1:1 And said[0559][8799], If it please[02896] the king[04428], and if I have found[04672][8804] favour[02580] in his sight[06440], and the thing[01697] seem right[03787][8804] before[06440] the king[04428], and I  be pleasing[02896] in his eyes[05869], let it be written[03789][8735] to reverse[07725][8687] the letters[05612] devised[04284] by Haman[02001] the son[01121] of Hammedatha[04099] the Agagite[091], which he wrote[03789][8804] to destroy[06][8763] the Jews[03064] which are in all the king's[04428] provinces[04082]: devised: Heb. the device which he...: or, who wrote
1:2 For how[0349] can I endure[03201][8799] to see[07200][8804] the evil[07451] that shall come[04672][8799] unto my people[05971]? or how[0349] can I endure[03201][8799] to see[07200][8804] the destruction[013] of my kindred[04138]? endure...: Heb. be able that I may see
1:3 Then the king[04428] Ahasuerus[0325] said[0559][8799] unto Esther[0635] the queen[04436] and to Mordecai[04782] the Jew[03064], Behold, I have given[05414][8804] Esther[0635] the house[01004] of Haman[02001], and him they have hanged[08518][8804] upon the gallows[06086], because he laid[07971][8804] his hand[03027] upon the Jews[03064].
1:4 Write[03789][8798] ye also for the Jews[03064], as it liketh[02896] you[05869], in the king's[04428] name[08034], and seal[02856][8798] it with the king's[04428] ring[02885]: for the writing[03791] which is written[03789][8737] in the king's[04428] name[08034], and sealed[02856][8737] with the king's[04428] ring[02885], may no man reverse[07725][8687].
1:5 Then were the king's[04428] scribes[05608][8802] called[07121][8735] at that time[06256] in the third[07992] month[02320], that is , the month[02320] Sivan[05510], on the three[07969] and twentieth[06242] day  thereof; and it was written[03789][8735] according to all that Mordecai[04782] commanded[06680][8765] unto the Jews[03064], and to the lieutenants[0323], and the deputies[06346] and rulers[08269] of the provinces[04082] which are  from India[01912] unto Ethiopia[03568], an hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and seven[07651] provinces[04082], unto every province[04082] according to the writing[03791] thereof, and unto every people[05971] after their language[03956], and to the Jews[03064] according to their writing[03791], and according to their language[03956].
1:6 And he wrote[03789][8799] in the king[04428] Ahasuerus[0325]' name[08034], and sealed[02856][8799] it with the king's[04428] ring[02885], and sent[07971][8799] letters[05612] by[03027] posts[07323][8801] on horseback[05483], and riders[07392][8802] on mules[07409], camels[0327], and young[01121] dromedaries[07424]:
1:7 Wherein the king[04428] granted[05414][8804] the Jews[03064] which were in every city[05892] to gather themselves together[06950][8736], and to stand[05975][8800] for their life[05315], to destroy[08045][8687], to slay[02026][8800], and to cause to perish[06][8763], all the power[02428] of the people[05971] and province[04082] that would assault[06696][8802] them, both little ones[02945] and women[0802], and to take the spoil[07998] of them for a prey[0962][8800],
1:8 Upon one[0259] day[03117] in all the provinces[04082] of king[04428] Ahasuerus[0325], namely , upon the thirteenth[07969][06240] day of the twelfth[08147][06240] month[02320], which is the month[02320] Adar[0143].
1:9 The copy[06572] of the writing[03791] for a commandment[01881] to be given[05414][8736] in every province[04082] was published[01540][8803] unto all people[05971], and that the Jews[03064] should be ready[06264][8675][06259] against that day[03117] to avenge[05358][8736] themselves on their enemies[0341][8802]. published: Heb. revealed
1:10 So the posts[07323][8801] that rode[07392][8802] upon mules[07409] and camels[0327] went out[03318][8804], being hastened[0926][8794] and pressed on[01765][8803] by the king's[04428] commandment[01697]. And the decree[01881] was given[05414][8738] at Shushan[07800] the palace[01002].
1:11 And Mordecai[04782] went out[03318][8804] from the presence[06440] of the king[04428] in royal[04438] apparel[03830] of blue[08504] and white[02353], and with a great[01419] crown[05850] of gold[02091], and with a garment[08509] of fine linen[0948] and purple[0713]: and the city[05892] of Shushan[07800] rejoiced[06670][8804] and was glad[08056]. blue: or, violet
1:12 The Jews[03064] had light[0219], and gladness[08057], and joy[08342], and honour[03366].
1:13 And in every province[04082], and in every city[05892], whithersoever[04725] the king's[04428] commandment[01697] and his decree[01881] came[05060][8688], the Jews[03064] had joy[08057] and gladness[08342], a feast[04960] and a good[02896] day[03117]. And many[07227] of the people[05971] of the land[0776] became Jews[03054][8693]; for the fear[06343] of the Jews[03064] fell[05307][8804] upon them.
1:14 Now in the twelfth[08147][06240] month[02320], that is , the month[02320] Adar[0143], on the thirteenth[07969][06240] day[03117] of the same, when the king's[04428] commandment[01697] and his decree[01881] drew near[05060][8689] to be put in execution[06213][8736], in the day[03117] that the enemies[0341][8802] of the Jews[03064] hoped[07663][8765] to have power[07980][8800] over them, (though it was turned[02015][8736] to the contrary, that the Jews[03064] had rule[07980][8799] over them that hated[08130][8802] them;)
1:15 The Jews[03064] gathered themselves together[06950][8738] in their cities[05892] throughout all the provinces[04082] of the king[04428] Ahasuerus[0325], to lay[07971][8800] hand[03027] on such as sought[01245][8764] their hurt[07451]: and no man[0376] could withstand[05975][8804] them[06440]; for the fear[06343] of them fell[05307][8804] upon all people[05971].
1:16 And all the rulers[08269] of the provinces[04082], and the lieutenants[0323], and the deputies[06346], and officers[06213][8802][04399] of the king[04428], helped[05375][8764] the Jews[03064]; because the fear[06343] of Mordecai[04782] fell[05307][8804] upon them. officers...: Heb. those which did the business that belonged to the king
1:17 For Mordecai[04782] was great[01419] in the king's[04428] house[01004], and his fame[08089] went out[01980][8802] throughout all the provinces[04082]: for this man[0376] Mordecai[04782] waxed[01980][8802] greater and greater[01419].
1:18 Thus the Jews[03064] smote[05221][8686] all their enemies[0341][8802] with the stroke[04347] of the sword[02719], and slaughter[02027], and destruction[012], and did[06213][8799] what they would[07522] unto those that hated[08130][8802] them. what...: Heb. according to their will
1:19 And in Shushan[07800] the palace[01002] the Jews[03064] slew[02026][8804] and destroyed[06][8763] five[02568] hundred[03967] men[0376].
1:20 And Parshandatha[06577], and Dalphon[01813], and Aspatha[0630],
1:21 And Poratha[06334], and Adalia[0118], and Aridatha[0743],
1:22 And Parmashta[06534], and Arisai[0747], and Aridai[0742], and Vajezatha[02055],
2:1 The ten[06235] sons[01121] of Haman[02001] the son[01121] of Hammedatha[04099], the enemy[06887][8802] of the Jews[03064], slew[02026][8804] they; but on the spoil[0961] laid[07971][8804] they not their hand[03027].
2:2 On that day[03117] the number[04557] of those that were slain[02026][8803] in Shushan[07800] the palace[01002] was brought[0935][8804] before[06440] the king[04428]. was...: Heb. came
2:3 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto Esther[0635] the queen[04436], The Jews[03064] have slain[02026][8804] and destroyed[06][8763] five[02568] hundred[03967] men[0376] in Shushan[07800] the palace[01002], and the ten[06235] sons[01121] of Haman[02001]; what have they done[06213][8804] in the rest[07605] of the king's[04428] provinces[04082]? now what is  thy petition[07596]? and it shall be granted[05414][8735] thee: or what is  thy request[01246] further[05750]? and it shall be done[06213][8735].
