JOB 1:1 There was
a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job, and
that man was blameless, upright, fearing God, and
turning away from evil.
JOB 1:2 And seven sons and three daughters
were born to him.
JOB 1:3 His possessions also were 7,000
sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female
donkeys, and very many servants; and that man was
the greatest of all the men of the east.
JOB 1:4 And his sons used to go and hold a
feast in the house of each one on his day, and they
would send and invite their three sisters to eat and
drink with them.
JOB 1:5 And it came about, when the days of
feasting had completed their cycle, that Job would
send and consecrate them, rising up early in the
morning and offering burnt offerings according to
the number of them all; for Job said, "Perhaps my
sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts."
Thus Job did continually.
JOB 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of
God came to present themselves before the Lord, and
Satan also came among them.
JOB 1:7 And the Lord said to Satan, "From
where do you come?" Then Satan answered the Lord and
said, "From roaming about on the earth and walking
around on it."
JOB 1:8 And the Lord said to Satan, "Have you
considered My servant Job? For there is no one like
him on the earth, a blameless and upright man,
fearing God and turning away from evil."
JOB 1:9 Then Satan answered the Lord, "Does
Job fear God for nothing?
JOB 1:10 "Hast Thou not made a hedge about
him and his house and all that he has, on every
side? Thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and
his possessions have increased in the land.
JOB 1:11 "But put forth Thy hand now and
touch all that he has; he will surely curse Thee to
Thy face."
JOB 1:12 Then the Lord said to Satan,
"Behold, all that he has is in your power, only do
not put forth your hand on him." So Satan departed
from the presence of the Lord.
JOB 1:13 Now it happened on the day when his
sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine
in their oldest brother's house,
JOB 1:14 that a messenger came to Job and
said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding
beside them,
JOB 1:15 and the Sabeans attacked and took
them. They also slew the servants with the edge of
the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you."
JOB 1:16 While he was still speaking, another
also came and said, "The fire of God fell from
heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and
consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell
you."
JOB 1:17 While he was still speaking, another
also came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three
bands and made a raid on the camels and took them
and slew the servants with the edge of the sword;
and I alone have escaped to tell you."
JOB 1:18 While he was still speaking, another
also came and said, "Your sons and your daughters
were eating and drinking wine in their oldest
brother's house,
JOB 1:19 and behold, a great wind came from
across the wilderness and struck the four corners of
the house, and it fell on the young people and they
died; and I alone have escaped to tell you."
JOB 1:20 Then Job arose and tore his robe and
shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and
worshiped.
JOB 1:21 And he said, "Naked I came from my
mother's womb, And naked I shall return there. The
Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be
the name of the Lord."
JOB 1:22 Through all this Job did not sin nor
did he blame God.
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JOB 2:1 Again
there was a day when the sons of God came to present
themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came
among them to present himself before the Lord.
JOB 2:2 And the Lord said to Satan, "Where
have you come from?" Then Satan answered the Lord
and said, "From roaming about on the earth, and
walking around on it."
JOB 2:3 And the Lord said to Satan, "Have you
considered My servant Job? For there is no one like
him on the earth, a blameless and upright man
fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still
holds fast his integrity, although you incited Me
against him, to ruin him without cause."
JOB 2:4 And Satan answered the Lord and said,
"Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give
for his life.
JOB 2:5 "However, put forth Thy hand, now,
and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse Thee
to Thy face."
JOB 2:6 So the Lord said to Satan, "Behold,
he is in your power, only spare his life."
JOB 2:7 Then Satan went out from the presence
of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the
sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
JOB 2:8 And he took a potsherd to scrape
himself while he was sitting among the ashes.
JOB 2:9 Then his wife said to him, "Do you
still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!"
JOB 2:10 But he said to her, "You speak as
one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed
accept good from God and not accept adversity?" In
all this Job did not sin with his lips.
JOB 2:11 Now when Job's three friends heard
of all this adversity that had come upon him, they
came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the
Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the
Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to
come to sympathize with him and comfort him.
JOB 2:12 And when they lifted up their eyes
at a distance, and did not recognize him, they
raised their voices and wept. And each of them tore
his robe, and they threw dust over their heads
toward the sky.
JOB 2:13 Then they sat down on the ground
with him for seven days and seven nights with no one
speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain
was very great.
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JOB 3:1 Afterward
Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his
birth.
JOB 3:2 And Job said,
JOB 3:3 "Let the day perish on which I was to
be born, And the night which said, 'A boy is
conceived.'
JOB 3:4 "May that day be darkness; Let not
God above care for it, Nor light shine on it.
JOB 3:5 "Let darkness and black gloom claim
it; Let a cloud settle on it; Let the blackness of
the day terrify it.
JOB 3:6 "As for that night, let darkness
seize it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the
year; Let it not come into the number of the months.
JOB 3:7 "Behold, let that night be barren;
Let no joyful shout enter it.
JOB 3:8 "Let those curse it who curse the
day, Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.
JOB 3:9 "Let the stars of its twilight be
darkened; Let it wait for light but have none,
Neither let it see the breaking dawn;
JOB 3:10 Because it did not shut the opening
of my mother's womb, Or hide trouble from my eyes.
JOB 3:11 "Why did I not die at birth, Come
forth from the womb and expire?
