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{\MTB The Book of
\par }{\MT Job

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}There
was
a
man
in
the
land
of
Uz,
whose
name
was
Job.
That
man
was
blameless
and
upright,
and
one
who feared
God,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:1 }
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).}
and
turned
away
from
evil.
\VS{2}There
were
born
to
him
seven
sons
and
three
daughters.
\VS{3}His
possessions also
were
seven
thousand
sheep,
three
thousand
camels,
five
hundred
yoke
of
oxen,
five
hundred
female
donkeys,
and
a
very
great
household;
so
that
this
man
was
the
greatest
of
all
the
children
of
the
east.
\VS{4}His
sons
went
and
held
a
feast
in
the
house
of
each
one
on
his birthday;
and
they
sent
and
called
for
their
three
sisters
to
eat
and
to
drink
with
them.
\VS{5}It
was
so,
when
the
days
of
their
feasting
had run
their course,
that
Job
sent
and
sanctified
them,
and
rose
up
early
in
the
morning,
and
offered
burnt
offerings
according
to
the
number
of
them
all.
For
Job
said, “It
may
be
that
my
sons
have
sinned,
and renounced
God
in
their
hearts.”
Job
did
so
continually.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Now
on
the
day
when
God’s
sons
came
to
present
themselves
before
the
LORD,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:6 }
When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.}
Satan
also
came amongst
them.
\VS{7}The
LORD
said
to
Satan, “Where
have
you
come
from?”
\par }{\PP Then
Satan
answered
the
LORD,
and
said, “From
going
back
and
forth
in
the
earth,
and
from
walking
up
and
down
in
it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}The
LORD
said
to
Satan, “Have
you considered
my
servant,
Job?
For
there
is
no
one
like
him
in
the
earth,
a
blameless
and
an
upright
man,
one
who
fears
God,
and
turns
away
from
evil.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Then
Satan
answered
the
LORD,
and
said, “Does
Job
fear
God
for
nothing?
\VS{10}Haven’t
you
made
a
hedge
around
him,
and
around
his
house,
and
around
all
that
he
has,
on
every
side?
You
have
blessed
the
work
of
his
hands,
and
his substance
is
increased
in
the
land.
\VS{11}But
stretch
out
your
hand
now,
and
touch
all
that
he
has,
and
he
will renounce
you
to
your
face.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}The
LORD
said
to
Satan, “Behold,\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:12 }
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.}
all
that
he
has
is
in
your
power.
Only
on
himself
don’t
stretch
out
your
hand.”
\par }{\PP So
Satan
went
out
from
the
presence
of
the
LORD.
\VS{13}It
fell
on
a
day
when
his
sons
and
his
daughters
were
eating
and
drinking
wine
in
their
oldest
brother’s
house,
\VS{14}that
a
messenger
came
to
Job,
and
said, “The
oxen
were ploughing,
and
the
donkeys feeding
beside
them,
\VS{15}and
the
Sabeans
attacked,
and
took
them
away. Yes,
they
have
killed
the
servants
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
and
I
alone
have
escaped
to
tell
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}While
he
was
still
speaking,
another
also
came
and
said, “The
fire
of
God
has
fallen
from
the
sky,
and
has burnt
up
the
sheep
and
the
servants,
and
consumed
them,
and
I
alone
have
escaped
to
tell
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}While
he
was
still
speaking,
another
also
came
and
said, “The Kasdim
made
three
bands,
and
swept
down
on
the
camels,
and
have
taken
them
away, yes,
and
killed
the
servants
with
the
edge
of
the
sword;
and
I
alone
have
escaped
to
tell
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}While
he
was
still
speaking,
there
came
also
another,
and
said, “Your
sons
and
your
daughters
were
eating
and
drinking
wine
in
their
oldest
brother’s
house,
\VS{19}and
behold,
there
came
a
great
wind
from
the
wilderness,
and
struck
the
four
corners
of
the
house,
and
it
fell
on
the
young
men,
and
they
are
dead.
I
alone
have
escaped
to
tell
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Then
Job
arose,
and
tore
his
robe,
and
shaved
his
head,
and
fell
down
on
the
ground,
and worshipped.
\VS{21}He
said, “Naked
I
came
out
of
my
mother’s
womb,
and
naked
will
I
return
there.
The
LORD
gave,
and
the
LORD
has
taken
away.
Blessed
be
the
LORD’s
name.”
\VS{22}In
all
this,
Job
didn’t
sin,
nor
charge
God
with wrongdoing.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Again,
on
the
day
when
God’s
sons
came
to
present
themselves
before
the
LORD,
Satan
came
also amongst
them
to
present
himself
before
the
LORD.
\VS{2}The
LORD
said
to
Satan, “Where
have
you
come
from?”
\par }{\PP Satan
answered
the
LORD,
and
said, “From
going
back
and
forth
in
the
earth,
and
from
walking
up
and
down
in
it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}The
LORD
said
to
Satan, “Have
you considered
my
servant
Job?
For
there
is
no
one
like
him
in
the
earth,
a
blameless
and
an
upright
man,
one
who
fears
God,
and
turns
away
from
evil.
He
still maintains
his
integrity,
although
you
incited
me
against
him,
to
ruin
him
without
cause.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Satan
answered
the
LORD,
and
said, “Skin
for
skin. Yes,
all
that
a
man
has
he
will
give
for
his
life.
\VS{5}But
stretch
out
your
hand
now,
and
touch
his
bone
and
his
flesh,
and
he
will renounce
you
to
your
face.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}The
LORD
said
to
Satan, “Behold,
he
is
in
your
hand.
Only
spare
his
life.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}So
Satan
went
out
from
the
presence
of
the
LORD,
and
struck
Job
with painful sores
from
the
sole
of
his
foot
to
his
head.
\VS{8}He
took
for
himself
a
potsherd
to
scrape
himself
with,
and
he
sat amongst
the
ashes.
\VS{9}Then
his
wife
said
to
him, “Do
you
still
maintain
your
integrity? Renounce
God,
and
die.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}But
he
said
to
her, “You
speak
as
one
of
the
foolish
women
would
speak.
What?
Shall
we
receive
good
at
the hand
of
God,
and
shall
we
not
receive
evil?”
\par }{\PP In
all
this
Job
didn’t
sin
with
his
lips.
\VS{11}Now
when
Job’s
three
friends
heard
of
all
this
evil
that
had
come
on
him,
they
each
came
from
his
own
place:
Eliphaz
the
Temanite,
Bildad
the
Shuhite,
and
Zophar
the
Naamathite;
and
they
made
an
appointment
together
to
come
to sympathise
with
him
and
to
comfort
him.
\VS{12}When
they
lifted
up
their
eyes
from
a
distance,
and
didn’t recognise
him,
they
raised
their
voices,
and
wept;
and
they
each
tore
his
robe,
and
sprinkled
dust
on
their
heads towards
the
sky.
\VS{13}So
they
sat
down
with
him
on
the
ground
seven
days
and
seven
nights,
and
no
one
spoke
a
word
to
him,
for
they
saw
that
his
grief
was
very
great.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
this
Job
opened
his
mouth,
and
cursed
the
day
of
his birth.
\VS{2}Job
answered:
\par }{\Q \VS{3}“Let
the
day
perish
in which
I
was
born,
\par }{\QB the
night which
said, ‘There
is
a
boy conceived.’
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Let
that
day
be
darkness.
\par }{\QB Don’t
let
God
from
above
seek
for
it,
\par }{\QB neither
let
the
light
shine
on
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Let
darkness
and
the
shadow
of
death
claim
it
for
their own.
\par }{\QB Let
a
cloud
dwell
on
it.
\par }{\QB Let
all
that makes
the
day
black
terrify
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}As
for
that
night,
let thick
darkness
seize
on
it.
\par }{\QB Let
it
not rejoice amongst
the
days
of
the
year.
\par }{\QB Let
it
not
come
into
the
number
of
the
months.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Behold,
let
that
night
be
barren.
\par }{\QB Let
no
joyful voice
come therein.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Let
them
curse it who
curse
the
day,
\par }{\QB who
are
ready
to
rouse
up
leviathan.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Let
the
stars
of
its
twilight
be
dark.
\par }{\QB Let
it
look
for
light,
but
have
none,
\par }{\QB neither
let
it
see
the
eyelids
of
the
morning,
\par }{\Q \VS{10}because
it
didn’t
shut
up
the
doors
of
my mother’s
womb,
\par }{\QB nor
did
it
hide
trouble
from
my
eyes.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}“Why
didn’t
I
die
from
the
womb?
\par }{\QB Why
didn’t
I give up
the spirit
when
my
mother bore
me?
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Why
did
the
knees
receive
me?
\par }{\QB Or
why
the
breast,
that
I
should
nurse?
\par }{\Q \VS{13}For
now
I
should
have
lain
down
and
been
quiet.
\par }{\QB I
should
have
slept,
then
I would
have
been
at
rest,
\par }{\Q \VS{14}with
kings
and counsellors
of
the
earth,
\par }{\QB who
built
up
waste
places
for
themselves;
\par }{\Q \VS{15}or
with
princes
who
had
gold,
\par }{\QB who
filled
their
houses
with
silver;
\par }{\Q \VS{16}or
as
a
hidden untimely
birth
I
had
not
been,
\par }{\QB as
infants
who
never
saw
light.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}There
the
wicked
cease
from troubling.
\par }{\QB There
the
weary
are
at
rest.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}There
the
prisoners
are
at
ease
together.
\par }{\QB They
don’t
hear
the
voice
of
the
taskmaster.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}The
small
and
the
great
are
there.
\par }{\QB The
servant
is
free
from
his
master.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{20}“Why
is
light
given
to
him
who
is
in misery,
\par }{\QB life
to
the
bitter
in
soul,
\par }{\Q \VS{21}who
long
for
death,
but
it doesn’t come;
\par }{\QB and
dig
for
it
more than
for
hidden
treasures,
\par }{\Q \VS{22}who
rejoice exceedingly,
\par }{\QB and
are
glad,
when
they can
find
the
grave?
\par }{\Q \VS{23}Why
is light given
to
a
man
whose
way
is
hidden,
\par }{\QB whom
God
has
hedged
in?
\par }{\Q \VS{24}For
my
sighing
comes
before
I eat.
\par }{\QB My groanings
are
poured
out
like
water.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}For
the
thing
which
I
fear
comes
on
me,
\par }{\QB that
which
I am
afraid
of
comes
to
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}I am
not
at
ease,
neither am
I
quiet,
neither
do
I
have
rest;
\par }{\QB but trouble
comes.”

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Eliphaz
the
Temanite
answered,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“If
someone
ventures
to
talk
with
you,
will
you
be grieved?
\par }{\QB But
who
can withhold
himself
from
speaking?
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Behold,
you
have
instructed
many,
\par }{\QB you
have
strengthened
the weak
hands.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Your
words
have
supported
him who was falling,
\par }{\QB you
have
made
the
feeble
knees
firm.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}But
now
it
has
come
to
you,
and
you faint.
\par }{\QB It
touches
you,
and
you are troubled.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Isn’t
your piety
your
confidence?
\par }{\QB Isn’t
the
integrity
of
your
ways
your
hope?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}“Remember,
now,
whoever
perished,
being
innocent?
\par }{\QB Or
where were
the
upright
cut
off?
\par }{\Q \VS{8}According
to
what
I
have
seen,
those
who plough
iniquity
\par }{\QB and
sow
trouble,
reap
the same.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}By
the
breath
of
God
they
perish.
\par }{\QB By
the
blast
of
his
anger
are
they
consumed.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}The
roaring
of
the
lion,
\par }{\QB and
the
voice
of
the fierce
lion,
\par }{\QB the
teeth
of
the
young
lions,
are
broken.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}The
old
lion
perishes
for
lack
of
prey.
\par }{\QB The cubs
of
the
lioness
are
scattered abroad.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{12}“Now
a
thing
was secretly
brought
to
me.
\par }{\QB My
ear
received
a
whisper
of
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}In thoughts
from
the
visions
of
the
night,
\par }{\QB when
deep
sleep
falls
on
men,
\par }{\Q \VS{14}fear
came on me,
and
trembling,
\par }{\QB which made
all
my
bones
shake.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Then
a
spirit
passed
before
my
face.
\par }{\QB The
hair
of
my
flesh stood
up.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}It
stood
still,
but
I
couldn’t
discern
its
appearance.
\par }{\QB A
form
was
before
my
eyes.
\par }{\QB Silence,
then
I
heard
a
voice,
saying,
\par }{\Q \VS{17}‘Shall
mortal
man
be more
just
than
God?
\par }{\QB Shall
a
man
be more
pure
than
his Maker?
\par }{\Q \VS{18}Behold,
he
puts
no
trust
in
his
servants.
\par }{\QB He
charges
his
angels with
error.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}How
much
more
those
who
dwell
in
houses
of clay,
\par }{\QB whose
foundation
is
in
the
dust,
\par }{\QB who
are
crushed
before
the
moth!
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Between
morning
and
evening
they are
destroyed.
\par }{\QB They
perish
forever
without any regarding
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}Isn’t
their tent cord
plucked up within
them?
\par }{\QB They
die,
and
that
without
wisdom.’

\par }{\BB \par }\PoetryChap{5}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“Call
now;
is
there
any
who
will
answer
you?
\par }{\QB To
which
of
the
holy
ones
will
you
turn?
\par }{\Q \VS{2}For resentment
kills
the
foolish
man,
\par }{\QB and
jealousy
kills
the simple.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}I
have
seen
the
foolish
taking
root,
\par }{\QB but
suddenly
I cursed
his habitation.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}His
children
are
far
from
safety.
\par }{\QB They
are
crushed
in
the
gate.
\par }{\QB Neither
is
there
any
to
deliver
them,
\par }{\Q \VS{5}whose
harvest
the
hungry
eat
up,
\par }{\QB and
take
it even
out
of
the
thorns.
\par }{\QB The snare gapes
for
their
substance.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}For
affliction
doesn’t
come
out
of
the
dust,
\par }{\QB neither
does
trouble
spring
out
of
the
ground;
\par }{\Q \VS{7}but
man
is
born
to
trouble,
\par }{\QB as
the sparks
fly upward.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}“But
as
for
me,
I would
seek
God.
\par }{\QB I would commit
my
cause
to
God,
\par }{\Q \VS{9}who
does
great
things
that can’t
be fathomed,
\par }{\QB marvellous
things
without
number;
\par }{\Q \VS{10}who
gives
rain
on
the
earth,
\par }{\QB and
sends
waters
on
the
fields;
\par }{\Q \VS{11}so
that
he
sets
up
on
high those who
are
low,
\par }{\QB those who
mourn
are
exalted
to
safety.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}He frustrates
the
plans
of
the
crafty,
\par }{\QB so
that
their
hands
can’t
perform
their enterprise.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}He
takes
the
wise
in their own craftiness;
\par }{\QB the
counsel
of
the
cunning
is carried headlong.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}They
meet
with
darkness
in
the
day time,
\par }{\QB and
grope
at noonday as
in
the
night.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}But
he
saves
from
the
sword
of their
mouth,
\par }{\QB even
the
needy
from
the
hand
of
the
mighty.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}So
the
poor
has
hope,
\par }{\QB and
injustice
shuts
her
mouth.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{17}“Behold,
happy
is
the
man
whom
God
corrects.
\par }{\QB Therefore
do
not
despise
the
chastening
of
the
Almighty.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}For
he
wounds
and
binds
up.
\par }{\QB He injures
and
his
hands
make whole.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}He
will
deliver
you
in
six troubles;
\par }{\QB yes,
in
seven
no
evil
will
touch
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}In
famine
he
will
redeem
you
from
death;
\par }{\QB in
war,
from
the
power
of
the
sword.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}You
will
be
hidden
from
the
scourge
of
the
tongue,
\par }{\QB neither
will
you
be
afraid
of
destruction
when
it
comes.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}You
will
laugh
at
destruction
and
famine,
\par }{\QB neither
will
you
be
afraid
of
the
animals
of
the
earth.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}For
you
will
be
allied
with
the
stones
of
the
field.
\par }{\QB The
animals
of
the
field
will
be
at peace
with
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}You
will
know
that
your
tent
is
in
peace.
\par }{\QB You
will
visit
your fold,
and
will
miss
nothing.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}You
will
know
also
that
your
offspring\FTNT{*}{{\FR 5:25 }
or, seed}
will
be
great,
\par }{\QB your
offspring
as
the
grass
of
the
earth.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}You
will
come
to
your
grave
in
a
full
age,
\par }{\QB like
a shock
of grain
comes
in
its
season.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}Behold,
we
have researched
it.
It
is
so.
\par }{\QB Hear
it,
and
know
it
for
your good.”
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Job
answered,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“Oh
that
my anguish were
weighed,
\par }{\QB and
all
my calamity
laid
in
the
balances!
\par }{\Q \VS{3}For
now
it
would
be
heavier
than
the
sand
of
the
seas,
\par }{\QB therefore
my
words
have
been rash.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}For
the
arrows
of
the
Almighty
are within
me.
\par }{\QB My
spirit
drinks
up
their
poison.
\par }{\Q The
terrors
of
God
set themselves
in array against
me.
\par }{\QB \VS{5}Does
the
wild
donkey
bray
when
he
has
grass?
\par }{\Q Or
does
the
ox
low
over
his
fodder?
\par }{\QB \VS{6}Can
that which
has
no flavour be
eaten
without
salt?
\par }{\Q Or
is
there
any
taste
in
the
white
of
an
egg?
\par }{\QB \VS{7}My
soul
refuses
to
touch
them.
\par }{\Q They
are
as
loathsome
food
to
me.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}“Oh
that
I
might
have
my
request,
\par }{\QB that
God
would
grant
the
thing
that
I long
for,
\par }{\Q \VS{9}even
that
it
would
please
God
to
crush
me;
\par }{\QB that
he
would let loose
his
hand,
and
cut
me
off!
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Let
it
still
be
my
consolation,
\par }{\QB yes,
let
me exult
in
pain
that
doesn’t
spare,
\par }{\QB that
I
have
not
denied
the
words
of
the
Holy
One.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}What
is
my
strength,
that
I
should
wait?
\par }{\QB What
is
my
end,
that
I
should
be patient?
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Is
my
strength
the
strength
of
stones?
\par }{\QB Or
is
my
flesh
of
bronze?
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Isn’t
it
that
I
have
no
help
in
me,
\par }{\QB that
wisdom
is
driven
away
from
me?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{14}“To him who is ready
to faint,
kindness should be
shown from
his
friend;
\par }{\QB even
to him who forsakes
the
fear
of
the
Almighty.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}My
brothers
have
dealt
deceitfully
as
a
brook,
\par }{\QB as
the channel
of
brooks
that
pass
away;
\par }{\Q \VS{16}which
are
black
by
reason
of
the
ice,
\par }{\QB in which
the
snow
hides itself.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}In
the dry
season,
they
vanish.
\par }{\QB When
it
is
hot,
they are
consumed
out
of
their
place.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}The
caravans
that travel beside
them turn
away.
\par }{\QB They
go
up
into
the
waste,
and
perish.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}The
caravans
of
Tema
looked.
\par }{\QB The companies
of
Sheba waited
for them.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}They were distressed
because
they were
confident.
\par }{\QB They
came
there,
and were
confounded.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}For
now
you
are
nothing.
\par }{\QB You
see
a
terror,
and
are
afraid.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Did
I ever
say, ‘Give
to
me?’
\par }{\QB or, ‘Offer
a present
for
me from
your substance?’
\par }{\Q \VS{23}or, ‘Deliver
me
from
the adversary’s
hand?’
\par }{\QB or, ‘Redeem
me
from
the
hand
of
the oppressors?’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{24}“Teach
me,
and
I
will hold
my peace.
\par }{\QB Cause
me
to
understand
my
error.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}How forcible
are
words
of
uprightness!
\par }{\QB But
your
reproof,
what
does
it
reprove?
\par }{\Q \VS{26}Do
you
intend
to
reprove
words,
\par }{\QB since
the speeches
of one
who
is desperate
are
as
wind?
\par }{\Q \VS{27}Yes,
you would
even
cast lots
for
the
fatherless,
\par }{\QB and make merchandise
of
your
friend.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}Now
therefore
be
pleased
to
look
at
me,
\par }{\QB for
surely
I
will
not
lie
to
your
face.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}Please
return.
\par }{\QB Let
there
be
no
injustice.
\par }{\QB Yes,
return
again.
\par }{\QB My
cause
is
righteous.
\par }{\Q \VS{30}Is
there
injustice
on
my
tongue?
\par }{\QB Can’t
my
taste
discern mischievous
things?

