1  There was a man <0376> in the land <0776> of Uz <05780>, whose name <08034> was Job <0347>; and that man <0376> was perfect <08535> and upright <03477>, and one that feared <03373> God <0430>, and eschewed <05493> (8802) evil <07451>.
2  And there were born <03205> (8735) unto him seven <07651> sons <01121> and three <07969> daughters <01323>.
3  His substance <04735> also was seven <07651> thousand <0505> sheep <06629>, and three <07969> thousand <0505> camels <01581>, and five <02568> hundred <03967> yoke <06776> of oxen <01241>, and five <02568> hundred <03967> she asses <0860>, and a very <03966> great <07227> household <05657>; so that this man <0376> was the greatest <01419> of all the men <01121> of the east <06924>.
4  And his sons <01121> went <01980> (8804) and feasted <04960> <06213> (8804) in their houses <01004>, every one <0376> his day <03117>; and sent <07971> (8804) and called <07121> (8804) for their three <07969> sisters <0269> to eat <0398> (8800) and to drink <08354> (8800) with them.
5  And it was so, when the days <03117> of their feasting <04960> were gone about <05362> (8689), that Job <0347> sent <07971> (8799) and sanctified <06942> (8762) them, and rose up early <07925> (8689) in the morning <01242>, and offered <05927> (8689) burnt offerings <05930> according to the number <04557> of them all: for Job <0347> said <0559> (8804), It may be <0194> that my sons <01121> have sinned <02398> (8804), and cursed <01288> (8765) God <0430> in their hearts <03824>. Thus did <06213> (8799) Job <0347> continually <03117>.
6  Now there was a day <03117> when the sons <01121> of God <0430> came <0935> (8799) to present <03320> (8692) themselves before the LORD <03068>, and Satan <07854> came <0935> (8799) also among <08432> them.
7  And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Satan <07854>, Whence <0370> comest <0935> (8799) thou? Then Satan <07854> answered <06030> (8799) the LORD <03068>, and said <0559> (8799), From going to and fro <07751> (8800) in the earth <0776>, and from walking up and down <01980> (8692) in it.
8  And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Satan <07854>, Hast thou considered <07760> (8804) <03820> my servant <05650> Job <0347>, that there is none like him in the earth <0776>, a perfect <08535> and an upright <03477> man <0376>, one that feareth <03373> God <0430>, and escheweth <05493> (8802) evil <07451>?
9  Then Satan <07854> answered <06030> (8799) the LORD <03068>, and said <0559> (8799), Doth Job <0347> fear <03372> (8804) God <0430> for nought <02600>?
10  Hast not thou made an hedge <07753> (8804) about him, and about <01157> his house <01004>, and about all that he hath on every side <05439>? thou hast blessed <01288> (8765) the work <04639> of his hands <03027>, and his substance <04735> is increased <06555> (8804) in the land <0776>.
11  But <0199> put forth <07971> (8798) thine hand <03027> now, and touch <05060> (8798) all that he hath, and he will curse <01288> (8762) <03808> thee to thy face <06440>.
12  And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Satan <07854>, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power <03027>; only upon himself put not forth <07971> (8799) thine hand <03027>. So Satan <07854> went forth <03318> (8799) from the presence <06440> of the LORD <03068>.
13  And there was a day <03117> when his sons <01121> and his daughters <01323> were eating <0398> (8802) and drinking <08354> (8802) wine <03196> in their eldest <01060> brother's <0251> house <01004>:
14  And there came <0935> (8804) a messenger <04397> unto Job <0347>, and said <0559> (8799), The oxen <01241> were plowing <02790> (8802), and the asses <0860> feeding <07462> (8802) beside <03027> them:
15  And the Sabeans <07614> fell <05307> (8799) upon them, and took them away <03947> (8799); yea, they have slain <05221> (8689) the servants <05288> with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>; and I only am escaped <04422> (8735) alone to tell <05046> (8687) thee.
16  While he was yet speaking <01696> (8764), there came <0935> (8802) also another, and said <0559> (8799), The fire <0784> of God <0430> is fallen <05307> (8804) from heaven <08064>, and hath burned up <01197> (8799) the sheep <06629>, and the servants <05288>, and consumed <0398> (8799) them; and I only am escaped <04422> (8735) alone to tell <05046> (8687) thee.
17  While he was yet speaking <01696> (8764), there came <0935> (8802) also another, and said <0559> (8799), The Chaldeans <03778> made out <07760> (8804) three <07969> bands <07218>, and fell <06584> (8799) upon the camels <01581>, and have carried them away <03947> (8799), yea, and slain <05221> (8689) the servants <05288> with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>; and I only am escaped <04422> (8735) alone to tell <05046> (8687) thee.
18  While he was yet speaking <01696> (8764), there came <0935> (8802) also another, and said <0559> (8799), Thy sons <01121> and thy daughters <01323> were eating <0398> (8802) and drinking <08354> (8802) wine <03196> in their eldest <01060> brother's <0251> house <01004>:
19  And, behold, there came <0935> (8804) a great <01419> wind <07307> from <05676> the wilderness <04057>, and smote <05060> (8799) the four <0702> corners <06438> of the house <01004>, and it fell <05307> (8799) upon the young men <05288>, and they are dead <04191> (8799); and I only am escaped <04422> (8735) alone to tell <05046> (8687) thee.
20  Then Job <0347> arose <06965> (8799), and rent <07167> (8799) his mantle <04598>, and shaved <01494> (8799) his head <07218>, and fell down <05307> (8799) upon the ground <0776>, and worshipped <07812> (8691),
21  And said <0559> (8799), Naked <06174> came I out <03318> (8804) of my mother's <0517> womb <0990>, and naked <06174> shall I return <07725> (8799) thither: the LORD <03068> gave <05414> (8804), and the LORD <03068> hath taken away <03947> (8804); blessed <01288> (8794) be the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>.
22  In all this Job <0347> sinned <02398> (8804) not, nor charged <05414> (8804) God <0430> foolishly <08604>.
1  Again there was a day <03117> when the sons <01121> of God <0430> came <0935> (8799) to present <03320> (8692) themselves before the LORD <03068>, and Satan <07854> came <0935> (8799) also among <08432> them to present <03320> (8692) himself before the LORD <03068>.
2  And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Satan <07854>, From whence <0335> comest <0935> (8799) thou? And Satan <07854> answered <06030> (8799) the LORD <03068>, and said <0559> (8799), From going to and fro <07751> (8800) in the earth <0776>, and from walking up and down <01980> (8692) in it.
3  And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Satan <07854>, Hast thou <07760> (8804) considered <03820> my servant <05650> Job <0347>, that there is none like him in the earth <0776>, a perfect <08535> and an upright <03477> man <0376>, one that feareth <03373> God <0430>, and escheweth <05493> (8802) evil <07451>? and still he holdeth fast <02388> (8688) his integrity <08538>, although thou movedst <05496> (8686) me against him, to destroy <01104> (8763) him without cause <02600>.
4  And Satan <07854> answered <06030> (8799) the LORD <03068>, and said <0559> (8799), Skin <05785> for skin <05785>, yea, all that a man <0376> hath will he give <05414> (8799) for his life <05315>.
5  But <0199> put forth <07971> (8798) thine hand <03027> now, and touch <05060> (8798) his bone <06106> and his flesh <01320>, and he will curse <01288> (8762) thee to thy face <06440>.
6  And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Satan <07854>, Behold, he is in thine hand <03027>; but save <08104> (8798) his life <05315>.
7  So went <03318> <00> Satan <07854> forth <03318> (8799) from the presence <06440> of the LORD <03068>, and smote <05221> (8686) Job <0347> with sore <07451> boils <07822> from the sole <03709> of his foot <07272> unto his crown <06936>.
8  And he took <03947> (8799) him a potsherd <02789> to scrape <01623> (8692) himself withal; and he sat down <03427> (8802) among <08432> the ashes <0665>.
9  Then said <0559> (8799) his wife <0802> unto him, Dost thou still retain <02388> (8688) thine integrity <08538>? curse <01288> (8761) God <0430>, and die <04191> (8798).
10  But he said <0559> (8799) unto her, Thou speakest <01696> (8762) as one <0259> of the foolish women <05036> speaketh <01696> (8763). What <01571>? shall we receive <06901> (8762) good <02896> at the hand of God <0430>, and shall we not receive <06901> (8762) evil <07451>? In all this did not Job <0347> sin <02398> (8804) with his lips <08193>.
11  Now when Job's <0347> three <07969> friends <07453> heard <08085> (8799) of all this evil <07451> that was come <0935> (8802) upon him, they came <0935> (8799) every one <0376> from his own place <04725>; Eliphaz <0464> the Temanite <08489>, and Bildad <01085> the Shuhite <07747>, and Zophar <06691> the Naamathite <05284>: for they had made an appointment <03259> (8735) together <03162> to come <0935> (8800) to mourn <05110> (8800) with him and to comfort <05162> (8763) him.
12  And when they lifted up <05375> (8799) their eyes <05869> afar off <07350>, and knew <05234> (8689) him not, they lifted up <05375> (8799) their voice <06963>, and wept <01058> (8799); and they rent <07167> (8799) every one <0376> his mantle <04598>, and sprinkled <02236> (8799) dust <06083> upon their heads <07218> toward heaven <08064>.
13  So they sat down <03427> (8799) with him upon the ground <0776> seven <07651> days <03117> and seven <07651> nights <03915>, and none spake <01696> (8802) a word <01697> unto him: for they saw <07200> (8804) that his grief <03511> was very <03966> great <01431> (8804).
1  After <0310> this opened <06605> (8804) Job <0347> his mouth <06310>, and cursed <07043> (8762) his day <03117>.
2  And Job <0347> spake <06030> (8799), and said <0559> (8799),
3  Let the day <03117> perish <06> (8799) wherein I was born <03205> (8735), and the night <03915> in which it was said <0559> (8804), There is a man child <01397> conceived <02029> (8795).
4  Let that day <03117> be darkness <02822>; let not God <0433> regard <01875> (8799) it from above <04605>, neither let the light <05105> shine <03313> (8686) upon it.
5  Let darkness <02822> and the shadow of death <06757> stain <01350> (8799) it; let a cloud <06053> dwell <07931> (8799) upon it; let the blackness <03650> of the day <03117> terrify <01204> (8762) it.
6  As for that night <03915>, let darkness <0652> seize <03947> (8799) upon it; let it not be joined <02302> (8799) unto the days <03117> of the year <08141>, let it not come <0935> (8799) into the number <04557> of the months <03391>.
7  Lo, let that night <03915> be solitary <01565>, let no joyful voice <07445> come <0935> (8799) therein.
8  Let them curse <05344> (8799) it that curse <0779> (8802) the day <03117>, who are ready <06264> to raise up <05782> (8788) their mourning <03882>.
9  Let the stars <03556> of the twilight <05399> thereof be dark <02821> (8799); let it look <06960> (8762) for light <0216>, but have none; neither let it see <07200> (8799) the dawning <06079> of the day <07837>:
10  Because it shut not up <05462> (8804) the doors <01817> of my mother's womb <0990>, nor hid <05641> (8686) sorrow <05999> from mine eyes <05869>.
11  Why died <04191> (8799) I not from the womb <07358>? why did I not give up the ghost <01478> (8799) when I came out <03318> (8804) of the belly <0990>?
12  Why did the knees <01290> prevent <06923> (8765) me? or why the breasts <07699> that I should suck <03243> (8799)?
13  For now should I have lain still <07901> (8804) and been quiet <08252> (8799), I should have slept <03462> (8804): then had I been at rest <05117> (8799),
14  With kings <04428> and counsellors <03289> (8802) of the earth <0776>, which built <01129> (8802) desolate places <02723> for themselves;
15  Or with princes <08269> that had gold <02091>, who filled <04390> (8764) their houses <01004> with silver <03701>:
16  Or as an hidden <02934> (8803) untimely birth <05309> I had not been; as infants <05768> which never saw <07200> (8804) light <0216>.
17  There the wicked <07563> cease <02308> (8804) from troubling <07267>; and there the weary <03019> <03581> be at rest <05117> (8799).
18  There the prisoners <0615> rest <07599> (8768) together <03162>; they hear <08085> (8804) not the voice <06963> of the oppressor <05065> (8802).
19  The small <06996> and great <01419> are there; and the servant <05650> is free <02670> from his master <0113>.
20  Wherefore is light <0216> given <05414> (8799) to him that is in misery <06001>, and life <02416> unto the bitter <04751> in soul <05315>;
21  Which long <02442> (8764) for death <04194>, but it cometh not; and dig <02658> (8799) for it more than for hid treasures <04301>;
22  Which rejoice <08056> exceedingly <01524>, and are glad <07797> (8799), when they can find <04672> (8799) the grave <06913>?
23  Why is light given to a man <01397> whose way <01870> is hid <05641> (8738), and whom God <0433> hath hedged in <05526> (8686)?
24  For my sighing <0585> cometh <0935> (8799) before <06440> I eat <03899>, and my roarings <07581> are poured out <05413> (8799) like the waters <04325>.
25  For the thing which I greatly <06343> feared <06342> (8804) is come <0857> (8799) upon me, and that which I was afraid <03025> (8804) of is come <0935> (8799) unto me.
26  I was not in safety <07951> (8804), neither had I rest <08252> (8804), neither was I quiet <05117> (8804); yet trouble <07267> came <0935> (8799).
1  Then Eliphaz <0464> the Temanite <08489> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799),
2  If we assay <05254> (8765) to commune <01697> with thee, wilt thou be grieved <03811> (8799)? but who can <03201> (8799) withhold <06113> (8800) himself from speaking <04405>?
3  Behold, thou hast instructed <03256> (8765) many <07227>, and thou hast strengthened <02388> (8762) the weak <07504> hands <03027>.
4  Thy words <04405> have upholden <06965> (8686) him that was falling <03782> (8802), and thou hast strengthened <0553> (8762) the feeble <03766> (8802) knees <01290>.
5  But now it is come <0935> (8799) upon thee, and thou faintest <03811> (8799); it toucheth <05060> (8799) thee, and thou art troubled <0926> (8735).
6  Is not this thy fear <03374>, thy confidence <03690>, thy hope <08615>, and the uprightness <08537> of thy ways <01870>?
7  Remember <02142> (8798), I pray thee, who ever perished <06> (8804), being innocent <05355>? or where <0375> were the righteous <03477> cut off <03582> (8738)?
8  Even as I have seen <07200> (8804), they that plow <02790> (8802) iniquity <0205>, and sow <02232> (8802) wickedness <05999>, reap <07114> (8799) the same.
9  By the blast <05397> of God <0433> they perish <06> (8799), and by the breath <07307> of his nostrils <0639> are they consumed <03615> (8799).
10  The roaring <07581> of the lion <0738>, and the voice <06963> of the fierce lion <07826>, and the teeth <08127> of the young lions <03715>, are broken <05421> (8738).
11  The old lion <03918> perisheth <06> (8802) for lack <01097> of prey <02964>, and the stout lion's <03833> whelps <01121> are scattered abroad <06504> (8691).
12  Now a thing <01697> was secretly brought <01589> (8792) to me, and mine ear <0241> received <03947> (8799) a little <08102> thereof.
13  In thoughts <05587> from the visions <02384> of the night <03915>, when deep sleep <08639> falleth <05307> (8800) on men <0582>,
14  Fear <06343> came <07122> (8804) upon me, and trembling <07461>, which made all <07230> my bones <06106> to shake <06342> (8689).
15  Then a spirit <07307> passed <02498> (8799) before my face <06440>; the hair <08185> of my flesh <01320> stood up <05568> (8762):
16  It stood still <05975> (8799), but I could not discern <05234> (8686) the form <04758> thereof: an image <08544> was before mine eyes <05869>, there was silence <01827>, and I heard <08085> (8799) a voice <06963>, saying,
17  Shall mortal man <0582> be more just <06663> (8799) than God <0433>? shall a man <01397> be more pure <02891> (8799) than his maker <06213> (8802)?
18  Behold, he put no trust <0539> (8686) in his servants <05650>; and his angels <04397> he charged <07760> (8799) with folly <08417>:
19  How much less <0637> in them that dwell <07931> (8802) in houses <01004> of clay <02563>, whose foundation <03247> is in the dust <06083>, which are crushed <01792> (8762) before <06440> the moth <06211>?
20  They are destroyed <03807> (8714) from morning <01242> to evening <06153>: they perish <06> (8799) for ever <05331> without any regarding <07760> (8688) it.
21  Doth not their excellency <03499> which is in them go away <05265> (8738)? they die <04191> (8799), even without wisdom <02451>.
1  Call <07121> (8798) now, if there be <03426> any that will answer <06030> (8802) thee; and to which of the saints <06918> wilt thou turn <06437> (8799)?
2  For wrath <03708> killeth <02026> (8799) the foolish man <0191>, and envy <07068> slayeth <04191> (8686) the silly one <06601> (8802).
3  I have seen <07200> (8804) the foolish <0191> taking root <08327> (8688): but suddenly <06597> I cursed <05344> (8799) his habitation <05116>.
4  His children <01121> are far <07368> (8799) from safety <03468>, and they are crushed <01792> (8691) in the gate <08179>, neither is there any to deliver <05337> (8688) them.
5  Whose harvest <07105> the hungry <07457> eateth up <0398> (8799), and taketh <03947> (8799) it even out <0413> of the thorns <06791>, and the robber <06782> swalloweth up <07602> (8804) their substance <02428>.
6  Although affliction <0205> cometh not forth <03318> (8799) of the dust <06083>, neither doth trouble <05999> spring out <06779> (8799) of the ground <0127>;
7  Yet man <0120> is born <03205> (8795) unto trouble <05999>, as <01121> the sparks <07565> fly <05774> (8800) upward <01361> (8686).
8  I would seek <0199> <01875> (8799) unto God <0410>, and unto God <0430> would I commit <07760> (8799) my cause <01700>:
9  Which doeth <06213> (8802) great things <01419> and unsearchable <0369> <02714>; marvellous things <06381> (8737) without number <04557>:
10  Who giveth <05414> (8802) rain <04306> upon <06440> the earth <0776>, and sendeth <07971> (8802) waters <04325> upon <06440> the fields <02351>:
11  To set up <07760> (8800) on high <04791> those that be low <08217>; that those which mourn <06937> (8802) may be exalted <07682> (8804) to safety <03468>.
12  He disappointeth <06565> (8688) the devices <04284> of the crafty <06175>, so that their hands <03027> cannot perform <06213> (8799) their enterprise <08454>.
13  He taketh <03920> (8802) the wise <02450> in their own craftiness <06193>: and the counsel <06098> of the froward <06617> (8737) is carried headlong <04116> (8737).
14  They meet <06298> (8762) with darkness <02822> in the daytime <03119>, and grope <04959> (8762) in the noonday <06672> as in the night <03915>.
15  But he saveth <03467> (8686) the poor <034> from the sword <02719>, from their mouth <06310>, and from the hand <03027> of the mighty <02389>.
16  So the poor <01800> hath hope <08615>, and iniquity <05766> stoppeth <07092> (8804) her mouth <06310>.
17  Behold, happy <0835> is the man <0582> whom God <0433> correcteth <03198> (8686): therefore despise <03988> (8799) not thou the chastening <04148> of the Almighty <07706>:
18  For he maketh sore <03510> (8686), and bindeth up <02280> (8799): he woundeth <04272> (8799), and his hands <03027> make whole <07495> (8799).
19  He shall deliver <05337> (8686) thee in six <08337> troubles <06869>: yea, in seven <07651> there shall no evil <07451> touch <05060> (8799) thee.
20  In famine <07458> he shall redeem <06299> (8804) thee from death <04194>: and in war <04421> from the power <03027> of the sword <02719>.
21  Thou shalt be hid <02244> (8735) from the scourge <07752> of the tongue <03956>: neither shalt thou be afraid <03372> (8799) of destruction <07701> when it cometh <0935> (8799).
22  At destruction <07701> and famine <03720> thou shalt laugh <07832> (8799): neither shalt thou be afraid <03372> (8799) of the beasts <02416> of the earth <0776>.
23  For thou shalt be in league <01285> with the stones <068> of the field <07704>: and the beasts <02416> of the field <07704> shall be at peace <07999> (8717) with thee.
24  And thou shalt know <03045> (8804) that thy tabernacle <0168> shall be in peace <07965>; and thou shalt visit <06485> (8804) thy habitation <05116>, and shalt not sin <02398> (8799).
25  Thou shalt know <03045> (8804) also that thy seed <02233> shall be great <07227>, and thine offspring <06631> as the grass <06212> of the earth <0776>.
26  Thou shalt come <0935> (8799) to thy grave <06913> in a full age <03624>, like as a shock of corn <01430> cometh in <05927> (8800) in his season <06256>.
27  Lo this, we have searched <02713> (8804) it, so it is; hear <08085> (8798) it, and know <03045> (8798) thou it for thy good.
1  But Job <0347> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799),
2  Oh that <03863> my grief <03708> were throughly <08254> (8800) weighed <08254> (8735), and my calamity <01942> (8675) <01962> laid <05375> (8799) in the balances <03976> together <03162>!
