Job
| Author: Job.Time of Writing: According to the way of Job's nomadic living (1:3) and the way he offered the burnt offering for his children, it seems that this book was written at the time of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (v. 5; Gen. 22:13; 31:54), about 2000 B.C., five hundred years before Moses wrote the Pentateuch.Place of Writing: The land of Uz (1:1), an area associated with Edom (Lam. 4:21), west of the Arabian desert.Time Period Covered: The period of time that this book covers cannot be determined with accuracy; however, after his trials Job lived another 140 years (42:16), making the period of this book close to two hundred years, somewhere around 2000 B.C. |
And naked I willaNaked I came out of my mother’s womb,
JehovahBlessed be the name of Jehovah.cgives and Jehovah takes away;
And the night which said, A man has been conceived.Job 3:4 - Let that day be darkness;
Let God not seek it from above,Nor let light shine upon it.
Let a cloud dwell upon it;Let the things that blacken the day terrify it.
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;Let it not come up in the number of the months.
Let no joyous shout come in it.Job 3:8 - Let those curse it who curse the day,
Who are ready to rouse leviathan.Job 3:9 - Let its predawn stars be dark;
Let it wait for light and there be none,And do not let it see the eyelids of the dawn.
Nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.Job 3:11 - Why did I not
Come forth from the womb and expire?Job 3:12 - Why did the knees receive me?
And why the breasts, that I should suck?Job 3:13 - For now I would have lain down and been undisturbed;
I would have slept; then I would have been at restJob 3:14 - With kings and counselors of the earth,
Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;Job 3:15 - Or with princes who had gold,
Who filled their houses with silver.Job 3:16 - Or like a miscarriage that has been concealed, I would not have been,
Like infants that do not see the light.Job 3:17 - There the wicked cease from their troubling,
And there the weary rest.Job 3:18 - Captives are altogether at ease;
They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.Job 3:19 - The small and the great are there,
And the servant is free from his master.Job 3:20 - Why does He give light to him who suffers
And life to the bitter in soul,Job 3:21 - Who wait for
And dig for it more than for hidden treasures;Job 3:22 - Who rejoice to the point of exultation
And are glad when they have found the grave;Job 3:23 - To the man whose way is hidden
And whom God hasJob 3:24 - For my sighing comes as my food,ahedged in?
And my groaning pours out like water.Job 3:25 - For I dread something, and it comes upon me;
And what I fear comes to me.Job 3:26 - I have no ease and I have no quiet
And I have no rest, but trouble comes.
But who can refrain from speaking?Job 4:3 - Indeed, you have instructed many,
And you have strengthened the weakJob 4:4 - Your words have raised up him who was stumbling,ahands.
And you have made the bowingJob 4:5 - But now it comes to you, and you are wearied by it;aknees firm.
It touches you, and you are disturbed.Job 4:6 - Is not your fear of God your confidence,
And theJob 4:7 - Remember now, who, being innocent, has ever perished?aintegrity of your ways your hope?
And where have the upright ever been cut off?Job 4:8 - According to what I have seen, those who plow
And those whoJob 4:9 - By theasow trouble reap the same.
And by the blast of His anger they are consumed.Job 4:10 - The roaring of the lion and the sound of the fierce lion
And the teeth of the young lions are broken;Job 4:11 - The strong lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.Job 4:12 - But a matter has stolen in unto me,
And my ear has received a whisper of it.Job 4:13 - In perplexing thoughts of the night visions,
When deep sleep falls upon men,Job 4:14 - Dread came upon me, and trembling,
And caused all my bones to dread.Job 4:15 - And a spirit passed before my face;
The hair of my flesh bristled.Job 4:16 - It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance;
A form stood before my eyes;I heard a murmur of a voice:
Can a man be purer than his Maker?Job 4:18 - If He puts no trust in His servants,
And He charges His angels withJob 4:19 - How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,aerror,
Whose foundation is inWho are crushed like a moth!adust,
Without any considering it, theyJob 4:21 - Should their tent cord be plucked up within them,1continually perish.
They die, and not in wisdom.
And to which of the holy ones will you turn?Job 5:2 - Surely
And jealousy kills the simpleton.Job 5:3 - I have seen the fool taking root,
But suddenly I cursed his habitation.Job 5:4 - His children are far from safety,
And they are crushed in the gate; and there is no one to deliver them.Job 5:5 - The hungry eat his harvest
AndAnd the1even take it out from the thorns,
Nor does trouble spring forth from the ground.Job 5:7 - But man is born unto
Just as sparks fly upward.Job 5:8 - But as for me, I would seek after God,
And I would commit my cause to God,Job 5:9 - Who does great things that cannot be
Wonderful deeds that cannot be numbered;Job 5:10 - Who gives
And sends water upon the surface of the fields;Job 5:11 - Who sets on
And puts those whoJob 5:12 - He frustrates the devices of the crafty,bmourn safely above all.
So that their hands achieve no enterprise.Job 5:13 -
And the counsel of the wily is brought to a sudden end.Job 5:14 - By day they encounter darkness,
And at noon they grope about as in the night.Job 5:15 - But He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth,
From the hand of the strong.Job 5:16 - Thus the poor have hope,
And Injustice stops her mouth.Job 5:17 - Indeed,
Therefore do not reject theJob 5:18 - For He wounds, but He binds up;1bchastening of the2Almighty.
He strikes, but His handsJob 5:19 - In six troubles He will deliver you;aheal.
Indeed in seven no evil will touch you.Job 5:20 - In famine He will redeem you from death,
And in battle, from the power of the sword.Job 5:21 - From the scourge of the tongue you will be hidden,
And you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes.Job 5:22 - At destruction and at famine you will laugh,
And you will not be afraid of the animals of the earth.Job 5:23 - For you will be in an alliance with the stones of the field,
And the animals of the field will be at peace with you.Job 5:24 - And you will know that your tent is at peace,
And you will inspect your fold and miss nothing.Job 5:25 - And you will know that your seed will be great,
And your offspring like the grass of the earth.Job 5:26 - You will come to the grave at a ripe old age,
Like a shock of grainJob 5:27 - This is it. We have searched it out; it is so.1coming up in its season.
Hear then and know it for yourself.
And that my ruin were lifted onto the scales together with it!Job 6:3 - For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas;
Therefore my words have been rash.Job 6:4 - For the arrows of the Almighty are in me,
The poison of which my spirit drinks up;The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Or does the ox low over its fodder?Job 6:6 - Is what is savorless eaten without salt?
Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?Job 6:7 - My soul refuses to touch them;
They are like putrid food to me.Job 6:8 - Oh that I might have my request,
And that God would grant me what I long for;Job 6:9 - That God would be willing to crush me;
That He would release His hand and cut me off!Job 6:10 - Then there would still be comfort for me;
And I would exult, even in writhing pain that does not spare,That I did not
And what is my end, that I should be patient?Job 6:12 - Is my strength the strength of stones?
Or is my flesh bronze?Job 6:13 - Is there any help for me at all within me,
And has wisdom been driven away from me?Job 6:14 - To him who is fainting there should be kindness from his friend,
Else he will forsake the fear of the Almighty.Job 6:15 - My brothers have dealt as treacherously as a desert
As the rivulets of the desert brooks that pass away,Job 6:16 - Which are turbid because of the ice,
And into which the snow hides itself.Job 6:17 - When they are scorched, they are completely consumed;
When it is hot, they are dried up from their place.Job 6:18 - Caravans divert their ways for them;
They go up into the waste and perish.Job 6:19 - The caravans of Tema look for them;
The companies of Sheba long for them.Job 6:20 - They are put to shame because they are confident;
They go there and are confounded.Job 6:21 - So now you have become such;
You see a terrible thing and are afraid.Job 6:22 - Have I said, Give me something?
Or, Pay a bribe for me out of your wealth?Job 6:23 - Or, Deliver me from the hand of the adversary?
Or, From the hand of the oppressors redeem me?Job 6:24 - Teach me, and I will be silent;
Cause me to understand how I have erred.Job 6:25 - How forceful are upright words!
But what does this reproving from you reprove?Job 6:26 - Do you think you can reprove words?
But the words of a desperate man are for the wind.Job 6:27 - You would even cast lots over the orphan
And bargain over your friend.Job 6:28 - Now then be pleased to look upon me,
For surely I will not lie to your face.Job 6:29 - Turn now; let there be no injustice.
Indeed turn; my righteousness is still here.Job 6:30 - Is there any injustice on my tongue?
Can my palate not discern calamities?
And are hisJob 7:2 - Like a servant who longs for the shade,adays not like the days of a hired hand?
And like a hired hand who waits for his pay,Job 7:3 - So I am made to inherit months of vanity,
And nights of trouble are appointed to me.Job 7:4 - If I lie down, I say,
When will I arise? But the evening is long,And I am full of tossings until the dawn.
My skin crusts and then oozes again.Job 7:6 - My
And are spentJob 7:7 - Remember that my life is a1without hope.
My eye will not see good again.Job 7:8 - The eye of him who sees me will not look on me;
Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.Job 7:9 - The cloud is consumed and
Likewise he who goes down intoJob 7:10 - HebSheol does not come up.
Nor does his place know him anymore.Job 7:11 - For my part, I also will not restrain my mouth;
I will speak in the distress of my spirit;I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
That You must set a watch over me?Job 7:13 - When I say, My bed will comfort me,
My couch will bear up my complaint;Job 7:14 - Then You scare me with dreams
And terrify me with visions,Job 7:15 - So that my soul would choose strangulation
And death rather than my bones.Job 7:16 - I
Leave me alone, for my days are a mere breath.Job 7:17 -
And that You consider him,Job 7:18 - And that You visit him every morning,
You try him every moment?Job 7:19 - How long before You look away from me,
Before You abandon me until I swallow my spittle?Job 7:20 - If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O Watcher of man?