JOB 3:12 "Why did the knees receive me, And
why the breasts, that I should suck?
JOB 3:13 "For now I would have lain down and
been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have
been at rest,
JOB 3:14 With kings and with counselors of
the earth, Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;
JOB 3:15 Or with princes who had gold, Who
were filling their houses with silver.
JOB 3:16 "Or like a miscarriage which is
discarded, I would not be, As infants that never saw
light.
JOB 3:17 "There the wicked cease from raging,
And there the weary are at rest.
JOB 3:18 "The prisoners are at ease together;
They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
JOB 3:19 "The small and the great are there,
And the slave is free from his master.
JOB 3:20 "Why is light given to him who
suffers, And life to the bitter of soul;
JOB 3:21 Who long for death, but there is
none, And dig for it more than for hidden treasures;
JOB 3:22 Who rejoice greatly, They exult when
they find the grave?
JOB 3:23 "Why is light given to a man whose
way is hidden, And whom God has hedged in?
JOB 3:24 "For my groaning comes at the sight
of my food, And my cries pour out like water.
JOB 3:25 "For what I fear comes upon me, And
what I dread befalls me.
JOB 3:26 "I am not at ease, nor am I quiet,
And I am not at rest, but turmoil comes."
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JOB 4:1 Then
Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
JOB 4:2 "If one ventures a word with you,
will you become impatient? But who can refrain from
speaking?
JOB 4:3 "Behold you have admonished many, And
you have strengthened weak hands.
JOB 4:4 "Your words have helped the tottering
to stand, And you have strengthened feeble knees.
JOB 4:5 "But now it has come to you, and you
are impatient; It touches you, and you are dismayed.
JOB 4:6 "Is not your fear of God your
confidence, And the integrity of your ways your
hope?
JOB 4:7 "Remember now, who ever perished
being innocent? Or where were the upright destroyed?
JOB 4:8 "According to what I have seen, those
who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble harvest
it.
JOB 4:9 "By the breath of God they perish,
And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.
JOB 4:10 "The roaring of the lion and the
voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young
lions are broken.
JOB 4:11 "The lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
JOB 4:12 "Now a word was brought to me
stealthily, And my ear received a whisper of it.
JOB 4:13 "Amid disquieting thoughts from the
visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men,
JOB 4:14 Dread came upon me, and trembling,
And made all my bones shake.
JOB 4:15 "Then a spirit passed by my face;
The hair of my flesh bristled up.
JOB 4:16 "It stood still, but I could not
discern its appearance; A form was before my eyes;
There was silence, then I heard a voice:
JOB 4:17 'Can mankind be just before God? Can
a man be pure before his Maker?
JOB 4:18 'He puts no trust even in His
servants; And against His angels He charges error.
JOB 4:19 'How much more those who dwell in
houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who
are crushed before the moth!
JOB 4:20 'Between morning and evening they
are broken in pieces; Unobserved, they perish
forever.
JOB 4:21 'Is not their tent-cord plucked up
within them? They die, yet without wisdom.'
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JOB 5:1 "Call
now, is there anyone who will answer you? And to
which of the holy ones will you turn?
JOB 5:2 "For vexation slays the foolish man,
And anger kills the simple.
JOB 5:3 "I have seen the foolish taking root,
And I cursed his abode immediately.
JOB 5:4 "His sons are far from safety, They
are even oppressed in the gate, Neither is there a
deliverer.
JOB 5:5 "His harvest the hungry devour, And
take it to a place of thorns; And the schemer is
eager for their wealth.
JOB 5:6 "For affliction does not come from
the dust, Neither does trouble sprout from the
ground,
JOB 5:7 For man is born for trouble, As
sparks fly upward.
JOB 5:8 "But as for me, I would seek God, And
I would place my cause before God;
JOB 5:9 Who does great and unsearchable
things, Wonders without number.
JOB 5:10 "He gives rain on the earth, And
sends water on the fields,
JOB 5:11 So that He sets on high those who
are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to safety.
JOB 5:12 "He frustrates the plotting of the
shrewd, So that their hands cannot attain success.
JOB 5:13 "He captures the wise by their own
shrewdness And the advice of the cunning is quickly
thwarted.
JOB 5:14 "By day they meet with darkness, And
grope at noon as in the night.
JOB 5:15 "But He saves from the sword of
their mouth, And the poor from the hand of the
mighty.
JOB 5:16 "So the helpless has hope, And
unrighteousness must shut its mouth.
JOB 5:17 "Behold, how happy is the man whom
God reproves, So do not despise the discipline of
the Almighty.
JOB 5:18 "For He inflicts pain, and gives
relief; He wounds, and His hands also heal.
JOB 5:19 "From six troubles He will deliver
you, Even in seven evil will not touch you.
JOB 5:20 "In famine He will redeem you from
death, And in war from the power of the sword.
JOB 5:21 "You will be hidden from the scourge
of the tongue, Neither will you be afraid of
violence when it comes.
JOB 5:22 "You will laugh at violence and
famine, Neither will you be afraid of wild beasts.
JOB 5:23 "For you will be in league with the
stones of the field; And the beasts of the field
will be at peace with you.
JOB 5:24 "And you will know that your tent is
secure, For you will visit your abode and fear no
loss.
JOB 5:25 "You will know also that your
descendants will be many, And your offspring as the
grass of the earth.