3  For now it would be heavier <03513> (8799) than the sand <02344> of the sea <03220>: therefore my words <01697> are swallowed up <03886> (8804).
4  For the arrows <02671> of the Almighty <07706> are within <05978> me, the poison <02534> whereof drinketh up <08354> (8802) my spirit <07307>: the terrors <01161> of God <0433> do set themselves in array <06186> (8799) against me.
5  Doth the wild ass <06501> bray <05101> (8799) when he hath grass <01877>? or loweth <01600> (8799) the ox <07794> over his fodder <01098>?
6  Can that which is unsavoury <08602> be eaten <0398> (8735) without salt <04417>? or is there <03426> any taste <02940> in the white <07388> of an egg <02495>?
7  The things that my soul <05315> refused <03985> (8765) to touch <05060> (8800) are as my sorrowful <01741> meat <03899>.
8  Oh that I might have <0935> (8799) my request <07596>; and that God <0433> would grant <05414> (8799) me the thing that I long for <08615>!
9  Even that it would please <02974> (8686) God <0433> to destroy <01792> (8762) me; that he would let loose <05425> (8686) his hand <03027>, and cut me off <01214> (8762)!
10  Then should I yet have comfort <05165>; yea, I would harden <05539> (8762) myself in sorrow <02427>: let him not spare <02550> (8799); for I have not concealed <03582> (8765) the words <0561> of the Holy One <06918>.
11  What is my strength <03581>, that I should hope <03176> (8762)? and what is mine end <07093>, that I should prolong <0748> (8686) my life <05315>?
12  Is my strength <03581> the strength <03581> of stones <068>? or is my flesh <01320> of brass <05153>?
13  Is not my help <05833> in me? and is wisdom <08454> driven quite <05080> (8738) from me?
14  To him that is afflicted <04523> pity <02617> should be shewed from his friend <07453>; but he forsaketh <05800> (8799) the fear <03374> of the Almighty <07706>.
15  My brethren <0251> have dealt deceitfully <0898> (8804) as a brook <05158>, and as the stream <0650> of brooks <05158> they pass away <05674> (8799);
16  Which are blackish <06937> (8802) by reason of the ice <07140>, and wherein the snow <07950> is hid <05956> (8691):
17  What time <06256> they wax warm <02215> (8792), they vanish <06789> (8738): when it is hot <02527>, they are consumed out <01846> (8738) of their place <04725>.
18  The paths <0734> of their way <01870> are turned aside <03943> (8735); they go <05927> (8799) to nothing <08414>, and perish <06> (8799).
19  The troops <0734> of Tema <08485> looked <05027> (8689), the companies <01979> of Sheba <07614> waited <06960> (8765) for them.
20  They were confounded <0954> (8804) because they had hoped <0982> (8804); they came <0935> (8804) thither, and were ashamed <02659> (8799).
21  For now ye are nothing; ye see <07200> (8799) my casting down <02866>, and are afraid <03372> (8799).
22  Did I say <0559> (8804), Bring <03051> (8798) unto me? or, Give a reward <07809> (8798) for me of your substance <03581>?
23  Or, Deliver <04422> (8761) me from the enemy's <06862> hand <03027>? or, Redeem <06299> (8799) me from the hand <03027> of the mighty <06184>?
24  Teach <03384> (8685) me, and I will hold my tongue <02790> (8686): and cause me to understand <0995> (8685) wherein I have erred <07686> (8804).
25  How forcible <04834> (8738) are right <03476> words <0561>! but what doth your arguing <03198> (8687) reprove <03198> (8686)?
26  Do ye imagine <02803> (8799) to reprove <03198> (8687) words <04405>, and the speeches <0561> of one that is desperate <02976> (8737), which are as wind <07307>?
27  Yea, ye overwhelm <05307> (8686) the fatherless <03490>, and ye dig <03738> (8799) a pit for your friend <07453>.
28  Now therefore be content <02974> (8685), look <06437> (8798) upon me; for it is evident unto you <06440> if I lie <03576> (8762).
29  Return <07725> (8798), I pray you, let it not be iniquity <05766>; yea, return again <07725> (8798), my righteousness <06664> is in it.
30  Is there <03426> iniquity <05766> in my tongue <03956>? cannot my taste <02441> discern <0995> (8799) perverse things <01942>?
1  Is there not an appointed time <06635> to man <0582> upon earth <0776>? are not his days <03117> also like the days <03117> of an hireling <07916>?
2  As a servant <05650> earnestly desireth <07602> (8799) the shadow <06738>, and as an hireling <07916> looketh <06960> (8762) for the reward of his work <06467>:
3  So am I made to possess <05157> (8717) months <03391> of vanity <07723>, and wearisome <05999> nights <03915> are appointed <04487> (8765) to me.
4  When I lie down <07901> (8804), I say <0559> (8804), When shall I arise <06965> (8799), and the night <06153> be gone <04059>? and I am full <07646> (8804) of tossings to and fro <05076> unto the dawning of the day <05399>.
5  My flesh <01320> is clothed <03847> (8804) with worms <07415> and clods <01487> of dust <06083>; my skin <05785> is broken <07280> (8804), and become loathsome <03988> (8735).
6  My days <03117> are swifter <07043> (8804) than a weaver's shuttle <0708>, and are spent <03615> (8799) without <0657> hope <08615>.
7  O remember <02142> (8798) that my life <02416> is wind <07307>: mine eye <05869> shall no more <07725> (8799) see <07200> (8800) good <02896>.
8  The eye <05869> of him that hath seen <07210> me shall see <07789> (8799) me no more: thine eyes <05869> are upon me, and I am not.
9  As the cloud <06051> is consumed <03615> (8804) and vanisheth away <03212> (8799): so he that goeth down <03381> (8802) to the grave <07585> shall come up <05927> (8799) no more.
10  He shall return <07725> (8799) no more to his house <01004>, neither shall his place <04725> know <05234> (8686) him any more.
11  Therefore I will not refrain <02820> (8799) my mouth <06310>; I will speak <01696> (8762) in the anguish <06862> of my spirit <07307>; I will complain <07878> (8799) in the bitterness <04751> of my soul <05315>.
12  Am I a sea <03220>, or a whale <08577>, that thou settest <07760> (8799) a watch <04929> over me?
13  When I say <0559> (8804), My bed <06210> shall comfort <05162> (8762) me, my couch <04904> shall ease <05375> (8799) my complaint <07879>;
14  Then thou scarest <02865> (8765) me with dreams <02472>, and terrifiest <01204> (8762) me through visions <02384>:
15  So that my soul <05315> chooseth <0977> (8799) strangling <04267>, and death <04194> rather than my life <06106>.
16  I loathe <03988> (8804) it; I would not live <02421> (8799) alway <05769>: let me alone <02308> (8798); for my days <03117> are vanity <01892>.
17  What is man <0582>, that thou shouldest magnify <01431> (8762) him? and that thou shouldest set <07896> (8799) thine heart <03820> upon him?
18  And that thou shouldest visit <06485> (8799) him every morning <01242>, and try <0974> (8799) him every moment <07281>?
19  How long <04100> wilt thou not depart <08159> (8799) from me, nor let me alone <07503> (8686) till I swallow down <01104> (8800) my spittle <07536>?
20  I have sinned <02398> (8804); what shall I do <06466> (8799) unto thee, O thou preserver <05341> (8802) of men <0120>? why hast thou set <07760> (8804) me as a mark <04645> against thee, so that I am a burden <04853> to myself?
21  And why dost thou not pardon <05375> (8799) my transgression <06588>, and take away <05674> (8686) mine iniquity <05771>? for now shall I sleep <07901> (8799) in the dust <06083>; and thou shalt seek me in the morning <07836> (8765), but I shall not be.
1  Then answered <06030> (8799) Bildad <01085> the Shuhite <07747>, and said <0559> (8799),
2  How <0575> long <05704> wilt thou speak <04448> (8762) these things? and how long shall the words <0561> of thy mouth <06310> be like a strong <03524> wind <07307>?
3  Doth God <0410> pervert <05791> (8762) judgment <04941>? or doth the Almighty <07706> pervert <05791> (8762) justice <06664>?
4  If thy children <01121> have sinned <02398> (8804) against him, and he have cast them away <07971> (8762) for <03027> their transgression <06588>;
5  If thou wouldest seek <07836> <00> unto God <0410> betimes <07836> (8762), and make thy supplication <02603> (8691) to the Almighty <07706>;
6  If thou wert pure <02134> and upright <03477>; surely now he would awake <05782> (8686) for thee, and make the habitation <05116> of thy righteousness <06664> prosperous <07999> (8765).
7  Though thy beginning <07225> was small <04705>, yet thy latter end <0319> should greatly <03966> increase <07685> (8799).
8  For enquire <07592> (8798), I pray thee, of the former <07223> (8675) <07223> age <01755>, and prepare <03559> (8786) thyself to the search <02714> of their fathers <01>:
9  (For we are but of yesterday <08543>, and know <03045> (8799) nothing, because our days <03117> upon earth <0776> are a shadow <06738>:)
10  Shall not they teach <03384> (8686) thee, and tell <0559> (8799) thee, and utter <03318> (8686) words <04405> out of their heart <03820>?
11  Can the rush <01573> grow up <01342> (8799) without mire <01207>? can <07685> <00> the flag <0260> grow <07685> (8799) without <01097> water <04325>?
12  Whilst it is yet in his greenness <03>, and not cut down <06998> (8735), it withereth <03001> (8799) before <06440> any other herb <02682>.
13  So are the paths <0734> of all that forget <07911> (8802) God <0410>; and the hypocrite's <02611> hope <08615> shall perish <06> (8799):
14  Whose hope <03689> shall be cut off <06990> (8799), and whose trust <04009> shall be a spider's <05908> web <01004>.
15  He shall lean <08172> (8735) upon his house <01004>, but it shall not stand <05975> (8799): he shall hold <02388> (8686) it fast, but it shall not endure <06965> (8799).
16  He is green <07373> before <06440> the sun <08121>, and his branch <03127> shooteth forth <03318> (8799) in his garden <01593>.
17  His roots <08328> are wrapped about <05440> (8792) the heap <01530>, and seeth <02372> (8799) the place <01004> of stones <068>.
18  If he destroy <01104> (8762) him from his place <04725>, then it shall deny <03584> (8765) him, saying, I have not seen <07200> (8804) thee.
19  Behold, this is the joy <04885> of his way <01870>, and out of the earth <06083> shall others <0312> grow <06779> (8799).
20  Behold, God <0410> will not cast away <03988> (8799) a perfect <08535> man, neither will he help <02388> (8686) <03027> the evil doers <07489> (8688):
21  Till he fill <04390> (8762) thy mouth <06310> with laughing <07814>, and thy lips <08193> with rejoicing <08643>.
22  They that hate <08130> (8802) thee shall be clothed <03847> (8799) with shame <01322>; and the dwelling <0168> place of the wicked <07563> shall come to nought <0369>.
1  Then Job <0347> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799),
2  I know <03045> (8804) it is so of a truth <0551>: but how should man <0582> be just <06663> (8799) with God <0410>?
3  If he will <02654> (8799) contend <07378> (8800) with him, he cannot answer <06030> (8799) him one <0259> of a thousand <0505>.
4  He is wise <02450> in heart <03824>, and mighty <0533> in strength <03581>: who hath hardened <07185> (8689) himself against him, and hath prospered <07999> (8799)?
5  Which removeth <06275> (8688) the mountains <02022>, and they know <03045> (8804) not: which overturneth <02015> (8804) them in his anger <0639>.
6  Which shaketh <07264> (8688) the earth <0776> out of her place <04725>, and the pillars <05982> thereof tremble <06426> (8691).
7  Which commandeth <0559> (8802) the sun <02775>, and it riseth <02224> (8799) not; and sealeth up <02856> (8799) the stars <03556>.
8  Which alone spreadeth out <05186> (8802) the heavens <08064>, and treadeth <01869> (8802) upon the waves <01116> of the sea <03220>.
9  Which maketh <06213> (8802) Arcturus <05906>, Orion <03685>, and Pleiades <03598>, and the chambers <02315> of the south <08486>.
10  Which doeth <06213> (8802) great things <01419> past <0369> finding out <02714>; yea, and wonders <06381> (8737) without number <04557>.
11  Lo, he goeth <05674> (8799) by me, and I see <07200> (8799) him not: he passeth on <02498> (8799) also, but I perceive <0995> (8799) him not.
12  Behold, he taketh away <02862> (8799), who can hinder <07725> (8686) him? who will say <0559> (8799) unto him, What doest <06213> (8799) thou?
13  If God <0433> will not withdraw <07725> (8686) his anger <0639>, the proud <07293> helpers <05826> (8802) do stoop <07817> (8804) under him.
14  How much less shall I answer <06030> (8799) him, and choose out <0977> (8799) my words <01697> to reason with him?
15  Whom, though I were righteous <06663> (8804), yet would I not answer <06030> (8799), but I would make supplication <02603> (8691) to my judge <08199> (8781).
16  If I had called <07121> (8804), and he had answered <06030> (8799) me; yet would I not believe <0539> (8686) that he had hearkened <0238> (8686) unto my voice <06963>.
17  For he breaketh <07779> (8799) me with a tempest <08183>, and multiplieth <07235> (8689) my wounds <06482> without cause <02600>.
18  He will not suffer <05414> (8799) me to take <07725> (8687) my breath <07307>, but filleth <07646> (8686) me with bitterness <04472>.
19  If I speak of strength <03581>, lo, he is strong <0533>: and if of judgment <04941>, who shall set <03259> (8686) me a time to plead?
20  If I justify <06663> (8799) myself, mine own mouth <06310> shall condemn <07561> (8686) me: if I say, I am perfect <08535>, it shall also prove me perverse <06140> (8799).
21  Though I were perfect <08535>, yet would I not know <03045> (8799) my soul <05315>: I would despise <03988> (8799) my life <02416>.
22  This is one <0259> thing, therefore I said <0559> (8804) it, He destroyeth <03615> (8764) the perfect <08535> and the wicked <07563>.
23  If the scourge <07752> slay <04191> (8686) suddenly <06597>, he will laugh <03932> (8799) at the trial <04531> of the innocent <05355>.
24  The earth <0776> is given <05414> (8738) into the hand <03027> of the wicked <07563>: he covereth <03680> (8762) the faces <06440> of the judges <08199> (8802) thereof; if not, where <0645>, and who is he?
25  Now my days <03117> are swifter <07043> (8804) than a post <07323> (8801): they flee away <01272> (8804), they see <07200> (8804) no good <02896>.
26  They are passed away <02498> (8804) as <05973> the swift <016> ships <0591>: as the eagle <05404> that hasteth <02907> (8799) to the prey <0400>.
27  If I say <0559> (8800), I will forget <07911> (8799) my complaint <07879>, I will leave off <05800> (8799) my heaviness <06440>, and comfort <01082> (8686) myself:
28  I am afraid <03025> (8804) of all my sorrows <06094>, I know <03045> (8804) that thou wilt not hold me innocent <05352> (8762).
29  If I be wicked <07561> (8799), why then labour <03021> (8799) I in vain <01892>?
30  If I wash <07364> (8694) myself with <07950> snow water <04325> <01119>, and make my hands <03709> never <01252> (8676) <01253> so clean <02141> (8689);
31  Yet <0227> shalt thou plunge <02881> (8799) me in the ditch <07845>, and mine own clothes <08008> shall abhor <08581> (8765) me.
32  For he is not a man <0376>, as I am, that I should answer <06030> (8799) him, and we should come <0935> (8799) together <03162> in judgment <04941>.
33  Neither is <03426> there any daysman <03198> (8688) betwixt us, that might lay <07896> (8799) his hand <03027> upon us both <08147>.
34  Let him take <05493> <00> his rod <07626> away <05493> (8686) from me, and let not his fear <0367> terrify <01204> (8762) me:
35  Then would I speak <01696> (8762), and not fear <03372> (8799) him; but it is not so with me.
1  My soul <05315> is weary <05354> (8804) of my life <02416>; I will leave <05800> (8799) my complaint <07879> upon myself; I will speak <01696> (8762) in the bitterness <04751> of my soul <05315>.
2  I will say <0559> (8799) unto God <0433>, Do not condemn <07561> (8686) me; shew <03045> (8685) me wherefore thou contendest <07378> (8799) with me.
3  Is it good <02895> (8804) unto thee that thou shouldest oppress <06231> (8799), that thou shouldest despise <03988> (8799) the work <03018> of thine hands <03709>, and shine <03313> (8689) upon the counsel <06098> of the wicked <07563>?
4  Hast thou eyes <05869> of flesh <01320>? or seest <07200> (8799) thou as man <0582> seeth <07200> (8800)?
5  Are thy days <03117> as the days <03117> of man <0582>? are thy years <08141> as man's <01397> days <03117>,
6  That thou enquirest <01245> (8762) after mine iniquity <05771>, and searchest <01875> (8799) after my sin <02403>?
7  Thou knowest <01847> that I am not wicked <07561> (8799); and there is none that can deliver <05337> (8688) out of thine hand <03027>.
8  Thine hands <03027> have made <06087> (8765) me and fashioned <06213> (8799) me together <03162> round about <05439>; yet thou dost destroy <01104> (8762) me.
9  Remember <02142> (8798), I beseech thee, that thou hast made <06213> (8804) me as the clay <02563>; and wilt thou bring <07725> <00> me into dust <06083> again <07725> (8686)?
10  Hast thou not poured me out <05413> (8686) as milk <02461>, and curdled <07087> (8686) me like cheese <01385>?
11  Thou hast clothed <03847> (8686) me with skin <05785> and flesh <01320>, and hast fenced <07753> (8787) me with bones <06106> and sinews <01517>.
12  Thou hast granted <06213> (8804) me life <02416> and favour <02617>, and thy visitation <06486> hath preserved <08104> (8804) my spirit <07307>.
13  And these things hast thou hid <06845> (8804) in thine heart <03824>: I know <03045> (8804) that this is with thee.
14  If I sin <02398> (8804), then thou markest <08104> (8804) me, and thou wilt not acquit <05352> (8762) me from mine iniquity <05771>.
15  If I be wicked <07561> (8804), woe <0480> unto me; and if I be righteous <06663> (8804), yet will I not lift up <05375> (8799) my head <07218>. I am full <07649> of confusion <07036>; therefore see <07202> (8798) (8676) <07200> (8798) thou mine affliction <06040>;
16  For it increaseth <01342> (8799). Thou huntest <06679> (8799) me as a fierce lion <07826>: and again <07725> (8799) thou shewest thyself marvellous <06381> (8691) upon me.
17  Thou renewest <02318> (8762) thy witnesses <05707> against me, and increasest <07235> (8686) thine indignation <03708> upon me <05978>; changes <02487> and war <06635> are against me.
18  Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth <03318> (8689) out of the womb <07358>? Oh that I had given up the ghost <01478> (8799), and no eye <05869> had seen <07200> (8799) me!
19  I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried <02986> (8714) from the womb <0990> to the grave <06913>.
20  Are not my days <03117> few <04592>? cease <02308> (8798) (8675) <02308> (8799) then, and let me alone <07896> (8798) (8675) <07896> (8799), that I may take comfort <01082> (8686) a little <04592>,
21  Before I go <03212> (8799) whence I shall not return <07725> (8799), even to the land <0776> of darkness <02822> and the shadow of death <06757>;
22  A land <0776> of darkness <05890>, as darkness <0652> itself; and of the shadow of death <06757>, without any order <05468>, and where the light <03313> (8686) is as darkness <0652>.
1  Then answered <06030> (8799) Zophar <06691> the Naamathite <05284>, and said <0559> (8799),
2  Should not the multitude <07230> of words <01697> be answered <06030> (8735)? and should a man <0376> full of talk <08193> be justified <06663> (8799)?
3  Should thy lies <0907> make <02790> <00> men <04962> hold their peace <02790> (8686)? and when thou mockest <03932> (8799), shall no man make thee ashamed <03637> (8688)?
4  For thou hast said <0559> (8799), My doctrine <03948> is pure <02134>, and I am clean <01249> in thine eyes <05869>.
5  But <0199> oh that <05414> (8799) God <0433> would speak <01696> (8763), and open <06605> (8799) his lips <08193> against thee;
6  And that he would shew <05046> (8686) thee the secrets <08587> of wisdom <02451>, that they are double <03718> to that which is <08454>! Know <03045> (8798) therefore that God <0433> exacteth <05382> (8686) of thee less than thine iniquity <05771> deserveth.
7  Canst thou by searching <02714> find out <04672> (8799) God <0433>? canst thou find <04672> (8799) out the Almighty <07706> unto perfection <08503>?
8  It is as high <01363> as heaven <08064>; what canst thou do <06466> (8799)? deeper <06013> than hell <07585>; what canst thou know <03045> (8799)?
9  The measure <04055> thereof is longer <0752> than the earth <0776>, and broader <07342> than the sea <03220>.
10  If he cut off <02498> (8799), and shut up <05462> (8686), or gather together <06950> (8686), then who can hinder <07725> (8686) him?
