13:1Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], Mine ear hath heard and understood it. 13:2What ye know, [the same] do I know also: I am not inferior unto you. 13:3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God. 13:4But ye are forgers of lies; Ye are all physicians of no value. 13:5Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom. 13:6Hear now my reasoning, And hearken to the pleadings of my lips. 13:7Will ye speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him? 13:8Will ye show partiality to him? Will ye contend for God? 13:9Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him? 13:10He will surely reprove you If ye do secretly show partiality. 13:11Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall upon you? 13:12Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defences are defences of clay. 13:13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will. 13:14Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand? 13:15Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him. 13:16This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him. 13:17Hear diligently my speech, And let my declaration be in your ears. 13:18Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous. 13:19Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost. 13:20Only do not two things unto me; Then will I not hide myself from thy face: 13:21Withdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid. 13:22Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me. 13:23How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin. 13:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy? 13:25Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? 13:26For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth: 13:27Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet: 13:28Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
14:1Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble. 14:2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 14:3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee? 14:4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. 14:5Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 14:6Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. 14:7For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 14:8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground; 14:9Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant. 14:10But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? 14:11[As] the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up; 14:12So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep. 14:13Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! 14:14If a man die, shall he live [again]? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come. 14:15Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands. 14:16But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin? 14:17My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity. 14:18But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place; 14:19The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man. 14:20Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. 14:21His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. 14:22But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.
15:1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 15:2Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind? 15:3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? 15:4Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God. 15:5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. 15:6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee. 15:7Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills? 15:8Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself? 15:9What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us? 15:10With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father. 15:11Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee? 15:12Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash, 15:13That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth? 15:14What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? 15:15Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight: 15:16How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water! 15:17I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare: 15:18(Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it; 15:19Unto whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them): 15:20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor. 15:21A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 15:22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword. 15:23He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. 15:24Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. 15:25Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty; 15:26He runneth upon him with a [stiff] neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers; 15:27Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins; 15:28And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps; 15:29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth. 15:30He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of [God`s] mouth shall he go away. 15:31Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense. 15:32It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green. 15:33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree. 15:34For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery. 15:35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.
16:1Then Job answered and said, 16:2I have heard many such things: Miserable comforters are ye all. 16:3Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest? 16:4I also could speak as ye do; If your soul were in my soul`s stead, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you. 16:5[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips would assuage [your grief]. 16:6Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased? 16:7But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company. 16:8And thou hast laid fast hold on me, [which] is a witness [against me]: And my leanness riseth up against me, It testifieth to my face. 16:9He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me. 16:10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me. 16:11God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked. 16:12I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark. 16:13His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground. 16:14He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant. 16:15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust. 16:16My face is red with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death; 16:17Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure. 16:18O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no [resting] -place. 16:19Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that voucheth for me is on high. 16:20My friends scoff at me: [But] mine eye poureth out tears unto God, 16:21That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor! 16:22For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
17:1My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is [ready] for me. 17:2Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation. 17:3Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me? 17:4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them]. 17:5He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail. 17:6But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face. 17:7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow. 17:8Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless. 17:9Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger. 17:10But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you. 17:11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart. 17:12They change the night into day: The light, [say they], is near unto the darkness. 17:13If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness; 17:14If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister; 17:15Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it? 17:16It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.
18:1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 18:2How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak. 18:3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [And] are become unclean in your sight? 18:4Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place? 18:5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine. 18:6The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out. 18:7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down. 18:8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils. 18:9A gin shall take [him] by the heel, [And] a snare shall lay hold on him. 18:10A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way. 18:11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels. 18:12His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side. 18:13The members of his body shall be devoured, [Yea], the first-born of death shall devour his members. 18:14He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors. 18:15There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. 18:16His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off. 18:17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street. 18:18He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world. 18:19He shall have neither son nor son`s son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned. 18:20They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted. 18:21Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
19:1Then Job answered and said, 19:2How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words? 19:3These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me. 19:4And be it indeed that I have erred, Mine error remaineth with myself. 19:5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach; 19:6Know now that God hath subverted me [in my cause], And hath compassed me with his net. 19:7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice. 19:8He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths. 19:9He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head. 19:10He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree. 19:11He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as [one of] his adversaries. 19:12His troops come on together, And cast up their way against me, And encamp round about my tent. 19:13He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me. 19:14My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me. 19:15They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am an alien in their sight. 19:16I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, [Though] I entreat him with my mouth. 19:17My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother. 19:18Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me. 19:19All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me. 19:20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. 19:21Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me. 19:22Why do ye persecute me as God, And are not satisfied with my flesh? 19:23Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! 19:24That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever! 19:25But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he will stand up upon the earth: 19:26And after my skin, [even] this [body], is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God; 19:27Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me. 19:28If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me; 19:29Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrath [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment.