\par }{\BB \par }\PoetryChap{7}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“Isn’t
a
man
forced
to labour
on
earth?
\par }{\QB Aren’t
his
days
like
the
days
of
a
hired hand?
\par }{\Q \VS{2}As a
servant
who earnestly desires
the
shadow,
\par }{\QB as a hireling
who looks
for
his
wages,
\par }{\Q \VS{3}so
I am made
to
possess
months
of
misery,
\par }{\QB wearisome
nights
are
appointed
to me.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}When
I
lie
down,
I
say,
\par }{\QB ‘When
will
I
arise,
and
the
night
be gone?’
\par }{\QB I toss
and turn
until
the dawning
of
the day.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}My
flesh
is
clothed
with
worms
and clods
of
dust.
\par }{\QB My
skin closes up,
and breaks
out afresh.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}My
days
are
swifter
than
a
weaver’s
shuttle,
\par }{\QB and
are
spent
without
hope.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Oh
remember
that
my
life
is
a
breath.
\par }{\QB My
eye
will
no
more
see
good.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}The
eye
of him
who
sees
me
will
see
me
no
more.
\par }{\QB Your
eyes
will
be
on
me,
but
I
will
not
be.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}As
the
cloud
is
consumed
and
vanishes
away,
\par }{\QB so
he
who
goes
down
to
Sheol\FTNT{*}{{\FR 7:9 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.}
will
come
up
no
more.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}He
will
return
no
more
to
his
house,
\par }{\QB neither
will
his
place
know
him
any
more.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}“Therefore
I
will
not
keep
silent.
\par }{\QB I
will
speak
in
the anguish
of
my
spirit.
\par }{\QB I
will
complain
in
the
bitterness
of
my
soul.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Am
I
a
sea,
or
a
sea
monster,
\par }{\QB that
you
put
a
guard
over
me?
\par }{\Q \VS{13}When
I
say, ‘My
bed
will
comfort
me.
\par }{\QB My
couch
will
ease
my complaint,’
\par }{\Q \VS{14}then
you scare
me with
dreams
\par }{\QB and
terrify
me through
visions,
\par }{\Q \VS{15}so
that
my
soul
chooses strangling,
\par }{\QB death rather than
my
bones.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}I loathe
my
life.
\par }{\QB I
don’t want
to
live
forever.
\par }{\QB Leave
me
alone,
for
my
days
are
but
a
breath.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}What
is
man,
that
you
should
magnify
him,
\par }{\QB that
you
should
set
your
mind
on
him,
\par }{\Q \VS{18}that
you should
visit
him
every
morning,
\par }{\QB and
test
him
every
moment?
\par }{\Q \VS{19}How
long
will
you
not
look
away
from
me,
\par }{\QB nor
leave
me
alone
until
I
swallow down
my
spittle?
\par }{\Q \VS{20}If
I
have
sinned,
what
do
I
do
to
you,
you
watcher
of
men?
\par }{\QB Why
have
you
set
me
as
a
mark
for
you,
\par }{\QB so
that
I
am
a
burden
to myself?
\par }{\Q \VS{21}Why
do
you
not
pardon
my disobedience,
and
take
away
my
iniquity?
\par }{\QB For
now
will
I
lie
down
in
the
dust.
\par }{\QB You
will
seek
me
diligently,
but
I
will
not
be.”

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Bildad
the
Shuhite
answered,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“How
long
will
you
speak
these
things?
\par }{\QB Shall
the
words
of
your
mouth be
a
mighty
wind?
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Does
God
pervert
justice?
\par }{\QB Or
does
the
Almighty
pervert
righteousness?
\par }{\Q \VS{4}If
your
children
have
sinned
against
him,
\par }{\QB he
has
delivered
them
into
the
hand
of
their disobedience.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}If
you want
to
seek
God
diligently,
\par }{\QB make
your supplication
to
the
Almighty.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}If
you
were
pure
and
upright,
\par }{\QB surely
now
he
would
awaken
for
you,
\par }{\Q and
make
the habitation
of
your
righteousness prosperous.
\par }{\QB \VS{7}Though
your
beginning
was
small,
\par }{\Q yet
your
latter
end would
greatly
increase.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}“Please enquire
of
past
generations.
\par }{\QB Find
out about
the learning
of
their
fathers.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}(For
we
are
but
of
yesterday,
and
know
nothing,
\par }{\QB because
our
days
on
earth
are
a
shadow.)
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Shall
they
not
teach
you,
tell
you,
\par }{\QB and utter
words
out
of
their
heart?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}“Can
the
papyrus
grow
up
without mire?
\par }{\QB Can
the
rushes
grow
without
water?
\par }{\Q \VS{12}While
it
is
yet
in
its greenness,
not
cut
down,
\par }{\QB it
withers
before
any
other reed.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}So
are
the
paths
of
all
who
forget
God.
\par }{\QB The
hope
of
the
godless
man
will
perish,
\par }{\Q \VS{14}whose
confidence
will break apart,
\par }{\QB whose
trust
is
a
spider’s
web.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}He
will
lean
on
his
house,
but
it
will
not
stand.
\par }{\QB He
will cling
to
it,
but
it
will
not
endure.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}He
is green
before
the
sun.
\par }{\QB His
shoots
go
out
along
his
garden.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}His
roots
are wrapped
around
the
rock
pile.
\par }{\QB He
sees
the
place
of
stones.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}If
he
is
destroyed
from
his
place,
\par }{\QB then
it
will
deny
him, saying, ‘I
have
not
seen
you.’
\par }{\Q \VS{19}Behold,
this
is
the
joy
of
his
way.
\par }{\QB Out
of
the
earth,
others
will
spring.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{20}“Behold,
God
will
not cast away
a
blameless
man,
\par }{\QB neither
will
he uphold
the evildoers.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}He
will
still
fill
your
mouth
with
laughter,
\par }{\QB your
lips
with
shouting.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Those
who
hate
you
will
be
clothed
with
shame.
\par }{\QB The
tent
of
the
wicked
will
be
no
more.”

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Job
answered,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“Truly
I
know
that
it
is
so,
\par }{\QB but
how
can
man
be
just
with
God?
\par }{\Q \VS{3}If
he
is
pleased
to
contend
with
him,
\par }{\QB he
can’t
answer
him
one time
in
a
thousand.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}God
is
wise
in
heart,
and
mighty
in
strength.
\par }{\QB Who
has
hardened
himself
against
him
and prospered?
\par }{\Q \VS{5}He
removes
the
mountains,
and
they
don’t
know
it,
\par }{\QB when
he
overturns
them
in
his
anger.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}He
shakes
the
earth
out
of its
place.
\par }{\QB Its
pillars
tremble.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}He
commands
the sun
and
it
doesn’t
rise,
\par }{\QB and
seals
up
the
stars.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}He
alone
stretches
out
the
heavens,
\par }{\QB and
treads
on
the
waves
of
the
sea.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}He
makes
the
Bear,
Orion,
and
the
Pleiades,
\par }{\QB and
the
rooms
of
the
south.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}He
does
great
things past finding
out;
\par }{\QB yes, marvellous
things
without
number.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Behold,
he goes
by
me,
and
I
don’t
see
him.
\par }{\QB He
passes
on also,
but
I
don’t
perceive
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Behold,
he snatches
away.
\par }{\QB Who
can hinder
him?
\par }{\QB Who
will
ask
him, ‘What
are
you
doing?’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{13}“God
will
not
withdraw
his
anger.
\par }{\QB The
helpers
of
Rahab stoop
under
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}How
much
less
will
I
answer
him,
\par }{\QB and
choose
my
words
to argue
with
him?
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Though
I
were
righteous,
yet
I wouldn’t
answer
him.
\par }{\QB I
would make supplication
to
my
judge.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}If
I
had
called,
and
he
had
answered
me,
\par }{\QB yet
I wouldn’t
believe
that
he
listened
to
my
voice.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}For
he breaks
me
with
a
storm,
\par }{\QB and multiplies
my
wounds
without
cause.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}He
will
not
allow
me
to catch
my
breath,
\par }{\QB but fills
me
with
bitterness.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}If
it
is
a matter
of
strength,
behold,
he
is
mighty!
\par }{\QB If
of
justice, ‘Who,’ says
he, ‘will
summon
me?’
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Though
I
am
righteous,
my own
mouth
will
condemn
me.
\par }{\QB Though
I
am
blameless,
it
will prove
me perverse.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}I
am
blameless.
\par }{\QB I
don’t respect
myself.
\par }{\QB I
despise
my
life.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{22}“It
is
all
the
same.
\par }{\QB Therefore
I
say
he
destroys
the
blameless
and
the
wicked.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}If
the
scourge
kills
suddenly,
\par }{\QB he
will
mock
at
the trial
of
the
innocent.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}The
earth
is
given
into
the
hand
of
the
wicked.
\par }{\QB He
covers
the
faces
of
its
judges.
\par }{\QB If
not
he,
then
who
is
it?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{25}“Now
my
days
are
swifter
than
a
runner.
\par }{\QB They
flee
away.
They
see
no
good.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}They
have
passed
away as
the swift
ships,
\par }{\QB as
the
eagle
that
swoops
on
the
prey.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}If
I
say, ‘I
will
forget
my
complaint,
\par }{\QB I
will put off
my sad
face,
and
cheer up,’
\par }{\Q \VS{28}I am
afraid
of
all
my
sorrows.
\par }{\QB I
know
that
you
will
not hold
me
innocent.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}I
will be
condemned.
\par }{\QB Why
then
do
I labour
in
vain?
\par }{\Q \VS{30}If
I
wash myself
with
snow,
\par }{\QB and
cleanse
my
hands
with lye,
\par }{\Q \VS{31}yet
you
will
plunge
me
in
the ditch.
\par }{\QB My own
clothes
will
abhor
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{32}For
he
is
not
a
man,
as
I am,
that
I
should
answer
him,
\par }{\QB that
we
should
come
together
in judgement.
\par }{\Q \VS{33}There
is no
umpire
between
us,
\par }{\QB that
might
lay
his
hand
on
us
both.
\par }{\Q \VS{34}Let
him
take
his
rod
away
from
me.
\par }{\QB Let
his
terror
not make
me afraid;
\par }{\Q \VS{35}then
I
would
speak,
and
not
fear
him,
\par }{\QB for
I
am
not
so
in
myself.
\par }{\BB \par }
{\BB \par }\PoetryChap{10}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“My
soul
is weary
of
my
life.
\par }{\QB I
will
give free course
to
my
complaint.
\par }{\QB I
will
speak
in
the
bitterness
of
my
soul.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}I
will
tell
God, ‘Do
not
condemn
me.
\par }{\QB Show
me
why
you
contend
with
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Is
it
good
to
you
that
you
should
oppress,
\par }{\QB that
you
should
despise
the work
of
your
hands,
\par }{\QB and smile
on
the
counsel
of
the
wicked?
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Do
you
have
eyes
of
flesh?
\par }{\QB Or
do
you
see
as
man
sees?
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Are
your
days
as
the
days
of mortals,
\par }{\QB or
your
years
as
man’s
years,
\par }{\Q \VS{6}that
you enquire
after
my
iniquity,
\par }{\QB and
search
after
my
sin?
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Although
you
know
that
I am
not
wicked,
\par }{\QB there
is
no
one
who
can
deliver
out
of
your
hand.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}“ ‘Your
hands
have framed me
and
fashioned me
altogether,
\par }{\QB yet
you
destroy me.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Remember,
I
beg
you,
that
you
have
fashioned
me
as clay.
\par }{\QB Will
you
bring
me
into
dust
again?
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Haven’t
you
poured
me out
like
milk,
\par }{\QB and curdled
me
like
cheese?
\par }{\Q \VS{11}You have
clothed me
with
skin
and
flesh,
\par }{\QB and knit me together
with
bones
and
sinews.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}You
have granted
me
life
and loving
kindness.
\par }{\QB Your visitation
has
preserved
my
spirit.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Yet
you
hid
these
things
in
your
heart.
\par }{\QB I
know
that
this
is
with
you:
\par }{\Q \VS{14}if
I
sin,
then
you
mark
me.
\par }{\QB You
will
not
acquit
me
from
my
iniquity.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}If
I am
wicked,
woe
to
me.
\par }{\QB If
I am
righteous,
I still
will
not
lift
up
my
head,
\par }{\QB being
filled
with
disgrace,
\par }{\QB and
conscious
of
my affliction.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}If
my head is held high,
you
hunt
me
like
a
lion.
\par }{\QB Again
you
show yourself powerful
to
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}You
renew
your
witnesses
against
me,
\par }{\QB and
increase
your indignation
on
me.
\par }{\QB Changes
and
warfare
are
with
me.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{18}“ ‘Why,
then,
have
you
brought
me
out
of
the
womb?
\par }{\QB I wish
I
had given
up
the spirit,
and
no
eye
had
seen
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}I should
have
been
as though
I
had
not
been.
\par }{\QB I should
have
been
carried
from
the
womb
to
the
grave.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Aren’t
my
days
few?
\par }{\QB Stop!
\par }{\Q Leave
me
alone,
that
I
may find
a
little
comfort,
\par }{\QB \VS{21}before
I
go
where
I
will
not
return
from,
\par }{\QB to
the
land
of
darkness
and
of
the
shadow
of
death;
\par }{\Q \VS{22}the
land
dark
as midnight,
\par }{\QB of
the
shadow
of
death,
\par }{\QB without
any
order,
\par }{\QB where
the light
is
as midnight.’ ”

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Zophar,
the
Naamathite,
answered,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“Shouldn’t
the
multitude
of
words
be
answered?
\par }{\QB Should
a
man full
of
talk
be
justified?
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Should
your boastings make
men hold
their peace?
\par }{\QB When you
mock,
will
no
man make you
ashamed?
\par }{\Q \VS{4}For
you
say, ‘My doctrine
is
pure.
\par }{\QB I
am
clean
in
your
eyes.’
\par }{\Q \VS{5}But
oh
that
God
would
speak,
\par }{\QB and
open
his
lips
against
you,
\par }{\Q \VS{6}that
he
would
show
you
the
secrets
of
wisdom!
\par }{\QB For true
wisdom
has
two
sides.
\par }{\QB Know
therefore
that
God exacts
of
you
less
than
your
iniquity deserves.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}“Can
you fathom
the mystery
of
God?
\par }{\QB Or
can
you probe
the
limits
of
the
Almighty?
\par }{\Q \VS{8}They
are
high
as
heaven.
What
can
you
do?
\par }{\QB They
are
deeper than
Sheol.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 11:8 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.}
What
can
you
know?
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Its
measure
is
longer
than
the
earth,
\par }{\QB and
broader
than
the
sea.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}If
he
passes
by,
or confines,
\par }{\QB or convenes
a court,
then
who
can oppose
him?
\par }{\Q \VS{11}For
he
knows
false
men.
\par }{\QB He
sees
iniquity
also,
even
though
he
doesn’t
consider
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}An empty-headed
man becomes wise
\par }{\QB when
a
man
is
born
as
a
wild donkey’s
colt.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{13}“If
you
set
your
heart aright,
\par }{\QB stretch
out
your
hands towards
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}If
iniquity
is
in
your
hand,
put
it
far
away.
\par }{\QB Don’t
let
unrighteousness
dwell
in
your
tents.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Surely
then
you
will
lift
up
your
face
without
spot.
\par }{\QB Yes,
you
will
be
steadfast,
and
will
not
fear,
\par }{\QB \VS{16}for
you
will
forget
your
misery.
\par }{\QB You
will
remember
it like
waters
that
have
passed
away.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Life
will
be clearer than
the noonday.
\par }{\QB Though
there
is darkness,
it
will
be
as
the
morning.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}You
will
be
secure,
because
there
is
hope.
\par }{\QB Yes,
you
will
search,
and
will
take
your
rest
in
safety.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}Also
you
will
lie
down,
and
no
one
will
make
you
afraid.
\par }{\QB Yes,
many
will court
your favour.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}But
the
eyes
of
the
wicked
will
fail.
\par }{\QB They
will
have
no way
to flee.
\par }{\QB Their
hope
will
be
the giving
up
of
the
spirit.”