11  For he knoweth <03045> (8804) vain <07723> men <04962>: he seeth <07200> (8799) wickedness <0205> also; will he not then consider <0995> (8709) it?
12  For vain <05014> (8803) man <0376> would be wise <03823> (8735), though man <0120> be born <03205> (8735) like a wild ass's <06501> colt <05895>.
13  If thou prepare <03559> (8689) thine heart <03820>, and stretch <06566> (8804) out thine hands <03709> toward him;
14  If iniquity <0205> be in thine hand <03027>, put it far away <07368> (8685), and let not wickedness <05766> dwell <07931> (8686) in thy tabernacles <0168>.
15  For then shalt thou lift up <05375> (8799) thy face <06440> without spot <03971>; yea, thou shalt be stedfast <03332> (8716), and shalt not fear <03372> (8799):
16  Because thou shalt forget <07911> (8799) thy misery <05999>, and remember <02142> (8799) it as waters <04325> that pass away <05674> (8804):
17  And thine age <02465> shall be clearer <06965> (8799) than the noonday <06672>; thou shalt shine forth <05774> (8799), thou shalt be as the morning <01242>.
18  And thou shalt be secure <0982> (8804), because there is <03426> hope <08615>; yea, thou shalt dig <02658> (8804) about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest <07901> (8799) in safety <0983>.
19  Also thou shalt lie down <07257> (8804), and none shall make thee afraid <02729> (8688); yea, many <07227> shall make suit <02470> (8765) unto thee <06440>.
20  But the eyes <05869> of the wicked <07563> shall fail <03615> (8799), and they shall not escape <06> (8804) <04498>, and their hope <08615> shall be as the giving up <04646> of the ghost <05315>.
1  And Job <0347> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799),
2  No doubt <0551> but ye are the people <05971>, and wisdom <02451> shall die <04191> (8799) with you.
3  But <01571> I have understanding <03824> as well as you; I am not inferior <05307> (8802) to you: yea, who knoweth not such things <03644> as these?
4  I am as one mocked <07814> of his neighbour <07453>, who calleth <07121> (8802) upon God <0433>, and he answereth <06030> (8799) him: the just <06662> upright <08549> man is laughed to scorn <07814>.
5  He that is ready <03559> (8737) to slip <04571> (8802) with his feet <07272> is as a lamp <03940> despised <0937> in the thought <06248> of him that is at ease <07600>.
6  The tabernacles <0168> of robbers <07703> (8802) prosper <07951> (8799), and they that provoke <07264> (8688) God <0410> are secure <0987>; into whose hand <03027> God <0433> bringeth <0935> (8689) abundantly.
7  But <0199> ask <07592> (8798) now the beasts <0929>, and they shall teach <03384> (8686) thee; and the fowls <05775> of the air <08064>, and they shall tell <05046> (8686) thee:
8  Or speak <07878> (8798) to the earth <0776>, and it shall teach <03384> (8686) thee: and the fishes <01709> of the sea <03220> shall declare <05608> (8762) unto thee.
9  Who knoweth <03045> (8804) not in all these that the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068> hath wrought <06213> (8804) this?
10  In whose hand <03027> is the soul <05315> of every living thing <02416>, and the breath <07307> of all mankind <0376> <01320>.
11  Doth not the ear <0241> try <0974> (8799) words <04405>? and the mouth <02441> taste <02938> (8799) his meat <0400>?
12  With the ancient <03453> is wisdom <02451>; and in length <0753> of days <03117> understanding <08394>.
13  With him is wisdom <02451> and strength <01369>, he hath counsel <06098> and understanding <08394>.
14  Behold, he breaketh down <02040> (8799), and it cannot be built again <01129> (8735): he shutteth up <05462> (8799) a man <0376>, and there can be no opening <06605> (8735).
15  Behold, he withholdeth <06113> (8799) the waters <04325>, and they dry up <03001> (8799): also he sendeth them out <07971> (8762), and they overturn <02015> (8799) the earth <0776>.
16  With him is strength <05797> and wisdom <08454>: the deceived <07683> (8802) and the deceiver <07686> (8688) are his.
17  He leadeth <03212> (8688) counsellors <03289> (8802) away spoiled <07758>, and maketh the judges <08199> (8802) fools <01984> (8779).
18  He looseth <06605> (8765) the bond <04148> of kings <04428>, and girdeth <0631> (8799) their loins <04975> with a girdle <0232>.
19  He leadeth <03212> (8688) princes <03548> away spoiled <07758>, and overthroweth <05557> (8762) the mighty <0386>.
20  He removeth away <05493> (8688) the speech <08193> of the trusty <0539> (8737), and taketh away <03947> (8799) the understanding <02940> of the aged <02205>.
21  He poureth <08210> (8802) contempt <0937> upon princes <05081>, and weakeneth <07503> (8765) the strength <04206> of the mighty <0650>.
22  He discovereth <01540> (8764) deep things <06013> out of darkness <02822>, and bringeth out <03318> (8686) to light <0216> the shadow of death <06757>.
23  He increaseth <07679> (8688) the nations <01471>, and destroyeth <06> (8762) them: he enlargeth <07849> (8802) the nations <01471>, and straiteneth <05148> (8686) them again.
24  He taketh away <05493> (8688) the heart <03820> of the chief <07218> of the people <05971> of the earth <0776>, and causeth them to wander <08582> (8686) in a wilderness <08414> where there is no way <01870>.
25  They grope <04959> (8762) in the dark <02822> without light <0216>, and he maketh them to stagger <08582> (8686) like a drunken <07910> man.
1  Lo, mine eye <05869> hath seen <07200> (8804) all this, mine ear <0241> hath heard <08085> (8804) and understood <0995> (8799) it.
2  What ye know <01847>, the same do I know <03045> (8804) also: I am not inferior <05307> (8802) unto you.
3  Surely <0199> I would speak <01696> (8762) to the Almighty <07706>, and I desire <02654> (8799) to reason <03198> (8687) with God <0410>.
4  But <0199> ye are forgers <02950> (8802) of lies <08267>, ye are all physicians <07495> (8802) of no value <0457>.
5  O that <05414> (8799) ye would altogether <02790> (8687) hold your peace <02790> (8686)! and it should be your wisdom <02451>.
6  Hear <08085> (8798) now my reasoning <08433>, and hearken <07181> (8685) to the pleadings <07379> of my lips <08193>.
7  Will ye speak <01696> (8762) wickedly <05766> for God <0410>? and talk <01696> (8762) deceitfully <07423> for him?
8  Will ye accept <05375> (8799) his person <06440>? will ye contend <07378> (8799) for God <0410>?
9  Is it good <02895> (8804) that he should search you out <02713> (8799)? or as one man <0582> mocketh <02048> (8763) another, do ye so mock <02048> (8762) him?
10  He will surely <03198> (8687) reprove <03198> (8686) you, if ye do secretly <05643> accept <05375> (8799) persons <06440>.
11  Shall not his excellency <07613> make you afraid <01204> (8762)? and his dread <06343> fall <05307> (8799) upon you?
12  Your remembrances <02146> are like <04912> unto ashes <0665>, your bodies <01354> to bodies <01354> of clay <02563>.
13  Hold your peace <02790> (8685), let me alone, that I may speak <01696> (8762), and let come <05674> (8799) on me what will.
14  Wherefore do I take <05375> (8799) my flesh <01320> in my teeth <08127>, and put <07760> (8799) my life <05315> in mine hand <03709>?
15  Though <02005> he slay <06991> (8799) me, yet will I trust <03176> (8762) in him: but I will maintain <03198> (8686) mine own ways <01870> before <06440> him.
16  He also shall be my salvation <03444>: for an hypocrite <02611> shall not come <0935> (8799) before <06440> him.
17  Hear <08085> (8798) diligently <08085> (8800) my speech <04405>, and my declaration <0262> with your ears <0241>.
18  Behold now, I have ordered <06186> (8804) my cause <04941>; I know <03045> (8804) that I shall be justified <06663> (8799).
19  Who is he that will plead <07378> (8799) with me? for now, if I hold my tongue <02790> (8686), I shall give up the ghost <01478> (8799).
20  Only do <06213> (8799) not two <08147> things unto me: then will I not hide <05641> (8735) myself from thee <06440>.
21  Withdraw <07368> <00> thine hand <03709> far <07368> (8685) from me: and let not thy dread <0367> make me afraid <01204> (8762).
22  Then call <07121> (8798) thou, and I will answer <06030> (8799): or let me speak <01696> (8762), and answer <07725> (8685) thou me.
23  How many are mine iniquities <05771> and sins <02403>? make me to know <03045> (8685) my transgression <06588> and my sin <02403>.
24  Wherefore hidest <05641> (8686) thou thy face <06440>, and holdest <02803> (8799) me for thine enemy <0341> (8802)?
25  Wilt thou break <06206> (8799) a leaf <05929> driven to and fro <05086> (8737)? and wilt thou pursue <07291> (8799) the dry <03002> stubble <07179>?
26  For thou writest <03789> (8799) bitter things <04846> against me, and makest me to possess <03423> (8686) the iniquities <05771> of my youth <05271>.
27  Thou puttest <07760> (8799) my feet <07272> also in the stocks <05465>, and lookest narrowly <08104> (8799) unto all my paths <0734>; thou settest a print <02707> (8691) upon the heels <08328> of my feet <07272>.
28  And he, as a rotten thing <07538>, consumeth <01086> (8799), as a garment <0899> that is moth <06211> eaten <0398> (8804).
1  Man <0120> that is born <03205> (8803) of a woman <0802> is of few <07116> days <03117>, and full <07649> of trouble <07267>.
2  He cometh forth <03318> (8804) like a flower <06731>, and is cut down <05243> (8799): he fleeth <01272> (8799) also as a shadow <06738>, and continueth <05975> (8799) not.
3  And dost thou open <06491> (8804) thine eyes <05869> upon such an one <02088>, and bringest <0935> (8686) me into judgment <04941> with thee?
4  Who can bring <05414> (8799) a clean <02889> thing out of an unclean <02931>? not one <0259>.
5  Seeing <0518> his days <03117> are determined <02782> (8803), the number <04557> of his months <02320> are with thee, thou hast appointed <06213> (8804) his bounds <02706> that he cannot pass <05674> (8799);
6  Turn <08159> (8798) from him, that he may rest <02308> (8799), till he shall accomplish <07521> (8799), as an hireling <07916>, his day <03117>.
7  For there is <03426> hope <08615> of a tree <06086>, if it be cut down <03772> (8735), that it will sprout again <02498> (8686), and that the tender branch <03127> thereof will not cease <02308> (8799).
8  Though the root <08328> thereof wax old <02204> (8686) in the earth <0776>, and the stock <01503> thereof die <04191> (8799) in the ground <06083>;
9  Yet through the scent <07381> of water <04325> it will bud <06524> (8686), and bring forth <06213> (8804) boughs <07105> like a plant <05194>.
10  But man <01397> dieth <04191> (8799), and wasteth away <02522> (8799): yea, man <0120> giveth up the ghost <01478> (8799), and where is he?
11  As the waters <04325> fail <0235> (8804) from the sea <03220>, and the flood <05104> decayeth <02717> (8799) and drieth up <03001> (8804):
12  So man <0376> lieth down <07901> (8804), and riseth <06965> (8799) not: till the heavens <08064> be no more <01115>, they shall not awake <06974> (8686), nor be raised out <05782> (8735) of their sleep <08142>.
13  O that <05414> (8799) thou wouldest hide <06845> (8686) me in the grave <07585>, that thou wouldest keep me secret <05641> (8686), until thy wrath <0639> be past <07725> (8800), that thou wouldest appoint <07896> (8799) me a set time <02706>, and remember <02142> (8799) me!
14  If a man <01397> die <04191> (8799), shall he live <02421> (8799) again? all the days <03117> of my appointed time <06635> will I wait <03176> (8762), till my change <02487> come <0935> (8800).
15  Thou shalt call <07121> (8799), and I will answer <06030> (8799) thee: thou wilt have a desire <03700> (8799) to the work <04639> of thine hands <03027>.
16  For now thou numberest <05608> (8799) my steps <06806>: dost thou not watch <08104> (8799) over my sin <02403>?
17  My transgression <06588> is sealed up <02856> (8803) in a bag <06872>, and thou sewest up <02950> (8799) mine iniquity <05771>.
18  And surely <0199> the mountain <02022> falling <05307> (8802) cometh to nought <05034> (8799), and the rock <06697> is removed <06275> (8799) out of his place <04725>.
19  The waters <04325> wear <07833> (8804) the stones <068>: thou washest away <07857> (8799) the things which grow <05599> out of the dust <06083> of the earth <0776>; and thou destroyest <06> (8689) the hope <08615> of man <0582>.
20  Thou prevailest <08630> (8799) for ever <05331> against him, and he passeth <01980> (8799): thou changest <08138> (8764) his countenance <06440>, and sendest him away <07971> (8762).
21  His sons <01121> come to honour <03513> (8799), and he knoweth <03045> (8799) it not; and they are brought low <06819> (8799), but he perceiveth <0995> (8799) it not of them.
22  But his flesh <01320> upon him shall have pain <03510> (8799), and his soul <05315> within him shall mourn <056> (8799).
1  Then answered <06030> (8799) Eliphaz <0464> the Temanite <08489>, and said <0559> (8799),
2  Should a wise man <02450> utter <06030> (8799) vain <07307> knowledge <01847>, and fill <04390> (8762) his belly <0990> with the east wind <06921>?
3  Should he reason <03198> (8687) with unprofitable <05532> (8799) talk <01697>? or with speeches <04405> wherewith he can do no good <03276> (8686)?
4  Yea, thou castest off <06565> (8686) fear <03374>, and restrainest <01639> (8799) prayer <07881> before <06440> God <0410>.
5  For thy mouth <06310> uttereth <0502> (8762) thine iniquity <05771>, and thou choosest <0977> (8799) the tongue <03956> of the crafty <06175>.
6  Thine own mouth <06310> condemneth <07561> (8686) thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips <08193> testify <06030> (8799) against thee.
7  Art thou the first <07223> (8675) <07223> man <0120> that was born <03205> (8735)? or wast thou made <02342> (8797) before <06440> the hills <01389>?
8  Hast thou heard <08085> (8799) the secret <05475> of God <0433>? and dost thou restrain <01639> (8799) wisdom <02451> to thyself?
9  What knowest <03045> (8804) thou, that we know <03045> (8799) not? what understandest <0995> (8799) thou, which is not in us?
10  With us are both the grayheaded <07867> (8802) and very aged <03453> men, much <03524> elder <03117> than thy father <01>.
11  Are the consolations <08575> of God <0410> small <04592> with thee? is there any secret <0328> thing <01697> with thee?
12  Why doth thine heart <03820> carry thee away <03947> (8799)? and what do thy eyes <05869> wink at <07335> (8799),
13  That thou turnest <07725> (8686) thy spirit <07307> against God <0410>, and lettest such words <04405> go out <03318> (8689) of thy mouth <06310>?
14  What is man <0582>, that he should be clean <02135> (8799)? and he which is born <03205> (8803) of a woman <0802>, that he should be righteous <06663> (8799)?
15  Behold, he putteth no trust <0539> (8686) in his saints <06918>; yea, the heavens <08064> are not clean <02141> (8804) in his sight <05869>.
16  How much more abominable <08581> (8737) and filthy <0444> (8737) is man <0376>, which drinketh <08354> (8802) iniquity <05766> (8675) <05766> like water <04325>?
17  I will shew <02331> (8762) thee, hear <08085> (8798) me; and that which I have seen <02372> (8804) I will declare <05608> (8762);
18  Which wise <02450> men have told <05046> (8686) from their fathers <01>, and have not hid <03582> (8765) it:
19  Unto whom alone the earth <0776> was given <05414> (8738), and no stranger <02114> (8801) passed <05674> (8804) among <08432> them.
20  The wicked <07563> man travaileth <02342> (8711) with pain all his days <03117>, and the number <04557> of years <08141> is hidden <06845> (8738) to the oppressor <06184>.
21  A dreadful <06343> sound <06963> is in his ears <0241>: in prosperity <07965> the destroyer <07703> (8802) shall come <0935> (8799) upon him.
22  He believeth <0539> (8686) not that he shall return <07725> (8800) out of darkness <02822>, and he is waited <06822> (8803) for of the sword <02719>.
23  He wandereth abroad <05074> (8802) for bread <03899>, saying, Where is it? he knoweth <03045> (8804) that the day <03117> of darkness <02822> is ready <03559> (8737) at his hand <03027>.
24  Trouble <06862> and anguish <04691> shall make him afraid <01204> (8762); they shall prevail <08630> (8799) against him, as a king <04428> ready <06264> to the battle <03593>.
25  For he stretcheth out <05186> (8804) his hand <03027> against God <0410>, and strengtheneth <01396> (8691) himself against the Almighty <07706>.
26  He runneth <07323> (8799) upon him, even on his neck <06677>, upon the thick <05672> bosses <01354> of his bucklers <04043>:
27  Because he covereth <03680> (8765) his face <06440> with his fatness <02459>, and maketh <06213> (8799) collops of fat <06371> on his flanks <03689>.
28  And he dwelleth <07931> (8799) in desolate <03582> (8737) cities <05892>, and in houses <01004> which no man inhabiteth <03427> (8799), which are ready <06257> (8694) to become heaps <01530>.
29  He shall not be rich <06238> (8799), neither shall his substance <02428> continue <06965> (8799), neither shall he prolong <05186> (8799) the perfection <04512> thereof upon the earth <0776>.
30  He shall not depart <05493> (8799) out of darkness <02822>; the flame <07957> shall dry up <03001> (8762) his branches <03127>, and by the breath <07307> of his mouth <06310> shall he go away <05493> (8799).
31  Let not him that is deceived <08582> (8738) trust <0539> (8686) in vanity <07723>: for vanity <07723> shall be his recompence <08545>.
32  It shall be accomplished <04390> (8735) before <03808> his time <03117>, and his branch <03712> shall not be green <07488>.
33  He shall shake off <02554> (8799) his unripe grape <01154> as the vine <01612>, and shall cast off <07993> (8686) his flower <05328> as the olive <02132>.
34  For the congregation <05712> of hypocrites <02611> shall be desolate <01565>, and fire <0784> shall consume <0398> (8804) the tabernacles <0168> of bribery <07810>.
35  They conceive <02029> (8800) mischief <05999>, and bring forth <03205> (8800) vanity <0205>, and their belly <0990> prepareth <03559> (8686) deceit <04820>.
1  Then Job <0347> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799),
2  I have heard <08085> (8804) many such things <07227>: miserable <05999> comforters <05162> (8764) are ye all.
3  Shall vain <07307> words <01697> have an end <07093>? or what emboldeneth <04834> (8686) thee that thou answerest <06030> (8799)?
4  I also could speak <01696> (8762) as ye do: if <03863> your soul <05315> were <03426> in my soul's <05315> stead, I could heap up <02266> (8686) words <04405> against you, and shake <05128> (8686) mine head <07218> at <01119> you.
5  But I would strengthen <0553> (8762) you with <01119> my mouth <06310>, and the moving <05205> of my lips <08193> should asswage <02820> (8799) your grief.
6  Though I speak <01696> (8762), my grief <03511> is not asswaged <02820> (8735): and though I forbear <02308> (8799), what am I eased <01980> (8799)?
7  But now he hath made me weary <03811> (8689): thou hast made desolate <08074> (8689) all my company <05712>.
8  And thou hast filled me with wrinkles <07059> (8799), which is a witness <05707> against me: and my leanness <03585> rising up <06965> (8799) in me beareth witness <06030> (8799) to my face <06440>.
9  He teareth <02963> (8804) me in his wrath <0639>, who hateth <07852> (8799) me: he gnasheth <02786> (8804) upon me with his teeth <08127>; mine enemy <06862> sharpeneth <03913> (8799) his eyes <05869> upon me.
10  They have gaped <06473> (8804) upon me with their mouth <06310>; they have smitten <05221> (8689) me upon the cheek <03895> reproachfully <02781>; they have gathered <04390> (8691) themselves together <03162> against me.
11  God <0410> hath delivered <05462> (8686) me to the ungodly <05760>, and turned me over <03399> (8804) into the hands <03027> of the wicked <07563>.
12  I was at ease <07961>, but he hath broken me asunder <06565> (8770): he hath also taken <0270> (8804) me by my neck <06203>, and shaken me to pieces <06327> (8770), and set me up <06965> (8686) for his mark <04307>.
13  His archers <07228> compass me round about <05437> (8799), he cleaveth <06398> <00> my reins <03629> asunder <06398> (8762), and doth not spare <02550> (8799); he poureth out <08210> (8799) my gall <04845> upon the ground <0776>.
14  He breaketh <06555> (8799) me with breach <06556> upon <06440> breach <06556>, he runneth <07323> (8799) upon me like a giant <01368>.
