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 God;
JOB 19:27 Whom I myself shall behold, And
whom my eyes shall see and not another. My heart
faints within me.
JOB 19:28 "If you say, 'How shall we
persecute him?' And 'What pretext for a case against
him can we find?'
JOB 19:29 "Then be afraid of the sword for
yourselves, For wrath brings the punishment of the
sword, So that you may know there is judgment."
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JOB 20:1 Then
Zophar the Naamathite answered,
JOB 20:2 "Therefore my disquieting thoughts
make me respond, Even because of my inward
agitation.
JOB 20:3 "I listened to the reproof which
insults me, And the spirit of my understanding makes
me answer.
JOB 20:4 "Do you know this from of old, From
the establishment of man on earth,
JOB 20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is
short, And the joy of the godless momentary?
JOB 20:6 "Though his loftiness reaches the
heavens, And his head touches the clouds,
JOB 20:7 He perishes forever like his refuse;
Those who have seen him will say,' Where is he?'
JOB 20:8 "He flies away like a dream, and
they cannot find him; Even like a vision of the
night he is chased away.
JOB 20:9 "The eye which saw him sees him no
more, And his place no longer beholds him.
JOB 20:10 "His sons favor the poor, And his
hands give back his wealth.
JOB 20:11 "His bones are full of his youthful
vigor, But it lies down with him in the dust.
JOB 20:12 "Though evil is sweet in his mouth,
And he hides it under his tongue,
JOB 20:13 Though he desires it and will not
let it go, But holds it in his mouth,
JOB 20:14 Yet his food in his stomach is
changed To the venom of cobras within him.
JOB 20:15 "He swallows riches, But will vomit
them up; God will expel them from his belly.
JOB 20:16 "He sucks the poison of cobras; The
viper's tongue slays him.
JOB 20:17 "He does not look at the streams,
The rivers flowing with honey and curds.
JOB 20:18 "He returns what he has attained
And cannot swallow it; As to the riches of his
trading, He cannot even enjoy them.
JOB 20:19 "For he has oppressed and forsaken
the poor; He has seized a house which he has not
built.
JOB 20:20 "Because he knew no quiet within
him He does not retain anything he desires.
JOB 20:21 "Nothing remains for him to devour,
Therefore his prosperity does not endure.
JOB 20:22 "In the fulness of his plenty he
will be cramped; The hand of everyone who suffers
will come against him.
JOB 20:23 "When he fills his belly, God will
send His fierce anger on him And will rain it on him
while he is eating.
JOB 20:24 "He may flee from the iron weapon,
But the bronze bow will pierce him.
JOB 20:25 "It is drawn forth and comes out of
his back, Even the glittering point from his gall.
Terrors come upon him,
JOB 20:26 Complete darkness is held in
reserve for his treasures, And unfanned fire will
devour him; It will consume the survivor in his
tent.
JOB 20:27 "The heavens will reveal his
iniquity, And the earth will rise up against him.
JOB 20:28 "The increase of his house will
depart; His possessions will flow away in the day of
His anger.
JOB 20:29 "This is the wicked man's portion
from God, Even the heritage decreed to him by God."
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JOB 21:1 Then Job
answered,
JOB 21:2 "Listen carefully to my speech, And
let this be your way of consolation.
JOB 21:3 "Bear with me that I may speak; Then
after I have spoken, you may mock.
JOB 21:4 "As for me, is my complaint to man?
And why should I not be impatient?
JOB 21:5 "Look at me, and be astonished, And
put your hand over your mouth.
JOB 21:6 "Even when I remember, I am
disturbed, And horror takes hold of my flesh.
JOB 21:7 "Why do the wicked still live,
Continue on, also become very powerful?
JOB 21:8 "Their descendants are established
with them in their sight, And their offspring before
their eyes,
JOB 21:9 Their houses are safe from fear,
Neither is the rod of God on them.
JOB 21:10 "His ox mates without fail; His cow
calves and does not abort.
JOB 21:11 "They send forth their little ones
like the flock, And their children skip about.
JOB 21:12 "They sing to the timbrel and harp
And rejoice at the sound of the flute.
JOB 21:13 "They spend their days in
prosperity, And suddenly they go down to Sheol.
JOB 21:14 "And they say to God, 'Depart from
us! We do not even desire the knowledge of Thy ways.
JOB 21:15 'Who is the Almighty, that we
should serve Him, And what would we gain if we
entreat Him?'
JOB 21:16 "Behold, their prosperity is not in
their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from
me.
JOB 21:17 "How often is the lamp of the
wicked put out, Or does their calamity fall on them?
Does God apportion destruction in His anger?
JOB 21:18 "Are they as straw before the wind,
And like chaff which the storm carries away?
JOB 21:19 "You say, 'God stores away a man's
iniquity for his sons.' Let God repay him so that he
may know it.
JOB 21:20 "Let his own eyes see his decay,
And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
JOB 21:21 "For what does he care for his
household after him, When the number of his months
is cut off?
JOB 21:22 "Can anyone teach God knowledge, In
that He judges those on high?
JOB 21:23 "One dies in his full strength,
Being wholly at ease and satisfied;
JOB 21:24 His sides are filled out with fat,
And the marrow of his bones is moist,
JOB 21:25 While another dies with a bitter
soul, Never even tasting anything good.
JOB 21:26 "Together they lie down in the
dust, And worms cover them.
JOB 21:27 "Behold, I know your thoughts, And
the plans by which you would wrong me.
JOB 21:28 "For you say, 'Where is the house
of the nobleman, And where is the tent, the dwelling
places of the wicked?'
JOB 21:29 "Have you not asked wayfaring men,
And do you not recognize their witness?
JOB 21:30 "For the wicked is reserved for the
day of calamity; They will be led forth at the day
of fury.
JOB 21:31 "Who will confront him with his
actions, And who will repay him for what he has
done?
JOB 21:32 "While he is carried to the grave,
Men will keep watch over his tomb.
JOB 21:33 "The clods of the valley will
gently cover him; Moreover, all men will follow
after him, While countless ones go before him.
JOB 21:34 "How then will you vainly comfort
me, For your answers remain full of falsehood?"
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JOB 22:1 Then
Eliphaz the Temanite responded,
JOB 22:2 "Can a vigorous man be of use to
God, Or a wise man be useful to himself?
JOB 22:3 "Is there any pleasure to the
Almighty if you are righteous, Or profit if you make
your ways perfect?
JOB 22:4 "Is it because of your reverence
that He reproves you, That He enters into judgment
against you?
JOB 22:5 "Is not your wickedness great, And
your iniquities without end?
JOB 22:6 "For you have taken pledges of your
brothers without cause, And stripped men naked.
JOB 22:7 "To the weary you have given no
water to drink, And from the hungry you have
withheld bread.
JOB 22:8 "But the earth belongs to the mighty
man, And the honorable man dwells in it.
JOB 22:9 "You have sent widows away empty,
And the strength of the orphans has been crushed.