Why have You made me Your target so that I have become a burden to You?Job 7:21 - And why do You not forgive my transgression
And take away my iniquity?For now I may lie down in the
And You will seek me out, and I will not be.
And how long will the words of your mouth be like a mighty wind?Job 8:3 - Does God pervert
Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?Job 8:4 - If your
He has delivered them into the hand of their transgression.Job 8:5 - If you seek earnestly after God
And make supplication unto the Almighty,Job 8:6 - If you are pure and upright,
Then surely He will rouse Himself for youAnd restore well-being to your righteous habitation.
Your end will be very great.Job 8:8 - For inquire now of the former generation,
And attend to what their fathers have sought out.Job 8:9 - For we are of yesterday and know nothing,
Because our days upon the earth are aJob 8:10 - Will they not teach you and talk to youashadow.
And utter forth words from their heart?Job 8:11 - Can papyrus shoot up without marsh?
Can reeds grow without water?Job 8:12 - While it is still in its greenness and not cut down,
ItJob 8:13 - So are the paths of all who forget God;awithers before all other grasses.
And the hope of the profane perishes,Job 8:14 - Whose confidence is cut off,
And whose trust is a spider’s web.Job 8:15 - He leans upon his house, but it will not stand;
He holds fast to it, but it will not endure.Job 8:16 - He is full of sap before the sun,
And his shoots go forth over his garden.Job 8:17 - His roots are entwined around a stone heap;
He looks upon a place of stones.Job 8:18 - If
Then it denies him, saying, I have not seen you.Job 8:19 - Indeed, that is the joy of his way;
And others spring forth out of the dust.Job 8:20 - Indeed, God will not reject a perfect man,
Nor will He support evildoers.Job 8:21 - He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
And your lips with shouting.Job 8:22 - Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,
And the tent of the wicked will be no more.
But how can a man beJob 9:3 - If he is pleased to contend with Him,arighteous before God?
He cannot answer Him one thing in a thousand.Job 9:4 - He is wise in heart and mighty in strength—
Who has ever resisted Him and come through whole?—Job 9:5 - He who
When He overturns them in His anger;Job 9:6 - Who
And its pillars shake;Job 9:7 - Who commands the
And seals up the stars;Job 9:8 - Who alone
AndJob 9:9 - Who made thebtrod upon the heights of the sea;
And the chambers of the south;Job 9:10 - Who does great things that cannot be searched,
Indeed, wonderful deeds that cannot be numbered.Job 9:11 - Indeed, He passes by me, but I do not see Him;
And He goes by, but I do not perceive Him.Job 9:12 - Indeed, He snatches away; who can stop Him?
Who can say to Him,Job 9:13 - God does not turn back His anger;aWhat are You doing?
Under HimJob 9:14 - How then can I answer Him1Rahab’s helpers stoop.
And choose my words properly with Him?Job 9:15 - I, though righteous, could not answer Him;
I could only plead for mercy before myJob 9:16 - If I called out and He answered me,1Judge.
I do not believe that He would hearken to my voice.Job 9:17 - For He crushes me with a whirlwind
And multiplies my wounds without cause.Job 9:18 - He does not permit me to catch my breath,
But fills me with bitterness.Job 9:19 - If we speak of strength, indeed, He is mighty!
Or if ofJob 9:20 - Though I am righteous, my mouth would condemn me;ajudgment, Who, says He, can appoint Me a time?
Though I am perfect,Job 9:21 - I am1it would prove me perverse.
I despise my life.Job 9:22 - It is all one; therefore I say,
He destroys the perfect and the wicked.Job 9:23 - If some scourge suddenly kills,
He derides theJob 9:24 - The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;1despair of the innocent.
He covers the faces of its judges.If not He, then who is it?
They flee away, they do not see good;Job 9:26 - They go by like reed boats,
Like an eagle swooping on the prey.Job 9:27 - If I say, I will forget my complaint,
I will put off my sad countenance and look cheerful;Job 9:28 - I fear all my pains:
I know that You will not hold me innocent.Job 9:29 - I will be accounted wicked;
Why then do I labor in vain?Job 9:30 - If I
And cleanse my hands with lye,Job 9:31 - Yet You will plunge me into the pit,
And my own garments will abhor me.Job 9:32 - For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him,
That we should enter into litigation together.Job 9:33 - There is no referee between us,
Who may lay his hand upon us both.Job 9:34 - Let Him take His rod away from me,
And let not the dread of Him terrify me;Job 9:35 - Then I would speak and not be afraid;
For I am not such.
I will let my complaint have free course in me;I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Make known to me why YouJob 10:3 - Does it seem good to You to oppress,acontend with me.
To despise the toil of Your handsAnd shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Or do You see as a man sees?Job 10:5 - Are Your days like the days of a man,
Or Your years like the days of a mighty man,Job 10:6 - That You would seek out my iniquity
And search for my sin,Job 10:7 - Even though You know that I am not wicked
Job 10:8 - Your hands haveaAnd that there is none who can deliver out of Your hand?
Yet You destroy me.Job 10:9 - Remember now that You have made me like
And will You return me to theJob 10:10 - Have You not poured me out like milkbdust?
And curdled me like cheese?Job 10:11 - You have clothed me with skin and flesh
AndJob 10:12 - You have granted me life and lovingkindness,awoven me together with bones and sinews.
And Your visitation has preserved my spirit.Job 10:13 - But You have
I know that this is with You:Job 10:14 - If I sin, You mark me,
And You do not acquit me of my iniquity;Job 10:15 - If I am wicked, woe unto me;
If I am righteous, IBeing filled with dishonor and looking on my affliction.acannot lift up my head,
And You would again demonstrate wonders on me.Job 10:17 - You renew Your witnesses against me
And increase Your anger against me;Attacking waves and a host are against me.
I should have died that no eye had seen me;Job 10:19 - I should have been as though I had not been;
I should have been carried from birth to the grave.Job 10:20 - Are not my days few? Cease then,
And let me alone, that I may be somewhatJob 10:21 - Before I go, and never1revived,
To the land of darkness and the shadow of death,Job 10:22 - The land of gloom like deep darkness,
TheWhich shines like deep darkness.ashadow of death without order,
And should a man of much talk be justified?Job 11:3 - Shall your empty talk silence men?
And will you mock, and there be none to shame you?Job 11:4 - For you say, My doctrine is pure,
And I am clean in Your eyes.Job 11:5 - But, oh, that God would speak
And open His lips to you,Job 11:6 - And that He would tell you the secrets of wisdom!
For there are two sides to sound reason.Know then that God has forgotten some of your iniquity.
Can you find out theJob 11:8 - It is the height of heaven—what can you do?blimit of the Almighty?
It is deeper than Sheol—what can you know?Job 11:9 - Its measure is longer than that of the earth
And broader than the sea.Job 11:10 - If He passes by and imprisons
And summons an assembly, who can stop Him?Job 11:11 - For He knows men of falsehood,
And He sees iniquity without considering it.Job 11:12 - But an
When theJob 11:13 - If you would set your heart right1foal of a wild ass is born as a man.
And stretch your hands out to Him—Job 11:14 - If there is iniquity in your hand, put it far away,
And do not let wrong dwell in your tents—Job 11:15 - Then indeed you would lift up your face without blemish,
And you would beJob 11:16 - For you will forget your misery;asteadfast and would not be afraid.
You will remember it as waters that have passed away.Job 11:17 - And your time here will rise more brightly than the noonday;
Dark though it may be, it will be like the morning.Job 11:18 - And you will be secure, for there is hope;
And you will search about and lie down in security.Job 11:19 - Indeed you will lie down, and there will be none to terrify you;
And many will entreat your favor.Job 11:20 - But the eyes of the wicked will fail,
And fleeing will be lost to them,And their hope will be to breathe out their life.
And wisdom will die with you.Job 12:3 - I also have understanding as you do;
I am not inferior to you.And who does not know things like these?
I, who have called out to God and He answersThe righteous man, the perfect man, is a2me.
It is prepared for those whose foot slips.Job 12:6 - The tents of robbers prosper,
And those who provoke God have security,Those who carry their god in their own
And of the birds of heaven, and they will tell you.Job 12:8 - Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you;
And the fish of the sea will declare to you.Job 12:9 - Who among all these does not know
That the hand of Jehovah has done this,Job 12:10 - In whose hand is the
And theJob 12:11 - Does not the ear1breath of all flesh of man?
Even as the palate tastes food for itself?Job 12:12 - In aged men, you say, there is wisdom,
And in length of days there is understanding.Job 12:13 - But with Him are
Counsel and understanding are His.Job 12:14 - Indeed, He breaks down, and it cannot be rebuilt;
He shuts a man up, and the door cannot be opened.Job 12:15 - Indeed, He withholds the
And HeJob 12:16 - With Him are strength and effectual wisdom;bsends them forth, and they overturn the earth.
The deceived and the deceiver are His.Job 12:17 - He leads
And He makes fools of judges.Job 12:18 - He loosens the fetters of kings
And binds their loins with a belt.Job 12:19 - He leads priests away stripped,
And He overturns dignitaries.Job 12:20 - He removes the utterance of the trusty
And takes away the counsel of the elders.Job 12:21 - He pours contempt upon the princes
And loosens the belt of the strong.Job 12:22 - He uncovers the depths out of darkness
AndJob 12:23 - He makes nations great and destroys them;abrings to light the shadow of death.
He expands nations and leads them off.Job 12:24 - He removes the understanding of the heads of the people of the earth
And causes them to wander in a pathless waste.Job 12:25 - They grope in darkness, and there is no light;
And He causes them to stagger like a drunken man.
