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\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}There
was
a
man
in
the
land
of
Uz
whose
name
was
Job;
and
this
man
was
perfect
and
upright,
and
one
that feared
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
and abstained
from
evil.
\VS{2}And there
were
born
to
him
seven
sons
and
three
daughters.
\VS{3}And
his substance
was
seven
thousand
sheep,
and
three
thousand
camels,
and
five
hundred
yoke
of
oxen,
and
five
hundred she-asses,
and
very
many
servants;
and
this
man
was
greater
than
all
the
children
of
the
east.
\VS{4}And
his
sons
went
and
made
a
feast
in
the
house
of
each
one
on
his
day;
and
they
sent
and
invited
their
three
sisters
to
eat
and
to
drink
with
them.
\VS{5}And
it
was
so,
when
the
days
of
the
feasting
were
gone
about,
that
Job
sent
and hallowed
them;
and
he
rose
up
early
in
the
morning,
and
offered
up burnt-offerings [according
to]
the
number
of
them
all;
for
Job
said,
It
may
be
that
my
children
have
sinned,
and
cursed
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
in
their
hearts.
Thus
did
Job
continually.
\VS{6}And
there
was
a
day
when
the
sons
of
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
came
to
present
themselves
before
Jehovah;
and
Satan
came
also
among
them.
\VS{7}And
Jehovah
said
to
Satan, Whence comest thou?
And
Satan
answered
Jehovah
and
said,
From
going
to
and
fro
in
the
earth,
and
from
walking
up
and
down
in
it.
\VS{8}And
Jehovah
said
to
Satan, Hast thou considered
my
servant
Job,
that
there
is
none
like
him
on
the
earth,
a
perfect
and
an
upright
man,
one
that feareth
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
and abstaineth
from
evil?
\VS{9}And
Satan
answered
Jehovah
and
said, Doth
Job
fear
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
for nought?
\VS{10}Hast
not thou
made
a
hedge
about
him,
and
about
his
house,
and
about
all
that
he hath
on
every
side? Thou hast
blessed
the
work
of
his
hands,
and
his substance
is
spread
abroad
in
the
land.
\VS{11}But
put
forth thy
hand
now
and
touch
all
that
he hath, [and
see]
if
he
will
not
curse thee
to thy
face!
\VS{12}And
Jehovah
said
to
Satan,
Behold,
all
that
he hath
is
in thy
hand;
only
upon
himself
put
not
forth thy
hand.
So
Satan
went
forth
from
the
presence
of
Jehovah.
\VS{13}And
there
was
a
day
when
his
sons
and
his
daughters
were
eating
and
drinking
wine
in
the
house
of
their
brother,
the
firstborn.
\VS{14}And
there
came
a
messenger
to
Job
and
said,
The
oxen
were ploughing,
and
the asses feeding
beside
them;
\VS{15}and [they
of]
Sheba
fell [upon
them]
and
took
them,
and
the
servants
have
they
smitten
with
the
edge
of
the
sword;
and
I
only
am
escaped,
alone,
to
tell thee.
\VS{16}While
he
was
yet
speaking,
there
came
another
and
said,
The
fire
of
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
fell
from
heaven
and
burned
up
the
sheep
and
the
servants,
and
consumed
them;
and
I
only
am
escaped,
alone,
to
tell thee.
\VS{17}While
he
was
yet
speaking,
there
came
another
and
said,
The
Chaldeans
made
three
bands,
and
fell
upon
the
camels
and
took
them,
and
the
servants
have
they
smitten
with
the
edge
of
the
sword;
and
I
only
am
escaped,
alone,
to
tell thee.
\VS{18}While
he
was
yet
speaking,
there
came
another
and
said, Thy
sons
and thy
daughters
were
eating
and
drinking
wine
in
the
house
of
their
brother,
the
firstborn;
\VS{19}and
behold,
there
came
a
great
wind
from
over
the
wilderness,
and smote
the
four
corners
of
the
house,
and
it
fell
upon
the
young
men,
and
they
died;
and
I
only
am
escaped,
alone,
to
tell thee.
\VS{20}And
Job
rose
up,
and rent
his
mantle,
and
shaved
his
head,
and
fell
down
on
the
ground,
and worshipped;
\VS{21}and
he
said,
Naked
came
I
out
of
my mother's
womb,
and
naked
shall
I
return thither:
Jehovah
gave,
and
Jehovah hath
taken
away;
blessed
be
the
name
of
Jehovah!
\VS{22}In
all
this
Job
sinned
not,
nor
ascribed
anything unseemly
to
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
there
was
a
day
when
the
sons
of
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
came
to
present
themselves
before
Jehovah,
and
Satan
also
came
among
them
to
present
himself
before
Jehovah.
\VS{2}And
Jehovah
said
to
Satan,
From whence comest thou?
And
Satan
answered
Jehovah
and
said,
From
going
to
and
fro
in
the
earth,
and
from
walking
up
and
down
in
it.
\VS{3}And
Jehovah
said
to
Satan, Hast thou considered
my
servant
Job,
that
there
is
none
like
him
on
the
earth,
a
perfect
and
an
upright
man,
one
that feareth
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
and abstaineth
from
evil?
and
still
he remaineth
firm
in
his
integrity,
though thou movedst
me
against
him,
to
swallow
him
up
without
cause.
\VS{4}And
Satan
answered
Jehovah
and
said,
Skin
for
skin, yea,
all
that
a
man hath
will
he
give
for
his
life;
\VS{5}but
put
forth thy
hand
now,
and
touch
his
bone
and
his
flesh, [and
see]
if
he
will
not
curse thee
to thy
face!
\VS{6}And
Jehovah
said
to
Satan,
Behold,
he
is
in thy
hand;
only
spare
his
life.
\VS{7}And
Satan
went
forth
from
the
presence
of
Jehovah;
and
he
smote
Job
with
a grievous botch
from
the
sole
of
his
foot unto
his
crown.
\VS{8}And
he
took
a
potsherd
to
scrape
himself
with;
and
he
sat
among
the
ashes.
\VS{9}And
his
wife
said
to
him, Dost thou
still remain
firm
in thine
integrity?
curse
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
and
die.
\VS{10}But
he
said
to
her, Thou speakest
as
one
of
the
foolish
women speaketh.
We
have
also
received
good
from
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
and
should
we
not
receive
evil?
In
all
this
Job
did
not
sin
with
his
lips.
\VS{11}And
three
friends
of
Job
heard
of
all
this
evil
that
was
come
upon
him.
And
they
came
each
one
from
his
place:
Eliphaz
the
Temanite,
and
Bildad
the
Shuhite,
and
Zophar
the
Naamathite;
and
they
made
an
appointment
together
to
come
to condole
with
him
and
to
comfort
him.
\VS{12}And
when
they
lifted
up
their
eyes
afar
off,
and knew
him
not,
they
lifted
up
their
voice
and
wept.
And
they rent
every
one
his
mantle,
and
sprinkled
dust
upon
their
heads
toward
the
heavens.
\VS{13}And
they
sat
down
with
him
on
the
ground
seven
days
and
seven
nights;
and
none
spoke
a
word
to
him;
for
they
saw
that [his] anguish
was
very
great.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
this,
Job
opened
his
mouth
and
cursed
his
day.
\VS{2}And
Job
answered
and
said,
\VS{3}Let
the
day
perish
in which
I
was
born,
and
the
night
that
said, There
is
a
man
child conceived.
\VS{4}That
day —
let
it
be
darkness,
let
not
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:4 }
Eloah}God
care
for
it
from
above,
neither
let
light
shine
upon
it:
\VS{5}Let
darkness
and
the
shadow
of
death
claim
it;
let clouds
dwell
upon
it;
let darkeners
of
the
day
terrify
it.
\VS{6}That
night —
let
gloom
seize
upon
it;
let
it
not rejoice among
the
days
of
the
year;
let
it
not
come
into
the
number
of
the
months.
\VS{7}Behold,
let
that
night
be
barren;
let
no
joyful sound
come therein;
\VS{8}Let
them
curse it
that
curse
the
day, who
are
ready
to
rouse
Leviathan;
\VS{9}Let
the
stars
of
its
twilight
be
dark;
let
it
wait
for
light,
and
have
none,
neither
let
it
see
the
eyelids
of
the
dawn:
\VS{10}Because
it
shut
not
up
the
doors
of
the
womb
that bore
me,
and
hid
not
trouble
from mine
eyes.
\VS{11}Wherefore
did
I
not
die
from
the
womb, —
come
forth
from
the
belly
and
expire?
\VS{12}Why
did
the
knees
meet
me?
and wherefore
the
breasts,
that
I
should
suck?
\VS{13}For
now
should
I
have
lain
down
and
been
quiet;
I
should
have
slept:
then
had
I
been
at
rest,
\VS{14}With
kings
and counsellors
of
the
earth,
who
build desolate
places
for
themselves,
\VS{15}Or
with
princes
who
had
gold,
who
filled
their
houses
with
silver;
\VS{16}Or
as
a
hidden untimely
birth
I
had
not
been;
as
infants
that
have
not
seen
the
light.
\VS{17}There
the
wicked
cease
from troubling;
and
there
the wearied
are
at
rest.
\VS{18}The
prisoners
together
are
at
ease;
they
hear
not
the
voice
of
the
taskmaster.
\VS{19}The
small
and
great
are
there,
and
the bondman
freed
from
his
master.
\VS{20}Wherefore
is
light
given
to
him
that
is
in trouble,
and
life
to
those
bitter
of
soul,
\VS{21}Who
long
for
death,
and
it [cometh]
not,
and
dig
for
it
more than
for
hidden
treasures;
\VS{22}Who
rejoice
even exultingly
and
are
glad
when
they
find
the
grave? —
\VS{23}To
the
man
whose
way
is
hidden,
and
whom
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Eloah}God hath
hedged
in?
\VS{24}For
my
sighing cometh
before
my
bread,
and
my groanings
are
poured
out
like
the
waters.
\VS{25}For
I
feared
a
fear,
and
it hath
come
upon
me,
and
that
which
I dreaded hath
come
to
me.
\VS{26}I
was
not
in safety,
neither
had
I
quietness,
neither
was
I
at
rest,
and trouble
came.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Eliphaz
the
Temanite
answered
and
said,
\VS{2}If
a
word
were essayed
to thee, wouldest thou
be grieved?
But
who
can
refrain
from
speaking?
\VS{3}Behold, thou hast
instructed
many,
and thou hast
strengthened
the weak
hands;
\VS{4}Thy
words
have upholden
him
that was stumbling,
and thou hast braced
up
the bending
knees:
\VS{5}But
now
it
is
come
upon thee,
and thou grievest;
it toucheth thee,
and thou art troubled.
\VS{6}Hath
not thy piety
been thy
confidence,
and
the perfection
of thy
ways thy
hope?
\VS{7}Remember,
I
pray thee,
who
that
was
innocent
has
perished?
and
where were
the
upright
cut
off?
\VS{8}Even
as
I
have
seen,
they
that plough
iniquity
and
sow
mischief,
reap
the same.
\VS{9}By
the
breath
of
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 4:9 }
Eloah}God
they
perish,
and
by
the
blast
of
his
nostrils
are
they
consumed.
\VS{10}The
roar
of
the
lion,
and
the
voice
of
the fierce
lion,
and
the
teeth
of
the
young
lions,
are
broken;
\VS{11}The
old
lion perisheth
for
lack
of
prey,
and
the
whelps
of
the
lioness
are
scattered.
\VS{12}Now
to
me
a
word
was secretly
brought,
and
mine
ear
received
a
whisper thereof.
\VS{13}In thoughts
from
visions
of
the
night,
when
deep
sleep falleth
on
men: —
\VS{14}Fear
came on me,
and
trembling,
and made
all
my
bones
to
shake;
\VS{15}And
a
spirit
passed
before
my
face —
the
hair
of
my
flesh stood
up —
\VS{16}It
stood
still;
I could
not
discern
the
appearance thereof:
a
form
was
before mine
eyes;
I
heard
a slight murmur
and
a
voice:
\VS{17}Shall [mortal]
man
be more
just
than
\FTNT{†}{{\FR 4:17 }
Eloah}God?
Shall
a
man
be purer
than
his Maker?
\VS{18}Lo,
he trusteth
not
his
servants,
and
his
angels
he chargeth with
folly:
\VS{19}How
much
more
them
that
dwell
in
houses
of clay,
whose
foundation
is
in
the
dust,
who
are
crushed
as
the
moth!
\VS{20}From
morning
to
evening are
they smitten:
without any heeding
it,
they
perish
for
ever.
\VS{21}Is
not
their tent-cord torn away
in
them?
they
die,
and
without
wisdom.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Call,
I
pray thee!
Is
there
any
that answereth thee?
and
to
which
of
the
holy
ones wilt thou
turn?
\VS{2}For vexation killeth
the
foolish
man,
and
envy slayeth
the simple.
\VS{3}I
myself
saw
the
foolish
taking
root,
but
suddenly
I cursed
his habitation.
\VS{4}His
children
are
far
from
safety,
and
they
are
crushed
in
the
gate,
and
there
is
no
deliverer:
\VS{5}Whose
harvest
the
hungry eateth
up,
and taketh even
out
of
the
thorns;
and
the snare gapeth
for
his
substance.
\VS{6}For
evil cometh
not
forth
from
the
dust,
neither doth
trouble
spring
out
of
the
ground;
\VS{7}For
man
is
born
to
trouble,
as
the sparks
fly upwards.
\VS{8}But
as
for
me
I
will
seek unto
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El|strong="H0410"}God,
and unto
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God commit
my
cause;
\VS{9}Who doeth
great
things
and unsearchable, marvellous
things
without
number;
\VS{10}Who giveth
rain
on
the
face
of
the
earth,
and sendeth
waters
on
the
face
of
the
fields;
\VS{11}Setting
up
on
high those
that
are
low;
and mourners
are
exalted
to prosperity.
\VS{12}He disappointeth
the devices
of
the
crafty,
and
their
hands
carry
not
out
the enterprise.
\VS{13}He taketh
the
wise
in their own craftiness;
and
the
counsel
of
the wily
is carried headlong:
\VS{14}They
meet
with
darkness
in
the
daytime,
and
grope
at midday as
in
the
night.
\VS{15}And
he saveth
the
needy
from
the
sword,
from their
mouth,
and
from
the
hand
of
the
mighty.
\VS{16}So
the
poor hath
what
he hopeth
for,
and
unrighteousness stoppeth
her
mouth.
\VS{17}Behold,
happy
is
the
man
whom
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 5:17 }
Eloah}God correcteth; therefore
despise
not
the
chastening
of
the
Almighty.
\VS{18}For
he maketh sore,
and bindeth
up;
he woundeth,
and
his
hands
make whole.
\VS{19}He
will
deliver thee
in
six troubles,
and
in
seven there
shall
no
evil
touch thee.
\VS{20}In
famine
he
will
redeem thee
from
death,
and
in
war
from
the
power
of
the
sword.
\VS{21}Thou shalt
be
hidden
from
the
scourge
of
the
tongue;
and thou shalt
not
be
afraid
of
destruction
when
it cometh.
\VS{22}At
destruction
and
famine thou shalt
laugh,
and
of
the
beasts
of
the
earth thou shalt
not
be
afraid.
\VS{23}For thou shalt
be
in
league
with
the
stones
of
the
field,
and
the
beasts
of
the
field
shall
be
at peace
with thee.
\VS{24}And thou shalt
know
that thy
tent
is
in
peace;
and thou wilt survey thy fold,
and
miss
nothing.
\VS{25}And thou shalt
know
that thy
seed
is
numerous,
and thine
offspring
as
the
herb
of
the
earth.
\VS{26}Thou shalt
come
to
the
grave
in
a ripe
age,
as
a shock
of corn
is
brought
in
in
its
season.
\VS{27}Behold
this,
we
have
searched
it
out,
so
it
is;
hear
it,
and
know thou
it
for thyself.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Job
answered
and
said,
\VS{2}Oh
that
my grief were thoroughly
weighed,
and
all
my calamity
laid
in
the
balances!
\VS{3}For
now
it
would
be
heavier
than
the
sand
of
the
seas;
therefore
my
words
are vehement.
\VS{4}For
the
arrows
of
the
Almighty
are within
me,
their
poison drinketh
up
my
spirit:
the
terrors
of
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 6:4 }
Eloah}God
are arrayed against
me.
\VS{5}Doth
the
wild ass
bray
by
the
grass? loweth
an
ox
over
his
fodder?
\VS{6}Shall
that which
is insipid be
eaten
without
salt?
Is
there
any
taste
in
the
white
of
an
egg?
\VS{7}What
my
soul refuseth
to
touch,
that
is
as
my
loathsome
food.
\VS{8}Oh
that
I
might
have
my
request,
and
that
\FTNT{†}{{\FR 6:8 }
Eloah}God
would
grant
my desire!
\VS{9}And
that
it
would
please
\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 6:9 }
Eloah}God
to
crush
me,
that
he
would let loose
his
hand
and
cut
me
off!
\VS{10}Then
should
I
yet
have
comfort;
and
in
the
pain which spareth
not
I would
rejoice
that
I
have
not
denied
the
words
of
the
Holy
One.
\VS{11}What
is
my
strength,
that
I
should
hope?
and
what
is mine
end,
that
I
should
have patience?
\VS{12}Is
my
strength
the
strength
of
stones?
is
my
flesh
of brass?
\VS{13}Is
it
not
that
there
is
no
help
in
me,
and soundness
is
driven
away
from
me?
\VS{14}For him that is fainting
kindness [is meet] from
his
friend;
or he forsaketh
the
fear
of
the
Almighty.
\VS{15}My
brethren
have
dealt
deceitfully
as
a
stream,
as
the channel
of
streams which
pass
away,
\VS{16}Which
are
turbid
by
reason
of
the
ice,
in which
the
snow hideth itself:
\VS{17}At
the
time
they diminish,
they are dried up;
when
heat affecteth
them,
they
vanish
from
their
place:
\VS{18}They
wind
about
in
the
paths
of
their
course,
they
go
off
into
the
waste
and
perish.
\VS{19}The
caravans
of
Tema
looked,
the companies
of
Sheba counted
on them:
\VS{20}They are
ashamed
at
their hope;
they
come thither,
and are
confounded.
\VS{21}So
now ye
are
nothing; ye
see
a terrible object
and
are
afraid.
\VS{22}Did
I
say,
Bring unto
me,
and
make
me
a present from
your substance?
\VS{23}Or,
rescue
me
from
the
hand
of
the oppressor,
and
redeem
me
from
the
hand
of
the
violent?
\VS{24}Teach
me,
and
I
will hold
my tongue;
and cause
me
to
understand wherein
I
have
erred.
\VS{25}How forcible
are
right
words!
but
what doth
your upbraiding
reprove?
\VS{26}Do ye imagine
to
reprove
words?
The speeches
of one
that
is desperate
are indeed
for
the
wind.
\VS{27}Yea, ye overwhelm
the
fatherless,
and
dig [a pit]
for
your
friend.
\VS{28}Now
therefore
if ye
will,
look
upon
me;
and
it
shall
be
to
your
face
if
I
lie.
\VS{29}Return,
I
pray
you,
let
there
be
no
wrong; yea,
return
again,
my
righteousness shall
be
in
it.
\VS{30}Is
there
wrong
in
my
tongue?
cannot
my
taste
discern mischievous
things?