JOB 22:10 "Therefore snares surround you, And
sudden dread terrifies you,
JOB 22:11 Or darkness, so that you cannot
see, And an abundance of water covers you.
JOB 22:12 "Is not God in the height of
heaven? Look also at the distant stars, how high
they are!
JOB 22:13 "And you say, 'What does God know?
Can He judge through the thick darkness?
JOB 22:14 'Clouds are a hiding place for Him,
so that He cannot see; And He walks on the vault of
heaven.'
JOB 22:15 "Will you keep to the ancient path
Which wicked men have trod,
JOB 22:16 Who were snatched away before their
time, Whose foundations were washed away by a river?
JOB 22:17 "They said to God, 'Depart from
us!' And 'What can the Almighty do to them?'
JOB 22:18 "Yet He filled their houses with
good things; But the counsel of the wicked is far
from me.
JOB 22:19 "The righteous see and are glad,
And the innocent mock them,
JOB 22:20 Saying,' Truly our adversaries are
cut off, And their abundance the fire has consumed.'
JOB 22:21 "Yield now and be at peace with
Him; Thereby good will come to you.
JOB 22:22 "Please receive instruction from
His mouth, And establish His words in your heart.
JOB 22:23 "If you return to the Almighty, you
will be restored; If you remove unrighteousness far
from your tent,
JOB 22:24 And place your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the
brooks,
JOB 22:25 Then the Almighty will be your gold
And choice silver to you.
JOB 22:26 "For then you will delight in the
Almighty, And lift up your face to God.
JOB 22:27 "You will pray to Him, and He will
hear you; And you will pay your vows.
JOB 22:28 "You will also decree a thing, and
it will be established for you; And light will shine
on your ways.
JOB 22:29 "When you are cast down, you will
speak with confidence And the humble person He will
save.
JOB 22:30 "He will deliver one who is not
innocent, And he will be delivered through the
cleanness of your hands."
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JOB 23:1 Then Job
replied,
JOB 23:2 "Even today my complaint is
rebellion; His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
JOB 23:3 "Oh that I knew where I might find
Him, That I might come to His seat!
JOB 23:4 "I would present my case before Him
And fill my mouth with arguments.
JOB 23:5 "I would learn the words which He
would answer, And perceive what He would say to me.
JOB 23:6 "Would He contend with me by the
greatness of His power? No, surely He would pay
attention to me.V JOB 23:7 "There the upright
would reason with Him; And I would be delivered
forever from my Judge.
JOB 23:8 "Behold, I go forward but He is not
there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
JOB 23:9 When He acts on the left, I cannot
behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.
JOB 23:10 "But He knows the way I take; When
He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
JOB 23:11 "My foot has held fast to His path;
I have kept His way and not turned aside.
JOB 23:12 "I have not departed from the
command of His lips; I have treasured the words of
His mouth more than my necessary food.
JOB 23:13 "But He is unique and who can turn
Him? And what His soul desires, that He does.
JOB 23:14 "For He performs what is appointed
for me, And many such decrees are with Him.
JOB 23:15 "Therefore, I would be dismayed at
His presence; When I consider, I am terrified of
Him.
JOB 23:16 "It is God who has made my heart
faint, And the Almighty who has dismayed me,
JOB 23:17 But I am not silenced by the
darkness, Nor deep gloom which covers me.
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JOB 24:1 "Why are
times not stored up by the Almighty, And why do
those who know Him not see His days?
JOB 24:2 "Some remove the landmarks; They
seize and devour flocks.
JOB 24:3 "They drive away the donkeys of the
orphans; They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
JOB 24:4 "They push the needy aside from the
road; The poor of the land are made to hide
themselves altogether.
JOB 24:5 "Behold, as wild donkeys in the
wilderness They go forth seeking food in their
activity, As bread for their children in the desert.
JOB 24:6 "They harvest their fodder in the
field, And they glean the vineyard of the wicked.
JOB 24:7 "They spend the night naked, without
clothing, And have no covering against the cold.
JOB 24:8 "They are wet with the mountain
rains, And they hug the rock for want of a shelter.
JOB 24:9 "Others snatch the orphan from the
breast, And against the poor they take a pledge.
JOB 24:10 "They cause the poor to go about
naked without clothing, And they take away the
sheaves from the hungry.
JOB 24:11 "Within the walls they produce oil;
They tread wine presses but thirst.
JOB 24:12 "From the city men groan, And the
souls of the wounded cry out; Yet God does not pay
attention to folly.
JOB 24:13 "Others have been with those who
rebel against the light; They do not want to know
its ways, Nor abide in its paths.
JOB 24:14 "The murderer arises at dawn; He
kills the poor and the needy, And at night he is as
a thief.
JOB 24:15 "And the eye of the adulterer waits
for the twilight, Saying, 'No eye will see me.' And
he disguises his face.
JOB 24:16 "In the dark they dig into houses,
They shut themselves up by day; They do not know the
light.
JOB 24:17 "For the morning is the same to him
as thick darkness, For he is familiar with the
terrors of thick darkness.
JOB 24:18 "They are insignificant on the
surface of the water; Their portion is cursed on the
earth. They do not turn toward the vineyards.
JOB 24:19 "Drought and heat consume the snow
waters, So does Sheol those who have sinned.
JOB 24:20 "A mother will forget him; The worm
feeds sweetly till he is remembered no more. And
wickedness will be broken like a tree.
JOB 24:21 "He wrongs the barren woman, And
does no good for the widow.
JOB 24:22 "But He drags off the valiant by
His power; He rises, but no one has assurance of
life.
JOB 24:23 "He provides them with security,
and they are supported; And His eyes are on their
ways.
JOB 24:24 "They are exalted a little while,
then they are gone; Moreover, they are brought low
and like everything gathered up; Even like the heads
of grain they are cut off.
JOB 24:25 "Now if it is not so, who can prove
me a liar, And make my speech worthless?"
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JOB 25:1 Then
Bildad the Shuhite answered,
JOB 25:2 "Dominion and awe belong to Him Who
establishes peace in His heights.
JOB 25:3 "Is there any number to His troops?
And upon whom does His light not rise?
JOB 25:4 "How then can a man be just with
God? Or how can he be clean who is born of woman?
JOB 25:5 "If even the moon has no brightness
And the stars are not pure in His sight,
JOB 25:6 How much less man, that maggot, And
the son of man, that worm!"
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JOB 26:1 Then Job
responded,
JOB 26:2 "What a help you are to the weak!
How you have saved the arm without strength!
JOB 26:3 "What counsel you have given to one
without wisdom! What helpful insight you have
abundantly provided!
JOB 26:4 "To whom have you uttered words? And
whose spirit was expressed through you?
JOB 26:5 "The departed spirits tremble Under
the waters and their inhabitants.
JOB 26:6 "Naked is Sheol before Him And
Abaddon has no covering.
JOB 26:7 "He stretches out the north over
empty space, And hangs the earth on nothing.
JOB 26:8 "He wraps up the waters in His
clouds; And the cloud does not burst under them.