My ear has heard and understood it.Job 13:2 - What you know, I also know;
I am not inferior to you.Job 13:3 - But I would speak to the Almighty,
And I desire toJob 13:4 - Yet you are plasterers of lies;aargue with God.
Job 13:5 - Oh that you would be altogether silent,aPhysicians of no value are you all.
And this would be your wisdom!Job 13:6 - Hear now my argument,
And hearken to the contentions of my lips.Job 13:7 - Will you speak wrongly for God
And speak deceitfully for Him?Job 13:8 - Will you be partial to Him?
Will you contend for God?Job 13:9 - Will it be well with you when He searches you out?
Or will youJob 13:10 - He will surely reprove youadeceive Him as one might deceive a man?
If you are secretly partial.Job 13:11 - Will not His majesty make you afraid
And His dread fall on you?Job 13:12 - Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes;
Your defenses are defenses of clay.Job 13:13 - Be silent before me, and I myself will speak;
And let come on me what may.Job 13:14 -
And put my life in my hand.Job 13:15 - Indeed, He will kill me; I have no hope.
Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.Job 13:16 - This also will be my salvation,
That no profane man may come before Him.Job 13:17 - Hear carefully my words,
And let my declaration be in your ears.Job 13:18 - Here now, I have
I know that I will be vindicated.Job 13:19 - Who will contend with me?
For then I would be silent and die.Job 13:20 - Only do not do two things to me,
Then I will not hide from Your face:Job 13:21 - Withdraw Your hand far from me,
And do not let Your terror frighten me.Job 13:22 - Then call, and I will answer;
Or let me speak, and You respond to me.Job 13:23 - How many are my iniquities and sins?
Make my transgression and my sinJob 13:24 - Why do Youaknown to me.
And consider me as YourJob 13:25 - Will You harass a driven leafbenemy?
And pursue dry chaff?Job 13:26 - For You write bitter things against me
And cause me to inherit the iniquities of my youth;Job 13:27 - And You put my feet in
And mark all my paths;You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
Like a garment eaten byamoths.
Is ofJob 14:2 - He comes forth like aafew days and full of trouble.
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.Job 14:3 - And do You open Your eyes upon such a one
And bring me intoJob 14:4 - Who can bring a clean thing out from the unclean?alitigation with You?
No one!Job 14:5 - Since his days are
And the number of his months is with You;Since You have appointed his bounds, and he cannot go beyond;
Until he fulfills his day like a hired hand.Job 14:7 - For there is hope for a tree:
If it is cut down, it willAnd its tender shoot will not cease.asprout again,
And its trunk dies in the dirt,Job 14:9 - At the scent of water it will bud
And will produce branches like a new plant.Job 14:10 - But a man dies and is laid low;
Yes, a man expires, and thenJob 14:11 - The waters of the sea recede,awhere is he?
And the river becomes parched and dried up:Job 14:12 - So a man lies down and does not rise up;
Until theNor willaheavens are no more,1he will not awake,
That You would conceal me until Your anger has passed,That You would set me an appointed time and remember me!
All the days of my service I would wait,Until a change for me should come.
You would long after the work of Your hands.Job 14:16 - For now You number my steps.
Do You not watch over my sin?Job 14:17 - My transgression has been sealed up in a bag,
And You have fastened up my iniquity.Job 14:18 - However the mountain falls and crumbles,
And the rock moves from its place;Job 14:19 - Waters wear away stones;
Their torrents wash away the dust of the earth:So You destroy the hope of man.
You change his countenance and send him away.Job 14:21 - His sons gain honor, but he does not know it;
And they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.Job 14:22 - Only the pain of his own flesh does he feel,
And his own soul mourns for him.
And should he fill his belly with the east wind?Job 15:3 - Should he argue with useless talk
And with words by which he cannot avail?Job 15:4 - Indeed you do away with the fear of God
And restrain meditation before God.Job 15:5 - For your iniquity instructs your mouth,
And you choose the tongue of the crafty.Job 15:6 - Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
And your own lips testify against you.Job 15:7 - Are you the first man born?
Or were you brought forth before the hills?Job 15:8 - Did you listen in on the
And do you limit wisdom to yourself?Job 15:9 - What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not with us?Job 15:10 - Both the grayheaded and the aged are among us,
Older than your father.Job 15:11 - Are the consolations of God too small for you,
Or the word spoken gently to you?Job 15:12 - Why does your heart take you away?
And why do your eyes flash,Job 15:13 - That you turn your spirit against God
And let words go forth from your mouth?Job 15:14 - What is mortal man, that he can be
Or he who isJob 15:15 - Indeed, He puts no trust in His holy ones;bborn of a woman, that he can becrighteous?
Even theJob 15:16 - How much less one who is abominable and corrupt!aheavens are not clean in His eyes.
How much less a man who drinks wrong like water!Job 15:17 -
And what I have seen, that will I recount,Job 15:18 - What wise men have declared,
And have not hidden, from their fathers;Job 15:19 - To whom alone the land was given,
And no stranger passed in their midst:Job 15:20 - For all his days the wicked man travails in pain,
And numbered years are stored up for the ruthless man.Job 15:21 - The sound of terrors is in his ears;
While he is at peace, the destroyer will come upon him.Job 15:22 - He does not believe that he will return from the darkness,
And he is spied out for the sword.Job 15:23 - He wanders for bread—where is it?
He knows that the day of darkness is ready at hand.Job 15:24 - Distress and straits terrify him;
They prevail against him, like a king prepared for the attack;Job 15:25 - Because he stretched out his hand against God,
And against the Almighty he acted mightily,Job 15:26 - Running against Him with a stiff neck,
With the thick bosses of his shield;Job 15:27 - Because he covered his face with his fatness
And gathered fat upon his loins;Job 15:28 - And he dwelt in desolated cities,
In houses which should not have been inhabited,Which were appointed to become heaps.
Nor willJob 15:30 - He will not go away from darkness;1his produce bend down to the earth.
The flame will dry up his shoots,And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
For vanity will be his recompense.Job 15:32 - It will be fully paid before his day,
And his branch will not be flourishing.Job 15:33 - He will shake off his unripe grapes like a vine,
And he will cast off his blossom like an olive tree.Job 15:34 - For the company of the profane will be barren,
And fire will devour the tents of bribery.Job 15:35 - They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity,
And their heart prepares deceit.
TroublingJob 16:3 - Do words of wind have an end?acomforters are you all.
Or what has provoked you that you so respond?Job 16:4 - I also could speak like you,
If your soul were in my soul’s stead;I could join my words together against you
And shake my head at you.Job 16:5 - I could strengthen you with my mouth,
And the movement of my lips would mitigate your pain.Job 16:6 - If I speak, my pain is not mitigated;
And if I forbear, how much departs from me?Job 16:7 - But now He has worn me out;
You have desolated all my company.Job 16:8 - And You have seized me; it is a testimony against me;
And my leanness rises up against me; it testifies to my face.Job 16:9 - In His wrath He has torn me to pieces and been adverse toward me;
He hasMyagnashed His teeth at me.
They strike my cheek reproachfully;They mass themselves together against me.
And cast me down into the hands of the wicked.Job 16:12 - I was at ease, and He broke me apart;
Indeed He took me by my neck and dashed me to pieces.And He set me up as His
He split open my kidneys and did not desist;He poured out my gall upon the earth.
He ran at me like a mighty man of war.Job 16:15 - I have sewn sackcloth upon my skin
And have cast my horn into the dust.Job 16:16 - My face is reddened with weeping,
And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;Job 16:17 - Though there is no violence in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.Job 16:18 - O earth, do not cover my
And let there be no resting place for my crying out.Job 16:19 - Even now, there in heaven is my
And He who vouches for me is in the heights.Job 16:20 - My friends deride me;
My eye pours out tears to God,Job 16:21 - That He would plead for a man in his case with God
And for a son of man in his case with his neighbor.Job 16:22 - For when years few in number have come,
I will go the way from which I cannot return.
My days are extinct;The graveyard is ready for me.
And my eye lingers on their provocation.Job 17:3 - Lay down now a pledge for me with Yourself;
Who is he who willJob 17:4 - For You have hidden their heart from insight;1strike hands with me?
Therefore You will not exalt them.Job 17:5 - He who denounces his friends for a share of the profit taken,
Even the eyes of his children will fail.Job 17:6 - But He has made me a
And I have become one on whom they may spit.Job 17:7 - And my eye has grown dim because of the sorrow,
And my members are all like a shadow.Job 17:8 - The upright are appalled at this,
And the innocent stir themselves up against the profane man.Job 17:9 - Yet the righteous man will hold fast to his way,
And he whoseJob 17:10 - But all of you, come back now,ahands are clean will wax yet stronger.
And I will not find a wise man among you.Job 17:11 - My days have passed; broken are my plans,
The cherished thoughts of my heart.Job 17:12 - They change night into day;
The light is near, they say in the face of darkness.Job 17:13 - If I wait for
If I spread my couch in the darkness;Job 17:14 - If I call out to the pit, You are my father;
You are my mother and my sister, to the worm;Job 17:15 - Where then is my hope?
Indeed, my hope, who will see it?Job 17:16 - It will go down to the bars of Sheol,
When, at the same time, we have rest in theadust.
Consider, and afterward we will speak.Job 18:3 - Why are we considered to be like beasts
And have become unclean in your eyes?Job 18:4 - You who tear yourself in your anger,
Will the earth be forsaken for your sake,Or will the rock be removed from its place?