JOB 5:26 "You will come to the grave in full
vigor, Like the stacking of grain in its season.
JOB 5:27 "Behold this, we have investigated
it, thus it is; Hear it, and know for yourself."
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JOB 6:1 Then Job
answered,
JOB 6:2 "Oh that my vexation were actually
weighed, And laid in the balances together with my
iniquity!
JOB 6:3 "For then it would be heavier than
the sand of the seas, Therefore my words have been
rash.
JOB 6:4 "For the arrows of the Almighty are
within me; Their poison my spirit drinks; The
terrors of God are arrayed against me.
JOB 6:5 "Does the wild donkey bray over his
grass, Or does the ox low over his fodder?
JOB 6:6 "Can something tasteless be eaten
without salt, Or is there any taste in the #663300
of an egg?
JOB 6:7 "My soul refuses to touch them; They
are like loathsome food to me.
JOB 6:8 "Oh that my request might come to
pass, And that God would grant my longing!
JOB 6:9 "Would that God were willing to crush
me; That He would loose His hand and cut me off!
JOB 6:10 "But it is still my consolation, And
I rejoice in unsparing pain, That I have not denied
the words of the Holy One.
JOB 6:11 "What is my strength, that I should
wait? And what is my end, that I should endure?
JOB 6:12 "Is my strength the strength of
stones, Or is my flesh bronze?
JOB 6:13 "Is it that my help is not within
me, And that deliverance is driven from me?
JOB 6:14 "For the despairing man there should
be kindness from his friend; Lest he forsake the
fear of the Almighty.
JOB 6:15 "My brothers have acted deceitfully
like a wadi, Like the torrents of wadis which
vanish,
JOB 6:16 Which are turbid because of ice, And
into which the snow melts.
JOB 6:17 "When they become waterless, they
are silent, When it is hot, they vanish from their
place.
JOB 6:18 "The paths of their course wind
along, They go up into nothing and perish.
JOB 6:19 "The caravans of Tema looked, The
travelers of Sheba hoped for them.
JOB 6:20 "They were disappointed for they had
trusted, They came there and were confounded.
JOB 6:21 "Indeed, you have now become such,
You see a terror and are afraid.
JOB 6:22 "Have I said, 'Give me something,'
Or, 'Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,'
JOB 6:23 Or,' Deliver me from the hand of the
adversary,' Or,' Redeem me from the hand of the
tyrants'?
JOB 6:24 "Teach me, and I will be silent; And
show me how I have erred.
JOB 6:25 "How painful are honest words! But
what does your argument prove?
JOB 6:26 "Do you intend to reprove my words,
When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?
JOB 6:27 "You would even cast lots for the
orphans, And barter over your friend.
JOB 6:28 "And now please look at me, And see
if I lie to your face.
JOB 6:29 "Desist now, let there be no
injustice; Even desist, my righteousness is yet in
it.
JOB 6:30 "Is there injustice on my tongue?
Cannot my palate discern calamities?
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JOB 7:1 "Is not
man forced to labor on earth, And are not his days
like the days of a hired man?
JOB 7:2 "As a slave who pants for the shade,
And as a hired man who eagerly waits for his wages,
JOB 7:3 So am I allotted months of vanity,
And nights of trouble are appointed me.
JOB 7:4 "When I lie down I say, 'When shall I
arise?' But the night continues, And I am
continually tossing until dawn.
JOB 7:5 "My flesh is clothed with worms and a
crust of dirt; My skin hardens and runs.
JOB 7:6 "My days are swifter than a weaver's
shuttle, And come to an end without hope.
JOB 7:7 "Remember that my life is but breath,
My eye will not again see good.
JOB 7:8 "The eye of him who sees me will
behold me no more; Thine eyes will be on me, but I
will not be.
JOB 7:9 "When a cloud vanishes, it is gone,
So he who goes down to Sheol does not come up.
JOB 7:10 "He will not return again to his
house, Nor will his place know him anymore.
JOB 7:11 "Therefore, I will not restrain my
mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit, I
will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
JOB 7:12 "Am I the sea, or the sea monster,
That Thou dost set a guard over me?
JOB 7:13 "If I say, 'My bed will comfort me,
My couch will ease my complaint,'
JOB 7:14 Then Thou dost frighten me with
dreams And terrify me by visions;
JOB 7:15 So that my soul would choose
suffocation, Death rather than my pains.
JOB 7:16 "I waste away; I will not live
forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a
breath.
JOB 7:17 "What is man that Thou dost magnify
him, And that Thou art concerned about him,
JOB 7:18 That Thou dost examine him every
morning, And try him every moment?
JOB 7:19 "Wilt Thou never turn Thy gaze away
from me, Nor let me alone until I swallow my
spittle?
JOB 7:20 "Have I sinned? What have I done to
Thee, O watcher of men? Why hast Thou set me as Thy
target, So that I am a burden to myself?
JOB 7:21 "Why then dost Thou not pardon my
transgression And take away my iniquity? For now I
will lie down in the dust; And Thou wilt seek me,
but I will not be."
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JOB 8:1 Then
Bildad the Shuhite answered,
JOB 8:2 "How long will you say these things,
And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
JOB 8:3 "Does God pervert justice Or does the
Almighty pervert what is right?
JOB 8:4 "If your sons sinned against Him,
Then He delivered them into the power of their
transgression.