JOB 26:9 "He obscures the face of the full
moon, And spreads His cloud over it.
JOB 26:10 "He has inscribed a circle on the
surface of the waters, At the boundary of light and
darkness.
JOB 26:11 "The pillars of heaven tremble, And
are amazed at His rebuke.
JOB 26:12 "He quieted the sea with His power,
And by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
JOB 26:13 "By His breath the heavens are
cleared; His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent.
JOB 26:14 "Behold, these are the fringes of
His ways; And how faint a word we hear of Him! But
His mighty thunder, who can understand?"
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JOB 27:1 Then Job
continued his discourse and said,
JOB 27:2 "As God lives, who has taken away my
right, And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,
JOB 27:3 For as long as life is in me, And
the breath of God is in my nostrils,
JOB 27:4 My lips certainly will not speak
unjustly, Nor will my tongue mutter deceit.
JOB 27:5 "Far be it from me that I should
declare you right; Till I die I will not put away my
integrity from me.
JOB 27:6 "I hold fast my righteousness and
will not let it go. My heart does not reproach any
of my days.
JOB 27:7 "May my enemy be as the wicked, And
my opponent as the unjust.
JOB 27:8 "For what is the hope of the godless
when he is cut off, When God requires his life?
JOB 27:9 "Will God hear his cry, When
distress comes upon him?
JOB 27:10 "Will he take delight in the
Almighty, Will he call on God at all times?
JOB 27:11 "I will instruct you in the power
of God; What is with the Almighty I will not
conceal.
JOB 27:12 "Behold, all of you have seen it;
Why then do you act foolishly?
JOB 27:13 "This is the portion of a wicked
man from God, And the inheritance which tyrants
receive from the Almighty.
JOB 27:14 "Though his sons are many, they are
destined for the sword; And his descendants will not
be satisfied with bread.
JOB 27:15 "His survivors will be buried
because of the plague, And their widows will not be
able to weep.
JOB 27:16 "Though he piles up silver like
dust, And prepares garments as plentiful as the
clay;
JOB 27:17 He may prepare it, but the just
will wear it, And the innocent will divide the
silver.
JOB 27:18 "He has built his house like the
spider's web, Or as a hut which the watchman has
made.
JOB 27:19 "He lies down rich, but never
again; He opens his eyes, and it is no more.
JOB 27:20 "Terrors overtake him like a flood;
A tempest steals him away in the night.
JOB 27:21 "The east wind carries him away,
and he is gone, For it whirls him away from his
place.
JOB 27:22 "For it will hurl at him without
sparing; He will surely try to flee from its power.
JOB 27:23 "Men will clap their hands at him,
And will hiss him from his place.
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JOB 28:1 "Surely
there is a mine for silver, And a place where they
refine gold.
JOB 28:2 "Iron is taken from the dust, And
from rock copper is smelted.
JOB 28:3 "Man puts an end to darkness, And to
the farthest limit he searches out The rock in gloom
and deep shadow.
JOB 28:4 "He sinks a shaft far from
habitation, Forgotten by the foot; They hang and
swing to and fro far from men.
JOB 28:5 "The earth, from it comes food, And
underneath it is turned up as fire.
JOB 28:6 "Its rocks are the source of
sapphires, And its dust contains gold.
JOB 28:7 "The path no bird of prey knows, Nor
has the falcon's eye caught sight of it.
JOB 28:8 "The proud beasts have not trodden
it, Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.
JOB 28:9 "He puts his hand on the flint; He
overturns the mountains at the base.
JOB 28:10 "He hews out channels through the
rocks; And his eye sees anything precious.
JOB 28:11 "He dams up the streams from
flowing; And what is hidden he brings out to the
light.
JOB 28:12 "But where can wisdom be found? And
where is the place of understanding?
JOB 28:13 "Man does not know its value, Nor
is it found in the land of the living.
JOB 28:14 "The deep says, 'It is not in me';
And the sea says, 'It is not with me.'
JOB 28:15 "Pure gold cannot be given in
exchange for it, Nor can silver be weighed as its
price.
JOB 28:16 "It cannot be valued in the gold of
Ophir, In precious onyx, or sapphire.
JOB 28:17 "Gold or glass cannot equal it, Nor
can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold.
JOB 28:18 "Coral and crystal are not to be
mentioned; And the acquisition of wisdom is above
that of pearls.
JOB 28:19 "The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal
it, Nor can it be valued in pure gold.
JOB 28:20 "Where then does wisdom come from?
And where is the place of understanding?
JOB 28:21 "Thus it is hidden from the eyes of
all living, And concealed from the birds of the sky.
JOB 28:22 "Abaddon and Death say, 'With our
ears we have heard a report of it.'
JOB 28:23 "God understands its way; And He
knows its place.
JOB 28:24 "For He looks to the ends of the
earth, And sees everything under the heavens.
JOB 28:25 "When He imparted weight to the
wind, And meted out the waters by measure,
JOB 28:26 When He set a limit for the rain,
And a course for the thunderbolt,
JOB 28:27 Then He saw it and declared it; He
established it and also searched it out.
JOB 28:28 "And to man He said, 'Behold, the
fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from
evil is understanding.'"
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JOB 29:1 And Job
again took up his discourse and said,
JOB 29:2 "Oh that I were as in months gone
by, As in the days when God watched over me;
JOB 29:3 When His lamp shone over my head,
And by His light I walked through darkness;
JOB 29:4 As I was in the prime of my days,
When the friendship of God was over my tent;
JOB 29:5 When the Almighty was yet with me,
And my children were around me;
JOB 29:6 When my steps were bathed in butter,
And the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
JOB 29:7 "When I went out to the gate of the
city, When I took my seat in the square;
JOB 29:8 The young men saw me and hid
themselves, And the old men arose and stood.
JOB 29:9 "The princes stopped talking, And
put their hands on their mouths;
JOB 29:10 The voice of the nobles was hushed,
And their tongue stuck to their palate.
JOB 29:11 "For when the ear heard, it called
me blessed; And when the eye saw, it gave witness of
me,
JOB 29:12 Because I delivered the poor who
cried for help, And the orphan who had no helper.
JOB 29:13 "The blessing of the one ready to
perish came upon me, And I made the widow's heart
sing for joy.
JOB 29:14 "I put on righteousness, and it
clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban.
JOB 29:15 "I was eyes to the blind, And feet
to the lame.
JOB 29:16 "I was a father to the needy, And I
investigated the case which I did not know.
JOB 29:17 "And I broke the jaws of the
wicked, And snatched the prey from his teeth.
JOB 29:18 "Then I thought, 'I shall die in my
nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand.
JOB 29:19 'My root is spread out to the
waters, And dew lies all night on my branch.
JOB 29:20 'My glory is ever new with me, And
my bow is renewed in my hand.'
JOB 29:21 "To me they listened and waited,
And kept silent for my counsel.
JOB 29:22 "After my words they did not speak
again, And my speech dropped on them.