And the flame of his fire does not shine.Job 18:6 - The light is darkness in his tent,
And his lamp above him goes out.Job 18:7 - The steps of his strength are confined,
And his counsel has cast him down.Job 18:8 - For he has been cast into a net by his own feet,
And he walks about on the webbing of a pitfall.Job 18:9 - A snare grabs him by the heel;
A trap lays hold on him.Job 18:10 - A rope is hidden for him on the ground,
And a trap for him, on the path.Job 18:11 - Terrors frighten him all around
And chase him at his heels.Job 18:12 - His strength is famished,
And calamity is prepared at his side.Job 18:13 - It devours the members of his body;
The firstborn of death devours his members.Job 18:14 - He is rooted out of his tent, in which he trusts;
And he is made to march to the king of terrors.Job 18:15 - That which is not his dwells in his tent;
Brimstone is scattered upon his habitation.Job 18:16 - Beneath, his roots are dried up;
And above, his branch is withered.Job 18:17 - The memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name on the open plain.Job 18:18 - He is thrust out from the light to the darkness
And driven from the world.Job 18:19 - He has
And there are none remaining where he sojourned.Job 18:20 - Those who come after will be astonished at his day,
As those who went before were horrified.Job 18:21 - Surely these are the dwellings of the unjust,
And this is the place of him who does notaknow God.
And crush me with your words?Job 19:3 - These
You are not ashamed to deal wrongly with me.Job 19:4 - And be it that I have erred,
My error remains with me.Job 19:5 - If you indeed magnify yourselves against me
And use my reproach in argument against me,Job 19:6 - Know then that God has
And compassed me about with His net.Job 19:7 - Indeed, I cry out, Violence! and I am not answered;
I call for help, and there is no justice.Job 19:8 - He has
And He has put darkness upon my paths.Job 19:9 - He has stripped my
And taken away theJob 19:10 - He has broken me all around, and I am gone;1crown on my head.
And myJob 19:11 - He has also kindled His1hope is plucked up like a tree.
And in Himself He considers me as HisJob 19:12 - His troops come together1aadversary.
And cast up their highway against meAnd encamp all around my tent.
And those who know me are wholly estranged from me.Job 19:14 - My relatives have failed me,
And my acquaintances have forgotten me.Job 19:15 - Those who sojourn in my house and my maids consider me as a stranger;
I am a foreigner in their eyes.Job 19:16 - To my servant I call out, but he does not answer;
I entreat him with my mouth.Job 19:17 - My breath is strange to my wife;
AndJob 19:18 - Even little children despise me:1my supplications, to the children of my mother’s womb.
I arise and they speak against me.Job 19:19 - All the men whom I take counsel with abhor me,
And those whom I love have turned against me.Job 19:20 - My
And I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.Job 19:21 - Pity me, pity me, O my friends;
For theJob 19:22 - Why do you persecute me as God doesahand of God has touched me.
And are not satisfied with eating my flesh?Job 19:23 - Oh, that my words were now written!
Oh, that they were inscribed in aJob 19:24 - That with anabook!
They were engraved in rock forever!Job 19:25 - But I know that my
And at the last He will stand upon the earth;Job 19:26 - And after this body of mine is destroyed,
Outside my flesh I willJob 19:27 - Whom I, even I, will look on for myself,alook on God,
And my eyes will see; I, and no other.My inward parts that long for God are consumed within me.
For the root of the matter is found in him;Job 19:29 - Be fearful of the sword,
For wrath brings the punishment of the sword,That you may know that there is a judgment.
And hence my haste is in me.Job 20:3 - I hear the reproof that humiliates me,
And theJob 20:4 - Do you not know this from of old,aspirit of my understanding answers me.
Since man was set upon the earth,Job 20:5 - That the joyous shouting of the wicked is short,
And the rejoicing of the profane is but for a moment?Job 20:6 - Though his arrogance goes up to
And his head touches the clouds;Job 20:7 - Like his own dung he perishes forever;
Those who have seen him say, Where is he?Job 20:8 - Like a dream he flies away and is not found;
Indeed he is chased away like a vision of the night.Job 20:9 - The eye looks on him then sees him no more,
Nor does his place observe him anymore.Job 20:10 - His children seek the favor of the poor,
And his hands return his wealth.Job 20:11 - His bones are full of youthful vigor,
YetJob 20:12 - Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth,1it lies down with him in theadust.
Though he hides it under his tongue,Job 20:13 - Though he favors it and will not forsake it,
But holds it in his mouth;Job 20:14 - His food in his bowels is changed;
It is theJob 20:15 - He swallows down riches and vomits them up;avenom of asps within him.
God casts them forth from his stomach.Job 20:16 - He sucks the poison of asps;
The tongue of the viper slays him.Job 20:17 - He will not look on the rivers,
The streams flowing with honey and butter.Job 20:18 - He will return what he toiled for and will not swallow it down;
And he will not rejoice according to the wealth of his trading.Job 20:19 - For he has oppressed and abandoned the poor;
He has violently seized a house that he did not build.Job 20:20 - Because he knew no respite in his craving,
Of that which he desired he will save nothing.Job 20:21 - There will be nothing left of what he has devoured;
Thus his prosperity will not endure.Job 20:22 - In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be distressed;
The hand of everyone in trouble will come against him.Job 20:23 - In order to fill his belly,
And will rain it upon him as his food.1God will send the burning fierceness of His wrath on him
But the bronze bow will strike him through.Job 20:25 - He draws the arrow out, and it comes out of his body;
Indeed the glittering point goes forth from his gall.Terrors come upon him.
A fire not fanned by man will devour him;It will feed on what is left in his tent.
And the earth will rise up against him.Job 20:28 - The increase of his house will depart
As things swept away in theJob 20:29 - This is the wicked man’s portion from Godaday of His wrath.
And the inheritance decreed to him by God.
And let this be your consolations.Job 21:3 - Bear with me, and I will speak;
And after I have spoken, mock on.Job 21:4 - As for me, is my complaint to man?
And why should my spirit not be impatient?Job 21:5 - Look at me and be appalled;
And put your hand over your mouth.Job 21:6 - Even when I remember, I am troubled,
And horror takes hold of my flesh.
Grow old, even become mighty in riches?Job 21:8 - Their seed is established with them in their sight,
And their offspring, before their eyes.Job 21:9 - Their houses are free from dread,
And theJob 21:10 -arod of God is not upon them.
Job 21:11 - They send forth their little ones like a herd,1Their cow calves and does not miscarry.
And their children dance.Job 21:12 - They lift up their voices to the tambourine and lyre,
And they rejoice at the sound of the flute.Job 21:13 - They spend their days in prosperity,
And in a moment they go down intoJob 21:14 - And they say unto God,aSheol.
For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.Job 21:15 -
And what profit is there, that we should pray to Him?Job 21:16 - Indeed, their prosperity is not in their own hand.
The counsel of the wicked is far fromJob 21:17 - How often is the lamp of the wicked put out,1Him.
So that their calamity comes upon them,So that
And like chaff that the storm carries off?Job 21:19 - You say, God stores up the punishment of his iniquity for his children.
I say, Let Him recompense him, so that he knows it.Job 21:20 - Let his eyes see his destruction,
And let him drink the wrath of the Almighty.Job 21:21 - For what is there for him to delight in, in his house after him,
When the number of his months is cut off?Job 21:22 - Will someone teach knowledge to God,
Seeing that He judges those who are on high?Job 21:23 - One dies in his full strength,
Being completely at ease and quiet;Job 21:24 - His pails are full of milk,
And the marrow of his bones is moist.Job 21:25 - But another dies in bitterness of soul
And does not taste of good.Job 21:26 - They lie down alike in the
And the worm covers them.Job 21:27 - Indeed, I know your thoughts,
And the devices by which you would wrong me.Job 21:28 - For you say, Where is the house of the prince?
Where is the tent of the dwellings of the wicked?Job 21:29 - Have you not asked those who travel the roads?
And do you not regard their evidence,Job 21:30 - That the wicked man is spared in the day of calamity,
That they are led forth at the day of overflowing wrath?Job 21:31 - Who will declare his way to his face?
And who will repay him what he has done?Job 21:32 - When he is borne to the grave,
A watch is kept over the tomb.Job 21:33 - The clods of the valley are sweet to him;
And all men go in procession after him,And those who went before him are without number.
For your responses leave only falsehood behind.
No, a man of insight is of use only to himself.Job 22:3 - Is it a matter of delight to the Almighty that you are righteous?
Or is it a gain to Him that you make your ways perfect?Job 22:4 - Is it because of your fear of Him that He reproves you,
That He enters into judgment with you?Job 22:5 - Is not your wickedness great,
And is there no end to your iniquities?Job 22:6 - For you have taken
And stripped the naked of their clothing.Job 22:7 - You have not given water to the weary to drink,
And you have withheld bread from theJob 22:8 - And as for the man of power, the earth was his;ahungry.
And the man of honor dwelt in it.Job 22:9 - You have sent away the widows empty,
And the arms of the orphans have been crushed.Job 22:10 - Therefore snares are all around you;
And sudden dread troubles you,Job 22:11 - Or darkness, so that you cannot see;
And an abundance of waters covers you.Job 22:12 - Is not God at the height of
And look at the highest of the stars, how lofty they are!Job 22:13 - And you say, What does God
Can He judge through the deep darkness?Job 22:14 - Thick clouds are a covering to Him, so He cannot see;
And He walks upon the circle of the heavens.Job 22:15 - Will you keep the old way,
Which wicked men have trodden?Job 22:16 - Such were snatched away before their time,
Whose foundation was poured forth like a stream;Job 22:17 - Who said to God, Depart from us;
And, What can the Almighty accomplish forJob 22:18 - Yet He fills their houses with good things.1us?
But the counsel of the wicked is far fromJob 22:19 - The righteous see and rejoice,1Him.
And the innocent deride them,Job 22:20 - Saying, Surely those who rose up against us are cut off,
And the remnant of them the fire has devoured.Job 22:21 -
By such, good will come upon you.Job 22:22 - Receive instruction from His mouth,
And lay up His words in yourJob 22:23 - If you return to theaheart.
