my head.
Job 19:10 He hath pulled me down on every side, and I am going hence; and he hath rooted up like a tree my hope.
Job 19:11 He hath also kindled against me his wrath, and he counteth me with himself as one of his adversaries.
Job 19:12 Altogether come on his troops, and make level against me their way, and encamp round about my tent.
Job 19:13 My brothers hath he removed far from me, and my acquaintance are entirely estranged from me.
Job 19:14 My near of kin have withdrawn, and those befriended by me have forgotten me.
Job 19:15 Ye that sojourn in my house, and my maid–servants, regard me as a stranger: an alien am I become in their eyes.
Job 19:16 I call for my servant, but he will not answer, though I were to entreat him with my mouth.
Job 19:17 My breath is become nauseous to my wife, and my caressing, to the children of my own body.
Job 19:18 Yea, children even despise me: I rise up, but they speak against me.
Job 19:19 All that have had my confidence abominate me; and those whom I have loved are turned against me.
Job 19:20 To my skin and to my flesh my bones do cleave, and I must sustain myself with the gums of my teeth.
Job 19:21 Spare me, spare me, O ye, my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Job 19:22 Why will ye persecute me as God [hath done], and will never be satisfied with my flesh?
Job 19:23 ¶ Oh who would but grant, that my words might be written down! oh who would grant that they were entered in a book!
Job 19:24 That they were hewn with an iron pen and [blackened with] lead for eternity in the hard rock!
Job 19:25 And well I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he will remain as the last after the creatures of the dust [are passed away];
Job 19:26 And after my skin is cut to pieces will this be: and then freed from my body shall I behold God;
Job 19:27 Whom I shall myself behold to my happiness, and whom my eyes will see, and not as a stranger, [when even] my reins are consumed within my bosom.
Job 19:28 But if ye should say, How will we pursue him? seeing the root of the matter is found in me:
Job 19:29 Then have dread for yourselves of the sword; for the wrath [which ye excite] is an iniquity that bringeth the sword; in order that ye may know there is one that judgeth [in the world].
Job 20:1 ¶ Then answered Zophar the Na’amathite, and said,
Job 20:2 Even therefore do my inmost thoughts give me an answer, and for this reason do I feel a strong excitement within me.
Job 20:3 Reproof which casteth shame on me must I hear; yet out of my understanding will the spirit give me an answer.
Job 20:4 Dost thou know this? from the very beginning of things, from the very time when man was placed upon earth it was,
Job 20:5 That the triumphal shouting of the wicked is ever of but a recent date, and the joy of the hypocrite endureth only for a moment.
Job 20:6 Though his exaltation should mount up to the heavens, and his head should reach unto the clouds;
Job 20:7 Yet when he but turneth round will he vanish for ever; those who have seen him will say, Where is he?
Job 20:8 Like a dream will he fly away, and men will find him no more; yea, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
Job 20:9 If an eye have surveyed him, it will not do so again, and it will not behold him any more in his place.
Job 20:10 ¶ His children will suffer oppression from the indigent, and his hands will have to restore his [ill–gotten] wealth.
Job 20:11 [Now] his bones are full of his youthful vigor; but it will [suddenly] lie down with him in the dust.
Job 20:12 If the evil be sweet in his mouth, he will conceal it under his tongue;
Job 20:13 He will cherish it, and not forsake it; and hold it back within his palate;
Job 20:14 His food is thus changed within his bowels, and becometh the venom of asps within him.
Job 20:15 The wealth which he hath swallowed, will he have to vomit up again; God will drive it out of his belly.
Job 20:16 The poison of asps will he have to suck; the viper’s tongue will slay him.
Job 20:17 He shall not look with pleasure on streams, on flowing brooks of honey and cream.
Job 20:18 He restoreth what he hath labored for, and will not swallow it down; however much he may have obtained by toil, he will not have any joy of it.
Job 20:19 Because he oppressed and forsook the indigent; because he took violently away a house, shall he not rebuild it;
Job 20:20 Because he knew not quietness in his bosom, shall he not escape through what is the most precious to him.
Job 20:21 Nothing was spared from his craving to eat: therefore shall his wealth not prosper.
Job 20:22 In the fulness of his abundance will distress assail him: every hand of [those he] troubled will come against him.
Job 20:23 ¶ In order to fill his belly, [God] will send out against him the fury of his wrath, and will rain it upon him for his eating.
Job 20:24 If he flee from the iron weapon, the brazen bow will strike him through.
Job 20:25 He draweth it, and it cometh out of the body; yea, out of his gall the glittering [arrow] cometh forth: over him come the terrors [of death].
Job 20:26 Entire darkness is laid by for his treasures: a fire not urged by blowing will consume him; it will destroy any one that is left in his tent.
Job 20:27 The heavens will lay open his iniquity; and the earth will raise herself up against him.
Job 20:28 The product of his house will be banished, flowing away on the day of his wrath.
Job 20:29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and his decreed heritage from God.
Job 21:1 ¶ Then answered Job, and said,
Job 21:2 Hear, O hear my speech, and let this be wherewith you give consolations.
Job 21:3 Bear with me that I may indeed speak: and after my speaking, then canst thou mock.
Job 21:4 As for me,––is against man my complaint? and if this be so, why should my spirit not be impatient?
Job 21:5 Turn yourselves unto me, and be astounded, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
Job 21:6 Yea, when I think of it, I am terrified, and shuddering seizeth hold of my flesh.
Job 21:7 ¶ Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow strong in power?
Job 21:8 Their seed is firmly established in their presence with them. their offspring are before their eyes.
Job 21:9 Their houses are at peace without any dread, and no rod of God [cometh] over them.
Job 21:10 The bull of each one gendereth, and disappointeth not: the cow of each one calveth, and casteth not her young.
Job 21:11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children skip about [with joy].
Job 21:12 They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
Job 21:13 They wear out their days in happiness, and in a moment they go down to the nether world.
Job 21:14 And yet they say unto God, "Depart from us; and the knowledge of thy ways we desire not.
Job 21:15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit shall we have, if we entreat him urgently?"
Job 21:16 Lo, not in their hand doth their happiness rest! The counsel of the wicked be [still] far from me.
Job 21:17 ¶ How often is the lamp of the wicked quenched? and how often cometh over them their calamity? and doth [God] distribute their lot in his anger?
Job 21:18 Are they as straw before the wind, and as chaff which the stealeth away?
Job 21:19 Should God lay up for his children his wrong–doing? it were better that he reward him, that he might know it himself.
Job 21:20 His own eyes ought to see his downfall, and from the wrath of the Almighty ought he to drink.
Job 21:21 For what care hath he for his household after him, when the number of his months is all apportioned to him?
Job 21:22 Is this fitting God, who teacheth knowledge? him who judgeth those that are highest?
Job 21:23 That this one dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;
Job 21:24 His vessels being full of healthy fluid, and the marrow of his bones being well moistened:
Job 21:25 While this other dieth with an embittered soul, and hath never partaken of any happiness;
Job 21:26 [And yet] together they must lie down in the dust, and the worms will cover them?
Job 21:27 ¶ Behold, I know your thoughts, and the opinions which ye wrongfully devise against me.