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Hath
not
man
a
life
of labour
upon
earth?
and
are
not
his
days
like
the
days
of
a hireling?
\VS{2}As a bondman earnestly desireth
the
shadow,
and a hireling expecteth
his
wages,
\VS{3}So am
I made
to
possess
months
of
vanity,
and wearisome
nights
are
appointed
to me.
\VS{4}If
I
lie
down,
I
say,
When shall
I
rise
up,
and
the darkness
be gone?
and
I am
full
of tossings
until
the
dawn.
\VS{5}My
flesh
is
clothed
with
worms
and clods
of
dust;
my
skin
is broken,
and suppurates.
\VS{6}My
days
are
swifter
than
a weaver's
shuttle,
and
are
spent
without
hope.
\VS{7}Remember thou
that
my
life
is
wind; mine
eye
shall
no
more
see
good.
\VS{8}The
eye
of him
that hath
seen
me
shall
behold
me
no [more]: thine
eyes
are upon
me,
and
I am
not.
\VS{9}The
cloud consumeth
and vanisheth
away;
so
he
that goeth
down
to
Sheol
shall
not
come
up.
\VS{10}He
shall
return
no
more
to
his
house,
neither
shall
his
place
know
him
again.
\VS{11}Therefore
I
will
not
restrain
my
mouth:
I
will
speak
in
the anguish
of
my
spirit;
I
will
complain
in
the
bitterness
of
my
soul.
\VS{12}Am
I
a
sea,
or
a sea-monster,
that thou settest
a
watch
over
me?
\VS{13}When
I
say,
My
bed
shall
comfort
me,
my
couch
shall
ease
my complaint;
\VS{14}Then thou scarest
me with
dreams,
and terrifiest
me through
visions;
\VS{15}So
that
my
soul chooseth strangling,
death, rather than
my
bones.
\VS{16}I loathe
it;
I
shall
not
live
always:
let
me
alone,
for
my
days
are
a
breath.
\VS{17}What
is
man,
that thou makest
much
of
him?
and
that thou settest thy
heart
upon
him?
\VS{18}And
that thou visitest
him
every
morning, triest
him
every
moment?
\VS{19}How
long wilt thou
not
look
away
from
me,
nor
let
me
alone
till
I
swallow down
my
spittle?
\VS{20}Have
I
sinned,
what
do
I unto thee, thou Observer
of
men?
Why hast thou
set
me
as
an object
of assault
for thee,
so
that
I
am
become
a
burden
to myself?
\VS{21}And
why dost
not thou
forgive
my
transgression
and
take
away mine
iniquity?
for
now
shall
I
lie
down
in
the
dust,
and thou shalt
seek
me early,
and
I
shall
not
be.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Bildad
the
Shuhite
answered
and
said,
\VS{2}How
long wilt thou
speak
these
things?
and
the
words
of thy
mouth be
a strong
wind?
\VS{3}Doth
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 8:3 }

El|strong="H0410"}God
pervert
judgment,
and
the
Almighty
pervert
justice?
\VS{4}If thy
children
have
sinned
against
him,
he hath
also
given
them
over
into
the
hand
of
their
transgression.
\VS{5}If thou
seek
earnestly unto
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 8:5 }

El|strong="H0410"}God,
and make thy supplication
to
the
Almighty,
\VS{6}If thou
be
pure
and
upright,
surely
now
he
will
awake
for thee,
and
make
the habitation
of thy
righteousness prosperous;
\VS{7}And though thy
beginning
was
small, yet thine
end shall
be
very
great.
\VS{8}For
inquire,
I
pray thee,
of
the
former
generation,
and attend
to
the researches
of
their
fathers;
\VS{9}For
we
are [but]
of
yesterday,
and
know
nothing,
for
our
days
upon
earth
are
a
shadow.
\VS{10}Shall
not
they
teach thee, [and]
tell thee,
and utter
words
out
of
their
heart?
\VS{11}Doth
the
papyrus shoot
up
without mire? doth
the reed-grass
grow
without
water?
\VS{12}Whilst
it
is
yet
in
its greenness [and]
not
cut
down,
it withereth
before
any [other]
grass.
\VS{13}So
are
the
paths
of
all
that
forget
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 8:13 }

El|strong="H0410"}God;
and
the profane man's
hope shall
perish,
\VS{14}Whose
confidence
shall
be cut off,
and
his reliance
is
a spider's
web.
\VS{15}He
shall
lean
upon
his
house,
and
it
shall
not
stand;
he
shall lay
hold
on
it,
but
it
shall
not
endure.
\VS{16}He
is full
of sap
before
the
sun,
and
his sprout shooteth
forth
over
his
garden;
\VS{17}His
roots
are entwined
about
the stoneheap;
he seeth
the
place
of
stones.
\VS{18}If
he
destroy
him
from
his
place,
then
it
shall
deny
him:
I
have
not
seen thee!
\VS{19}Behold,
this
is
the
joy
of
his
way,
and out
of
the
dust
shall
others
grow.
\VS{20}Behold,
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 8:20 }

El|strong="H0410"}God
will
not cast off
a
perfect
man,
neither
will
he
take evil-doers
by
the
hand.
\VS{21}Whilst
he would
fill thy
mouth
with laughing
and thy
lips
with
shouting,
\VS{22}They
that
hate thee
shall
be
clothed
with
shame,
and
the
tent
of
the
wicked
be
no
more.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Job
answered
and
said,
\VS{2}Of
a
truth
I
know
it
is
so;
but
how
can
man
be
just
with
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 9:2 }

El|strong="H0410"}God?
\VS{3}If
he
shall choose
to
strive
with
him,
he
cannot
answer
him
one
thing
of
a
thousand.
\VS{4}He
is
wise
in
heart
and
mighty
in
strength:
who hath
hardened
himself
against
him,
and had peace?
\VS{5}Who removeth
mountains,
and
they
know
it
not,
when
he overturneth
them
in
his
anger;
\VS{6}Who shaketh
the
earth
out
of its
place,
and
the
pillars thereof
tremble;
\VS{7}Who commandeth
the sun,
and
it riseth
not,
and
he sealeth
up
the
stars;
\VS{8}Who
alone spreadeth
out
the
heavens,
and treadeth
upon
the
high
waves
of
the
sea;
\VS{9}Who maketh
the
Bear,
Orion,
and
the
Pleiades,
and
the
chambers
of
the
south;
\VS{10}Who doeth
great
things past finding
out,
and
wonders
without
number.
\VS{11}Lo,
he goeth
by
me,
and
I
see [him]
not;
and
he passeth
along,
and
I
perceive
him
not.
\VS{12}Behold,
he taketh
away:
who
will hinder
him?
Who
will
say unto
him,
What doest thou?
\VS{13}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 9:13 }
Eloah}God withdraweth
not
his
anger;
the proud
helpers stoop
under
him:
\VS{14}How
much
less
shall
I
answer
him,
choose out
my
words [to strive]
with
him?
\VS{15}Whom,
though
I
were
righteous, [yet]
would
I
not
answer;
I
would make supplication
to
my
judge.
\VS{16}If
I
had
called,
and
he
had
answered
me,
I would
not
believe
that
he hearkened
to
my
voice, —
\VS{17}He,
who crusheth
me
with
a
tempest,
and multiplieth
my
wounds
without
cause.
\VS{18}He suffereth
me
not
to
take
my
breath,
for
he filleth
me
with bitternesses.
\VS{19}Be
it
a question
of
strength,
lo, [he
is]
strong;
and be
it
of
judgment,
who
will
set
me
a time?
\VS{20}If
I
justified
myself, mine own
mouth would
condemn
me; were
I
perfect,
he would prove
me perverse.
\VS{21}Were
I
perfect, [yet]
would
I
not
know
my
soul:
I
would
despise
my
life.
\VS{22}It
is
all
one;
therefore
I
said,
he destroyeth
the
perfect
and
the
wicked.
\VS{23}If
the
scourge
kill
suddenly,
he mocketh
at
the trial
of
the
innocent.
\VS{24}The
earth
is
given
over
into
the
hand
of
the
wicked [man];
he covereth
the
faces
of
its
judges.
If
not,
who
then
is
it?
\VS{25}And
my
days
are
swifter
than
a
runner:
they
flee
away,
they
see
no
good.
\VS{26}They pass
by
like skiffs
of
reed; as
an
eagle
that
swoops
upon
the
prey.
\VS{27}If
I
say,
I
will
forget
my
complaint,
I
will
leave off
my [sad]
countenance,
and brighten up,
\VS{28}I am
afraid
of
all
my
sorrows;
I
know
that thou wilt
not hold
me
innocent.
\VS{29}Be
it
that
I
am
wicked,
why
then
do
I labour
in
vain?
\VS{30}If
I
washed myself
with snow-water,
and cleansed
my
hands
in purity,
\VS{31}Then wouldest thou
plunge
me
in
the ditch,
and mine own
clothes
would
abhor
me.
\VS{32}For
he
is
not
a
man,
as
I am,
that
I
should
answer
him;
that
we
should
come
together
in
judgment.
\VS{33}There
is not
an
umpire
between
us,
who should
lay
his
hand
upon
us
both.
\VS{34}Let
him
take
his
rod
away
from
me,
and
let
not
his
terror make
me afraid,
\VS{35}[Then]
I
will
speak,
and
not
fear
him;
but
it
is
not
so
with
me.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}My
soul
is weary
of
my
life:
I
will
give free course
to
my
complaint;
I
will
speak
in
the
bitterness
of
my
soul.
\VS{2}I
will
say unto
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 10:2 }
Eloah}God,
Do
not
condemn
me; shew
me wherefore thou strivest
with
me.
\VS{3}Doth
it please thee
to
oppress,
that thou shouldest
despise
the work
of thy
hands,
and
shine
upon
the
counsel
of
the
wicked?
\VS{4}Hast thou
eyes
of
flesh?
or seest thou
as
man seeth?
\VS{5}Are thy
days
as
the
days
of
a
mortal?
are thy
years
as
a man's
days,
\VS{6}That thou searchest
after mine
iniquity,
and inquirest into
my
sin;
\VS{7}Since thou knowest
that
I am
not
wicked,
and
that
there
is
none
that delivereth
out
of thy
hand?
\VS{8}Thy
hands
have bound me
together
and
made me
as
one,
round
about; yet dost thou
swallow me
up!
\VS{9}Remember,
I
beseech thee,
that thou hast
made
me
as clay,
and wilt
bring
me
into
dust
again.
\VS{10}Hast thou
not
poured
me out as
milk,
and curdled
me
like
cheese?
\VS{11}Thou hast
clothed me
with
skin
and
flesh,
and knit me together
with
bones
and
sinews;
\VS{12}Thou hast granted
me
life
and favour,
and thy
care hath
preserved
my
spirit;
\VS{13}And
these
things didst thou
hide
in thy
heart;
I
know
that
this
was
with thee.
\VS{14}If
I
sinned, thou wouldest
mark
me,
and thou wouldest
not
acquit
me
of mine
iniquity.
\VS{15}If
I
were
wicked,
woe unto
me!
and
righteous,
I
will
not
lift
up
my
head,
being [so]
full
of
shame,
and beholding mine affliction; —
\VS{16}And
it increaseth: thou huntest
me
as
a fierce
lion;
and
ever
again thou shewest thy marvellous
power upon
me.
\VS{17}Thou renewest thy
witnesses
before
me
and increasest thy displeasure
against
me; successions [of evil]
and
a time
of toil
are
with
me.
\VS{18}And wherefore didst thou
bring
me
forth
out
of
the
womb?
I
had expired,
and
no
eye
had
seen
me.
\VS{19}I should
be
as though
I
had
not
been;
I should
have
been
carried
from
the
womb
to
the
grave.
\VS{20}Are
not
my
days
few?
cease
then
and
let
me
alone,
that
I
may revive
a
little,
\VS{21}Before
I
go,
and
never
to
return, —
to
the
land
of
darkness
and
the
shadow
of
death;
\VS{22}A
land
of
gloom,
as
darkness itself;
of
the
shadow
of
death,
without
any
order,
where
the light
is
as
thick
darkness.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Zophar
the
Naamathite
answered
and
said,
\VS{2}Should
not
the
multitude
of
words
be
answered?
and
should
a
man
of
much
talk
be
justified?
\VS{3}Should thy fictions make
men hold
their peace?
and shouldest thou
mock,
and
no
one make [thee]
ashamed?
\VS{4}For thou sayest,
My doctrine
is
pure,
and
I
am
clean
in thine
eyes.
\VS{5}But
oh
that
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 11:5 }
Eloah}God
would
speak,
and
open
his
lips
against thee;
\VS{6}And
that
he
would shew thee
the
secrets
of
wisdom,
how
that
they
are
the
double
of
what
is realised;
and
know
that
\FTNT{†}{{\FR 11:6 }
Eloah}God passeth
by [much]
of thine
iniquity!
\VS{7}Canst thou
by
searching
find
out
\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 11:7 }
Eloah}God? canst thou
find
out
the
Almighty
to perfection?
\VS{8}[It
is
as]
the heights
of
heaven;
what wilt thou
do?
deeper than
Sheol;
what canst thou
know?
\VS{9}The
measure thereof
is
longer
than
the
earth,
and
broader
than
the
sea.
\VS{10}If
he
pass
by,
and
shut
up,
and
call
to judgment,
who
can hinder
him?
\VS{11}For
he knoweth
vain
men,
and seeth
wickedness
when [man] doth
not
consider
it;
\VS{12}Yet
a senseless
man
will make bold, though
man
be
born [like]
the
foal
of
a
wild ass.
\VS{13}If thou
prepare thy
heart
and
stretch
out thy
hands
toward
him,
\VS{14}If thou
put
far
away
the
iniquity which
is
in thy
hand,
and
let
not
wrong
dwell
in thy
tents;
\VS{15}Surely
then shalt thou
lift
up thy
face
without
spot,
and thou shalt
be stedfast
and shalt
not
fear:
\VS{16}For thou shalt
forget
misery;
as
waters
that
are
passed
away shalt thou
remember
it;
\VS{17}And
life shall
arise
brighter than noonday; though thou
be enshrouded
in darkness, thou shalt
be
as
the
morning,
\VS{18}And thou shalt
have
confidence,
because
there shall
be
hope;
and
having searched about [thee], thou shalt
take
rest
in
safety.
\VS{19}Yea, thou shalt
lie
down,
and
none
shall
make thee
afraid;
and
many
shall
seek thy favour.
\VS{20}But
the
eyes
of
the
wicked
shall
fail,
and [all]
refuge
shall
vanish
from
them,
and
their
hope [shall
be]
the breathing
out
of
life.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Job
answered
and
said,
\VS{2}Truly ye
are
the
people,
and
wisdom
shall
die
with
you!
\VS{3}I
also
have
understanding
as
well
as
you;
I
am
not
inferior
to
you;
and
who knoweth
not
such
things
as
these?
\VS{4}I
am
to
be
one
that
is
a derision
to
his
friend,
I
who
call
upon
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 12:4 }
Eloah}God,
and
whom
he
will
answer:
a derision
is
the
just upright [man].
\VS{5}He
that is
ready
to stumble
with
the
foot is
a lamp
despised
in
the thought
of him
that is at
ease.
\VS{6}The
tents
of desolators
are
in peace,
and
they
that
provoke
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 12:6 }