20:1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 20:2Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me. 20:3I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me. 20:4Knowest thou [not] this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth, 20:5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment? 20:6Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds; 20:7Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he? 20:8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. 20:9The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him. 20:10His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth. 20:11His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust. 20:12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue, 20:13Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth; 20:14Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him. 20:15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly. 20:16He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper`s tongue shall slay him. 20:17He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter. 20:18That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice. 20:19For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. 20:20Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth. 20:21There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure. 20:22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him. 20:23When he is about to fill his belly, [God] will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating. 20:24He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through. 20:25He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him. 20:26All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown [by man] shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent. 20:27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him. 20:28The increase of his house shall depart; [His goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath. 20:29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.
21:1Then Job answered and said, 21:2Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations. 21:3Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on. 21:4As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient? 21:5Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth. 21:6Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh. 21:7Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power? 21:8Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes. 21:9Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them. 21:10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance. 21:12They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe. 21:13They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol. 21:14And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 21:15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? 21:16Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me. 21:17How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger? 21:18That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away? 21:19[Ye say], God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it: 21:20Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21:21For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off? 21:22Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high? 21:23One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet: 21:24His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moistened. 21:25And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good. 21:26They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them. 21:27Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me. 21:28For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt? 21:29Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences, 21:30That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath? 21:31Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done? 21:32Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb. 21:33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him. 21:34How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth [only] falsehood?
22:1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 22:2Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself. 22:3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect? 22:4Is it for thy fear [of him] that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment? 22:5Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities. 22:6For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing. 22:7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. 22:8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it. 22:9Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 22:10Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee, 22:11Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee. 22:12Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are! 22:13And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? 22:14Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven. 22:15Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden? 22:16Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream, 22:17Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us? 22:18Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 22:19The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn, 22:20[Saying], Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed. 22:21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee. 22:22Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart. 22:23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents. 22:24And lay thou [thy] treasure in the dust, And [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the brooks; 22:25And the Almighty will be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee. 22:26For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God. 22:27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows. 22:28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways. 22:29When they cast [thee] down, thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; And the humble person he will save. 22:30He will deliver [even] him that is not innocent: Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.
23:1Then Job answered and said, 23:2Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning. 23:3Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat! 23:4I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments. 23:5I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me. 23:6Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me. 23:7There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge. 23:8Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there]; And backward, but I cannot perceive him; 23:9On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. 23:10But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. 23:11My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside. 23:12I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. 23:13But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. 23:14For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him. 23:15Therefore am I terrified at his presence; When I consider, I am afraid of him. 23:16For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me; 23:17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
24:1Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days? 24:2There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them. 24:3They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow`s ox for a pledge. 24:4They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves. 24:5Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness [yieldeth] them bread for their children. 24:6They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked. 24:7They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold. 24:8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter. 24:9There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor; 24:10[So that] they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves. 24:11They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst. 24:12From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly. 24:13These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof. 24:14The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief. 24:15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face. 24:16In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light. 24:17For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness. 24:18Swiftly they [pass away] upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards. 24:19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [So doth] Sheol [those that] have sinned. 24:20The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree. 24:21He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow. 24:22Yet [God] preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life. 24:23[God] giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways. 24:24They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain. 24:25And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth?
25:1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 25:2Dominion and fear are with him; He maketh peace in his high places. 25:3Is there any number of his armies? And upon whom doth not his light arise? 25:4How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? 25:5Behold, even the moon hath no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight: 25:6How much less man, that is a worm! And the son of man, that is a worm!
26:1Then Job answered and said, 26:2How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength! 26:3How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge! 26:4To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee? 26:5They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof. 26:6Sheol is naked before [God], And Abaddon hath no covering. 26:7He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing. 26:8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them. 26:9He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it. 26:10He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness. 26:11The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke. 26:12He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab. 26:13By his Spirit the heavens are garnished; His hand hath pierced the swift serpent. 26:14Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
27:1And Job again took up his parable, and said, 27:2As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul: 27:3(For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils); 27:4Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit. 27:5Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me. 27:6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live. 27:7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous. 27:8For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul? 27:9Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him? 27:10Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times? 27:11I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. 27:12Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain? 27:13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty: 27:14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 27:15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation. 27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay; 27:17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver. 27:18He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh. 27:19He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers]; He openeth his eyes, and he is not. 27:20Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night. 27:21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place. 27:22For [God] shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand. 27:23Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.