2:4 Then said[0559][8799] Esther[0635], If it please[02896] the king[04428], let it be granted[05414][8735] to the Jews[03064] which are in Shushan[07800] to do[06213][8800] to morrow[04279] also according unto this day's[03117] decree[01881], and let Haman's[02001] ten[06235] sons[01121] be hanged[08518][8799] upon the gallows[06086]. let Haman's...: Heb. let men hang, etc
2:5 And the king[04428] commanded[0559][8799] it so to be done[06213][8736]: and the decree[01881] was given[05414][8735] at Shushan[07800]; and they hanged[08518][8804] Haman's[02001] ten[06235] sons[01121].
2:6 For the Jews[03064] that were in Shushan[07800] gathered themselves together[06950][8735] on the fourteenth[0702][06240] day[03117] also of the month[02320] Adar[0143], and slew[02026][8799] three[07969] hundred[03967] men[0376] at Shushan[07800]; but on the prey[0961] they laid[07971][8804] not their hand[03027].
2:7 But the other[07605] Jews[03064] that were in the king's[04428] provinces[04082] gathered themselves together[06950][8738], and stood[05975][8800] for their lives[05315], and had rest[05118] from their enemies[0341][8802], and slew[02026][8800] of their foes[08130][8802] seventy[07657] and five[02568] thousand[0505], but they laid[07971][8804] not their hands[03027] on the prey[0961],
2:8 On the thirteenth[07969][06240] day[03117] of the month[02320] Adar[0143]; and on the fourteenth[0702][06240] day of the same rested[05118] they, and made[06213][8800] it a day[03117] of feasting[04960] and gladness[08057]. of the same: Heb. in it
2:9 But the Jews[03064] that were at Shushan[07800] assembled together[06950][8738] on the thirteenth[07969][06240] day thereof, and on the fourteenth[0702][06240] thereof; and on the fifteenth[02568][06240]  day of the same they rested[05118], and made[06213][8800] it a day[03117] of feasting[04960] and gladness[08057].
2:10 Therefore the Jews[03064] of the villages[06521], that dwelt[03427][8802] in the unwalled[06519] towns[05892], made[06213][8802] the fourteenth[0702][06240] day[03117] of the month[02320] Adar[0143] a day of gladness[08057] and feasting[04960], and a good[02896] day[03117], and of sending[04916] portions[04490] one[0376] to another[07453].
2:11 And Mordecai[04782] wrote[03789][8799] these things[01697], and sent[07971][8799] letters[05612] unto all the Jews[03064] that were in all the provinces[04082] of the king[04428] Ahasuerus[0325], both nigh[07138] and far[07350],
2:12 To stablish[06965][8763] this among them, that they should keep[06213][8802] the fourteenth[0702][06240] day[03117] of the month[02320] Adar[0143], and the fifteenth[02568][06240] day[03117] of the same, yearly[08141][08141],
2:13 As the days[03117] wherein the Jews[03064] rested[05117][8804] from their enemies[0341][8802], and the month[02320] which was turned[02015][8738] unto them from sorrow[03015] to joy[08057], and from mourning[060] into a good[02896] day[03117]: that they should make[06213][8800] them days[03117] of feasting[04960] and joy[08057], and of sending[04916] portions[04490] one[0376] to another[07453], and gifts[04979] to the poor[034].
3:1 And the Jews[03064] undertook[06901][8765] to do[06213][8800] as they had begun[02490][8689], and as Mordecai[04782] had written[03789][8804] unto them;
3:2 Because Haman[02001] the son[01121] of Hammedatha[04099], the Agagite[091], the enemy[06887][8802] of all the Jews[03064], had devised[02803][8804] against the Jews[03064] to destroy[06][8763] them, and had cast[05307][8689] Pur[06332], that is , the lot[01486], to consume[02000][8800] them, and to destroy[06][8763] them; consume: Heb. crush
3:3 But when Esther came[0935][8800] before[06440] the king[04428], he commanded[0559][8804] by letters[05612] that his wicked[07451] device[04284], which he devised[02803][8804] against the Jews[03064], should return[07725][8799] upon his own head[07218], and that he and his sons[01121] should be hanged[08518][8804] on the gallows[06086]. when...: Heb. when she came
3:4 Wherefore they called[07121][8804] these days[03117] Purim[06332] after the name[08034] of Pur[06332]. Therefore for all the words[01697] of this letter[0107], and of that which they had seen[07200][8804] concerning this matter[03602], and which had come[05060][8689] unto them, Pur: that is, Lot
3:5 The Jews[03064] ordained[06965][8765], and took[06901][8765] upon them, and upon their seed[02233], and upon all such as joined[03867][8737] themselves unto them, so as it should not fail[05674][8799], that they would keep[06213][8802] these two[08147] days[03117] according to their writing[03791], and according to their appointed time[02165] every year[08141][08141]; fail: Heb. pass
3:6 And that these days[03117] should be remembered[02142][8737] and kept[06213][8737] throughout[01755] every generation[01755], every family[04940], every province[04082], and every city[05892]; and that  these days[03117] of Purim[06332] should not fail[05674][8799] from among[08432] the Jews[03064], nor the memorial[02143] of them perish[05486][8799] from their seed[02233]. fail: Heb. pass perish: Heb. be ended
3:7 Then Esther[0635] the queen[04436], the daughter[01323] of Abihail[032], and Mordecai[04782] the Jew[03064], wrote[03789][8799] with all authority[08633], to confirm[06965][8763] this second[08145] letter[0107] of Purim[06332]. authority: Heb. strength
3:8 And he sent[07971][8799] the letters[05612] unto all the Jews[03064], to the hundred[03967] twenty[06242] and seven[07651] provinces[04082] of the kingdom[04438] of Ahasuerus[0325], with words[01697] of peace[07965] and truth[0571],
3:9 To confirm[06965][8763] these days[03117] of Purim[06332] in their times[02165] appointed , according as Mordecai[04782] the Jew[03064] and Esther[0635] the queen[04436] had enjoined[06965][8765] them, and as they had decreed[06965][8765] for themselves[05315] and for their seed[02233], the matters[01697] of the fastings[06685] and their cry[02201]. themselves: Heb. their souls
3:10 And the decree[03982] of Esther[0635] confirmed[06965][8765] these matters[01697] of Purim[06332]; and it was written[03789][8737] in the book[05612].
3:11 And the king[04428] Ahasuerus[0325] laid[07760][8799] a tribute[04522] upon the land[0776], and upon the isles[0339] of the sea[03220].
3:12 And all the acts[04639] of his power[08633] and of his might[01369], and the declaration[06575] of the greatness[01420] of Mordecai[04782], whereunto the king[04428] advanced[01431][8765] him, are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Media[04074] and Persia[06539]? advanced...: Heb. made him great
3:13 For Mordecai[04782] the Jew[03064] was next[04932] unto king[04428] Ahasuerus[0325], and great[01419] among the Jews[03064], and accepted[07521][8803] of the multitude[07230] of his brethren[0251], seeking[01875][8802] the wealth[02896] of his people[05971], and speaking[01696][8802] peace[07965] to all his seed[02233].
3:14 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].
3:15 And there were born[03205][8735] unto him seven[07651] sons[01121] and three[07969] daughters[01323].
3:16 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]. substance: or, cattle household: or, husbandry men: Heb. sons
3:17 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.
3:18 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]. continually: Heb. all the days
3:19 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. Satan: Heb. the adversary among: Heb. in the midst of
3:20 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.
3:21 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]? considered: Heb. set thy heart on
3:22 Then Satan[07854] answered[06030][8799] the LORD[03068], and said[0559][8799], Doth Job[0347] fear[03372][8804] God[0430] for nought[02600]?
3:23 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]. substance: or, cattle
3:24 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]. and he...: Heb. if he curse thee not to thy face
3:25 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]. power: Heb. hand
3:26 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]:
4:1 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:
4:2 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.
4:3 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. The fire...: or, A great fire
4:4 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. fell: Heb. rushed
4:5 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]:
4:6 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. from...: Heb. from aside, etc
4:7 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], mantle: or, robe
4:8 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].
4:9 In all this Job[0347] sinned[02398][8804] not, nor charged[05414][8804] God[0430] foolishly[08604]. charged...: or, attributed folly to God
4:10 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].
4:11 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.