If you put injustice far away from your tents,Job 22:24 - And place your gold nuggets in the dust
And your gold of Ophir in the stones of the brooks,Job 22:25 - Then the Almighty will be your gold nuggets
And precious silver to you.Job 22:26 - For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty,
And you will lift up your countenanceJob 22:27 - You will pray to Him, and He will hear you;ato God.
And you will repay your vows.Job 22:28 - You will also decree something, and it will be established for you;
And light will shine on your ways.Job 22:29 - When they cast you down, you will say, I am up!
And theJob 22:30 - He will deliver him who is not innocent;alowly person He will save.
Yes,1you will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.
My stroke is heavy because of my groaning.Job 23:3 - Oh that I knew where I might
That I might come to His seat!Job 23:4 - I would
And I would fill my mouth with arguments.Job 23:5 - I would know the words which He would answer me,
And I would understand what He would speak to me.Job 23:6 - Would He contend with me in the greatness of His power?
No; but He would give heed to me.Job 23:7 - There the upright man can argue with Him;
So I would be delivered forever from my Judge.Job 23:8 - Behold, I go
AndJob 23:9 - To the1backward, but I do not perceive Him;
HeJob 23:10 - But Heahides Himself on the1right, so I cannot see Him.
Should HeJob 23:11 - My foot has held fast to His steps;btry me, I would come forth as gold.
I have kept His way and have not turned aside.Job 23:12 - As for the commandment of His lips, I have not turned back from it;
I have treasured theJob 23:13 - But He is of one mind, and who can turn Him?awords of His mouth1more than my apportioned food.
And what His soul desires, that will He do.Job 23:14 - For He performs what has been appointed to me,
And many such things are with Him.Job 23:15 - Therefore I am terrified at His presence;
I consider and am in dread of Him.Job 23:16 - So God has made my heart faint,
And the Almighty has terrified me;Job 23:17 - Because I was not cut off before the darkness,
Nor did He cover the deep darkness from my face.
And why do those who know Him not see His days?Job 24:2 - Some remove
They seize the flock and pasture them.Job 24:3 - They drive away the donkey of the fatherless
And take the widow’s ox as aJob 24:4 - They turn the needy out of the way;apledge.
The poor of the land are made to hide together.Job 24:5 - Indeed, like wild asses in the desert,
They go forth to their work,Diligently seeking some prey;
The wilderness provides them food for their children.Job 24:6 - In the field they harvest their fodder,
And they glean the vintage of the wicked.Job 24:7 - They spend the night naked, without clothing;
And have no covering in the cold.Job 24:8 - They are wet from the mountain showers,
And for lack of shelter they embrace the rock.Job 24:9 - Some pluck the fatherless from the breast,
And what the poor has on, as aJob 24:10 - They go about naked, without clothing;apledge.
And being hungry, they take up the sheaves.Job 24:11 - Between their walls they press out oil;
They tread the winepresses yet suffer thirst.Job 24:12 - From the city men groan,
And the soul of the wounded cries out;Yet God does not regard the folly.
They are not acquainted with its ways,Nor do they abide in its paths.
He kills the poor and the needy;And at night he is like a thief.
Saying, Not an eye will see me;And he disguises his face.
By day they shut themselves in:They do not know the light.
Because they are acquainted with the terrors of the shadow of death.Job 24:18 - Swift are they upon the face of the waters;
Their portion is cursed in the earth;There is none who turns toward the vineyards.
AsJob 24:20 - The womb forgets him;aSheol snatches those who have sinned.
The worm finds him sweet;He is
And wrongdoing is broken like a tree.Job 24:21 - He despoils the barren woman who does not bear,
And does no good for the widow.Job 24:22 - But God preserves the mighty by His power;
He arises, and no one is certain of life.Job 24:23 - He grants
And His eyes are upon their ways.Job 24:24 - They are exalted a
And they are brought low; like all others, they are gathered inAnd are cut off like the tops of the ears of grain.
And bring my words to nought?
He makes peace in His high places.Job 25:3 - Is there any number to His armies?
And upon whom does His light notJob 25:4 - How then can a man beaarise?
Job 25:5 - Indeed, even the moon has no brightness,bAnd how can one born of a woman be pure?
And the stars are not pure in His eyes.Job 25:6 - How much less a man, a maggot;
And the son of man, aaworm!
How you have saved the arm of him who is without strength!Job 26:3 - How you have counseled him who is without wisdom
And have plentifully declared sound knowledge!Job 26:4 - To whom have you uttered words?
And whoseJob 26:5 - The deceased are made to tremble1spirit has come forth from you?
Beneath the waters, and those who inhabit them.Job 26:6 -
AndJob 26:7 - He stretches out the2Abaddon has no covering.
He hangs the earth uponJob 26:8 - He binds up the1bnothing.
And the cloud is not rent under them.Job 26:9 - He covers the face of His throne;
He spreads HisJob 26:10 - He drew aacloud over it.
As aJob 26:11 - The pillars of heaven shookbboundary of the light and the darkness.
And were astounded at His rebuke.Job 26:12 - By His power He stilled the sea,
And by His understanding He struck downJob 26:13 - By His1Rahab.
His hand pierced the fleeingJob 26:14 - Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways;aserpent.
And how small a whisper do we hear of Him!But as for the thundering of His mightiness, who can comprehend it?
And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,Job 27:3 - As long as my
And the spirit of God is in my nostrils,Job 27:4 - Surely my lips will not speak anything wrong,
Nor will my tongue utter deceit.Job 27:5 - Far be it from me to declare you righteous!
Until I die, I will not put away myJob 27:6 - To myaintegrity from me.
My heart does not reproach me for any of my days.Job 27:7 - May my enemy be like a wicked man,
And may he who rises up against me be like someone unjust.Job 27:8 - For what is the hope of the profane man when God cuts him off,
When He takes away hisJob 27:9 - Will God hear his cryasoul?
When distress comes upon him?Job 27:10 - Does he take delight in the Almighty?
Will he call upon God at all times?Job 27:11 - I will teach you about the hand of God;
What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.Job 27:12 - Indeed, all of you have seen it yourselves;
And why then have you become altogether vain?Job 27:13 - This is the portion with God for a wicked man,
And the inheritance that oppressors receive from the Almighty:Job 27:14 - If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword;
And his offspring will not be satisfied with bread;Job 27:15 - Those who remain of him will be buried in death,
And his widows will not lament.Job 27:16 - Though he
And prepares garments like clay,Job 27:17 - He may
And the innocent will divide the silver.Job 27:18 - He builds his house as a moth does
And like a hut that a watchman makes.Job 27:19 - He lies down rich but
He opens his eyes, and he is not.Job 27:20 - Terrors overtake him like waters;
At night a whirlwind steals him away.Job 27:21 - The east wind carries him off, and he goes;
And it sweeps him out of his place.Job 27:22 - And God hurls at him and does not spare;
He hastily flees from His hand.Job 27:23 - Men clap their hands at him
And hiss him out of his place.
And a place for gold to beJob 28:2 - Iron is taken out of the earth,arefined.
And copper is smelted from rock.Job 28:3 - The miner sets an end to the darkness,
And to the very end he searches outThe stones of deep darkness and of
They are forgotten by the foot;They are suspended apart from men, they sway about.
Yet underneath it, it is turned up as it were by fire.Job 28:6 - Its stones are the place of sapphires,
And its dust has gold.Job 28:7 - It is a path known by no bird of prey,
And the falcon’s eye has not seen it.Job 28:8 - The proud beasts have not trodden it;
The fierce lion does not pass along it.Job 28:9 -
He overturns the mountains by its roots.Job 28:10 - He cuts out channels in the rocks,
And his eye sees every precious thing.Job 28:11 - He dams up the streams so that they do not trickle,
And that which is hidden heJob 28:12 -abrings out to the light.
And where is the place of understanding?Job 28:13 - Man does not know its price,
Nor is it found in the land of the living.Job 28:14 - The deep says, It is not in me;
And the sea says, It is not with me.Job 28:15 - Rare gold cannot be given for it,
Nor can silver be weighed out for its price.Job 28:16 - It cannot be balanced with the gold of Ophir,
With precious onyx or with sapphire.Job 28:17 - Gold and glass cannot compare with it,
Nor can vessels of fine gold be exchanged for it.Job 28:18 - Coral and crystal cannot be mentioned with it;
Indeed the acquisition ofJob 28:19 - The topaz ofawisdom is above that of pearls.
Nor can it be balanced with pure gold.Job 28:20 -
And where is the place of understanding?Job 28:21 - For it is hidden from the eyes of all living
And concealed from the birds of heaven.Job 28:22 -
We have heard a report of it with our ears.Job 28:23 - God understands the way to it;
He knows its place.Job 28:24 - For He sees to the ends of the earth;
He beholds all that is under heaven.Job 28:25 - When He gave weight to the wind
And apportioned the water by measure,Job 28:26 - When He made a decree for the rain
And a way for the thunderbolt;Job 28:27 - Then He saw it and declared it;
He established it and even searched it out.Job 28:28 - And He said to man,
Indeed, theAnd to depart from evil is understanding.afear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
As in the days when God watched over me;Job 29:3 - When His lamp shone over my head,
And by His light I walked through darkness;Job 29:4 - As I was in the days of my
WhenJob 29:5 - When the Almighty was yet with me,aintimate counsel with God was over my tent;
And my children were around me;Job 29:6 - When my steps were bathed in milk,
And the rock poured out for me streams of oil!Job 29:7 - When I went out to the gate of the city,
When I prepared my seat in the square,Job 29:8 - The young men saw me and hid themselves,
And the aged rose up and stood.Job 29:9 - Princes refrained from talking
And laid their hand over their mouth.Job 29:10 - The voice of the nobles was hushed,
And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.Job 29:11 - For when the ear heard me, it blessed me;
And when the eye saw me, it bore witness to me;Job 29:12 - Because I delivered the poor man who cried out,
And the orphan who had no one to help him.Job 29:13 - The blessing of him who was perishing came upon me,
And I made the widow’s heart shout for joy.Job 29:14 - I put on
My justice was like a robe and a turban.Job 29:15 - I was eyes to the blind,
And I was feet to the lame.Job 29:16 - I was a father to the needy,
And the cause of him whom I did not know I investigated.Job 29:17 - I broke the jaws of the unjust
And made him drop the prey from his teeth.Job 29:18 - Then I said, I will die in my nest,
And I will multiply my days like the sand.Job 29:19 - My root is spread out to the water,
And dew abides on my branch at night.Job 29:20 - My glory is always new with me,
And my bow is renewed in my hand.Job 29:21 - Men listened to me and waited,
And they were silent for my counsel.Job 29:22 - After my words they spoke not again,
And my speech distilled likeJob 29:23 - And they waited for me as for the rain,adew upon them.