15  I have sewed <08609> (8804) sackcloth <08242> upon my skin <01539>, and defiled <05953> (8782) my horn <07161> in the dust <06083>.
16  My face <06440> is foul <02560> (8777) with weeping <01065>, and on my eyelids <06079> is the shadow of death <06757>;
17  Not for any injustice <02555> in mine hands <03709>: also my prayer <08605> is pure <02134>.
18  O earth <0776>, cover <03680> (8762) not thou my blood <01818>, and let my cry <02201> have no place <04725>.
19  Also now, behold, my witness <05707> is in heaven <08064>, and my record <07717> is on high <04791>.
20  My friends <07453> scorn <03887> (8688) me: but mine eye <05869> poureth out <01811> (8804) tears unto God <0433>.
21  O that one might plead <03198> (8686) for a man <01397> with God <0433>, as a man <0120> pleadeth for his neighbour <01121> <07453>!
22  When a few <04557> years <08141> are come <0857> (8799), then I shall go <01980> (8799) the way <0734> whence I shall not return <07725> (8799).
1  My breath <07307> is corrupt <02254> (8795), my days <03117> are extinct <02193> (8738), the graves <06913> are ready for me.
2  Are there not mockers <02049> with me? and doth not mine eye <05869> continue <03885> (8799) in their provocation <04784> (8687)?
3  Lay down <07760> (8798) now, put me in a surety <06148> (8798) with thee; who is he that will strike <08628> (8735) hands <03027> with me?
4  For thou hast hid <06845> (8804) their heart <03820> from understanding <07922>: therefore shalt thou not exalt <07311> (8787) them.
5  He that speaketh <05046> (8686) flattery <02506> to his friends <07453>, even the eyes <05869> of his children <01121> shall fail <03615> (8799).
6  He hath made <03322> (8689) me also a byword <04914> of the people <05971>; and aforetime <06440> I was as a tabret <08611>.
7  Mine eye <05869> also is dim <03543> (8799) by reason of sorrow <03708>, and all my members <03338> are as a shadow <06738>.
8  Upright <03477> men shall be astonied <08074> (8799) at this, and the innocent <05355> shall stir up <05782> (8709) himself against the hypocrite <02611>.
9  The righteous <06662> also shall hold <0270> (8799) on his way <01870>, and he that hath clean <02890> hands <03027> shall be <03254> (8686) stronger and stronger <0555>.
10  But <0199> as for you all, do ye return <07725> (8799), and come now <0935> (8798): for I cannot find <04672> (8799) one wise <02450> man among you.
11  My days <03117> are past <05674> (8804), my purposes <02154> are broken off <05423> (8738), even the thoughts <04180> of my heart <03824>.
12  They change <07760> (8799) the night <03915> into day <03117>: the light <0216> is short <07138> because <06440> of darkness <02822>.
13  If I wait <06960> (8762), the grave <07585> is mine house <01004>: I have made <07502> (8765) my bed <03326> in the darkness <02822>.
14  I have said <07121> (8804) to corruption <07845>, Thou art my father <01>: to the worm <07415>, Thou art my mother <0517>, and my sister <0269>.
15  And where is now <0645> my hope <08615>? as for my hope <08615>, who shall see <07789> (8799) it?
16  They shall go down <03381> (8799) to the bars <0905> of the pit <07585>, when our rest <05183> together <03162> is in the dust <06083>.
1  Then answered <06030> (8799) Bildad <01085> the Shuhite <07747>, and said <0559> (8799),
2  How long <05704> will it be ere ye make <07760> (8799) an end <07078> of words <04405>? mark <0995> (8799), and afterwards <0310> we will speak <01696> (8762).
3  Wherefore are we counted <02803> (8738) as beasts <0929>, and reputed vile <02933> (8738) in your sight <05869>?
4  He teareth <02963> (8802) himself <05315> in his anger <0639>: shall the earth <0776> be forsaken <05800> (8735) for thee? and shall the rock <06697> be removed <06275> (8799) out of his place <04725>?
5  Yea, the light <0216> of the wicked <07563> shall be put out <01846> (8799), and the spark <07632> of his fire <0784> shall not shine <05050> (8799).
6  The light <0216> shall be dark <02821> (8804) in his tabernacle <0168>, and his candle <05216> shall be put out <01846> (8799) with him.
7  The steps <06806> of his strength <0202> shall be straitened <03334> (8799), and his own counsel <06098> shall cast him down <07993> (8686).
8  For he is cast <07971> (8795) into a net <07568> by his own feet <07272>, and he walketh <01980> (8691) upon a snare <07639>.
9  The gin <06341> shall take <0270> (8799) him by the heel <06119>, and the robber <06782> shall prevail <02388> (8686) against him.
10  The snare <02256> is laid <02934> (8803) for him in the ground <0776>, and a trap <04434> for him in the way <05410>.
11  Terrors <01091> shall make him afraid <01204> (8765) on every side <05439>, and shall drive <06327> (8689) him to his feet <07272>.
12  His strength <0202> shall be hungerbitten <07457>, and destruction <0343> shall be ready <03559> (8737) at his side <06763>.
13  It shall devour <0398> (8799) the strength <0905> of his skin <05785>: even the firstborn <01060> of death <04194> shall devour <0398> (8799) his strength <0905>.
14  His confidence <04009> shall be rooted out <05423> (8735) of his tabernacle <0168>, and it shall bring <06805> (8686) him to the king <04428> of terrors <01091>.
15  It shall dwell <07931> (8799) in his tabernacle <0168>, because it is none <01097> of his: brimstone <01614> shall be scattered <02219> (8792) upon his habitation <05116>.
16  His roots <08328> shall be dried up <03001> (8799) beneath, and above <04605> shall his branch <07105> be cut off <05243> (8799).
17  His remembrance <02143> shall perish <06> (8804) from the earth <0776>, and he shall have no name <08034> in the street <06440> <02351>.
18  He shall be driven <01920> (8799) from light <0216> into darkness <02822>, and chased <05074> (8686) out of the world <08398>.
19  He shall neither have son <05209> nor nephew <05220> among his people <05971>, nor any remaining <08300> in his dwellings <04033>.
20  They that come after <0314> him shall be astonied <08074> (8738) at his day <03117>, as they that went before <06931> were affrighted <0270> (8804) <08178>.
21  Surely such are the dwellings <04908> of the wicked <05767>, and this is the place <04725> of him that knoweth <03045> (8804) not God <0410>.
1  Then Job <0347> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799),
2  How long will ye vex <03013> (8686) my soul <05315>, and break <01792> (8762) me in pieces with words <04405>?
3  These ten <06235> times <06471> have ye reproached <03637> (8686) me: ye are not ashamed <0954> (8799) that ye make yourselves strange <01970> (8686) to me.
4  And be it indeed <0551> that I have erred <07686> (8804), mine error <04879> remaineth <03885> (8799) with myself.
5  If indeed <0551> ye will magnify <01431> (8686) yourselves against me, and plead <03198> (8686) against me my reproach <02781>:
6  Know <03045> (8798) now <0645> that God <0433> hath overthrown <05791> (8765) me, and hath compassed <05362> (8689) me with his net <04686>.
7  Behold, I cry out <06817> (8799) of wrong <02555>, but I am not heard <06030> (8735): I cry aloud <07768> (8762), but there is no judgment <04941>.
8  He hath fenced up <01443> (8804) my way <0734> that I cannot pass <05674> (8799), and he hath set <07760> (8799) darkness <02822> in my paths <05410>.
9  He hath stripped <06584> (8689) me of my glory <03519>, and taken <05493> (8686) the crown <05850> from my head <07218>.
10  He hath destroyed <05422> (8799) me on every side <05439>, and I am gone <03212> (8799): and mine hope <08615> hath he removed <05265> (8686) like a tree <06086>.
11  He hath also kindled <02734> (8686) his wrath <0639> against me, and he counteth <02803> (8799) me unto him as one of his enemies <06862>.
12  His troops <01416> come <0935> (8799) together <03162>, and raise up <05549> (8799) their way <01870> against me, and encamp <02583> (8799) round about <05439> my tabernacle <0168>.
13  He hath put <07368> <00> my brethren <0251> far <07368> (8689) from me, and mine acquaintance <03045> (8802) are verily estranged <02114> (8804) from me.
14  My kinsfolk <07138> have failed <02308> (8804), and my familiar friends <03045> (8794) have forgotten <07911> (8804) me.
15  They that dwell <01481> (8802) in mine house <01004>, and my maids <0519>, count <02803> (8799) me for a stranger <02114> (8801): I am an alien <05237> in their sight <05869>.
16  I called <07121> (8804) my servant <05650>, and he gave me no answer <06030> (8799); I intreated <02603> (8691) him with <01119> my mouth <06310>.
17  My breath <07307> is strange <02114> (8804) to my wife <0802>, though I intreated <02589> (8800) for the children's <01121> sake of mine own body <0990>.
18  Yea, young children <05759> despised <03988> (8804) me; I arose <06965> (8799), and they spake <01696> (8762) against me.
19  All my inward <05475> friends <04962> abhorred <08581> (8765) me: and they whom I loved <0157> (8804) are turned <02015> (8738) against me.
20  My bone <06106> cleaveth <01692> (8804) to my skin <05785> and to my flesh <01320>, and I am escaped <04422> (8691) with the skin <05785> of my teeth <08127>.
21  Have pity <02603> (8798) upon me, have pity <02603> (8798) upon me, O ye my friends <07453>; for the hand <03027> of God <0433> hath touched <05060> (8804) me.
22  Why do ye persecute <07291> (8799) me as God <0410>, and are not satisfied <07646> (8799) with my flesh <01320>?
23  Oh that <05414> (8799) my words <04405> were now <0645> written <03789> (8735)! oh that <05414> (8799) they were printed <02710> (8714) in a book <05612>!
24  That they were graven <02672> (8735) with an iron <01270> pen <05842> and lead <05777> in the rock <06697> for ever <05703>!
25  For I know <03045> (8804) that my redeemer <01350> (8802) liveth <02416>, and that he shall stand <06965> (8799) at the latter <0314> day upon the earth <06083>:
26  And though after <0310> my skin <05785> worms destroy <05362> (8765) this body, yet in my flesh <01320> shall I see <02372> (8799) God <0433>:
27  Whom I shall see <02372> (8799) for myself, and mine eyes <05869> shall behold <07200> (8804), and not another <02114> (8801); though my reins <03629> be consumed <03615> (8804) within <02436> me.
28  But ye should say <0559> (8799), Why persecute <07291> (8799) we him, seeing the root <08328> of the matter <01697> is found <04672> (8738) in me?
29  Be ye afraid <01481> (8798) of the sword <02719>: for wrath <02534> bringeth the punishments <05771> of <06440> the sword <02719>, that ye may know <03045> (8799) there is a judgment <01779> (8675) <01779>.
1  Then answered <06030> (8799) Zophar <06691> the Naamathite <05284>, and said <0559> (8799),
2  Therefore do my thoughts <05587> cause me to answer <07725> (8686), and for this I make haste <02363> (8800).
3  I have heard <08085> (8799) the check <04148> of my reproach <03639>, and the spirit <07307> of my understanding <0998> causeth me to answer <06030> (8799).
4  Knowest <03045> (8804) thou not this of old <05703>, since man <0120> was placed <07760> (8800) upon earth <0776>,
5  That the triumphing <07445> of the wicked <07563> is short <07138>, and the joy <08057> of the hypocrite <02611> but for a moment <07281>?
6  Though his excellency <07863> mount up <05927> (8799) to the heavens <08064>, and his head <07218> reach <05060> (8686) unto the clouds <05645>;
7  Yet he shall perish <06> (8799) for ever <05331> like his own dung <01561>: they which have seen <07200> (8802) him shall say <0559> (8799), Where <0335> is he?
8  He shall fly away <05774> (8799) as a dream <02472>, and shall not be found <04672> (8799): yea, he shall be chased away <05074> (8714) as a vision <02384> of the night <03915>.
9  The eye <05869> also which saw <07805> (8804) him shall see him no more <03254> (8686); neither shall his place <04725> any more behold <07789> (8799) him.
10  His children <01121> shall seek to please <07521> (8762) the poor <01800>, and his hands <03027> shall restore <07725> (8686) their goods <0202>.
11  His bones <06106> are full <04390> (8804) of the sin of his youth <05934>, which shall lie down <07901> (8799) with him in the dust <06083>.
12  Though wickedness <07451> be sweet <04985> (8686) in his mouth <06310>, though he hide <03582> (8686) it under his tongue <03956>;
13  Though he spare <02550> (8799) it, and forsake <05800> (8799) it not; but keep it still <04513> (8799) within <08432> his mouth <02441>:
14  Yet his meat <03899> in his bowels <04578> is turned <02015> (8738), it is the gall <04846> of asps <06620> within <07130> him.
15  He hath swallowed down <01104> (8804) riches <02428>, and he shall vomit them up again <06958> (8686): God <0410> shall cast them out <03423> (8686) of his belly <0990>.
16  He shall suck <03243> (8799) the poison <07219> of asps <06620>: the viper's <0660> tongue <03956> shall slay <02026> (8799) him.
17  He shall not see <07200> (8799) the rivers <06390>, the floods <05104>, the brooks <05158> of honey <01706> and butter <02529>.
18  That which he laboured <03022> for shall he restore <07725> (8688), and shall not swallow it down <01104> (8799): according to his substance <02428> shall the restitution <08545> be, and he shall not rejoice <05965> (8799) therein.
19  Because he hath oppressed <07533> (8765) and hath forsaken <05800> (8804) the poor <01800>; because he hath violently taken away <01497> (8804) an house <01004> which he builded <01129> (8799) not;
20  Surely he shall not feel <03045> (8804) quietness <07961> in his belly <0990>, he shall not save <04422> (8762) of that which he desired <02530> (8803).
21  There shall none of his meat <0400> be left <08300>; therefore shall no man look <02342> (8799) for his goods <02898>.
22  In the fulness <04390> (8800) (8675) <04390> (8763) of his sufficiency <05607> he shall be in straits <03334> (8799): every hand <03027> of the wicked <06001> shall come <0935> (8799) upon him.
23  When he is about to fill <04390> (8763) his belly <0990>, God shall cast <07971> (8762) the fury <02740> of his wrath <0639> upon him, and shall rain <04305> (8686) it upon him while he is eating <03894>.
24  He shall flee <01272> (8799) from the iron <01270> weapon <05402>, and the bow <07198> of steel <05154> shall strike him through <02498> (8799).
25  It is drawn <08025> (8804), and cometh out <03318> (8799) of the body <01465>; yea, the glittering sword <01300> cometh out <01980> (8799) of his gall <04846>: terrors <0367> are upon him.
26  All darkness <02822> shall be hid <02934> (8803) in his secret places <06845> (8803): a fire <0784> not blown <05301> (8795) shall consume <0398> (8762) him; it shall go ill <03415> (8799) with him that is left <08300> in his tabernacle <0168>.
27  The heaven <08064> shall reveal <01540> (8762) his iniquity <05771>; and the earth <0776> shall rise up <06965> (8693) against him.
28  The increase <02981> of his house <01004> shall depart <01540> (8799), and his goods shall flow away <05064> (8737) in the day <03117> of his wrath <0639>.
29  This is the portion <02506> of a wicked <07563> man <0120> from God <0430>, and the heritage <05159> appointed <0561> unto him by God <0410>.
1  But Job <0347> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799),
2  Hear <08085> (8798) diligently <08085> (8800) my speech <04405>, and let this be your consolations <08575>.
3  Suffer <05375> (8798) me that I may speak <01696> (8762); and after <0310> that I have spoken <01696> (8763), mock on <03932> (8686).
4  As for me, is my complaint <07879> to man <0120>? and if it were so, why should not my spirit <07307> be troubled <07114> (8799)?
5  Mark <06437> (8798) me, and be astonished <08074> (8713), and lay <07760> (8798) your hand <03027> upon your mouth <06310>.
6  Even when I remember <02142> (8804) I am afraid <0926> (8738), and trembling <06427> taketh hold on <0270> (8804) my flesh <01320>.
7  Wherefore do the wicked <07563> live <02421> (8799), become old <06275> (8804), yea, are mighty <01396> (8804) in power <02428>?
8  Their seed <02233> is established <03559> (8737) in their sight <06440> with them, and their offspring <06631> before their eyes <05869>.
9  Their houses <01004> are safe <07965> from fear <06343>, neither is the rod <07626> of God <0433> upon them.
10  Their bull <07794> gendereth <05674> (8765), and faileth <01602> (8686) not; their cow <06510> calveth <06403> (8762), and casteth not her calf <07921> (8762).
11  They send forth <07971> (8762) their little ones <05759> like a flock <06629>, and their children <03206> dance <07540> (8762).
12  They take <05375> (8799) the timbrel <08596> and harp <03658>, and rejoice <08055> (8799) at the sound <06963> of the organ <05748>.
13  They spend <03615> (8762) (8675) <01086> (8762) their days <03117> in wealth <02896>, and in a moment <07281> go down <02865> (8735) (8676) <05181> (8799) to the grave <07585>.
14  Therefore they say <0559> (8799) unto God <0410>, Depart <05493> (8798) from us; for we desire <02654> (8804) not the knowledge <01847> of thy ways <01870>.
15  What is the Almighty <07706>, that we should serve <05647> (8799) him? and what profit <03276> (8686) should we have, if we pray <06293> (8799) unto him?
16  Lo, their good <02898> is not in their hand <03027>: the counsel <06098> of the wicked <07563> is far <07368> (8804) from me.
17  How oft is the candle <05216> of the wicked <07563> put out <01846> (8799)! and how oft cometh <0935> (8799) their destruction <0343> upon them! God distributeth <02505> (8762) sorrows <02256> in his anger <0639>.
18  They are as stubble <08401> before <06440> the wind <07307>, and as chaff <04671> that the storm <05492> carrieth away <01589> (8804).
19  God <0433> layeth up <06845> (8799) his iniquity <0205> for his children <01121>: he rewardeth <07999> (8762) him, and he shall know <03045> (8799) it.
20  His eyes <05869> shall see <07200> (8799) his destruction <03589>, and he shall drink <08354> (8799) of the wrath <02534> of the Almighty <07706>.
21  For what pleasure <02656> hath he in his house <01004> after <0310> him, when the number <04557> of his months <02320> is cut off in the midst <02686> (8795)?
22  Shall any teach <03925> (8762) God <0410> knowledge <01847>? seeing he judgeth <08199> (8799) those that are high <07311> (8802).
23  One dieth <04191> (8799) in his full <08537> strength <06106>, being wholly at ease <07946> and quiet <07961>.
24  His breasts <05845> are full <04390> (8804) of milk <02461>, and his bones <06106> are moistened <08248> (8792) with marrow <04221>.
25  And another dieth <04191> (8799) in the bitterness <04751> of his soul <05315>, and never eateth <0398> (8804) with pleasure <02896>.
26  They shall lie down <07901> (8799) alike <03162> in the dust <06083>, and the worms <07415> shall cover <03680> (8762) them.
27  Behold, I know <03045> (8804) your thoughts <04284>, and the devices <04209> which ye wrongfully imagine <02554> (8799) against me.
28  For ye say <0559> (8799), Where is the house <01004> of the prince <05081>? and where are the dwelling <04908> places <0168> of the wicked <07563>?
29  Have ye not asked <07592> (8804) them that go <05674> (8802) by the way <01870>? and do ye not know <05234> (8762) their tokens <0226>,
30  That the wicked <07451> is reserved <02820> (8735) to the day <03117> of destruction <0343>? they shall be brought forth <02986> (8714) to the day <03117> of wrath <05678>.
31  Who shall declare <05046> (8686) his way <01870> to his face <06440>? and who shall repay <07999> (8762) him what he hath done <06213> (8804)?
32  Yet shall he be brought <02986> (8714) to the grave <06913>, and shall remain <08245> (8799) in the tomb <01430>.
33  The clods <07263> of the valley <05158> shall be sweet <04985> (8804) unto him, and every man <0120> shall draw <04900> (8799) after <0310> him, as there are innumerable <04557> before <06440> him.
34  How then comfort <05162> (8762) ye me in vain <01892>, seeing in your answers <08666> there remaineth <07604> (8738) falsehood <04604>?
1  Then Eliphaz <0464> the Temanite <08489> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799),
2  Can a man <01397> be profitable <05532> (8799) unto God <0410>, as <03588> he that is wise <07919> (8688) may be profitable <05532> (8799) unto himself?
3  Is it any pleasure <02656> to the Almighty <07706>, that thou art righteous <06663> (8799)? or is it gain <01215> to him, that thou makest thy ways <01870> perfect <08552> (8686)?
4  Will he reprove <03198> (8686) thee for fear <03374> of thee? will he enter <0935> (8799) with thee into judgment <04941>?
5  Is not thy wickedness <07451> great <07227>? and thine iniquities <05771> infinite <07093>?
6  For thou hast taken a pledge <02254> (8799) from thy brother <0251> for nought <02600>, and stripped <06584> (8686) the naked <06174> of their clothing <0899>.