JOB 29:23 "And they waited for me as for the
rain, And opened their mouth as for the spring rain.
JOB 29:24 "I smiled on them when they did not
believe, And the light of my face they did not cast
down.
JOB 29:25 "I chose a way for them and sat as
chief, And dwelt as a king among the troops, As one
who comforted the mourners.
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JOB 30:1 "But now
those younger than I mock me, Whose fathers I
disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.
JOB 30:2 "Indeed, what good was the strength
of their hands to me? Vigor had perished from them.
JOB 30:3 "From want and famine they are gaunt
Who gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and
desolation,
JOB 30:4 Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And
whose food is the root of the broom shrub.
JOB 30:5 "They are driven from the community;
They shout against them as against a thief,
JOB 30:6 So that they dwell in dreadful
valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.
JOB 30:7 "Among the bushes they cry out;
Under the nettles they are gathered together.
JOB 30:8 "Fools, even those without a name,
They were scourged from the land.
JOB 30:9 "And now I have become their taunt,
I have even become a byword to them.
JOB 30:10 "They abhor me and stand aloof from
me, And they do not refrain from spitting at my
face.
JOB 30:11 "Because He has loosed His
bowstring and afflicted me, They have cast off the
bridle before me.
JOB 30:12 "On the right hand their brood
arises; They thrust aside my feet and build up
against me their ways of destruction.
JOB 30:13 "They break up my path, They profit
from my destruction, No one restrains them.
JOB 30:14 "As through a wide breach they
come, Amid the tempest they roll on.
JOB 30:15 "Terrors are turned against me,
They pursue my honor as the wind, And my prosperity
has passed away like a cloud.
JOB 30:16 "And now my soul is poured out
within me; Days of affliction have seized me.
JOB 30:17 "At night it pierces my bones
within me, And my gnawing pains take no rest.
JOB 30:18 "By a great force my garment is
distorted; It binds me about as the collar of my
coat.
JOB 30:19 "He has cast me into the mire, And
I have become like dust and ashes.
JOB 30:20 "I cry out to Thee for help, but
Thou dost not answer me; I stand up, and Thou dost
turn Thy attention against me.
JOB 30:21 "Thou hast become cruel to me; With
the might of Thy hand Thou dost persecute me.
JOB 30:22 "Thou dost lift me up to the wind
and cause me to ride; And Thou dost dissolve me in a
storm.
JOB 30:23 "For I know that Thou wilt bring me
to death And to the house of meeting for all living.
JOB 30:24 "Yet does not one in a heap of
ruins stretch out his hand, Or in his disaster
therefore cry out for help?
JOB 30:25 "Have I not wept for the one whose
life is hard? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
JOB 30:26 "When I expected good, then evil
came; When I waited for light, then darkness came.
JOB 30:27 "I am seething within, and cannot
relax; Days of affliction confront me.
JOB 30:28 "I go about mourning without
comfort; I stand up in the assembly and cry out for
help.
JOB 30:29 "I have become a brother to
jackals, And a companion of ostriches.
JOB 30:30 "My skin turns black on me, And my
bones burn with fever.
JOB 30:31 "Therefore my harp is turned to
mourning, And my flute to the sound of those who
weep.
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JOB 31:1 "I Have
made a covenant with my eyes; How then could I gaze
at a virgin?
JOB 31:2 "And what is the portion of God from
above Or the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
JOB 31:3 "Is it not calamity to the unjust,
And disaster to those who work iniquity?
JOB 31:4 "Does He not see my ways, And number
all my steps?
JOB 31:5 "If I have walked with falsehood,
And my foot has hastened after deceit,
JOB 31:6 Let Him weigh me with accurate
scales, And let God know my integrity.
JOB 31:7 "If my step has turned from the way,
Or my heart followed my eyes, Or if any spot has
stuck to my hands,
JOB 31:8 Let me sow and another eat, And let
my crops be uprooted.
JOB 31:9 "If my heart has been enticed by a
woman, Or I have lurked at my neighbor's doorway,
JOB 31:10 May my wife grind for another, And
let others kneel down over her.
JOB 31:11 "For that would be a lustful crime;
Moreover, it would be an iniquity punishable by
judges.
JOB 31:12 "For it would be fire that consumes
to Abaddon, And would uproot all my increase.
JOB 31:13 "If I have despised the claim of my
male or female slaves When they filed a complaint
against me,
JOB 31:14 What then could I do when God
arises, And when He calls me to account, what will I
answer Him?
JOB 31:15 "Did not He who made me in the womb
make him, And the same one fashion us in the womb?
JOB 31:16 "If I have kept the poor from their
desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to
fail,
JOB 31:17 Or have eaten my morsel alone, And
the orphan has not shared it
JOB 31:18 (But from my youth he grew up with
me as with a father, And from infancy I guided her),
JOB 31:19 If I have seen anyone perish for
lack of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering,
JOB 31:20 If his loins have not thanked me,
And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my
sheep,
JOB 31:21 If I have lifted up my hand against
the orphan, Because I saw I had support in the gate,
JOB 31:22 Let my shoulder fall from the
socket, And my arm be broken off at the elbow.
JOB 31:23 "For calamity from God is a terror
to me, And because of His majesty I can do nothing.
JOB 31:24 "If I have put my confidence in
gold, And called fine gold my trust,
JOB 31:25 If I have gloated because my wealth
was great, And because my hand had secured so much;
JOB 31:26 If I have looked at the sun when it
shone, Or the moon going in splendor,
JOB 31:27 And my heart became secretly
enticed, And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
JOB 31:28 That too would have been an
iniquity calling for judgment, For I would have
denied God above.
JOB 31:29 "Have I rejoiced at the extinction
of my enemy, Or exulted when evil befell him?
JOB 31:30 "No, I have not allowed my mouth to
sin By asking for his life in a curse.
JOB 31:31 "Have the men of my tent not said,
'Who can find one who has not been satisfied with
his meat'?
JOB 31:32 "The alien has not lodged outside,
For I have opened my doors to the traveler.
JOB 31:33 "Have I covered my transgressions
like Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
JOB 31:34 Because I feared the great
multitude, And the contempt of families terrified
me, And kept silent and did not go out of doors?
JOB 31:35 "Oh that I had one to hear me!
Behold, here is my signature; Let the Almighty
answer me! And the indictment which my adversary has
written,
JOB 31:36 Surely I would carry it on my
shoulder; I would bind it to myself like a crown.
JOB 31:37 "I would declare to Him the number
of my steps; Like a prince I would approach Him.
JOB 31:38 "If my land cries out against me,
And its furrows weep together;
JOB 31:39 If I have eaten its fruit without
money, Or have caused its owners to lose their
lives,
JOB 31:40 Let briars grow instead of wheat,
And stinkweed instead of barley."The words of Job
are ended.
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JOB 32:1 Then
these three men ceased answering Job, because he was
righteous in his own eyes.
JOB 32:2 But the anger of Elihu the son of
Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram burned;
against Job his anger burned, because he justified
himself before God.