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Job
answered,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“No doubt,
but
you
are
the
people,
\par }{\QB and
wisdom
will
die
with
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}But
I
have
understanding
as
well
as
you;
\par }{\QB I
am
not
inferior
to
you.
\par }{\QB Yes,
who
doesn’t
know
such
things
as
these?
\par }{\Q \VS{4}I
am
like
one
who
is
a
joke
to
his neighbour,
\par }{\QB I,
who
called
on
God,
and
he
answered.
\par }{\QB The
just,
the
blameless
man
is
a
joke.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}In
the thought
of him
who is at
ease there is
contempt
for misfortune.
\par }{\QB It is
ready
for them whose
foot slips.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}The
tents
of
robbers
prosper.
\par }{\QB Those
who
provoke
God
are
secure,
\par }{\QB who
carry
their
god
in
their
hands.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}“But
ask
the
animals
now,
and they
will
teach
you;
\par }{\QB the
birds
of
the
sky,
and they
will
tell
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Or
speak
to
the
earth,
and
it
will
teach
you.
\par }{\QB The
fish
of
the
sea
will
declare
to
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Who
doesn’t
know
that
in
all
these,
\par }{\QB the
LORD’s
hand
has
done
this,
\par }{\Q \VS{10}in
whose
hand
is
the
life
of
every
living
thing,
\par }{\QB and
the
breath
of
all
mankind?
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Doesn’t
the
ear
try
words,
\par }{\QB even
as
the
palate
tastes
its
food?
\par }{\Q \VS{12}With
aged
men
is
wisdom,
\par }{\QB in
length
of
days
understanding.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{13}“With
God
is
wisdom
and
might.
\par }{\QB He
has
counsel
and
understanding.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Behold,
he breaks
down,
and
it
can’t
be
built again.
\par }{\QB He
imprisons
a
man,
and there
can
be
no release.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Behold,
he withholds
the
waters,
and
they
dry
up.
\par }{\QB Again,
he
sends
them
out,
and
they overturn
the
earth.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}With
him
is
strength
and
wisdom.
\par }{\QB The deceived
and
the deceiver
are
his.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}He leads counsellors away stripped.
\par }{\QB He makes
judges fools.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}He loosens
the bond
of
kings.
\par }{\QB He
binds
their
waist
with
a
belt.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}He leads
priests away stripped,
\par }{\QB and
overthrows
the mighty.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}He removes
the
speech
of those
who
are
trusted,
\par }{\QB and
takes
away
the understanding
of
the
elders.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}He
pours
contempt
on
princes,
\par }{\QB and
loosens
the belt
of
the
strong.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}He
uncovers
deep
things
out
of
darkness,
\par }{\QB and
brings
out
to
light
the
shadow
of
death.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}He increases
the
nations,
and he
destroys
them.
\par }{\QB He
enlarges
the
nations,
and he
leads
them captive.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}He
takes
away
understanding
from
the
chiefs
of
the
people
of
the
earth,
\par }{\QB and causes
them
to
wander
in
a
wilderness
where there
is
no
way.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}They
grope
in
the
dark
without
light.
\par }{\QB He makes
them
stagger
like
a
drunken
man.
\par }{\BB \par }
{\BB \par }\PoetryChap{13}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“Behold,
my
eye
has
seen
all
this.
\par }{\QB My
ear
has
heard
and
understood
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}What
you
know,
I
know
also.
\par }{\QB I
am
not
inferior
to
you.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{3}“Surely
I would
speak
to
the
Almighty.
\par }{\QB I
desire
to
reason
with
God.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}But
you
are forgers
of
lies.
\par }{\QB You
are
all
physicians
of
no value.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Oh
that
you
would
be completely
silent!
\par }{\QB Then
you
would
be
wise.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Hear
now
my reasoning.
\par }{\QB Listen
to
the pleadings
of
my
lips.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Will
you
speak unrighteously for
God,
\par }{\QB and
talk
deceitfully for
him?
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Will
you
show
partiality
to
him?
\par }{\QB Will
you
contend
for
God?
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Is
it
good
that
he
should
search
you
out?
\par }{\QB Or
as
one
deceives
a
man,
will
you deceive
him?
\par }{\Q \VS{10}He
will
surely
reprove
you
\par }{\QB if
you secretly
show
partiality.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Won’t
his
majesty make
you
afraid
\par }{\QB and
his
dread
fall
on
you?
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Your
memorable
sayings
are proverbs
of
ashes.
\par }{\QB Your defences
are defences
of clay.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{13}“Be
silent!
\par }{\QB Leave
me
alone,
that
I
may
speak.
\par }{\QB Let come
on
me
what
will.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Why
should
I
take
my
flesh
in
my
teeth,
\par }{\QB and
put
my
life
in
my
hand?
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Behold,
he
will kill
me.
\par }{\QB I
have
no
hope.
\par }{\QB Nevertheless,
I
will maintain
my
ways
before
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}This
also
will
be
my
salvation,
\par }{\QB that
a
godless
man
will
not
come
before
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Listen
carefully
to
my
speech.
\par }{\QB Let
my
declaration
be
in
your
ears.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}See
now,
I
have set
my
cause
in
order.
\par }{\QB I
know
that
I
am
righteous.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}Who
is
he
who
will
contend
with
me?
\par }{\QB For
then
would
I hold
my peace
and give up
the spirit.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{20}“Only
don’t
do
two
things
to
me,
\par }{\QB then
I
will
not
hide myself
from
your
face:
\par }{\Q \VS{21}withdraw
your
hand
far
from
me,
\par }{\QB and
don’t
let
your
terror make
me afraid.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Then
call,
and
I
will
answer,
\par }{\QB or let
me
speak,
and
you
answer
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}How
many
are
my
iniquities
and
sins?
\par }{\QB Make
me
know
my disobedience
and
my
sin.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}Why
do
you
hide
your
face,
\par }{\QB and
consider
me
your
enemy?
\par }{\Q \VS{25}Will
you harass
a
driven
leaf?
\par }{\QB Will
you
pursue
the
dry
stubble?
\par }{\Q \VS{26}For
you
write
bitter
things
against
me,
\par }{\QB and
make
me
inherit
the
iniquities
of
my
youth.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}You also
put
my
feet
in
the
stocks,
\par }{\QB and
mark
all
my
paths.
\par }{\QB You
set
a bound
to
the
soles
of
my
feet,
\par }{\Q \VS{28}though I am
decaying
like
a
rotten
thing,
\par }{\QB like
a
garment
that
is moth-eaten.
\par }{\BB \par }
{\BB \par }\PoetryChap{14}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“Man,
who
is
born
of
a
woman,
\par }{\QB is
of few
days,
and
full
of trouble.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}He
grows
up
like
a
flower,
and
is cut down.
\par }{\QB He also
flees
like
a
shadow,
and
doesn’t
continue.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Do
you
open
your
eyes
on
such
a
one,
\par }{\QB and
bring
me
into judgement
with
you?
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Who
can
bring
a
clean
thing out
of
an
unclean?
\par }{\QB Not
one.
\par }{\QB \VS{5}Seeing
his
days
are
determined,
\par }{\QB the
number
of
his
months
is
with
you,
\par }{\QB and
you
have
appointed
his bounds
that
he
can’t
pass.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Look
away
from
him,
that
he
may
rest,
\par }{\QB until
he accomplishes,
as
a hireling,
his
day.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}“For
there
is
hope
for
a
tree
if
it
is
cut
down,
\par }{\QB that
it
will
sprout
again,
\par }{\QB that
the tender
branch
of
it
will
not
cease.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Though
its
root grows
old
in
the
earth,
\par }{\QB and
its
stock
dies
in
the
ground,
\par }{\Q \VS{9}yet through
the scent
of
water
it
will
bud,
\par }{\QB and
sprout boughs
like
a
plant.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}But
man
dies,
and
is laid low.
\par }{\QB Yes,
man gives up
the spirit,
and
where
is
he?
\par }{\Q \VS{11}As
the
waters fail
from
the
sea,
\par }{\QB and
the
river wastes
and
dries
up,
\par }{\Q \VS{12}so
man
lies
down
and
doesn’t
rise.
\par }{\QB Until
the
heavens
are
no
more,
they
will
not
awake,
\par }{\QB nor
be
roused
out
of
their
sleep.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{13}“Oh
that
you
would
hide
me
in
Sheol,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 14:13 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.}
\par }{\QB that
you
would
keep
me
secret
until
your
wrath
is past,
\par }{\QB that
you
would
appoint
me
a
set
time
and
remember
me!
\par }{\Q \VS{14}If
a
man
dies,
will
he
live again?
\par }{\QB I
would
wait
all
the
days
of
my
warfare,
\par }{\QB until
my release
should
come.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}You
would
call,
and
I
would
answer
you.
\par }{\QB You
would
have
a desire
for
the
work
of
your
hands.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}But
now
you
count
my
steps.
\par }{\QB Don’t
you
watch
over
my
sin?
\par }{\Q \VS{17}My disobedience
is
sealed
up
in
a
bag.
\par }{\QB You fasten
up
my
iniquity.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{18}“But
the
mountain
falling comes
to nothing.
\par }{\QB The
rock
is removed
out
of its
place.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}The
waters wear
the
stones.
\par }{\QB The torrents
of
it
wash
away
the
dust
of
the
earth.
\par }{\QB So
you
destroy
the
hope
of
man.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}You
forever prevail
against
him,
and
he
departs.
\par }{\QB You change
his
face,
and
send
him
away.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}His
sons come
to honour,
and
he
doesn’t
know
it.
\par }{\QB They
are brought low,
but
he
doesn’t
perceive
it
of
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}But
his
flesh
on
him
has
pain,
\par }{\QB and
his
soul
within
him
mourns.”
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Eliphaz
the
Temanite
answered,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“Should
a
wise
man
answer
with vain
knowledge,
\par }{\QB and
fill
himself
with
the
east
wind?
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Should
he
reason
with unprofitable
talk,
\par }{\QB or
with speeches
with
which
he
can do
no
good?
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Yes,
you
do
away
with
fear,
\par }{\QB and
hinder devotion
before
God.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}For
your
iniquity
teaches
your
mouth,
\par }{\QB and
you
choose
the
language
of
the
crafty.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Your own
mouth
condemns
you,
and
not
I.
\par }{\QB Yes,
your own
lips
testify against
you.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}“Are
you
the
first
man
who
was
born?
\par }{\QB Or
were
you
brought
out
before
the
hills?
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Have
you
heard
the
secret
counsel
of
God?
\par }{\QB Do
you
limit
wisdom
to
yourself?
\par }{\Q \VS{9}What
do
you
know
that we
don’t
know?
\par }{\QB What
do
you
understand
which
is
not
in
us?
\par }{\Q \VS{10}With
us
are
both
the grey-headed
and
the
very
aged
men,
\par }{\QB much older
than
your
father.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Are
the
consolations
of
God
too
small
for
you,
\par }{\QB even
the
word
that
is gentle towards
you?
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Why
does
your
heart
carry
you
away?
\par }{\QB Why
do
your
eyes
flash,
\par }{\Q \VS{13}that
you
turn
your
spirit
against
God,
\par }{\QB and let such
words
go
out
of
your
mouth?
\par }{\Q \VS{14}What
is
man,
that
he
should
be
clean?
\par }{\QB What
is
he
who
is
born
of
a
woman,
that
he
should
be
righteous?
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Behold,
he
puts
no
trust
in
his
holy
ones.
\par }{\QB Yes,
the
heavens
are
not clean
in
his
sight;
\par }{\Q \VS{16}how
much
less
one
who
is
abominable
and
corrupt,
\par }{\QB a
man
who
drinks
iniquity
like
water!
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{17}“I
will
show
you,
listen
to me;
\par }{\QB that
which
I
have
seen
I
will
declare
\par }{\Q \VS{18}(which
wise
men
have
told
by
their
fathers,
\par }{\QB and
have
not
hidden
it;
\par }{\Q \VS{19}to whom
alone
the
land
was
given,
\par }{\QB and
no stranger
passed amongst
them):
\par }{\Q \VS{20}the
wicked
man writhes
in pain
all
his
days,
\par }{\QB even
the
number
of
years
that
are laid
up
for
the oppressor.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}A
sound
of
terrors
is
in
his
ears.
\par }{\QB In
prosperity
the
destroyer
will
come
on
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}He
doesn’t
believe
that
he
will
return
out
of
darkness.
\par }{\QB He
is waited
for
by
the
sword.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}He
wanders abroad
for
bread, saying, ‘Where
is
it?’
\par }{\QB He
knows
that
the
day
of
darkness
is
ready
at
his
hand.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}Distress
and
anguish make
him afraid.
\par }{\QB They prevail against
him,
as
a
king
ready
to the battle.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}Because
he
has
stretched
out
his
hand
against
God,
\par }{\QB and behaves
himself proudly
against
the
Almighty,
\par }{\Q \VS{26}he
runs
at
him
with
a stiff
neck,
\par }{\QB with
the
thick
shields
of
his bucklers,
\par }{\Q \VS{27}because
he
has
covered
his
face
with
his
fatness,
\par }{\QB and
gathered
fat
on
his
thighs.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}He
has
lived
in
desolate
cities,
\par }{\QB in
houses
which
no
one
inhabited,
\par }{\QB which
were
ready
to become
heaps.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}He
will
not
be
rich,
neither
will
his
substance
continue,
\par }{\QB neither
will
their possessions
be
extended
on
the
earth.
\par }{\Q \VS{30}He
will
not
depart
out
of
darkness.
\par }{\QB The
flame
will
dry
up
his branches.
\par }{\QB He
will
go
away
by
the
breath
of God’s
mouth.
\par }{\Q \VS{31}Let
him
not
trust
in
emptiness,
deceiving himself,
\par }{\QB for
emptiness
will
be
his
reward.
\par }{\Q \VS{32}It
will
be
accomplished
before
his
time.
\par }{\QB His
branch
will
not
be
green.
\par }{\Q \VS{33}He
will shake
off
his unripe grape as
the
vine,
\par }{\QB and
will
cast
off
his
flower as
the
olive
tree.
\par }{\Q \VS{34}For
the
company
of
the
godless
will
be
barren,
\par }{\QB and
fire
will
consume
the
tents
of
bribery.
\par }{\Q \VS{35}They
conceive
mischief
and produce
iniquity.
\par }{\QB Their heart
prepares
deceit.”
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Job
answered,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“I
have
heard
many
such
things.
\par }{\QB You
are
all miserable
comforters!
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Shall vain
words
have
an
end?
\par }{\QB Or
what
provokes
you
that
you
answer?
\par }{\Q \VS{4}I
also
could
speak
as
you do.
\par }{\QB If
your
soul
were
in
my
soul’s
place,
\par }{\QB I
could
join
words
together
against
you,
\par }{\QB and
shake
my
head
at
you,
\par }{\Q \VS{5}but I would
strengthen
you
with
my
mouth.
\par }{\QB The
solace
of
my
lips would relieve
you.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{6}“Though
I
speak,
my grief
is
not subsided.
\par }{\QB Though
I forbear,
what
am
I eased?
\par }{\Q \VS{7}But
now, God,
you
have
surely worn
me
out.
\par }{\QB You
have
made
all
my
company
desolate.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}You
have
shriveled
me
up. This
is
a
witness
against
me.
\par }{\QB My
leanness
rises
up
against
me.
\par }{\QB It
testifies
to
my
face.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}He
has
torn
me
in
his
wrath
and persecuted
me.
\par }{\QB He
has
gnashed
on
me
with
his
teeth.
\par }{\QB My adversary sharpens
his
eyes
on
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}They
have
gaped
on
me
with
their
mouth.
\par }{\QB They
have
struck
me
on
the
cheek reproachfully.
\par }{\QB They gather
themselves
together
against
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}God delivers
me
to
the
ungodly,
\par }{\QB and casts
me
into
the
hands
of
the
wicked.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}I
was
at
ease,
and he broke
me apart.
\par }{\QB Yes, he
has
taken
me
by
the
neck,
and dashed
me
to pieces.
\par }{\QB He
has also
set
me
up
for
his
target.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}His archers
surround
me.
\par }{\QB He
splits
my
kidneys apart,
and
does
not
spare.
\par }{\QB He
pours
out
my bile
on
the
ground.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}He
breaks
me
with
breach
on
breach.
\par }{\QB He
runs
at
me
like
a giant.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}I
have
sewed
sackcloth
on
my
skin,
\par }{\QB and
have thrust
my
horn
in
the
dust.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}My
face
is red
with
weeping.
\par }{\QB Deep
darkness
is
on
my
eyelids,
\par }{\Q \VS{17}although there
is
no
violence
in
my
hands,
\par }{\QB and
my
prayer
is
pure.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{18}“Earth,
don’t
cover
my
blood.
\par }{\QB Let
my
cry
have
no
place
to
rest.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}Even
now,
behold,
my
witness
is
in
heaven.
\par }{\QB He
who vouches
for me
is
on
high.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}My
friends scoff
at
me.
\par }{\QB My
eyes pour
out tears
to
God,
\par }{\Q \VS{21}that
he
would maintain
the right
of
a
man
with
God,
\par }{\QB of
a
son
of
man
with
his neighbour!
\par }{\Q \VS{22}For
when
a
few
years
have
come,
\par }{\QB I
will
go
the
way
of
no
return.
\par }{\BB \par }
\PoetryChap{17}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“My
spirit
is consumed.
\par }{\QB My
days
are extinct
\par }{\QB and
the
grave
is ready
for
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Surely there
are
mockers
with
me.
\par }{\QB My
eye dwells
on
their
provocation.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{3}“Now
give
a pledge.
Be
collateral
for
me
with
yourself.
\par }{\QB Who
is there
who
will
strike
hands
with
me?
\par }{\Q \VS{4}For
you
have
hidden
their
heart
from
understanding,
\par }{\QB therefore
you
will
not
exalt
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}He
who
denounces
his
friends
for plunder,
\par }{\QB even
the
eyes
of
his
children
will
fail.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{6}“But
he
has
made
me
a
byword
of
the
people.
\par }{\QB They
spit
in
my
face.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}My
eye also
is dim
by reason
of sorrow.
\par }{\QB All
my
members
are as
a
shadow.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Upright men
will be
astonished
at
this.
\par }{\QB The
innocent
will
stir himself
up
against
the
godless.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Yet
the
righteous
will
hold
to
his
way.
\par }{\QB He
who
has
clean
hands
will
grow
stronger
and
stronger.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}But
as
for
you
all,
come
back.
\par }{\QB I
will
not
find
a
wise
man amongst
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}My
days
are past.
\par }{\QB My
plans
are
broken
off,
\par }{\QB as
are
the
thoughts
of
my
heart.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}They change
the
night
into
day,
\par }{\QB saying ‘The
light
is near’
in
the
presence
of
darkness.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}If
I
look
for
Sheol\FTNT{*}{{\FR 17:13 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.}
as
my
house,
\par }{\QB if
I
have spread
my
couch
in
the
darkness,
\par }{\Q \VS{14}if
I
have said
to
corruption, ‘You
are
my
father,’
\par }{\QB and
to
the
worm, ‘My
mother,’
and ‘My
sister,’
\par }{\Q \VS{15}where
then
is
my
hope?
\par }{\QB As for
my
hope,
who
will
see it?
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Shall
it
go
down
with
me
to
the gates
of
Sheol,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 17:16 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.}
\par }{\QB or
descend
together
into
the
dust?”
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{18}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Bildad
the
Shuhite
answered,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“How
long
will
you hunt
for
words?
\par }{\QB Consider,
and
afterwards
we
will
speak.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Why
are we
counted
as
animals,
\par }{\QB which
have become unclean
in
your
sight?
\par }{\Q \VS{4}You
who
tear
yourself
in
your
anger,
\par }{\QB will
the
earth
be forsaken
for
you?
\par }{\QB Or
will
the
rock
be removed
out
of its
place?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{5}“Yes,
the
light
of
the
wicked
will
be
put
out.
\par }{\QB The spark
of
his
fire
won’t
shine.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}The
light
will be
dark
in
his
tent.
\par }{\QB His
lamp
above
him
will be
put
out.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}The
steps
of
his
strength will be shortened.
\par }{\QB His own
counsel will
cast
him
down.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}For
he
is
cast
into
a
net
by
his own
feet,
\par }{\QB and
he wanders
into
its mesh.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}A
snare will
take
him
by
the
heel.
\par }{\QB A
trap will
catch
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}A noose
is
hidden
for
him
in
the
ground,
\par }{\QB a
trap
for
him
on
the
path.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Terrors
will
make
him afraid
on
every
side,
\par }{\QB and
will chase
him at
his
heels.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}His
strength
will
be
famished.
\par }{\QB Calamity
will
be
ready
at
his
side.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}The members
of
his
body
will be
devoured.
\par }{\QB The
firstborn
of
death
will
devour
his members.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}He
will
be rooted out
of
the
security
of
his
tent.
\par }{\QB He
will
be brought
to
the
king
of
terrors.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}There will
dwell
in
his
tent
that which
is none
of
his.
\par }{\QB Sulphur will be
scattered
on
his habitation.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}His
roots
will be
dried
up
beneath.
\par }{\QB His branch
will be cut off
above.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}His
memory
will
perish
from
the
earth.
\par }{\QB He
will
have
no
name
in
the
street.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}He
will
be
driven
from
light
into
darkness,
\par }{\QB and
chased
out
of
the
world.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}He
will
have
neither son
nor grandson amongst
his
people,
\par }{\QB nor
any remaining
where
he lived.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Those
who
come
after
will
be
astonished
at
his
day,
\par }{\QB as
those
who went
before
were frightened.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}Surely
such
are
the
dwellings
of
the unrighteous.
\par }{\QB This
is
the
place
of
him
who
doesn’t
know
God.”