Job 21:28 For ye say, Where is the house of the noble–minded? and where is the tent of the dwelling–places of the wicked?
Job 21:29 Have ye not asked the wayfarers? surely their token ye cannot disregard,
Job 21:30 That the bad man is reserved for the day of calamity, [that the wicked] are carried forward to the day of wrath.
Job 21:31 [But] who will tell him to his face of his way? and who will repay him what he hath done?
Job 21:32 Yea he will indeed be carried to the grave, and men will quickly think of his monument:
Job 21:33 Sweet are to him the clods of the valley; and after him succeedeth every man, as those that were before him are without number.
Job 21:34 How then will ye comfort me with vanity? and of your answers there remaineth only deception.
Job 22:1 ¶ Then answered Eliphaz the Themanite, and said,
Job 22:2 Can a man be serviceable unto God? Truly the intelligent is serviceable unto himself.
Job 22:3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou art righteous? or is it any gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
Job 22:4 Is it out of fear of thee that he will reproach thee? or go with thee into judgment?
Job 22:5 ¶ Is not thy evil great? and no end to thy iniquities?
Job 22:6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brothers for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 22:7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and from the hungry thou hast withholden bread.
Job 22:8 But as for the man of a strong arm, he obtained the land, and the highly honored could dwell therein.
Job 22:9 Widows hast thou sent away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 22:10 Therefore are snares round about thee, and sudden dread terrifieth thee.
Job 22:11 Or seest thou not the darkness? and the abundance of water which covereth thee?
Job 22:12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and beholding the highest elevation of the stars, however high they are?
Job 22:13 But thou sayest, "What doth God know? can he judge behind the darkness?
Job 22:14 Thick clouds are a covering for him, so that he will not see; and he walketh along on the circle of heaven."
Job 22:15 ¶ Wilt thou [thus] observe the path of ancient times which the men of injustice have trodden?
Job 22:16 Who were shrivelled up before their time, whose foundation was flooded away like a river;
Job 22:17 Who said unto God, "’Depart from us:" and what wrought the Almighty for them?
Job 22:18 And yet it was he that filled their houses with good things; but the counsel of the wicked be [still] far from me.
Job 22:19 The righteous will see it, and be glad; and the innocent will laugh them to scorn.
Job 22:20 "Is not he destroyed that rose up against us, and hath not the fire consumed what they had left?"
Job 22:21 ¶ Do but become acquainted with him, and be at peace: thereby will happiness come unto thee.
Job 22:22 Do but accept instruction from his mouth, and lay up his saying in thy heart.
Job 22:23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, so thou wilt but remove wrong–doing far away from thy tents.
Job 22:24 And throw down in the dust precious metals, and [the gold of] Ophir to the stones of the brooks:
Job 22:25 Then will the Almighty be thy precious metal, and brightly–shining silver unto thee.
Job 22:26 For then wilt thou have in the Almighty thy delight, and thou canst lift up unto God thy face.
Job 22:27 Thou wilt make entreaty unto him, and he will hear thee, and thy vows wilt thou pay.
Job 22:28 And if thou decree a thing, it will be fulfilled unto thee; and upon thy ways the light will shine.
Job 22:29 For when men are brought low, thou wilt say, Pride [hath done it]; but those of lowly eyes [God] will help.
Job 22:30 He will even deliver him who is not guiltless: and thou wilt be delivered by the purity of thy hands.
Job 23:1 ¶ Then answered Job, and said,
Job 23:2 Even now is my complaint bitter: my suffering is heavier than my groans.
Job 23:3 Oh who would grant that I knew where I might find him! that I might attain to his Judgment throne!
Job 23:4 I would put in order before him my cause, and my mouth would I fill with arguments.
Job 23:5 I should know the words which he might answer me, and understand what he might say unto me.
Job 23:6 Would he with his power contend against me? he would truly not lay such doings to my charge.
Job 23:7 There would an upright one argue with him; and I should be allowed to escape for ever by my judge.
Job 23:8 ¶ But, lo, I go eastward––and he is not there; and to the west–– and I cannot perceive him;
Job 23:9 When he doth great things at the north, I behold him not; he hideth himself in the south––and I see him not.
Job 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take: were he to probe me, I should come forth as gold.
Job 23:11 On his steps my foot hath held fast: his way have I kept, and swerved not.
Job 23:12 From the commandment of his lips have I also not moved away: as a fixed statute for me have I treasured up the sayings of his mouth.
Job 23:13 ¶ But he is unchangeably one, and who can turn him? And what his will desireth, even that he doth.
Job 23:14 For he will bring to completion what hath been destined for me: and like these hath he many other things with him.
Job 23:15 Therefore am I terrified at his presence: I will reflect, and be in dread of him.
Job 23:16 Still God hath made timid my heart, and the Almighty hath terrified me;
Job 23:17 Because I was not destroyed before this darkness, and because he hath not hidden from my face [this] gloom.
Job 24:1 ¶ Why are not times [of punishment] treasured up by the Almighty, and why do his adorers not see his days [of retribution]?
Job 24:2 [The wicked] remove landmarks: they rob flocks, and feed them.
Job 24:3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take in pledge the widow’s ox.
Job 24:4 They chase the needy out of the highway: altogether hide themselves the poor of the earth.
Job 24:5 Behold, as wild asses in the wilderness go they forth to their work, rising betimes after [their] prey: the desert yieldeth food for them and for their young men.
Job 24:6 In the field they reap their food; and in the vineyard of the wicked they gather the fruit.
Job 24:7 They cause [the poor] to spend the night naked, without clothing and without any covering in the cold.
Job 24:8 Through the sweeping rain of the mountains are they made wet, and for want of a shelter do they embrace the rock.
Job 24:9 The others pluck from the breast the fatherless, and the garment of the poor they take in pledge.
Job 24:10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and from the hungry they take away the sheaf:
Job 24:11 Within their walls do they make oil, they tread their wine–presses, and suffer thirst.
Job 24:12 Out of a populous city is groaning heard, and the soul of the deadly wounded crieth out: yet God regardeth it not as an offence.
Job 24:13 ¶ Yon men are of those that rebel against the light: they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths.
Job 24:14 With the earliest light riseth the murderer, he slayeth the poor and needy, and in the night he becometh like the thief.
Job 24:15 And the eye of the adulterer watcheth for the twilight, saying, No eye will see me; and placeth a covering on his face.
Job 24:16 They break into houses in the dark, in the daytime they lock themselves in: they know not the light.
Job 24:17 For to all of these alike is the morning as the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.
Job 24:18 ¶ Swift are such men [to flee] on the face of the water; accursed is their field on the land; none of them turneth himself to the way, of the vineyards.
Job 24:19 Drought and heat speedily consume the snow–waters: so doth the grave those who have sinned.
Job 24:20 The mother that bore such a one will forget him; the worm will feed sweetly on him; he will be no more remembered; and like a tree will wickedness be broken.
Job 24:21 He ill–treateth the barren that heareth not; and to the widow he acteth not well.
Job 24:22 But he also draweth down the mighty with his power: he riseth up, no one is sure of life.