7  Thou hast not given water <04325> to the weary <05889> to drink <08248> (8686), and thou hast withholden <04513> (8799) bread <03899> from the hungry <07457>.
8  But as for the mighty <02220> man <0376>, he had the earth <0776>; and the honourable man <05375> (8803) <06440> dwelt <03427> (8799) in it.
9  Thou hast sent <07971> (8765) widows <0490> away empty <07387>, and the arms <02220> of the fatherless <03490> have been broken <01792> (8792).
10  Therefore snares <06341> are round about <05439> thee, and sudden <06597> fear <06343> troubleth <0926> (8762) thee;
11  Or darkness <02822>, that thou canst not see <07200> (8799); and abundance <08229> of waters <04325> cover <03680> (8762) thee.
12  Is not God <0433> in the height <01363> of heaven <08064>? and behold <07200> (8798) the height <07218> of the stars <03556>, how high <07311> (8804) they are!
13  And thou sayest <0559> (8804), How doth God <0410> know <03045> (8804)? can he judge <08199> (8799) through the dark cloud <06205>?
14  Thick clouds <05645> are a covering <05643> to him, that he seeth <07200> (8799) not; and he walketh <01980> (8691) in the circuit <02329> of heaven <08064>.
15  Hast thou marked <08104> (8799) the old <05769> way <0734> which wicked <0205> men <04962> have trodden <01869> (8804)?
16  Which were cut down <07059> (8795) out of time <06256>, whose foundation <03247> was overflown <03332> (8714) with a flood <05104>:
17  Which said <0559> (8802) unto God <0410>, Depart <05493> (8798) from us: and what can the Almighty <07706> do <06466> (8799) for them?
18  Yet he filled <04390> (8765) their houses <01004> with good <02896> things: but the counsel <06098> of the wicked <07563> is far <07368> (8804) from me.
19  The righteous <06662> see <07200> (8799) it, and are glad <08055> (8799): and the innocent <05355> laugh them to scorn <03932> (8799).
20  Whereas <0518> our substance <07009> is not cut down <03582> (8738), but the remnant <03499> of them the fire <0784> consumeth <0398> (8804).
21  Acquaint <05532> (8685) now thyself with him, and be at peace <07999> (8798): thereby good <02896> shall come <0935> (8799) unto thee.
22  Receive <03947> (8798), I pray thee, the law <08451> from his mouth <06310>, and lay up <07760> (8798) his words <0561> in thine heart <03824>.
23  If thou return <07725> (8799) to the Almighty <07706>, thou shalt be built up <01129> (8735), thou shalt put away <07368> <00> iniquity <05766> far <07368> (8686) from thy tabernacles <0168>.
24  Then shalt thou lay up <07896> (8800) gold <01220> as <05921> dust <06083>, and the gold of Ophir <0211> as the stones <06697> of the brooks <05158>.
25  Yea, the Almighty <07706> shall be thy defence <01220>, and thou shalt have plenty <08443> of silver <03701>.
26  For then shalt thou have thy delight <06026> (8691) in the Almighty <07706>, and shalt lift up <05375> (8799) thy face <06440> unto God <0433>.
27  Thou shalt make thy prayer <06279> (8686) unto him, and he shall hear <08085> (8799) thee, and thou shalt pay <07999> (8762) thy vows <05088>.
28  Thou shalt also decree <01504> (8799) a thing <0562>, and it shall be established <06965> (8799) unto thee: and the light <0216> shall shine <05050> (8804) upon thy ways <01870>.
29  When men are cast down <08213> (8689), then thou shalt say <0559> (8799), There is lifting up <01466>; and he shall save <03467> (8686) the humble <07807> person <05869>.
30  He shall deliver <04422> (8762) the island <0336> of the innocent <05355>: and it is delivered <04422> (8738) by the pureness <01252> of thine hands <03709>.
1  Then Job <0347> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799),
2  Even to day <03117> is my complaint <07879> bitter <04805>: my stroke <03027> is heavier <03513> (8804) than my groaning <0585>.
3  Oh that <05414> (8799) I knew <03045> (8804) where I might find <04672> (8799) him! that I might come <0935> (8799) even to his seat <08499>!
4  I would order <06186> (8799) my cause <04941> before <06440> him, and fill <04390> (8762) my mouth <06310> with arguments <08433>.
5  I would know <03045> (8799) the words <04405> which he would answer <06030> (8799) me, and understand <0995> (8799) what he would say <0559> (8799) unto me.
6  Will he plead <07378> (8799) against <05978> me with his great <07230> power <03581>? No; but he would put <07760> (8799) strength in me.
7  There the righteous <03477> might dispute <03198> (8737) with him; so should I be delivered <06403> (8762) for ever <05331> from my judge <08199> (8802).
8  Behold, I go <01980> (8799) forward <06924>, but he is not there; and backward <0268>, but I cannot perceive <0995> (8799) him:
9  On the left hand <08040>, where he doth work <06213> (8800), but I cannot behold <02372> (8799) him: he hideth <05848> (8799) himself on the right hand <03225>, that I cannot see <07200> (8799) him:
10  But he knoweth <03045> (8804) the way <01870> that I take <05978>: when he hath tried <0974> (8804) me, I shall come forth <03318> (8799) as gold <02091>.
11  My foot <07272> hath held <0270> (8804) his steps <0838>, his way <01870> have I kept <08104> (8804), and not declined <05186> (8686).
12  Neither have I gone back <04185> (8686) from the commandment <04687> of his lips <08193>; I have esteemed <06845> (8804) the words <0561> of his mouth <06310> more than my necessary <02706> food.
13  But he is in one <0259> mind, and who can turn <07725> (8686) him? and what his soul <05315> desireth <0183> (8765), even that he doeth <06213> (8799).
14  For he performeth <07999> (8686) the thing that is appointed <02706> for me: and many <07227> such <02007> things are with him.
15  Therefore am I troubled <0926> (8735) at his presence <06440>: when I consider <0995> (8709), I am afraid <06342> (8799) of him.
16  For God <0410> maketh my heart <03820> soft <07401> (8689), and the Almighty <07706> troubleth <0926> (8689) me:
17  Because I was not cut off <06789> (8738) before <06440> the darkness <02822>, neither hath he covered <03680> (8765) the darkness <0652> from my face <06440>.
1  Why, seeing times <06256> are not hidden <06845> (8738) from the Almighty <07706>, do they that know <03045> (8802) him not see <02372> (8804) his days <03117>?
2  Some remove <05381> (8686) the landmarks <01367>; they violently take away <01497> (8804) flocks <05739>, and feed <07462> (8799) thereof.
3  They drive away <05090> (8799) the ass <02543> of the fatherless <03490>, they take <02254> <00> the widow's <0490> ox <07794> for a pledge <02254> (8799).
4  They turn <05186> (8686) the needy <034> out of the way <01870>: the poor <06041> (8675) <06035> of the earth <0776> hide <02244> (8795) themselves together <03162>.
5  Behold, as wild asses <06501> in the desert <04057>, go they forth <03318> (8804) to their work <06467>; rising betimes <07836> (8764) for a prey <02964>: the wilderness <06160> yieldeth food <03899> for them and for their children <05288>.
6  They reap <07114> (8799) (8675) <07114> (8686) every one his corn <01098> in the field <07704>: and they gather <03953> (8762) the vintage <03754> of the wicked <07563>.
7  They cause the naked <06174> to lodge <03885> (8686) without clothing <03830>, that they have no covering <03682> in the cold <07135>.
8  They are wet <07372> (8799) with the showers <02230> of the mountains <02022>, and embrace <02263> (8765) the rock <06697> for want of a shelter <04268>.
9  They pluck <01497> (8799) the fatherless <03490> from the breast <07699>, and take a pledge <02254> (8799) of the poor <06041>.
10  They cause him to go <01980> (8765) naked <06174> without clothing <03830>, and they take away <05375> (8804) the sheaf <06016> from the hungry <07457>;
11  Which make oil <06671> (8686) within <0996> their walls <07791>, and tread <01869> (8804) their winepresses <03342>, and suffer thirst <06770> (8799).
12  Men <04962> groan <05008> (8799) from out of the city <05892>, and the soul <05315> of the wounded <02491> crieth out <07768> (8762): yet God <0433> layeth <07760> (8799) not folly <08604> to them.
13  They are of those that rebel <04775> (8802) against the light <0216>; they know <05234> (8689) not the ways <01870> thereof, nor abide <03427> (8804) in the paths <05410> thereof.
14  The murderer <07523> (8802) rising <06965> (8799) with the light <0216> killeth <06991> (8799) the poor <06041> and needy <034>, and in the night <03915> is as a thief <01590>.
15  The eye <05869> also of the adulterer <05003> (8802) waiteth <08104> (8804) for the twilight <05399>, saying <0559> (8800), No eye <05869> shall see <07789> (8799) me: and disguiseth <05643> <07760> (8799) his face <06440>.
16  In the dark <02822> they dig through <02864> (8804) houses <01004>, which they had marked <02856> (8765) for themselves in the daytime <03119>: they know <03045> (8804) not the light <0216>.
17  For the morning <01242> is to them even as <03162> the shadow of death <06757>: if one know <05234> (8686) them, they are in the terrors <01091> of the shadow of death <06757>.
18  He is swift <07031> as the waters <06440> <04325>; their portion <02513> is cursed <07043> (8792) in the earth <0776>: he beholdeth <06437> (8799) not the way <01870> of the vineyards <03754>.
19  Drought <06723> and heat <02527> consume <01497> (8799) the snow <07950> waters <04325>: so doth the grave <07585> those which have sinned <02398> (8804).
20  The womb <07358> shall forget <07911> (8799) him; the worm <07415> shall feed sweetly <04988> (8804) on him; he shall be no more remembered <02142> (8735); and wickedness <05766> shall be broken <07665> (8735) as a tree <06086>.
21  He evil entreateth <07462> (8802) the barren <06135> that beareth <03205> (8799) not: and doeth not good <03190> (8686) to the widow <0490>.
22  He draweth <04900> (8804) also the mighty <047> with his power <03581>: he riseth up <06965> (8799), and no man is sure <0539> (8686) of life <02416>.
23  Though it be given <05414> (8799) him to be in safety <0983>, whereon he resteth <08172> (8735); yet his eyes <05869> are upon their ways <01870>.
24  They are exalted <07426> (8804) for a little while <04592>, but are gone and brought low <04355> (8717); they are taken out <07092> (8735) of the way <01870> as all other, and cut off <05243> (8799) as the tops <07218> of the ears of corn <07641>.
25  And if it be not so now <0645>, who will make <07760> (8799) me a liar <03576> (8686), and make <07760> (8799) my speech <04405> nothing worth <0408>?
1  Then answered <06030> (8799) Bildad <01085> the Shuhite <07747>, and said <0559> (8799),
2  Dominion <04910> (8687) and fear <06343> are with him, he maketh <06213> (8802) peace <07965> in his high places <04791>.
3  Is there <03426> any number <04557> of his armies <01416>? and upon whom doth not his light <0216> arise <06965> (8799)?
4  How then can man <0582> be justified <06663> (8799) with God <0410>? or how can he be clean <02135> (8799) that is born <03205> (8803) of a woman <0802>?
5  Behold even to the moon <03394>, and it shineth <0166> (8686) not; yea, the stars <03556> are not pure <02141> (8804) in his sight <05869>.
6  How much less man <0582>, that is a worm <07415>? and the son <01121> of man <0120>, which is a worm <08438>?
1  But Job <0347> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799),
2  How hast thou helped <05826> (8804) him that is without power <03581>? how savest <03467> (8689) thou the arm <02220> that hath no <03808> strength <05797>?
3  How hast thou counselled <03289> (8804) him that hath no <03808> wisdom <02451>? and how hast thou plentifully <07230> declared <03045> (8689) the thing as it is <08454>?
4  To whom hast thou uttered <05046> (8689) words <04405>? and whose spirit <05397> came <03318> (8804) from thee?
5  Dead <07496> things are formed <02342> (8787) from under the waters <04325>, and the inhabitants <07931> (8802) thereof.
6  Hell <07585> is naked <06174> before him, and destruction <011> hath no covering <03682>.
7  He stretcheth out <05186> (8802) the north <06828> over the empty place <08414>, and hangeth <08518> (8802) the earth <0776> upon nothing <01099>.
8  He bindeth up <06887> (8802) the waters <04325> in his thick clouds <05645>; and the cloud <06051> is not rent <01234> (8738) under them.
9  He holdeth back <0270> (8764) the face <06440> of his throne <03678>, and spreadeth <06576> (8768) his cloud <06051> upon it.
10  He hath compassed <02328> (8804) the waters <06440> <04325> with bounds <02706>, until the day <0216> and night <02822> come to an end <08503>.
11  The pillars <05982> of heaven <08064> tremble <07322> (8787) and are astonished <08539> (8799) at his reproof <01606>.
12  He divideth <07280> (8804) the sea <03220> with his power <03581>, and by his understanding <08394> (8675) <08394> he smiteth <04272> (8804) through the proud <07293>.
13  By his spirit <07307> he hath garnished <08235> (8765) the heavens <08064>; his hand <03027> hath formed <02342> (8790) the crooked <01281> serpent <05175>.
14  Lo, these are parts <07098> of his ways <01870>: but how little <08102> a portion <01697> is heard <08085> (8738) of him? but the thunder <07482> of his power <01369> who can understand <0995> (8709)?
1  Moreover Job <0347> continued <03254> (8686) <05375> (8800) his parable <04912>, and said <0559> (8799),
2  As God <0410> liveth <02416>, who hath taken away <05493> (8689) my judgment <04941>; and the Almighty <07706>, who hath vexed <04843> (8689) my soul <05315>;
3  All the while <05750> my breath <05397> is in me, and the spirit <07307> of God <0433> is in my nostrils <0639>;
4  My lips <08193> shall not speak <01696> (8762) wickedness <05766>, nor my tongue <03956> utter <01897> (8799) deceit <07423>.
5  God forbid <02486> that I should justify <06663> (8686) you: till I die <01478> (8799) I will not remove <05493> (8686) mine integrity <08538> from me.
6  My righteousness <06666> I hold <02388> (8689) fast, and will not let it go <07503> (8686): my heart <03824> shall not reproach <02778> (8799) me so long as I live <03117>.
7  Let mine enemy <0341> (8802) be as the wicked <07563>, and he that riseth up <06965> (8693) against me as the unrighteous <05767>.
8  For what is the hope <08615> of the hypocrite <02611>, though he hath gained <01214> (8799), when God <0433> taketh away <07953> (8799) his soul <05315>?
9  Will God <0410> hear <08085> (8799) his cry <06818> when trouble <06869> cometh <0935> (8799) upon him?
10  Will he delight <06026> (8691) himself in the Almighty <07706>? will he always <06256> call <07121> (8799) upon God <0433>?
11  I will teach <03384> (8686) you by the hand <03027> of God <0410>: that which is with the Almighty <07706> will I not conceal <03582> (8762).
12  Behold, all ye yourselves have seen <02372> (8804) it; why then are ye thus altogether <01892> vain <01891> (8799)?
13  This is the portion <02506> of a wicked <07563> man <0120> with God <0410>, and the heritage <05159> of oppressors <06184>, which they shall receive <03947> (8799) of the Almighty <07706>.
14  If his children <01121> be multiplied <07235> (8799), it is for <03926> the sword <02719>: and his offspring <06631> shall not be satisfied <07646> (8799) with bread <03899>.
15  Those that remain <08300> of him shall be buried <06912> (8735) in death <04194>: and his widows <0490> shall not weep <01058> (8799).
16  Though he heap up <06651> (8799) silver <03701> as the dust <06083>, and prepare <03559> (8686) raiment <04403> as the clay <02563>;
17  He may prepare <03559> (8686) it, but the just <06662> shall put it on <03847> (8799), and the innocent <05355> shall divide <02505> (8799) the silver <03701>.
18  He buildeth <01129> (8804) his house <01004> as a moth <06211>, and as a booth <05521> that the keeper <05341> (8802) maketh <06213> (8804).
19  The rich <06223> man shall lie down <07901> (8799), but he shall not be gathered <0622> (8735): he openeth <06491> (8804) his eyes <05869>, and he is not.
20  Terrors <01091> take hold <05381> (8686) on him as waters <04325>, a tempest <05492> stealeth him away <01589> (8804) in the night <03915>.
21  The east <06921> wind carrieth him away <05375> (8799), and he departeth <03212> (8799): and as a storm hurleth <08175> (8762) him out of his place <04725>.
22  For God shall cast <07993> (8686) upon him, and not spare <02550> (8799): he would fain <01272> (8800) flee <01272> (8799) out of his hand <03027>.
23  Men shall clap <05606> (8799) their hands <03709> at him, and shall hiss <08319> (8799) him out of his place <04725>.
1  Surely <03426> there is a vein <04161> for the silver <03701>, and a place <04725> for gold <02091> where they fine <02212> (8799) it.
2  Iron <01270> is taken <03947> (8714) out of the earth <06083>, and brass <05154> is molten <06694> (8799) out of the stone <068>.
3  He setteth <07760> (8804) an end <07093> to darkness <02822>, and searcheth out <02713> (8802) all perfection <08503>: the stones <068> of darkness <0652>, and the shadow of death <06757>.
4  The flood <05158> breaketh out <06555> (8804) from the inhabitant <01481> (8802); even the waters forgotten <07911> (8737) of the foot <07272>: they are dried up <01809> (8804), they are gone away <05128> (8804) from men <0582>.
5  As for the earth <0776>, out of it cometh <03318> (8799) bread <03899>: and under it is turned up <02015> (8738) as it were fire <0784>.
6  The stones <068> of it are the place <04725> of sapphires <05601>: and it hath dust <06083> of gold <02091>.
7  There is a path <05410> which no fowl <05861> knoweth <03045> (8804), and which the vulture's <0344> eye <05869> hath not seen <07805> (8804):
8  The lion's <07830> whelps <01121> have not trodden <01869> (8689) it, nor the fierce lion <07826> passed <05710> (8804) by it.
9  He putteth forth <07971> (8804) his hand <03027> upon the rock <02496>; he overturneth <02015> (8804) the mountains <02022> by the roots <08328>.
10  He cutteth out <01234> (8765) rivers <02975> among the rocks <06697>; and his eye <05869> seeth <07200> (8804) every precious thing <03366>.
11  He bindeth <02280> (8765) the floods <05104> from overflowing <01065>; and the thing that is hid <08587> bringeth he forth <03318> (8686) to light <0216>.
12  But where <0370> shall wisdom <02451> be found <04672> (8735)? and where is the place <04725> of understanding <0998>?
13  Man <0582> knoweth <03045> (8804) not the price <06187> thereof; neither is it found <04672> (8735) in the land <0776> of the living <02416>.
14  The depth <08415> saith <0559> (8804), It is not in me: and the sea <03220> saith <0559> (8804), It is not with me.
15  It cannot be gotten <05414> (8714) for gold <05458>, neither shall silver <03701> be weighed <08254> (8735) for the price <04242> thereof.
16  It cannot be valued <05541> (8792) with the gold <03800> of Ophir <0211>, with the precious <03368> onyx <07718>, or the sapphire <05601>.
17  The gold <02091> and the crystal <02137> cannot equal <06186> (8799) it: and the exchange <08545> of it shall not be for jewels <03627> of fine gold <06337>.
18  No mention <02142> (8735) shall be made of coral <07215>, or of pearls <01378>: for the price <04901> of wisdom <02451> is above rubies <06443>.
19  The topaz <06357> of Ethiopia <03568> shall not equal <06186> (8799) it, neither shall it be valued <05541> (8792) with pure <02889> gold <03800>.
20  Whence <0370> then cometh <0935> (8799) wisdom <02451>? and where is the place <04725> of understanding <0998>?
21  Seeing it is hid <05956> (8738) from the eyes <05869> of all living <02416>, and kept close <05641> (8738) from the fowls <05775> of the air <08064>.
22  Destruction <011> and death <04194> say <0559> (8804), We have heard <08085> (8804) the fame <08088> thereof with our ears <0241>.
23  God <0430> understandeth <0995> (8689) the way <01870> thereof, and he knoweth <03045> (8804) the place <04725> thereof.
24  For he looketh <05027> (8686) to the ends <07098> of the earth <0776>, and seeth <07200> (8799) under the whole heaven <08064>;
25  To make <06213> (8800) the weight <04948> for the winds <07307>; and he weigheth <08505> (8765) the waters <04325> by measure <04060>.
26  When he made <06213> (8800) a decree <02706> for the rain <04306>, and a way <01870> for the lightning <02385> of the thunder <06963>:
27  Then did he see <07200> (8804) it, and declare <05608> (8762) it; he prepared <03559> (8689) it, yea, and searched it out <02713> (8804).
28  And unto man <0120> he said <0559> (8799), Behold, the fear <03374> of the Lord <0136>, that is wisdom <02451>; and to depart <05493> (8800) from evil <07451> is understanding <0998>.