El|strong="H0410"}God
are
secure;
into
whose
hand
\FTNT{†}{{\FR 12:6 }
Eloah}God bringeth.
\VS{7}But
ask
now
the
beasts,
and they
shall
teach thee;
and
the
fowl
of
the
heavens,
and they
shall
tell thee;
\VS{8}Or
speak
to
the
earth,
and
it
shall
teach thee;
and
the fishes
of
the
sea
shall
declare unto thee.
\VS{9}Who knoweth
not
in
all
these,
that
the
hand
of
Jehovah hath wrought
this?
\VS{10}In
whose
hand
is
the
soul
of
every
living
thing,
and
the
spirit
of
all
flesh
of
man.
\VS{11}Doth
not
the
ear
try
words,
as
the
palate tasteth
food?
\VS{12}With
the
aged
is
wisdom,
and
in
length
of
days
understanding.
\VS{13}With
him
is
wisdom
and
might;
he hath
counsel
and
understanding.
\VS{14}Behold,
he breaketh
down,
and
it
is
not
built again;
he shutteth
up
a
man,
and there
is
no opening.
\VS{15}Behold,
he withholdeth
the
waters,
and
they
dry
up;
and
he sendeth
them
out,
and
they overturn
the
earth.
\VS{16}With
him
is
strength
and effectual knowledge;
the deceived
and
the deceiver
are
his.
\VS{17}He leadeth counsellors away spoiled,
and
judges maketh
he fools;
\VS{18}He weakeneth
the government
of
kings,
and bindeth
their
loins
with
a fetter;
\VS{19}He leadeth
priests away spoiled,
and overthroweth
the mighty;
\VS{20}He depriveth
of
speech
the trusty,
and taketh
away
the judgment
of
the
elders;
\VS{21}He poureth
contempt
upon
nobles,
and slackeneth
the girdle
of
the mighty;
\VS{22}He discovereth
deep
things
out
of
darkness,
and bringeth
out
into
light
the
shadow
of
death;
\VS{23}He increaseth
the
nations,
and destroyeth
them; he spreadeth
out
the
nations,
and bringeth
them
in;
\VS{24}He taketh
away
the
understanding
of
the
chiefs
of
the
people
of
the
earth,
and causeth
them
to
wander
in
a pathless
waste.
\VS{25}They
grope
in
the
dark
without
light,
and
he maketh
them
to
stagger
like
a
drunkard.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Lo, mine
eye hath
seen
all [this], mine
ear hath
heard
and
understood
it.
\VS{2}What ye
know,
I
know
also:
I
am
not
inferior
to
you.
\VS{3}But
I
will
speak
to
the
Almighty,
and
will find
pleasure
in reasoning
with
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 13:3 }

El|strong="H0410"}God;
\VS{4}For ye
indeed
are forgers
of
lies, ye
are
all
physicians
of
no value.
\VS{5}Oh
that ye
would
be altogether
silent!
and
it
would
be
your
wisdom.
\VS{6}Hear
now
my defence,
and hearken
to
the pleadings
of
my
lips.
\VS{7}Will ye
speak unrighteously for
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 13:7 }

El|strong="H0410"}God?
and for
him
speak
deceit?
\VS{8}Will ye accept
his person?
will ye
contend
for
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 13:8 }

El|strong="H0410"}God?
\VS{9}Will
it
be
well
if
he
should
search
you
out?
or
as
one mocketh
at
a
man,
will ye mock
at
him?
\VS{10}He
will
certainly
reprove
you,
if ye
do secretly accept persons.
\VS{11}Shall
not
his excellency
terrify
you?
and
his
dread
fall
upon
you?
\VS{12}Your
memorable
sayings
are proverbs
of
ashes, your bulwarks
are bulwarks
of mire.
\VS{13}Hold
your peace
from
me,
and
I
will
speak,
and let come
on
me
what [will]!
\VS{14}Wherefore
should
I
take
my
flesh
in
my
teeth,
and
put
my
life
in
my
hand?
\VS{15}Behold,
if
he
slay
me,
yet would
I trust
in
him;
but
I
will
defend mine
own
ways
before
him.
\VS{16}This
also
shall
be
my
salvation,
that
a profane
man
shall
not
come
before
his
face.
\VS{17}Hear
attentively
my
speech
and
my
declaration
with
your
ears.
\VS{18}Behold
now,
I
have ordered
the
cause;
I
know
that
I
shall
be
justified.
\VS{19}Who
is
he
that contendeth
with
me?
For
if
I were
silent
now,
I
should
expire.
\VS{20}Only
do
not
two
things unto
me;
then
will
I
not
hide myself
from thee.
\VS{21}Withdraw thy
hand
far
from
me;
and
let
not thy
terror make
me afraid:
\VS{22}Then
call,
and
I
will
answer;
or
I
will
speak,
and
answer thou
me.
\VS{23}How
many
are mine
iniquities
and
sins?
Make
me
to
know
my
transgression
and
my
sin.
\VS{24}Wherefore dost thou
hide thy
face,
and countest
me
for thine
enemy?
\VS{25}Wilt thou terrify
a
driven
leaf?
and wilt thou
pursue
dry
stubble?
\VS{26}For thou writest
bitter
things
against
me,
and makest
me
to
possess
the
iniquities
of
my
youth;
\VS{27}And thou puttest
my
feet
in
the
stocks,
and markest
all
my
paths; thou settest
a bound
about
the
soles
of
my
feet; —
\VS{28}One
who,
as
a
rotten
thing consumeth,
as
a
garment
that
the
moth eateth.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Man,
born
of
woman,
is
of few
days,
and
full
of trouble.
\VS{2}He cometh
forth
like
a
flower,
and
is cut down;
and
he fleeth
as
a
shadow,
and continueth
not.
\VS{3}Yet dost thou
open thine
eyes
upon
such
a
one,
and bringest
me
into
judgment
with thee?
\VS{4}Who
can
bring
a
clean [man] out
of
the
unclean?
Not
one!
\VS{5}If
his
days
are
determined,
if
the
number
of
his
months
is
with thee, [and] thou hast
appointed
his bounds which
he
must
not
pass,
\VS{6}Look
away
from
him;
and
let
him
rest,
till
he accomplish,
as
a hireling,
his
day.
\VS{7}For
there
is
hope
for
a
tree:
if
it
be
cut
down,
it
will
sprout
again,
and
its tender
branch
will
not
cease;
\VS{8}Though
its
root
grow
old
in
the
earth,
and
its
stock
die
in
the
ground,
\VS{9}Yet through
the scent
of
water
it
will
bud,
and put forth boughs
like
a young
plant.
\VS{10}But
a
man dieth,
and
is
prostrate; yea,
man expireth,
and
where
is
he?
\VS{11}The
waters recede
from
the lake,
and
the
river wasteth
and drieth
up:
\VS{12}So
man lieth
down,
and riseth
not
again;
till
the
heavens
be
no
more,
they do
not
awake,
nor
are
raised
out
of
their
sleep.
\VS{13}Oh
that thou wouldest
hide
me
in
Sheol,
that thou wouldest
keep
me
secret
until thine
anger
be past,
that thou wouldest
appoint
me
a
set
time,
and
remember
me, —
\VS{14}(If
a
man
die,
shall
he
live [again]?)
all
the
days
of
my
time
of toil
would
I
wait,
till
my
change
should
come:
\VS{15}Thou wouldest
call,
and
I
would
answer thee; thou wouldest
have
a desire after
the
work
of thy
hands.
\VS{16}For
now thou numberest
my
steps: dost thou
not
watch
over
my
sin?
\VS{17}My
transgression
is
sealed
up
in
a
bag,
and thou heapest
up mine
iniquity.
\VS{18}And
indeed
a
mountain
falling cometh
to nought,
and
the
rock
is removed
out
of its
place;
\VS{19}The
waters wear
the
stones,
the floods thereof
wash
away
the
dust
of
the
earth;
and thou destroyest
the
hope
of
man.
\VS{20}Thou prevailest
for
ever
against
him,
and
he passeth
away; thou changest
his
countenance,
and dismissest
him.
\VS{21}His
sons come
to honour,
and
he knoweth
it
not;
and
they
are brought low,
and
he perceiveth
it
not.
\VS{22}But
his
flesh hath
pain
for
himself
alone,
and
his
soul mourneth
for
himself.

\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Eliphaz
the
Temanite
answered
and
said,
\VS{2}Should
a
wise
man
answer
with
windy
knowledge,
and
fill
his
belly
with
the
east
wind,
\VS{3}Reasoning
with unprofitable
talk,
and
with speeches
which do
no
good?
\VS{4}Yea, thou makest
piety
of none effect,
and restrainest
meditation
before
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 15:4 }

El|strong="H0410"}God.
\VS{5}For thy
mouth uttereth thine
iniquity,
and thou hast
chosen
the
tongue
of
the
crafty.
\VS{6}Thine own
mouth condemneth thee,
and
not
I;
and thy
lips
testify against thee.
\VS{7}Art thou
the
first
man
that
was
born?
and wast thou
brought
forth
before
the
hills?
\VS{8}Hast thou
listened
in
the
secret
council
of
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 15:8 }
Eloah}God?
And hast thou absorbed
wisdom
for thyself?
\VS{9}What knowest thou
that we
know
not? [what] understandest thou
which
is
not
in
us?
\VS{10}Both
the greyheaded
and
the
aged
are
with
us, older
than thy
father.
\VS{11}Are
the
consolations
of
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 15:11 }

El|strong="H0410"}God
too
small
for thee?
and
the
word
gently
spoken
to thee?
\VS{12}Why doth thy
heart
carry thee
away?
and
why
do thine
eyes wink?
\VS{13}That thou turnest thy
spirit
against
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 15:13 }

El|strong="H0410"}God,
and lettest
words
go
out
of thy
mouth?
\VS{14}What
is
man,
that
he
should
be
pure?
and
he
that
is
born
of
a
woman,
that
he
should
be
righteous?
\VS{15}Behold,
he putteth
no
trust
in
his
holy
ones,
and
the
heavens
are
not
pure
in
his
sight:
\VS{16}How
much
less
the
abominable
and
corrupt, —
man,
that drinketh
unrighteousness
like
water!
\VS{17}I
will shew thee,
listen
to me;
and
what
I
have
seen
I
will
declare;
\VS{18}Which
wise
men
have
told
from
their
fathers,
and
have
not
hidden;
\VS{19}Unto whom
alone
the
earth
was
given,
and
no stranger
passed
among
them.
\VS{20}All
his
days
the
wicked
man
is tormented,
and
numbered
years
are allotted
to
the
violent.
\VS{21}The
sound
of
terrors
is
in
his
ears:
in
prosperity
the
destroyer cometh
upon
him.
\VS{22}He believeth
not
that
he
shall
return
out
of
darkness,
and
he
is singled
out
for
the
sword.
\VS{23}He wandereth abroad
for
bread, — where
may
it
be?
He knoweth
that
the
day
of
darkness
is
ready
at
his
hand.
\VS{24}Distress
and
anguish make
him afraid;
they prevail against
him,
as
a
king
ready
for the battle.
\VS{25}For
he hath
stretched
out
his
hand
against
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 15:25 }

El|strong="H0410"}God,
and strengthened
himself
against
the
Almighty:
\VS{26}He runneth
against
him,
with [outstretched]
neck,
with
the
thick bosses
of
his bucklers;
\VS{27}For
he hath
covered
his
face
with
his
fatness,
and
gathered
fat
upon [his] flanks.
\VS{28}And
he dwelleth
in
desolate
cities,
in
houses
that
no man inhabiteth,
which
are
destined
to become
heaps.
\VS{29}He
shall
not
become
rich,
neither
shall
his
substance
continue,
and
their possessions
shall
not
extend upon
the
earth.
\VS{30}He
shall
not
depart
out
of
darkness;
the
flame
shall
dry
up
his branches;
and
by
the
breath
of
his
mouth
shall
he
go
away.
\VS{31}Let
him
not
trust
in
vanity:
he
is
deceived,
for
vanity
shall
be
his recompense;
\VS{32}It
shall
be
complete
before
his
day,
and
his
branch
shall
not
be
green.
\VS{33}He shall shake
off
his unripe grapes as
a
vine,
and shall
cast
his
flower as
an
olive.
\VS{34}For
the
family
of
the ungodly
shall
be
barren,
and
fire
shall
consume
the
tents
of
bribery.
\VS{35}They
conceive
mischief,
and
bring
forth
iniquity,
and
their
belly prepareth
deceit.

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Job
answered
and
said,
\VS{2}I
have
heard
many
such
things: grievous
comforters
are ye
all.
\VS{3}Shall
words
of
wind
have
an
end?
or
what provoketh thee
that thou answerest?
\VS{4}I
also
could
speak
as ye:
if
your
soul
were
in
my soul's
stead,
I
could
join
together
words
against
you,
and
shake
my
head
at
you;
\VS{5}[But] I would encourage
you
with
my
mouth,
and
the
solace
of
my
lips should assuage [your pain].
\VS{6}If
I
speak,
my
pain
is
not assuaged;
and
if
I forbear,
what
am
I eased?
\VS{7}But
now
he hath
made
me
weary; ...thou hast
made
desolate
all
my family;
\VS{8}Thou hast shrivelled
me
up!
it
is
become
a
witness;
and
my
leanness riseth
up
against
me,
it beareth
witness
to
my
face.
\VS{9}His
anger teareth
and pursueth
me;
he gnasheth
with
his
teeth
against
me; [as] mine adversary
he sharpeneth
his
eyes
at
me.
\VS{10}They gape
upon
me
with
their
mouth;
they
smite
my
cheeks reproachfully;
they range
themselves
together
against
me.
\VS{11}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 16:11 }

El|strong="H0410"}God hath
delivered
me
over
to
the iniquitous
man,
and hurled
me
into
the
hands
of
the
wicked.
\VS{12}I
was
at
rest,
but he hath shattered
me; he hath
taken
me
by
the
neck
and shaken
me
to pieces,
and
set
me
up
for
his mark.
\VS{13}His
arrows
encompass
me
round
about,
he cleaveth
my reins asunder
and doth
not
spare;
he poureth
out
my
gall
upon
the
ground.
\VS{14}He breaketh
me
with
breach
upon
breach;
he runneth
upon
me
like
a
mighty
man.
\VS{15}I
have
sewed
sackcloth
upon
my
skin,
and rolled
my
horn
in
the
dust.
\VS{16}My
face
is red
with
weeping,
and
on
my
eyelids
is
the
shadow
of
death;
\VS{17}Although there
is
no
violence
in
my
hands,
and
my
prayer
is
pure.
\VS{18}O
earth,
cover
not
my
blood,
and
let
there
be
no
place
for
my
cry!
\VS{19}Even
now,
behold,
my
Witness
is
in
the
heavens,
and
he
that voucheth
for me
is
in
the
heights.
\VS{20}My
friends
are
my mockers; mine
eye poureth
out tears unto
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 16:20 }
Eloah}God.
\VS{21}Oh
that there
were arbitration
for
a
man
with
\FTNT{†}{{\FR 16:21 }
Eloah}God,
as
a
son
of
man
for
his
friend!
\VS{22}For
years [few]
in
number
shall
pass, —
and
I
shall
go
the
way [whence]
I
shall
not
return.