JOB 8:5 "If you would seek God And implore
the compassion of the Almighty,
JOB 8:6 If you are pure and upright, Surely
now He would rouse Himself for you And restore your
righteous estate.
JOB 8:7 "Though your beginning was
insignificant, Yet your end will increase greatly.
JOB 8:8 "Please inquire of past generations,
And consider the things searched out by their
fathers.
JOB 8:9 "For we are only of yesterday and
know nothing, Because our days on earth are as a
shadow.
JOB 8:10 "Will they not teach you and tell
you, And bring forth words from their minds?
JOB 8:11 "Can the papyrus grow up without
marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?
JOB 8:12 "While it is still green and not cut
down, Yet it withers before any other plant.
JOB 8:13 "So are the paths of all who forget
God, And the hope of the godless will perish,
JOB 8:14 Whose confidence is fragile, And
whose trust a spider's web.
JOB 8:15 "He trusts in his house, but it does
not stand; He holds fast to it, but it does not
endure.
JOB 8:16 "He thrives before the sun, And his
shoots spread out over his garden.
JOB 8:17 "His roots wrap around a rock pile,
He grasps a house of stones.
JOB 8:18 "If he is removed from his place,
Then it will deny him, saying, 'I never saw you.'
JOB 8:19 "Behold, this is the joy of His way;
And out of the dust others will spring.
JOB 8:20 "Lo, God will not reject a man of
integrity, Nor will He support the evildoers.
JOB 8:21 "He will yet fill your mouth with
laughter, And your lips with shouting.
JOB 8:22 "Those who hate you will be clothed
with shame; And the tent of the wicked will be no
more."
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JOB 9:1 Then Job
answered,
JOB 9:2 "In truth I know that this is so, But
how can a man be in the right before God?
JOB 9:3 "If one wished to dispute with Him,
He could not answer Him once in a thousand times.
JOB 9:4 "Wise in heart and mighty in
strength, Who has defied Him without harm?
JOB 9:5 "It is God who removes the mountains,
they know not how, When He overturns them in His
anger;
JOB 9:6 Who shakes the earth out of its
place, And its pillars tremble;
JOB 9:7 Who commands the sun not to shine,
And sets a seal upon the stars;
JOB 9:8 Who alone stretches out the heavens,
And tramples down the waves of the sea;
JOB 9:9 Who makes the Bear, Orion, and the
Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;
JOB 9:10 Who does great things, unfathomable,
And wondrous works without number.
JOB 9:11 "Were He to pass by me, I would not
see Him; Were He to move past me, I would not
perceive Him.
JOB 9:12 "Were He to snatch away, who could
restrain Him? Who could say to Him, 'What art Thou
doing?'
JOB 9:13 "God will not turn back His anger;
Beneath Him crouch the helpers of Rahab.
JOB 9:14 "How then can I answer Him, And
choose my words before Him?
JOB 9:15 "For though I were right, I could
not answer; I would have to implore the mercy of my
judge.
JOB 9:16 "If I called and He answered me, I
could not believe that He was listening to my voice.
JOB 9:17 "For He bruises me with a tempest,
And multiplies my wounds without cause.
JOB 9:18 "He will not allow me to get my
breath, But saturates me with bitterness.
JOB 9:19 "If it is a matter of power, behold,
He is the strong one! And if it is a matter of
justice, who can summon Him?
JOB 9:20 "Though I am righteous, my mouth
will condemn me; Though I am guiltless, He will
declare me guilty.
JOB 9:21 "I am guiltless; I do not take
notice of myself; I despise my life.
JOB 9:22 "It is all one; therefore I say, 'He
destroys the guiltless and the wicked.'
JOB 9:23 "If the scourge kills suddenly, He
mocks the despair of the innocent.
JOB 9:24 "The earth is given into the hand of
the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges. If it
is not He, then who is it?
JOB 9:25 "Now my days are swifter than a
runner; They flee away, they see no good.
JOB 9:26 "They slip by like reed boats, Like
an eagle that swoops on its prey.
JOB 9:27 "Though I say, 'I will forget my
complaint, I will leave off my sad countenance and
be cheerful,'
JOB 9:28 I am afraid of all my pains, I know
that Thou wilt not acquit me.
JOB 9:29 "I am accounted wicked, Why then
should I toil in vain?
JOB 9:30 "If I should wash myself with snow
And cleanse my hands with lye,
JOB 9:31 Yet Thou wouldst plunge me into the
pit, And my own clothes would abhor me.
JOB 9:32 "For He is not a man as I am that I
may answer Him, That we may go to court together.
JOB 9:33 "There is no umpire between us, Who
may lay his hand upon us both.
JOB 9:34 "Let Him remove His rod from me, And
let not dread of Him terrify me.
JOB 9:35 "Then I would speak and not fear
Him; But I am not like that in myself.
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JOB 10:1 "I
loathe my own life; I will give full vent to my
complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my
soul.
JOB 10:2 "I will say to God, 'Do not condemn
me; Let me know why Thou dost contend with me.
JOB 10:3 'Is it right for Thee indeed to
oppress, To reject the labor of Thy hands, And to
look favorably on the schemes of the wicked?
JOB 10:4 'Hast Thou eyes of flesh? Or dost
Thou see as a man sees?