Job 24:23 To such [God] granteth to be in safety, that he may find support; and His eyes are upon their ways.
Job 24:24 They are exalted; in but a little while they are no more; and they are brought down low: like all others are they gathered in, and like the top of the ear of corn are they cut off.
Job 24:25 But if it be not so, who will prove me a liar, and render nought my word?
Job 25:1 ¶ Then answered Bildad the Shuchite, and said,
Job 25:2 Dominion and dread are with him: he maketh peace in high places.
Job 25:3 Can the number of his hosts be given? and over whom riseth not his light?
Job 25:4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can be one that is born of woman?
Job 25:5 Behold, even as regardeth the moon, that is not bright; yea, the stars are not pure in his eyes.
Job 25:6 How much less the mortal, the mere worm? and the son of earth, the mere maggot?
Job 26:1 ¶ Then answered Job, and said,
Job 26:2 What assistance hast thou given to the powerless? [how] hast thou helped the arm without strength?
Job 26:3 How hast thou counselled the unwise? and what sound wisdom hast thou made known so plentifully?
Job 26:4 To whom hast thou told words? and whose spirit came from thee?
Job 26:5 ¶ The departed are called into being beneath the waters, and their inhabitants.
Job 26:6 Naked is the nether world before him, and there is no covering for the place of corruption.
Job 26:7 He stretched out the north over empty space; he suspended the earth on nothing;
Job 26:8 He bound up the waters in his clouds; and the cloud bursteth not under their weight;
Job 26:9 He closed up the surface of his throne, spreading over it his cloud;
Job 26:10 A fixed limit he compassed off over the face of the waters, for the division of the light and darkness.
Job 26:11 The pillars of heaven tremble greatly, and are astounded at his rebuke.
Job 26:12 By his power he split in pieces the sea, and by his understanding he crushed [its] pride:
Job 26:13 By his breath the heavens [acquired] beauty; his hand hath created the flying serpent.
Job 26:14 Lo, these are ends of his ways; for how slight a whisper is heard [by us] of him! but the thunder of his mighty deeds who can understand?
Job 27:1 ¶ And Job continued taking up his parable, and said,
Job 27:2 As God liveth, who hath removed justice from me; and by the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul:
Job 27:3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
Job 27:4 Shall my lips not speak any wrong, nor shall my tongue utter deceit.
Job 27:5 Far be it from me that I should justify you; till I depart hence will I not allow [any one] to take my integrity away from me.
Job 27:6 I have laid fast hold on my righteousness, and I will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me [for my conduct] during all my life.
Job 27:7 ¶ Like the wicked is [therefore] my enemy, and he that riseth up against me like a wrong–doer.
Job 27:8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, when he hath gained unjust wealth, when God casteth forth his soul?
Job 27:9 Will God hear his cry, when distress cometh upon him?
Job 27:10 Or can he find delight in the Almighty? can he call on God at all times?
Job 27:11 ¶ I will instruct you concerning what is in the hand of God: [the way] which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
Job 27:12 Lo! ye yourselves have all beheld it: why is it then that ye deal in such vanities?
Job 27:13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the portion of tyrants, which they shall receive from the Almighty.
Job 27:14 If his children be multiplied, it is only for the sword; and his offspring will not be satisfied with bread.
Job 27:15 Those of his that are left to escape will be buried by death; and his widows will not be able to weep.
Job 27:16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare garments [as plentifully] as the clay:
Job 27:17 He may prepare, but the righteous will clothe himself [therewith], and the silver the innocent will divide.
Job 27:18 He buildeth his house like the moth, and like a hut that a keeper hath made.
Job 27:19 Rich will he lie down, but will not be gathered [into the grave]: one openeth his eyes, and he is no more.
Job 27:20 Like a flood will terror overtake him, in the night a tempest will steal him away.
Job 27:21 The east wind will lift him up, and he must be gone; and it hurleth him like a storm out of his place.
Job 27:22 And [God] will cast [evil] upon him, and bare no pity: out of his hand [his wealth] will surely escape.
Job 27:23 Men will clap their hands over him, and will hiss after him out of his place.
Job 28:1 ¶ For truly there is a source for the silver, and a place for the gold which men refine.
Job 28:2 Iron is taken out of the dust, and the stone is melted into copper.
Job 28:3 An end doth he set to darkness, and the very utmost limit doth he search out, the stones of darkness, and of the shadow of death.
Job 28:4 He breaketh a channel far from the inhabited place; those of unsteady foot, the poorest of men move [there about].
Job 28:5 The earth, out of which cometh forth bread, is under its surface turned up as it were with fire.
Job 28:6 Her stones are the place whence the sapphire cometh; and golden dust is also there;
Job 28:7 [On the] path which no bird of prey knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not surveyed;
Job 28:8 [Which] ravenous beasts have never trodden, over which the lion hath never passed.
Job 28:9 To the flinty rock he stretcheth forth his hand; he overturneth the mountains from the root.
Job 28:10 Amid rocks he heweth out canals: and every precious thing doth his eye behold.
Job 28:11 The various droppings of water he uniteth into streams, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light.
Job 28:12 But wisdom––where shall she he found? and where is the place of understanding?
Job 28:13 Man knoweth not her value: and she is not to be found in the land of the living.
Job 28:14 ¶ The deep saith, Not in me is she: and the sea saith, She is not with me.
Job 28:15 No fine gold can be given in lieu of her, and silver cannot be weighed out as her price.
Job 28:16 She cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Job 28:17 She cannot be estimated after gold and glass; and not in exchange for her [can] vessels of refined gold [be taken.]
Job 28:18 Coral and crystal will not be thought of; and the value of wisdom is above pearls.
Job 28:19 She cannot be estimated after the topaz of Ethiopia, nor can she be valued with pure gold.
Job 28:20 ¶ But wisdom––whence cometh she? and where is the place of understanding?
Job 28:21 Yea, she is hidden from the eyes of all living, and from the fowls of the heavens is she concealed.
Job 28:22 Perdition and death say, With our ears have we heard a report of her.
Job 28:23 God [alone] understandeth her way, and he knoweth her place;
Job 28:24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, [whatever is] under the whole heaven doth he see.
Job 28:25 When he imparted weight unto the wind; and [when] the waters he established by measure;
Job 28:26 When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the lightning of [his] thunders;
Job 28:27 Then did he see her, and make her known; he established her, and also searched her out.
Job 28:28 And he said unto man, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to eschew evil is understanding.
Job 29:1 ¶ And Job continued to take up his parable, and said,
Job 29:2 Who will give me back months like those which are past, days like those when God guarded me;
Job 29:3 When his lamp shone over my head, when by his light I could walk in darkness;
Job 29:4 As I was in the days of my abundance, when the confidence of God was upon my tent:
Job 29:5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my servants stood round about me;
Job 29:6 When I bathed my steps in cream, and the rock poured out near me streamlets of oil!
Job 29:7 ¶ When I went out to the gate close by the city, when in the open place I established my seat:
Job 29:8 Young men saw me, and hid themselves; and the aged rose up, and remained standing;
Job 29:9 Princes stopped in the midst of [their] words, and laid their hand on their mouth:
Job 29:10 The voice of nobles was arrested, and their tongue cleaved to their palate.