\par }\Chap{19}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Job
answered,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“How
long
will
you
torment
me,
\par }{\QB and
crush
me
with
words?
\par }{\Q \VS{3}You
have reproached
me
ten
times.
\par }{\QB You aren’t
ashamed
that
you attack
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}If it is
true
that
I
have
erred,
\par }{\QB my
error
remains
with myself.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}If
indeed
you
will
magnify
yourselves
against
me,
\par }{\QB and
plead
against
me
my
reproach,
\par }{\Q \VS{6}know
now
that
God
has subverted
me,
\par }{\QB and
has surrounded
me
with
his
net.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}“Behold,
I
cry
out
of
wrong,
but
I
am
not heard.
\par }{\QB I
cry
for
help,
but
there
is
no
justice.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}He has
walled
up
my
way
so
that
I
can’t
pass,
\par }{\QB and has
set
darkness
in
my
paths.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}He
has
stripped
me
of
my
glory,
\par }{\QB and
taken
the
crown
from
my
head.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}He
has
broken
me
down
on
every
side,
and I am gone.
\par }{\QB He
has
plucked
my
hope up
like
a
tree.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}He
has
also
kindled
his
wrath
against
me.
\par }{\QB He
counts
me amongst
his adversaries.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}His
troops
come
on
together,
\par }{\QB build
a siege ramp
against
me,
\par }{\QB and
encamp
around
my
tent.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{13}“He
has
put
my
brothers
far
from
me.
\par }{\QB My
acquaintances
are wholly estranged
from
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}My
relatives
have gone away.
\par }{\QB My
familiar
friends
have
forgotten
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Those
who
dwell
in
my
house
and
my
maids
consider
me
a
stranger.
\par }{\QB I
am
an
alien
in
their
sight.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}I
call
to
my
servant,
and
he
gives
me
no
answer.
\par }{\QB I beg
him
with
my
mouth.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}My
breath
is offensive
to my
wife.
\par }{\QB I am loathsome
to
the
children
of my own mother.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}Even
young
children
despise
me.
\par }{\QB If
I
arise,
they
speak
against
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}All
my familiar
friends
abhor
me.
\par }{\QB They whom
I
loved
have
turned
against
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}My
bones
stick
to
my
skin
and
to
my
flesh.
\par }{\QB I have
escaped by
the
skin
of
my
teeth.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{21}“Have
pity
on
me.
Have
pity
on
me,
you
my
friends,
\par }{\QB for
the
hand
of
God
has
touched
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Why
do
you
persecute
me
as
God,
\par }{\QB and
are
not
satisfied
with
my
flesh?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{23}“Oh
that
my
words
were
now
written!
\par }{\QB Oh
that they
were
inscribed
in
a
book!
\par }{\Q \VS{24}That with an
iron
pen
and
lead
\par }{\QB they were
engraved
in the
rock
forever!
\par }{\Q \VS{25}But
as
for
me,
I
know
that
my
Redeemer
lives.
\par }{\QB In
the
end,
he
will
stand
upon
the
earth.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}After
my
skin
is destroyed,
\par }{\QB then
I
will
see
God
in
my
flesh,
\par }{\Q \VS{27}whom
I,
even
I,
will
see
on
my side.
\par }{\QB My
eyes
will
see,
and
not
as
a stranger.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q “My
heart
is
consumed
within
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}If
you
say, ‘How
we
will
persecute
him!’
\par }{\QB because
the
root
of
the
matter
is
found
in
me,
\par }{\Q \VS{29}be
afraid
of
the
sword,
\par }{\QB for
wrath brings
the punishments
of
the
sword,
\par }{\QB that
you
may
know
there
is
a judgement.”

\par }\Chap{20}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Zophar
the
Naamathite
answered,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“Therefore
my thoughts
answer
me,
\par }{\QB even
by
reason
of
my haste
that
is
in
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}I
have
heard
the
reproof
which puts
me
to
shame.
\par }{\QB The
spirit
of
my
understanding
answers
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Don’t
you
know
this
from
old time,
\par }{\QB since
man
was
placed
on
earth,
\par }{\Q \VS{5}that
the
triumphing
of
the
wicked
is
short,
\par }{\QB the
joy
of
the
godless
but
for
a
moment?
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Though
his height
mount
up
to
the
heavens,
\par }{\QB and
his
head
reach
to
the
clouds,
\par }{\Q \VS{7}yet
he will
perish
forever like
his own
dung.
\par }{\QB Those
who
have
seen
him will
say, ‘Where
is
he?’
\par }{\Q \VS{8}He
will
fly
away as
a
dream,
and
will
not
be
found.
\par }{\QB Yes,
he
will
be
chased
away
like
a
vision
of
the
night.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}The
eye
which
saw him
will
see him
no
more,
\par }{\QB neither
will
his
place
see him
any
more.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}His
children
will seek
the favour
of
the
poor.
\par }{\QB His
hands
will
give
back
his
wealth.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}His
bones
are
full
of
his
youth,
\par }{\QB but
youth
will
lie
down
with
him
in
the
dust.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{12}“Though
wickedness
is
sweet
in
his
mouth,
\par }{\QB though
he
hide
it
under
his
tongue,
\par }{\Q \VS{13}though
he
spare
it,
and
will
not
let
it go,
\par }{\QB but
keep
it still
within
his
mouth,
\par }{\Q \VS{14}yet
his
food
in
his
bowels
is
turned.
\par }{\QB It
is
cobra
venom
within him.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}He
has
swallowed down
riches,
and
he
will
vomit
them
up again.
\par }{\QB God
will
cast
them
out
of
his
belly.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}He
will
suck
cobra
venom.
\par }{\QB The
viper’s
tongue
will
kill
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}He
will
not
look
at
the
rivers,
\par }{\QB the flowing
streams
of
honey
and
butter.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}He
will
restore
that
for which
he laboured,
and
will
not
swallow
it down.
\par }{\QB He
will
not rejoice according
to
the
substance
that
he has gotten.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}For
he
has
oppressed
and forsaken
the
poor.
\par }{\QB He
has violently
taken
away
a
house,
and
he
will
not
build
it
up.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{20}“Because
he
knew
no quietness
within
him,
\par }{\QB he
will
not
save
anything
of
that
in which
he delights.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}There
was
nothing
left
that
he
didn’t devour,
\par }{\QB therefore
his
prosperity
will
not endure.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}In
the
fullness
of
his sufficiency,
distress
will overtake
him.
\par }{\QB The
hand
of
everyone
who
is
in misery
will
come
on
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}When
he
is
about
to
fill
his
belly,
God
will
cast
the
fierceness
of
his
wrath
on
him.
\par }{\QB It
will
rain
on
him
while
he
is
eating.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}He
will
flee
from
the
iron
weapon.
\par }{\QB The
bronze arrow
will strike
him
through.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}He draws
it
out,
and
it
comes
out
of
his body.
\par }{\QB Yes,
the
glittering
point
comes
out
of
his liver.
\par }{\QB Terrors are
on
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}All
darkness
is
laid
up
for
his
treasures.
\par }{\QB An
unfanned
fire
will
devour
him.
\par }{\QB It
will
consume
that
which
is
left
in
his
tent.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}The
heavens
will
reveal
his
iniquity.
\par }{\QB The
earth
will
rise
up against
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}The
increase
of
his
house
will
depart.
\par }{\QB They
will rush
away
in
the
day
of
his
wrath.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}This
is
the
portion
of
a
wicked
man
from
God,
\par }{\QB the
heritage appointed
to
him
by
God.”

\par }\Chap{21}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Job
answered,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“Listen
diligently
to
my
speech.
\par }{\QB Let
this
be
your
consolation.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Allow
me,
and
I
also
will
speak.
\par }{\QB After
I
have
spoken,
mock
on.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}As
for
me,
is
my
complaint
to
man?
\par }{\QB Why shouldn’t
I
be impatient?
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Look
at
me,
and
be
astonished.
\par }{\QB Lay
your
hand
on
your
mouth.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}When
I
remember,
I am troubled.
\par }{\QB Horror
takes
hold
of
my
flesh.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}“Why do
the
wicked
live,
\par }{\QB become
old,
yes,
and
grow
mighty
in
power?
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Their
child
is
established
with
them
in
their
sight,
\par }{\QB their
offspring
before
their
eyes.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Their
houses
are
safe
from
fear,
\par }{\QB neither
is
the
rod
of
God
upon
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Their
bulls
breed
without
fail.
\par }{\QB Their
cows
calve,
and
don’t
miscarry.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}They
send
out
their
little
ones
like
a
flock.
\par }{\QB Their
children
dance.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}They
sing
to
the
tambourine
and
harp,
\par }{\QB and
rejoice
at
the
sound
of
the
pipe.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}They
spend
their
days
in
prosperity.
\par }{\QB In an
instant
they
go
down
to
Sheol.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 21:13 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.
}
\par }{\Q \VS{14}They
tell
God, ‘Depart
from
us,
\par }{\QB for we
don’t
want
to
know
about
your
ways.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}What
is
the
Almighty,
that
we
should
serve
him?
\par }{\QB What
profit
should
we
have,
if
we pray
to
him?’
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Behold,
their
prosperity
is
not
in
their
hand.
\par }{\QB The
counsel
of
the
wicked
is
far
from
me.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{17}“How
often
is
it
that
the
lamp
of
the
wicked
is
put
out,
\par }{\QB that
their
calamity
comes
on
them,
\par }{\QB that God distributes sorrows
in
his
anger?
\par }{\Q \VS{18}How often
is
it
that
they
are
as stubble
before
the
wind,
\par }{\QB as
chaff
that
the storm
carries
away?
\par }{\Q \VS{19}You say, ‘God lays
up
his
iniquity
for
his
children.’
\par }{\QB Let
him recompense
it
to
himself,
that
he
may
know
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Let
his
own
eyes
see
his destruction.
\par }{\QB Let
him
drink
of
the
wrath
of
the
Almighty.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}For
what
does
he
care
for
his
house
after
him,
\par }{\QB when
the
number
of
his
months
is cut off?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{22}“Shall any
teach
God
knowledge,
\par }{\QB since
he
judges
those
who
are
high?
\par }{\Q \VS{23}One
dies
in
his
full
strength,
\par }{\QB being
wholly
at
ease
and
quiet.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}His pails
are
full
of
milk.
\par }{\QB The
marrow
of
his
bones
is moistened.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}Another
dies
in
bitterness
of
soul,
\par }{\QB and
never tastes
of
good.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}They
lie
down
alike
in
the
dust.
\par }{\QB The
worm
covers
them.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{27}“Behold,
I
know
your
thoughts,
\par }{\QB the
plans
with which
you would
wrong
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}For
you
say, ‘Where
is
the
house
of
the
prince?
\par }{\QB Where
is
the
tent
in
which
the
wicked
lived?’
\par }{\Q \VS{29}Haven’t
you
asked wayfaring men?
\par }{\QB Don’t
you
know
their evidences,
\par }{\Q \VS{30}that
the
evil man
is
reserved
to
the
day
of
calamity,
\par }{\QB that
they
are
led
out
to
the
day
of
wrath?
\par }{\Q \VS{31}Who
will
declare
his
way
to
his
face?
\par }{\QB Who
will
repay
him
what
he
has
done?
\par }{\Q \VS{32}Yet
he
will
be borne
to
the
grave.
\par }{\QB Men
will
keep
watch
over
the
tomb.
\par }{\Q \VS{33}The
clods
of
the
valley
will
be
sweet
to
him.
\par }{\QB All
men
will
draw
after
him,
\par }{\QB as
there
were
innumerable
before
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{34}So
how
can
you
comfort
me with nonsense,
\par }{\QB because
in
your
answers
there
remains only
falsehood?”