1  Moreover Job <0347> continued <03254> (8686) <05375> (8800) his parable <04912>, and said <0559> (8799),
2  Oh that <05414> (8799) I were as in months <03391> past <06924>, as in the days <03117> when God <0433> preserved <08104> (8799) me;
3  When his candle <05216> shined <01984> (8800) upon my head <07218>, and when by his light <0216> I walked <03212> (8799) through darkness <02822>;
4  As I was in the days <03117> of my youth <02779>, when the secret <05475> of God <0433> was upon my tabernacle <0168>;
5  When the Almighty <07706> was yet with me, when my children <05288> were about <05439> me;
6  When I washed <07364> (8800) my steps <01978> with butter <02529>, and the rock <06697> poured me out <06694> (8799) rivers <06388> of oil <08081>;
7  When I went out <03318> (8800) to the gate <08179> through the city <07176>, when I prepared <03559> (8686) my seat <04186> in the street <07339>!
8  The young men <05288> saw <07200> (8804) me, and hid <02244> (8738) themselves: and the aged <03453> arose <06965> (8804), and stood up <05975> (8804).
9  The princes <08269> refrained <06113> (8804) talking <04405>, and laid <07760> (8799) their hand <03709> on their mouth <06310>.
10  The nobles <05057> held <02244> (8738) their peace <06963>, and their tongue <03956> cleaved <01692> (8804) to the roof of their mouth <02441>.
11  When the ear <0241> heard <08085> (8804) me, then it blessed <0833> (8762) me; and when the eye <05869> saw <07200> (8804) me, it gave witness <05749> (8686) to me:
12  Because I delivered <04422> (8762) the poor <06041> that cried <07768> (8764), and the fatherless <03490>, and him that had none to help <05826> (8802) him.
13  The blessing <01293> of him that was ready to perish <06> (8802) came <0935> (8799) upon me: and I caused the widow's <0490> heart <03820> to sing for joy <07442> (8686).
14  I put <03847> (8804) on righteousness <06664>, and it clothed <03847> (8799) me: my judgment <04941> was as a robe <04598> and a diadem <06797>.
15  I was eyes <05869> to the blind <05787>, and feet <07272> was I to the lame <06455>.
16  I was a father <01> to the poor <034>: and the cause <07379> which I knew <03045> (8804) not I searched out <02713> (8799).
17  And I brake <07665> (8762) the jaws <04973> of the wicked <05767>, and plucked <07993> (8686) the spoil <02964> out of his teeth <08127>.
18  Then I said <0559> (8799), I shall die <01478> (8799) in my nest <07064>, and I shall multiply <07235> (8686) my days <03117> as the sand <02344>.
19  My root <08328> was spread out <06605> (8803) by the waters <04325>, and the dew <02919> lay all night <03885> (8799) upon my branch <07105>.
20  My glory <03519> was fresh <02319> in me <05978>, and my bow <07198> was renewed <02498> (8686) in my hand <03027>.
21  Unto me men gave ear <08085> (8804), and waited <03176> (8765), and kept silence <01826> (8799) at <03926> my counsel <06098>.
22  After <0310> my words <01697> they spake not again <08138> (8799); and my speech <04405> dropped <05197> (8799) upon them.
23  And they waited <03176> (8765) for me as for the rain <04306>; and they opened <06473> (8804) their mouth <06310> wide as for the latter rain <04456>.
24  If I laughed <07832> (8799) on them, they believed <0539> (8686) it not; and the light <0216> of my countenance <06440> they cast not down <05307> (8686).
25  I chose <0977> (8799) out their way <01870>, and sat <03427> (8799) chief <07218>, and dwelt <07931> (8799) as a king <04428> in the army <01416>, as one that comforteth <05162> (8762) the mourners <057>.
1  But now they that are younger <06810> <03117> than I have me in derision <07832> (8804), whose fathers <01> I would have disdained <03988> (8804) to have set <07896> (8800) with the dogs <03611> of my flock <06629>.
2  Yea, whereto <04100> might the strength <03581> of their hands <03027> profit me, in whom old age <03624> was perished <06> (8804)?
3  For want <02639> and famine <03720> they were solitary <01565>; fleeing <06207> (8802) into the wilderness <06723> in former time <0570> desolate <07722> and waste <04875>.
4  Who cut up <06998> (8801) mallows <04408> by the bushes <07880>, and juniper <07574> roots <08328> for their meat <03899>.
5  They were driven forth <01644> (8792) from among <01460> men, (they cried <07321> (8686) after them as after a thief <01590>;)
6  To dwell <07931> (8800) in the clifts <06178> of the valleys <05158>, in caves <02356> of the earth <06083>, and in the rocks <03710>.
7  Among the bushes <07880> they brayed <05101> (8799); under the nettles <02738> they were gathered together <05596> (8792).
8  They were children <01121> of fools <05036>, yea, children <01121> of base men <08034>: they were viler <05217> (8738) than the earth <0776>.
9  And now am I their song <05058>, yea, I am their byword <04405>.
10  They abhor <08581> (8765) me, they flee far <07368> (8804) from me, and spare <02820> (8804) not to spit <07536> in my face <06440>.
11  Because he hath loosed <06605> (8765) my cord <03499>, and afflicted <06031> (8762) me, they have also let loose <07971> (8765) the bridle <07448> before <06440> me.
12  Upon my right <03225> hand rise <06965> (8799) the youth <06526>; they push away <07971> (8765) my feet <07272>, and they raise up <05549> (8799) against me the ways <0734> of their destruction <0343>.
13  They mar <05420> (8804) my path <05410>, they set forward <03276> (8686) my calamity <01942> (8675) <01962>, they have no helper <05826> (8802).
14  They came <0857> (8799) upon me as a wide <07342> breaking <06556> in of waters: in <08478> the desolation <07722> they rolled <01556> (8701) themselves upon me.
15  Terrors <01091> are turned <02015> (8717) upon me: they pursue <07291> (8799) my soul <05082> as the wind <07307>: and my welfare <03444> passeth away <05674> (8804) as a cloud <05645>.
16  And now my soul <05315> is poured out <08210> (8691) upon me; the days <03117> of affliction <06040> have taken hold <0270> (8799) upon me.
17  My bones <06106> are pierced <05365> (8765) in me in the night season <03915>: and my sinews <06207> (8802) take no rest <07901> (8799).
18  By the great <07230> force <03581> of my disease is my garment <03830> changed <02664> (8691): it bindeth me about <0247> (8799) as the collar <06310> of my coat <03801>.
19  He hath cast <03384> (8689) me into the mire <02563>, and I am become like <04911> (8691) dust <06083> and ashes <0665>.
20  I cry <07768> (8762) unto thee, and thou dost not hear <06030> (8799) me: I stand up <05975> (8804), and thou regardest <0995> (8709) me not.
21  Thou art become <02015> (8735) cruel <0393> to me: with thy strong <06108> hand <03027> thou opposest <07852> (8799) thyself against me.
22  Thou liftest me up <05375> (8799) to the wind <07307>; thou causest me to ride <07392> (8686) upon it, and dissolvest <04127> (8787) my substance <08454> (8675) <07738> (8762).
23  For I know <03045> (8804) that thou wilt bring <07725> (8686) me to death <04194>, and to the house <01004> appointed <04150> for all living <02416>.
24  Howbeit he will not stretch out <07971> (8799) his hand <03027> to the grave <01164>, though they cry <07769> in his destruction <06365>.
25  Did not I weep <01058> (8804) for him that was in trouble <07186> <03117>? was not my soul <05315> grieved <05701> (8804) for the poor <034>?
26  When I looked <06960> (8765) for good <02896>, then evil <07451> came <0935> (8799) unto me: and when I waited <03176> (8762) for light <0216>, there came <0935> (8799) darkness <0652>.
27  My bowels <04578> boiled <07570> (8795), and rested <01826> (8804) not: the days <03117> of affliction <06040> prevented <06923> (8765) me.
28  I went <01980> (8765) mourning <06937> (8802) without the sun <02535>: I stood up <06965> (8804), and I cried <07768> (8762) in the congregation <06951>.
29  I am a brother <0251> to dragons <08577>, and a companion <07453> to owls <01323> <03284>.
30  My skin <05785> is black <07835> (8804) upon me, and my bones <06106> are burned <02787> (8804) with heat <02721>.
31  My harp <03658> also is turned to mourning <060>, and my organ <05748> into the voice <06963> of them that weep <01058> (8802).
1  I made <03772> (8804) a covenant <01285> with mine eyes <05869>; why then should I think <0995> (8709) upon a maid <01330>?
2  For what portion <02506> of God <0433> is there from above <04605>? and what inheritance <05159> of the Almighty <07706> from on high <04791>?
3  Is not destruction <0343> to the wicked <05767>? and a strange <05235> punishment to the workers <06466> (8802) of iniquity <0205>?
4  Doth not he see <07200> (8799) my ways <01870>, and count <05608> (8799) all my steps <06806>?
5  If I have walked <01980> (8804) with vanity <07723>, or if my foot <07272> hath hasted <02363> (8799) to deceit <04820>;
6  Let me be weighed <08254> (8799) in an even <06664> balance <03976>, that God <0433> may know <03045> (8799) mine integrity <08538>.
7  If my step <0838> hath turned out <05186> (8799) of the way <01870>, and mine heart <03820> walked <01980> (8804) after <0310> mine eyes <05869>, and if any blot <03971> hath cleaved <01692> (8804) to mine hands <03709>;
8  Then let me sow <02232> (8799), and let another <0312> eat <0398> (8799); yea, let my offspring <06631> be rooted out <08327> (8792).
9  If mine heart <03820> have been deceived <06601> (8738) by a woman <0802>, or if I have laid wait <0693> (8804) at my neighbour's <07453> door <06607>;
10  Then let my wife <0802> grind <02912> (8799) unto another <0312>, and let others <0312> bow down <03766> (8799) upon her.
11  For this is an heinous crime <02154>; yea, it is an iniquity <05771> to be punished by the judges <06414>.
12  For it is a fire <0784> that consumeth <0398> (8799) to destruction <011>, and would root out <08327> (8762) all mine increase <08393>.
13  If I did despise <03988> (8799) the cause <04941> of my manservant <05650> or of my maidservant <0519>, when they contended <07379> with me;
14  What then shall I do <06213> (8799) when God <0410> riseth up <06965> (8799)? and when he visiteth <06485> (8799), what shall I answer <07725> (8686) him?
15  Did not he that made <06213> (8802) me in the womb <0990> make <06213> (8804) him? and did not one <0259> fashion <03559> (8787) us in the womb <07358>?
16  If I have withheld <04513> (8799) the poor <01800> from their desire <02656>, or have caused the eyes <05869> of the widow <0490> to fail <03615> (8762);
17  Or have eaten <0398> (8799) my morsel <06595> myself alone, and the fatherless <03490> hath not eaten <0398> (8804) thereof;
18  (For from my youth <05271> he was brought up <01431> (8804) with me, as with a father <01>, and I have guided <05148> (8686) her from my mother's <0517> womb <0990>;)
19  If I have seen <07200> (8799) any perish <06> (8802) for want of clothing <03830>, or any poor <034> without covering <03682>;
20  If his loins <02504> have not blessed <01288> (8765) me, and if he were not warmed <02552> (8691) with the fleece <01488> of my sheep <03532>;
21  If I have lifted up <05130> (8689) my hand <03027> against the fatherless <03490>, when I saw <07200> (8799) my help <05833> in the gate <08179>:
22  Then let mine arm <03802> fall <05307> (8799) from my shoulder blade <07929>, and mine arm <0248> be broken <07665> (8735) from the bone <07070>.
23  For destruction <0343> from God <0410> was a terror <06343> to me, and by reason of his highness <07613> I could <03201> (8799) not endure.
24  If I have made <07760> (8804) gold <02091> my hope <03689>, or have said <0559> (8804) to the fine gold <03800>, Thou art my confidence <04009>;
25  If I rejoiced <08055> (8799) because my wealth <02428> was great <07227>, and because mine hand <03027> had gotten <04672> (8804) much <03524>;
26  If I beheld <07200> (8799) the sun <0216> when it shined <01984> (8686), or the moon <03394> walking <01980> (8802) in brightness <03368>;
27  And my heart <03820> hath been secretly <05643> enticed <06601> (8799), or my mouth <06310> hath kissed <05401> (8799) my hand <03027>:
28  This also were an iniquity <05771> to be punished by the judge <06416>: for I should have denied <03584> (8765) the God <0410> that is above <04605>.
29  If I rejoiced <08055> (8799) at the destruction <06365> of him that hated <08130> (8764) me, or lifted up <05782> (8712) myself when evil <07451> found <04672> (8804) him:
30  Neither have I suffered <05414> (8804) my mouth <02441> to sin <02398> (8800) by wishing <07592> (8800) a curse <0423> to his soul <05315>.
31  If the men <04962> of my tabernacle <0168> said <0559> (8804) not, Oh that we had <05414> (8799) of his flesh <01320>! we cannot be satisfied <07646> (8799).
32  The stranger <01616> did not lodge <03885> (8799) in the street <02351>: but I opened <06605> (8799) my doors <01817> to the traveller <0734>.
33  If I covered <03680> (8765) my transgressions <06588> as Adam <0121>, by hiding <02934> (8800) mine iniquity <05771> in my bosom <02243>:
34  Did I fear <06206> (8799) a great <07227> multitude <01995>, or did the contempt <0937> of families <04940> terrify <02865> (8686) me, that I kept silence <01826> (8799), and went not out <03318> (8799) of the door <06607>?
35  Oh that <05414> (8799) one would hear <08085> (8802) me! behold, my desire <08420> is, that the Almighty <07706> would answer <06030> (8799) me, and that mine adversary <0376> <07379> had written <03789> (8804) a book <05612>.
36  Surely I would take <05375> (8799) it upon my shoulder <07926>, and bind <06029> (8799) it as a crown <05850> to me.
37  I would declare <05046> (8686) unto him the number <04557> of my steps <06806>; as a prince <05057> would I go near <07126> (8762) unto him.
38  If my land <0127> cry <02199> (8799) against me, or that the furrows <08525> likewise <03162> thereof complain <01058> (8799);
39  If I have eaten <0398> (8804) the fruits <03581> thereof without money <03701>, or have caused the owners <01167> thereof to lose <05301> (8689) their life <05315>:
40  Let thistles <02336> grow <03318> (8799) instead of wheat <02406>, and cockle <0890> instead of barley <08184>. The words <01697> of Job <0347> are ended <08552> (8804).
1  So these three <07969> men <0582> ceased <07673> (8799) to answer <06030> (8800) Job <0347>, because he was righteous <06662> in his own eyes <05869>.
2  Then was kindled <02734> (8799) the wrath <0639> of Elihu <0453> the son <01121> of Barachel <01292> the Buzite <0940>, of the kindred <04940> of Ram <07410>: against Job <0347> was his wrath <0639> kindled <02734> (8804), because he justified <06663> (8763) himself <05315> rather than God <0430>.
3  Also against his three <07969> friends <07453> was his wrath <0639> kindled <02734> (8804), because they had found <04672> (8804) no answer <04617>, and yet had condemned <07561> (8686) Job <0347>.
4  Now Elihu <0453> had waited <02442> (8765) till Job <0347> had spoken <01697>, because they were elder <02205> <03117> than he.
5  When Elihu <0453> saw <07200> (8799) that there was no answer <04617> in the mouth <06310> of these three <07969> men <0582>, then his wrath <0639> was kindled <02734> (8799).
6  And Elihu <0453> the son <01121> of Barachel <01292> the Buzite <0940> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799), I am young <06810> <03117>, and ye are very old <03453>; wherefore I was afraid <02119> (8804), and durst <03372> (8799) not shew <02331> (8763) you mine opinion <01843>.
7  I said <0559> (8804), Days <03117> should speak <01696> (8762), and multitude <07230> of years <08141> should teach <03045> (8686) wisdom <02451>.
8  But <0403> there is a spirit <07307> in man <0582>: and the inspiration <05397> of the Almighty <07706> giveth them understanding <0995> (8799).
9  Great men <07227> are not always wise <02449> (8799): neither do the aged <02205> understand <0995> (8799) judgment <04941>.
10  Therefore I said <0559> (8804), Hearken <08085> (8798) to me; I also will shew <02331> (8762) mine opinion <01843>.
11  Behold, I waited <03176> (8689) for your words <01697>; I gave ear <0238> (8686) to your reasons <08394>, whilst ye searched out <02713> (8799) what to say <04405>.
12  Yea, I attended <0995> (8709) unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced <03198> (8688) Job <0347>, or that answered <06030> (8802) his words <0561>:
13  Lest ye should say <0559> (8799), We have found out <04672> (8804) wisdom <02451>: God <0410> thrusteth him down <05086> (8799), not man <0376>.
14  Now he hath not directed <06186> (8804) his words <04405> against me: neither will I answer <07725> (8686) him with your speeches <0561>.
15  They were amazed <02865> (8804), they answered <06030> (8804) no more: they left off <06275> (8689) speaking <04405>.
16  When I had waited <03176> (8689), (for they spake <01696> (8762) not, but stood still <05975> (8804), and answered <06030> (8804) no more;)
17  I said, I will answer <06030> (8799) also my part <02506>, I also will shew <02331> (8762) mine opinion <01843>.
18  For I am full <04390> (8804) of matter <04405>, the spirit <07307> within <0990> me constraineth <06693> (8689) me.
19  Behold, my belly <0990> is as wine <03196> which hath no vent <06605> (8735); it is ready to burst <01234> (8735) like new <02319> bottles <0178>.
20  I will speak <01696> (8762), that I may be refreshed <07304> (8799): I will open <06605> (8799) my lips <08193> and answer <06030> (8799).
21  Let me not, I pray you, accept <05375> (8799) any man's <0376> person <06440>, neither let me give flattering titles <03655> (8762) unto man <0120>.
22  For I know <03045> (8804) not to give flattering titles <03655> (8762); in so doing my maker <06213> (8802) would soon <04592> take me away <05375> (8799).
1  Wherefore <0199>, Job <0347>, I pray thee, hear <08085> (8798) my speeches <04405>, and hearken <0238> (8685) to all my words <01697>.
2  Behold, now I have opened <06605> (8804) my mouth <06310>, my tongue <03956> hath spoken <01696> (8765) in my mouth <02441>.
3  My words <0561> shall be of the uprightness <03476> of my heart <03820>: and my lips <08193> shall utter <04448> (8765) knowledge <01847> clearly <01305> (8803).
4  The Spirit <07307> of God <0410> hath made <06213> (8804) me, and the breath <05397> of the Almighty <07706> hath given me life <02421> (8762).
5  If thou canst <03201> (8799) answer <07725> (8687) me, set thy words in order <06186> (8798) before <06440> me, stand up <03320> (8690).
6  Behold, I am according to thy wish <06310> in God's <0410> stead: I also am formed <07169> (8795) out of the clay <02563>.
7  Behold, my terror <0367> shall not make thee afraid <01204> (8762), neither shall my hand <0405> be heavy <03513> (8799) upon thee.
8  Surely thou hast spoken <0559> (8804) in mine hearing <0241>, and I have heard <08085> (8799) the voice <06963> of thy words <04405>, saying,
9  I am clean <02134> without transgression <06588>, I am innocent <02643>; neither is there iniquity <05771> in me.
10  Behold, he findeth <04672> (8799) occasions <08569> against me, he counteth <02803> (8799) me for his enemy <0341> (8802),
11  He putteth <07760> (8799) my feet <07272> in the stocks <05465>, he marketh <08104> (8799) all my paths <0734>.
12  Behold, in this thou art not just <06663> (8804): I will answer <06030> (8799) thee, that God <0433> is greater <07235> (8799) than man <0582>.
13  Why dost thou strive <07378> (8804) against him? for he giveth not account <06030> (8799) of any of his matters <01697>.
14  For God <0410> speaketh <01696> (8762) once <0259>, yea twice <08147>, yet man perceiveth <07789> (8799) it not.
15  In a dream <02472>, in a vision <02384> of the night <03915>, when deep <08639> sleep falleth <05307> (8800) upon men <0582>, in slumberings <08572> upon the bed <04904>;
16  Then he openeth <01540> (8799) the ears <0241> of men <0582>, and sealeth <02856> (8799) their instruction <04561>,
17  That he may withdraw <05493> (8687) man <0120> from his purpose <04639>, and hide <03680> (8762) pride <01466> from man <01397>.
18  He keepeth back <02820> (8799) his soul <05315> from the pit <07845>, and his life <02416> from perishing <05674> (8800) by the sword <07973>.
19  He is chastened <03198> (8717) also with pain <04341> upon his bed <04904>, and the multitude <07230> (8675) <07379> of his bones <06106> with strong <0386> pain:
20  So that his life <02416> abhorreth <02092> (8765) bread <03899>, and his soul <05315> dainty <08378> meat <03978>.
21  His flesh <01320> is consumed away <03615> (8799), that it cannot be seen <07210>; and his bones <06106> that were not seen <07200> (8795) stick out <08192> (8795) (8675) <08205>.
22  Yea, his soul <05315> draweth near <07126> (8799) unto the grave <07845>, and his life <02416> to the destroyers <04191> (8688).