Job 29:11 For the ear that heard me called me happy; and the eye that saw me bore witness for me;
Job 29:12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, yea, that had none to help him.
Job 29:13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and the heart of the widow I caused to sing for joy.
Job 29:14 I took righteousness as my garment, and it clothed me: as a robe and a mitre was justice unto me.
Job 29:15 Eyes was I to the blind; and feet to the lame was I.
Job 29:16 A father was I to the needy; and the cause of him I knew not I used to investigate.
Job 29:17 And I broke the cutting–teeth of the wrong–doer, and out of his teeth I cast down his prey.
Job 29:18 ¶ And I said then, "In the midst of my nest shall I depart hence, and like the sand shall I have many days.
Job 29:19 My root will stand open for the water, and the dew will lodge on my boughs.
Job 29:20 My glory will ever be new with me, and my bow will acquire fresh strength in my hand."
Job 29:21 Unto me men listened, and waited, and watched in silence for my counsel
Job 29:22 After my words they made no reply, and my speech dropped on them [like dew].
Job 29:23 And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened wide their mouth as for the latter rain.
Job 29:24 I smiled on those that had lost their confidence; and the light of my countenance they never cast down.
Job 29:25 I chose their way for them, and I sat as chief, and dwelt as king in his army, as one that comforteth mourners.
Job 30:1 ¶ But now they who are younger than I in years laugh at me, whose fathers I scorned to put as equals with the dogs of my flocks.
Job 30:2 Yea, what possible use can the strength of their hands be unto me, over whom old age hath passed fruitlessly?
Job 30:3 Who suffer for want and famine in solitude; who flee into the wilderness [where all is] darkness, ruin, and desolation;
Job 30:4 Who crop off mallows by the bushes, and have broom–bush roots as their bread;
Job 30:5 Who are driven forth from among [men], who are shouted after as though they were thieves,
Job 30:6 To dwell in the caverns of the valleys, in holes of the earth, and on naked cliffs.
Job 30:7 Among the bushes they shriek; under briers they are huddled together,
Job 30:8 The children of the worthless, yea, the children of the nameless, who were outcasts from the land.
Job 30:9 But now I am become their song, and I am become a byword unto them.
Job 30:10 They loathe me, they keep themselves far from me, and from my face they withhold not their spittle.
Job 30:11 Because he hath loosened the cord of my bow, and afflicted me, they have also cast off the bridle before me.
Job 30:12 Against my right hand rise up this swarm of worthless youths: they push away my feet, and they level against me their calamity–bringing paths.
Job 30:13 They destroy my footpath, they help forward my downfall, without any one to aid them.
Job 30:14 As [through] a broad breach they come: amidst a loud noise they rolled themselves along.
Job 30:15 ¶ Terrors have turned their face against me; they chase like the wind my glory: and like a cloud is my happiness passed away.
Job 30:16 And now my soul is poured out over me; the days of affliction have seized on me;
Job 30:17 All night it holloweth out my bones out of my body; and my pursuers take no rest.
Job 30:18 Through the Almlghty’s power is my garment made unknown: like the opening of my coat hath he enclosed me.
Job 30:19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
Job 30:20 I cry aloud unto thee, but thou answerest me not: I stand up, and thou fixest thy regard against me.
Job 30:21 Thou art changed into a cruel master toward me: with the strength of thy hand thou assailest me.
Job 30:22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to pass away, and dissolvest in me all wise counsel.
Job 30:23 For I know that thou wilt bring me back to death, and to the house of assembly for all the living.
Job 30:24 But doth not a man stretch out his hand among ruins? or doth one not cry out therefrom [for help] when he meeteth his downfall?
Job 30:25 Did I not weep for him that was hard pressed by misfortune? was not my soul grieved for the needy?
Job 30:26 That I hoped for good, but there came evil; and I waited for light, and there came darkness!
Job 30:27 My bowels heave, and rest not: the days of affliction have overcome me.
Job 30:28 I walk about mournfully without sunlight: when I rise up, in the assembly, I cry with pain.
Job 30:29 I am a brother to [howling] monsters, and a companion to ostriches.
Job 30:30 My skin hangeth down black from me, and my bones are burnt from heat.
Job 30:31 And thus is changed to mourning my harp, and my pipe to the sound of weeping.
Job 31:1 ¶ A covenant had I made with my eyes: how then should I fix my look on a virgin?
Job 31:2 And what then would have been my portion of God from above? and what lot of the Almighty from on high?
Job 31:3 Is not calamity [ready] for the unjust? and misfortune for the wrong–doers?
Job 31:4 Behold, he truly seeth my ways, and numbereth all my steps;
Job 31:5 [And knoweth] whether I have walked with vain desires, or if my foot hath hastened after deceit.
Job 31:6 Let him weigh me then in a righteous balance, and let God acknowledge my integrity,
Job 31:7 If my step have turned aside from the [proper] way, and my heart have walked after my eyes, and if any blemish have cleaved to my hands:
Job 31:8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; and let what I have growing be rooted out.
Job 31:9 ¶ If my heart have been beguiled toward a woman, or if I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door:
Job 31:10 Then may my wife labor at the mill for another, and may strangers ill–use her;
Job 31:11 For this would be incest; yea, it would be an iniquity [to be punished by] the judges;
Job 31:12 For it would be a fire that consumeth down to the place of corruption, and would root out all my products.
Job 31:13 If ever I cast aside the justice due to my man–servant and my maid–servant, when they contended with me:
Job 31:14 What then could I do when God should rise up? and when he should investigate, what could I answer him?
Job 31:15 Did not he that made me make him born or a woman? and did not the same one fashion us in the womb?
Job 31:16 ¶ If ever I denied the wish of the indigent, or ever allowed the eyes of the widow to fall [in vain hopes];
Job 31:17 Or if ever I ate my bread by myself alone, and the fatherless did not eat thereof;
Job 31:18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as though we were of one father, and I have guided her [as though she was sprung] from my mother’s womb;)
Job 31:19 If ever I saw any one perishing for want of clothing, or the needy without covering:
Job 31:20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he have not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
Job 31:21 If I have swung my hand against the fatherless, because I saw in the gate those that would help me:
Job 31:22 Then may my shoulder fall from my shoulder–blade, and my arm be broken from the channel–bone;
Job 31:23 For dreaded by me was the calamitous punishment of God, and against his highness I can accomplish nothing.
Job 31:24 ¶ If I have made gold my confidence, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my trust:
Job 31:25 If ever I rejoiced because my wealth was abundant, and because my hand had gotten much;
Job 31:26 If ever I looked at the light [of the sun] when he shone brightly and on the moon walking in splendor:
Job 31:27 And my heart became misled in secret, and my hand kissed my mouth:
Job 31:28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge; for thus would I have denied the God that is above.