4:12 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]. to destroy...: Heb. to swallow him up
4:13 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].
4:14 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].
4:15 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto Satan[07854], Behold, he is in thine hand[03027]; but save[08104][8798] his life[05315]. but: or, only
4:16 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].
4:17 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].
4:18 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].
4:19 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].
4:20 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.
4:21 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].
5:1 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].
5:2 After[0310] this opened[06605][8804] Job[0347] his mouth[06310], and cursed[07043][8762] his day[03117].
5:3 And Job[0347] spake[06030][8799], and said[0559][8799], spake: Heb. answered
5:4 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].
5:5 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.
5:6 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. stain: or, challenge let the...: or, let them terrify it, as those who have a bitter day
5:7 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]. let it not be...: or, let it not rejoice among the days
5:8 Lo, let that night[03915] be solitary[01565], let no joyful voice[07445] come[0935][8799] therein.
5:9 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]. their...: or, leviathan
5:10 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]: the dawning...: Heb. the eyelids of the morning
5:11 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].
5:12 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]?
5:13 Why did the knees[01290] prevent[06923][8765] me? or why the breasts[07699] that I should suck[03243][8799]?
5:14 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],
5:15 With kings[04428] and counsellors[03289][8802] of the earth[0776], which built[01129][8802] desolate places[02723] for themselves;
5:16 Or with princes[08269] that had gold[02091], who filled[04390][8764] their houses[01004] with silver[03701]:
5:17 Or as an hidden[02934][8803] untimely birth[05309] I had not been; as infants[05768] which never saw[07200][8804] light[0216].
5:18 There the wicked[07563] cease[02308][8804] from troubling[07267]; and there the weary[03019][03581] be at rest[05117][8799]. weary: Heb. wearied in strength
5:19 There the prisoners[0615] rest[07599][8768] together[03162]; they hear[08085][8804] not the voice[06963] of the oppressor[05065][8802].
5:20 The small[06996] and great[01419] are there; and the servant[05650] is free[02670] from his master[0113].
5:21 Wherefore is light[0216] given[05414][8799] to him that is in misery[06001], and life[02416] unto the bitter[04751] in soul[05315];
5:22 Which long[02442][8764] for death[04194], but it cometh not; and dig[02658][8799] for it more than for hid treasures[04301]; long: Heb. wait
5:23 Which rejoice[08056] exceedingly[01524], and are glad[07797][8799], when they can find[04672][8799] the grave[06913]?
5:24 Why is light given to a man[01397] whose way[01870] is hid[05641][8738], and whom God[0433] hath hedged in[05526][8686]?
5:25 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]. I eat: Heb. my meat
5:26 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. the thing...: Heb. I feared a fear, and it came upon me
5:27 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].
6:1 Then Eliphaz[0464] the Temanite[08489] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799],
6:2 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]? to...: Heb. a word withhold...: Heb. refrain from words?
6:3 Behold, thou hast instructed[03256][8765] many[07227], and thou hast strengthened[02388][8762] the weak[07504] hands[03027].
6:4 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].
6:5 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].
6:6 Is not this thy fear[03374], thy confidence[03690], thy hope[08615], and the uprightness[08537] of thy ways[01870]?
6:7 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]?
6:8 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.
6:9 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]. by the breath...: that is, by his anger
6:10 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].
6:11 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].
6:12 Now a thing[01697] was secretly brought[01589][8792] to me, and mine ear[0241] received[03947][8799] a little[08102] thereof. secretly: Heb. by stealth
6:13 In thoughts[05587] from the visions[02384] of the night[03915], when deep sleep[08639] falleth[05307][8800] on men[0582],
6:14 Fear[06343] came[07122][8804] upon me, and trembling[07461], which made all[07230] my bones[06106] to shake[06342][8689]. came...: Heb. met all: Heb. the multitude of
6:15 Then a spirit[07307] passed[02498][8799] before my face[06440]; the hair[08185] of my flesh[01320] stood up[05568][8762]:
6:16 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 , there...: or, I heard a still voice
6:17 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]?
6:18 Behold, he put no trust[0539][8686] in his servants[05650]; and his angels[04397] he charged[07760][8799] with folly[08417]: and his...: or, nor in his angels, in whom he put light
6:19 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]?
6:20 They are destroyed[03807][8714] from morning[01242] to evening[06153]: they perish[06][8799] for ever[05331] without any regarding[07760][8688] it . destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces
6:21 Doth not their excellency[03499] which is in them go away[05265][8738]? they die[04191][8799], even without wisdom[02451].
6:22 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]? turn: or, look?
6:23 For wrath[03708] killeth[02026][8799] the foolish man[0191], and envy[07068] slayeth[04191][8686] the silly one[06601][8802]. envy: or, indignation
6:24 I have seen[07200][8804] the foolish[0191] taking root[08327][8688]: but suddenly[06597] I cursed[05344][8799] his habitation[05116].
6:25 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 .
6:26 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].
6:27 Although affliction[0205] cometh not forth[03318][8799] of the dust[06083], neither doth trouble[05999] spring out[06779][8799] of the ground[0127]; affliction: or, iniquity
6:28 Yet man[0120] is born[03205][8795] unto trouble[05999], as the sparks[01121][07565] fly[05774][8800] upward[01361][8686]. trouble: or, labour sparks...: Heb. the sons of the burning coal lift up to fly
6:29 I would seek[0199][01875][8799] unto God[0410], and unto God[0430] would I commit[07760][8799] my cause[01700]:
6:30 Which doeth[06213][8802] great things[01419] and unsearchable[0369][02714]; marvellous things[06381][8737] without number[04557]: unsearchable: Heb. there is no search without...: Heb. till there be no number
7:1 Who giveth[05414][8802] rain[04306] upon[06440] the earth[0776], and sendeth[07971][8802] waters[04325] upon[06440] the fields[02351]: fields: Heb. outplaces
7:2 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].
7:3 He disappointeth[06565][8688] the devices[04284] of the crafty[06175], so that their hands[03027] cannot perform[06213][8799] their enterprise[08454]. their enterprise: or, any thing
7:4 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].
7:5 They meet[06298][8762] with darkness[02822] in the daytime[03119], and grope[04959][8762] in the noonday[06672] as in the night[03915]. meet...: or, run into
7:6 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].
7:7 So the poor[01800] hath hope[08615], and iniquity[05766] stoppeth[07092][8804] her mouth[06310].
7:8 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]:
7:9 For he maketh sore[03510][8686], and bindeth up[02280][8799]: he woundeth[04272][8799], and his hands[03027] make whole[07495][8799].
7:10 He shall deliver[05337][8686] thee in six[08337] troubles[06869]: yea, in seven[07651] there shall no evil[07451] touch[05060][8799] thee.
7:11 In famine[07458] he shall redeem[06299][8804] thee from death[04194]: and in war[04421] from the power[03027] of the sword[02719]. power: Heb. hands
7:12 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]. from...: or, when the tongue scourgeth
7:13 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].
7:14 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.
7:15 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]. thy tabernacle...: or, peace is thy tabernacle sin: or, err
7:16 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]. great: or, much
7:17 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]. cometh in: Heb. ascendeth
7:18 Lo this, we have searched[02713][8804] it, so it is ; hear[08085][8798] it, and know[03045][8798] thou it for thy good. for...: Heb. for thyself
7:19 But Job[0347] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799],
7:20 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]! laid: Heb. lifted up
7:21 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]. my words...: that is, I want words to express my grief
8:1 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.
8:2 Doth the wild ass[06501] bray[05101][8799] when he hath grass[01877]? or loweth[01600][8799] the ox[07794] over his fodder[01098]? when he...: Heb. at grass?
8:3 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]?
8:4 The things that my soul[05315] refused[03985][8765] to touch[05060][8800] are as my sorrowful[01741] meat[03899].
8:5 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]! the thing...: Heb. my expectation
8:6 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]!
8:7 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].
8:8 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]?
8:9 Is my strength[03581] the strength[03581] of stones[068]? or is my flesh[01320] of brass[05153]? of brass: Heb. brasen?
8:10 Is not my help[05833] in me? and is wisdom[08454] driven quite[05080][8738] from me?