\par }\Chap{22}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Eliphaz
the
Temanite
answered,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“Can
a
man
be profitable
to
God?
\par }{\QB Surely
he
who
is
wise
is profitable
to himself.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Is
it
any
pleasure
to
the
Almighty
that
you
are
righteous?
\par }{\QB Or
does
it benefit
him
that
you
make
your
ways
perfect?
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Is
it
for
your
piety
that
he
reproves
you,
\par }{\QB that
he
enters
with
you
into judgement?
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Isn’t
your
wickedness
great?
\par }{\QB Neither
is
there
any
end
to
your
iniquities.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}For
you
have
taken pledges
from
your
brother
for
nothing,
\par }{\QB and
stripped
the
naked
of
their
clothing.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}You
haven’t
given
water
to
the
weary
to
drink,
\par }{\QB and
you
have
withheld
bread
from
the
hungry.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}But
as
for
the
mighty
man,
he
had
the
earth.
\par }{\QB The honourable
man,
he
lived
in
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}You
have
sent
widows
away
empty,
\par }{\QB and
the
arms
of
the
fatherless
have been broken.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Therefore
snares are
around
you.
\par }{\QB Sudden
fear troubles
you,
\par }{\Q \VS{11}or
darkness,
so
that
you
can
not
see,
\par }{\QB and floods
of
waters
cover
you.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{12}“Isn’t
God
in
the
heights
of
heaven?
\par }{\QB See
the
height
of
the
stars,
how
high
they
are!
\par }{\Q \VS{13}You
say, ‘What
does
God
know?
\par }{\QB Can
he
judge
through
the
thick
darkness?
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Thick
clouds
are
a covering
to
him,
so
that
he
doesn’t
see.
\par }{\QB He
walks
on
the
vault
of
the
sky.’
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Will
you
keep
the
old
way,
\par }{\QB which
wicked
men
have
trodden,
\par }{\Q \VS{16}who
were
snatched
away
before
their
time,
\par }{\QB whose
foundation
was
poured
out
as
a
stream,
\par }{\Q \VS{17}who
said
to
God, ‘Depart
from
us!’
\par }{\QB and, ‘What
can
the
Almighty
do
for
us?’
\par }{\Q \VS{18}Yet
he
filled
their
houses
with
good things,
\par }{\QB but
the
counsel
of
the
wicked
is
far
from
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}The
righteous
see
it,
and
are
glad.
\par }{\QB The
innocent ridicule
them,
\par }{\Q \VS{20}saying, ‘Surely
those
who rose
up against us
are
cut
off.
\par }{\QB The
fire
has
consumed
their remnant.’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{21}“Acquaint
yourself
with
him
now,
and
be
at peace.
\par }{\QB By
it,
good
will
come
to
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Please
receive
instruction
from
his
mouth,
\par }{\QB and
lay
up
his
words
in
your
heart.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}If
you
return
to
the
Almighty,
you
will
be
built
up,
\par }{\QB if
you
put
away
unrighteousness
far
from
your
tents.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}Lay
your treasure
in
the
dust,
\par }{\QB the
gold
of
Ophir amongst
the
stones
of
the brooks.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}The
Almighty
will
be
your treasure,
\par }{\QB and precious
silver
to
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}For
then
you
will
delight
yourself
in
the
Almighty,
\par }{\QB and
will
lift
up
your
face
to
God.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}You
will
make
your
prayer
to
him,
and he
will
hear
you.
\par }{\QB You
will
pay
your
vows.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}You
will also
decree
a thing,
and
it
will
be
established
to
you.
\par }{\QB Light
will
shine
on
your
ways.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}When
they
cast
down,
you
will
say, ‘be lifted up.’
\par }{\QB He
will
save
the humble person.
\par }{\Q \VS{30}He
will even
deliver
him who
is not
innocent.
\par }{\QB Yes, he
will be
delivered through
the
cleanness
of
your
hands.”

\par }\Chap{23}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Job
answered,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“Even
today
my
complaint
is
rebellious.
\par }{\QB His
hand
is
heavy
in
spite
of
my
groaning.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Oh
that
I
knew where
I might
find
him!
\par }{\QB That
I might
come
even
to
his
seat!
\par }{\Q \VS{4}I would
set
my
cause
in
order
before
him,
\par }{\QB and
fill
my
mouth
with arguments.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}I
would
know
the
words
which
he
would
answer
me,
\par }{\QB and
understand
what
he
would
tell
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Would
he
contend
with
me
in
the greatness
of
his
power?
\par }{\QB No,
but
he
would listen
to
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}There
the
upright might
reason
with
him,
\par }{\QB so
I should
be
delivered
forever
from
my
judge.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}“If
I
go
east,
he
is
not
there.
\par }{\QB If
I
go
west,
I
can’t find
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}He
works
to
the
north,
but
I
can’t
see
him.
\par }{\QB He turns
south,
but
I
can’t catch
a glimpse
of
him.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}But
he
knows
the
way
that
I
take.
\par }{\QB When
he
has
tried
me,
I
will
come
out
like
gold.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}My
foot
has
held
fast
to
his
steps.
\par }{\QB I
have
kept
his
way,
and
not
turned
away.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}I
haven’t
gone back
from
the
commandment
of
his
lips.
\par }{\QB I
have
treasured
up
the
words
of
his
mouth
more
than
my
necessary
food.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}But
he stands
alone,
and
who
can oppose
him?
\par }{\QB What
his
soul
desires,
even
that
he
does.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}For
he performs
that which
is
appointed
for
me.
\par }{\QB Many
such
things
are
with
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Therefore
I am
terrified
at
his
presence.
\par }{\QB When
I
consider,
I am
afraid
of
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}For
God
has made my
heart
faint.
\par }{\QB The
Almighty
has
terrified
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Because
I
was
not
cut
off
before
the
darkness,
\par }{\QB neither
did
he
cover
the thick
darkness
from
my
face.
\par }{\BB \par }
{\BB \par }\PoetryChap{24}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“Why aren’t
times laid
up
by
the
Almighty?
\par }{\QB Why
don’t those
who
know
him
see
his
days?
\par }{\Q \VS{2}There
are people who
remove
the
landmarks.
\par }{\QB They violently
take
away
flocks,
and
feed
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}They drive
away the
donkey of the
fatherless,
\par }{\QB and they
take the
widow’s
ox
for a pledge.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}They
turn
the
needy
out
of
the
way.
\par }{\QB The
poor
of
the
earth
all
hide
themselves.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Behold,
as
wild
donkeys
in
the
desert,
\par }{\QB they
go
out
to
their
work,
seeking
diligently
for
food.
\par }{\Q The
wilderness yields
them
bread
for
their
children.
\par }{\QB \VS{6}They cut
their food
in
the
field.
\par }{\Q They
glean
the
vineyard
of
the
wicked.
\par }{\QB \VS{7}They lie all night
naked
without
clothing,
\par }{\Q and
have
no
covering
in
the
cold.
\par }{\QB \VS{8}They
are
wet
with
the showers
of
the
mountains,
\par }{\Q and
embrace
the
rock
for
lack
of
a
shelter.
\par }{\QB \VS{9}There
are those
who pluck
the
fatherless from
the
breast,
\par }{\Q and
take
a pledge
of
the
poor,
\par }{\QB \VS{10}so
that
they
go
around
naked
without
clothing.
\par }{\QB Being
hungry,
they
carry
the sheaves.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}They make
oil
within
the
walls
of these men.
\par }{\QB They
tread
wine
presses,
and suffer
thirst.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}From
out
of
the populous
city,
men
groan.
\par }{\QB The
soul
of
the
wounded
cries
out,
\par }{\QB yet
God
doesn’t regard
the
folly.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{13}“These
are
of
those
who
rebel
against
the
light.
\par }{\QB They
don’t
know
its
ways,
\par }{\QB nor
stay
in
its
paths.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}The
murderer
rises
with
the
light.
\par }{\QB He
kills
the
poor
and
needy.
\par }{\QB In
the
night he
is
like
a
thief.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}The
eye also
of
the
adulterer
waits
for
the
twilight,
\par }{\QB saying, ‘No
eye
will
see
me.’
\par }{\QB He disguises
his
face.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}In
the
dark
they
dig through
houses.
\par }{\QB They
shut themselves
up
in
the
daytime.
\par }{\QB They
don’t
know
the
light.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}For
the
morning
is
to
all
of
them
like
thick
darkness,
\par }{\QB for
they
know
the
terrors
of
the
thick
darkness.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{18}“They
are
foam
on
the
surface
of
the
waters.
\par }{\QB Their
portion
is
cursed
in
the
earth.
\par }{\QB They
don’t
turn
into
the
way
of
the
vineyards.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}Drought
and
heat
consume
the
snow
waters,
\par }{\QB so
does
Sheol\FTNT{*}{{\FR 24:19 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.} those who
have
sinned.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}The
womb
will
forget
him.
\par }{\QB The
worm
will feed sweetly
on
him.
\par }{\QB He
will
be
no
more
remembered.
\par }{\QB Unrighteousness
will
be
broken
as
a
tree.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}He devours
the
barren
who
don’t
bear.
\par }{\QB He shows
no kindness
to
the
widow.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Yet
God preserves
the
mighty
by
his
power.
\par }{\QB He
rises
up
who
has
no
assurance
of
life.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}God
gives
them
security,
and
they
rest
in
it.
\par }{\QB His
eyes
are
on
their
ways.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}They
are exalted;
yet
a
little
while,
and
they
are
gone.
\par }{\QB Yes,
they
are
brought
low,
they
are taken
out
of
the
way as
all others,
\par }{\QB and
are cut
off as
the
tops
of
the
ears
of
grain.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}If
it
isn’t
so
now,
who
will
prove
me
a
liar,
\par }{\QB and
make
my
speech worth
nothing?”
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{25}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Bildad
the
Shuhite
answered,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“Dominion
and
fear
are
with
him.
\par }{\QB He
makes
peace
in
his
high
places.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Can
his
armies
be
counted?
\par }{\QB On
whom
does
his
light
not
arise?
\par }{\Q \VS{4}How
then
can
man
be
just
with
God?
\par }{\QB Or
how
can
he
who
is
born
of
a
woman
be
clean?
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Behold,
even
the
moon
has
no
brightness,
\par }{\QB and
the
stars
are
not
pure
in
his
sight;
\par }{\Q \VS{6}How
much
less
man,
who
is
a
worm,
\par }{\QB and
the
son
of
man,
who
is
a
worm!”

\par }\Chap{26}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Job
answered,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“How
have
you
helped
him
who
is
without
power!
\par }{\QB How
have
you
saved
the
arm
that
has
no
strength!
\par }{\Q \VS{3}How
have
you counselled
him
who
has
no
wisdom,
\par }{\QB and plentifully declared
sound
knowledge!
\par }{\Q \VS{4}To
whom
have
you
uttered
words?
\par }{\QB Whose
spirit
came
out
of
you?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{5}“The
departed
spirits
tremble,
\par }{\QB those
beneath
the
waters
and all
that
live
in
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Sheol\FTNT{*}{{\FR 26:6 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.}
is
naked
before
God,
\par }{\QB and
Abaddon\FTNT{†}{{\FR 26:6 }
Abaddon means Destroyer.}
has
no
covering.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}He
stretches
out
the
north
over
empty
space,
\par }{\QB and
hangs
the
earth
on
nothing.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}He binds
up
the
waters
in
his
thick
clouds,
\par }{\QB and
the
cloud
is
not
burst
under
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}He encloses
the
face
of
his
throne,
\par }{\QB and
spreads
his
cloud
on
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}He
has described
a
boundary
on
the
surface
of
the
waters,
\par }{\QB and
to
the confines
of
light
and
darkness.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}The
pillars
of
heaven
tremble
\par }{\QB and
are
astonished
at his
rebuke.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}He stirs
up
the
sea
with his
power,
\par }{\QB and by his
understanding
he
strikes
through
Rahab.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}By
his
Spirit
the
heavens
are garnished.
\par }{\QB His
hand
has
pierced
the swift
serpent.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Behold,
these
are
but
the outskirts
of
his
ways.
\par }{\QB How small
a
whisper
do
we
hear
of
him!
\par }{\QB But
the
thunder
of
his
power
who
can
understand?”