\par }\Chap{17}{\PP \VerseOne{1}My
breath
is corrupt,
my
days
are extinct,
the
graves
are mine.
\VS{2}Are there
not
mockers around
me?
and doth [not] mine
eye abide
in
their
provocation?
\VS{3}Lay
down
now [a pledge],
be thou
surety
for
me
with thyself:
who
is
he
that striketh
hands
with
me?
\VS{4}For thou hast
hidden
their
heart
from
understanding;
therefore thou wilt
not
exalt [them].
\VS{5}He
that betrayeth
friends
for
a prey —
even
the
eyes
of
his
children
shall
fail.
\VS{6}And
he hath
made
me
a proverb
of
the
peoples;
and
I
am
become
one
to
be
spit
on
in
the
face.
\VS{7}And mine
eye
is dim
by reason
of grief,
and
all
my
members
are as
a
shadow.
\VS{8}Upright men [shall be]
astonished
at
this,
and
the
innocent
shall be
stirred
up
against
the ungodly;
\VS{9}But
the
righteous
shall
hold
on
his
way,
and
he
that hath
clean
hands
shall
increase
in
strength.
\VS{10}But
as
for
you
all,
pray
come
on
again;
and
I
shall
not
find
one
wise
man
among
you.
\VS{11}My
days
are past,
my purposes
are
broken
off,
the cherished
thoughts
of
my
heart.
\VS{12}They change
the
night
into
day;
the
light [they imagine]
near
in
presence
of
the
darkness.
\VS{13}If
I
wait,
Sheol
is
my
house;
I spread
my
bed
in
the
darkness:
\VS{14}I
cry
to
the grave, Thou art
my
father!
to
the
worm,
My
mother,
and
my
sister!
\VS{15}And
where
is
then
my
hope? yea,
my
hope,
who
shall
see it?
\VS{16}It
shall
go
down
to
the
bars
of
Sheol,
when [our] rest
shall
be
together
in
the
dust.

\par }\Chap{18}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Bildad
the
Shuhite
answered
and
said,
\VS{2}How
long
will ye hunt
for
words? Be
intelligent,
and
then
we
will
speak.
\VS{3}Wherefore
are we
counted
as
beasts,
and reputed
stupid
in
your
sight?
\VS{4}Thou
that tearest thyself
in thine
anger,
shall
the
earth
be forsaken
for thee?
and
shall
the
rock
be removed
out
of its
place?
\VS{5}Yea,
the
light
of
the
wicked
shall
be
put
out,
and
the
flame
of
his
fire
shall
not
shine.
\VS{6}The
light shall become
dark
in
his
tent,
and
his
lamp
over
him shall be
put
out.
\VS{7}The
steps
of
his
strength shall be straitened,
and
his own
counsel shall
cast
him
down.
\VS{8}For
he
is
sent
into
the
net
by
his own
feet,
and
he walketh
on
the meshes;
\VS{9}The gin taketh [him]
by
the
heel,
the
snare layeth
hold
on
him;
\VS{10}A
cord
is
hidden
for
him
in
the
ground,
and
his
trap
in
the
way.
\VS{11}Terrors
make
him afraid
on
every
side,
and chase
him at
his
footsteps.
\VS{12}His
strength
is hunger-bitten,
and
calamity
is
ready
at
his
side.
\VS{13}The
firstborn
of
death devoureth
the members
of
his
body;
it
will
devour
his members.
\VS{14}His
confidence
shall
be rooted out
of
his
tent,
and it
shall lead
him
away
to
the
king
of
terrors:
\VS{15}They who
are none
of
his shall
dwell
in
his
tent;
brimstone shall be showered
upon
his habitation:
\VS{16}His
roots
shall be
dried
up
beneath,
and
above
shall
his branch be cut off;
\VS{17}His
remembrance
shall
perish
from
the
earth,
and
he
shall
have
no
name
on
the pasture-grounds.
\VS{18}He
is
driven
from
light
into
darkness,
and
chased
out
of
the
world.
\VS{19}He hath
neither son
nor grandson
among
his
people,
nor
any remaining
in
the places
of
his
sojourn.
\VS{20}They
that
come
after
shall
be
astonished
at
his
day,
as
they
that went
before [them]
were affrighted.
\VS{21}Surely,
such
are
the
dwellings
of
the unrighteous man,
and
such
the
place
of
him
that knoweth
not
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 18:21 }

El|strong="H0410"}God.

\par }\Chap{19}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Job
answered
and
said,
\VS{2}How
long
will ye vex
my
soul,
and
crush
me
with
words?
\VS{3}These
ten
times
have ye reproached
me; ye
are
not
ashamed
to stupefy
me.
\VS{4}And be it [that]
I
have
erred, mine
error remaineth
with myself.
\VS{5}If
indeed ye
will
magnify
yourselves
against
me,
and
prove
against
me
my
reproach,
\VS{6}Know
now
that
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 19:6 }
Eloah}God hath overthrown
me,
and hath surrounded
me
with
his
net.
\VS{7}Behold,
I
cry
out
of
wrong,
and
I
am
not heard;
I
cry
aloud,
but
there
is
no
judgment.
\VS{8}He hath hedged
up
my
way
that
I
cannot
pass,
and
he hath
set
darkness
in
my
paths.
\VS{9}He hath
stripped
me
of
my
glory,
and
taken
the
crown
from
my
head.
\VS{10}He breaketh
me
down
on
every
side,
and I am gone;
and
my
hope hath
he
torn up as
a
tree.
\VS{11}And
he hath
kindled
his
anger
against
me,
and hath
counted
me unto
him
as one
of
his enemies.
\VS{12}His
troops
have
come
together
and cast
up
their
way
against
me,
and
have
encamped
round
about
my
tent.
\VS{13}He hath
put
my
brethren
far
from
me,
and
mine acquaintance
are quite estranged
from
me.
\VS{14}My kinsfolk
have
failed,
and
my
known
friends
have
forgotten
me.
\VS{15}The sojourners
in
my
house
and
my
maids count
me
as
a
stranger;
I
am
an
alien
in
their
sight.
\VS{16}I
called
my
servant,
and
he
answered
not;
I entreated
him
with
my
mouth.
\VS{17}My
breath
is
strange
to my
wife,
and my entreaties
to
the
children
of my [mother's]
womb.
\VS{18}Even
young
children
despise
me;
I
rise
up,
and
they
speak
against
me.
\VS{19}All
my
intimate
friends
abhor
me,
and
they whom
I
loved
are
turned
against
me.
\VS{20}My
bones cleave
to
my
skin
and
to
my
flesh,
and
I am
escaped
with
the
skin
of
my
teeth.
\VS{21}Have
pity
upon
me,
have
pity
upon
me, ye
my
friends;
for
the
hand
of
\FTNT{†}{{\FR 19:21 }
Eloah}God hath
touched
me.
\VS{22}Why
do ye
persecute
me
as
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 19:22 }

El|strong="H0410"}God,
and
are
not
satisfied
with
my
flesh?
\VS{23}Oh
would
that
my
words
were
written!
oh
that they
were
inscribed
in
a
book!
\VS{24}That with an
iron style
and
lead
they were graven
in the
rock
for
ever!
\VS{25}And [as
for]
me,
I
know
that
my
Redeemer liveth,
and
the
Last,
he
shall
stand
upon
the
earth;
\VS{26}And [if]
after
my
skin
this
shall be destroyed,
yet
from
out
of
my
flesh
shall
I
see
\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 19:26 }
Eloah}God;
\VS{27}Whom
I
shall
see
for
myself,
and mine
eyes
shall
behold,
and
not
another: —
my reins
are
consumed
within
me.
\VS{28}If ye
say,
How
shall
we
persecute
him?
when
the
root
of
the
matter
is
found
in
me,
\VS{29}Be ye yourselves
afraid
of
the
sword!
for
the
sword
is
fury
against misdeeds,
that ye
may
know
there
is
a
judgment.

\par }\Chap{20}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Zophar
the
Naamathite
answered
and
said,
\VS{2}Therefore do
my thoughts
give
me
an
answer,
and
for
this
is
my haste within
me.
\VS{3}I
hear
a
reproof putting
me
to
shame;
and [my]
spirit answereth
me
by mine
understanding.
\VS{4}Knowest thou [not]
this,
that
of
old,
since
man
was
placed
upon
earth,
\VS{5}The exultation
of
the
wicked
is
short,
and
the
joy
of
the
ungodly
man
but
for
a
moment?
\VS{6}Though
his height
mount
up
to
the
heavens,
and
his
head
reach unto
the
clouds,
\VS{7}Like
his own
dung doth
he
perish
for
ever;
they which
have
seen
him shall
say,
Where
is
he?
\VS{8}He flieth
away as
a
dream,
and
is
not
found;
and
is
chased
away as
a
vision
of
the
night.
\VS{9}The
eye
which
saw him
shall [see him]
not
again;
and
his
place beholdeth him
no
more.
\VS{10}His
children
shall seek
the favour
of
the
poor,
and
his
hands
restore
his
wealth.
\VS{11}His
bones
were
full
of
his
youthful
strength;
but
it shall
lie
down
with
him
in
the
dust.
\VS{12}Though
wickedness be
sweet
in
his
mouth [and]
he
hide
it
under
his
tongue,
\VS{13}[Though]
he
spare
it,
and
forsake
it
not,
but
keep
it
within
his
mouth,
\VS{14}His
food
is
turned
in
his
bowels;
it
is
the gall
of asps
within him.
\VS{15}He hath
swallowed down
riches,
but
he shall
vomit
them
up again:
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 20:15 }

El|strong="H0410"}God shall
cast
them
out
of
his
belly.
\VS{16}He
shall
suck
the
poison
of asps;
the viper's
tongue
shall
kill
him.
\VS{17}He shall
not
see
streams,
rivers, brooks
of
honey
and
butter.
\VS{18}That which
he laboured
for
shall
he
restore,
and
not
swallow down;
its
restitution
shall
be according
to
the value,
and
he
shall
not rejoice [therein].
\VS{19}For
he hath
oppressed, hath forsaken
the
poor;
he hath violently
taken
away
a
house
that
he
did
not
build.
\VS{20}Because
he
knew
no rest
in
his craving,
he
shall
save nought
of
what
he most
desired.
\VS{21}Nothing escaped
his greediness;
therefore
his
prosperity
shall
not endure.
\VS{22}In
the fulness
of
his sufficiency
he
shall
be
in straits;
every
hand
of
the wretched
shall
come
upon
him.
\VS{23}It shall
be
that,
to
fill
his
belly,
he
will
cast
his
fierce
anger
upon
him,
and
will
rain
it
upon
him
into
his
flesh.
\VS{24}If he have
fled
from
the
iron
weapon,
the
bow
of brass shall strike
him
through.
\VS{25}He draweth
it
forth;
it cometh
out
of
his body,
and
the
glittering
point
out
of
his gall:
terrors are
upon
him.
\VS{26}All
darkness
is
laid
up
for
his
treasures:
a
fire
not blown
shall
devour
him;
it
shall
feed
upon what
is
left
in
his
tent.
\VS{27}The
heavens
shall
reveal
his
iniquity,
and
the
earth
shall
rise
up against
him.
\VS{28}The
increase
of
his
house
shall
depart, flowing
away
in
the
day
of
his
anger.
\VS{29}This
is
the
portion
of
the
wicked
man
from
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 20:29 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
and
the
heritage appointed
to
him
by
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 20:29 }

El|strong="H0410"}God.

\par }\Chap{21}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Job
answered
and
said,
\VS{2}Hear
attentively
my
speech,
and
let
this replace
your
consolations.
\VS{3}Suffer
me
and
I
will
speak;
and
after
I
have
spoken,
mock
on!
\VS{4}As
for
me,
is
my
complaint
to
a
man?
or wherefore
should
not
my
spirit
be impatient?
\VS{5}Mark
me,
and
be
astonished,
and
lay
the
hand
upon
the
mouth.
\VS{6}Even
when
I
think [thereon],
I am affrighted,
and trembling taketh
hold
of
my
flesh.
\VS{7}Wherefore do
the
wicked
live,
grow
old, yea,
become
mighty
in
power?
\VS{8}Their
seed
is
established
with
them
in
their
sight,
and
their
offspring
before
their
eyes.
\VS{9}Their
houses
are
safe
from
fear,
neither
is
the
rod
of
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 21:9 }
Eloah}God
upon
them.
\VS{10}Their
bull gendereth,
and faileth
not;
their
cow calveth,
and casteth
not
her calf.
\VS{11}They
send
forth
their
little
ones
like
a
flock,
and
their
children
dance.
\VS{12}They
shout
to
the tambour
and
harp,
and
rejoice
at
the
sound
of
the
pipe.
\VS{13}They
spend
their
days
in
prosperity,
and
in
a
moment
go
down
to
Sheol.
\VS{14}And
they
say unto
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 21:14 }

El|strong="H0410"}God,
Depart
from
us,
for we
desire
not
the
knowledge
of thy
ways!
\VS{15}What
is
the
Almighty
that
we
should
serve
him?
and
what
are
we profited
if
we pray unto
him?
\VS{16}Behold,
their
prosperity
is
not
in
their
hand.
The
counsel
of
the
wicked
be
far
from
me!
\VS{17}How
often
is
the
lamp
of
the
wicked
put
out,
and cometh
their
calamity
upon
them? Doth
he distribute sorrows [to
them]
in
his
anger?
\VS{18}Do
they
become
as stubble
before
the
wind,
and
as
chaff
that
the storm carrieth
away?
\VS{19}\FTNT{†}{{\FR 21:19 }
Eloah}God layeth
up [the punishment
of]
his
iniquity
for
his
children;
he rewardeth
him,
and
he
shall
know [it]:
\VS{20}His
eyes shall
see
his destruction,
and
he shall
drink
of
the
fury
of
the
Almighty.
\VS{21}For
what
pleasure
should
he
have
in
his
house
after
him,
when
the
number
of
his
months
is cut off?
\VS{22}Can any
teach
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 21:22 }

El|strong="H0410"}God
knowledge?
And
he
it
is
that judgeth
those
that
are
high.
\VS{23}One dieth
in
his
full
strength, being
wholly
at
ease
and
quiet;
\VS{24}His
sides
are
full
of fat,
and
the
marrow
of
his
bones
is moistened;
\VS{25}And
another dieth
in
bitterness
of
soul,
and hath
not tasted
good:
\VS{26}Together
they
lie
down
in
the
dust,
and
the
worms
cover
them.
\VS{27}Lo,
I
know
your
thoughts,
and
the
devices ye wrongfully imagine
against
me.
\VS{28}For ye
say,
Where
is
the
house
of
the
noble?
and
where
the
tent
of
the
dwellings
of
the
wicked?
\VS{29}Have ye
not
asked
the wayfarers?
and
do ye
not
regard
their tokens:
\VS{30}That
the
wicked
is
reserved
for
the
day
of
calamity?
They
are
led
forth
to
the
day
of
wrath.
\VS{31}Who
shall
declare
his
way
to
his
face?
and
who
shall
repay
him
what
he hath
done?
\VS{32}Yet
is
he
carried
to
the
graves,
and
watch
is
kept
over
the
tomb.
\VS{33}The
clods
of
the
valley
are
sweet unto
him;
and
every
man followeth suit
after
him,
as
there
were
innumerable
before
him.
\VS{34}How
then
comfort ye
me
in
vain?
Your
answers
remain perfidious.