23  If there <03426> be a messenger <04397> with him, an interpreter <03887> (8688), one <0259> among a thousand <0505>, to shew <05046> (8687) unto man <0120> his uprightness <03476>:
24  Then he is gracious <02603> (8799) unto him, and saith <0559> (8799), Deliver <06308> (8798) him from going down <03381> (8800) to the pit <07845>: I have found <04672> (8804) a ransom <03724>.
25  His flesh <01320> shall be fresher <07375> (8738) than a child's <05290>: he shall return <07725> (8799) to the days <03117> of his youth <05934>:
26  He shall pray <06279> (8799) unto God <0433>, and he will be favourable <07521> (8799) unto him: and he shall see <07200> (8799) his face <06440> with joy <08643>: for he will render <07725> (8686) unto man <0582> his righteousness <06666>.
27  He looketh <07789> (8799) upon men <0582>, and if any say <0559> (8799), I have sinned <02398> (8804), and perverted <05753> (8689) that which was right <03477>, and it profited <07737> (8804) me not;
28  He will deliver <06299> (8804) his soul <05315> from going <05674> (8800) into the pit <07845>, and his life <02416> shall see <07200> (8799) the light <0216>.
29  Lo, all these things worketh <06466> (8799) God <0410> oftentimes <06471> <07969> with man <01397>,
30  To bring back <07725> (8687) his soul <05315> from the pit <07845>, to be enlightened <0215> (8736) with the light <0216> of the living <02416>.
31  Mark well <07181> (8685), O Job <0347>, hearken <08085> (8798) unto me: hold thy peace <02790> (8685), and I will speak <01696> (8762).
32  If thou hast <03426> any thing to say <04405>, answer <07725> (8685) me: speak <01696> (8761), for I desire <02654> (8804) to justify <06663> (8763) thee.
33  If not, hearken <08085> (8798) unto me: hold thy peace <02790> (8685), and I shall teach <0502> (8762) thee wisdom <02451>.
1  Furthermore Elihu <0453> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799),
2  Hear <08085> (8798) my words <04405>, O ye wise <02450> men; and give ear <0238> (8685) unto me, ye that have knowledge <03045> (8802).
3  For the ear <0241> trieth <0974> (8799) words <04405>, as the mouth <02441> tasteth <02938> (8799) meat <0398> (8800).
4  Let us choose <0977> (8799) to us judgment <04941>: let us know <03045> (8799) among ourselves what is good <02896>.
5  For Job <0347> hath said <0559> (8804), I am righteous <06663> (8804): and God <0410> hath taken away <05493> (8689) my judgment <04941>.
6  Should I lie <03576> (8762) against my right <04941>? my wound <02671> is incurable <0605> (8803) without transgression <06588>.
7  What man <01397> is like Job <0347>, who drinketh up <08354> (8799) scorning <03933> like water <04325>?
8  Which goeth <0732> (8804) in company <02274> with the workers <06466> (8802) of iniquity <0205>, and walketh <03212> (8800) with wicked <07562> men <0582>.
9  For he hath said <0559> (8804), It profiteth <05532> (8799) a man <01397> nothing that he should delight <07521> (8800) himself with God <0430>.
10  Therefore hearken <08085> (8798) unto me, ye men <0582> of understanding <03824>: far be it <02486> from God <0410>, that he should do wickedness <07562>; and from the Almighty <07706>, that he should commit iniquity <05766>.
11  For the work <06467> of a man <0120> shall he render <07999> (8762) unto him, and cause every man <0376> to find <04672> (8686) according to his ways <0734>.
12  Yea, surely <0551> God <0410> will not do wickedly <07561> (8686), neither will the Almighty <07706> pervert <05791> (8762) judgment <04941>.
13  Who hath given him a charge <06485> (8804) over the earth <0776>? or who hath disposed <07760> (8804) the whole world <08398>?
14  If he set <07760> (8799) his heart <03820> upon man, if he gather <0622> (8799) unto himself his spirit <07307> and his breath <05397>;
15  All flesh <01320> shall perish <01478> (8799) together <03162>, and man <0120> shall turn again <07725> (8799) unto dust <06083>.
16  If now thou hast understanding <0998>, hear <08085> (8798) this: hearken <0238> (8685) to the voice <06963> of my words <04405>.
17  Shall even he that hateth <08130> (8802) right <04941> govern <02280> (8799)? and wilt thou condemn <07561> (8686) him that is most <03524> just <06662>?
18  Is it fit to say <0559> (8800) to a king <04428>, Thou art wicked <01100>? and to princes <05081>, Ye are ungodly <07563>?
19  How much less to him that accepteth <05375> (8804) not the persons <06440> of princes <08269>, nor regardeth <05234> (8765) the rich <07771> more than <06440> the poor <01800>? for they all are the work <04639> of his hands <03027>.
20  In a moment <07281> shall they die <04191> (8799), and the people <05971> shall be troubled <01607> (8792) at midnight <02676> <03915>, and pass away <05674> (8799): and the mighty <047> shall be taken away <05493> (8686) without hand <03027>.
21  For his eyes <05869> are upon the ways <01870> of man <0376>, and he seeth <07200> (8799) all his goings <06806>.
22  There is no darkness <02822>, nor shadow of death <06757>, where the workers <06466> (8802) of iniquity <0205> may hide <05641> (8736) themselves.
23  For he will not lay <07760> (8799) upon man <0376> more than right; that he should enter <01980> (8800) into judgment <04941> with God <0410>.
24  He shall break in pieces <07489> (8799) mighty men <03524> without number <02714>, and set <05975> (8686) others <0312> in their stead.
25  Therefore he knoweth <05234> (8686) their works <04566>, and he overturneth <02015> (8804) them in the night <03915>, so that they are destroyed <01792> (8691).
26  He striketh <05606> (8804) them as <08478> wicked men <07563> in the open <04725> sight <07200> (8802) of others;
27  Because they turned back <05493> (8804) from him <0310>, and would not consider <07919> (8689) any of his ways <01870>:
28  So that they cause the cry <06818> of the poor <01800> to come <0935> (8687) unto him, and he heareth <08085> (8799) the cry <06818> of the afflicted <06041>.
29  When he giveth quietness <08252> (8686), who then can make trouble <07561> (8686)? and when he hideth <05641> (8686) his face <06440>, who then can behold <07789> (8799) him? whether it be done against a nation <01471>, or against a man <0120> only <03162>:
30  That the hypocrite <0120> <02611> reign <04427> (8800) not, lest the people <05971> be ensnared <04170>.
31  Surely it is meet to be said <0559> (8736) unto God <0410>, I have borne <05375> (8804) chastisement, I will not offend <02254> (8799) any more:
32  That which I see <02372> (8799) not <01107> teach <03384> (8685) thou me: if I have done <06466> (8804) iniquity <05766>, I will do <03254> (8686) no more.
33  Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense <07999> (8762) it, whether thou refuse <03588> <03988> (8804), or whether thou choose <0977> (8799); and not I: therefore speak <01696> (8761) what thou knowest <03045> (8804).
34  Let men <0582> of understanding <03824> tell <0559> (8799) me, and let a wise <02450> man <01397> hearken <08085> (8802) unto me.
35  Job <0347> hath spoken <01696> (8762) without knowledge <01847>, and his words <01697> were without wisdom <07919> (8687).
36  My desire <015> (8676) <01> is that Job <0347> may be tried <0974> (8735) unto the end <05331> because of his answers <08666> for wicked <0205> men <0582>.
37  For he addeth <03254> (8686) rebellion <06588> unto his sin <02403>, he clappeth <05606> (8799) his hands among us, and multiplieth <07235> (8686) his words <0561> against God <0410>.
1  Elihu <0453> spake <06030> (8799) moreover, and said <0559> (8799),
2  Thinkest <02803> (8804) thou this to be right <04941>, that thou saidst <0559> (8804), My righteousness <06664> is more than God's <0410>?
3  For thou saidst <0559> (8799), What advantage <05532> (8799) will it be unto thee? and, What profit <03276> (8686) shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin <02403>?
4  I will answer <07725> (8686) <04405> thee, and thy companions <07453> with thee.
5  Look <05027> (8685) unto the heavens <08064>, and see <07200> (8798); and behold <07789> (8798) the clouds <07834> which are higher <01361> (8804) than thou.
6  If thou sinnest <02398> (8804), what doest <06466> (8799) thou against him? or if thy transgressions <06588> be multiplied <07231> (8804), what doest <06213> (8799) thou unto him?
7  If thou be righteous <06663> (8804), what givest <05414> (8799) thou him? or what receiveth <03947> (8799) he of thine hand <03027>?
8  Thy wickedness <07562> may hurt a man <0376> as thou art; and thy righteousness <06666> may profit the son <01121> of man <0120>.
9  By reason of the multitude <07230> of oppressions <06217> they make the oppressed to cry <02199> (8686): they cry out <07768> (8762) by reason of the arm <02220> of the mighty <07227>.
10  But none saith <0559> (8804), Where is God <0433> my maker <06213> (8802), who giveth <05414> (8802) songs <02158> in the night <03915>;
11  Who teacheth <0502> (8764) us more than the beasts <0929> of the earth <0776>, and maketh us wiser <02449> (8762) than the fowls <05775> of heaven <08064>?
12  There they cry <06817> (8799), but none giveth answer <06030> (8799), because <06440> of the pride <01347> of evil men <07451>.
13  Surely God <0410> will not hear <08085> (8799) vanity <07723>, neither will the Almighty <07706> regard <07789> (8799) it.
14  Although <0637> thou sayest <0559> (8799) thou shalt not see <07789> (8799) him, yet judgment <01779> is before <06440> him; therefore trust <02342> (8787) thou in him.
15  But now, because it is not so, he hath visited <06485> (8804) in his anger <0639>; yet he knoweth <03045> (8804) it not in great <03966> extremity <06580>:
16  Therefore doth Job <0347> open <06475> (8799) his mouth <06310> in vain <01892>; he multiplieth <03527> (8686) words <04405> without <01097> knowledge <01847>.
1  Elihu <0453> also proceeded <03254> (8686), and said <0559> (8799),
2  Suffer <03803> (8761) me a little <02191>, and I will shew <02331> (8762) thee that I have yet to speak <04405> on God's <0433> behalf.
3  I will fetch <05375> (8799) my knowledge <01843> from afar <07350>, and will ascribe <05414> (8799) righteousness <06664> to my Maker <06466> (8802).
4  For truly <0551> my words <04405> shall not be false <08267>: he that is perfect <08549> in knowledge <01844> is with thee.
5  Behold, God <0410> is mighty <03524>, and despiseth <03988> (8799) not any: he is mighty <03524> in strength <03581> and wisdom <03820>.
6  He preserveth not the life <02421> (8762) of the wicked <07563>: but giveth <05414> (8799) right <04941> to the poor <06041>.
7  He withdraweth <01639> (8799) not his eyes <05869> from the righteous <06662>: but with kings <04428> are they on the throne <03678>; yea, he doth establish <03427> (8686) them for ever <05331>, and they are exalted <01361> (8799).
8  And if they be bound <0631> (8803) in fetters <02131>, and be holden <03920> (8735) in cords <02256> of affliction <06040>;
9  Then he sheweth <05046> (8686) them their work <06467>, and their transgressions <06588> that they have exceeded <01396> (8691).
10  He openeth <01540> (8799) also their ear <0241> to discipline <04148>, and commandeth <0559> (8799) that they return <07725> (8799) from iniquity <0205>.
11  If they obey <08085> (8799) and serve <05647> (8799) him, they shall spend <03615> (8762) their days <03117> in prosperity <02896>, and their years <08141> in pleasures <05273>.
12  But if they obey <08085> (8799) not, they shall perish <05674> (8799) by the sword <07973>, and they shall die <01478> (8799) without knowledge <01847>.
13  But the hypocrites <02611> in heart <03820> heap up <07760> (8799) wrath <0639>: they cry <07768> (8762) not when he bindeth <0631> (8804) them.
14  They <05315> die <04191> (8799) in youth <05290>, and their life <02416> is among the unclean <06945>.
15  He delivereth <02502> (8762) the poor <06041> in his affliction <06040>, and openeth <01540> (8799) their ears <0241> in oppression <03906>.
16  Even so would he have removed <05496> (8689) thee out of the strait <06310> <06862> into a broad place <07338>, where <08478> there is no straitness <04164>; and that which should be set <05183> on thy table <07979> should be full <04390> (8804) of fatness <01880>.
17  But thou hast fulfilled <04390> (8804) the judgment <01779> of the wicked <07563>: judgment <01779> and justice <04941> take hold <08551> (8799) on thee.
18  Because there is wrath <02534>, beware lest he take thee away <05496> (8686) with his stroke <05607>: then a great <07230> ransom <03724> cannot deliver <05186> (8686) thee.
19  Will he esteem <06186> (8799) thy riches <07769>? no, not gold <01222>, nor all the forces <03981> of strength <03581>.
20  Desire <07602> (8799) not the night <03915>, when people <05971> are cut off <05927> (8800) in their place.
21  Take heed <08104> (8734), regard <06437> (8799) not iniquity <0205>: for this hast thou chosen <0977> (8804) rather than affliction <06040>.
22  Behold, God <0410> exalteth <07682> (8686) by his power <03581>: who teacheth <03384> (8688) like him?
23  Who hath enjoined <06485> (8804) him his way <01870>? or who can say <0559> (8804), Thou hast wrought <06466> (8804) iniquity <05766>?
24  Remember <02142> (8798) that thou magnify <07679> (8686) his work <06467>, which men <0582> behold <07891> (8790).
25  Every man <0120> may see <02372> (8804) it; man <0582> may behold <05027> (8686) it afar off <07350>.
26  Behold, God <0410> is great <07689>, and we know <03045> (8799) him not, neither can the number <04557> of his years <08141> be searched out <02714>.
27  For he maketh small <01639> (8762) the drops <05198> of water <04325>: they pour down <02212> (8799) rain <04306> according to the vapour <0108> thereof:
28  Which the clouds <07834> do drop <05140> (8799) and distil <07491> (8799) upon man <0120> abundantly <07227>.
29  Also can any understand <0995> (8799) the spreadings <04666> of the clouds <05645>, or the noise <08663> of his tabernacle <05521>?
30  Behold, he spreadeth <06566> (8804) his light <0216> upon it, and covereth <03680> (8765) the bottom <08328> of the sea <03220>.
31  For by them judgeth <01777> (8799) he the people <05971>; he giveth <05414> (8799) meat <0400> in abundance <04342> (8688).
32  With clouds <03709> he covereth <03680> (8765) the light <0216>; and commandeth <06680> (8762) it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt <06293> (8688).
33  The noise <07452> thereof sheweth <05046> (8686) concerning it, the cattle <04735> also concerning the vapour <05927> (8802).
1  At this <02063> also my heart <03820> trembleth <02729> (8799), and is moved out <05425> (8799) of his place <04725>.
2  Hear <08085> (8798) attentively <08085> (8800) the noise <07267> of his voice <06963>, and the sound <01899> that goeth out <03318> (8799) of his mouth <06310>.
3  He directeth <03474> (8765) it <08281> (8799) under the whole heaven <08064>, and his lightning <0216> unto the ends <03671> of the earth <0776>.
4  After <0310> it a voice <06963> roareth <07580> (8799): he thundereth <07481> (8686) with the voice <06963> of his excellency <01347>; and he will not stay <06117> (8762) them when his voice <06963> is heard <08085> (8735).
5  God <0410> thundereth <07481> (8686) marvellously <06381> (8737) with his voice <06963>; great things <01419> doeth <06213> (8802) he, which we cannot comprehend <03045> (8799).
6  For he saith <0559> (8799) to the snow <07950>, Be thou <01933> (8798) on the earth <0776>; likewise to the small <04306> rain <01653>, and to the great <04306> rain <01653> of his strength <05797>.
7  He sealeth up <02856> (8799) the hand <03027> of every man <0120>; that all men <0582> may know <03045> (8800) his work <04639>.
8  Then the beasts <02416> go <0935> (8799) into <01119> dens <0695>, and remain <07931> (8799) in their places <04585>.
9  Out of the south <02315> cometh <0935> (8799) the whirlwind <05492>: and cold <07135> out of the north <04215>.
10  By the breath <05397> of God <0410> frost <07140> is given <05414> (8799): and the breadth <07341> of the waters <04325> is straitened <04164>.
11  Also by watering <07377> he wearieth <02959> (8686) the thick cloud <05645>: he scattereth <06327> (8686) his bright <0216> cloud <06051>:
12  And it is turned <02015> (8693) round about <04524> by his counsels <08458>: that they may do <06467> whatsoever he commandeth <06680> (8762) them upon the face <06440> of the world <08398> in the earth <0776>.
13  He causeth it to come <04672> (8686), whether for correction <07626>, or for his land <0776>, or for mercy <02617>.
14  Hearken <0238> (8685) unto this, O Job <0347>: stand still <05975> (8798), and consider <0995> (8708) the wondrous <06381> (8737) works of God <0410>.
15  Dost thou know <03045> (8799) when God <0433> disposed <07760> (8800) them, and caused the light <0216> of his cloud <06051> to shine <03313> (8689)?
16  Dost thou know <03045> (8799) the balancings <04657> of the clouds <05645>, the wondrous works <04652> of him which is perfect <08549> in knowledge <01843>?
17  How thy garments <0899> are warm <02525>, when he quieteth <08252> (8687) the earth <0776> by the south <01864> wind?
18  Hast thou with him spread out <07554> (8686) the sky <07834>, which is strong <02389>, and as a molten <03332> (8716) looking glass <07209>?
19  Teach <03045> (8685) us what we shall say <0559> (8799) unto him; for we cannot order <06186> (8799) our speech by reason <06440> of darkness <02822>.
20  Shall it be told <05608> (8792) him that I speak <01696> (8762)? if a man <0376> speak <0559> (8804), surely he shall be swallowed up <01104> (8792).
21  And now men see <07200> (8804) not the bright <0925> light <0216> which is in the clouds <07834>: but the wind <07307> passeth <05674> (8804), and cleanseth <02891> (8762) them.
22  Fair weather <02091> cometh <0857> (8799) out of the north <06828>: with God <0433> is terrible <03372> (8737) majesty <01935>.
23  Touching the Almighty <07706>, we cannot find him out <04672> (8804): he is excellent <07689> in power <03581>, and in judgment <04941>, and in plenty <07230> of justice <06666>: he will not afflict <06031> (8762).
24  Men <0582> do therefore fear <03372> (8804) him: he respecteth <07200> (8799) not any that are wise <02450> of heart <03820>.
1  Then the LORD <03068> answered <06030> (8799) Job <0347> out of the whirlwind <05591>, and said <0559> (8799),
2  Who is this that darkeneth <02821> (8688) counsel <06098> by words <04405> without knowledge <01847>?
3  Gird up <0247> (8798) now thy loins <02504> like a man <01397>; for I will demand <07592> (8799) of thee, and answer <03045> (8685) thou me.
4  Where <0375> wast thou when I laid the foundations <03245> (8800) of the earth <0776>? declare <05046> (8685), if thou hast <03045> (8804) understanding <0998>.
5  Who hath laid <07760> (8804) the measures <04461> thereof, if thou knowest <03045> (8799)? or who hath stretched <05186> (8804) the line <06957> upon it?
6  Whereupon are the foundations <0134> thereof fastened <02883> (8717)? or who laid <03384> (8804) the corner <06438> stone <068> thereof;
7  When the morning <01242> stars <03556> sang <07442> (8800) together <03162>, and all the sons <01121> of God <0430> shouted <07321> (8686) for joy?
8  Or who shut up <05526> (8686) the sea <03220> with doors <01817>, when it brake forth <01518> (8800), as if it had issued out <03318> (8799) of the womb <07358>?
9  When I made <07760> (8800) the cloud <06051> the garment <03830> thereof, and thick darkness <06205> a swaddlingband <02854> for it,
10  And brake up <07665> (8799) for it my decreed <02706> place, and set <07760> (8799) bars <01280> and doors <01817>,
11  And said <0559> (8799), Hitherto <05704> <06311> shalt thou come <0935> (8799), but no further <03254> (8686): and here shall thy proud <01347> waves <01530> be stayed <07896> (8799)?
12  Hast thou commanded <06680> (8765) the morning <01242> since thy days <03117>; and caused the dayspring <07837> to know <03045> (8765) his place <04725>;
13  That it might take hold <0270> (8800) of the ends <03671> of the earth <0776>, that the wicked <07563> might be shaken out <05287> (8735) of it?
14  It is turned <02015> (8691) as clay <02563> to the seal <02368>; and they stand <03320> (8691) as a garment <03830>.
15  And from the wicked <07563> their light <0216> is withholden <04513> (8735), and the high <07311> (8802) arm <02220> shall be broken <07665> (8735).
16  Hast thou entered <0935> (8804) into the springs <05033> of the sea <03220>? or hast thou walked <01980> (8694) in the search <02714> of the depth <08415>?