8:11 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]. is afflicted: Heb. melteth
8:12 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];
8:13 Which are blackish[06937][8802] by reason of the ice[07140], and wherein the snow[07950] is hid[05956][8691]:
8:14 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]. vanish: Heb. are cut off when...: Heb. in the heat thereof consumed: Heb. extinguished
8:15 The paths[0734] of their way[01870] are turned aside[03943][8735]; they go[05927][8799] to nothing[08414], and perish[06][8799].
8:16 The troops[0734] of Tema[08485] looked[05027][8689], the companies[01979] of Sheba[07614] waited[06960][8765] for them.
8:17 They were confounded[0954][8804] because they had hoped[0982][8804]; they came[0935][8804] thither, and were ashamed[02659][8799].
8:18 For now ye are nothing; ye see[07200][8799] my casting down[02866], and are afraid[03372][8799]. ye are...: or, ye are like to them: Heb. to it nothing: Heb. not
8:19 Did I say[0559][8804], Bring[03051][8798] unto me? or, Give a reward[07809][8798] for me of your substance[03581]?
8:20 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]?
8:21 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].
8:22 How forcible[04834][8738] are right[03476] words[0561]! but what doth your arguing[03198][8687] reprove[03198][8686]?
9:1 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]?
9:2 Yea, ye overwhelm[05307][8686] the fatherless[03490], and ye dig[03738][8799] a pit for your friend[07453]. ye overwhelm: Heb. ye cause to fall upon
9:3 Now therefore be content[02974][8685], look[06437][8798] upon me; for it is evident[06440] unto you if I lie[03576][8762]. evident...: Heb. before your face
9:4 Return[07725][8798], I pray you, let it not be iniquity[05766]; yea, return again[07725][8798], my righteousness[06664] is in it. in it: that is, in this matter
9:5 Is there[03426] iniquity[05766] in my tongue[03956]? cannot my taste[02441] discern[0995][8799] perverse things[01942]? my taste: Heb. my palate
9:6 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]? an appointed...: or, a warfare
9:7 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]: earnestly...: Heb. gapeth after
9:8 So am I made to possess[05157][8717] months[03391] of vanity[07723], and wearisome[05999] nights[03915] are appointed[04487][8765] to me.
9:9 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]. the night...: Heb. the evening be measured?
9:10 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].
9:11 My days[03117] are swifter[07043][8804] than a weaver's shuttle[0708], and are spent[03615][8799] without[0657] hope[08615].
9:12 O remember[02142][8798] that my life[02416] is wind[07307]: mine eye[05869] shall no more[07725][8799] see[07200][8800] good[02896]. shall...: Heb. shall not return see: to see, that is, to enjoy
9:13 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. I am...: that is, I can live no longer
9:14 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 .
9:15 He shall return[07725][8799] no more to his house[01004], neither shall his place[04725] know[05234][8686] him any more.
9:16 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].
9:17 Am I a sea[03220], or a whale[08577], that thou settest[07760][8799] a watch[04929] over me?
9:18 When I say[0559][8804], My bed[06210] shall comfort[05162][8762] me, my couch[04904] shall ease[05375][8799] my complaint[07879];
9:19 Then thou scarest[02865][8765] me with dreams[02472], and terrifiest[01204][8762] me through visions[02384]:
9:20 So that my soul[05315] chooseth[0977][8799] strangling[04267], and death[04194] rather than my life[06106]. life: Heb. bones
9:21 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].
9:22 What is man[0582], that thou shouldest magnify[01431][8762] him? and that thou shouldest set[07896][8799] thine heart[03820] upon him?
9:23 And that thou shouldest visit[06485][8799] him every morning[01242], and try[0974][8799] him every moment[07281]?
9:24 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]?
9:25 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?
9:26 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 .
9:27 Then answered[06030][8799] Bildad[01085] the Shuhite[07747], and said[0559][8799],
9:28 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]?
9:29 Doth God[0410] pervert[05791][8762] judgment[04941]? or doth the Almighty[07706] pervert[05791][8762] justice[06664]?
9:30 If thy children[01121] have sinned[02398][8804] against him, and he have cast them away[07971][8762] for[03027] their transgression[06588]; for...: Heb. in the hand of their transgression
9:31 If thou wouldest seek[07836][00] unto God[0410] betimes[07836][8762], and make thy supplication[02603][8691] to the Almighty[07706];
9:32 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].
9:33 Though thy beginning[07225] was small[04705], yet thy latter end[0319] should greatly[03966] increase[07685][8799].
9:34 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]:
9:35 (For we are but of yesterday[08543], and know[03045][8799] nothing, because our days[03117] upon earth[0776] are a shadow[06738]:) nothing: Heb. not
10:1 Shall not they teach[03384][8686] thee, and tell[0559][8799] thee, and utter[03318][8686] words[04405] out of their heart[03820]?
10:2 Can the rush[01573] grow up[01342][8799] without mire[01207]? can[07685][00] the flag[0260] grow[07685][8799] without[01097] water[04325]?
10:3 Whilst it is yet in his greenness[03], and not cut down[06998][8735], it withereth[03001][8799] before[06440] any other herb[02682].
10:4 So are the paths[0734] of all that forget[07911][8802] God[0410]; and the hypocrite's[02611] hope[08615] shall perish[06][8799]:
10:5 Whose hope[03689] shall be cut off[06990][8799], and whose trust[04009] shall be a spider's[05908] web[01004]. web: Heb. house
10:6 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].
10:7 He is green[07373] before[06440] the sun[08121], and his branch[03127] shooteth forth[03318][8799] in his garden[01593].
10:8 His roots[08328] are wrapped about[05440][8792] the heap[01530], and seeth[02372][8799] the place[01004] of stones[068].
10:9 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.
10:10 Behold, this is the joy[04885] of his way[01870], and out of the earth[06083] shall others[0312] grow[06779][8799].
10:11 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]: help...: Heb. take the ungodly by the hand come: Heb. shall not be
10:12 Till he fill[04390][8762] thy mouth[06310] with laughing[07814], and thy lips[08193] with rejoicing[08643]. rejoicing: Heb. shouting for joy
10:13 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]. shall come...: Heb. shall not be
10:14 Then Job[0347] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799],
10:15 I know[03045][8804] it is so of a truth[0551]: but how should man[0582] be just[06663][8799] with God[0410]? with God: or, before God?
10:16 If he will[02654][8799] contend[07378][8800] with him, he cannot answer[06030][8799] him one[0259] of a thousand[0505].
10:17 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]?
10:18 Which removeth[06275][8688] the mountains[02022], and they know[03045][8804] not: which overturneth[02015][8804] them in his anger[0639].
10:19 Which shaketh[07264][8688] the earth[0776] out of her place[04725], and the pillars[05982] thereof tremble[06426][8691].
10:20 Which commandeth[0559][8802] the sun[02775], and it riseth[02224][8799] not; and sealeth up[02856][8799] the stars[03556].
10:21 Which alone spreadeth out[05186][8802] the heavens[08064], and treadeth[01869][8802] upon the waves[01116] of the sea[03220]. waves: Heb. heights
10:22 Which maketh[06213][8802] Arcturus[05906], Orion[03685], and Pleiades[03598], and the chambers[02315] of the south[08486]. Arcturus...: Heb. Ash, Cesil, and Cimah
11:1 Which doeth[06213][8802] great things[01419] past[0369] finding out[02714]; yea, and wonders[06381][8737] without number[04557].
11:2 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.
11:3 Behold, he taketh away[02862][8799], who can hinder[07725][8686] him? who will say[0559][8799] unto him, What doest[06213][8799] thou? hinder...: Heb. turn him away?
11:4 If God[0433] will not withdraw[07725][8686] his anger[0639], the proud[07293] helpers[05826][8802] do stoop[07817][8804] under him. proud...: Heb. helpers of pride, or, strength
11:5 How much less shall I answer[06030][8799] him, and choose out[0977][8799] my words[01697] to reason with him?
11:6 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].
11:7 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].
11:8 For he breaketh[07779][8799] me with a tempest[08183], and multiplieth[07235][8689] my wounds[06482] without cause[02600].
11:9 He will not suffer[05414][8799] me to take[07725][8687] my breath[07307], but filleth[07646][8686] me with bitterness[04472].