And they opened their mouth wide as for the late rain.Job 29:24 - I smiled on them—they could not believe it;
And they did not cast down the light of my countenance.Job 29:25 - I chose the way for them and sat as chief,
And I dwelt as a king among the troops,As one who comforts those who mourn.
Hold me in derision,Those whose fathers I disdained
To put with the dogs of my flock.Job 30:2 - Indeed, what good is the strength of their hands to me?
Their vigor has perished from them.Job 30:3 - Withered up through want and hunger,
They gnaw at the dry ground,A gloom of waste and desolation.
And the roots of the broom shrub are their food.Job 30:5 - They are driven from the company of men;
Men cry after them as after a thief;Job 30:6 - So that they must dwell in the most dreadful ravines,
In caves of the earth and in the rocks.Job 30:7 - Among the bushes they bray;
Under the nettles they huddle.Job 30:8 - Sons of fools, indeed sons of nameless men,
They have been stricken from the land.Job 30:9 - And now I have become their song,
And I am aJob 30:10 - They abhor me; they stand aloof from me;abyword to them.
And they do not withhold their spit from my face.Job 30:11 - For He has loosened
Therefore they have cast off restraint in my presence.Job 30:12 - At my right hand a brood rises up;
They send my feet runningAnd cast up against me their ways of destruction.
They promote my calamity,Though there is no profit to them.
Amid the ruin they roll on.Job 30:15 - Terrors are turned upon me;
My honor is pursued as by a wind,And my prosperity passes away like a
Days of affliction have taken hold of me.Job 30:17 - The night rends my bones from me,
And my gnawing pains do not rest.Job 30:18 - With great force my garments are distorted;
It binds me like the collar of my coat.Job 30:19 - He has cast me into the mire,
And I am likeJob 30:20 - I cry unto You, but You do not answer me;adust and ashes.
I stand up, and You stare at me.Job 30:21 - You have turned to become cruel to me;
With the might of Your hand You pursue me.Job 30:22 - You lift me up into the wind; You make me ride on it;
And You dissolve me in the storm.Job 30:23 - For I know that You will bring me into death,
And to theJob 30:24 - Nevertheless does not a man put forth his hand when he falls,ahouse appointed for all living.
Or because of his disaster therefore cry out?Job 30:25 - Did I not weep for him who had hard days?
Was my soul not grieved for the needy?Job 30:26 - When I expected good, evil came;
And when I waited for light, darkness came.Job 30:27 - My inward parts are in turmoil and are not still;
Days of affliction have drawn near to me.Job 30:28 - I go about in sunless mourning.
I rise up in the congregation; I cry for help.Job 30:29 - I am a brother to jackals
And a companion to ostriches.Job 30:30 - My skin is black and falling from me,
And my bones burn with heat.Job 30:31 - My lyre has become mourning,
And my pipe, the voice of those who weep.
How then can IJob 31:2 - What then is the portion from God above,agaze upon a virgin?
Or the inheritance of the Almighty on high?Job 31:3 - Is it not calamity for the unjust
And misfortune for the workers of iniquity?Job 31:4 - Does He not see my ways
And count all my steps?Job 31:5 - If I have walked with falsehood,
And my foot has hastened after deceit—Job 31:6 - Let Him weigh me in a righteous
And let God know myJob 31:7 - If my step has turned from the way,bintegrity—
And my heart has gone after my own eyes,And if any spot has stuck to my hands;
Indeed may my produce be rooted up.Job 31:9 - If my heart has been enticed into following after a woman,
Or I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door;Job 31:10 - May my wife grind for another,
And may others kneel over her.Job 31:11 - For that would have been a heinous act,
And it would be wickedness, to be punished by the judges.Job 31:12 - For it is a fire that devours to
And would root up all my increase.Job 31:13 - If I have despised the cause of my servant or my maid
When they contended with me,Job 31:14 - What then will I do when God rises up?
And when He visits me, what will I answer Him?Job 31:15 - Did not He who made me in the
And was it not One who fashioned us in the womb?Job 31:16 - If I have withheld the poor from their desire,
Or have let the eyes of the widow fail,Job 31:17 - Or have eaten my morsel alone
Without the orphan eating of it—Job 31:18 - Rather, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,
And from my mother’s womb I guidedJob 31:19 - If I have seen someone perishing from1the widow—
Or that the needy had no covering;Job 31:20 - If his loins have not blessed me,
And he has not been made warm with the fleece of my sheep;Job 31:21 - If I have raised my hand against the orphan
Because I saw that I had support among those in the gate;Job 31:22 - May my shoulder blade fall from the shoulder,
And may my arm be broken at the elbow.Job 31:23 - For calamity from God is dreadful to me,
And because of His majesty I can do nothing.Job 31:24 - If I have made gold my
And have called fine gold my confidence;Job 31:25 - If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great
And because my hand had acquired much;Job 31:26 - If I have looked at the sun when it shone
Or the moon going on in splendor,Job 31:27 - And my heart has been secretly enticed,
And my mouth has kissed my hand;Job 31:28 - It too would be wickedness, to be punished by the judges,
For I would have denied God above.Job 31:29 - If I have rejoiced at the misfortune of him who hated me,
Or have exulted when evil found him—Job 31:30 - Rather, I have not allowed my mouth to sin
By asking for his life with a curse—Job 31:31 - If the men of my tent have not said,
Who can find one who has not been filled withJob 31:32 - The sojourner has not lodged in the street;1our master’s meat?—
I have opened my doors to the highway—Job 31:33 - If I have
By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,Job 31:34 - Because I so dreaded the great multitude,
And the contempt of the families so frightened me,That I was silent and did not go out my door—
Here is my signature! Let the AlmightyAnd let my accuser write up the charge.aanswer me.
I would bind it onto me like a crown;Job 31:37 - I would declare to Him the number of my steps;
Like a prince I would approach Him!Job 31:38 - If my land cries out against me,
And its furrows weep together;Job 31:39 - If I have eaten its strength without money,
And have caused its owners to lose their life;Job 31:40 - May thorns come forth instead of wheat,
And pungent weeds instead of barley.The words of Job are
I am young,And you are aged;
Therefore I shrank back and was afraidTo declare to you what I know.
And let the multitude of years make wisdom known.Job 32:8 - But
And theJob 32:9 - It is not the great who are wise,2bbreath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
Nor the old who understand justice.Job 32:10 - Therefore I say, Hear me;
I also will declare what IJob 32:11 - Indeed, I have waited out your words;1know.
I have given ear to your reasonings,While you searched for what to say.
But no one here could refute Job;None of you answered his words.
God will defeat him, not man.Job 32:14 - But he did not arrange his words against me;
Neither will I respond to him with your speeches.Job 32:15 - They are dismayed; they answer no more;
Words fail them.Job 32:16 - Then should I wait? For they do not speak,
For they stand still; they answer no more.Job 32:17 - I also will answer what has been apportioned to me;
I also will declare what I know.Job 32:18 - For I am full of words;
The spirit in my inward parts constrains me.Job 32:19 - Indeed, my inward parts are like wine that is not vented;
LikeJob 32:20 - Let me speak, that there may be relief for me;anew wineskins, they are about to burst.
Let me open my lips and answer.Job 32:21 - Let me not, I beg you,
Nor flatter any man;Job 32:22 - For I do not know how to flatter—
My Maker would soon bear me off.
And give ear to all my words.Job 33:2 - Indeed now, I have opened my mouth;
My tongue has spoken in my mouth.Job 33:3 - My words manifest the uprightness of my heart,
And what my lips know they speak sincerely.Job 33:4 - The Spirit of God has made me,
And theJob 33:5 - If you can, respond to me;abreath of the Almighty has enlivened me.
Arrange your words before me; take your stand.Job 33:6 - Indeed, I am before God as you are;
I too was cut out ofJob 33:7 - So no fear of me can terrify you,aclay.
Nor can my pressure be heavy upon you.Job 33:8 - You have surely spoken in my hearing,
And I have heard the voice of your words, saying,Job 33:9 - I am
I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me.Job 33:10 - See, He finds occasions for hostility against me;
He considers me as HisJob 33:11 - He puts my feet inaenemy.
He watches all my paths.Job 33:12 - However, in this you are not right, I will answer you,
For God is greater than man.Job 33:13 - Why do you contend with Him,
Saying that He does not answer for any of His affairs?Job 33:14 - For God speaks in one way,
Indeed in two ways, without any perceiving it—Job 33:15 - In a
When deep sleep falls upon menIn the slumberings upon their beds—
And seals up their instruction,Job 33:17 - That He may turn man aside from his doing
And hide pride from man.Job 33:18 - He keeps his soul from the pit,
And his life from perishing by the sword.Job 33:19 - He is also chastened with pain upon his bed
And with continual strife in his bones,Job 33:20 - So that his life abhors bread,
And his soul, fancy food.Job 33:21 - His flesh is so consumed that it cannot be seen,
And his bones that had not been seen stick out.Job 33:22 - And his soul draws near to the pit,
And his life, to the destroyers.Job 33:23 - If there is with him an angel,
An interpreter, one of a thousand,To declare to man what is right for him,
Redeem him from going down into the pit;I have found a ransom.