\par }\Chap{22}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Eliphaz
the
Temanite
answered
and
said,
\VS{2}Can
a
man
be profitable
to
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 22:2 }

El|strong="H0410"}God?
surely
it
is unto himself
that
the
wise
man
is profitable.
\VS{3}Is
it
any
pleasure
to
the
Almighty
if thou art
righteous?
And
is
it
gain [to
him]
that thou makest thy
ways
perfect?
\VS{4}Will
he
reason
with thee
for
fear
of thee?
Will
he
enter
with thee
into
judgment?
\VS{5}Is
not thy
wickedness
great?
and thine
iniquities
without
end?
\VS{6}For thou hast
taken
a pledge
of thy
brother
for nought,
and
stripped
off
the
clothing
of
the
naked.
\VS{7}Thou hast
not
given
water
to
the fainting
to
drink,
and thou hast withholden
bread
from
the
hungry.
\VS{8}But
the powerful
man,
he
had
the
land;
and
the
man
of
high
rank
dwelt
in
it.
\VS{9}Widows hast thou
sent
empty
away,
and
the
arms
of
the
fatherless
have been broken.
\VS{10}Therefore
snares are
round
about thee,
and
sudden
fear troubleth thee;
\VS{11}Or
darkness,
that thou canst
not
see,
and floods
of
waters
cover thee.
\VS{12}Is
not
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 22:12 }
Eloah}God
in
the
height
of
the
heavens?
And
behold
the
summit
of
the
stars:
how
exalted
are
they!
\VS{13}And thou sayest,
What doth
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 22:13 }

El|strong="H0410"}God
know?
will
he
judge
through
the
dark
cloud?
\VS{14}Thick
clouds
are
a covering
to
him,
that
he seeth
not;
and
he walketh
on
the
vault
of
the
heavens.
\VS{15}Dost thou
mark
the
ancient
path
which
wicked
men
have
trodden?
\VS{16}Who
were carried
off
before
the
time,
whose
foundation
was overflowed
with
a flood;
\VS{17}Who
said unto
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 22:17 }

El|strong="H0410"}God,
Depart
from
us!
and
what
could
the
Almighty
do
to
them?
\VS{18}Yet
he
filled
their
houses
with
good.
But
the
counsel
of
the
wicked
is
far
from
me.
\VS{19}The
righteous
see
it,
and
are
glad;
and
the
innocent
laugh
them
to scorn:
\VS{20}Is
not
he
who rose against us
destroyed,
and doth
not
the
fire
consume
his residue?
\VS{21}Reconcile thyself
now
with
him,
and
be
at peace: thereby
good shall
come unto thee.
\VS{22}Receive,
I
pray thee,
instruction
from
his
mouth,
and
lay
up
his
words
in thy
heart.
\VS{23}If thou
return
to
the
Almighty, thou shalt
be
built
up.
If thou
remove
unrighteousness
far
from thy
tents,
\VS{24}And
put
the precious ore
with
the
dust,
and [the
gold
of]
Ophir
among
the
stones
of
the torrents,
\VS{25}Then
the
Almighty
will
be thy precious ore,
and
silver heaped
up unto thee;
\VS{26}Yea,
then shalt thou
delight thyself
in
the
Almighty,
and shalt
lift
up thy
face unto
\FTNT{†}{{\FR 22:26 }
Eloah}God:
\VS{27}Thou shalt
make thy
prayer unto
him,
and he
will
hear thee,
and thou shalt
pay thy
vows;
\VS{28}And thou shalt
decree
a thing,
and
it shall
be
established unto thee;
and
light shall
shine
upon thy
ways.
\VS{29}When
they
are
made
low,
then thou shalt
say, Rise up!
and
he shall
save
him
that
is
of downcast
eyes.
\VS{30}[Even]
him
that
is not
innocent shall he
deliver; yea, he shall be
delivered by
the pureness
of thy
hands.

\par }\Chap{23}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Job
answered
and
said,
\VS{2}Even to-day
is
my
complaint bitter:
my stroke
is
heavier
than
my
groaning.
\VS{3}Oh
that
I
knew where
I might
find
him,
that
I might
come
to
his
seat!
\VS{4}I would
order
the
cause
before
him,
and
fill
my
mouth
with arguments;
\VS{5}I
would
know
the
words
he
would
answer
me,
and
understand
what
he
would
say unto
me.
\VS{6}Would
he
plead
against
me
with [his]
great
power? Nay;
but
he
would
give heed unto
me.
\VS{7}There
would
an
upright man
reason
with
him;
and
I should
be
delivered
for
ever
from
my
judge.
\VS{8}Lo,
I
go
forward,
but
he
is
not
there;
and
backward,
but
I
do
not
perceive
him;
\VS{9}On
the
left
hand,
where
he doth work,
but
I
behold [him]
not;
he hideth
himself
on
the
right
hand,
and
I
see [him]
not.
\VS{10}But
he knoweth
the
way
that
I
take;
he trieth
me,
I
shall
come
forth
as
gold.
\VS{11}My
foot hath
held
to
his
steps;
his
way
have
I
kept,
and
not
turned
aside.
\VS{12}Neither
have
I
gone back
from
the
commandment
of
his
lips;
I
have laid
up
the
words
of
his
mouth
more
than
the purpose
of
my
own
heart.
\VS{13}But
he
is
in
one [mind],
and
who
can
turn
him?
And
what
his
soul desireth,
that
will
he
do.
\VS{14}For
he
will perform [what]
is
appointed
for
me;
and
many
such
things
are
with
him.
\VS{15}Therefore am
I troubled
at
his
presence;
I
consider,
and
I am
afraid
of
him.
\VS{16}For
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 23:16 }

El|strong="H0410"}God hath made my
heart soft,
and
the
Almighty troubleth
me;
\VS{17}Because
I
was
not
cut
off
before
the
darkness,
neither hath
he
hidden
the
gloom
from
me.

\par }\Chap{24}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Why
are
not
times
treasured
up
with
the
Almighty?
why do
not
they
that
know
him
see
his
days?
\VS{2}They
remove
the
landmarks; they violently
take
away
the
flocks
and pasture
them;
\VS{3}They drive
away the ass of the
fatherless, they
take the widow's
ox
for a pledge;
\VS{4}They
turn
the
needy
out
of
the
way:
the
afflicted
of
the
land
all
hide
themselves.
\VS{5}Lo, [as]
wild asses
in
the
desert,
they
go
forth
to
their
work,
seeking early
for
the
prey:
the
wilderness [yieldeth]
them
food
for [their]
children.
\VS{6}They
reap
in
the
field
the
fodder thereof,
and they
gather
the vintage
of
the
wicked;
\VS{7}They pass
the night
naked
without
clothing,
and
have
no
covering
in
the
cold;
\VS{8}They
are
wet
with
the showers
of
the
mountains,
and
for
want
of
a
shelter
embrace
the
rock...
\VS{9}They pluck
the
fatherless from
the
breast,
and
take
a pledge
of
the
poor:
\VS{10}These
go
naked
without
clothing,
and,
hungry,
they
bear
the
sheaf;
\VS{11}They
press
out
oil
within
their
walls,
they
tread
their
winepresses,
and suffer
thirst.
\VS{12}Men
groan
from
out
of
the
city,
and
the
soul
of
the
wounded crieth
out;
and
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 24:12 }
Eloah}God imputeth
not
the impiety.
\VS{13}There
are
those
that
rebel
against
the
light;
they
know
not
the
ways thereof,
nor
abide
in
the
paths thereof.
\VS{14}The
murderer riseth
with
the
light, killeth
the
afflicted
and
needy,
and
in
the
night
is
as
a
thief.
\VS{15}And
the
eye
of
the
adulterer waiteth
for
the
twilight,
saying,
No
eye
shall
see
me;
and
he putteth
a covering
on [his]
face.
\VS{16}In
the
dark
they
dig through
houses;
by
day
they
shut themselves
in;
they
know
not
the
light:
\VS{17}For
the
morning
is
to
them
all [as]
the
shadow
of
death;
for
they
are
familiar
with
the
terrors
of
the
shadow
of
death.
\VS{18}He
is
swift
on
the
face
of
the
waters;
their
portion
is
cursed
on
the
earth:
he turneth
not unto
the
way
of
the
vineyards.
\VS{19}Drought
and
heat
consume
snow
waters;
so doth
Sheol those
that
have
sinned.
\VS{20}The
womb forgetteth
him;
the
worm feedeth sweetly
on
him:
he
shall
be
no
more
remembered;
and
unrighteousness
is
broken
as
a
tree, —
\VS{21}He
that despoileth
the
barren
that beareth
not,
and doeth
not
good
to
the
widow:
\VS{22}He draweth also
the
mighty
with
his
power;
he riseth
up,
and
no [man]
is
sure
of
life.
\VS{23}[God] setteth
him
in
safety,
and
he resteth
thereon;
but
his
eyes
are
upon
their
ways.
\VS{24}They
are exalted
for
a
little,
and
are
no
more;
they
are laid
low; like
all [other]
are
they
gathered,
and
are cut
off as
the
tops
of
the
ears
of corn.
\VS{25}If
it
be
not
so
now,
who
will
make
me
a
liar,
and
make
my
speech
nothing worth?

\par }\Chap{25}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Bildad
the
Shuhite
answered
and
said,
\VS{2}Dominion
and
fear
are
with
him;
he maketh
peace
in
his
high
places.
\VS{3}Is
there
any
number
of
his
troops?
and
upon
whom doth
not
his
light
arise?
\VS{4}And
how
should
man
be
just
with
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 25:4 }

El|strong="H0410"}God?
Or
how
should
he
be
clean
that
is
born
of
a
woman?
\VS{5}Lo,
even
the
moon
is
not
bright;
and
the
stars
are
not
pure
in
his
sight:
\VS{6}How
much
less
man,
a
worm,
and
the
son
of
man,
a
worm!

\par }\Chap{26}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Job
answered
and
said,
\VS{2}How hast thou
helped
the powerless;
how
saved
the
arm
that
is
without
strength!
\VS{3}How hast thou counselled
him
that hath
no
wisdom,
and
abundantly declared
the thing
as
it
is!
\VS{4}For
whom hast thou
uttered
words?
and
whose
spirit
came
from thee?
\VS{5}The shades
tremble
beneath
the
waters
and
the
inhabitants thereof;
\VS{6}Sheol
is
naked
before
him,
and
destruction hath
no
covering.
\VS{7}He stretcheth
out
the
north
over
empty
space,
he hangeth
the
earth
upon
nothing;
\VS{8}He bindeth
up
the
waters
in
his
thick
clouds,
and
the
cloud
is
not rent
under
them.
\VS{9}He covereth
the
face
of
his
throne,
he spreadeth
his
cloud
upon
it.
\VS{10}He hath traced
a
fixed
circle
over
the
waters, unto
the confines
of
light
and
darkness.
\VS{11}The
pillars
of
the
heavens
tremble
and
are
astonished
at his
rebuke.
\VS{12}He stirreth
up
the
sea by his
power,
and by his
understanding
he smiteth
through
Rahab.
\VS{13}By
his
Spirit
the
heavens
are adorned;
his
hand hath formed
the
fleeing
serpent.
\VS{14}Lo,
these
are
the borders
of
his
ways;
but
what
a
whisper
of
a
word
do
we
hear
of
him!
And
the
thunder
of
his
power,
who
can
understand?

\par }\Chap{27}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Job
continued
his
parable
and
said,
\VS{2}[As]
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 27:2 }

El|strong="H0410"}God liveth,
who hath
taken
away
my
right,
and
the
Almighty,
who hath
embittered
my
soul,
\VS{3}All
the
while
my
breath
is
in
me,
and
the
spirit
of
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 27:3 }
Eloah}God
is
in
my
nostrils,
\VS{4}My
lips
shall
not
speak
unrighteousness,
nor
my
tongue
utter
deceit!
\VS{5}Be
it
far
from
me
that
I
should
justify
you;
till
I
die
I
will
not
remove
my blamelessness
from
me.
\VS{6}My
righteousness
I
hold
fast,
and
will
not
let
it
go:
my
heart reproacheth [me]
not
one
of
my
days.
\VS{7}Let mine
enemy
be
as
the
wicked,
and he
that riseth
up against
me
as
the unrighteous.
\VS{8}For
what
is
the
hope
of
the ungodly,
when [God] cutteth
him
off,
when
\FTNT{†}{{\FR 27:8 }
Eloah}God taketh away
his
soul?
\VS{9}Will
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 27:9 }

El|strong="H0410"}God
hear
his
cry
when
distress cometh
upon
him?
\VS{10}Doth
he
delight
himself
in
the
Almighty?
will
he
at
all
times
call
upon
\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 27:10 }
Eloah}God?
\VS{11}I
will
teach
you concerning
the
hand
of
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 27:11 }

El|strong="H0410"}God;
what
is
with
the
Almighty
will
I
not
conceal.
\VS{12}Behold, ye
yourselves
have
all
seen [it];
and
why
are ye
thus
altogether
vain?
\VS{13}This
is
the
portion
of
the
wicked
man
with
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 27:13 }

El|strong="H0410"}God,
and
the
heritage
of
the
violent,
which they
receive
from
the
Almighty: —
\VS{14}If
his
children
be
multiplied,
it
is
for
the
sword,
and
his
offspring
shall
not
be
satisfied
with
bread;
\VS{15}Those
that
remain
of
him
shall
be
buried
by
death,
and
his
widows
shall
not
weep.
\VS{16}Though
he
heap
up
silver
as
the
dust,
and
prepare clothing
as
the clay;
\VS{17}He may
prepare
it,
but
the
just
shall
put
it
on;
and
the
innocent
shall
divide
the
silver.
\VS{18}He buildeth
his
house
as
the
moth,
and
as
a
booth
that
a
keeper maketh.
\VS{19}He lieth
down
rich,
but
will
do
so
no
more;
he openeth
his
eyes,
and
he
is
not.
\VS{20}Terrors
overtake
him like
waters;
a whirlwind stealeth
him
away
in
the
night.
\VS{21}The
east
wind carrieth
him
away
and
he
is gone;
and as
a storm
it hurleth
him
out
of
his
place.
\VS{22}And [God]
shall
cast
upon
him
and
not
spare:
he would fain
flee
out
of
his
hand.
\VS{23}[Men] shall
clap
their
hands
at
him,
and shall
hiss
him
out
of
his
place.

\par }\Chap{28}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Surely
there
is
a vein
for
the
silver,
and
a
place
for
gold which
they
refine;
\VS{2}Iron
is
taken out
of
the
dust,
and
copper
is molten out
of
the
stone.
\VS{3}[Man] putteth
an
end
to
the
darkness,
and exploreth
to
the
utmost
limit,
the
stones
of
darkness
and
of
the
shadow
of
death.
\VS{4}He openeth
a shaft far
from
the inhabitants [of
the earth]:
forgotten
of
the
foot,
they
hang suspended;
away
below
men
they hover.
\VS{5}As
for
the
earth,
out
of
it cometh
bread,
and
underneath
it
is
turned
up
as
by
fire;
\VS{6}The
stones
of
it
are
the
place
of
sapphires,
and
it hath
dust
of
gold.
\VS{7}It
is
a
path
no
bird
of
prey knoweth,
and
the vulture's
eye hath
not
seen
it;
\VS{8}The
proud
beasts
have
not
trodden
it,
nor
the fierce
lion passed
over
it.
\VS{9}[Man] putteth
forth
his
hand
upon
the
flinty rock,
he overturneth
the
mountains
by
the
root.
\VS{10}He cutteth
out
channels
in
the
rocks,
and
his
eye seeth
every
precious
thing.
\VS{11}He bindeth
the
streams
that
they drip
not,
and
what
is
hidden
he bringeth
forth
to
light.
\VS{12}But
wisdom,
where
shall
it
be
found?
and
where
is
the
place
of
understanding?
\VS{13}Man knoweth
not
the
value thereof;
and
it
is
not
found
in
the
land
of
the
living.
\VS{14}The
deep saith,
It
is
not
in
me;
and
the
sea saith,
It
is
not
with
me.
\VS{15}Choice
gold
cannot
be
given
for
it,
nor
silver
be
weighed
for
its
price.
\VS{16}It
is
not set
in
the balance with
gold
of
Ophir, with
the
precious
onyx,
and
the
sapphire.
\VS{17}Gold
and
glass
cannot
be compared
to
it,
nor
vessels
of
fine
gold
be
its
exchange.
\VS{18}Corals
and
crystal
are
no
more
remembered; yea,
the
acquisition
of
wisdom
is above rubies.
\VS{19}The
topaz
of
Ethiopia
shall
not
be compared
to
it,
neither
shall
it
be set
in
the balance with
pure
gold.
\VS{20}Whence
then cometh
wisdom?
and
where
is
the
place
of
understanding?
\VS{21}For
it
is
hidden
from
the
eyes
of
all
living,
and
concealed
from
the
fowl
of
the
heavens.
\VS{22}Destruction
and
death
say,
We
have
heard its
report
with
our
ears.
\VS{23}\FTNT{°}{{\FR 28:23 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God understandeth
the
way thereof,
and
he knoweth
its
place:
\VS{24}For
he looketh
to
the
ends
of
the
earth,
he seeth
under
the
whole
heaven.
\VS{25}In
making
a
weight
for
the
wind,
and meting
out
the
waters
by measure,
\VS{26}In appointing
a
statute
for
the
rain,
and
a
way
for
the thunder's flash:
\VS{27}Then did
he
see
it,
and
declare
it;
he
established
it, yea,
and
searched
it
out;
\VS{28}And unto
man
he
said,
Lo,
the
fear
of
the
Lord,
that
is
wisdom;
and
to
depart
from
evil
is
understanding.