JOB 32:3 And his anger burned against his
three friends because they had found no answer, and
yet had condemned Job.
JOB 32:4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job
because they were years older than he.
JOB 32:5 And when Elihu saw that there was no
answer in the mouth of the three men his anger
burned.
JOB 32:6 So Elihu the son of Barachel the
Buzite spoke out and said, "I am young in years and
you are old; Therefore I was shy and afraid to tell
you what I think.
JOB 32:7 "I thought age should speak, And
increased years should teach wisdom.
JOB 32:8 "But it is a spirit in man, And the
breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
JOB 32:9 "The abundant in years may not be
wise, Nor may elders understand justice.
JOB 32:10 "So I say, 'Listen to me, I too
will tell what I think.'
JOB 32:11 "Behold, I waited for your words, I
listened to your reasonings, While you pondered what
to say.
JOB 32:12 "I even paid close attention to
you, Indeed, there was no one who refuted Job, Not
one of you who answered his words.
JOB 32:13 "Do not say, 'We have found wisdom;
God will rout him, not man.'
JOB 32:14 "For he has not arranged his words
against me; Nor will I reply to him with your
arguments.
JOB 32:15 "They are dismayed, they answer no
more; Words have failed them.
JOB 32:16 "And shall I wait, because they do
not speak, Because they stop and answer no more?
JOB 32:17 "I too will answer my share, I also
will tell my opinion.
JOB 32:18 "For I am full of words; The spirit
within me constrains me.
JOB 32:19 "Behold, my belly is like unvented
wine, Like new wineskins it is about to burst.
JOB 32:20 "Let me speak that I may get
relief; Let me open my lips and answer.
JOB 32:21 "Let me now be partial to no one;
Nor flatter any man.
JOB 32:22 "For I do not know how to flatter,
Else my Maker would soon take me away.
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JOB 33:1 "However
now, Job, please hear my speech, And listen to all
my words.
JOB 33:2 "Behold now, I open my mouth, My
tongue in my mouth speaks.
JOB 33:3 "My words are from the uprightness
of my heart; And my lips speak knowledge sincerely.
JOB 33:4 "The Spirit of God has made me, And
the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
JOB 33:5 "Refute me if you can; Array
yourselves before me, take your stand.
JOB 33:6 "Behold, I belong to God like you; I
too have been formed out of the clay.
JOB 33:7 "Behold, no fear of me should
terrify you, Nor should my pressure weigh heavily on
you.
JOB 33:8 "Surely you have spoken in my
hearing, And I have heard the sound of your words:
JOB 33:9 'I am pure, without transgression; I
am innocent and there is no guilt in me.
JOB 33:10 'Behold, He invents pretexts
against me; He counts me as His enemy.
JOB 33:11 'He puts my feet in the stocks; He
watches all my paths.'
JOB 33:12 "Behold, let me tell you, you are
not right in this, For God is greater than man.
JOB 33:13 "Why do you complain against Him,
That He does not give an account of all His doings?
JOB 33:14 "Indeed God speaks once, Or twice,
yet no one notices it.
JOB 33:15 "In a dream, a vision of the night,
When sound sleep falls on men, While they slumber in
their beds,
JOB 33:16 Then He opens the ears of men, And
seals their instruction,
JOB 33:17 That He may turn man aside from his
conduct, And keep man from pride;
JOB 33:18 He keeps back his soul from the
pit, And his life from passing over into Sheol.
JOB 33:19 "Man is also chastened with pain on
his bed, And with unceasing complaint in his bones;
JOB 33:20 So that his life loathes bread, And
his soul favorite food.
JOB 33:21 "His flesh wastes away from sight,
And his bones which were not seen stick out.
JOB 33:22 "Then his soul draws near to the
pit, And his life to those who bring death.
JOB 33:23 "If there is an angel as mediator
for him, One out of a thousand, To remind a man what
is right for him,
JOB 33:24 Then let him be gracious to him,
and say,' Deliver him from going down to the pit, I
have found a ransom';
JOB 33:25 Let his flesh become fresher than
in youth, Let him return to the days of his youthful
vigor;
JOB 33:26 Then he will pray to God, and He
will accept him, That he may see His face with joy,
And He may restore His righteousness to man.
JOB 33:27 "He will sing to men and say, 'I
have sinned and perverted what is right, And it is
not proper for me.
JOB 33:28 'He has redeemed my soul from going
to the pit, And my life shall see the light.'
JOB 33:29 "Behold, God does all these
oftentimes with men,
JOB 33:30 To bring back his soul from the
pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of
life.
JOB 33:31 "Pay attention, O Job, listen to
me; Keep silent and let me speak.
JOB 33:32 "Then if you have anything to say,
answer me; Speak, for I desire to justify you.
JOB 33:33 "If not, listen to me; Keep silent,
and I will teach you wisdom."
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JOB 34:1 Then
Elihu continued and said,
JOB 34:2 "Hear my words, you wise men, And
listen to me, you who know.
JOB 34:3 "For the ear tests words, As the
palate tastes food.
JOB 34:4 "Let us choose for ourselves what is
right; Let us know among ourselves what is good.
JOB 34:5 "For Job has said, 'I am righteous,
But God has taken away my right;
JOB 34:6 Should I lie concerning my right? My
wound is incurable, though I am without
transgression.'
JOB 34:7 "What man is like Job, Who drinks up
derision like water,
JOB 34:8 Who goes in company with the workers
of iniquity, And walks with wicked men?
JOB 34:9 "For he has said, 'It profits a man
nothing When he is pleased with God.'
JOB 34:10 "Therefore, listen to me, you men
of understanding. Far be it from God to do
wickedness, And from the Almighty to do wrong.
JOB 34:11 "For He pays a man according to his
work, And makes him find it according to his way.
JOB 34:12 "Surely, God will not act wickedly,
And the Almighty will not pervert justice.
JOB 34:13 "Who gave Him authority over the
earth? And who has laid on Him the whole world?
JOB 34:14 "If He should determine to do so,
If He should gather to Himself His spirit and His
breath,
JOB 34:15 All flesh would perish together,
And man would return to dust.
JOB 34:16 "But if you have understanding,
hear this; Listen to the sound of my words.
JOB 34:17 "Shall one who hates justice rule?
And will you condemn a righteous mighty one,
JOB 34:18 Who says to a king,' Worthless
one,' To nobles,' Wicked ones';
JOB 34:19 Who shows no partiality to princes,
Nor regards the rich above the poor, For they all
are the work of His hands?
JOB 34:20 "In a moment they die, and at
midnight People are shaken and pass away, And the
mighty are taken away without a hand.
JOB 34:21 "For His eyes are upon the ways of
a man, And He sees all his steps.
JOB 34:22 "There is no darkness or deep
shadow Where the workers of iniquity may hide
themselves.
JOB 34:23 "For He does not need to consider a
man further, That he should go before God in
judgment.
JOB 34:24 "He breaks in pieces mighty men
without inquiry, And sets others in their place.