Job 31:29 If ever I rejoiced at the downfall of him that hated me, or was elated when evil befell him; ––
Job 31:30 But I suffered not my mouth to sin by denouncing with a curse his soul:––
Job 31:31 If the men of my tent said not, Oh is there one that is not satisfied of his flesh; ––
Job 31:32 In the street a stranger had not to lodge; my doors I held open to the roadside;
Job 31:33 ¶ If I covered up my transgressions like a common man, by hiding in my bosom my iniquity;
Job 31:34 Because I dreaded the great multitude, or because the contempt of families did terrify me, so that I kept silence, and dared not to go out of the door; ––
Job 31:35 Oh who will bring me one that would hear me! behold, here is my plea; may the Almighty answer me; and any record which my opponent may have written,––
Job 31:36 Surely upon my shoulder would I carry it: I would bind it as a crown unto me.
Job 31:37 The number of my steps would I tell him: as [to] a prince would I go near unto him.––
Job 31:38 If my land ever cried out because of me, or if its furrows wept together;
Job 31:39 If I ever consumed its strength without payment, or caused the soul of its owners to grieve:
Job 31:40 Then may instead of wheat, thorns come forth, and instead of barley, cockle. (Here end the words of Job.)
Job 32:1 ¶ So had these three men abstained from answering Job; because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Job 32:2 Thereupon was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he had declared himself more righteous than God.
Job 32:3 And against his three friends was his wrath kindled; because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
Job 32:4 Now Elihu had held back toward Job [his] words; because the others were older in days than he.
Job 32:5 But when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then was his wrath kindled.
Job 32:6 ¶ And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite commenced, and said, Young am I in days, and ye are very old: therefore I hesitated and feared to show you what I know.
Job 32:7 I had said, Days shall speak, and multitude of years shall make wisdom known.
Job 32:8 But it is the spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty which giveth them understanding.
Job 32:9 Not those rich in years must be always wise: neither do the aged constantly understand what is just.
Job 32:10 Therefore do I say, Hearken to me: I also will show forth what I know myself.
Job 32:11 Behold, I waited for your words: I gave an attentive ear to your reasonings, till you might have searched out the [proper] words.
Job 32:12 And now I understand you fully, and, behold, there is none that convinceth Job, or, that answereth his speeches among you.
Job 32:13 Say then not, We have found wisdom: God will thrust him down, not man.
Job 32:14 But he hath not directed any words against me: and with your speeches will I not answer him.
Job 32:15 ¶ They are dismayed, they answer no more: words have escaped away from them.
Job 32:16 And should I wait [longer], because they cannot speak, because they stand stilt and answer no more?
Job 32:17 [But] I also will surely answer my part, I myself also will show forth what I know;
Job 32:18 For I am full of words, the spirit in my bosom urgeth me hard.
Job 32:19 Behold, my bosom is like [fresh] wine which hath not been opened: like new bottles it is ready to burst.
Job 32:20 I will speak, that I may breathe freer: I will open my lips and answer.
Job 32:21 On no account will I show undue favor to any man, and to no son of earth will I give flattering titles.
Job 32:22 For I know not to give flattering titles; [for else] my Maker would speedily carry me away.
Job 33:1 ¶ Therefore do thou but hear, O Job, my speeches, and give ear to all my words.
Job 33:2 Behold now, I have opened my mouth, my tongue speaketh in my mouth.
Job 33:3 Out of my straightforward heart [come] my sayings, and my lips utter knowledge clearly.
Job 33:4 The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty giveth me life.
Job 33:5 If thou canst, answer me, array thyself before me, stand forward.
Job 33:6 Behold, I am in the same relation as thyself toward God: I myself also am cut out of the clay.
Job 33:7 Behold, dread of me cannot terrify thee, and my pressure will not be too heavy upon thee.
Job 33:8 ¶ But thou hast said before my ears, and the sound of the words I still hear,
Job 33:9 "I am pure without transgression, I am quite clean; and there is no iniquity in me:
Job 33:10 Yet, behold, he findeth hateful backsliding on me, he regardeth me as an enemy unto him;
Job 33:11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he watcheth all my paths."
Job 33:12 Behold, In this thou art not just: I will answer thee; for God is far greater than a mortal.
Job 33:13 Why dost thou contend against him? for with all his words will he not give an answer.
Job 33:14 ¶ For God speaketh once, yea twice: [yet man] regardeth it not.
Job 33:15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumbers upon the couch:
Job 33:16 Then doth he lay open the ear of men, and sealeth it with their warning;
Job 33:17 To remove the son of earth [from his intended] deed and he covereth up pride from man;
Job 33:18 He withholdeth his soul from the pit, and his life from passing away by the sword.
Job 33:19 ¶ And so is he admonished by pain upon his couch, and all his bones with violent [aches].
Job 33:20 So that his inclination abhorreth bread, and his soul, the most agreeable food.
Job 33:21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen, and his bones that were not seen stick out.
Job 33:22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, and his life to those that slay.
Job 33:23 If there be now about him one single angel, as defender, one out of a thousand, to tell for man his uprightness:
Job 33:24 Then is he gracious unto him, and saith, Release him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.
Job 33:25 His flesh becometh full again as in youth: he returneth to the days of his boyhood.
Job 33:26 He will offer his entreaty unto God, and he will receive him in favor, that he may see his face with joy: so doth He recompense unto the mortal his righteousness.
Job 33:27 He then should assemble men around, and say, "I had sinned, and perverted what is right, yet have I not received a like return."
Job 33:28 Thus he redeemeth his soul from passing into the pit, and his life will look joyously on the light.
Job 33:29 ¶ Lo, all these things doth God two or three times with man;
Job 33:30 To bring back his soul from the pit, that she may shine in the light of life.
Job 33:31 Listen well, O Job, hearken unto me: keep silence, and I will truly speak.
Job 33:32 If thou hast any words, answer me: speak, for I wish to justify thee.
Job 33:33 If not, hearken thou unto me: keep silence, and I will teach thee wisdom.
Job 34:1 ¶ And Elihu commenced, and said,
Job 34:2 Hear, O ye wise men, my words; and ye that have knowledge, give ear unto me.
Job 34:3 For the ear proveth words, as the palate tasteth the food.
Job 34:4 Let us choose for ourselves what is just: let us acknowledge between ourselves what is good.
Job 34:5 For Job hath said, "I am righteous; and God hath taken away justice from me.
Job 34:6 Should I lie concerning the justice due me? incurable is [my wound from] the arrow I bear in me without any transgression."
Job 34:7 What man is there like Job, who drinketh scorning like water,
Job 34:8 And is on the road to keep company with the wrong–doers, and to walk with men of wickedness?
Job 34:9 For he hath said, "It profiteth a man nothing when he acteth according to the pleasure of God."
Job 34:10 ¶ Therefore ye men of sense hearken unto me: far is it from God to practise wickedness; and from the Almighty to do wrong!
Job 34:11 For the work of a son of earth doth he recompense unto him, and according to the path of man doth he permit things to occur to him.
Job 34:12 Yea, surely God will not condemn unjustly, nor will the Almighty pervert justice.
Job 34:13 Who hath given him a charge concerning the earth? or who hath intrusted [him] the whole world?
Job 34:14 If he were to set his heart upon man, he would gather unto himself his spirit and his breath:
Job 34:15 All flesh would perish together, and the son of earth would return again unto dust.