\par }\Chap{29}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Job
continued
his
parable
and
said,
\VS{2}Oh
that
I
were
as
in
months past,
as
in
the
days
when
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 29:2 }
Eloah}God
preserved
me;
\VS{3}When
his
lamp shone
over
my
head, [and]
by
his
light
I walked
through
darkness;
\VS{4}As
I
was
in
the
days
of
my youth,
when
the
secret
counsel
of
\FTNT{†}{{\FR 29:4 }
Eloah}God
was
over
my
tent,
\VS{5}When
the
Almighty
was
yet
with
me,
my
young
men
round
about
me;
\VS{6}When
my
steps
were
bathed
in milk,
and
the
rock
poured out beside
me rivers
of
oil! ...
\VS{7}When
I
went
out
to
the
gate
by
the
city,
when
I
prepared
my
seat
on
the broadway,
\VS{8}The
young
men
saw
me,
and
hid
themselves;
and
the
aged
arose [and]
stood
up;
\VS{9}Princes refrained
from
talking,
and
laid
the
hand
on
their
mouth;
\VS{10}The
voice
of
the
nobles
was
hushed,
and
their
tongue cleaved
to
their
palate.
\VS{11}When
the
ear
heard [me],
then
it
blessed
me,
and
when
the
eye
saw [me],
it
gave
witness
to
me;
\VS{12}For
I
delivered
the
afflicted
that
cried,
and
the
fatherless
who
had
no
helper.
\VS{13}The
blessing
of
him
that
was
perishing
came
upon
me,
and
I caused
the widow's
heart
to
sing
for
joy.
\VS{14}I
put
on
righteousness,
and
it
clothed
me;
my
justice
was
as
a
mantle
and
a
turban.
\VS{15}I
was
eyes
to
the
blind,
and
feet
was
I
to
the
lame;
\VS{16}I
was
a
father
to
the
needy,
and
the
cause which
I
knew
not
I
searched
out;
\VS{17}And
I
broke
the
jaws
of
the unrighteous,
and plucked
the spoil
out
of
his
teeth.
\VS{18}And
I
said,
I
shall
die
in
my
nest,
and
multiply
my
days
as
the
sand;
\VS{19}My
root
shall
be spread
out
to
the
waters,
and
the
dew
will lie all night
on
my branch;
\VS{20}My
glory
shall
be fresh
in
me,
and
my
bow
be
renewed
in
my
hand.
\VS{21}Unto me
they
listened,
and
waited,
and kept silence
for
my
counsel:
\VS{22}After
my
words
they
spoke
not
again,
and
my
speech
dropped
upon
them;
\VS{23}And
they
waited
for me as
for
the
rain,
and
they
opened
their
mouth
wide as
for
the
latter
rain.
\VS{24}[If]
I
laughed
on
them,
they
believed [it]
not;
and
they troubled
not
the serenity
of
my
countenance.
\VS{25}I
chose
their
way,
and
sat
as
chief,
and
dwelt
as
a
king
in
the
army,
as
one
that comforteth
mourners.

\par }\Chap{30}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
now
they
that
are
younger
than
I
have
me
in derision,
whose
fathers
I
would
have disdained
to
set
with
the
dogs
of
my
flock.
\VS{2}Yea, whereto [should]
the
strength
of
their
hands [profit]
me, [men]
in whom vigour hath
perished?
\VS{3}Withered up through
want
and hunger, they flee into waste
places long since
desolate
and
desert:
\VS{4}They gather
the salt-wort
among
the
bushes,
and
the
roots
of
the
broom
for
their
food.
\VS{5}They are
driven forth
from
among [men] —
they
cry
after
them as
after
a
thief —
\VS{6}To
dwell
in gloomy gorges,
in caves
of
the
earth
and
the
rocks:
\VS{7}They
bray
among
the
bushes;
under
the brambles
they
are
gathered
together:
\VS{8}Sons
of
fools,
and
sons
of nameless sires,
they
are driven
out
of
the
land.
\VS{9}And
now
I
am
their
song, yea,
I
am
their
byword.
\VS{10}They
abhor
me,
they
stand
aloof
from
me, yea,
they
spare
not
to spit
in
my
face.
\VS{11}For
he hath loosed
my cord
and afflicted
me;
so
they
cast
off
the
bridle
before
me.
\VS{12}At [my]
right
hand
rise
the young
brood;
they push
away
my
feet,
and
raise
up
against
me
their pernicious
ways;
\VS{13}They mar
my
path,
they set forward
my
calamity,
without
any
to
help
them;
\VS{14}They
come
in
as through
a
wide
breach:
amid
the confusion
they
roll themselves onward.
\VS{15}Terrors
are
turned
against
me;
they
pursue mine honour
as
the
wind;
and
my welfare
is
passed
away
like
a
cloud.
\VS{16}And
now
my
soul
is
poured
out
in
me;
days
of affliction
have
taken
hold
upon
me.
\VS{17}The
night pierceth
through
my
bones [and detacheth
them]
from
me,
and
my
gnawing
pains
take
no
rest:
\VS{18}By their
great force
they have become
my raiment;
they bind me about as
the
collar
of
my
coat.
\VS{19}He hath
cast me
into
the mire,
and I have become
like
dust
and
ashes.
\VS{20}I
cry unto thee,
and thou answerest
me
not;
I
stand
up,
and thou lookest
at
me.
\VS{21}Thou art
changed
to
a
cruel
one
to
me;
with
the
strength
of thy
hand thou pursuest
me.
\VS{22}Thou liftest
me
up
to
the
wind; thou causest
me
to
be
borne
away,
and dissolvest
my substance.
\VS{23}For
I
know
that thou wilt
bring
me
to
death,
and
into
the
house
of assemblage
for
all
living.
\VS{24}Indeed,
no prayer [availeth]
when
he stretcheth
out [his]
hand:
though
they
cry
when
he destroyeth.
\VS{25}Did
not
I
weep
for
him
whose
days
were
hard?
was
not
my
soul
grieved
for
the
needy?
\VS{26}For
I expected
good,
and there
came
evil;
and
I
waited
for
light,
but there
came
darkness.
\VS{27}My
bowels well up,
and rest
not;
days
of affliction
have
confronted
me.
\VS{28}I
go
about blackened,
but
not
by
the
sun;
I
stand
up,
I
cry
in
the
congregation.
\VS{29}I
am
become
a
brother
to
jackals,
and
a
companion
of
ostriches.
\VS{30}My
skin
is become
black [and falleth]
off
me,
and
my
bones
are
parched
with heat.
\VS{31}My
harp also
is [turned]
to
mourning,
and
my
pipe
into
the
voice
of weepers.

\par }\Chap{31}{\PP \VerseOne{1}I
made
a
covenant
with mine
eyes;
and
how
should
I fix
my
regard
upon
a maid?
\VS{2}For
what
would have been [my]
portion
of
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 31:2 }
Eloah}God
from
above,
and
what
the
heritage
of
the
Almighty
from
on
high?
\VS{3}Is
not
calamity
for
the
unrighteous?
and
misfortune
for
the
workers
of
iniquity?
\VS{4}Doth
not
he
see
my
ways,
and
number
all
my
steps?
\VS{5}If
I
have
walked
with
falsehood,
and
my
foot hath hasted
to
deceit,
\VS{6}(Let
me be
weighed
in an even
balance,
and
\FTNT{†}{{\FR 31:6 }
Eloah}God
will
take
knowledge
of
my blamelessness;)
\VS{7}If
my
step
have
turned
out
of
the
way,
and
my
heart
followed
mine
eyes,
and
if
any blot cleaveth
to
my
hands;
\VS{8}Let
me
sow,
and
another
eat;
and let mine
offspring
be rooted out.
\VS{9}If
my
heart
have been
enticed unto
a
woman,
so
that
I laid
wait
at
my neighbour's
door,
\VS{10}Let
my
wife
grind
for
another,
and let
others
bow
down
upon
her.
\VS{11}For
this
is
an infamy;
yea,
it
is
an
iniquity [to
be judged
by]
the
judges:
\VS{12}For
it
is
a
fire
that consumeth
to
destruction,
and
would
root
out
all mine
increase.
\VS{13}If
I
have despised
the
cause
of
my bondman
or
of
my bondmaid,
when
they
contended
with
me,
\VS{14}What
then
should
I
do
when
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 31:14 }

El|strong="H0410"}God riseth
up?
and
if
he
visited,
what
should
I
answer
him?
\VS{15}Did
not
he
that
made
me
in
the
womb
make
him?
and
did
not
One
fashion
us
in
the
womb?
\VS{16}If
I
have
withheld
the
poor
from [their]
desire,
or caused
the
eyes
of
the
widow
to
fail;
\VS{17}Or
have
eaten
my
morsel
alone,
so
that
the
fatherless
ate
not thereof,
\VS{18}(For
from
my
youth
he
grew
up
with
me
as
with
a
father,
and
I
have
guided
the [widow]
from
my mother's
womb;)
\VS{19}If
I
have
seen
any
perishing
for
want
of
clothing,
or
any
needy
without
covering;
\VS{20}If
his
loins
have
not
blessed
me,
and
if
he were
not
warmed
with
the
fleece
of
my
lambs;
\VS{21}If
I
have
lifted
up
my
hand
against
an
orphan,
because
I
saw
my
help
in
the
gate:
\VS{22}[Then] let
my
shoulder
fall
from
the shoulder-blade,
and mine
arm
be
broken
from
the bone!
\VS{23}For
calamity
from
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 31:23 }

El|strong="H0410"}God
was
a
terror
to
me,
and
by reason
of
his excellency
I
was powerless.
\VS{24}If
I
have
made
gold
my hope,
or
said
to
the
fine
gold,
My
confidence!
\VS{25}If
I
rejoiced
because
my
wealth
was
great,
and
because
my
hand
had gotten
much;
\VS{26}If
I beheld
the
sun
when
it shone,
or
the
moon
walking
in brightness,
\VS{27}And
my
heart
have been secretly
enticed,
so
that
my
mouth
kissed
my
hand:
\VS{28}This
also would
be
an
iniquity
for
the judge,
for
I
should
have
denied
the
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 31:28 }

El|strong="H0410"}God
who
is
above.
\VS{29}If
I
rejoiced
at
the
destruction
of
him
that
hated
me,
and
exulted
when
evil
befell
him;
\VS{30}(Neither
have
I suffered
my
mouth
to
sin
by
asking
his
life
with
a
curse;)
\VS{31}If
the
men
of
my
tent
said
not,
Who
shall
find
one
that hath
not
been
satisfied
with
his
meat? —
\VS{32}The
stranger
did
not lodge
without;
I
opened
my
doors
to
the pathway.
\VS{33}If
I
covered
my
transgressions as
Adam,
by
hiding mine
iniquity
in
my
bosom,
\VS{34}Because
I
feared
the
great
multitude,
and
the
contempt
of
families
terrified
me,
so
that
I kept silence,
and
went
not
out
of
the
door, ...
\VS{35}Oh
that
I
had
one
to
hear
me!
Behold
my signature:
let
the
Almighty
answer
me!
And
let mine opponent
write
an accusation!
\VS{36}Would
I
not
take
it
upon
my
shoulder?
I would
bind
it
on
to
me [as]
a
crown;
\VS{37}I would
declare unto
him
the
number
of
my
steps;
as
a
prince would
I
come
near
to
him.
\VS{38}If
my
land
cry
out
against
me,
and
its
furrows
weep
together;
\VS{39}If
I
have
eaten
the fruits thereof
without
money,
and
have tormented
to
death
the
souls
of
its
owners:
\VS{40}Let
thistles
grow
instead
of
wheat,
and tares
instead
of
barley.
The
words
of
Job
are
ended.

\par }\Chap{32}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
these
three
men ceased
to
answer
Job,
because
he
was
righteous
in
his
own
eyes.
\VS{2}Then
was
kindled
the
anger
of
Elihu
the
son
of
Barachel,
the
Buzite,
of
the
family
of
Ram:
against
Job
was
his
anger
kindled,
because
he
justified
himself rather
than
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 32:2 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God;
\VS{3}and
against
his
three
friends
was
his
anger
kindled,
because
they
found
no
answer,
and [yet]
condemned
Job.
\VS{4}But
Elihu
had
waited till
Job
had finished
speaking,
because
they
were
older
than
he.
\VS{5}And
Elihu
saw
that
there
was
no
answer
in
the
mouth
of
the
three
men,
and
his
anger
was
kindled.
\VS{6}And
Elihu
the
son
of
Barachel
the
Buzite
answered
and
said,
I
am
young,
and ye
are
aged; wherefore
I
was timid,
and
feared
to shew
you
what
I
know.
\VS{7}I
said, Let
days
speak,
and
multitude
of
years
teach
wisdom.
\VS{8}But there
is
a
spirit
which
is
in
man;
and
the
breath
of
the
Almighty giveth
them
understanding.
\VS{9}It
is
not
the
great
that
are
wise;
neither do
the
aged
understand
judgment.
\VS{10}Therefore
I
say, Hearken
to
me;
I
also
will shew
what
I
know.
\VS{11}Lo,
I
waited
for
your
words;
I gave
ear
to
your
reasonings,
until ye
searched
out
what
to
say.
\VS{12}Yea,
I
gave
you
mine
attention,
and
behold,
there
was
none
of
you
that confuted
Job,
that
answered
his
words;
\VS{13}That ye
may
not
say,
We
have
found
out
wisdom;
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 32:13 }

El|strong="H0410"}God
will make
him yield,
not
man.
\VS{14}Now
he hath
not
directed [his]
words
against
me;
and
I
will
not
answer
him
with
your speeches. ...
\VS{15}They
were amazed,
they
answered
no
more;
words
failed
them.
\VS{16}And
I
waited,
for
they
spoke
not,
but
stood
still,
and
answered
no
more; —
\VS{17}I
will
answer,
I
also
in
my
turn,
I
also
will shew
what
I
know:
\VS{18}For
I am
full
of matter,
the
spirit
within
me constraineth
me.
\VS{19}Behold,
my
belly
is as
wine
which hath
no vent;
like
new flasks,
it
is ready
to
burst.
\VS{20}I
will
speak,
that I
may find
relief; I
will
open
my
lips
and
answer.
\VS{21}Let
me
not,
I
pray
you, accept
any man's
person;
neither
will
I
give flattery
to
man.
\VS{22}For
I
know
not
how
to
flatter;
my Maker
would
soon
take
me
away.