\par }\Chap{27}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Job
again
took
up
his
parable,
and
said,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“As
God
lives,
who
has
taken
away
my
right,
\par }{\QB the
Almighty,
who
has
made
my
soul
bitter
\par }{\Q \VS{3}(for
the length
of
my
life
is
still
in
me,
\par }{\QB and
the
spirit
of
God
is
in
my
nostrils);
\par }{\Q \VS{4}surely
my
lips
will
not
speak
unrighteousness,
\par }{\QB neither
will
my
tongue
utter
deceit.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Far
be
it
from
me
that
I
should
justify
you.
\par }{\QB Until
I
die
I
will
not
put
away
my
integrity
from
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}I
hold
fast
to
my
righteousness,
and
will
not
let
it
go.
\par }{\QB My
heart
will
not
reproach
me
so
long
as
I
live.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}“Let
my
enemy
be
as
the
wicked.
\par }{\QB Let
him
who
rises
up against
me
be
as
the unrighteous.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}For
what
is
the
hope
of
the
godless,
when
he
is
cut
off,
\par }{\QB when
God
takes away
his
life?
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Will
God
hear
his
cry
when
trouble
comes
on
him?
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Will
he
delight
himself
in
the
Almighty,
\par }{\QB and
call
on
God
at
all
times?
\par }{\Q \VS{11}I
will
teach
you about
the
hand
of
God.
\par }{\QB I
will
not
conceal
that
which
is
with
the
Almighty.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Behold,
all
of
you
have
seen
it
yourselves;
\par }{\QB why
then
have
you become
altogether
vain?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{13}“This
is
the
portion
of
a
wicked
man
with
God,
\par }{\QB the
heritage
of oppressors,
which they
receive
from
the
Almighty.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}If
his
children
are
multiplied,
it
is
for
the
sword.
\par }{\QB His
offspring
will
not
be
satisfied
with
bread.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Those
who
remain
of
him
will
be
buried
in
death.
\par }{\QB His
widows
will make
no lamentation.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Though
he
heap
up
silver
as
the
dust,
\par }{\QB and
prepare clothing
as
the clay;
\par }{\Q \VS{17}he may
prepare
it,
but
the
just
will
put
it
on,
\par }{\QB and
the
innocent
will
divide
the
silver.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}He
builds
his
house
as
the
moth,
\par }{\QB as
a
booth
which
the
watchman
makes.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}He
lies
down
rich,
but
he
will
not
do
so
again.
\par }{\QB He opens
his
eyes,
and
he
is
not.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Terrors
overtake
him like
waters.
\par }{\QB A storm
steals
him
away
in
the
night.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}The
east
wind
carries
him
away,
and
he departs.
\par }{\QB It sweeps
him
out
of
his
place.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}For
it hurls
at
him,
and
does
not
spare,
\par }{\QB as
he
flees
away
from
his
hand.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}Men
will
clap
their
hands
at
him,
\par }{\QB and
will
hiss
him
out
of
his
place.
\par }{\BB \par }
{\BB \par }\PoetryChap{28}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“Surely
there
is
a
mine
for
silver,
\par }{\QB and
a
place
for
gold which
they
refine.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Iron
is
taken out
of
the
earth,
\par }{\QB and
copper
is
smelted out
of
the ore.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Man
sets
an
end
to
darkness,
\par }{\QB and
searches
out,
to
the furthest bound,
\par }{\QB the
stones
of
obscurity
and
of
thick
darkness.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}He
breaks open
a shaft
away
from where
people
live.
\par }{\QB They
are
forgotten
by
the
foot.
\par }{\QB They
hang far
from
men,
they
swing back
and
forth.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}As
for
the
earth,
out
of
it
comes
bread.
\par }{\QB Underneath
it
is
turned
up
as
it
were
by
fire.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Sapphires come
from its
rocks.
\par }{\QB It
has
dust
of
gold.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}That
path
no
bird
of
prey
knows,
\par }{\QB neither
has
the
falcon’s
eye
seen
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}The
proud animals
have
not
trodden
it,
\par }{\QB nor
has
the fierce
lion passed
by there.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}He
puts
his
hand
on
the
flinty rock,
\par }{\QB and
he
overturns
the
mountains
by
the
roots.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}He cuts
out
channels amongst
the
rocks.
\par }{\QB His
eye
sees
every
precious
thing.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}He
binds
the
streams
that
they don’t trickle.
\par }{\QB The thing
that
is
hidden
he
brings
out
to
light.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{12}“But
where
will
wisdom
be
found?
\par }{\QB Where
is
the
place
of
understanding?
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Man
doesn’t
know
its price,
\par }{\QB and
it
isn’t
found
in
the
land
of
the
living.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}The
deep
says, ‘It
isn’t
in
me.’
\par }{\QB The
sea
says, ‘It
isn’t
with
me.’
\par }{\Q \VS{15}It
can’t
be gotten
for
gold,
\par }{\QB neither
will
silver
be
weighed
for
its
price.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}It
can’t
be valued with
the
gold
of
Ophir,
\par }{\QB with
the
precious
onyx,
or
the
sapphire.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 28:16 }
or, lapis lazuli}
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Gold
and
glass
can’t equal
it,
\par }{\QB neither
will
it
be
exchanged
for
jewels
of
fine
gold.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}No
mention
will
be made
of
coral
or
of
crystal.
\par }{\QB Yes,
the price
of
wisdom
is above rubies.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}The
topaz
of
Ethiopia
will
not equal
it.
\par }{\QB It
won’t
be valued with
pure
gold.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Where
then
does
wisdom
come
from?
\par }{\QB Where
is
the
place
of
understanding?
\par }{\Q \VS{21}Seeing
it
is
hidden
from
the
eyes
of
all
living,
\par }{\QB and kept
close
from
the
birds
of
the
sky.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Destruction
and
Death
say,
\par }{\QB ‘We
have
heard
a rumour
of it
with
our
ears.’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{23}“God
understands
its
way,
\par }{\QB and
he
knows
its
place.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}For
he
looks
to
the
ends
of
the
earth,
\par }{\QB and
sees
under
the
whole
sky.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}He establishes
the force
of
the
wind.
\par }{\QB Yes,
he measures
out
the
waters
by measure.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}When
he
made
a
decree
for
the
rain,
\par }{\QB and
a
way
for
the lightning
of
the
thunder,
\par }{\Q \VS{27}then
he
saw
it,
and
declared
it.
\par }{\QB He
established
it,
yes,
and
searched
it
out.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}To
man
he
said,
\par }{\QB ‘Behold,
the
fear
of
the
Lord,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 28:28 }
The word translated “Lord” (mixed case) is “Adonai.”
}
that
is
wisdom.
\par }{\QB To
depart
from
evil
is
understanding.’ ”
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{29}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Job
again
took
up
his
parable,
and
said,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“Oh
that
I
were
as
in
the
months
of old,
\par }{\QB as
in
the
days
when
God
watched
over
me;
\par }{\Q \VS{3}when
his
lamp shone
on
my
head,
\par }{\QB and
by
his
light
I walked
through
darkness,
\par }{\Q \VS{4}as
I
was
in
my
prime,
\par }{\QB when
the
friendship
of
God
was
in
my
tent,
\par }{\Q \VS{5}when
the
Almighty
was
yet
with
me,
\par }{\QB and
my
children
were
around
me,
\par }{\Q \VS{6}when
my
steps
were
washed
with
butter,
\par }{\QB and
the
rock
poured out
streams
of
oil
for
me,
\par }{\Q \VS{7}when
I
went
out
to
the
city
gate,
\par }{\QB when
I
prepared
my
seat
in
the
street.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}The
young
men
saw
me
and
hid
themselves.
\par }{\QB The
aged
rose
up
and
stood.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}The
princes refrained
from
talking,
\par }{\QB and
laid
their
hand
on
their
mouth.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}The
voice
of
the
nobles
was
hushed,
\par }{\QB and
their
tongue
stuck
to
the
roof
of
their
mouth.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}For
when
the
ear
heard
me,
then
it
blessed
me,
\par }{\QB and
when
the
eye
saw
me,
it commended
me,
\par }{\Q \VS{12}because
I
delivered
the
poor
who
cried,
\par }{\QB and
the
fatherless
also,
who
had
no
one
to
help
him,
\par }{\Q \VS{13}the
blessing
of
him who
was ready
to
perish
came
on
me,
\par }{\QB and
I caused
the
widow’s
heart
to
sing
for
joy.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}I
put
on
righteousness,
and
it
clothed
me.
\par }{\QB My
justice
was
as
a
robe
and
a
diadem.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}I
was
eyes
to
the
blind,
\par }{\QB and
feet
to
the
lame.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}I
was
a
father
to
the
needy.
\par }{\QB I researched
the
cause
of
him whom
I
didn’t
know.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}I
broke
the
jaws
of
the unrighteous
\par }{\QB and plucked
the
prey
out
of
his
teeth.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}Then
I
said, ‘I
will
die
in
my
own house,
\par }{\QB I
will count
my
days
as
the
sand.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}My
root
is spread
out
to
the
waters.
\par }{\QB The
dew lies all night
on
my branch.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}My
glory
is fresh
in
me.
\par }{\QB My
bow
is
renewed
in
my
hand.’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{21}“Men
listened
to me,
waited,
\par }{\QB and kept silence
for
my
counsel.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}After
my
words
they
didn’t
speak
again.
\par }{\QB My
speech
fell
on
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}They
waited
for me as
for
the
rain.
\par }{\QB Their
mouths drank as
with
the
spring
rain.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}I
smiled
on
them
when
they
had
no confidence.
\par }{\QB They
didn’t reject
the
light
of
my
face.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}I
chose
out
their
way,
and
sat
as
chief.
\par }{\QB I
lived
as
a
king
in
the
army,
\par }{\QB as
one
who
comforts
the
mourners.
\par }{\BB \par }
{\BB \par }\PoetryChap{30}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“But
now
those
who
are
younger
than
I
have
me
in derision,
\par }{\QB whose
fathers
I considered unworthy
to
put
with
my
sheep
dogs.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Of
what use
is
the
strength
of
their
hands
to
me,
\par }{\QB men
in whom ripe age
has
perished?
\par }{\Q \VS{3}They are
gaunt from lack
and
famine.
\par }{\QB They
gnaw
the
dry ground,
in
the gloom of waste
and
desolation.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}They
pluck salt
herbs
by
the
bushes.
\par }{\QB The
roots
of
the
broom
tree
are
their
food.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}They are
driven
out
from amongst men.
\par }{\QB They
cry
after
them as
after
a
thief,
\par }{\Q \VS{6}so that they
live
in frightful
valleys,
\par }{\QB and
in
holes
of
the
earth
and
of
the
rocks.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}They
bray amongst
the
bushes.
\par }{\QB They
are
gathered
together
under
the
nettles.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}They
are
children
of
fools,
yes,
children
of wicked
men.
\par }{\QB They
were flogged
out
of
the
land.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{9}“Now
I
have
become
their
song.
\par }{\QB Yes,
I
am
a
byword
to
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}They
abhor
me,
they
stand
aloof
from
me,
\par }{\QB and
don’t
hesitate
to spit
in
my
face.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}For
he
has untied
his cord,
and afflicted
me;
\par }{\QB and
they
have
thrown
off restraint
before
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}On
my
right
hand
rise
the rabble.
\par }{\QB They
thrust aside
my
feet.
\par }{\QB They
cast
their
ways
of
destruction
up
against
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}They mar
my
path.
\par }{\QB They promote
my
destruction
\par }{\QB without anyone’s
help.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}As through
a
wide
breach
they
come.
\par }{\QB They
roll themselves
in
amid
the ruin.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Terrors
have
turned
on
me.
\par }{\QB They
chase
my honour
as
the
wind.
\par }{\QB My welfare
has
passed
away
as
a
cloud.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{16}“Now
my
soul
is
poured
out
within
me.
\par }{\QB Days
of affliction
have
taken
hold
of
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}In
the
night season
my
bones
are pierced
in
me,
\par }{\QB and
the
pains
that
gnaw
me
take
no
rest.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}My
garment
is disfigured by
great force.
\par }{\QB It
binds me about as
the
collar
of
my
tunic.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}He has
cast me
into
the mire.
\par }{\QB I have become
like
dust
and
ashes.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}I
cry
to
you,
and
you do
not
answer
me.
\par }{\QB I
stand
up,
and
you
gaze
at
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}You
have
turned
to
be
cruel
to
me.
\par }{\QB With
the
might
of
your
hand
you
persecute
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}You
lift
me
up
to
the
wind,
and drive
me
with
it.
\par }{\QB You
dissolve
me
in
the storm.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}For
I
know
that
you
will
bring
me
to
death,
\par }{\QB to
the
house
appointed
for
all
living.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{24}“However
doesn’t
one
stretch
out
a
hand
in
his fall?
\par }{\QB Or
in
his
calamity
therefore
cry
for
help?
\par }{\Q \VS{25}Didn’t
I
weep
for
him
who
was
in trouble?
\par }{\QB Wasn’t
my
soul
grieved
for
the
needy?
\par }{\Q \VS{26}When
I looked
for
good,
then
evil
came.
\par }{\QB When
I
waited
for
light,
darkness
came.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}My
heart
is troubled,
and
doesn’t rest.
\par }{\QB Days
of affliction
have
come
on
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}I
go
mourning
without
the
sun.
\par }{\QB I
stand
up
in
the
assembly,
and
cry
for
help.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}I
am
a
brother
to
jackals,
\par }{\QB and
a
companion
to
ostriches.
\par }{\Q \VS{30}My
skin grows
black
and peels
from
me.
\par }{\QB My
bones
are burnt
with heat.
\par }{\Q \VS{31}Therefore
my
harp
has
turned
to
mourning,
\par }{\QB and
my
pipe
into
the
voice
of
those who
weep.
\par }{\BB \par }
{\BB \par }\PoetryChap{31}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“I
made
a
covenant
with
my
eyes;
\par }{\QB how
then
should
I
look lustfully
at
a young woman?
\par }{\Q \VS{2}For
what
is
the
portion
from
God
above,
\par }{\QB and
the
heritage
from
the
Almighty
on
high?
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Is
it
not
calamity
to
the
unrighteous,
\par }{\QB and
disaster
to
the
workers
of
iniquity?
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Doesn’t
he
see
my
ways,
\par }{\QB and
count
all
my
steps?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{5}“If
I
have
walked
with
falsehood,
\par }{\QB and
my
foot
has hurried
to
deceit
\par }{\Q \VS{6}(let
me be
weighed
in an even
balance,
\par }{\QB that
God may
know
my
integrity);
\par }{\Q \VS{7}if
my
step
has
turned
out
of
the
way,
\par }{\QB if
my
heart
walked
after
my
eyes,
\par }{\QB if
any defilement
has
stuck
to
my
hands,
\par }{\Q \VS{8}then let
me
sow,
and let
another
eat.
\par }{\QB Yes, let
the produce
of
my field
be rooted out.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{9}“If
my
heart
has been
enticed
to
a
woman,
\par }{\QB and
I
have laid
wait
at
my neighbour’s
door,
\par }{\Q \VS{10}then let
my
wife
grind
for
another,
\par }{\QB and let
others sleep
with
her.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}For
that would
be
a
heinous
crime.
\par }{\QB Yes,
it would
be
an
iniquity
to
be punished
by
the
judges,
\par }{\Q \VS{12}for
it
is
a
fire
that
consumes
to
destruction,
\par }{\QB and
would
root
out
all
my
increase.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}“If
I
have despised
the
cause
of
my
male
servant
\par }{\QB or
of
my
female
servant,
\par }{\QB when
they
contended
with
me,
\par }{\Q \VS{14}what
then
will
I
do
when
God
rises
up?
\par }{\QB When
he visits,
what
will
I
answer
him?
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Didn’t
he
who
made
me
in
the
womb
make
him?
\par }{\QB Didn’t
one
fashion
us
in
the
womb?
\par }{\Q \VS{16}“If
I
have
withheld
the
poor
from
their
desire,
\par }{\QB or
have caused
the
eyes
of
the
widow
to
fail,
\par }{\Q \VS{17}or
have
eaten
my
morsel
alone,
\par }{\QB and
the
fatherless
has
not
eaten
of
it
\par }{\Q \VS{18}(no,
from
my
youth
he
grew
up
with
me
as
with
a
father,
\par }{\QB I
have
guided
her
from
my
mother’s
womb);
\par }{\Q \VS{19}if
I
have
seen
any
perish
for
want
of
clothing,
\par }{\QB or
that
the
needy
had
no
covering;
\par }{\Q \VS{20}if
his heart
hasn’t
blessed
me,
\par }{\QB if
he
hasn’t
been
warmed
with
my sheep’s
fleece;
\par }{\Q \VS{21}if
I
have
lifted
up
my
hand
against
the
fatherless,
\par }{\QB because
I
saw
my
help
in
the
gate;
\par }{\Q \VS{22}then let
my
shoulder
fall
from
the
shoulder blade,
\par }{\QB and
my
arm
be
broken
from
the bone.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}For
calamity
from
God
is
a
terror
to
me.
\par }{\QB Because
of
his
majesty,
I
can
do
nothing.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}“If
I
have
made
gold
my hope,
\par }{\QB and
have
said
to
the
fine
gold, ‘You
are
my
confidence;’
\par }{\Q \VS{25}If
I
have
rejoiced
because
my
wealth
was
great,
\par }{\QB and
because
my
hand
had gotten
much;
\par }{\Q \VS{26}if
I
have
seen
the
sun
when
it shined,
\par }{\QB or
the
moon
moving
in splendour,
\par }{\Q \VS{27}and
my
heart
has been secretly
enticed,
\par }{\QB and
my
hand threw
a kiss
from
my
mouth;
\par }{\Q \VS{28}this
also would
be
an
iniquity
to
be punished
by
the judges,
\par }{\QB for
I would
have
denied
the
God
who
is
above.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}“If
I
have
rejoiced
at
the
destruction
of
him
who
hated
me,
\par }{\QB or
lifted
up myself
when
evil
found
him
\par }{\Q \VS{30}(I
have
certainly
not
allowed
my
mouth
to
sin
\par }{\QB by
asking
his
life
with
a
curse);
\par }{\Q \VS{31}if
the
men
of
my
tent
have
not
said,
\par }{\QB ‘Who
can
find
one
who
has
not
been
filled
with
his
meat?’
\par }{\Q \VS{32}(the
foreigner has
not camped
in
the
street,
\par }{\QB but
I
have
opened
my
doors
to
the traveller);
\par }{\Q \VS{33}if
like
Adam
I
have
covered
my
transgressions,
\par }{\QB by
hiding
my
iniquity
in
my heart,
\par }{\Q \VS{34}because
I
feared
the
great
multitude,
\par }{\QB and
the
contempt
of
families
terrified
me,
\par }{\QB so
that
I kept silence,
and
didn’t
go
out
of
the
door—
\par }{\Q \VS{35}oh
that
I
had
one
to
hear
me!
\par }{\QB Behold,
here
is
my signature!
Let
the
Almighty
answer
me!
\par }{\QB Let
the accuser
write
my
indictment!
\par }{\Q \VS{36}Surely
I would
carry
it
on
my
shoulder,
\par }{\QB and
I would
bind
it
to
me as
a
crown.
\par }{\Q \VS{37}I would
declare
to
him
the
number
of
my
steps.
\par }{\QB I would
go
near
to
him
like
a
prince.
\par }{\Q \VS{38}If
my
land
cries
out
against
me,
\par }{\QB and
its
furrows
weep
together;
\par }{\Q \VS{39}if
I
have
eaten
its fruits
without
money,
\par }{\QB or
have caused
its
owners
to
lose
their
life,
\par }{\Q \VS{40}let briers
grow
instead
of
wheat,
\par }{\QB and
stinkweed
instead
of
barley.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP The
words
of
Job
are
ended.