JOB 34:25 "Therefore He knows their works,
And He overthrows them in the night, And they are
crushed.
JOB 34:26 "He strikes them like the wicked In
a public place,
JOB 34:27 Because they turned aside from
following Him, And had no regard for any of His
ways;
JOB 34:28 So that they caused the cry of the
poor to come to Him, And that He might hear the cry
of the afflicted - -
JOB 34:29 When He keeps quiet, who then can
condemn? And when He hides His face, who then can
behold Him, That is, in regard to both nation and
man? - -
JOB 34:30 So that godless men should not
rule, Nor be snares of the people.
JOB 34:31 "For has anyone said to God, 'I
have borne chastisement; I will not offend anymore;
JOB 34:32 Teach Thou me what I do not see; If
I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?
JOB 34:33 "Shall He recompense on your terms,
because you have rejected it? For you must choose,
and not I; Therefore declare what you know.
JOB 34:34 "Men of understanding will say to
me, And a wise man who hears me,
JOB 34:35 'Job speaks without knowledge, And
his words are without wisdom.
JOB 34:36 'Job ought to be tried to the
limit, Because he answers like wicked men.
JOB 34:37 'For he adds rebellion to his sin;
He claps his hands among us, And multiplies his
words against God.'"
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JOB 35:1 Then
Elihu continued and said,
JOB 35:2 "Do you think this is according to
justice? Do you say, 'My righteousness is more than
God's'?
JOB 35:3 "For you say, 'What advantage will
it be to You? What profit shall I have, more than if
I had sinned?'
JOB 35:4 "I will answer you, And your friends
with you.
JOB 35:5 "Look at the heavens and see; And
behold the clouds - - they are higher than you.
JOB 35:6 "If you have sinned, what do you
accomplish against Him? And if your transgressions
are many, what do you do to Him?
JOB 35:7 "If you are righteous, what do you
give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?
JOB 35:8 "Your wickedness is for a man like
yourself, And your righteousness is for a son of
man.
JOB 35:9 "Because of the multitude of
oppressions they cry out; They cry for help because
of the arm of the mighty.
JOB 35:10 "But no one says, 'Where is God my
Maker, Who gives songs in the night,
JOB 35:11 Who teaches us more than the beasts
of the earth, And makes us wiser than the birds of
the heavens?'
JOB 35:12 "There they cry out, but He does
not answer Because of the pride of evil men.
JOB 35:13 "Surely God will not listen to an
empty cry, Nor will the Almighty regard it.
JOB 35:14 "How much less when you say you do
not behold Him, The case is before Him, and you must
wait for Him!
JOB 35:15 "And now, because He has not
visited in His anger, Nor has He acknowledged
transgression well,
JOB 35:16 So Job opens his mouth emptily; He
multiplies words without knowledge."
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JOB 36:1 Then
Elihu continued and said,
JOB 36:2 "Wait for me a little, and I will
show you That there is yet more to be said in God's
behalf.
JOB 36:3 "I will fetch my knowledge from
afar, And I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
JOB 36:4 "For truly my words are not false;
One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
JOB 36:5 "Behold, God is mighty but does not
despise any; He is mighty in strength of
understanding.
JOB 36:6 "He does not keep the wicked alive,
But gives justice to the afflicted.
JOB 36:7 "He does not withdraw His eyes from
the righteous; But with kings on the throne He has
seated them forever, and they are exalted.
JOB 36:8 "And if they are bound in fetters,
And are caught in the cords of affliction,
JOB 36:9 Then He declares to them their work
And their transgressions, that they have magnified
themselves.
JOB 36:10 "And He opens their ear to
instruction, And commands that they return from
evil.
JOB 36:11 "If they hear and serve Him, They
shall end their days in prosperity, And their years
in pleasures.
JOB 36:12 "But if they do not hear, they
shall perish by the sword, And they shall die
without knowledge.
JOB 36:13 "But the godless in heart lay up
anger; They do not cry for help when He binds them.
JOB 36:14 "They die in youth, And their life
perishes among the cult prostitutes.
JOB 36:15 "He delivers the afflicted in their
affliction, And opens their ear in time of
oppression.
JOB 36:16 "Then indeed, He enticed you from
the mouth of distress, Instead of it, a broad place
with no constraint; And that which was set on your
table was full of fatness.
JOB 36:17 "But you were full of judgment on
the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold of you.
JOB 36:18 "Beware lest wrath entice you to
scoffing; And do not let the greatness of the ransom
turn you aside.
JOB 36:19 "Will your riches keep you from
distress, Or all the forces of your strength?
JOB 36:20 "Do not long for the night, When
people vanish in their place.
JOB 36:21 "Be careful, do not turn to evil;
For you have preferred this to affliction.
JOB 36:22 "Behold, God is exalted in His
power; Who is a teacher like Him?
JOB 36:23 "Who has appointed Him His way, And
who has said, 'Thou hast done wrong'?
JOB 36:24 "Remember that you should exalt His
work, Of which men have sung.
JOB 36:25 "All men have seen it; Man beholds
from afar.
JOB 36:26 "Behold, God is exalted, and we do
not know Him; The number of His years is
unsearchable.
JOB 36:27 "For He draws up the drops of
water, They distill rain from the mist,
JOB 36:28 Which the clouds pour down, They
drip upon man abundantly.
JOB 36:29 "Can anyone understand the
spreading of the clouds, The thundering of His
pavilion?
JOB 36:30 "Behold, He spreads His lightning
about Him, And He covers the depths of the sea.
JOB 36:31 "For by these He judges peoples; He
gives food in abundance.
JOB 36:32 "He covers His hands with the
lightning, And commands it to strike the mark.
JOB 36:33 "Its noise declares His presence;
The cattle also, concerning what is coming up.
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Chapter 37
JOB 37:1 "At this
also my heart trembles, And leaps from its place.
JOB 37:2 "Listen closely to the thunder of
His voice, And the rumbling that goes out from His
mouth.
JOB 37:3 "Under the whole heaven He lets it
loose, And His lightning to the ends of the earth.
JOB 37:4 "After it, a voice roars; He
thunders with His majestic voice; And He does not
restrain the lightnings when His voice is heard.
JOB 37:5 "God thunders with His voice
wondrously, Doing great things which we cannot
comprehend.
JOB 37:6 "For to the snow He says, 'Fall on
the earth,' And to the downpour and the rain, 'Be
strong.'
JOB 37:7 "He seals the hand of every man,
That all men may know His work.
JOB 37:8 "Then the beast goes into its lair,
And remains in its den.
JOB 37:9 "Out of the south comes the storm,
And out of the north the cold.
JOB 37:10 "From the breath of God ice is
made, And the expanse of the waters is frozen.
JOB 37:11 "Also with moisture He loads the
thick cloud; He disperses the cloud of His
lightning.
JOB 37:12 "And it changes direction, turning
around by His guidance, That it may do whatever He
commands it On the face of the inhabited earth.
JOB 37:13 "Whether for correction, or for His
world, Or for lovingkindness, He causes it to
happen.