He will return to the days of his youth.Job 33:26 - He will pray to God, and He will accept him,
So that he sees His face with joyous shouting;And
I sinned and perverted what was right,But it was not paid back to me.
And my life will see the light.Job 33:29 - Indeed, all these things God accomplishes for a man,
Twice, even three times,Job 33:30 - To bring his soul back from the pit,
To enlighten him with theJob 33:31 - Take heed, Job; hear me.alight of the living.
Be silent, and I will speak.Job 33:32 - If you have anything to say, answer me;
Speak, for I desire to justify you.Job 33:33 - If not, you listen to me;
Be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.
And you who know, give ear to me.Job 34:3 - For the
As the palate tastes food.Job 34:4 - Let us choose for ourselves what is right;
Let us know among ourselves what isJob 34:5 - For Job has said, I am righteous,agood.
And God hasJob 34:6 - Should I lie against my right?1taken away myaright;
My arrow wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.Job 34:7 - What man is like Job,
Who drinks up scoffing like water,Job 34:8 - Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity
And walks with wicked men?Job 34:9 - For he has said, It does not
To delight himself in God.Job 34:10 - Therefore, you men of understanding, hear me:
Far be it from God that He would do evil,And from the Almighty that He would commit iniquity.
And will cause a man to find that which is according to his own way.Job 34:12 - Indeed in all certainty God will not do evil,
And the Almighty will not pervert justice.Job 34:13 - Who has ever put the
Or who has ever set in order the whole world?Job 34:14 - If He were to consider Himself only,
He would gather back to Himself HisJob 34:15 - All flesh would perish together,aspirit and His breath;
And man would return toJob 34:16 - If then you have understanding, hear this;adust.
Give ear to the voice of my words.Job 34:17 - Shall one who hates justice govern?
And will you condemn the just and mighty One,Job 34:18 - He who says to a king, You worthless one!
And to nobles, You wicked one!Job 34:19 - He who does not
Nor regard the rich man more than the poor,For they are all the work of His hands?
The people are shaken, and they pass away;And the mighty are taken away, but by no human hand.
And He sees all his steps.Job 34:22 - There is no darkness and no shadow of death
Where the workers of iniquity mayJob 34:23 - For He does not need to consider a man further,ahide themselves.
That he should go to God in litigation.Job 34:24 - He breaks mighty men in pieces without inquiry
And puts others in their stead.Job 34:25 - Hence He knows their actions,
And He overturns them in the night so that they are crushed.Job 34:26 - He strikes them as He would evil men,
In a place where all can see;Job 34:27 - Because they turned aside from following after Him
And would not regard any of His ways,Job 34:28 - So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him,
And He heard the cry of the afflicted.Job 34:29 - When He is silent, who can condemn Him?
When He hides His face, who can behold Him?He does so toward a nation and toward a man alike,
people.Job 34:31 - For has anyone ever said to God,
I have borne chastisement; I will offend no more;Job 34:32 - What I do not see teach me;
If I have committed iniquity, I will do it no more?Job 34:33 - Should He recompense to fit you, since you have rejected it?
For you must choose, and not I.So speak what you know.
As well as the man of wisdom who hears me,Job 34:35 - Job has spoken without knowledge,
And his words are without insight.Job 34:36 - I wish that Job were tried to the limit
Because of his answering like evil men.Job 34:37 - For he adds
Among us heAnd multiplies his words against God.2claps his hands
Do you say, MyJob 35:3 - So that you say, Whatarighteousness is more than God’s,
What do I profit, more than if I had sinned?Job 35:4 - I will respond to you with words,
And to your companions with you.Job 35:5 - Look unto heaven and see;
And behold the skies: They are higher than you.Job 35:6 - If you
And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to Him?Job 35:7 - If you are
Or what does He receive from your hand?Job 35:8 - Your wickedness affects a man like you,
And your righteousness, a son of man.Job 35:9 - Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out;
They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.Job 35:10 - But no one says, Where is God my
Who givesJob 35:11 - Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earthbsongs in the night,
And makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?Job 35:12 - There they cry, but He does not answer,
Because of the pride of evil men.Job 35:13 - Surely God does not hear an empty cry,
And the Almighty does not regard it.Job 35:14 - How much less when you say that you do not behold Him,
That the cause is before Him and you are waiting on Him!Job 35:15 - But now, because He has not visited in His anger
Nor regarded such great arrogance,Job 35:16 - Job opens his mouth in vanity;
He multiplies words without knowledge.
For there is more to say for God.Job 36:3 - I will bring my knowledge from afar
And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.Job 36:4 - For truly my words are not false;
One perfect inJob 36:5 - Indeed, God is mighty and does not despise;1knowledge is with you.
He is mighty in strength of understanding.Job 36:6 - He does not preserve the wicked man alive,
But gives justice to the afflicted.Job 36:7 - He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous;
And with kings on the throne,He sets them forever, and they are exalted.
If they are caught in the cords of affliction,Job 36:9 - He shows them their work
And their transgressions, that they have acted arrogantly.Job 36:10 - He also opens their ear to instruction
And commands that they return from iniquity.Job 36:11 - If they hear and serve Him,
They will spend their days in prosperityAnd their years in pleasantness.
And die without knowledge.Job 36:13 - But those who are profane in heart
They do not cry for help when He binds them.Job 36:14 - They die in youth,
And their life ends among the most defiled.Job 36:15 - He rescues the afflicted by their affliction
And opens their ear through oppression.Job 36:16 - Indeed He allures you from the jaws of distress
Into a spacious place, where there is no constraint;And what is upon your table is full of fatness.
Judgment and litigation have taken hold of you.Job 36:18 - Beware lest wrath allures you into scoffing,
And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.Job 36:19 - Will your cry keep you from being in distress,
Or all the forces of your strength?Job 36:20 - Do not long for the night,
When people are taken from their place.Job 36:21 - Take heed; do not turn toward iniquity;
For you have chosen this rather than affliction.Job 36:22 - Indeed, God is exalted in His power:
Who is a teacher like Him?Job 36:23 - Who has appointed His way for Him?
And who says, You have done wrong?Job 36:24 - Remember to magnify His work,
Of which men sing.Job 36:25 - All mankind has gazed on it;
Man beholds it from afar.Job 36:26 - Indeed, God is great, and we do not know Him;
The number of His years we also cannot search out.Job 36:27 - For He draws up the drops of water
Which distill intoJob 36:28 - Which the skies pour downarain from His mist,
And drop upon man abundantly.Job 36:29 - Can they indeed understand the spreading of the clouds,
The thunderings of His pavilion?Job 36:30 - Indeed, He scatters His lightning around Him
And covers the roots of the sea.Job 36:31 - For by these He judges the peoples;
He givesJob 36:32 - He fills His hands with lightningafood in abundance.
And commands it to strike the mark.Job 36:33 - Its noise tells of Him;
The cattle as well tell concerning Him who is coming.
And leaps from its place.Job 37:2 - Hear attentively the noise of His voice
And the sound that goes forth from His mouth.Job 37:3 - He sends it forth under the whole heaven,
And His lightning unto the ends of the earth.Job 37:4 - After it a voice roars;
He thunders with the voice of His majestyAnd does not withhold
When His voice is heard.Job 37:5 - God thunders wondrously with His voice;
He does great things that we cannot comprehend.Job 37:6 - For He says to the
And to the rain shower and His mighty showers of rain.Job 37:7 - He seals the hand of every man,
That all men may know His doing.Job 37:8 - Then the beast enters its lair
And remains in its dens.Job 37:9 - Out of its chamber comes the whirlwind,
And from scattering winds, cold.Job 37:10 - From the breath of God
And the expanse of waters is frozen.Job 37:11 - He also loads the thick clouds with moisture;
He scatters His lightning clouds;Job 37:12 - And they turn about by His guidance,
That they may accomplishAll that He has commanded them
Upon the surface of the inhabited earth;Job 37:13 - Whether for scourge or for His land
Or for lovingkindness’ sake, He causes it to happen.Job 37:14 - Give ear to this, Job;
Stand still and consider the wondrous acts of God.Job 37:15 - Do you know how God lays His charge upon them
And causes His lightning clouds to shine?Job 37:16 - Do you know about the balancing of the thick clouds,
The wondrous acts of Him who is perfect in knowledge?Job 37:17 - You whose garments heat up
When, because of theJob 37:18 - Can you spread out the skies with Him,asouth wind, the earth is still,
The skies which are as hard as a molten mirror?Job 37:19 - Teach us what to say to Him;
We cannot arrange our words because of the darkness.Job 37:20 - Should it be said to Him, I will speak?
Or should a man say that he will be swallowed up?Job 37:21 - But now men do not look at the light,
Which is brilliant in the skiesWhen the wind has passed and cleared them.
Upon God is the awesomeness of majesty.Job 37:23 - The Almighty—we cannot find Him out;
He is excellent in power,And justice and the abundance of righteousness He will not damage.
He does not look upon any who are wise of heart.
By words withoutJob 38:3 -aknowledge?
For I will ask of you, and you shall inform Me.
Tell Me, if you have understanding.Job 38:5 - Who set its measurements—if you know?
Or who stretched the measuring line over it?Job 38:6 - Onto what were its bases sunk,
Or who laid its cornerstone,Job 38:7 - When the
And all theJob 38:8 - And who hedged in the1bsons of God shouted for joy?