JOB 10:5 'Are Thy days as the days of a
mortal, Or Thy years as man's years,
JOB 10:6 That Thou shouldst seek for my
guilt, And search after my sin?
JOB 10:7 'According to Thy knowledge I am
indeed not guilty; Yet there is no deliverance from
Thy hand.
JOB 10:8 'Thy hands fashioned and made me
altogether, And wouldst Thou destroy me?
JOB 10:9 'Remember now, that Thou hast made
me as clay; And wouldst Thou turn me into dust
again?
JOB 10:10 'Didst Thou not pour me out like
milk, And curdle me like cheese;
JOB 10:11 Clothe me with skin and flesh, And
knit me together with bones and sinews?
JOB 10:12 'Thou hast granted me life and
lovingkindness; And Thy care has preserved my
spirit.
JOB 10:13 'Yet these things Thou hast
concealed in Thy heart; I know that this is within
Thee:
JOB 10:14 If I sin, then Thou wouldst take
note of me, And wouldst not acquit me of my guilt.
JOB 10:15 'If I am wicked, woe to me! And if
I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head. I am
sated with disgrace and conscious of my misery.
JOB 10:16 'And should my head be lifted up,
Thou wouldst hunt me like a lion; And again Thou
wouldst show Thy power against me.
JOB 10:17 'Thou dost renew Thy witnesses
against me, And increase Thine anger toward me,
Hardship after hardship is with me.
JOB 10:18 'Why then hast Thou brought me out
of the womb? Would that I had died and no eye had
seen me!
JOB 10:19 'I should have been as though I had
not been, Carried from womb to tomb.'
JOB 10:20 "Would He not let my few days
alone? Withdraw from me that I may have a little
cheer
JOB 10:21 Before I go - - and I shall not
return - - To the land of darkness and deep shadow;
JOB 10:22 The land of utter gloom as darkness
itself, Of deep shadow without order, And which
shines as the darkness."
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JOB 11:1 Then
Zophar the Naamathite answered,
JOB 11:2 "Shall a multitude of words go
unanswered, And a talkative man be acquitted?
JOB 11:3 "Shall your boasts silence men? And
shall you scoff and none rebuke?
JOB 11:4 "For you have said, 'My teaching is
pure, And I am innocent in your eyes.'
JOB 11:5 "But would that God might speak, And
open His lips against you,
JOB 11:6 And show you the secrets of wisdom!
For sound wisdom has two sides. Know then that God
forgets a part of your iniquity.
JOB 11:7 "Can you discover the depths of God?
Can you discover the limits of the Almighty?
JOB 11:8 "They are high as the heavens, what
can you do? Deeper than Sheol, what can you know?
JOB 11:9 "Its measure is longer than the
earth, And broader than the sea.
JOB 11:10 "If He passes by or shuts up, Or
calls an assembly, who can restrain Him?
JOB 11:11 "For He knows false men, And He
sees iniquity without investigating.
JOB 11:12 "And an idiot will become
intelligent When the foal of a wild donkey is born a
man.
JOB 11:13 "If you would direct your heart
right, And spread out your hand to Him;
JOB 11:14 If iniquity is in your hand, put it
far away, And do not let wickedness dwell in your
tents.
JOB 11:15 "Then, indeed, you could lift up
your face without moral defect, And you would be
steadfast and not fear.
JOB 11:16 "For you would forget your trouble,
As waters that have passed by, you would remember
it.
JOB 11:17 "And your life would be brighter
than noonday; Darkness would be like the morning.
JOB 11:18 "Then you would trust, because
there is hope; And you would look around and rest
securely.
JOB 11:19 "You would lie down and none would
disturb you, And many would entreat your favor.
JOB 11:20 "But the eyes of the wicked will
fail, And there will be no escape for them; And
their hope is to breathe their last."
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JOB 12:1 Then Job
responded,
JOB 12:2 "Truly then you are the people, And
with you wisdom will die!
JOB 12:3 "But I have intelligence as well as
you; I am not inferior to you. And who does not know
such things as these?
JOB 12:4 "I am a joke to my friends. The one
who called on God, and He answered him; The just and
blameless man is a joke.
JOB 12:5 "He who is at ease holds calamity in
contempt, As prepared for those whose feet slip.
JOB 12:6 "The tents of the destroyers
prosper, And those who provoke God are secure, Whom
God brings into their power.
JOB 12:7 "But now ask the beasts, and let
them teach you; And the birds of the heavens, and
let them tell you.
JOB 12:8 "Or speak to the earth, and let it
teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to
you.
JOB 12:9 "Who among all these does not know
That the hand of the Lord has done this,
JOB 12:10 In whose hand is the life of every
living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
JOB 12:11 "Does not the ear test words, As
the palate tastes its food?
JOB 12:12 "Wisdom is with aged men, With long
life is understanding.
JOB 12:13 "With Him are wisdom and might; To
Him belong counsel and understanding.
JOB 12:14 "Behold, He tears down, and it
cannot be rebuilt; He imprisons a man, and there can
be no release.
JOB 12:15 "Behold, He restrains the waters,
and they dry up; And He sends them out, and they
inundate the earth.
JOB 12:16 "With Him are strength and sound
wisdom, The misled and the misleader belong to Him.
JOB 12:17 "He makes counselors walk barefoot,
And makes fools of judges.