11:10 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 ?
11:11 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].
11:12 Though I were perfect[08535], yet would I not know[03045][8799] my soul[05315]: I would despise[03988][8799] my life[02416].
11:13 This is one[0259] thing , therefore I said[0559][8804] it , He destroyeth[03615][8764] the perfect[08535] and the wicked[07563].
11:14 If the scourge[07752] slay[04191][8686] suddenly[06597], he will laugh[03932][8799] at the trial[04531] of the innocent[05355].
11:15 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?
11:16 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].
11:17 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]. swift...: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships of desire
11:18 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 :
11:19 I am afraid[03025][8804] of all my sorrows[06094], I know[03045][8804] that thou wilt not hold me innocent[05352][8762].
11:20 If I be wicked[07561][8799], why then labour[03021][8799] I in vain[01892]?
12:1 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];
12:2 Yet[0227] shalt thou plunge[02881][8799] me in the ditch[07845], and mine own clothes[08008] shall abhor[08581][8765] me. abhor...: or, make me to be abhorred
12:3 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].
12:4 Neither is[03426] there any daysman[03198][8688] betwixt us, that might lay[07896][8799] his hand[03027] upon us both[08147]. any...: Heb. one that should argue daysman: or, umpire
12:5 Let him take[05493][00] his rod[07626] away[05493][8686] from me, and let not his fear[0367] terrify[01204][8762] me:
12:6 Then would I speak[01696][8762], and not fear[03372][8799] him; but it is not so with me. it is...: Heb. I am not so with myself
12:7 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]. weary...: or, cut off while I live
12:8 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.
12:9 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]? work: Heb. labour
12:10 Hast thou eyes[05869] of flesh[01320]? or seest[07200][8799] thou as man[0582] seeth[07200][8800]?
12:11 Are thy days[03117] as the days[03117] of man[0582]? are thy years[08141] as man's[01397] days[03117],
12:12 That thou enquirest[01245][8762] after mine iniquity[05771], and searchest[01875][8799] after my sin[02403]?
12:13 Thou knowest[01847] that I am not wicked[07561][8799]; and there is none that can deliver[05337][8688] out of thine hand[03027]. Thou...: Heb. It is upon thy knowledge
12:14 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. have...: Heb. took pains about me
12:15 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]?
12:16 Hast thou not poured me out[05413][8686] as milk[02461], and curdled[07087][8686] me like cheese[01385]?
12:17 Thou hast clothed[03847][8686] me with skin[05785] and flesh[01320], and hast fenced[07753][8787] me with bones[06106] and sinews[01517]. fenced: Heb. hedged
12:18 Thou hast granted[06213][8804] me life[02416] and favour[02617], and thy visitation[06486] hath preserved[08104][8804] my spirit[07307].
12:19 And these things hast thou hid[06845][8804] in thine heart[03824]: I know[03045][8804] that this is with thee.
12:20 If I sin[02398][8804], then thou markest[08104][8804] me, and thou wilt not acquit[05352][8762] me from mine iniquity[05771].
12:21 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];
12:22 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.
12:23 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. witnesses: that is, plagues
12:24 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!
12:25 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].
13:1 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],
13:2 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];
13:3 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].
13:4 Then answered[06030][8799] Zophar[06691] the Naamathite[05284], and said[0559][8799],
13:5 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]? full...: Heb. of lips
13:6 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]? lies: or, devices
13:7 For thou hast said[0559][8799], My doctrine[03948] is pure[02134], and I am clean[01249] in thine eyes[05869].
13:8 But[0199] oh that[05414][8799] God[0433] would speak[01696][8763], and open[06605][8799] his lips[08193] against thee;
13:9 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 .
13:10 Canst thou by searching[02714] find out[04672][8799] God[0433]? canst thou find[04672][8799] out the Almighty[07706] unto perfection[08503]?
13:11 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]? as high...: Heb. the heights of heaven
13:12 The measure[04055] thereof is longer[0752] than the earth[0776], and broader[07342] than the sea[03220].
13:13 If he cut off[02498][8799], and shut up[05462][8686], or gather together[06950][8686], then who can hinder[07725][8686] him? cut...: or, make a change hinder...: Heb. turn him away?
13:14 For he knoweth[03045][8804] vain[07723] men[04962]: he seeth[07200][8799] wickedness[0205] also; will he not then consider[0995][8709] it ?
13:15 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]. vain: Heb. empty
13:16 If thou prepare[03559][8689] thine heart[03820], and stretch[06566][8804] out thine hands[03709] toward him;
13:17 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].
13:18 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]:
13:19 Because thou shalt forget[07911][8799] thy misery[05999], and remember[02142][8799] it as waters[04325] that pass away[05674][8804]:
13:20 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]. be clearer...: Heb. arise above
13:21 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].
13:22 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]. make suit...: Heb. intreat thy face
13:23 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]. they shall...: Heb. flight shall perish from them the giving...: or, a puff of breath
13:24 And Job[0347] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799],
13:25 No doubt[0551] but ye are the people[05971], and wisdom[02451] shall die[04191][8799] with you.
13:26 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? understanding: Heb. an heart I am...: Heb. I fall not lower than you who...: Heb. with whom are not such as these?
13:27 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].
13:28 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].
14:1 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 .
14:2 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:
14:3 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.
14:4 Who knoweth[03045][8804] not in all these that the hand[03027] of the LORD[03068] hath wrought[06213][8804] this?
14:5 In whose hand[03027] is the soul[05315] of every living thing[02416], and the breath[07307] of all mankind[0376][01320]. soul: or, life all...: Heb. all flesh of man
14:6 Doth not the ear[0241] try[0974][8799] words[04405]? and the mouth[02441] taste[02938][8799] his meat[0400]? mouth: Heb. palate
14:7 With the ancient[03453] is wisdom[02451]; and in length[0753] of days[03117] understanding[08394].
14:8 With him is wisdom[02451] and strength[01369], he hath counsel[06098] and understanding[08394]. With...: that is, With God
14:9 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]. up: Heb. upon
14:10 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].
14:11 With him is strength[05797] and wisdom[08454]: the deceived[07683][8802] and the deceiver[07686][8688] are his.
14:12 He leadeth[03212][8688] counsellors[03289][8802] away spoiled[07758], and maketh the judges[08199][8802] fools[01984][8779].
14:13 He looseth[06605][8765] the bond[04148] of kings[04428], and girdeth[0631][8799] their loins[04975] with a girdle[0232].
14:14 He leadeth[03212][8688] princes[03548] away spoiled[07758], and overthroweth[05557][8762] the mighty[0386].
14:15 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]. speech...: Heb. lip of the faithful
14:16 He poureth[08210][8802] contempt[0937] upon princes[05081], and weakeneth[07503][8765] the strength[04206] of the mighty[0650]. weakeneth...: or, looseth the girdle of the strong
14:17 He discovereth[01540][8764] deep things[06013] out of darkness[02822], and bringeth out[03318][8686] to light[0216] the shadow of death[06757].
14:18 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 . straiteneth: Heb. leadeth in
14:19 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].
14:20 They grope[04959][8762] in the dark[02822] without light[0216], and he maketh them to stagger[08582][8686] like a drunken[07910] man . stagger: Heb. wander
14:21 Lo, mine eye[05869] hath seen[07200][8804] all this , mine ear[0241] hath heard[08085][8804] and understood[0995][8799] it.
14:22 What ye know[01847], the same do I know[03045][8804] also: I am not inferior[05307][8802] unto you.
15:1 Surely[0199] I would speak[01696][8762] to the Almighty[07706], and I desire[02654][8799] to reason[03198][8687] with God[0410].
15:2 But[0199] ye are forgers[02950][8802] of lies[08267], ye are all physicians[07495][8802] of no value[0457].
15:3 O that[05414][8799] ye would altogether[02790][8687] hold your peace[02790][8686]! and it should be your wisdom[02451].
15:4 Hear[08085][8798] now my reasoning[08433], and hearken[07181][8685] to the pleadings[07379] of my lips[08193].
15:5 Will ye speak[01696][8762] wickedly[05766] for God[0410]? and talk[01696][8762] deceitfully[07423] for him?