28:1Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine. 28:2Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone. 28:3[Man] setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness. 28:4He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro. 28:5As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire. 28:6The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold. 28:7That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon`s eye seen it: 28:8The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby. 28:9He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots. 28:10He cutteth out channels among the rocks; And his eye seeth every precious thing. 28:11He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. 28:12But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? 28:13Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living. 28:14The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me. 28:15It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. 28:16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire. 28:17Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. 28:18No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies. 28:19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold. 28:20Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding? 28:21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens. 28:22Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears. 28:23God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof. 28:24For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven; 28:25To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure. 28:26When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder; 28:27Then did he see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out. 28:28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.
29:1And Job again took up his parable, and said, 29:2Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me; 29:3When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness; 29:4As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent; 29:5When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me; 29:6When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil! 29:7When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street, 29:8The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood; 29:9The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth; 29:10The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 29:11For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; And when the eye saw [me], it gave witness unto me: 29:12Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him. 29:13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow`s heart to sing for joy. 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem. 29:15I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame. 29:16I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out. 29:17And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth. 29:18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand: 29:19My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch; 29:20My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand. 29:21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel. 29:22After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them. 29:23And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain. 29:24I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down. 29:25I chose out their way, and sat [as] chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners.
30:1But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock. 30:2Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished. 30:3They are gaunt with want and famine; They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation. 30:4They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their food. 30:5They are driven forth from the midst [of men]; They cry after them as after a thief; 30:6So that they dwell in frightful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks. 30:7Among the bushes they bray; Under the nettles they are gathered together. 30:8[They are] children of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land. 30:9And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them. 30:10They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And spare not to spit in my face. 30:11For he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me; And they have cast off the bridle before me. 30:12Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction. 30:13They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, [Even] men that have no helper. 30:14As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves [upon me]. 30:15Terrors are turned upon me; They chase mine honor as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud. 30:16And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me. 30:17In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And the [pains] that gnaw me take no rest. 30:18By [God`s] great force is my garment disfigured; It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. 30:19He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes. 30:20I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me. 30:21Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me. 30:22Thou liftest me up to the wind, thou causest me to ride [upon it]; And thou dissolvest me in the storm. 30:23For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living. 30:24Howbeit doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help? 30:25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy? 30:26When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness. 30:27My heart is troubled, and resteth not; Days of affliction are come upon me. 30:28I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help. 30:29I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches. 30:30My skin is black, [and falleth] from me, And my bones are burned with heat. 30:31Therefore is my harp [turned] to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.
31:1I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin? 31:2For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high? 31:3Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity? 31:4Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps? 31:5If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit 31:6(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity); 31:7If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands: 31:8Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out. 31:9If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor`s door; 31:10Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her. 31:11For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges: 31:12For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase. 31:13If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me; 31:14What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? 31:15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb? 31:16If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 31:17Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof 31:18(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother`s womb); 31:19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering; 31:20If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate: 31:22Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone. 31:23For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing. 31:24If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence; 31:25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much; 31:26If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness, 31:27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand: 31:28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above. 31:29If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him; 31:30(Yea, I have not suffered by mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse); 31:31If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat? 31:32(The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller); 31:33If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom, 31:34Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door- 31:35Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); And [that I had] the indictment which mine adversary hath written! 31:36Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown: 31:37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him. 31:38If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together; 31:39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: 31:40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
32:1So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. 32:2Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. 32:3Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. 32:4Now Elihu had waited to speak unto Job, because they were elder than he. 32:5And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled. 32:6And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; Wherefore I held back, and durst not show you mine opinion. 32:7I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom. 32:8But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding. 32:9It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice. 32:10Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will show mine opinion. 32:11Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your reasonings, Whilst ye searched out what to say. 32:12Yea, I attended unto you, And, behold, there was none that convinced Job, Or that answered his words, among you. 32:13Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man: 32:14For he hath not directed his words against me; Neither will I answer him with your speeches. 32:15They are amazed, they answer no more: They have not a word to say. 32:16And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more? 32:17I also will answer my part, I also will show mine opinion. 32:18For I am full of words; The spirit within me constraineth me. 32:19Behold, my breast is as wine which hath no vent; Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst. 32:20I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer. 32:21Let me not, I pray you, respect any man`s person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man. 32:22For I know not to give flattering titles; [Else] would my Maker soon take me away.