JOB 12:18 "He loosens the bond of kings, And
binds their loins with a girdle.
JOB 12:19 "He makes priests walk barefoot,
And overthrows the secure ones.
JOB 12:20 "He deprives the trusted ones of
speech, And takes away the discernment of the
elders.
JOB 12:21 "He pours contempt on nobles, And
loosens the belt of the strong.
JOB 12:22 "He reveals mysteries from the
darkness, And brings the deep darkness into light.
JOB 12:23 "He makes the nations great, then
destroys them; He enlarges the nations, then leads
them away.
JOB 12:24 "He deprives of intelligence the
chiefs of the earth's people, And makes them wander
in a pathless waste.
JOB 12:25 "They grope in darkness with no
light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
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JOB 13:1 "Behold,
my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and
understood it.
JOB 13:2 "What you know I also know. I am not
inferior to you.
JOB 13:3 "But I would speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to argue with God.
JOB 13:4 "But you smear with lies; You are
all worthless physicians.
JOB 13:5 "O that you would be completely
silent, And that it would become your wisdom!
JOB 13:6 "Please hear my argument, And listen
to the contentions of my lips.
JOB 13:7 "Will you speak what is unjust for
God, And speak what is deceitful for Him?
JOB 13:8 "Will you show partiality for Him?
Will you contend for God?
JOB 13:9 "Will it be well when He examines
you? Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
JOB 13:10 "He will surely reprove you, If you
secretly show partiality.
JOB 13:11 "Will not His majesty terrify you,
And the dread of Him fall on you?
JOB 13:12 "Your memorable sayings are
proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of
clay.
JOB 13:13 "Be silent before me so that I may
speak; Then let come on me what may.
JOB 13:14 "Why should I take my flesh in my
teeth, And put my life in my hands?
JOB 13:15 "Though He slay me, I will hope in
Him. Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.
JOB 13:16 "This also will be my salvation,
For a godless man may not come before His presence.
JOB 13:17 "Listen carefully to my speech, And
let my declaration fill your ears.
JOB 13:18 "Behold now, I have prepared my
case; I know that I will be vindicated.
JOB 13:19 "Who will contend with me? For then
I would be silent and die.
JOB 13:20 "Only two things do not do to me,
Then I will not hide from Thy face:
JOB 13:21 Remove Thy hand from me, And let
not the dread of Thee terrify me.
JOB 13:22 "Then call, and I will answer; Or
let me speak, then reply to me.
JOB 13:23 "How many are my iniquities and
sins? Make known to me my rebellion and my sin.
JOB 13:24 "Why dost Thou hide Thy face, And
consider me Thine enemy?
JOB 13:25 "Wilt Thou cause a driven leaf to
tremble? Or wilt Thou pursue the dry chaff?
JOB 13:26 "For Thou dost write bitter things
against me, And dost make me to inherit the
iniquities of my youth.
JOB 13:27 "Thou dost put my feet in the
stocks, And dost watch all my paths; Thou dost set a
limit for the soles of my feet,
JOB 13:28 While I am decaying like a rotten
thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
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JOB 14:1 "Man,
who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of
turmoil.
JOB 14:2 "Like a flower he comes forth and
withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not
remain.
JOB 14:3 "Thou also dost open Thine eyes on
him, And bring him into judgment with Thyself.
JOB 14:4 "Who can make the clean out of the
unclean? No one!
JOB 14:5 "Since his days are determined, The
number of his months is with Thee, And his limits
Thou hast set so that he cannot pass.
JOB 14:6 "Turn Thy gaze from him that he may
rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired man.
JOB 14:7 "For there is hope for a tree, When
it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its
shoots will not fail.
JOB 14:8 "Though its roots grow old in the
ground, And its stump dies in the dry soil,
JOB 14:9 At the scent of water it will
flourish And put forth sprigs like a plant.
JOB 14:10 "But man dies and lies prostrate.
Man expires, and where is he?
JOB 14:11 "As water evaporates from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dried up,
JOB 14:12 So man lies down and does not rise.
Until the heavens be no more, He will not awake nor
be aroused out of his sleep.
JOB 14:13 "Oh that Thou wouldst hide me in
Sheol, That Thou wouldst conceal me until Thy wrath
returns to Thee, That Thou wouldst set a limit for
me and remember me!
JOB 14:14 "If a man dies, will he live again?
All the days of my struggle I will wait, Until my
change comes.
JOB 14:15 "Thou wilt call, and I will answer
Thee; Thou wilt long for the work of Thy hands.
JOB 14:16 "For now Thou dost number my steps,
Thou dost not observe my sin.
JOB 14:17 "My transgression is sealed up in a
bag, And Thou dost wrap up my iniquity.
JOB 14:18 "But the falling mountain crumbles
away, And the rock moves from its place;
JOB 14:19 Water wears away stones, Its
torrents wash away the dust of the earth; So Thou
dost destroy man's hope.
JOB 14:20 "Thou dost forever overpower him
and he departs; Thou dost change his appearance and
send him away.
JOB 14:21 "His sons achieve honor, but he
does not know it; Or they become insignificant, but
he does not perceive it.
JOB 14:22 "But his body pains him, And he
mourns only for himself."