15:6 Will ye accept[05375][8799] his person[06440]? will ye contend[07378][8799] for God[0410]?
15:7 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?
15:8 He will surely[03198][8687] reprove[03198][8686] you, if ye do secretly[05643] accept[05375][8799] persons[06440].
15:9 Shall not his excellency[07613] make you afraid[01204][8762]? and his dread[06343] fall[05307][8799] upon you?
15:10 Your remembrances[02146] are like[04912] unto ashes[0665], your bodies[01354] to bodies[01354] of clay[02563].
15:11 Hold your peace[02790][8685], let me alone, that I may speak[01696][8762], and let come[05674][8799] on me what will . Hold...: Heb. Be silent from me
15:12 Wherefore do I take[05375][8799] my flesh[01320] in my teeth[08127], and put[07760][8799] my life[05315] in mine hand[03709]?
15:13 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. maintain: Heb. prove, or, argue
15:14 He also shall be my salvation[03444]: for an hypocrite[02611] shall not come[0935][8799] before[06440] him.
15:15 Hear[08085][8798] diligently[08085][8800] my speech[04405], and my declaration[0262] with your ears[0241].
15:16 Behold now, I have ordered[06186][8804] my cause[04941]; I know[03045][8804] that I shall be justified[06663][8799].
15:17 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].
15:18 Only do[06213][8799] not two[08147] things unto me: then will I not hide[05641][8735] myself from thee[06440].
15:19 Withdraw[07368][00] thine hand[03709] far[07368][8685] from me: and let not thy dread[0367] make me afraid[01204][8762].
15:20 Then call[07121][8798] thou, and I will answer[06030][8799]: or let me speak[01696][8762], and answer[07725][8685] thou me.
15:21 How many are mine iniquities[05771] and sins[02403]? make me to know[03045][8685] my transgression[06588] and my sin[02403].
15:22 Wherefore hidest[05641][8686] thou thy face[06440], and holdest[02803][8799] me for thine enemy[0341][8802]?
15:23 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]?
15:24 For thou writest[03789][8799] bitter things[04846] against me, and makest me to possess[03423][8686] the iniquities[05771] of my youth[05271].
15:25 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]. lookest...: Heb. observest heels: Heb. roots
15:26 And he, as a rotten thing[07538], consumeth[01086][8799], as a garment[0899] that is moth[06211] eaten[0398][8804].
15:27 Man[0120] that is born[03205][8803] of a woman[0802] is of few[07116] days[03117], and full[07649] of trouble[07267]. few...: Heb. short of days
15:28 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.
15:29 And dost thou open[06491][8804] thine eyes[05869] upon such an one[02088], and bringest[0935][8686] me into judgment[04941] with thee?
15:30 Who can bring[05414][8799] a clean[02889] thing out of an unclean[02931]? not one[0259]. can...: Heb. will give
15:31 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];
15:32 Turn[08159][8798] from him, that he may rest[02308][8799], till he shall accomplish[07521][8799], as an hireling[07916], his day[03117]. rest: Heb. cease
15:33 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].
15:34 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];
15:35 Yet through the scent[07381] of water[04325] it will bud[06524][8686], and bring forth[06213][8804] boughs[07105] like a plant[05194].
16:1 But man[01397] dieth[04191][8799], and wasteth away[02522][8799]: yea, man[0120] giveth up the ghost[01478][8799], and where is he? wasteth...: Heb. is weakened, or, cut off
16:2 As the waters[04325] fail[0235][8804] from the sea[03220], and the flood[05104] decayeth[02717][8799] and drieth up[03001][8804]:
16:3 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].
16:4 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!
16:5 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].
16:6 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].
16:7 For now thou numberest[05608][8799] my steps[06806]: dost thou not watch[08104][8799] over my sin[02403]?
16:8 My transgression[06588] is sealed up[02856][8803] in a bag[06872], and thou sewest up[02950][8799] mine iniquity[05771].
16:9 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]. cometh...: Heb. fadeth
16:10 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]. washest...: Heb. overflowest
16:11 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].
16:12 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.
16:13 But his flesh[01320] upon him shall have pain[03510][8799], and his soul[05315] within him shall mourn[056][8799].
16:14 Then answered[06030][8799] Eliphaz[0464] the Temanite[08489], and said[0559][8799],
16:15 Should a wise man[02450] utter[06030][8799] vain[07307] knowledge[01847], and fill[04390][8762] his belly[0990] with the east wind[06921]? vain...: Heb. knowledge of wind
16:16 Should he reason[03198][8687] with unprofitable[05532][8799] talk[01697]? or with speeches[04405] wherewith he can do no good[03276][8686]?
16:17 Yea, thou castest off[06565][8686] fear[03374], and restrainest[01639][8799] prayer[07881] before[06440] God[0410]. castest...: Heb. makest void prayer: or, speech
16:18 For thy mouth[06310] uttereth[0502][8762] thine iniquity[05771], and thou choosest[0977][8799] the tongue[03956] of the crafty[06175]. uttereth: Heb. teacheth
16:19 Thine own mouth[06310] condemneth[07561][8686] thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips[08193] testify[06030][8799] against thee.
16:20 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]?
16:21 Hast thou heard[08085][8799] the secret[05475] of God[0433]? and dost thou restrain[01639][8799] wisdom[02451] to thyself?
16:22 What knowest[03045][8804] thou, that we know[03045][8799] not? what understandest[0995][8799] thou, which is not in us?
17:1 With us are both the grayheaded[07867][8802] and very aged[03453] men, much[03524] elder[03117] than thy father[01].
17:2 Are the consolations[08575] of God[0410] small[04592] with thee? is there any secret[0328] thing[01697] with thee?
17:3 Why doth thine heart[03820] carry thee away[03947][8799]? and what do thy eyes[05869] wink at[07335][8799],
17:4 That thou turnest[07725][8686] thy spirit[07307] against God[0410], and lettest such words[04405] go out[03318][8689] of thy mouth[06310]?
17:5 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]?
17:6 Behold, he putteth no trust[0539][8686] in his saints[06918]; yea, the heavens[08064] are not clean[02141][8804] in his sight[05869].
17:7 How much more abominable[08581][8737] and filthy[0444][8737] is man[0376], which drinketh[08354][8802] iniquity[05766][8675][05766] like water[04325]?
17:8 I will shew[02331][8762] thee, hear[08085][8798] me; and that which I have seen[02372][8804] I will declare[05608][8762];
17:9 Which wise[02450] men have told[05046][8686] from their fathers[01], and have not hid[03582][8765] it :
17:10 Unto whom alone the earth[0776] was given[05414][8738], and no stranger[02114][8801] passed[05674][8804] among[08432] them.
17:11 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].
17:12 A dreadful[06343] sound[06963] is in his ears[0241]: in prosperity[07965] the destroyer[07703][8802] shall come[0935][8799] upon him. A dreadful...: Heb. A sound of fears
17:13 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].
17:14 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].
17:15 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].
17:16 For he stretcheth out[05186][8804] his hand[03027] against God[0410], and strengtheneth[01396][8691] himself against the Almighty[07706].
18:1 He runneth[07323][8799] upon him, even on his neck[06677], upon the thick[05672] bosses[01354] of his bucklers[04043]:
18:2 Because he covereth[03680][8765] his face[06440] with his fatness[02459], and maketh[06213][8799] collops of fat[06371] on his flanks[03689].
18:3 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].
18:4 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].
18:5 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].
18:6 Let not him that is deceived[08582][8738] trust[0539][8686] in vanity[07723]: for vanity[07723] shall be his recompence[08545].
18:7 It shall be accomplished[04390][8735] before[03808] his time[03117], and his branch[03712] shall not be green[07488]. accomplished: or, cut off
18:8 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].
18:9 For the congregation[05712] of hypocrites[02611] shall be desolate[01565], and fire[0784] shall consume[0398][8804] the tabernacles[0168] of bribery[07810].
18:10 They conceive[02029][8800] mischief[05999], and bring forth[03205][8800] vanity[0205], and their belly[0990] prepareth[03559][8686] deceit[04820]. vanity: or, iniquity
18:11 Then Job[0347] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799],
18:12 I have heard[08085][8804] many such things[07227]: miserable[05999] comforters[05162][8764] are ye all. miserable: or, troublesome
18:13 Shall vain[07307] words[01697] have an end[07093]? or what emboldeneth[04834][8686] thee that thou answerest[06030][8799]? vain...: Heb. words of wind
18:14 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.