\par }\Chap{33}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Howbeit,
Job,
I
pray thee,
hear mine
utterances,
and hearken
to
all
my
words.
\VS{2}Behold
now,
I
have
opened
my
mouth,
my
tongue speaketh
in
my
palate,
\VS{3}My
words
shall
be
of
the
uprightness
of
my
heart,
and
my
lips
shall utter
knowledge purely.
\VS{4}The
Spirit
of
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 33:4 }

El|strong="H0410"}God hath
made
me,
and
the
breath
of
the
Almighty hath given
me
life.
\VS{5}If thou canst,
answer
me; array [thy words]
before
me:
take thy
stand.
\VS{6}Behold, before
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 33:6 }

El|strong="H0410"}God
I
am
as thou;
I
also
am
formed out
of
the clay.
\VS{7}Behold,
my
terror
shall
not
make thee afraid,
nor
my
burden
be
heavy
upon thee.
\VS{8}Surely thou hast
spoken
in
my
hearing,
and
I
have
heard
the
voice
of [thy]
words: —
\VS{9}I
am
clean
without
transgression;
I
am
pure,
and
there
is
no
iniquity
in
me;
\VS{10}Lo,
he findeth
occasions
of hostility
against
me,
he counteth
me
for
his
enemy;
\VS{11}He putteth
my
feet
in
the
stocks,
he marketh
all
my
paths.
\VS{12}Behold,
I
will
answer thee
in
this, thou art
not
right;
for
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 33:12 }
Eloah}God
is
greater
than
man.
\VS{13}Why dost thou
strive
against
him?
for
he giveth
not
account
of
any
of
his
matters.
\VS{14}For
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 33:14 }

El|strong="H0410"}God speaketh
once,
and
twice, — [and
man] perceiveth
it
not —
\VS{15}In
a
dream,
in
a
vision
of
the
night,
when
deep
sleep falleth
upon
men,
in slumberings
upon
the
bed;
\VS{16}Then
he openeth men's
ears,
and sealeth
their instruction,
\VS{17}That
he
may withdraw
man [from
his]
work,
and
hide
pride
from
man.
\VS{18}He keepeth
back
his
soul
from
the
pit,
and
his
life
from
passing
away
by
the sword.
\VS{19}He
is
chastened also
with
pain
upon
his
bed,
and
with constant
strife
in
his
bones;
\VS{20}And his
life abhorreth
bread,
and his
soul dainty
food;
\VS{21}His
flesh
is
consumed
away
from
view,
and
his
bones
that were
not
seen stick
out;
\VS{22}And
his
soul draweth
near
to
the
pit,
and
his
life
to
the destroyers.
\VS{23}If
there
be
a
messenger
with
him,
an interpreter,
one
among
a
thousand,
to shew unto
man
his
duty;
\VS{24}Then
he
will be gracious unto
him,
and
say,
Deliver
him
from
going
down
to
the
pit:
I
have
found
a
ransom.
\VS{25}His
flesh
shall
be
fresher than
in
childhood;
he
shall
return
to
the
days
of
his
youth.
\VS{26}He
shall
pray unto
\FTNT{†}{{\FR 33:26 }
Eloah}God,
and
he
will
receive
him
with favour;
and
he
shall
see
his
face
with shoutings,
and
he
will
render unto
man
his
righteousness.
\VS{27}He
will sing
before
men,
and
say,
I
have
sinned,
and perverted
what
was
right,
and
it hath
not
been requited
to
me;
\VS{28}He hath
delivered
my
soul
from going
into
the
pit,
and
my
life
shall
see
the
light.
\VS{29}Lo,
all
these [things] worketh
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 33:29 }

El|strong="H0410"}God
twice, thrice,
with
man,
\VS{30}To
bring
back
his
soul
from
the
pit,
that
he
may
be
enlightened
with
the
light
of
the
living.
\VS{31}Mark well,
Job, hearken unto
me; be
silent,
and
I
will
speak.
\VS{32}If thou hast
anything
to
say,
answer
me;
speak,
for
I
desire
to
justify thee.
\VS{33}If
not, hearken thou unto
me;
be
silent,
and
I
will
teach thee
wisdom.

\par }\Chap{34}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Moreover
Elihu
answered
and
said,
\VS{2}Hear
my
words, ye
wise [men];
and
give
ear unto
me, ye
that
have
knowledge.
\VS{3}For
the
ear trieth
words,
as
the
palate tasteth
food.
\VS{4}Let
us
choose
for
ourselves
what
is
right; let
us
know
among
ourselves
what
is
good!
\VS{5}For
Job hath
said,
I am
righteous,
and
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 34:5 }

El|strong="H0410"}God hath
taken
away
my
judgment:
\VS{6}Should
I
lie
against
my
right?
My
wound
is
incurable
without
transgression.
\VS{7}What
man
is
like
Job?
he drinketh
up scorning
like
water,
\VS{8}And goeth
in
company
with
workers
of
iniquity,
and walketh
with
wicked
men.
\VS{9}For
he hath
said,
It profiteth
not
a
man
if
he
delight
himself
in
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 34:9 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{10}Therefore hearken unto
me, ye
men
of
understanding:
Far
be
wickedness
from
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 34:10 }

El|strong="H0410"}God,
and
wrong
from
the
Almighty!
\VS{11}For
a man's
work
will
he render
to
him,
and cause
every
one
to
find
according
to [his]
way.
\VS{12}Yea,
surely,
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 34:12 }

El|strong="H0410"}God acteth
not
wickedly,
and
the
Almighty perverteth
not
judgment.
\VS{13}Who hath
entrusted
to
him
the
earth?
and
who hath disposed
the
whole
world?
\VS{14}If
he
only
thought
of
himself, [and]
gathered unto
him
his
spirit
and
his
breath,
\VS{15}All
flesh
would
expire
together,
and
man
would
return
to
the
dust.
\VS{16}If
now [thou hast]
understanding,
hear
this:
give
ear
to
the
voice
of
my
words!
\VS{17}Should
he
that hateth
right
indeed govern?
and wilt thou
condemn
the All-just?
\VS{18}Shall
one
say
to
a
king, Belial?
to
nobles,
Wicked?
\VS{19}[How
then
to
him]
that accepteth
not
the persons
of
princes,
nor regardeth
the rich
man
more
than
the
poor?
for
they
are
all
the
work
of
his
hands.
\VS{20}In
a
moment
they
die,
even
at midnight
the
people
are convulsed
and
pass
away;
and
the
strong
are
taken
away
without
hand.
\VS{21}For
his
eyes
are
upon
the
ways
of
man,
and
he seeth
all
his
steps.
\VS{22}There
is
no
darkness,
nor
shadow
of
death,
where
the
workers
of
iniquity
may
hide
themselves.
\VS{23}For
he doth
not
long
consider
a
man,
to
bring
him
before
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 34:23 }

El|strong="H0410"}God
in
judgment.
\VS{24}He breaketh
in pieces
mighty
men
without
inquiry,
and setteth
others
in
their
stead;
\VS{25}Since
he knoweth
their actions;
and
he overthroweth [them]
in
the
night,
and
they are
crushed.
\VS{26}He striketh
them
as
wicked
men
in
the open sight
of others,
\VS{27}Because
they
have
turned
back
from
him,
and
would
consider
none
of
his
ways;
\VS{28}So
that
they cause
the
cry
of
the
poor
to
come unto
him,
and
he heareth
the
cry
of
the
afflicted.
\VS{29}When
he giveth
quietness,
who
then
will disturb?
and
when
he hideth [his]
face,
who
shall
behold
him?
and
this towards
a
nation,
or towards
a
man
alike;
\VS{30}That
the ungodly
man
reign not, that
the
people be not
ensnared.
\VS{31}For hath
he
said unto
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 34:31 }

El|strong="H0410"}God,
I
bear [chastisement],
I
will
not offend;
\VS{32}What
I
see
not,
teach thou
me;
if
I
have
done
wrong,
I
will
do
so
no
more?
\VS{33}Shall
he recompense according
to thy
mind?
for thou hast
refused [his judgment];
for thou
so choosest,
and
not
I;
speak
then
what thou knowest.
\VS{34}Men
of
understanding
will
say
to
me,
and
a
wise
man
who heareth
me:
\VS{35}Job hath
spoken
without
knowledge,
and
his
words
were
not
with intelligence.
\VS{36}Would
that
Job
may
be
tried unto
the
end,
because
of [his]
answers
after
the manner
of
evil
men!
\VS{37}For
he addeth
rebellion unto
his
sin,
he clappeth [his hands]
among
us,
and multiplieth
his
words
against
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 34:37 }

El|strong="H0410"}God.

\par }\Chap{35}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Moreover
Elihu
answered
and
said,
\VS{2}Thinkest thou
this
to be
right,
that thou saidst,
My
righteousness
is more than
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 35:2 }

El|strong="H0410"}God's?
\VS{3}For thou hast
asked
of
what
profit
it
is unto thee:
what
do
I
gain
more
than
if
I
had
sinned?
\VS{4}I
will
reply
to thee
in
words,
and
to thy companions
with thee.
\VS{5}Look unto
the
heavens
and
see;
and survey
the
skies:
they
are
higher
than thou.
\VS{6}If thou sinnest,
what doest thou
against
him?
If thy
transgressions be
multiplied,
what doest thou unto
him?
\VS{7}If thou
be
righteous,
what givest thou
to
him?
or
what doth
he
receive
of thy
hand?
\VS{8}Thy
wickedness [may affect]
a
man
as thou [art],
and thy
righteousness
a
son
of
man.
\VS{9}By reason
of
the
multitude
of
oppressions
they
cry;
they
cry
out
by reason
of
the
arm
of
the
mighty:
\VS{10}But
none saith,
Where
is
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 35:10 }
Eloah}God
my Maker,
who giveth
songs
in
the
night,
\VS{11}Who teacheth
us more than
the
beasts
of
the
earth,
and maketh
us
wiser than
the
fowl
of
the
heavens?
\VS{12}There
they
cry,
and
he answereth
not,
because
of
the
pride
of
evil men.
\VS{13}Surely
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 35:13 }

El|strong="H0410"}God
will
not
hear
vanity,
neither
will
the
Almighty
regard
it.
\VS{14}Although thou sayest thou dost
not
see
him,
judgment
is
before
him,
therefore
wait
for
him.
\VS{15}But
now,
because
he hath
not
visited
in
his
anger, doth
not [Job]
know [his]
great arrogancy?
\VS{16}For
Job hath
opened
his
mouth
in
vanity,
and made
words abundant
without
knowledge.

\par }\Chap{36}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Elihu proceeded
and
said,
\VS{2}Suffer
me
a
little,
and
I
will shew thee
that
I
have
yet
words
for
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 36:2 }
Eloah}God.
\VS{3}I
will
fetch
my
knowledge
from
afar,
and
will
ascribe
righteousness
to
my Creator.
\VS{4}For
truly
my
words
shall
be
no
falsehood:
one
perfect
in
knowledge
is
with thee.
\VS{5}Lo,
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 36:5 }

El|strong="H0410"}God
is
mighty,
but despiseth
not [any];
mighty
in
strength
of
understanding:
\VS{6}He saveth
not
the
wicked
alive;
but
he doeth
justice
to
the
afflicted.
\VS{7}He withdraweth
not
his
eyes
from
the
righteous,
but
with
kings
on
the
throne doth
he
even
set
them
for
ever;
and
they
are
exalted.
\VS{8}And
if,
bound
in fetters,
they be held
in
cords of affliction,
\VS{9}Then
he sheweth
them
their
work,
and
their
transgressions,
because
they
have increased.
\VS{10}And
he openeth
their
ear
to
discipline,
and commandeth
that
they
return
from
iniquity.
\VS{11}If
they hearken
and
serve [him],
they
shall
accomplish
their
days
in
prosperity,
and
their
years
in pleasures.
\VS{12}But
if
they hearken
not,
they
shall
pass
away
by
the sword,
and
expire
without
knowledge.
\VS{13}But
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 36:13 }
Elohim}godless
in
heart heap
up
anger;
they
cry
not
when
he bindeth
them:
\VS{14}Their
soul dieth
in
youth,
and
their
life
is among
the unclean.
\VS{15}But he delivereth
the
afflicted
in
his affliction,
and openeth
their
ear
in [their]
oppression.
\VS{16}Even
so would
he
have allured thee out
of
the
jaws
of
distress into
a
broad
place,
where
there
is
no straitness;
and
the supply
of thy
table [would
be]
full
of
fatness.
\VS{17}But thou art
full
of
the
judgments
of
the
wicked:
judgment
and
justice
take
hold [on thee].
\VS{18}Because there
is
wrath, [beware]
lest
it take thee
away
through chastisement:
then
a
great
ransom could
not avail thee.
\VS{19}Will
he esteem thy riches?
Not gold,
nor
all
the resources
of
strength!
\VS{20}Desire
not
the
night,
when
peoples
are cut
off
from
their
place.
\VS{21}Take
heed,
turn
not
to
iniquity;
for
this hast thou
chosen
rather
than
affliction.
\VS{22}Lo,
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 36:22 }

El|strong="H0410"}God
is
exalted
in his
power:
who teacheth
as
he?
\VS{23}Who hath
appointed
him
his
way?
or
who hath
said, Thou hast
wrought
unrighteousness?
\VS{24}Remember
that thou magnify
his
work,
which
men
celebrate.
\VS{25}All
men
look
at
it;
man beholdeth [it]
afar
off.
\VS{26}Lo,
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 36:26 }

El|strong="H0410"}God
is great,
and
we
comprehend [him]
not,
neither
can
the
number
of
his
years
be
searched
out.
\VS{27}For
he draweth up
the drops
of
water:
they distil
in
rain
from
the vapour
which
he formeth,
\VS{28}Which
the
skies
pour
down [and] drop
upon
man
abundantly.
\VS{29}But
can any
understand
the spreadings
of
the
clouds, [or]
the crashing
of
his
pavilion?
\VS{30}Lo,
he spreadeth
his
light
around
him,
and covereth
the bottom
of
the
sea.
\VS{31}For
with
them
he judgeth
the
peoples;
he giveth
food
in abundance.
\VS{32}[His]
hands
he covereth
with
lightning,
and commandeth
it
where
it
is
to
strike.
\VS{33}His thundering declareth
concerning
him;
the
cattle
even,
concerning
its
coming.

\par }\Chap{37}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Aye,
my
heart trembleth
at
this
also,
and leapeth up
out
of its
place:
\VS{2}Hear
attentively
the roar
of
his
voice,
and
the murmur
going
forth
from
his
mouth.
\VS{3}He sendeth
it forth
under
the
whole
heaven,
and
his
lightning unto
the
ends
of
the
earth.
\VS{4}After
it
a
voice roareth:
he thundereth
with
the
voice
of
his excellency,
and holdeth
not
back
the flashes
when
his
voice
is
heard.
\VS{5}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 37:5 }

El|strong="H0410"}God thundereth marvellously
with
his
voice,
doing
great
things which
we
do
not
comprehend.
\VS{6}For
he saith
to
the
snow, Fall
on
the
earth!
and
to
the pouring
rain,
even
the pouring
rains
of
his
might.
\VS{7}He sealeth
up
the
hand
of
every
man;
that
all
men
may
know
his
work.
\VS{8}And
the wild
beast goeth
into
its
lair,
and
they
remain
in
their
dens.
\VS{9}From
the
chamber [of
the
south] cometh
the whirlwind;
and
cold
from
the winds
of
the north.
\VS{10}By
the
breath
of
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 37:10 }

El|strong="H0410"}God
ice
is
given;
and
the
breadth
of
the
waters
is straitened.
\VS{11}Also
with plentiful
moisture
he loadeth
the
thick
clouds,
his
light dispels
the
cloud;
\VS{12}And
they
are
turned
every
way
by
his
guidance,
that
they
may
do
whatsoever
he commandeth
them
upon
the
face
of
the circuit
of
the
earth,
\VS{13}Whether
he cause
it
to
come
as
a
rod,
or
for
his
land,
or
in mercy.
\VS{14}Hearken unto
this,
Job;
stand
still
and
discern
the
wondrous
works
of
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 37:14 }

El|strong="H0410"}God.
\VS{15}Dost thou
know
how
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 37:15 }
Eloah}God hath disposed
them,
and
how
he causeth
the
lightning
of
his
cloud
to
flash?
\VS{16}Dost thou
know
about
the balancings
of
the
clouds,
the wondrous
works
of
him
that
is
perfect
in
knowledge?
\VS{17}How thy
garments become
warm
when
he quieteth
the
earth
by
the
south wind?
\VS{18}Hast thou
with
him
spread
out
the
sky,
firm,
like a
molten
mirror?
\VS{19}Teach
us
what we
shall
say unto
him! We
cannot
order [our words]
by reason
of
darkness.
\VS{20}Shall
it
be
told
him
if
I
would
speak?
if
a
man [so]
say,
surely
he
shall
be
swallowed
up.
\VS{21}And
now [men]
see
not
the
light
as
it gleameth,
it
is [hidden]
in
the
skies.
But
the
wind passeth
by
and cleareth
them.
\VS{22}From
the
north cometh
gold;
with
\FTNT{†}{{\FR 37:22 }
Eloah}God
is terrible
majesty.
\VS{23}The
Almighty,
we
cannot
find
him
out:
excellent
in
power,
and
in
judgment,
and
in
abundance
of
justice,
he doth
not
afflict.
\VS{24}Men
do
therefore
fear
him:
he respecteth
not
any
that
are
wise
of
heart.