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JOB 15:1 Then
Eliphaz the Temanite responded,
JOB 15:2 "Should a wise man answer with windy
knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
JOB 15:3 "Should he argue with useless talk,
Or with words which are not profitable?
JOB 15:4 "Indeed, you do away with reverence,
And hinder meditation before God.
JOB 15:5 "For your guilt teaches your mouth,
And you choose the language of the crafty.
JOB 15:6 "Your own mouth condemns you, and
not I; And your own lips testify against you.
JOB 15:7 "Were you the first man to be born,
Or were you brought forth before the hills?
JOB 15:8 "Do you hear the secret counsel of
God, And limit wisdom to yourself?
JOB 15:9 "What do you know that we do not
know? What do you understand that we do not?
JOB 15:10 "Both the gray-haired and the aged
are among us, Older than your father.
JOB 15:11 "Are the consolations of God too
small for you, Even the word spoken gently with you?
JOB 15:12 "Why does your heart carry you
away? And why do your eyes flash,
JOB 15:13 That you should turn your spirit
against God, And allow such words to go out of your
mouth?
JOB 15:14 "What is man, that he should be
pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he should
be righteous?
JOB 15:15 "Behold, He puts no trust in His
holy ones, And the heavens are not pure in His
sight;
JOB 15:16 How much less one who is detestable
and corrupt, Man, who drinks iniquity like water!
JOB 15:17 "I will tell you, listen to me; And
what I have seen I will also declare;
JOB 15:18 What wise men have told, And have
not concealed from their fathers,
JOB 15:19 To whom alone the land was given,
And no alien passed among them.
JOB 15:20 "The wicked man writhes in pain all
his days, And numbered are the years stored up for
the ruthless.
JOB 15:21 "Sounds of terror are in his ears,
While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
JOB 15:22 "He does not believe that he will
return from darkness, And he is destined for the
sword.
JOB 15:23 "He wanders about for food, saying,
'Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is at
hand.
JOB 15:24 "Distress and anguish terrify him,
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
JOB 15:25 Because he has stretched out his
hand against God, And conducts himself arrogantly
against the Almighty.
JOB 15:26 "He rushes headlong at Him With his
massive shield.
JOB 15:27 "For he has covered his face with
his fat, And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
JOB 15:28 "And he has lived in desolate
cities, In houses no one would inhabit, Which are
destined to become ruins.
JOB 15:29 "He will not become rich, nor will
his wealth endure; And his grain will not bend down
to the ground.
JOB 15:30 "He will not escape from darkness;
The flame will wither his shoots, And by the breath
of His mouth he will go away.
JOB 15:31 "Let him not trust in emptiness,
deceiving himself; For emptiness will be his reward.
JOB 15:32 "It will be accomplished before his
time, And his palm branch will not be green.
JOB 15:33 "He will drop off his unripe grape
like the vine, And will cast off his flower like the
olive tree.
JOB 15:34 "For the company of the godless is
barren, And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.
JOB 15:35 "They conceive mischief and bring
forth iniquity, And their mind prepares deception."
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JOB 16:1 Then Job
answered,
JOB 16:2 "I have heard many such things;
Sorry comforters are you all.
JOB 16:3 "Is there no limit to windy words?
Or what plagues you that you answer?
JOB 16:4 "I too could speak like you, If I
were in your place. I could compose words against
you, And shake my head at you.
JOB 16:5 "I could strengthen you with my
mouth, And the solace of my lips could lessen your
pain.
JOB 16:6 "If I speak, my pain is not
lessened, And if I hold back, what has left me?
JOB 16:7 "But now He has exhausted me; Thou
hast laid waste all my company.
JOB 16:8 "And Thou hast shriveled me up, It
has become a witness; And my leanness rises up
against me, It testifies to my face.
JOB 16:9 "His anger has torn me and hunted me
down, He has gnashed at me with His teeth; My
adversary glares at me.
JOB 16:10 "They have gaped at me with their
mouth, They have slapped me on the cheek with
contempt; They have massed themselves against me.
JOB 16:11 "God hands me over to ruffians, And
tosses me into the hands of the wicked.
JOB 16:12 "I was at ease, but He shattered
me, And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me
to pieces; He has also set me up as His target.
JOB 16:13 "His arrows surround me. Without
mercy He splits my kidneys open; He pours out my
gall on the ground.
JOB 16:14 "He breaks through me with breach
after breach; He runs at me like a warrior.
JOB 16:15 "I have sewed sackcloth over my
skin, And thrust my horn in the dust.
JOB 16:16 "My face is flushed from weeping,
And deep darkness is on my eyelids,
JOB 16:17 Although there is no violence in my
hands, And my prayer is pure.
JOB 16:18 "O earth, do not cover my blood,
And let there be no resting place for my cry.
JOB 16:19 "Even now, behold, my witness is in
heaven, And my advocate is on high.
JOB 16:20 "My friends are my scoffers; My eye
weeps to God.
JOB 16:21 "O that a man might plead with God
As a man with his neighbor!
JOB 16:22 "For when a few years are past, I
shall go the way of no return.
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JOB 17:1 "My
spirit is broken, my days are extinguished, The
grave is ready for me.
JOB 17:2 "Surely mockers are with me, And my
eye gazes on their provocation.
JOB 17:3 "Lay down, now, a pledge for me with
Thyself; Who is there that will be my guarantor?