JOB 37:14 "Listen to this, O Job, Stand and
consider the wonders of God.
JOB 37:15 "Do you know how God establishes
them, And makes the lightning of His cloud to shine?
JOB 37:16 "Do you know about the layers of
the thick clouds, The wonders of one perfect in
knowledge,
JOB 37:17 You whose garments are hot, When
the land is still because of the south wind?
JOB 37:18 "Can you, with Him, spread out the
skies, Strong as a molten mirror?
JOB 37:19 "Teach us what we shall say to Him;
We cannot arrange our case because of darkness.
JOB 37:20 "Shall it be told Him that I would
speak? Or should a man say that he would be
swallowed up?
JOB 37:21 "And now men do not see the light
which is bright in the skies; But the wind has
passed and cleared them.
JOB 37:22 "Out of the north comes golden
splendor; Around God is awesome majesty.
JOB 37:23 "The Almighty - - we cannot find
Him; He is exalted in power; And He will not do
violence to justice and abundant righteousness.
JOB 37:24 "Therefore men fear Him; He does
not regard any who are wise of heart."
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Chapter 38
JOB 38:1 Then the
Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
JOB 38:2 "Who is this that darkens counsel By
words without knowledge?
JOB 38:3 "Now gird up your loins like a man,
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!
JOB 38:4 "Where were you when I laid the
foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have
understanding,
JOB 38:5 Who set its measurements, since you
know? Or who stretched the line on it?
JOB 38:6 "On what were its bases sunk? Or who
laid its cornerstone,
JOB 38:7 When the morning stars sang
together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
JOB 38:8 "Or who enclosed the sea with doors,
When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;
JOB 38:9 When I made a cloud its garment, And
thick darkness its swaddling band,
JOB 38:10 And I placed boundaries on it, And
I set a bolt and doors,
JOB 38:11 And I said,' Thus far you shall
come, but no farther; And here shall your proud
waves stop'?
JOB 38:12 "Have you ever in your life
commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know
its place;
JOB 38:13 That it might take hold of the ends
of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?
JOB 38:14 "It is changed like clay under the
seal; And they stand forth like a garment.
JOB 38:15 "And from the wicked their light is
withheld, And the uplifted arm is broken.
JOB 38:16 "Have you entered into the springs
of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of
the deep?
JOB 38:17 "Have the gates of death been
revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of deep
darkness?
JOB 38:18 "Have you understood the expanse of
the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
JOB 38:19 "Where is the way to the dwelling
of light? And darkness, where is its place,
JOB 38:20 That you may take it to its
territory, And that you may discern the paths to its
home?
JOB 38:21 "You know, for you were born then,
And the number of your days is great!
JOB 38:22 "Have you entered the storehouses
of the snow, Or have you seen the storehouses of the
hail,
JOB 38:23 Which I have reserved for the time
of distress, For the day of war and battle?
JOB 38:24 "Where is the way that the light is
divided, Or the east wind scattered on the earth?
JOB 38:25 "Who has cleft a channel for the
flood, Or a way for the thunderbolt;
JOB 38:26 To bring rain on a land without
people, On a desert without a man in it,
JOB 38:27 To satisfy the waste and desolate
land, And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?
JOB 38:28 "Has the rain a father? Or who has
begotten the drops of dew?
JOB 38:29 "From whose womb has come the ice?
And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?
JOB 38:30 "Water becomes hard like stone, And
the surface of the deep is imprisoned.
JOB 38:31 "Can you bind the chains of the
Pleiades, Or loose the cords of Orion?
JOB 38:32 "Can you lead forth a constellation
in its season, And guide the Bear with her
satellites?
JOB 38:33 "Do you know the ordinances of the
heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth?
JOB 38:34 "Can you lift up your voice to the
clouds, So that an abundance of water may cover you?
JOB 38:35 "Can you send forth lightnings that
they may go And say to you, 'Here we are'?
JOB 38:36 "Who has put wisdom in the
innermost being, Or has given understanding to the
mind?
JOB 38:37 "Who can count the clouds by
wisdom, Or tip the water jars of the heavens,
JOB 38:38 When the dust hardens into a mass,
And the clods stick together?
JOB 38:39 "Can you hunt the prey for the
lion, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
JOB 38:40 When they crouch in their dens, And
lie in wait in their lair?
JOB 38:41 "Who prepares for the raven its
nourishment, When its young cry to God, And wander
about without food?
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Chapter 39
JOB 39:1 "Do you
know the time the mountain goats give birth? Do you
observe the calving of the deer?
JOB 39:2 "Can you count the months they
fulfill, Or do you know the time they give birth?
JOB 39:3 "They kneel down, they bring forth
their young, They get rid of their labor pains.
JOB 39:4 "Their offspring become strong, they
grow up in the open field; They leave and do not
return to them.
JOB 39:5 "Who sent out the wild donkey free?
And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,
JOB 39:6 To whom I gave the wilderness for a
home, And the salt land for his dwelling place?
JOB 39:7 "He scorns the tumult of the city,
The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.
JOB 39:8 "He explores the mountains for his
pasture, And he searches after every green thing.
JOB 39:9 "Will the wild ox consent to serve
you? Or will he spend the night at your manger?
JOB 39:10 "Can you bind the wild ox in a
furrow with ropes? Or will he harrow the valleys
after you?
JOB 39:11 "Will you trust him because his
strength is great And leave your labor to him?
JOB 39:12 "Will you have faith in him that he
will return your grain, And gather it from your
threshing floor?
JOB 39:13 "The ostriches' wings flap joyously
With the pinion and plumage of love,
JOB 39:14 For she abandons her eggs to the
earth, And warms them in the dust,
JOB 39:15 And she forgets that a foot may
crush them, Or that a wild beast may trample them.
JOB 39:16 "She treats her young cruelly, as
if they were not hers; Though her labor be in vain,
she is unconcerned;
JOB 39:17 Because God has made her forget
wisdom, And has not given her a share of
understanding.
JOB 39:18 "When she lifts herself on high,
She laughs at the horse and his rider.
JOB 39:19 "Do you give the horse his might?
Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
JOB 39:20 "Do you make him leap like the
locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.
JOB 39:21 "He paws in the valley, and
rejoices in his strength; He goes out to meet the
weapons.
JOB 39:22 "He laughs at fear and is not
dismayed; And he does not turn back from the sword.
JOB 39:23 "The quiver rattles against him,
The flashing spear and javelin.
JOB 39:24 "With shaking and rage he races
over the ground; And he does not stand still at the
voice of the trumpet.
JOB 39:25 "As often as the trumpet sounds he
says, 'Aha!' And he scents the battle from afar, And
thunder of the captains, and the war cry.
JOB 39:26 "Is it by your understanding that
the hawk soars, Stretching his wings toward the
south?
JOB 39:27 "Is it at your command that the
eagle mounts up, And makes his nest on high?
JOB 39:28 "On the cliff he dwells and lodges,
Upon the rocky crag, an inaccessible place.