\par }\Chap{32}{\PP \VerseOne{1}So
these
three
men ceased
to
answer
Job,
because
he
was
righteous
in
his
own
eyes.
\VS{2}Then
the
wrath
of
Elihu
the
son
of
Barachel,
the
Buzite,
of
the
family
of
Ram,
was
kindled
against
Job.
His
wrath
was
kindled
because
he
justified
himself rather
than
God.
\VS{3}Also
his
wrath
was
kindled
against
his
three
friends,
because
they
had
found
no
answer,
and
yet
had
condemned
Job.
\VS{4}Now
Elihu
had
waited
to
speak
to
Job,
because
they
were
older
than
he.
\VS{5}When
Elihu
saw
that
there
was
no
answer
in
the
mouth
of these
three
men,
his
wrath
was
kindled.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{6}Elihu
the
son
of
Barachel
the
Buzite
answered,
\par }{\Q “I
am
young,
and
you
are
very
old.
\par }{\QB Therefore
I held back,
and didn’t dare show
you
my
opinion.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}I
said, ‘Days
should
speak,
\par }{\QB and
multitude
of
years
should
teach
wisdom.’
\par }{\Q \VS{8}But there
is
a
spirit
in
man,
\par }{\QB and
the
Spirit\FTNT{*}{{\FR 32:8 }
or, breath}
of
the
Almighty
gives
them
understanding.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}It
is
not
the
great
who
are
wise,
\par }{\QB nor
the
aged
who
understand
justice.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Therefore
I
said, ‘Listen
to
me;
\par }{\QB I
also
will
show
my
opinion.’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}“Behold,
I
waited
for
your
words,
\par }{\QB and
I
listened
for
your reasoning,
\par }{\QB while
you
searched
out
what
to
say.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Yes,
I
gave
you
my full
attention,
\par }{\QB but
there
was
no
one
who convinced
Job,
\par }{\QB or
who
answered
his
words, amongst
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Beware
lest
you
say, ‘We
have
found
wisdom.
\par }{\QB God
may refute
him,
not
man;’
\par }{\Q \VS{14}for
he has
not
directed
his
words
against
me;
\par }{\QB neither
will
I
answer
him
with
your speeches.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{15}“They
are amazed.
They
answer
no
more.
\par }{\QB They
don’t
have
a
word
to
say.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Shall
I
wait,
because
they
don’t
speak,
\par }{\QB because
they
stand
still,
and
answer
no
more?
\par }{\Q \VS{17}I
also
will
answer
my part,
\par }{\QB and
I
also
will show
my
opinion.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}For
I am
full
of
words.
\par }{\QB The
spirit
within
me
constrains
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}Behold,
my breast
is as
wine
which
has
no vent;
\par }{\QB like
new
wineskins
it
is ready
to
burst.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}I
will
speak,
that I
may
be
refreshed.
\par }{\QB I
will
open
my
lips
and
answer.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}Please
don’t
let
me
respect
any
man’s
person,
\par }{\QB neither
will
I
give flattering
titles
to
any
man.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}For
I
don’t
know
how
to
give flattering
titles,
\par }{\QB or
else
my Maker
would
soon
take
me
away.
\par }{\BB \par }
{\BB \par }\PoetryChap{33}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“However,
Job,
please
hear
my
speech,
\par }{\QB and
listen
to
all
my
words.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}See
now,
I
have
opened
my
mouth.
\par }{\QB My
tongue
has
spoken
in
my
mouth.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}My
words
will utter
the
uprightness
of
my
heart.
\par }{\QB That which
my
lips
know
they
will
speak
sincerely.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}The
Spirit
of
God
has
made
me,
\par }{\QB and
the
breath
of
the
Almighty gives
me
life.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}If
you
can,
answer
me.
\par }{\QB Set
your words
in order
before
me,
and
stand
up.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Behold,
I
am towards
God
even
as
you
are.
\par }{\QB I
am
also
formed out
of
the clay.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Behold,
my
terror
will
not
make
you afraid,
\par }{\QB neither
will
my
pressure
be
heavy
on
you.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}“Surely
you
have
spoken
in
my
hearing,
\par }{\QB I
have
heard
the
voice
of
your
words,
saying,
\par }{\Q \VS{9}‘I
am
clean,
without disobedience.
\par }{\QB I
am
innocent,
neither
is
there
iniquity
in
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Behold,
he
finds
occasions
against
me.
\par }{\QB He
counts
me
for
his
enemy.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}He
puts
my
feet
in
the
stocks.
\par }{\QB He marks
all
my
paths.’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{12}“Behold,
I
will
answer
you.
In
this
you
are
not
just,
\par }{\QB for
God
is
greater
than
man.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Why
do
you
strive
against
him,
\par }{\QB because
he
doesn’t
give
account
of
any
of
his
matters?
\par }{\Q \VS{14}For
God
speaks
once,
\par }{\QB yes
twice,
though
man pays
no attention.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}In
a
dream,
in
a
vision
of
the
night,
\par }{\QB when
deep
sleep
falls
on
men,
\par }{\QB in slumbering
on
the
bed,
\par }{\Q \VS{16}then
he
opens
the
ears
of
men,
\par }{\QB and
seals
their instruction,
\par }{\Q \VS{17}that
he
may withdraw
man
from
his purpose,
\par }{\QB and
hide
pride
from
man.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}He
keeps
back
his
soul
from
the
pit,
\par }{\QB and
his
life
from perishing
by
the sword.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{19}“He
is
chastened also
with
pain
on
his
bed,
\par }{\QB with continual
strife
in
his
bones,
\par }{\Q \VS{20}so
that his
life abhors
bread,
\par }{\QB and his
soul dainty
food.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}His
flesh
is
so
consumed
away
that
it
can’t
be
seen.
\par }{\QB His
bones
that were
not
seen stick
out.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Yes,
his
soul
draws
near
to
the
pit,
\par }{\QB and
his
life
to
the destroyers.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{23}“If
there
is
beside
him
an
angel,
\par }{\QB an interpreter,
one amongst
a
thousand,
\par }{\QB to
show
to
man
what
is
right
for
him,
\par }{\Q \VS{24}then
God
is gracious
to
him,
and
says,
\par }{\QB ‘Deliver
him
from
going
down
to
the
pit,
\par }{\QB I
have
found
a
ransom.’
\par }{\Q \VS{25}His
flesh
will
be
fresher than
a child’s.
\par }{\QB He
returns
to
the
days
of
his
youth.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}He prays
to
God,
and
he
is favourable
to
him,
\par }{\QB so
that
he
sees
his
face
with
joy.
\par }{\QB He
restores
to
man
his
righteousness.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}He sings
before
men,
and
says,
\par }{\QB ‘I
have
sinned,
and perverted
that
which
was
right,
\par }{\QB and
it
didn’t profit
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}He
has
redeemed
my
soul
from going
into
the
pit.
\par }{\QB My
life
will
see
the
light.’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{29}“Behold,
God
does
all
these
things,
\par }{\QB twice,
yes
three
times,
with
a
man,
\par }{\Q \VS{30}to
bring
back
his
soul
from
the
pit,
\par }{\QB that
he
may
be
enlightened
with
the
light
of
the
living.
\par }{\Q \VS{31}Mark well,
Job,
and
listen
to
me.
\par }{\QB Hold
your peace,
and
I
will
speak.
\par }{\Q \VS{32}If
you
have
anything
to
say,
answer
me.
\par }{\QB Speak,
for
I
desire
to
justify
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{33}If
not,
listen
to
me.
\par }{\QB Hold
your peace,
and
I
will
teach
you
wisdom.”
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{34}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Moreover
Elihu
answered,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“Hear
my
words,
you
wise
men.
\par }{\QB Give
ear
to
me,
you
who
have
knowledge.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}For
the
ear
tries
words,
\par }{\QB as
the
palate
tastes
food.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Let
us
choose
for
us
that
which
is
right.
\par }{\QB Let
us
know amongst
ourselves
what
is
good.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}For
Job
has
said, ‘I am
righteous,
\par }{\QB God
has
taken
away
my
right.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Notwithstanding
my
right
I am considered
a
liar.
\par }{\QB My
wound
is
incurable, though
I am
without disobedience.’
\par }{\Q \VS{7}What
man
is
like
Job,
\par }{\QB who
drinks scorn
like
water,
\par }{\Q \VS{8}who
goes
in
company
with
the
workers
of
iniquity,
\par }{\QB and walks
with
wicked
men?
\par }{\Q \VS{9}For
he
has
said, ‘It profits
a
man
nothing
\par }{\QB that
he
should
delight
himself
with
God.’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}“Therefore
listen
to
me,
you
men
of
understanding:
\par }{\QB far
be
it
from
God,
that
he
should
do
wickedness,
\par }{\QB from
the
Almighty,
that
he
should commit
iniquity.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}For
the
work
of
a
man
he
will render
to
him,
\par }{\QB and cause
every
man
to
find
according
to
his
ways.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Yes
surely,
God
will
not
do
wickedly,
\par }{\QB neither
will
the
Almighty
pervert
justice.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Who
put
him
in
charge
of
the
earth?
\par }{\QB Or
who
has
appointed
him
over
the
whole
world?
\par }{\Q \VS{14}If
he
set
his
heart
on
himself,
\par }{\QB if
he
gathered
to
himself
his
spirit
and
his
breath,
\par }{\Q \VS{15}all
flesh
would
perish
together,
\par }{\QB and
man
would
turn
again
to
dust.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{16}“If
now
you
have
understanding,
hear
this.
\par }{\QB Listen
to
the
voice
of
my
words.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Should
even
one
who
hates
justice govern?
\par }{\QB Will
you
condemn
him
who
is
righteous
and
mighty,
\par }{\Q \VS{18}who
says
to
a
king, ‘Vile!’
\par }{\QB or
to
nobles, ‘Wicked!’?
\par }{\Q \VS{19}He
doesn’t
respect
the persons
of
princes,
\par }{\QB nor
respect
the rich
more
than
the
poor,
\par }{\QB for
they
all
are
the
work
of
his
hands.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}In
a
moment
they
die,
even
at midnight.
\par }{\QB The
people
are
shaken
and
pass
away.
\par }{\QB The
mighty
are
taken
away
without
a
hand.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{21}“For
his
eyes
are
on
the
ways
of
a
man.
\par }{\QB He
sees
all
his goings.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}There
is
no
darkness,
nor
thick
gloom,
\par }{\QB where
the
workers
of
iniquity
may
hide
themselves.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}For
he
doesn’t
need
to
consider
a
man
further,
\par }{\QB that
he
should
go
before
God
in judgement.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}He breaks
mighty
men
in pieces
in ways past finding
out,
\par }{\QB and
sets
others
in
their
place.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}Therefore
he takes knowledge
of
their
works.
\par }{\QB He
overturns
them
in
the
night,
so
that
they are
destroyed.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}He
strikes
them
as
wicked
men
\par }{\QB in
the open sight
of others;
\par }{\Q \VS{27}because
they
turned
away
from
following
him,
\par }{\QB and wouldn’t pay
attention
to
any
of
his
ways,
\par }{\Q \VS{28}so
that
they caused
the
cry
of
the
poor
to
come
to
him.
\par }{\QB He
heard
the
cry
of
the
afflicted.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}When
he gives
quietness,
who
then
can
condemn?
\par }{\QB When
he
hides
his
face,
who
then
can
see
him?
\par }{\QB He
is
over
a
nation
or
a
man
alike,
\par }{\Q \VS{30}that
the
godless
man
may not
reign,
\par }{\QB that there be no
one
to ensnare
the
people.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{31}“For
has
any
said
to
God,
\par }{\QB ‘I am guilty,
but
I
will
not offend
any
more.
\par }{\Q \VS{32}Teach
me
that which
I
don’t
see.
\par }{\QB If
I
have
done
iniquity,
I
will
do
it
no more’?
\par }{\Q \VS{33}Shall
his recompense
be
as
you desire,
that
you
refuse
it?
\par }{\QB For
you
must
choose,
and
not
I.
\par }{\QB Therefore
speak
what
you
know.
\par }{\Q \VS{34}Men
of
understanding
will
tell
me,
\par }{\QB yes,
every
wise
man
who
hears
me:
\par }{\Q \VS{35}‘Job
speaks
without
knowledge.
\par }{\QB His
words
are
without wisdom.’
\par }{\Q \VS{36}I wish
that
Job
were
tried
to
the
end,
\par }{\QB because
of
his answering
like
wicked
men.
\par }{\Q \VS{37}For
he
adds
rebellion
to
his
sin.
\par }{\QB He
claps
his hands amongst
us,
\par }{\QB and multiplies
his
words
against
God.”
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{35}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Moreover
Elihu
answered,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“Do
you
think
this
to be
your
right,
\par }{\QB or do
you
say, ‘My
righteousness
is more than
God’s,’
\par }{\Q \VS{3}that
you
ask, ‘What advantage
will
it
be
to
you?
\par }{\QB What
profit
will
I
have,
more
than
if
I
had
sinned?’
\par }{\Q \VS{4}I
will
answer
you,
\par }{\QB and
your companions
with
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Look
to
the
skies,
and
see.
\par }{\QB See
the
skies, which
are
higher
than
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}If
you
have
sinned,
what effect
do
you
have
against
him?
\par }{\QB If
your
transgressions
are
multiplied,
what
do
you
do
to
him?
\par }{\Q \VS{7}If
you
are
righteous,
what
do
you
give
him?
\par }{\QB Or
what
does
he
receive
from
your
hand?
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Your
wickedness
may hurt
a
man
as
you
are,
\par }{\QB and
your
righteousness
may profit
a
son
of
man.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{9}“By reason
of
the
multitude
of
oppressions
they
cry
out.
\par }{\QB They
cry
for
help
by reason
of
the
arm
of
the
mighty.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}But
no
one
says, ‘Where
is
God
my Maker,
\par }{\QB who
gives
songs
in
the
night,
\par }{\Q \VS{11}who
teaches
us more than
the
animals
of
the
earth,
\par }{\QB and
makes
us
wiser than
the
birds
of
the
sky?’
\par }{\Q \VS{12}There
they
cry,
but
no
one
answers,
\par }{\QB because
of
the
pride
of
evil men.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Surely
God
will
not
hear
an
empty cry,
\par }{\QB neither
will
the
Almighty
regard
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}How
much
less
when
you
say
you
don’t
see
him.
\par }{\QB The
cause
is
before
him,
and
you
wait
for
him!
\par }{\Q \VS{15}But
now,
because
he
has
not
visited
in
his
anger,
\par }{\QB neither
does
he
greatly
regard arrogance,
\par }{\Q \VS{16}therefore
Job
opens
his
mouth
with empty
talk,
\par }{\QB and
he
multiplies
words
without
knowledge.”
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{36}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Elihu
also
continued,
and
said,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“Bear
with
me
a
little,
and
I
will show
you;
\par }{\QB for
I
still
have something
to
say on
God’s behalf.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}I
will get
my
knowledge
from
afar,
\par }{\QB and
will
ascribe
righteousness
to
my
Maker.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}For
truly
my
words
are
not
false.
\par }{\QB One
who
is
perfect
in
knowledge
is
with
you.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{5}“Behold,
God
is
mighty,
and
doesn’t
despise
anyone.
\par }{\QB He
is
mighty
in
strength
of
understanding.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}He
doesn’t
preserve
the
life
of
the
wicked,
\par }{\QB but
gives
justice
to
the
afflicted.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}He
doesn’t
withdraw
his
eyes
from
the
righteous,
\par }{\QB but
with
kings
on
the
throne,
\par }{\QB he sets
them
forever,
and
they
are
exalted.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}If
they are
bound
in fetters,
\par }{\QB and are
taken
in
the
cords of afflictions,
\par }{\Q \VS{9}then
he shows
them
their
work,
\par }{\QB and
their
transgressions,
that
they
have behaved
themselves proudly.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}He
also
opens
their
ears
to
instruction,
\par }{\QB and
commands
that
they
return
from
iniquity.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}If
they
listen
and
serve
him,
\par }{\QB they
will
spend
their
days
in
prosperity,
\par }{\QB and
their
years
in pleasures.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}But
if
they
don’t
listen,
they
will
perish
by
the sword;
\par }{\QB they
will
die
without
knowledge.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{13}“But
those
who
are
godless
in
heart
lay
up
anger.
\par }{\QB They
don’t
cry
for
help
when
he
binds
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}They
die
in
youth.
\par }{\QB Their
life perishes amongst
the unclean.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}He delivers
the
afflicted
by
their affliction,
\par }{\QB and
opens
their
ear
in
oppression.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Yes,
he would
have allured
you out
of
distress,
\par }{\QB into
a
wide
place,
where
there
is
no restriction.
\par }{\QB That which
is
set
on
your
table would
be
full
of
fatness.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{17}“But you
are
full
of
the judgement
of
the
wicked.
\par }{\QB Judgement
and
justice
take
hold
of you.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}Don’t
let riches
entice
you
to
wrath,
\par }{\QB neither
let
the
great size
of
a
bribe
turn
you
aside.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}Would
your
wealth
sustain
you
in distress,
\par }{\QB or
all
the
might
of
your
strength?
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Don’t desire
the
night,
\par }{\QB when
people
are cut
off
in
their
place.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}Take
heed,
don’t
regard
iniquity;
\par }{\QB for
you
have
chosen
this
rather
than
affliction.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Behold,
God
is
exalted
in his
power.
\par }{\QB Who
is
a
teacher
like
him?
\par }{\Q \VS{23}Who
has prescribed
his
way
for
him?
\par }{\QB Or
who
can
say, ‘You
have
committed
unrighteousness?’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{24}“Remember
that
you magnify
his
work,
\par }{\QB about
which
men
have
sung.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}All
men
have
looked
on
it.
\par }{\QB Man
sees
it
afar
off.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}Behold,
God
is great,
and
we
don’t
know
him.
\par }{\QB The
number
of
his
years
is unsearchable.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}For
he
draws up
the drops
of
water,
\par }{\QB which
distill
in
rain
from
his vapour,
\par }{\Q \VS{28}which
the
skies
pour
down
\par }{\QB and
which drop
on
man
abundantly.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}Indeed,
can anyone
understand
the
spreading
of
the
clouds
\par }{\QB and
the thunderings
of
his
pavilion?
\par }{\Q \VS{30}Behold,
he
spreads
his
light
around
him.
\par }{\QB He
covers
the bottom
of
the
sea.
\par }{\Q \VS{31}For
by
these
he
judges
the
people.
\par }{\QB He
gives
food
in abundance.
\par }{\Q \VS{32}He
covers
his
hands
with
the
lightning,
\par }{\QB and
commands
it
to
strike
the
mark.
\par }{\Q \VS{33}Its
noise
tells
about
him,
\par }{\QB and
the
livestock
also,
concerning
the storm
that
comes
up.
\par }{\BB \par }
\PoetryChap{37}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“Yes,
at
this
my
heart
trembles,
\par }{\QB and
is
moved
out
of its
place.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Hear, oh,
hear
the
noise
of
his
voice,
\par }{\QB the
sound
that
goes
out
of
his
mouth.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}He sends
it
out
under
the
whole
sky,
\par }{\QB and
his
lightning
to
the
ends
of
the
earth.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}After
it
a
voice
roars.
\par }{\QB He
thunders
with
the
voice
of
his majesty.
\par }{\QB He
doesn’t hold
back
anything
when
his
voice
is
heard.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}God
thunders marvellously
with
his
voice.
\par }{\QB He
does
great
things, which
we
can’t
comprehend.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}For
he
says
to
the
snow, ‘Fall
on
the
earth,’
\par }{\QB likewise
to
the
shower
of
rain,
\par }{\QB and
to
the
showers
of
his
mighty
rain.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}He
seals
up
the
hand
of
every
man,
\par }{\QB that
all
men whom
he
has
made
may
know
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Then
the
animals
take cover,
\par }{\QB and
remain
in
their
dens.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Out
of
its
room
comes
the storm,
\par }{\QB and
cold
out
of
the north.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}By
the
breath
of
God,
ice
is
given,
\par }{\QB and
the
width
of
the
waters
is
frozen.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Yes,
he
loads
the
thick
cloud
with
moisture.
\par }{\QB He spreads abroad
the
cloud
of
his
lightning.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}It
is
turned
around
by
his
guidance,
\par }{\QB that
they
may
do
whatever
he
commands
them
\par }{\QB on
the
surface
of
the habitable
world,
\par }{\Q \VS{13}whether
it
is
for
correction,
or
for
his
land,
\par }{\QB or
for loving
kindness,
that
he causes
it
to
come.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{14}“Listen
to
this,
Job.
\par }{\QB Stand
still,
and