JOB 17:4 "For Thou hast kept their heart from
understanding; Therefore Thou wilt not exalt them.
JOB 17:5 "He who informs against friends for
a share of the spoil, The eyes of his children also
shall languish.
JOB 17:6 "But He has made me a byword of the
people, And I am one at whom men spit.
JOB 17:7 "My eye has also grown dim because
of grief, And all my members are as a shadow.
JOB 17:8 "The upright shall be appalled at
this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against
the godless.
JOB 17:9 "Nevertheless the righteous shall
hold to his way, And he who has clean hands shall
grow stronger and stronger.
JOB 17:10 "But come again all of you now, For
I do not find a wise man among you.
JOB 17:11 "My days are past, my plans are
torn apart, Even the wishes of my heart.
JOB 17:12 "They make night into day, saying,
'The light is near,' in the presence of darkness.
JOB 17:13 "If I look for Sheol as my home, I
make my bed in the darkness;
JOB 17:14 If I call to the pit,' You are my
father'; To the worm,' my mother and my sister';
JOB 17:15 Where now is my hope? And who
regards my hope?
JOB 17:16 "Will it go down with me to Sheol?
Shall we together go down into the dust?"
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JOB 18:1 Then
Bildad the Shuhite responded,
JOB 18:2 "How long will you hunt for words?
Show understanding and then we can talk.
JOB 18:3 "Why are we regarded as beasts, As
stupid in your eyes?
JOB 18:4 "O you who tear yourself in your
anger - - For your sake is the earth to be
abandoned, Or the rock to be moved from its place?
JOB 18:5 "Indeed, the light of the wicked
goes out, And the flame of his fire gives no light.
JOB 18:6 "The light in his tent is darkened,
And his lamp goes out above him.
JOB 18:7 "His vigorous stride is shortened,
And his own scheme brings him down.
JOB 18:8 "For he is thrown into the net by
his own feet, And he steps on the webbing.
JOB 18:9 "A snare seizes him by the heel, And
a trap snaps shut on him.
JOB 18:10 "A noose for him is hidden in the
ground, And a trap for him on the path.
JOB 18:11 "All around terrors frighten him,
And harry him at every step.
JOB 18:12 "His strength is famished, And
calamity is ready at his side.
JOB 18:13 "His skin is devoured by disease,
The first-born of death devours his limbs.
JOB 18:14 "He is torn from the security of
his tent, And they march him before the king of
terrors.
JOB 18:15 "There dwells in his tent nothing
of his; Brimstone is scattered on his habitation.
JOB 18:16 "His roots are dried below, And his
branch is cut off above.
JOB 18:17 "Memory of him perishes from the
earth, And he has no name abroad.
JOB 18:18 "He is driven from light into
darkness, And chased from the inhabited world.
JOB 18:19 "He has no offspring or posterity
among his people, Nor any survivor where he
sojourned.
JOB 18:20 "Those in the west are appalled at
his fate, And those in the east are seized with
horror.
JOB 18:21 "Surely such are the dwellings of
the wicked, And this is the place of him who does
not know God."
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JOB 19:1 Then Job
responded,
JOB 19:2 "How long will you torment me, And
crush me with words?
JOB 19:3 "These ten times you have insulted
me, You are not ashamed to wrong me.
JOB 19:4 "Even if I have truly erred, My
error lodges with me.
JOB 19:5 "If indeed you vaunt yourselves
against me, And prove my disgrace to me,
JOB 19:6 Know then that God has wronged me,
And has closed His net around me.
JOB 19:7 "Behold, I cry, 'Violence!' but I
get no answer; I shout for help, but there is no
justice.
JOB 19:8 "He has walled up my way so that I
cannot pass; And He has put darkness on my paths.
JOB 19:9 "He has stripped my honor from me,
And removed the crown from my head.
JOB 19:10 "He breaks me down on every side,
and I am gone; And He has uprooted my hope like a
tree.
JOB 19:11 "He has also kindled His anger
against me, And considered me as His enemy.
JOB 19:12 "His troops come together, And
build up their way against me, And camp around my
tent.
JOB 19:13 "He has removed my brothers far
from me, And my acquaintances are completely
estranged from me.
JOB 19:14 "My relatives have failed, And my
intimate friends have forgotten me.
JOB 19:15 "Those who live in my house and my
maids consider me a stranger. I am a foreigner in
their sight.
JOB 19:16 "I call to my servant, but he does
not answer, I have to implore him with my mouth.
JOB 19:17 "My breath is offensive to my wife,
And I am loathsome to my own brothers.
JOB 19:18 "Even young children despise me; I
rise up and they speak against me.
JOB 19:19 "All my associates abhor me, And
those I love have turned against me.
JOB 19:20 "My bone clings to my skin and my
flesh, And I have escaped only by the skin of my
teeth.
JOB 19:21 "Pity me, pity me, O you my
friends, For the hand of God has struck me.
JOB 19:22 "Why do you persecute me as God
does, And are not satisfied with my flesh?
JOB 19:23 "Oh that my words were written! Oh
that they were inscribed in a book!
JOB 19:24 "That with an iron stylus and lead
They were engraved in the rock forever!
JOB 19:25 "And as for me, I know that my
Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His
stand on the earth.
JOB 19:26 "Even after my skin is destroyed,
Yet from my flesh I shall see