18:15 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 .
18:16 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]? what...: Heb. what goeth from me?
18:17 But now he hath made me weary[03811][8689]: thou hast made desolate[08074][8689] all my company[05712].
18:18 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].
18:19 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.
18:20 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.
18:21 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]. hath...: Heb. hath shut me up
19:1 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].
19:2 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].
19:3 He breaketh[06555][8799] me with breach[06556] upon[06440] breach[06556], he runneth[07323][8799] upon me like a giant[01368].
19:4 I have sewed[08609][8804] sackcloth[08242] upon my skin[01539], and defiled[05953][8782] my horn[07161] in the dust[06083].
19:5 My face[06440] is foul[02560][8777] with weeping[01065], and on my eyelids[06079] is the shadow of death[06757];
19:6 Not for any injustice[02555] in mine hands[03709]: also my prayer[08605] is pure[02134].
19:7 O earth[0776], cover[03680][8762] not thou my blood[01818], and let my cry[02201] have no place[04725].
19:8 Also now, behold, my witness[05707] is in heaven[08064], and my record[07717] is on high[04791]. on high: Heb. in the high places
19:9 My friends[07453] scorn[03887][8688] me: but mine eye[05869] poureth out[01811][8804] tears unto God[0433]. scorn me: Heb. are my scorners
19:10 O that one might plead[03198][8686] for a man[01397] with God[0433], as a man[0120] pleadeth for his neighbour[01121][07453]! neighbour: or, friend
19:11 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]. a few...: Heb. years of number
19:12 My breath[07307] is corrupt[02254][8795], my days[03117] are extinct[02193][8738], the graves[06913] are ready for me. breath...: or, spirit is spent
19:13 Are there not mockers[02049] with me? and doth not mine eye[05869] continue[03885][8799] in their provocation[04784][8687]? continue: Heb. lodge
19:14 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?
19:15 For thou hast hid[06845][8804] their heart[03820] from understanding[07922]: therefore shalt thou not exalt[07311][8787] them .
19:16 He that speaketh[05046][8686] flattery[02506] to his friends[07453], even the eyes[05869] of his children[01121] shall fail[03615][8799].
19:17 He hath made[03322][8689] me also a byword[04914] of the people[05971]; and aforetime[06440] I was as a tabret[08611]. aforetime: or, before them
19:18 Mine eye[05869] also is dim[03543][8799] by reason of sorrow[03708], and all my members[03338] are as a shadow[06738]. my members: or, my thoughts
19:19 Upright[03477] men shall be astonied[08074][8799] at this, and the innocent[05355] shall stir up[05782][8709] himself against the hypocrite[02611].
19:20 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]. be...: Heb. add strength
19:21 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.
19:22 My days[03117] are past[05674][8804], my purposes[02154] are broken off[05423][8738], even the thoughts[04180] of my heart[03824]. the thoughts: Heb. the possessions
19:23 They change[07760][8799] the night[03915] into day[03117]: the light[0216] is short[07138] because[06440] of darkness[02822]. short: Heb. near
19:24 If I wait[06960][8762], the grave[07585] is mine house[01004]: I have made[07502][8765] my bed[03326] in the darkness[02822].
19:25 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]. said: Heb. cried, or, called
19:26 And where is now[0645] my hope[08615]? as for my hope[08615], who shall see[07789][8799] it?
19:27 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].
19:28 Then answered[06030][8799] Bildad[01085] the Shuhite[07747], and said[0559][8799],
19:29 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].
20:1 Wherefore are we counted[02803][8738] as beasts[0929], and reputed vile[02933][8738] in your sight[05869]?
20:2 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]? himself: Heb. his soul
20:3 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].
20:4 The light[0216] shall be dark[02821][8804] in his tabernacle[0168], and his candle[05216] shall be put out[01846][8799] with him. candle: or, lamp
20:5 The steps[06806] of his strength[0202] shall be straitened[03334][8799], and his own counsel[06098] shall cast him down[07993][8686].
20:6 For he is cast[07971][8795] into a net[07568] by his own feet[07272], and he walketh[01980][8691] upon a snare[07639].
20:7 The gin[06341] shall take[0270][8799] him by the heel[06119], and the robber[06782] shall prevail[02388][8686] against him.
20:8 The snare[02256] is laid[02934][8803] for him in the ground[0776], and a trap[04434] for him in the way[05410]. laid: Heb. hidden
20:9 Terrors[01091] shall make him afraid[01204][8765] on every side[05439], and shall drive[06327][8689] him to his feet[07272]. drive: Heb. scatter
20:10 His strength[0202] shall be hungerbitten[07457], and destruction[0343] shall be ready[03559][8737] at his side[06763].
20:11 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]. strength: Heb. bars
20:12 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].
20:13 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].
20:14 His roots[08328] shall be dried up[03001][8799] beneath, and above[04605] shall his branch[07105] be cut off[05243][8799].
20:15 His remembrance[02143] shall perish[06][8804] from the earth[0776], and he shall have no name[08034] in the street[06440][02351].
20:16 He shall be driven[01920][8799] from light[0216] into darkness[02822], and chased[05074][8686] out of the world[08398]. He...: Heb. They shall drive him
20:17 He shall neither have son[05209] nor nephew[05220] among his people[05971], nor any remaining[08300] in his dwellings[04033].
20:18 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]. went...: or, lived with him were...: Heb. laid hold on horror
20:19 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].
20:20 Then Job[0347] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799],
20:21 How long will ye vex[03013][8686] my soul[05315], and break[01792][8762] me in pieces with words[04405]?
20:22 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. make...: or, harden yourselves against me
20:23 And be it indeed[0551] that I have erred[07686][8804], mine error[04879] remaineth[03885][8799] with myself.
20:24 If indeed[0551] ye will magnify[01431][8686] yourselves against me, and plead[03198][8686] against me my reproach[02781]:
20:25 Know[03045][8798] now[0645] that God[0433] hath overthrown[05791][8765] me, and hath compassed[05362][8689] me with his net[04686].
20:26 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]. wrong: or, violence
20:27 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].
20:28 He hath stripped[06584][8689] me of my glory[03519], and taken[05493][8686] the crown[05850] from my head[07218].
20:29 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].
21:1 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].
21:2 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].
21:3 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.
21:4 My kinsfolk[07138] have failed[02308][8804], and my familiar friends[03045][8794] have forgotten[07911][8804] me.
21:5 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].
21:6 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].
21:7 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]. mine...: Heb. my belly
21:8 Yea, young children[05759] despised[03988][8804] me; I arose[06965][8799], and they spake[01696][8762] against me. young...: or, the wicked
21:9 All my inward[05475] friends[04962] abhorred[08581][8765] me: and they whom I loved[0157][8804] are turned[02015][8738] against me. my...: Heb. the men of my secret
21:10 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]. and to: or, as to
21:11 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.
21:12 Why do ye persecute[07291][8799] me as God[0410], and are not satisfied[07646][8799] with my flesh[01320]?
21:13 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]! Oh...: Heb. Who will give, etc
21:14 That they were graven[02672][8735] with an iron[01270] pen[05842] and lead[05777] in the rock[06697] for ever[05703]!
21:15 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]:
21:16 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]: And...: or, After I shall awake, though this body be destroyed, yet out of my flesh
21:17 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. another: Heb. a stranger though...: or, my reins within me are consumed with earnest desire (for that day) within...: Heb. in my bosom
21:18 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? seeing...: or, and what root of matter is found in me?
21:19 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].
21:20 Then answered[06030][8799] Zophar[06691] the Naamathite[05284], and said[0559][8799],
21:21 Therefore do my thoughts[05587] cause me to answer[07725][8686], and for this I make haste[02363][8800]. I make...: Heb. my haste is in me
21:22 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].