\par }\Chap{38}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Jehovah
answered
Job
out
of
the whirlwind
and
said,
\VS{2}Who
is
this
that darkeneth
counsel by
words
without
knowledge?
\VS{3}Gird up
now thy
loins like
a
man;
and
I
will
demand
of thee,
and
inform thou
me.
\VS{4}Where wast thou
when
I
founded
the
earth?
Declare,
if thou hast
understanding.
\VS{5}Who
set
the measures thereof —
if thou knowest?
or
who
stretched
a line
upon
it?
\VS{6}Whereupon
were
the foundations thereof sunken?
or
who
laid
its corner-stone,
\VS{7}When
the
morning
stars
sang
together,
and
all
the
sons
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 38:7 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
shouted
for
joy?
\VS{8}And who shut
up
the
sea
with
doors,
when it
burst
forth, issuing
out
of
the
womb?
\VS{9}When
I
made
the
cloud
its
garment,
and
thick
darkness
a
swaddling
band
for
it;
\VS{10}When
I cut
out
for
it
my
boundary,
and
set
bars
and
doors,
\VS{11}And
said, Hitherto shalt thou
come
and
no
further,
and
here
shall thy
proud
waves
be stayed?
\VS{12}Hast thou
since thy
days
commanded
the
morning? hast thou caused
the
dawn
to
know
its
place,
\VS{13}That it might
take
hold
of
the
ends
of
the
earth,
and
the wicked might
be
shaken
out
of it?
\VS{14}It
is
changed
like
the signet-clay;
and [all things]
stand
forth
as
in
a
garment:
\VS{15}And
from
the wicked
their
light
is withholden,
and
the
uplifted
arm
is
broken.
\VS{16}Hast thou
entered
as
far
as
the
springs
of
the
sea?
and hast thou
walked
in
the
recesses
of
the
deep?
\VS{17}Have
the
gates
of
death
been
revealed unto thee?
and hast thou
seen
the
gates
of
the
shadow
of
death?
\VS{18}Hath thine
understanding compassed
the breadths
of
the
earth?
Declare
if thou knowest
it
all.
\VS{19}Where
is
the
way
to
where
light dwelleth?
and
the
darkness,
where
is its
place,
\VS{20}That thou shouldest
take
it
to
its bound,
and
that thou shouldest know
the
paths
to
its
house?
\VS{21}Thou knowest,
for thou wast
then
born,
and
the
number
of thy
days
is
great!
\VS{22}Hast thou
entered
into
the
storehouses
of
the
snow,
and hast thou
seen
the
treasuries
of
the
hail,
\VS{23}Which
I
have
reserved
for
the
time
of
distress,
for
the
day
of
battle
and
war?
\VS{24}By
what
way
is
the
light parted, [and]
the
east
wind
scattered
upon
the
earth?
\VS{25}Who hath
divided
a channel
for
the rain-flood,
and
a
way
for
the thunder's flash;
\VS{26}To cause
it
to
rain
on
the
earth,
where
no
one
is;
on
the
wilderness wherein there
is
not
a
man;
\VS{27}To
satisfy
the
desolate
and waste [ground],
and
to cause
the
sprout
of
the
grass
to
spring
forth?
\VS{28}Hath
the
rain
a
father?
or
who begetteth
the
drops
of
dew?
\VS{29}Out
of
whose
womb cometh
the
ice?
and
the hoary
frost
of
heaven,
who bringeth
it
forth?
\VS{30}When
the
waters lie
hidden
as
in
stone,
and
the
face
of
the
deep holdeth fast together.
\VS{31}Canst thou fasten
the bands
of
the
Pleiades,
or
loosen
the
cords
of
Orion?
\VS{32}Dost thou
bring
forth
the constellations each
in
its
season?
or dost thou
guide
the
Bear
with
her
sons?
\VS{33}Knowest thou
the
ordinances
of
the
heavens? dost thou
determine
their
rule
over
the
earth?
\VS{34}Dost thou
lift
up thy
voice
to
the
clouds,
that floods
of
waters
may
cover thee?
\VS{35}Dost thou
send
forth
lightnings
that
they may
go,
and
say unto thee,
Here
we are?
\VS{36}Who hath
put
wisdom
in
the inward parts?
or
who hath
given
understanding
to
the
mind?
\VS{37}Who numbereth
the
clouds
with
wisdom?
or
who poureth
out
the bottles
of
the
heavens,
\VS{38}When
the
dust runneth as
into a
molten
mass,
and
the
clods cleave
fast
together?
\VS{39}Dost thou
hunt
the
prey
for
the
lioness,
and dost thou
satisfy
the appetite
of
the
young
lions,
\VS{40}When
they
crouch
in [their]
dens, [and]
abide
in
the thicket
to
lie
in
wait?
\VS{41}Who provideth
for
the
raven
his
food,
when
his
young ones
cry unto
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 38:41 }

El|strong="H0410"}God, [and]
they
wander
for
lack
of meat?

\par }\Chap{39}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Knowest thou
the
time
when
the
wild
goats
of
the
rock
bring
forth? dost thou
mark
the calving
of
the
hinds?
\VS{2}Dost thou
number
the
months
that
they fulfil?
and knowest thou
the
time
when
they
bring
forth?
\VS{3}They
bow themselves, they give birth
to
their
young ones, they
cast
out
their
pains;
\VS{4}Their
young
ones
become strong,
they
grow
up
in
the open field,
they
go
forth,
and
return
not unto
them.
\VS{5}Who hath
sent
out
the
wild ass
free?
and
who hath loosed
the
bands
of
the onager,
\VS{6}Whose
house
I
made
the
wilderness,
and
the
salt
plain
his
dwellings?
\VS{7}He laugheth
at
the
tumult
of
the
city,
and heareth
not
the
shouts
of
the
driver;
\VS{8}The range
of
the
mountains
is
his
pasture,
and
he searcheth
after
every
green
thing.
\VS{9}Will
the buffalo
be
willing
to
serve thee,
or
will
he lodge
by thy crib?
\VS{10}Canst thou
bind
the buffalo
with
his cord
in
the
furrow?
or
will
he
harrow
the
valleys
after thee?
\VS{11}Wilt thou
put
confidence
in
him,
because
his
strength
is
great?
and wilt thou
leave thy labour
to
him?
\VS{12}Wilt thou
trust
him
to
bring
home thy
seed,
and
gather
it
into thy threshing-floor?
\VS{13}The
wing
of
the ostrich beats
joyously —
But
is
it
the stork's
pinion
and
plumage?
\VS{14}For
she leaveth
her
eggs
to
the
earth,
and warmeth
them
in
the
dust,
\VS{15}And forgetteth
that
the
foot
may
crush
them,
or
that
the
beast
of
the
field
may
trample
them.
\VS{16}She
is hardened against
her
young
ones,
as though
they
were
not hers;
her labour
is
in vain,
without
her concern.
\VS{17}For
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 39:17 }
Eloah}God hath
deprived
her
of
wisdom,
and hath
not furnished
her
with
understanding.
\VS{18}What
time
she lasheth
herself
on
high,
she scorneth
the
horse
and
his
rider.
\VS{19}Hast thou
given
strength
to
the
horse? hast thou
clothed
his
neck
with
the quivering
mane?
\VS{20}Dost thou make him
to
leap as a
locust? His
majestic snorting
is
terrible.
\VS{21}He paweth
in
the
valley,
and rejoiceth
in [his]
strength;
he goeth
forth
to
meet
the armed host.
\VS{22}He laugheth
at
fear,
and
is
not affrighted;
neither turneth
he
back
from
before
the
sword.
\VS{23}The
quiver rattleth
upon
him,
the glittering
spear
and
the
javelin.
\VS{24}He swalloweth
the
ground
with fierceness
and
rage,
and
cannot contain
himself
at
the
sound
of
the
trumpet:
\VS{25}At
the noise
of
the
trumpets
he saith,
Aha!
and
he smelleth
the
battle
afar
off,
the
thunder
of
the
captains,
and
the
shouting.
\VS{26}Doth
the
hawk fly by thine intelligence, [and]
stretch
his
wings
toward
the
south?
\VS{27}Doth
the
eagle mount
up
at thy
command,
and
make
his
nest
on
high?
\VS{28}He inhabiteth
the
rock
and maketh
his
dwelling
on
the point
of
the
cliff,
and
the fastness:
\VS{29}From thence
he spieth
out
the
prey,
his
eyes
look into
the
distance;
\VS{30}And
his
young
ones
suck
up
blood;
and
where
the
slain
are,
there
is
he.

\par }\Chap{40}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Jehovah
answered
Job
and
said,
\VS{2}Shall he
that will
contend
with
the
Almighty instruct [him]? he
that reproveth
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 40:2 }
Eloah}God, let
him
answer it.
\VS{3}And
Job
answered
Jehovah
and
said,
\VS{4}Behold,
I
am nought:
what
shall
I
answer thee?
I
will
lay
my
hand
upon
my
mouth.
\VS{5}Once
have
I
spoken,
and
I
will
not
answer; yea
twice,
but
I
will proceed
no
further.
\VS{6}And
Jehovah
answered
Job
out
of
the whirlwind
and
said,
\VS{7}Gird up
now thy
loins like
a
man:
I
will
demand
of thee,
and
inform thou
me.
\VS{8}Wilt thou
also
annul
my
judgment? wilt thou
condemn
me
that thou mayest be
righteous?
\VS{9}Hast thou
an
arm
like
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 40:9 }

El|strong="H0410"}God?
or canst thou
thunder
with
a
voice
like
him?
\VS{10}Deck thyself
now
with
glory
and excellency,
and
clothe thyself
with
majesty
and splendour.
\VS{11}Cast
abroad
the ragings
of thine
anger,
and
look
on
every
one
that
is
proud,
and
abase
him:
\VS{12}Look
on
every
one
that
is
proud, bring
him low,
and
tread
down
the
wicked
in
their
place:
\VS{13}Hide
them
in
the
dust
together;
bind
their
faces
in secret.
\VS{14}Then
will
I
also
praise thee,
because thy
right
hand saveth thee.
\VS{15}See
now
the
behemoth,
which
I
made
with thee:
he eateth
grass
as an
ox.
\VS{16}Behold
now,
his
strength
is
in
his
loins,
and
his force
is
in
the
muscles
of
his
belly.
\VS{17}He bendeth his
tail
like
a
cedar;
the
sinews
of his
thighs
are woven
together.
\VS{18}His
bones
are
tubes
of
bronze, his members
are like
bars
of
iron.
\VS{19}He
is
the chief
of
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 40:19 }

El|strong="H0410"}God's
ways:
he
that
made
him
gave
him
his
sword.
\VS{20}For
the
mountains
bring
him
forth
food,
where
all
the
beasts
of
the
field
play.
\VS{21}He lieth
under lotus-bushes,
in
the covert
of
the
reed
and fen:
\VS{22}Lotus-bushes cover him
with
their shade;
the
willows
of
the
brook
surround him.
\VS{23}Lo,
the
river overfloweth —
he startleth
not:
he
is
confident
though
a
Jordan break
forth
against
his
mouth.
\VS{24}Shall
he
be
taken
in front?
will
they pierce through [his]
nose
in
the
trap?

\par }\Chap{41}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Wilt thou draw
out
the leviathan
with
the hook,
and press down
his tongue
with
a cord?
\VS{2}Wilt thou put
a rush-rope into
his nose,
and pierce
his jaw
with
a spike?
\VS{3}Will
he make many supplications unto thee?
or
will
he speak softly unto thee?
\VS{4}Will
he make
a covenant
with thee? wilt thou take him
as
a bondman
for ever?
\VS{5}Wilt thou play
with
him
as
with
a bird,
and wilt thou bind
him
for thy maidens?
\VS{6}Shall partners make traffic
of
him,
will
they divide
him
among merchants?
\VS{7}Wilt thou fill
his skin with darts,
and
his head with fish-spears?
\VS{8}Lay thy hand
upon
him; remember
the battle, —
do
no
more!
\VS{9}Lo, hope
as
to
him
is belied:
is
not
one cast down
even
at
the sight
of
him?
\VS{10}None
is so bold as
to stir him up;
and who
is he
that
will stand
before
me?
\VS{11}Who hath first given
to
me,
that I
should repay [him]? [Whatsoever
is] under
the whole heaven
is mine.
\VS{12}I
will not be silent
as
to
his parts,
the story
of
his power,
and
the beauty
of
his structure.
\VS{13}Who can uncover
the surface
of
his garment?
who can
come within
his double
jaws?
\VS{14}Who can
open
the doors
of
his
face? Round about
his teeth
is terror.
\VS{15}The rows
of
his shields
are
a pride, shut
up
together [as
with]
a
close seal.
\VS{16}One
is
so near
to
another
that no air can come between them;
\VS{17}They are joined each
to its fellow; they stick together,
and cannot be sundered.
\VS{18}His sneezings flash light,
and
his eyes are like
the eyelids
of
the morning.
\VS{19}Out
of
his mouth go forth flames; sparks
of fire leap out:
\VS{20}Out
of
his nostrils goeth smoke,
as out
of
a boiling pot
and cauldron.
\VS{21}His breath kindleth coals,
and
a flame goeth out
of
his mouth.
\VS{22}In
his neck lodgeth strength,
and terror danceth
before
him.
\VS{23}The flakes
of
his flesh are joined
together:
they are fused
upon
him,
they cannot
be moved.
\VS{24}His heart
is firm
as
a stone, yea, firm
as
the nether [millstone].
\VS{25}When
he raiseth himself
up,
the mighty
are afraid:
they
are
beside
themselves
with consternation.
\VS{26}If
any reach
him
with
a sword,
it cannot hold; neither spear, nor dart, nor harpoon.
\VS{27}He esteemeth iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.
\VS{28}The arrow will not make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
\VS{29}Clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.
\VS{30}His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.
\VS{31}He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment;
\VS{32}He maketh the path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary.
\VS{33}Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
\VS{34}He beholdeth all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts.

\par }\Chap{42}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Job
answered
Jehovah
and
said,
\VS{2}I
know
that thou canst
do
everything,
and
that thou canst
be hindered
in
no
thought
of thine.
\VS{3}Who
is
he
that obscureth
counsel
without
knowledge?
therefore
have
I
uttered
what
I
did
not
understand;
things
too
wonderful
for
me,
which
I
knew
not.
\VS{4}Hear,
I
beseech thee,
and
I
will
speak:
I
will
demand
of thee,
and
inform
me.
\VS{5}I
had
heard
of thee
by
the
hearing
of
the
ear,
but
now mine
eye seeth thee:
\VS{6}Wherefore
I abhor [myself],
and
repent
in
dust
and
ashes.
\VS{7}And
it
came
to
pass
after
Jehovah
had
spoken
these
words
to
Job,
that
Jehovah
said
to
Eliphaz
the
Temanite, Mine
anger
is
kindled
against thee,
and
against thy
two
friends;
for ye
have
not
spoken rightly
of
me,
like
my
servant
Job.
\VS{8}And
now,
take
for
yourselves
seven bullocks
and
seven
rams,
and
go
to
my
servant
Job,
and
offer
up
for
yourselves
a burnt-offering;
and
my
servant
Job
shall
pray
for
you,
for
him
will
I
accept: lest
I
deal
with
you [after
your]
folly,
for ye
have
not
spoken
of
me rightly,
like
my
servant
Job.
\VS{9}Then
Eliphaz
the
Temanite,
and
Bildad
the
Shuhite,
and
Zophar
the
Naamathite,
went
and
did
according
as
Jehovah
had
said unto
them;
and
Jehovah accepted
Job.
\VS{10}And
Jehovah
turned
the
captivity
of
Job,
when
he
had
prayed
for
his
friends;
and
Jehovah
gave
Job
twice
as
much
as
he
had before.
\VS{11}And
all
his
brethren,
and
all
his
sisters,
and
all
they
that
had
been
of
his acquaintance
before,
came
to
him,
and
they
ate
bread
with
him
in
his
house,
and
they condoled
with
him,
and
comforted
him
concerning
all
the
evil
that
Jehovah
had
brought
upon
him;
and
every
one
gave
him
a
piece
of
money,
and
every
one
a
golden
ring.
\VS{12}And
Jehovah
blessed
the
latter
end
of
Job more than
his
beginning;
and
he
had
fourteen
thousand
sheep,
and
six
thousand
camels,
and
a
thousand
yoke
of
oxen,
and
a
thousand she-asses.
\VS{13}And
he
had
seven
sons
and
three
daughters.
\VS{14}And
he
called
the
name
of
the
first,
Jemimah;
and
the
name
of
the
second,
Keziah;
and
the
name
of
the
third,
Keren-happuch.
\VS{15}And
in
all
the
land
were
no
women
found [so]
fair
as
the
daughters
of
Job;
and
their
father
gave
them
inheritance
among
their
brethren.
\VS{16}And
Job
lived
after
this
a
hundred
and
forty
years,
and
saw
his
sons,
and
his sons'
sons,
four
generations.
\VS{17}And
Job
died,
old
and
full
of
days.
\par }