consider
the
wondrous
works
of
God.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Do
you
know
how
God controls
them,
\par }{\QB and causes
the
lightning
of
his
cloud
to
shine?
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Do
you
know
the workings
of
the
clouds,
\par }{\QB the wondrous
works
of
him
who
is
perfect
in
knowledge?
\par }{\Q \VS{17}You
whose
clothing
is
warm
\par }{\QB when
the
earth
is
still
by
reason
of
the
south wind?
\par }{\Q \VS{18}Can
you,
with
him,
spread
out
the
sky,
\par }{\QB which
is
strong as a
cast metal
mirror?
\par }{\Q \VS{19}Teach
us
what we
will
tell
him,
\par }{\QB for we
can’t
make
our case
by reason
of
darkness.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Will
it
be
told
him
that
I
would
speak?
\par }{\QB Or
should
a
man wish
that
he
were
swallowed
up?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{21}Now men
don’t
see
the
light
which
is
bright
in
the
skies,
\par }{\QB but
the
wind
passes,
and clears
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Out
of
the
north
comes
golden splendour.
\par }{\QB With
God
is
awesome
majesty.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}We
can’t reach
the
Almighty.
\par }{\QB He
is
exalted
in
power.
\par }{\QB In
justice
and
great
righteousness,
he
will
not
oppress.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}Therefore
men
revere
him.
\par }{\QB He
doesn’t
regard
any
who
are
wise
of
heart.”
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{38}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
the
LORD
answered
Job
out
of
the whirlwind,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“Who
is
this
who
darkens
counsel
\par }{\QB by
words
without
knowledge?
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Brace
yourself like
a
man,
\par }{\QB for
I
will
question
you,
then
you answer
me!
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{4}“Where
were
you
when
I
laid
the
foundations
of
the
earth?
\par }{\QB Declare,
if
you
have
understanding.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Who
determined
its measures,
if
you
know?
\par }{\QB Or
who
stretched
the line
on
it?
\par }{\Q \VS{6}What
were
its foundations fastened
on?
\par }{\QB Or
who
laid
its
cornerstone,
\par }{\Q \VS{7}when
the
morning
stars
sang
together,
\par }{\QB and
all
the
sons
of
God
shouted
for
joy?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}“Or who shut
up
the
sea
with
doors,
\par }{\QB when it
broke
out
of
the
womb,
\par }{\Q \VS{9}when
I
made
clouds
its
garment,
\par }{\QB and wrapped
it
in
thick
darkness,
\par }{\Q \VS{10}marked
out
for
it
my bound,
\par }{\QB set
bars
and
doors,
\par }{\Q \VS{11}and
said, ‘You
may
come
here,
but
no
further.
\par }{\QB Your
proud
waves
shall
be
stopped here’?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{12}“Have
you
commanded
the
morning
in
your
days,
\par }{\QB and caused
the
dawn
to
know
its
place,
\par }{\Q \VS{13}that it might
take
hold
of
the
ends
of
the
earth,
\par }{\QB and
shake
the wicked
out
of it?
\par }{\Q \VS{14}It
is
changed
as clay under
the
seal,
\par }{\QB and
presented
as
a
garment.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}From
the wicked,
their
light
is
withheld.
\par }{\QB The
high
arm
is
broken.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{16}“Have
you
entered
into
the
springs
of
the
sea?
\par }{\QB Or
have
you
walked
in
the
recesses
of
the
deep?
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Have
the
gates
of
death
been
revealed
to
you?
\par }{\QB Or
have
you
seen
the
gates
of
the
shadow
of
death?
\par }{\Q \VS{18}Have
you comprehended
the
earth
in
its width?
\par }{\QB Declare,
if
you
know
it
all.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{19}“What
is
the
way
to
the
dwelling
of
light?
\par }{\QB As
for
darkness,
where
is its
place,
\par }{\Q \VS{20}that
you
should
take
it
to
its bound,
\par }{\QB that
you
should
discern
the
paths
to
its
house?
\par }{\Q \VS{21}Surely
you
know,
for
you
were
born
then,
\par }{\QB and
the
number
of
your
days
is
great!
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Have
you
entered
the
storehouses
of
the
snow,
\par }{\QB or
have
you
seen
the
storehouses
of
the
hail,
\par }{\Q \VS{23}which
I
have
reserved
against
the
time
of
trouble,
\par }{\QB against
the
day
of
battle
and
war?
\par }{\Q \VS{24}By
what
way
is
the
lightning distributed,
\par }{\QB or
the
east
wind
scattered
on
the
earth?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{25}Who
has cut
a channel
for
the
flood water,
\par }{\QB or
the
path
for
the thunderstorm,
\par }{\Q \VS{26}to cause
it
to
rain
on
a
land
where there
is
no
man,
\par }{\QB on
the
wilderness,
in which there
is
no
man,
\par }{\Q \VS{27}to
satisfy
the waste
and
desolate ground,
\par }{\QB to cause
the
tender
grass
to
grow?
\par }{\Q \VS{28}Does
the
rain
have
a
father?
\par }{\QB Or
who
fathers
the
drops
of
dew?
\par }{\Q \VS{29}Whose
womb did
the
ice
come
out
of?
\par }{\QB Who
has
given
birth
to
the grey
frost
of
the
sky?
\par }{\Q \VS{30}The
waters become
hard
like
stone,
\par }{\QB when
the
surface
of
the
deep
is frozen.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{31}“Can you
bind
the cluster
of
the
Pleiades,
\par }{\QB or
loosen
the
cords
of
Orion?
\par }{\Q \VS{32}Can
you
lead
the constellations
out
in
their
season?
\par }{\QB Or
can
you
guide
the
Bear
with
her cubs?
\par }{\Q \VS{33}Do
you
know
the laws
of
the
heavens?
\par }{\QB Can
you
establish
its dominion
over
the
earth?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{34}“Can
you
lift
up
your
voice
to
the
clouds,
\par }{\QB that
abundance
of
waters
may
cover
you?
\par }{\Q \VS{35}Can
you
send
out
lightnings,
that
they may
go?
\par }{\QB Do
they
report
to
you, ‘Here
we are’?
\par }{\Q \VS{36}Who
has
put
wisdom
in
the inward parts?
\par }{\QB Or
who
has
given
understanding
to
the
mind?
\par }{\Q \VS{37}Who
can
count
the
clouds
by
wisdom?
\par }{\QB Or
who
can pour
out
the
containers
of
the
sky,
\par }{\Q \VS{38}when
the
dust runs
into a
mass,
\par }{\QB and
the
clods
of
earth
stick
together?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{39}“Can you
hunt
the
prey
for
the
lioness,
\par }{\QB or
satisfy
the appetite
of
the
young
lions,
\par }{\Q \VS{40}when
they
crouch
in
their
dens,
\par }{\QB and
lie
in
wait
in
the thicket?
\par }{\Q \VS{41}Who
provides
for
the
raven
his
prey,
\par }{\QB when
his
young ones
cry
to
God,
\par }{\QB and
wander
for
lack
of
food?
\par }{\BB \par }
\PoetryChap{39}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“Do
you
know
the
time
when
the mountain
goats
give
birth?
\par }{\QB Do
you
watch
when
the
doe
bears fawns?
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Can
you
count
the
months
that
they fulfil?
\par }{\QB Or do
you
know
the
time
when
they
give
birth?
\par }{\Q \VS{3}They
bow themselves. They bear
their
young.
\par }{\QB They end
their labour
pains.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Their
young
ones
become strong.
\par }{\QB They
grow
up
in
the open field.
\par }{\QB They
go
out,
and
don’t
return
again.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{5}“Who
has
set
the
wild
donkey
free?
\par }{\QB Or
who
has loosened
the
bonds
of
the
swift
donkey,
\par }{\Q \VS{6}whose
home
I
have
made
the
wilderness,
\par }{\QB and
the
salt
land
his
dwelling
place?
\par }{\Q \VS{7}He
scorns
the
tumult
of
the
city,
\par }{\QB neither
does
he
hear
the shouting
of
the
driver.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}The range
of
the
mountains
is
his
pasture.
\par }{\QB He
searches
after
every
green
thing.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{9}“Will
the
wild
ox
be content
to
serve
you?
\par }{\QB Or
will
he
stay
by
your feeding trough?
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Can
you hold
the
wild
ox
in
the
furrow
with
his harness?
\par }{\QB Or
will
he till
the
valleys
after
you?
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Will
you
trust
him,
because
his
strength
is
great?
\par }{\QB Or will
you
leave
to
him
your labour?
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Will
you confide
in
him,
that
he
will
bring
home
your
seed,
\par }{\QB and
gather
the
grain
of
your
threshing
floor?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{13}“The
wings
of
the ostrich wave proudly,
\par }{\QB but are
they
the
feathers
and
plumage
of love?
\par }{\Q \VS{14}For
she
leaves
her
eggs
on
the
earth,
\par }{\QB warms
them
in
the
dust,
\par }{\Q \VS{15}and
forgets
that
the
foot
may
crush
them,
\par }{\QB or
that
the
wild
animal
may
trample
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}She deals harshly with
her
young
ones,
as
if
they
were
not hers.
\par }{\QB Though
her labour
is
in vain,
she
is
without
fear,
\par }{\Q \VS{17}because
God
has
deprived
her
of
wisdom,
\par }{\QB neither
has
he imparted
to
her
understanding.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}When
she
lifts up
herself
on
high,
\par }{\QB she
scorns
the
horse
and
his
rider.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{19}“Have
you
given
the
horse
might?
\par }{\QB Have
you
clothed
his
neck
with
a quivering
mane?
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Have you made him
to
leap as a
locust?
\par }{\QB The
glory
of his snorting
is awesome.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}He
paws
in
the
valley,
and
rejoices
in
his
strength.
\par }{\QB He
goes
out
to
meet
the armed men.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}He mocks
at
fear,
and
is
not
dismayed,
\par }{\QB neither
does
he
turn
back
from
the
sword.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}The
quiver
rattles
against
him,
\par }{\QB the
flashing
spear
and
the
javelin.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}He eats
up
the
ground
with fierceness
and
rage,
\par }{\QB neither
does
he
stand
still
at
the
sound
of
the shofar.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}As
often as
the shofar sounds
he snorts, ‘Aha!’
\par }{\QB He smells
the
battle
afar
off,
\par }{\QB the
thunder
of
the
captains,
and
the
shouting.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{26}“Is
it by your wisdom that
the
hawk
soars,
\par }{\QB and
stretches
her
wings towards
the
south?
\par }{\Q \VS{27}Is
it
at
your
command
that
the
eagle mounts
up,
\par }{\QB and
makes
his
nest
on
high?
\par }{\Q \VS{28}On
the
cliff
he
dwells
and makes
his home,
\par }{\QB on
the point
of
the
cliff
and
the stronghold.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}From
there
he
spies
out
the
prey.
\par }{\QB His
eyes
see
it
afar
off.
\par }{\Q \VS{30}His
young
ones
also
suck
up
blood.
\par }{\QB Where
the
slain
are,
there
he
is.”
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{40}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Moreover
the
LORD
answered
Job,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“Shall he
who argues
contend
with
the
Almighty?
\par }{\QB He
who argues
with
God, let
him
answer it.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{3}Then
Job
answered
the
LORD,
\par }{\Q \VS{4}“Behold,
I
am
of
small account.
What
will
I
answer
you?
\par }{\QB I
lay
my
hand
on
my
mouth.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}I
have
spoken
once,
and
I
will
not
answer;
\par }{\QB Yes,
twice,
but
I
will proceed
no
further.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
the
LORD
answered
Job
out
of
the whirlwind:
\par }{\Q \VS{7}“Now brace
yourself like
a
man.
\par }{\QB I
will
question
you,
and
you
will answer
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Will
you
even
annul
my judgement?
\par }{\QB Will
you
condemn
me,
that
you
may be
justified?
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Or
do
you
have
an
arm
like
God?
\par }{\QB Can
you
thunder
with
a
voice
like
him?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}“Now deck
yourself
with excellency
and
dignity.
\par }{\QB Array
yourself
with honour
and
majesty.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Pour
out
the
fury
of
your
anger.
\par }{\QB Look
at
everyone
who
is
proud,
and
bring
him
low.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Look
at
everyone
who
is
proud,
and
humble
him.
\par }{\QB Crush
the
wicked
in
their
place.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Hide
them
in
the
dust
together.
\par }{\QB Bind
their
faces
in
the
hidden place.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Then
I
will
also admit
to
you
\par }{\QB that
your own
right
hand
can
save
you.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{15}“See
now
behemoth,
which
I
made
as
well
as
you.
\par }{\QB He
eats
grass
as an
ox.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Look
now,
his
strength
is
in
his thighs.
\par }{\QB His force
is
in
the
muscles
of
his
belly.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}He moves his
tail
like
a
cedar.
\par }{\QB The
sinews
of his
thighs
are
knit
together.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}His
bones
are like
tubes
of
bronze.
\par }{\QB His
limbs
are like
bars
of
iron.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{19}He
is
the chief
of
the
ways
of
God.
\par }{\QB He
who
made
him gives
him
his
sword.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Surely
the
mountains produce
food
for
him,
\par }{\QB where
all
the
animals
of
the
field
play.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}He
lies
under
the
lotus trees,
\par }{\QB in
the covert
of
the
reed,
and
the
marsh.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}The lotuses cover him
with
their shade.
\par }{\QB The
willows
of
the
brook
surround him.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}Behold,
if
a
river overflows,
he
doesn’t tremble.
\par }{\QB He
is
confident,
though
the
Jordan swells
even
to
his
mouth.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}Shall any
take
him when
he
is
on
the
watch,
\par }{\QB or pierce through
his
nose
with
a
snare?
\par }{\BB \par }
{\BB \par }\PoetryChap{41}{\Q \VerseOne{1}“Can
you draw
out Leviathan\FTNT{*}{{\FR 41:1 }
Leviathan is a name for a crocodile or similar creature.}
with
a fish hook,
\par }{\QB or press down
his tongue
with
a cord?
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Can
you put
a rope into
his nose,
\par }{\QB or pierce
his jaw
through
with
a hook?
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Will
he make many petitions
to
you,
\par }{\QB or
will
he speak soft words
to
you?
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Will
he make
a covenant
with
you,
\par }{\QB that
you should take him
for
a servant forever?
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Will
you play
with
him
as
with
a bird?
\par }{\QB Or
will
you bind
him
for
your girls?
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Will traders barter
for
him?
\par }{\QB Will
they part
him amongst
the merchants?
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Can you fill
his skin with barbed irons,
\par }{\QB or
his head with fish spears?
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Lay
your hand
on
him.
\par }{\QB Remember
the battle,
and
do
so
no
more.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Behold,
the hope
of
him
is
in vain.
\par }{\QB Won’t
one
be cast down
even
at
the sight
of
him?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}None
is so fierce
that he dare stir him up.
\par }{\QB Who then
is he who
can stand
before
me?
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Who
has first given
to
me,
that I
should repay
him?
\par }{\QB Everything under
the heavens
is mine.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{12}“I
will not keep silence concerning
his limbs,
\par }{\QB nor
his mighty strength, nor
his goodly frame.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Who can strip
off
his outer garment?
\par }{\QB Who
will
come within
his
jaws?
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Who can
open
the doors
of
his
face?
\par }{\QB Around
his teeth
is terror.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Strong scales
are
his pride,
\par }{\QB shut
up
together
with
a
close seal.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{16}One
is
so near
to
another,
\par }{\QB that no air can come between them.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}They are joined
to
one another.
\par }{\QB They stick together, so that they can’t be pulled apart.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}His sneezing flashes
out light.
\par }{\QB His eyes are like
the eyelids
of
the morning.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}Out
of
his mouth go burning torches.
\par }{\QB Sparks
of fire leap out.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Out
of
his nostrils
a smoke goes,
\par }{\QB as
of
a boiling pot
over
a fire
of reeds.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}His breath kindles coals.
\par }{\QB A flame goes out
of
his mouth.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}There is strength
in
his neck.
\par }{\QB Terror dances
before
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}The flakes
of
his flesh are joined
together.
\par }{\QB They are firm
on
him.
\par }{\QB They can’t
be moved.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}His heart
is
as firm
as
a stone,
\par }{\QB yes, firm
as
the lower millstone.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}When
he raises himself
up,
the mighty
are afraid.
\par }{\QB They retreat
before
his thrashing.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}If
one attacks
him
with
the sword,
it can’t prevail;
\par }{\QB nor
the spear,
the dart, nor
the pointed shaft.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}He counts iron as straw,
\par }{\QB and bronze as rotten wood.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}The arrow can’t make him flee.
\par }{\QB Sling stones are like chaff to him.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}Clubs are counted as stubble.
\par }{\QB He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.
\par }{\Q \VS{30}His undersides are like sharp potsherds,
\par }{\QB leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
\par }{\Q \VS{31}He makes the deep to boil like a pot.
\par }{\QB He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
\par }{\Q \VS{32}He makes a path shine after him.
\par }{\QB One would think the deep had white hair.
\par }{\Q \VS{33}On earth there is not his equal,
\par }{\QB that is made without fear.
\par }{\Q \VS{34}He sees everything that is high.
\par }{\QB He is king over all the sons of pride.”
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{42}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Job
answered
the
LORD:
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“I
know
that
you
can
do
all
things,
\par }{\QB and
that
no
purpose
of yours
can
be restrained.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}You asked, ‘Who
is
this
who
hides
counsel
without
knowledge?’
\par }{\QB therefore
I
have
uttered
that
which
I
didn’t
understand,
\par }{\QB things
too
wonderful
for
me,
which
I
didn’t
know.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}You
said, ‘Listen,
now,
and
I
will
speak;
\par }{\QB I
will
question
you,
and
you
will answer
me.’
\par }{\Q \VS{5}I
had
heard
of
you
by
the
hearing
of
the
ear,
\par }{\QB but
now
my
eye
sees
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Therefore
I abhor
myself,
\par }{\QB and
repent
in
dust
and
ashes.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{7}It
was
so,
that
after
the
LORD
had
spoken
these
words
to
Job,
the
LORD
said
to
Eliphaz
the
Temanite, “My
wrath
is
kindled
against
you,
and
against
your
two
friends;
for
you
have
not
spoken
of
me
the
thing
that
is
right,
as
my
servant
Job
has.
\VS{8}Now
therefore,
take
to
yourselves
seven
bulls
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
I
will
accept
him,
that
I
not
deal
with
you
according
to
your
folly.
For
you
have
not
spoken
of
me
the
thing
that
is
right,
as
my
servant
Job
has.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}So
Eliphaz
the
Temanite
and
Bildad
the
Shuhite
and
Zophar
the
Naamathite
went
and
did
what
the
LORD
commanded
them,
and
the
LORD accepted
Job.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}The
LORD
restored
Job’s prosperity
when
he
prayed
for
his
friends.
The
LORD
gave
Job
twice
as
much
as
he
had before.
\VS{11}Then
all
his
brothers,
all
his
sisters,
and
all
those
who
had
been
of
his acquaintance
before,
came
to
him
and
ate
bread
with
him
in
his
house.
They
comforted
him,
and
consoled
him
concerning
all
the
evil
that
the
LORD
had
brought
on
him.
Everyone
also
gave
him
a
piece
of
money,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 42:11 }
literally, kesitah, a unit of money, probably silver}
and
everyone
a
ring
of
gold.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}So
the
LORD
blessed
the
latter
end
of
Job more than
his
beginning.
He
had
fourteen
thousand
sheep,
six
thousand
camels,
one
thousand
yoke
of
oxen,
and
a
thousand
female
donkeys.
\VS{13}He
had also
seven
sons
and
three
daughters.
\VS{14}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}In
all
the
land
were
no
women
found
so
beautiful
as
the
daughters
of
Job.
Their
father
gave
them
an
inheritance amongst
their
brothers.
\VS{16}After
this
Job
lived
one
hundred
and
forty
years,
and
saw
his
sons,
and
his
sons’
sons,
to
four
generations.
\VS{17}So
Job
died, being
old
and
full
of
days.
\par }