When it burst forth, issuing from the womb,Job 38:9 - When I made clouds its clothing
And deepJob 38:10 - And I broke out Myadarkness its swaddling clothes,
And set up bars and doors,Job 38:11 - And I said, To here you shall come and no farther,
And here shall your proudJob 38:12 - Have you ever commanded the morning since your days began?awaves be stopped?
Have you ever caused the dawn to know its place,Job 38:13 - So that it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
And the wicked might be shaken out of it?Job 38:14 -
AndJob 38:15 - And from the wicked their light is withheld,2all things on it stand forth like a garment.
And the high arm is broken.Job 38:16 - Have you entered into the springs of the
Or have you walked about in the recesses of theJob 38:17 - Have thebdeep?
Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?Job 38:18 - Have you comprehended the full expanse of the earth?
Declare it, if you know it all.Job 38:19 - Where is the way to the dwelling of the light?
And the darkness, where is its place,Job 38:20 - That you may take it to its boundary,
And that you may perceive the paths to its house?Job 38:21 - You know, for you were born then,
And the number of your days is great.Job 38:22 - Have you entered into the storehouses of the snow,
Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,Job 38:23 -
For the day of battle and of war?Job 38:24 - Where is the way to the place where the light is divided,
To the place where the east wind scatters upon the earth?Job 38:25 - Who cut a channel for the rain torrent,
Or a way for the thunderbolt,Job 38:26 - To make it
On a wilderness in which there is no man;Job 38:27 - To satisfy the waste and desolate land
And to cause the shoots ofJob 38:28 - Does the rain have a father?agrass to sprout?
Or who begot the drops of dew?Job 38:29 - From whose womb does the
And the frost of heaven, who gave birth to it?Job 38:30 - The waters hide themselves and become like stone,
And the surface of the deep is frozen.Job 38:31 - Can you fasten the bands of the
Or loosen the cords of Orion?Job 38:32 - Can you lead forth the
Or can you guide the Bear with its cubs?Job 38:33 - Do you know the laws of the heavens?
Do you establish theirJob 38:34 - Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,arule on the earth?
So that a flood of water would cover you?Job 38:35 - Can you send forth lightnings, so that they would go
And say to you, Here we are?Job 38:36 - Who has put
Or given understanding to theJob 38:37 - Who can number the clouds by wisdom,1mind?
Or who can tip over the water jars of heaven,Job 38:38 - When the dust runs into a mass
And the clods stick together?Job 38:39 - Can you hunt prey for the lioness,
Or satisfy the appetite of the youngJob 38:40 - When they crouch in their dens,alions,
When they lie in wait in the thicket?Job 38:41 - Who provides for the
When its young ones cry out to GodAnd wander about for lack of food?
Can you mark the time when theJob 39:2 - Can you number the months that they must fulfill?bhinds calve?
Or do you know the time when they bring forth?Job 39:3 - They crouch down; they give birth to their young ones;
They send forth their offspring.Job 39:4 - Their young become strong; they grow up in the open field;
They go forth and do not return to them.Job 39:5 - Who has sent out the
Or who has loosed the bonds of the swift ass,Job 39:6 - Whose home I have made the wilderness,
And the salt land, his dwelling place?Job 39:7 - He scorns the tumult of the city;
He does not hear the shouts of the driver.Job 39:8 - He searches out the mountains for his pasture
And seeks after every green thing.Job 39:9 - Will the
Or spend the night by your manger?Job 39:10 - Can you bind the wild ox to the furrows with his ropes?
Or will he plow the valleys behind you?Job 39:11 - Will you trust in him because his strength is great?
Or will you leave your labor to him?Job 39:12 - Will you have confidence in him that he will bring in your seed
And gather your grain to your threshing floor?Job 39:13 - The wings of the
Are they the pinion and plumage of lovingkindness?Job 39:14 - For she leaves her eggs on the earth
And warms them in the dust.Job 39:15 - And she forgets that a foot may crush them
Or that an animal of the field may trample them.Job 39:16 - She is hard with her children, as if they were not hers;
Though her labor may be in vain, she has no fear;Job 39:17 - Because God has caused her to forget wisdom
And has not appointed understanding to her.Job 39:18 - At that time when she lifts herself up on high,
She scorns the horse and its rider.Job 39:19 - Have you given the
Have you clothed his neck with the quivering mane?Job 39:20 - Have you made him to leap like a locust?
His majestic snorting is terrible.Job 39:21 -
And he rejoices in his strength;He goes forth to meet weapons.
And he does not turn back from the sword.Job 39:23 - A quiver of arrows rattles against him,
The flashing spear and the javelin.Job 39:24 - With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground,
And he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.Job 39:25 - As often as the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha!
And from afar he smells the battle,The thundering of captains and the shouting.
Stretching his wings to the south?Job 39:27 - Is it at your command that the
And makes his nest on high?Job 39:28 - On the cliff he dwells and makes his lodging,
Upon the point of the cliff and the stronghold.Job 39:29 - From there he spies out food;
His eyes gaze on it from afar.Job 39:30 - And his young ones suck up the blood;
And where the slain are,athere he is.
Let him whoJob 40:3 - Then Job answered Jehovah and said,bargues with God answer it.
I lay my hand over myJob 40:5 - I have spoken once, and I will not answer;amouth.
And twice, and I will proceed no further.Job 40:6 - And Jehovah answered Job out of the
For I will ask of you, and you shall inform Me.Job 40:8 - Will you indeed annul My judgment?
Job 40:9 - Or do you have an arm like God’s,aWill you condemn Me so that you may be justified?
And can you thunder with a voice like His?Job 40:10 -
And array yourself with honor and splendor.Job 40:11 - Pour forth the overflowings of your anger,
And look upon everyone who is proud, and abase him.Job 40:12 - Look upon everyone who is
And tread down the wicked where they stand.Job 40:13 - Hide them in the dust together;
Bind their faces in the hidden place.Job 40:14 - Then even I will praise you,
That your own right hand can save you.
He eats grass like the ox.Job 40:16 - Behold now, his strength is in his loins,
And his power is in the muscles of his belly.Job 40:17 - He bends his tail like a cedar;
The sinews of his thighs knit together.Job 40:18 - His bones are like bronze tubes;
His limbs, like iron bars.Job 40:19 - He is the first of God’s ways;
Only his Maker can approach him with His sword.Job 40:20 - For the mountains yield food for him,
Where every animal of the field plays.Job 40:21 - Under the lotus plants he lies down,
In the covert of the reed and the marsh.Job 40:22 - The lotus plants cover him with their shade;
The willows of the brook surround him.Job 40:23 - Indeed, if a river overflows, he does not tremble;
He is confident, though the Jordan rushes against his mouth.Job 40:24 - Will anyone catch him while he is watching,
Or pierce his nose with a snare?
Or press down his tongue with a cord?Job 41:2 - Can you put a rope in his nose,
Or pierce his jaw with a hook?Job 41:3 - Will he make many supplications unto you,
Or speak soft words to you?Job 41:4 - Will he make a covenant with you
That you would take him as a servant forever?Job 41:5 - Will you play with him as with a bird,
Or bind him for your maidens?Job 41:6 - Will the traders bargain over him?
Will they divide him up among merchants?Job 41:7 - Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
Or his head with fishing spears?Job 41:8 - Lay your hand on him,
And remember the battle—you will never do it again!Job 41:9 - Indeed, any hope for him is vain;
Will not one be even cast down at the sight of him?Job 41:10 - No one is so fierce as to stir him up;
Who then is he who would stand before Me?Job 41:11 -
Whatever is under the whole heavenJob 41:12 - I will not be silent about his limbsbis Mine.
Or about the account of his mighty deeds or about the beauty of his frame.Job 41:13 - Who can strip off his outer garment?
Who can go within his double jaws?Job 41:14 - Who can open the doors of his face?
Around his teeth is terror.Job 41:15 - His pride is his rows of scales,
Shut up as with a tight seal.Job 41:16 - One is so near the other
That the air cannot pass between them.Job 41:17 - Each is joined to the other;
They stick together and cannot be separated.Job 41:18 - His sneezes flash forth light,
And his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.Job 41:19 - Out of his mouth go forth flaming torches;
Sparks of fire leap out.Job 41:20 - Out of his nostrils comes smoke,
As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.Job 41:21 - His breath kindles coals,
And a flame comes from his mouth.Job 41:22 - In his neck abides strength,
And terror dances before him.Job 41:23 - The folds of his flesh are joined together;
They are firm upon him and immovable.Job 41:24 - His heart is as firm as stone,
Indeed as firm as the lower millstone.Job 41:25 - At his rising up,
They are beside themselves with consternation.Job 41:26 - The sword that reaches him cannot avail,
Nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.Job 41:27 - He considers iron shafts as straw,
And bronze ones as rotted wood.Job 41:28 - The arrow does not make him flee;
With him slingstones turn to stubble.Job 41:29 - Clubs are considered as stubble;
He laughs at the quivering javelin.Job 41:30 - His underparts are like sharp potsherds;
He spreads himself like aJob 41:31 - He makes the deep boil like a cauldron;1threshing sledge upon the mire.
He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.Job 41:32 - Behind him he makes a shining wake;
One would think the deep to be white-haired.Job 41:33 - On earth there is none his equal,
Who is made without fear.Job 41:34 - He beholds everything that is high;
He is king over all the sons of pride.
And that no purpose of Yours can be restrained.Job 42:3 - Who is this who hides counsel without
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,Things too
Job 42:5 - I had heard of You by the hearing of the ear,aI will ask of You, and You shall inform me.
But now my eye hasJob 42:6 - Therefore I1aseen You;
In dust and ashes.Job 42:7 - And after Jehovah had spoken these words to Job, Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My anger is kindled against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken concerning Me that which is right, as My servant Job