Job 34:16 ¶ If then thou wishest to understand, hear this: give ear to the sound of my words.
Job 34:17 Is it possible that he who hateth justice should govern? or wilt thou condemn the righteous mighty One?
Job 34:18 [Is it fit] to say to a king, Thou art worthless? and to princes, Ye are wicked?
Job 34:19 Whereas he is one that showeth no favor to chieftains, and distinguisheth not the rich before the indigent; for all of them are the work of his hands.
Job 34:20 In a moment will they die, and in the midst of the night; people are moved, and pass away: and the mighty will be removed without a human hand.
Job 34:21 For big eyes are upon the ways of man, and all his steps doth he see.
Job 34:22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the evil–doers can hide themselves.
Job 34:23 For he need not direct [his attention] a long time upon man, that he should enter into judgment before God.
Job 34:24 He breaketh down mighty men without [long] searching, and placeth others in their stead.
Job 34:25 For the reason that he knoweth their deeds: therefore he overturneth them in the night, and they are crushed.
Job 34:26 Among wicked men doth he strike them, in the place where [many] see them:
Job 34:27 Because they have departed from following him, and have not considered all his ways.
Job 34:28 Bringing before them the cry of the indigent, and the cry of the afflicted which he had to hear.
Job 34:29 When he now granteth rest, who will condemn [him]! and when he hideth his face, who can behold him? whether it be against a nation, or against one man, it is the same:
Job 34:30 That no hypocritical man may reign, that such shall not be a mare to the people.
Job 34:31 ¶ For truly it is only fitting to say unto God, "I bear [cheerfully], I will not do any wrong;
Job 34:32 What I cannot see myself, do thou truly teach me; if I have done what is unjust, I will do so no more."
Job 34:33 Should he then according to thy view send a recompense, because thou hast rejected him? "Because thou must choose, and not I?" and what thou knowest, do speak.
Job 34:34 Men of sense will say unto me, and every wise man who heareth me,
Job 34:35 That Job hath not spoken with knowledge, and that his words are without intelligence.
Job 34:36 Oh that Job may therefore be probed continually, in order to give answers against sinful men.
Job 34:37 For he addeth unto his sin transgression: among us he uttereth too many loud words, and multiplieth his speeches against God.
Job 35:1 ¶ Then commenced Elihu, and said,
Job 35:2 Dost thou deem this to be just, that thou hast said, "My righteousness is more than God’s?"
Job 35:3 For thou sayest, "What benefit will it be unto thee? what more profit shall I have, than if I had sinned?"
Job 35:4 I will truly reply unto thee with words, and unto thy friends with thee.
Job 35:5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and gaze on the skies which are higher than thou.
Job 35:6 If thou sin, what dost thou effect against him? and if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him?
Job 35:7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what doth he accept out of thy hand?
Job 35:8 A man like thyself thy wickedness may reach, and a son of earth thy righteousness.
Job 35:9 ¶ By reason of the multitude of oppressions [the wicked] cause men to cry: these complain aloud because of the arm of the mighty.
Job 35:10 But [man] saith not, Where is God my maker, who bestoweth joyful songs even in the night;
Job 35:11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of the heavens?
Job 35:12 There do they cry, but he answereth not: because of the pride of evil men.
Job 35:13 Only what is false will God not hear, nor will the Almighty regard it.
Job 35:14 ¶ Although thou sayest, thou canst not see him: yet the decision is before him; and do thou wait for him.
Job 35:15 But now, because his anger hath punished nothing, shall he not greatly take cognizance of the multitude of sins?
Job 35:16 But Job openeth wide his mouth for nought: without knowledge he heapeth up words.
Job 36:1 ¶ Then continued Elihu, and said,
Job 36:2 Wait for me a little, and I will instruct thee; for [I have] still some words on God’s behalf.
Job 36:3 I will lift up my knowledge for him who is afar, and for my Maker will I obtain righteousness.
Job 36:4 For truly no falsehood is [in] my words: one that is upright in [his] opinions [dealeth now] with thee.
Job 36:5 ¶ Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength of intellect.
Job 36:6 He permitteth not the wicked to live; but he procureth justice for the afflicted.
Job 36:7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous; but [he placeth them] with kings on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
Job 36:8 And if they be bound in fetters, and if they be entangled in the cords of affliction:
Job 36:9 Then doth he tell them of their work, and of their transgressions, when they had become strong.
Job 36:10 And he openeth thus their ear to correction, and saith that they should return from wrong–doing.
Job 36:11 If they hearken and serve [him], they will spend their days in happiness, and their years in pleasures.
Job 36:12 But if they hearken not, they will pass away through the sword, and they will perish in want of knowledge.
Job 36:13 But the hypocrites in heart persevere in wrath; they will not offer entreaty when he bindeth them:
Job 36:14 Their soul will die in youth, and their life, among the incestuous.
Job 36:15 ¶ He delivereth the afflicted through his affliction, and openeth through oppression his ear.
Job 36:16 And also thee hath he incited away from the jaws of distress into a wide space, on the site of which there is no straitness; and what is set on thy table is full of fatness.
Job 36:17 But if thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: [divine] judgment and decree will support each other.
Job 36:18 For there would be fury, If aught were to incite thee to utter an abundance [of rebellious words]; and the greatness of the infliction must not mislead thee.
Job 36:19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold ore, nor all the highest forces of strength.
Job 36:20 Desire then not eagerly the night, when nations pass away in their place.
Job 36:21 Take heed, turn not thyself to wrong–doing, so that thou wouldst choose this because of [thy] affliction.
Job 36:22 Behold, God is exalted by his power: who is an instructer like him?
Job 36:23 Who hath given him a charge concerning his way? or who hath ever said, Thou hast acted unjustly?
Job 36:24 ¶ Reflect, that thou shouldst magnify his work, which [other] men have beheld.
Job 36:25 All men have looked at it [with astonishment]; the mortal gazeth at it from afar.
Job 36:26 Behold, God is great, and we comprehend him not, the number of his years can truly not be searched out.
Job 36:27 For he taketh away drops of water, which are purified into rain in his mist:
Job 36:28 These drop down out of the skies; they distil upon the multitude of men.
Job 36:29 But [what man] can understand the outspreadings of the clouds? the tumult of his tabernacle?
Job 36:30 Behold, he spreadeth out over it his light, and covereth up the roots of the sea.
Job 36:31 For by means of them he judgeth nations, he giveth food in superfluity.
Job 36:32 [His] hands he covereth with light; and he commandeth it to strike the one who striveth against him.
Job 36:33 The noise of his storm telleth of it, yea, the cattle also, of the rising tempest.
Job 37:1 ¶ At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved upward out of its place.
Job 37:2 Hear, O hear, the rattling of his thunder, and the storm’s roar that goeth out of his mouth.
Job 37:3 Under the whole heavens he letteth it loose, and his lightning over the ends of the earth.
Job 37:4 Behind it roareth the thunder; he thundereth with his majestic voice; and he holdeth them not back when his voice is heard.
Job 37:5 God thundereth with his marvelous voice: he doth great things, which we cannot comprehend.
Job 37:6 ¶ For to the snow he saith, Be thou on the earth: likewise the pouring rain, and to the pouring rains of his strength.