17  Have the gates <08179> of death <04194> been opened <01540> (8738) unto thee? or hast thou seen <07200> (8799) the doors <08179> of the shadow of death <06757>?
18  Hast thou perceived <0995> (8712) the breadth <07338> of the earth <0776>? declare <05046> (8685) if thou knowest <03045> (8804) it all.
19  Where is the way <01870> where light <0216> dwelleth <07931> (8799)? and as for darkness <02822>, where is the place <04725> thereof,
20  That thou shouldest take <03947> (8799) it to the bound <01366> thereof, and that thou shouldest know <0995> (8799) the paths <05410> to the house <01004> thereof?
21  Knowest <03045> (8804) thou it, because thou wast then born <03205> (8735)? or because the number <04557> of thy days <03117> is great <07227>?
22  Hast thou entered <0935> (8804) into the treasures <0214> of the snow <07950>? or hast thou seen <07200> (8799) the treasures <0214> of the hail <01259>,
23  Which I have reserved <02820> (8804) against the time <06256> of trouble <06862>, against the day <03117> of battle <07128> and war <04421>?
24  By what <0335> way <01870> is the light <0216> parted <02505> (8735), which scattereth <06327> (8686) the east wind <06921> upon the earth <0776>?
25  Who hath divided <06385> (8765) a watercourse <08585> for the overflowing of waters <07858>, or a way <01870> for the lightning <02385> of thunder <06963>;
26  To cause it to rain <04305> (8687) on the earth <0776>, where no man <0376> is; on the wilderness <04057>, wherein there is no man <0120>;
27  To satisfy <07646> (8687) the desolate <07722> and waste <04875> ground; and to cause the bud <04161> of the tender herb <01877> to spring forth <06779> (8687)?
28  Hath <03426> the rain <04306> a father <01>? or who hath begotten <03205> (8689) the drops <096> of dew <02919>?
29  Out of whose womb <0990> came <03318> (8804) the ice <07140>? and the hoary frost <03713> of heaven <08064>, who hath gendered <03205> (8804) it?
30  The waters <04325> are hid <02244> (8691) as with a stone <068>, and the face <06440> of the deep <08415> is frozen <03920> (8691).
31  Canst thou bind <07194> (8762) the sweet influences <04575> of Pleiades <03598>, or loose <06605> (8762) the bands <04189> of Orion <03685>?
32  Canst thou bring forth <03318> (8686) Mazzaroth <04216> in his season <06256>? or canst thou guide <05148> (8686) Arcturus <05906> with his sons <01121>?
33  Knowest <03045> (8804) thou the ordinances <02708> of heaven <08064>? canst thou set <07760> (8799) the dominion <04896> thereof in the earth <0776>?
34  Canst thou lift up <07311> (8686) thy voice <06963> to the clouds <05645>, that abundance <08229> of waters <04325> may cover <03680> (8762) thee?
35  Canst thou send <07971> (8762) lightnings <01300>, that they may go <03212> (8799), and say <0559> (8799) unto thee, Here we are?
36  Who hath put <07896> (8804) wisdom <02451> in the inward parts <02910>? or who hath given <05414> (8804) understanding <0998> to the heart <07907>?
37  Who can number <05608> (8762) the clouds <07834> in wisdom <02451>? or who can stay <07901> (8686) the bottles <05035> of heaven <08064>,
38  When the dust <06083> groweth <03332> (8800) into hardness <04165>, and the clods <07263> cleave fast together <01692> (8792)?
39  Wilt thou hunt <06679> (8799) the prey <02964> for the lion <03833>? or fill <04390> (8762) the appetite <02416> of the young lions <03715>,
40  When they couch <07817> (8799) in their dens <04585>, and abide <03427> (8799) in the covert <05521> to <03926> lie in wait <0695>?
41  Who provideth <03559> (8686) for the raven <06158> his food <06718>? when his young ones <03206> cry <07768> (8762) unto God <0410>, they wander <08582> (8799) for lack <01097> of meat <0400>.
1  Knowest <03045> (8804) thou the time <06256> when the wild goats <03277> of the rock <05553> bring forth <03205> (8800)? or canst thou mark <08104> (8799) when the hinds <0355> do calve <02342> (8790)?
2  Canst thou number <05608> (8799) the months <03391> that they fulfil <04390> (8762)? or knowest <03045> (8804) thou the time <06256> when they bring forth <03205> (8800)?
3  They bow <03766> (8799) themselves, they bring forth <06398> (8762) their young ones <03206>, they cast out <07971> (8762) their sorrows <02256>.
4  Their young ones <01121> are in good liking <02492> (8799), they grow up <07235> (8799) with corn <01250>; they go forth <03318> (8804), and return <07725> (8804) not unto them.
5  Who hath sent out <07971> (8765) the wild ass <06501> free <02670>? or who hath loosed <06605> (8765) the bands <04147> of the wild ass <06171>?
6  Whose house <01004> I have made <07760> (8804) the wilderness <06160>, and the barren <04420> land his dwellings <04908>.
7  He scorneth <07832> (8799) the multitude <01995> of the city <07151>, neither regardeth <08085> (8799) he the crying <08663> of the driver <05065> (8802).
8  The range <03491> of the mountains <02022> is his pasture <04829>, and he searcheth <01875> (8799) after <0310> every green thing <03387>.
9  Will the unicorn <07214> be willing <014> (8799) to serve <05647> (8800) thee, or abide <03885> (8799) by thy crib <018>?
10  Canst thou bind <07194> (8799) the unicorn <07214> with his band <05688> in the furrow <08525>? or will he harrow <07702> (8762) the valleys <06010> after <0310> thee?
11  Wilt thou trust <0982> (8799) him, because his strength <03581> is great <07227>? or wilt thou leave <05800> (8799) thy labour <03018> to him?
12  Wilt thou believe <0539> (8686) him, that he will bring home <07725> (8686) (8675) <07725> (8799) thy seed <02233>, and gather <0622> (8799) it into thy barn <01637>?
13  Gavest thou the goodly <07443> wings <03671> unto the peacocks <05965> (8738)? or wings <084> and feathers <02624> unto the ostrich <05133>?
14  Which leaveth <05800> (8799) her eggs <01000> in the earth <0776>, and warmeth <02552> (8762) them in dust <06083>,
15  And forgetteth <07911> (8799) that the foot <07272> may crush <02115> (8799) them, or that the wild <07704> beast <02416> may break <01758> (8799) them.
16  She is hardened <07188> (8689) against her young ones <01121>, as though they were not <03808> hers: her labour <03018> is in vain <07385> without fear <06343>;
17  Because God <0433> hath deprived <05382> (8689) her of wisdom <02451>, neither hath he imparted <02505> (8804) to her understanding <0998>.
18  What time <06256> she lifteth up <04754> (8686) herself on high <04791>, she scorneth <07832> (8799) the horse <05483> and his rider <07392> (8802).
19  Hast thou given <05414> (8799) the horse <05483> strength <01369>? hast thou clothed <03847> (8686) his neck <06677> with thunder <07483>?
20  Canst thou make him afraid <07493> (8686) as a grasshopper <0697>? the glory <01935> of his nostrils <05170> is terrible <0367>.
21  He paweth <02658> (8799) in the valley <06010>, and rejoiceth <07797> (8799) in his strength <03581>: he goeth on <03318> (8799) to meet <07125> (8800) the armed men <05402>.
22  He mocketh <07832> (8799) at fear <06343>, and is not affrighted <02865> (8735); neither turneth he back <07725> (8799) from <06440> the sword <02719>.
23  The quiver <0827> rattleth <07439> (8799) against him, the glittering <03851> spear <02595> and the shield <03591>.
24  He swalloweth <01572> (8762) the ground <0776> with fierceness <07494> and rage <07267>: neither believeth <0539> (8686) he that it is the sound <06963> of the trumpet <07782>.
25  He saith <0559> (8799) among <01767> the trumpets <07782>, Ha <01889>, ha <01889>; and he smelleth <07306> (8686) the battle <04421> afar off <07350>, the thunder <07482> of the captains <08269>, and the shouting <08643>.
26  Doth the hawk <05322> fly <082> (8686) by thy wisdom <0998>, and stretch <06566> (8799) her wings <03671> toward the south <08486>?
27  Doth the eagle <05404> mount up <01361> (8686) at thy command <06310>, and make <07311> <00> her nest <07064> on high <07311> (8686)?
28  She dwelleth <07931> (8799) and abideth <03885> (8698) on the rock <05553>, upon the crag <08127> of the rock <05553>, and the strong place <04686>.
29  From thence she seeketh <02658> (8804) the prey <0400>, and her eyes <05869> behold <05027> (8686) afar off <07350>.
30  Her young ones <0667> also suck up <05966> (8762) blood <01818>: and where the slain <02491> are, there is she <01931>.
1  Moreover the LORD <03068> answered <06030> (8799) Job <0347>, and said <0559> (8799),
2  Shall he that contendeth <07378> (8800) with the Almighty <07706> instruct <03250> him? he that reproveth <03198> (8688) God <0433>, let him answer <06030> (8799) it.
3  Then Job <0347> answered <06030> (8799) the LORD <03068>, and said <0559> (8799),
4  Behold, I am vile <07043> (8804); what shall I answer <07725> (8686) thee? I will lay <07760> (8804) mine hand <03027> upon <03926> my mouth <06310>.
5  Once <0259> have I spoken <01696> (8765); but I will not answer <06030> (8799): yea, twice <08147>; but I will proceed no further <03254> (8686).
6  Then answered <06030> (8799) the LORD <03068> unto Job <0347> out of the whirlwind <05591>, and said <0559> (8799),
7  Gird up <0247> (8798) thy loins <02504> now like a man <01397>: I will demand <07592> (8799) of thee, and declare <03045> (8685) thou unto me.
8  Wilt thou also disannul <06565> (8686) my judgment <04941>? wilt thou condemn <07561> (8686) me, that thou mayest be righteous <06663> (8799)?
9  Hast thou an arm <02220> like God <0410>? or canst thou thunder <07481> (8686) with a voice <06963> like him?
10  Deck <05710> (8798) thyself now with majesty <01347> and excellency <01363>; and array <03847> (8799) thyself with glory <01935> and beauty <01926>.
11  Cast abroad <06327> (8685) the rage <05678> of thy wrath <0639>: and behold <07200> (8798) every one that is proud <01343>, and abase <08213> (8685) him.
12  Look <07200> (8798) on every one that is proud <01343>, and bring him low <03665> (8685); and tread down <01915> (8798) the wicked <07563> in their place.
13  Hide <02934> (8798) them in the dust <06083> together <03162>; and bind <02280> (8798) their faces <06440> in secret <02934> (8803).
14  Then will I also confess <03034> (8686) unto thee that thine own right hand <03225> can save <03467> (8686) thee.
15  Behold now behemoth <0930>, which I made <06213> (8804) with thee; he eateth <0398> (8799) grass <02682> as an ox <01241>.
16  Lo now, his strength <03581> is in his loins <04975>, and his force <0202> is in the navel <08306> of his belly <0990>.
17  He moveth <02654> (8799) his tail <02180> like a cedar <0730>: the sinews <01517> of his stones <06344> are wrapped together <08276> (8792).
18  His bones <06106> are as strong <0650> pieces of brass <05154>; his bones <01634> are like bars <04300> of iron <01270>.
19  He is the chief <07225> of the ways <01870> of God <0410>: he that made <06213> (8802) him can make <05066> <00> his sword <02719> to approach <05066> (8686) unto him.
20  Surely the mountains <02022> bring him forth <05375> (8799) food <0944>, where all the beasts <02416> of the field <07704> play <07832> (8762).
21  He lieth <07901> (8799) under the shady trees <06628>, in the covert <05643> of the reed <07070>, and fens <01207>.
22  The shady trees <06628> cover <05526> (8799) him with their shadow <06752>; the willows <06155> of the brook <05158> compass him about <05437> (8799).
23  Behold, he drinketh up <06231> (8799) a river <05104>, and hasteth <02648> (8799) not: he trusteth <0982> (8799) that he can draw up <01518> (8799) Jordan <03383> into his mouth <06310>.
24  He taketh <03947> (8799) it with his eyes <05869>: his nose <0639> pierceth through <05344> (8799) snares <04170>.
1  Canst thou draw out <04900> (8799) leviathan <03882> with an hook <02443>? or his tongue <03956> with a cord <02256> which thou lettest down <08257> (8686)?
2  Canst thou put <07760> (8799) an hook <0100> into his nose <0639>? or bore <05344> (8799) his jaw <03895> through with a thorn <02336>?
3  Will he make many <07235> (8686) supplications <08469> unto thee? will he speak <01696> (8762) soft <07390> words unto thee?
4  Will he make <03772> (8799) a covenant <01285> with thee? wilt thou take <03947> (8799) him for a servant <05650> for ever <05769>?
5  Wilt thou play <07832> (8762) with him as with a bird <06833>? or wilt thou bind <07194> (8799) him for thy maidens <05291>?
6  Shall the companions <02271> make a banquet <03739> (8799) of him? shall they part <02673> (8799) him among the merchants <03669>?
7  Canst thou fill <04390> (8762) his skin <05785> with barbed irons <07905>? or his head <07218> with fish <01709> spears <06767>?
8  Lay <07760> (8798) thine hand <03709> upon him, remember <02142> (8798) the battle <04421>, do no more <03254> (8686).
9  Behold, the hope <08431> of him is in vain <03576> (8738): shall not one be cast down <02904> (8714) even at the sight <04758> of him?
10  None is so fierce <0393> that dare stir him up <05782> (8799) (8675) <05782> (8686): who then is able to stand <03320> (8691) before <06440> me?
11  Who hath prevented <06923> (8689) me, that I should repay <07999> (8762) him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven <08064> is mine.
12  I will not conceal <02790> (8686) his parts <0907>, nor his power <01369> <01697>, nor his comely <02433> proportion <06187>.
13  Who can discover <01540> (8765) the face <06440> of his garment <03830>? or who can come <0935> (8799) to him with his double <03718> bridle <07448>?
14  Who can open <06605> (8765) the doors <01817> of his face <06440>? his teeth <08127> are terrible <0367> round about <05439>.
15  His scales <04043> <0650> are his pride <01346>, shut up together <05462> (8803) as with a close <06862> seal <02368>.
16  One <0259> is so near <05066> (8799) to another <0259>, that no air <07307> can come <0935> (8799) between them.
17  They are joined <01692> (8792) one <0376> to another <0251>, they stick together <03920> (8691), that they cannot be sundered <06504> (8691).
18  By his neesings <05846> a light <0216> doth shine <01984> (8686), and his eyes <05869> are like the eyelids <06079> of the morning <07837>.
19  Out of his mouth <06310> go <01980> (8799) burning lamps <03940>, and sparks <03590> of fire <0784> leap out <04422> (8691).
20  Out of his nostrils <05156> goeth <03318> (8799) smoke <06227>, as out of a seething <05301> (8803) pot <01731> or caldron <0100>.
21  His breath <05315> kindleth <03857> (8762) coals <01513>, and a flame <03851> goeth out <03318> (8799) of his mouth <06310>.
22  In his neck <06677> remaineth <03885> (8799) strength <05797>, and sorrow <01670> is turned into joy <01750> (8799) before <06440> him.
23  The flakes <04651> of his flesh <01320> are joined together <01692> (8804): they are firm <03332> (8803) in themselves; they cannot be moved <04131> (8735).
24  His heart <03820> is as firm <03332> (8803) as a stone <068>; yea, as hard <03332> (8803) as a piece <06400> of the nether <08482> millstone.
25  When he raiseth up <07613> himself, the mighty <0352> are afraid <01481> (8799): by reason of breakings <07667> they purify <02398> (8691) themselves.
26  The sword <02719> of him that layeth <05381> (8688) at him cannot hold <06965> (8799): the spear <02595>, the dart <04551>, nor the habergeon <08302>.
27  He esteemeth <02803> (8799) iron <01270> as straw <08401>, and brass <05154> as rotten <07539> wood <06086>.
28  The arrow <01121> <07198> cannot make him flee <01272> (8686): slingstones <068> <07050> are turned <02015> (8738) with him into stubble <07179>.
29  Darts <08455> are counted <02803> (8738) as stubble <07179>: he laugheth <07832> (8799) at the shaking <07494> of a spear <03591>.
30  Sharp <02303> stones <02789> are under him: he spreadeth <07502> (8799) sharp pointed things <02742> upon the mire <02916>.
31  He maketh the deep <04688> to boil <07570> (8686) like a pot <05518>: he maketh <07760> (8799) the sea <03220> like a pot of ointment <04841>.
32  He maketh a path <05410> to shine <0215> (8686) after <0310> him; one would think <02803> (8799) the deep <08415> to be hoary <07872>.
33  Upon earth <06083> there is not his like <04915>, who is made <06213> (8803) without <01097> fear <02844>.
34  He beholdeth <07200> (8799) all high <01364> things: he is a king <04428> over all the children <01121> of pride <07830>.
1  Then Job <0347> answered <06030> (8799) the LORD <03068>, and said <0559> (8799),
2  I know <03045> (8804) that thou canst do <03201> (8799) every thing, and that no thought <04209> can be withholden <01219> (8735) from thee.
3  Who is he that hideth <05956> (8688) counsel <06098> without knowledge <01847>? therefore have I uttered <05046> (8689) that I understood <0995> (8799) not; things too wonderful <06381> (8737) for me, which I knew <03045> (8799) not.
4  Hear <08085> (8798), I beseech thee, and I will speak <01696> (8762): I will demand <07592> (8799) of thee, and declare <03045> (8685) thou unto me.
5  I have heard <08085> (8804) of thee by the hearing <08088> of the ear <0241>: but now mine eye <05869> seeth <07200> (8804) thee.
6  Wherefore I abhor <03988> (8799) myself, and repent <05162> (8738) in dust <06083> and ashes <0665>.
7  And it was so, that after <0310> the LORD <03068> had spoken <01696> (8765) these words <01697> unto Job <0347>, the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) to Eliphaz <0464> the Temanite <08489>, My wrath <0639> is kindled <02734> (8804) against thee, and against thy two <08147> friends <07453>: for ye have not spoken <01696> (8765) of me the thing that is right <03559> (8737), as my servant <05650> Job <0347> hath.
8  Therefore take <03947> (8798) unto you now seven <07651> bullocks <06499> and seven <07651> rams <0352>, and go <03212> (8798) to my servant <05650> Job <0347>, and offer up <05927> (8689) for yourselves a burnt offering <05930>; and my servant <05650> Job <0347> shall pray <06419> (8691) for you: for him <06440> will I accept <05375> (8799): lest I deal <06213> (8800) with you after your folly <05039>, in that ye have not spoken <01696> (8765) of me the thing which is right <03559> (8737), like my servant <05650> Job <0347>.
9  So Eliphaz <0464> the Temanite <08489> and Bildad <01085> the Shuhite <07747> and Zophar <06691> the Naamathite <05284> went <03212> (8799), and did <06213> (8799) according as the LORD <03068> commanded <01696> (8765) them: the LORD <03068> also accepted <05375> (8799) Job <06440> <0347>.
10  And the LORD <03068> turned <07725> (8804) the captivity <07622> (8675) <07622> of Job <0347>, when he prayed <06419> (8692) for his friends <07453>: also the LORD <03068> gave <03254> (8686) Job <0347> twice as much <04932> as he had before.
11  Then came <0935> (8799) there unto him all his brethren <0251>, and all his sisters <0269>, and all they that had been of his acquaintance <03045> (8802) before <06440>, and did eat <0398> (8799) bread <03899> with him in his house <01004>: and they bemoaned <05110> (8799) him, and comforted <05162> (8762) him over all the evil <07451> that the LORD <03068> had brought <0935> (8689) upon him: every man <0376> also gave <05414> (8799) him a <0259> piece of money <07192>, and every one <0376> an earring <05141> of gold <02091>.
12  So the LORD <03068> blessed <01288> (8765) the latter end <0319> of Job <0347> more than his beginning <07225>: for he had fourteen <0702> <06240> thousand <0505> sheep <06629>, and six <08337> thousand <0505> camels <01581>, and a thousand <0505> yoke <06776> of oxen <01241>, and a thousand <0505> she asses <0860>.
13  He had also seven <07658> sons <01121> and three <07969> daughters <01323>.
14  And he called <07121> (8799) the name <08034> of the first <0259>, Jemima <03224>; and the name <08034> of the second <08145>, Kezia <07103>; and the name <08034> of the third <07992>, Kerenhappuch <07163>.
15  And in all the land <0776> were no women <0802> found <04672> (8738) so fair <03303> as the daughters <01323> of Job <0347>: and their father <01> gave <05414> (8799) them inheritance <05159> among <08432> their brethren <0251>.
16  After <0310> this lived <02421> (8799) Job <0347> an hundred <03967> and forty <0705> years <08141>, and saw <07200> (8799) his sons <01121>, and his sons <01121>' sons <01121>, even four <0702> generations <01755>.
17  So Job <0347> died <04191> (8799), being old <02205> and full <07649> of days <03117>.