JOB 39:29 "From there he spies out food; His
eyes see it from afar.
JOB 39:30 "His young ones also suck up blood;
And where the slain are, there is he."
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Chapter 40
JOB 40:1 Then the
Lord said to Job,
JOB 40:2 "Will the faultfinder contend with
the Almighty? Let him who reproves God answer it."
JOB 40:3 Then Job answered the Lord and said,
JOB 40:4 "Behold, I am insignificant; what
can I reply to Thee? I lay my hand on my mouth.
JOB 40:5 "Once I have spoken, and I will not
answer; Even twice, and I will add no more."
JOB 40:6 Then the Lord answered Job out of
the storm, and said,
JOB 40:7 "Now gird up your loins like a man;
I will ask you, and you instruct Me.
JOB 40:8 "Will you really annul My judgment?
Will you condemn Me that you may be justified?
JOB 40:9 "Or do you have an arm like God, And
can you thunder with a voice like His?
JOB 40:10 "Adorn yourself with eminence and
dignity; And clothe yourself with honor and majesty.
JOB 40:11 "Pour out the overflowings of your
anger; And look on everyone who is proud, and make
him low.
JOB 40:12 "Look on everyone who is proud, and
humble him; And tread down the wicked where they
stand.
JOB 40:13 "Hide them in the dust together;
Bind them in the hidden place.
JOB 40:14 "Then I will also confess to you,
That your own right hand can save you.
JOB 40:15 "Behold now, Behemoth, which I made
as well as you; He eats grass like an ox.
JOB 40:16 "Behold now, his strength in his
loins, And his power in the muscles of his belly.
JOB 40:17 "He bends his tail like a cedar;
The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
JOB 40:18 "His bones are tubes of bronze; His
limbs are like bars of iron.
JOB 40:19 "He is the first of the ways of
God; Let his maker bring near his sword.
JOB 40:20 "Surely the mountains bring him
food, And all the beasts of the field play there.
JOB 40:21 "Under the lotus plants he lies
down, In the covert of the reeds and the marsh.
JOB 40:22 "The lotus plants cover him with
shade; The willows of the brook surround him.
JOB 40:23 "If a river rages, he is not
alarmed; He is confident, though the Jordan rushes
to his mouth.
JOB 40:24 "Can anyone capture him when he is
on watch, With barbs can anyone pierce his nose?
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Chapter 41
JOB 41:1 "Can you
draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down
his tongue with a cord?
JOB 41:2 "Can you put a rope in his nose? Or
pierce his jaw with a hook?
JOB 41:3 "Will he make many supplications to
you? Or will he speak to you soft words?
JOB 41:4 "Will he make a covenant with you?
Will you take him for a servant forever?
JOB 41:5 "Will you play with him as with a
bird? Or will you bind him for your maidens?
JOB 41:6 "Will the traders bargain over him?
Will they divide him among the merchants?
JOB 41:7 "Can you fill his skin with
harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?
JOB 41:8 "Lay your hand on him; Remember the
battle; you will not do it again!
JOB 41:9 "Behold, your expectation is false;
Will you be laid low even at the sight of him?
JOB 41:10 "No one is so fierce that he dares
to arouse him; Who then is he that can stand before
Me?
JOB 41:11 "Who has given to Me that I should
repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is
Mine.
JOB 41:12 "I will not keep silence concerning
his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his orderly
frame.
JOB 41:13 "Who can strip off his outer armor?
Who can come within his double mail?
JOB 41:14 "Who can open the doors of his
face? Around his teeth there is terror.
JOB 41:15 "His strong scales are his pride,
Shut up as with a tight seal.
JOB 41:16 "One is so near to another, That no
air can come between them.
JOB 41:17 "They are joined one to another;
They clasp each other and cannot be separated.
JOB 41:18 "His sneezes flash forth light, And
his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
JOB 41:19 "Out of his mouth go burning
torches; Sparks of fire leap forth.
JOB 41:20 "Out of his nostrils smoke goes
forth, As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
JOB 41:21 "His breath kindles coals, And a
flame goes forth from his mouth.
JOB 41:22 "In his neck lodges strength, And
dismay leaps before him.
JOB 41:23 "The folds of his flesh are joined
together, Firm on him and immovable.
JOB 41:24 "His heart is as hard as a stone;
Even as hard as a lower millstone.
JOB 41:25 "When he raises himself up, the
mighty fear; Because of the crashing they are
bewildered.
JOB 41:26 "The sword that reaches him cannot
avail; Nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
JOB 41:27 "He regards iron as straw, Bronze
as rotten wood.
JOB 41:28 "The arrow cannot make him flee;
Slingstones are turned into stubble for him.
JOB 41:29 "Clubs are regarded as stubble; He
laughs at the rattling of the javelin.
JOB 41:30 "His underparts are like sharp
potsherds; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on
the mire.
JOB 41:31 "He makes the depths boil like a
pot; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
JOB 41:32 "Behind him he makes a wake to
shine; One would think the deep to be gray-haired.
JOB 41:33 "Nothing on earth is like him, One
made without fear.
JOB 41:34 "He looks on everything that is
high; He is king over all the sons of pride."
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Chapter 42
JOB 42:1 Then Job
answered the Lord, and said,
JOB 42:2 "I know that Thou canst do all
things, And that no purpose of Thine can be
thwarted.
JOB 42:3 'Who is this that hides counsel
without knowledge?' "Therefore I have declared that
which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for
me, which I did not know."
JOB 42:4 'Hear, now, and I will speak; I will
ask Thee, and do Thou instruct me.'
JOB 42:5 "I have heard of Thee by the hearing
of the ear; But now my eye sees Thee;
JOB 42:6 Therefore I retract, And I repent in
dust and ashes."
JOB 42:7 And it came about after the Lord had
spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to
Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against
you and against your two friends, because you have
not spoken of Me what is right as My servant Job
has.
JOB 42:8 "Now therefore, take for yourselves
seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant
Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves,
and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will
accept him so that I may not do with you according
to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me
what is right, as My servant Job has."
JOB 42:9 "So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad
the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did
as the Lord told them; and the Lord accepted Job.
JOB 42:10 And the Lord restored the fortunes
of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the Lord
increased all that Job had twofold.
JOB 42:11 Then all his brothers, and all his
sisters, and all who had known him before, came to
him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and
they consoled him and comforted him for all the evil
that the Lord had brought on him. And each one gave
him one piece of money, and each a ring of gold.
JOB 42:12 And the Lord blessed the latter
days of Job more than his beginning, and he had
14,000 sheep, and 6,000 camels, and 1,000 yoke of
oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
JOB 42:13 And he had seven sons and three
daughters.
JOB 42:14 And he named the first Jemimah, and
the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch.
JOB 42:15 And in all the land no women were
found so fair as Job's daughters; and their father
gave them inheritance among their brothers.
JOB 42:16 And after this Job lived 140 years,
and saw his sons, and his grandsons, four
generations.
JOB 42:17 And Job died, an old man and full
of days.