Job 37:7 He sealeth it on the hand of every man, that all men whom he hath made may know it.
Job 37:8 Then retire the beasts into [their] dens, and rest in their lairs.
Job 37:9 Out of [his] chamber cometh the whirlwind, and out of the north, the cold.
Job 37:10 From the breathing of God ice is given, and the broad waters become solid.
Job 37:11 Also with moisture he loadeth the cloud; [and] he scattereth the cloud of his lightning;
Job 37:12 And it is turned round about by his guidance, to execute what he commandeth it upon the face of the world, the earth.
Job 37:13 Whether it be as a chastising rod––if this be destined for his earth––or for kindness, doth he cause it to come.
Job 37:14 ¶ Give ear unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider well the wonders of God.
Job 37:15 Dost thou know how God hath imposed [a law] on them, and [how] he hath caused the light of his cloud to shine?
Job 37:16 Dost thou know aught about the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?
Job 37:17 [Thou] who clothest thyself with warm garments, when He giveth the earth rest from the south wind?
Job 37:18 Hast thou with him spread out the skies, which are strong even as a molten mirror?
Job 37:19 Let us know what we shall say unto him: we cannot set aught in order [before him] because of darkness.
Job 37:20 Can [all] be related of him, when I speak [ever so much]? or if a man talk [of him] even till he be swallowed up [in death]?
Job 37:21 ¶ Yet now men see not the light which is bright in the skies, when the wind hath passed along, and purified them.
Job 37:22 The golden [light] that cometh out of the north: around God is terrible majesty.
Job 37:23 The Almighty, whom we cannot find out, excellent in power, and in justice, and abounding in righteousness, will not afflict:
Job 37:24 Therefore do men fear him; he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
Job 38:1 ¶ Then did the Lord address Job out of the storm–wind, and said,
Job 38:2 Who is this that casteth darkness [on my] counsel by words without knowledge?
Job 38:3 Do but gird up like a mighty man thy loins: and I will ask thee, and do thou inform me.
Job 38:4 ¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell it, if thou hast any understanding [of it].
Job 38:5 Who fixed her measurements, if thou knowest it? or who stretched the measuring–line over her?
Job 38:6 Upon what are her foundation–pillars placed at rest? or who laid her corner–stone:
Job 38:7 When altogether sang the morning stars in gladness, and shouted for joy all the sons of God?
Job 38:8 And who closed up with doors the sea, when, issuing forth, it came out of the deep bosom of the earth?
Job 38:9 When I made the clouds its garment, and thick fog its swaddling–cloth,
Job 38:10 And when I decreed for it my law, and set [for it] bars and doors,
Job 38:11 And said, Thus far mayest thou come, but no farther; and here shall be stayed [thy strength] in the pride of thy waves?
Job 38:12 ¶ Didst thou ever, in all thy days, command the morning; didst thou ever assign the morning–dawn its place:
Job 38:13 That it might lay hold of the ends of the earth, so that the wicked might be shaken out therefrom?
Job 38:14 She is changed as the sealing–clay: and [all things] stand as though newly clad.
Job 38:15 And from the wicked is their light withdrawn, and the high–raised arm is broken.
Job 38:16 Didst thou ever penetrate as far as the springs of the sea? or wander through the bottom of the deep?
Job 38:17 Were the gates of death ever laid open unto thee? or canst thou see the doors of the shadow of death?
Job 38:18 Hast thou a clear understanding of the breadth of the earth? Tell it, if thou knowest it all.
Job 38:19 Where is the way [to the spot where] the light dwelleth? and the darkness––where is its place,
Job 38:20 That thou mightest take each to its boundary, and that thou mightest mark the pathways to its house?
Job 38:21 Thou [surely] knowest it; because thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!
Job 38:22 Didst thou ever enter into the treasuries of the snow? or canst thou see the treasuries of the hail,
Job 38:23 Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of fight and battle?
Job 38:24 Where is the way [to the spot where] the light divideth itself, [where] the east wind is scattered over the earth?
Job 38:25 ¶ Who hath divided off watercourses for the overflowing rain, and a way for the lightning [that is followed by] thunders,
Job 38:26 To bring rain on a land, void of men; on a wilderness wherein no son of earth [is found];
Job 38:27 To satisfy waste and desolate lands; and to promote the growth of the tender grass?
Job 38:28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of the dew?
Job 38:29 Out of whose womb cometh forth the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven––who giveth birth to it?
Job 38:30 [When] like a stone the waters are congealed, and the face of the deep is bound in fetters?
Job 38:31 Canst thou bind together the chains of the Pleiades, or loosen the bands of Orion?
Job 38:32 Canst thou bring forth the constellations of the zodiac, each in its season? or canst thou guide the Bear with its young?
Job 38:33 Knowest thou the laws of heaven? or dost thou appoint its rule on the earth?
Job 38:34 Canst thou lift up to the clouds thy voice, that the abundance of waters may cover thee?
Job 38:35 Canst thou send out lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here are we?
Job 38:36 Who hath put wisdom in the dark clouds? or who hath given understanding to the bright meteors?
Job 38:37 Who ordaineth the skies with wisdom? or who emptieth out the bottles of heaven.
Job 38:38 When the dust is poured out as molten metal, and the clods are made to cleave fast together?
Job 38:39 Dost thou hunt for the lioness her prey? and suppliest thou the food for the young lions,
Job 38:40 When they are couched in their lairs, rest in the thicket, lying in wait?
Job 38:41 Who provideth for the raven his provision? when his young ones cry unto God, and wander about for lack of food?
Job 39:1 ¶ Knowest thou the time when the chamois of the rock bring forth? or markest thou when the hinds do calve?
Job 39:2 Numberest thou the months of gestation which they complete and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
Job 39:3 They bend themselves: they drop their young ones; throw off their pains.
Job 39:4 Their little ones become strong; they grow up in the open field; they go forth, and return not unto them.
Job 39:5 Who sent out the wild ass free? or who loosened the bonds of the forest–ass?
Job 39:6 To whom I assigned the wilderness as his house, and the salty land as his dwellings.
Job 39:7 He laugheth at the noise of a town, and the shoutings of the driver he heareth not.
Job 39:8 What he espieth on the mountains is his pasture, and after every green thing doth he search.
Job 39:9 Will the forest–ox be willing to serve thee, or will he stay over night at thy crib?
Job 39:10 Canst thou bind the forest–ox with a rope [to labor] in the furrow? or will he harrow valleys, following after thee?
Job 39:11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave to him thy labor?
Job 39:12 Wilt thou confide in him, that he should bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing–floor?––
Job 39:13 ¶ The wing of the ostrich moveth joyfully: hath she the pinions and plumage of the careful stork?
Job 39:14 [No,] for she intrusteth her eggs to the earth, and letteth them be hatched out on the dust:
Job 39:15 And she forgetteth that a foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may stamp them down.
Job 39:16 He hath made her callous against her young, as though they were not hers: her labor is in vain, [but she feeleth] no dread;
Job 39:17 Because God hath denied her wisdom, and he hath not imparted to her understanding.
Job 39:18 At the time she raiseth herself up on high, she laugheth at the horse and his rider.
Job 39:19 ¶ Dost thou give the horse strength? dost thou clothe his neck with the rolling mane?
Job 39:20 Canst thou make him jump like a locust? his majestic snort is terrible.
Job 39:21 Men spy about in the valley, and he rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth forth to meet the armed array.
Job 39:22 He laugheth at fear, and is not dismayed; and turneth not back from before the sword.
Job 39:23 Over him rattle the quiver, the glittering spear and the lance.
Job 39:24 With impatient noise and rage he holloweth [with his hoof] the ground, and keepeth not quiet when the cornet’s voice [is heard].
Job 39:25 Midst the sound of the cornet he uttereth his joyful neigh; and from afar he perceiveth the battle, the loud call of the captains, and the battle–cry.––
Job 39:26 ¶ Is it through thy understanding that the hawk flieth along, and spreadeth out his wings toward the south?
Job 39:27 Or is it by your order that the eagle doth mount upward, and buildeth high up his nest?
Job 39:28 On a rock he dwelleth, and spendeth his nights, on a rocky crag and mountain fastness.
Job 39:29 From there he espieth his food, from afar can his eyes behold.
Job 39:30 His young ones, also, sip up blood: and where the slain be, there is he.
Job 40:1 ¶ And the Lord addressed Job, and said,
Job 40:2 Will he that contendeth with the Almighty yet find fault? him that reproveth God answer this.
Job 40:3 Then answered Job the Lord, and said,
Job 40:4 Behold, I am too vile: what shall I answer thee? my hand do I place on my mouth.
Job 40:5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will not repeat it again.
Job 40:6 ¶ Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the storm–wind, and said,
Job 40:7 Do but gird up like a mighty man thy loins: I will ask thee, and do thou inform me.
Job 40:8 Wilt thou indeed annul my decree? wilt thou condemn me, in order that thou mayest appear righteous?
Job 40:9 But if thou hast an arm like God, or if thou canst thunder loudly like him:
Job 40:10 Then do deck thyself with excellence and greatness, and clothe thyself in majesty and glory.
Job 40:11 Scatter abroad the ragings of thy wrath, and look on every proud one, and humble him.
Job 40:12 Look on every proud one, and bend him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Job 40:13 Hide them in the dust altogether: bind up their faces in concealment.
Job 40:14 Then will I also myself praise thee, when thy own right hand hath helped thee.
Job 40:15 ¶ Only behold Behemoth, which I made near thee: grass he eateth like the ox.
Job 40:16 Only see, [how great] is his strength in his loins, and his force, in the muscles of his belly.
Job 40:17 He stretcheth out his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his loins are closely wrapped together.
Job 40:18 His bones are like pipes of brass: his frame is like bars of iron.
Job 40:19 He is the first in rank of the works of God: he that made him can alone bring his sword near unto him.
Job 40:20 But truly the mountains bear for him his food, and all the beasts of the field play there.
Job 40:21 Under shady trees he lieth down, in the covert of the reeds, and swamp.
Job 40:22 Shady trees cover him as his shadow: willows of the brook encompass him about.
Job 40:23 Behold, a river sweepeth violently along, but he hasteneth not away: he remaineth quiet, though a Jordan rusheth up to his mouth.
Job 40:24 Can one catch him before his eyes? pierce his nose by means of snares?––
Job 41:1 (40:25) ¶ Canst thou draw out the crocodile with a fishhook? or cause his tongue to sink into the batted rope?
Job 41:2 (40:26) Canst thou put a reed through his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
Job 41:3 (40:27) Will he address many supplications unto thee? or will he speak submissively unto thee?
Job 41:4 (40:28) Will he make a covenant with thee? that thou couldst take him as a servant for ever?
Job 41:5 (40:29) Canst thou play with him as with a bird? and tie him up for thy maidens?
Job 41:6 (40:30) Can companions waylay him? can they divide him among merchants?
Job 41:7 (40:31) Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? and [pierce] with a fish–spear his head?
Job 41:8 (40:32) Lay thy hand upon him; think of the battle: thou wilt never do it again.
Job 41:9 (41:1) Behold, his expectation was deceived: even at his mere sight is he cast down.
Job 41:10 (41:2) None is so daring that he would stir him up: and who is there that will stand up before me?
Job 41:11 (41:3) ¶ Who hath shown me favor, that I should repay him! whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.––
Job 41:12 (41:4) I will not conceal [the account of] his limbs, nor the relation of his might, nor the grace of his proportion.
Job 41:13 (41:5) Who hath ever laid open the front of his garment? or who can penetrate into his double row of teeth?
Job 41:14 (41:6) Who hath opened the doors of his face? all round about his teeth abideth terror.
Job 41:15 (41:7) What pride is there in [his] strong shields; he is locked up as with a close seal.
Job 41:16 (41:8) One is joined to another; and no breath can come between them.
Job 41:17 (41:9) They are fitted closely one to another: they are interlocked, that they cannot be severed.
Job 41:18 (41:10) From his sneezing there beameth forth a light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning–dawn.
Job 41:19 (41:11) Out of his mouth issue burning torches, sparks of fire escape [therefrom].
Job 41:20 (41:12) Out of his nostrils cometh forth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
Job 41:21 (41:13) His breath kindleth coals, and a flame cometh out of his mouth.
Job 41:22 (41:14) In his neck abideth strength, and before him danceth terror joyfully.
Job 41:23 (41:15) The flakes of his flesh are fitted closely together: they are as molten metal on him, immovable.
Job 41:24 (41:16) His heart is firm like a stone: yea, as firm as the nether millstone.
Job 41:25 (41:17) At his lifting himself up the mighty are terrified: the waves also are lessened.
Job 41:26 (41:18) If one overtake him with the sword, it cannot hold; nor the spear, the dart, and armor.
Job 41:27 (41:19) He esteemeth iron as straw, [and] brass as rotten wood.
Job 41:28 (41:20) The child of the bow cannot make him flee: into stubble are slingstones changed unto him.
Job 41:29 (41:21) Clubs are esteemed as stubble, and he laugheth at the whirring of the lance.
Job 41:30 (41:22) Beneath him are sharp–pointed potsherds, he spreadeth out, [as it were, a] threshing–roller upon the mire.
Job 41:31 (41:23) He causeth the deep to boil like a pot: he rendereth the sea like an apothecary’s mixture.
Job 41:32 (41:24) Behind him he causeth his pathway to shine, [so that] men esteem the deep to be hoary.
Job 41:33 (41:25) There is none upon earth that ruleth over him, who is made to be without dread.
Job 41:34 (41:26) He looketh upon all that is high: he is the king over all the ravenous beasts.
Job 42:1 ¶ Then answered Job unto the Lord, and said,
Job 42:2 I acknowledge that thou art able to do every thing, and that no deep plan of thine can be restrained.
Job 42:3 Who is he that dareth to conceal [thy] counsel without knowledge? Truly I have spoken of what I understood not, of things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Job 42:4 Oh do but hear [me], and I will indeed speak: I will ask of thee, and do thou inform me.
Job 42:5 I had only heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; but now my eye hath seen thee.
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