21:23 Knowest[03045][8804] thou not this of old[05703], since man[0120] was placed[07760][8800] upon earth[0776],
21:24 That the triumphing[07445] of the wicked[07563] is short[07138], and the joy[08057] of the hypocrite[02611] but for a moment[07281]? short: Heb. from near
21:25 Though his excellency[07863] mount up[05927][8799] to the heavens[08064], and his head[07218] reach[05060][8686] unto the clouds[05645]; clouds: Heb. cloud
21:26 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?
21:27 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].
21:28 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.
21:29 His children[01121] shall seek to please[07521][8762] the poor[01800], and his hands[03027] shall restore[07725][8686] their goods[0202]. His children...: or, The poor shall oppress his children
21:30 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].
21:31 Though wickedness[07451] be sweet[04985][8686] in his mouth[06310], though he hide[03582][8686] it under his tongue[03956];
21:32 Though he spare[02550][8799] it, and forsake[05800][8799] it not; but keep it still[04513][8799] within[08432] his mouth[02441]: within...: Heb. in the midst of his palate
21:33 Yet his meat[03899] in his bowels[04578] is turned[02015][8738], it is the gall[04846] of asps[06620] within[07130] him.
21:34 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].
22:1 He shall suck[03243][8799] the poison[07219] of asps[06620]: the viper's[0660] tongue[03956] shall slay[02026][8799] him.
22:2 He shall not see[07200][8799] the rivers[06390], the floods[05104], the brooks[05158] of honey[01706] and butter[02529]. the floods...: or, streaming brooks
22:3 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 . his...: Heb. the substance of his exchange
22:4 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; oppressed: Heb. crushed
22:5 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]. feel: Heb. know
22:6 There shall none of his meat[0400] be left[08300]; therefore shall no man look[02342][8799] for his goods[02898]. none...: or, be none left for his meat
22:7 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. wicked: or, troublesome
22:8 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].
22:9 He shall flee[01272][8799] from the iron[01270] weapon[05402], and the bow[07198] of steel[05154] shall strike him through[02498][8799].
22:10 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.
22:11 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].
22:12 The heaven[08064] shall reveal[01540][8762] his iniquity[05771]; and the earth[0776] shall rise up[06965][8693] against him.
22:13 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].
22:14 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]. appointed...: Heb. of his decree from God
22:15 But Job[0347] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799],
22:16 Hear[08085][8798] diligently[08085][8800] my speech[04405], and let this be your consolations[08575].
22:17 Suffer[05375][8798] me that I may speak[01696][8762]; and after[0310] that I have spoken[01696][8763], mock on[03932][8686].
22:18 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]? troubled: Heb. shortened?
22:19 Mark[06437][8798] me, and be astonished[08074][8713], and lay[07760][8798] your hand[03027] upon your mouth[06310]. Mark...: Heb. Look unto me
22:20 Even when I remember[02142][8804] I am afraid[0926][8738], and trembling[06427] taketh hold on[0270][8804] my flesh[01320].
22:21 Wherefore do the wicked[07563] live[02421][8799], become old[06275][8804], yea, are mighty[01396][8804] in power[02428]?
22:22 Their seed[02233] is established[03559][8737] in their sight[06440] with them, and their offspring[06631] before their eyes[05869].
22:23 Their houses[01004] are safe[07965] from fear[06343], neither is the rod[07626] of God[0433] upon them. safe...: Heb. peace from
22:24 Their bull[07794] gendereth[05674][8765], and faileth[01602][8686] not; their cow[06510] calveth[06403][8762], and casteth not her calf[07921][8762].
22:25 They send forth[07971][8762] their little ones[05759] like a flock[06629], and their children[03206] dance[07540][8762].
22:26 They take[05375][8799] the timbrel[08596] and harp[03658], and rejoice[08055][8799] at the sound[06963] of the organ[05748].
22:27 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]. in wealth: or, in mirth
22:28 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].
22:29 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?
22:30 Lo, their good[02898] is not in their hand[03027]: the counsel[06098] of the wicked[07563] is far[07368][8804] from me.
23:1 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]. candle: or, lamp
23:2 They are as stubble[08401] before[06440] the wind[07307], and as chaff[04671] that the storm[05492] carrieth away[01589][8804]. carrieth: Heb. stealeth
23:3 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 . his iniquity: that is, the punishment of his iniquity
23:4 His eyes[05869] shall see[07200][8799] his destruction[03589], and he shall drink[08354][8799] of the wrath[02534] of the Almighty[07706].
23:5 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]?
23:6 Shall any teach[03925][8762] God[0410] knowledge[01847]? seeing he judgeth[08199][8799] those that are high[07311][8802].
23:7 One dieth[04191][8799] in his full[08537] strength[06106], being wholly at ease[07946] and quiet[07961]. his...: Heb. his very, or, the strength of, his perfection
23:8 His breasts[05845] are full[04390][8804] of milk[02461], and his bones[06106] are moistened[08248][8792] with marrow[04221]. breasts: or, milk pails
23:9 And another dieth[04191][8799] in the bitterness[04751] of his soul[05315], and never eateth[0398][8804] with pleasure[02896].
23:10 They shall lie down[07901][8799] alike[03162] in the dust[06083], and the worms[07415] shall cover[03680][8762] them.
23:11 Behold, I know[03045][8804] your thoughts[04284], and the devices[04209] which ye wrongfully imagine[02554][8799] against me.
23:12 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]? the dwelling...: Heb. the tent of the tabernacles
23:13 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],
23:14 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]. wrath: Heb. wraths
23:15 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]?
23:16 Yet shall he be brought[02986][8714] to the grave[06913], and shall remain[08245][8799] in the tomb[01430]. grave: Heb. graves remain...: Heb. watch in the heap
23:17 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.
24:1 How then comfort[05162][8762] ye me in vain[01892], seeing in your answers[08666] there remaineth[07604][8738] falsehood[04604]? falsehood: Heb. transgression?
24:2 Then Eliphaz[0464] the Temanite[08489] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799],
24:3 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? as he...: or, if he may be profitable, doth his good success depend thereon?
24:4 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]?
24:5 Will he reprove[03198][8686] thee for fear[03374] of thee? will he enter[0935][8799] with thee into judgment[04941]?
24:6 Is not thy wickedness[07451] great[07227]? and thine iniquities[05771] infinite[07093]?
24:7 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]. the naked...: Heb. the clothes of the naked
24:8 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].
24:9 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. mighty...: Heb. man of arm honourable...: Heb. eminent, or, accepted for countenance
24:10 Thou hast sent[07971][8765] widows[0490] away empty[07387], and the arms[02220] of the fatherless[03490] have been broken[01792][8792].
24:11 Therefore snares[06341] are round about[05439] thee, and sudden[06597] fear[06343] troubleth[0926][8762] thee;
24:12 Or darkness[02822], that thou canst not see[07200][8799]; and abundance[08229] of waters[04325] cover[03680][8762] thee.
24:13 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! height of the stars: Heb. head of the stars
24:14 And thou sayest[0559][8804], How doth God[0410] know[03045][8804]? can he judge[08199][8799] through the dark cloud[06205]? How: or, What
24:15 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].
24:16 Hast thou marked[08104][8799] the old[05769] way[0734] which wicked[0205] men[04962] have trodden[01869][8804]?
24:17 Which were cut down[07059][8795] out of time[06256], whose foundation[03247] was overflown[03332][8714] with a flood[05104]: whose...: Heb. a flood was poured upon their foundation
24:18 Which said[0559][8802] unto God[0410], Depart[05493][8798] from us: and what can the Almighty[07706] do[06466][8799] for them? for: or, to
24:19 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.
24:20 The righteous[06662] see[07200][8799] it , and are glad[08055][8799]: and the innocent[05355] laugh them to scorn[03932][8799].
24:21 Whereas[0518] our substance[07009] is not cut down[03582][8738], but the remnant[03499] of them the fire[0784] consumeth[0398][8804]. substance: or, estate the remnant...: or, their excellency
24:22 Acquaint[05532][8685] now thyself with him, and be at peace[07999][8798]: thereby good[02896] shall come[0935][8799] unto thee. him: that is, God
24:23 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].
24:24 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].
24:25 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]. as dust: or, on the dust
25:1 Yea, the Almighty[07706] shall be thy defence[01220], and thou shalt have plenty[08443] of silver[03701]. defence: or, gold plenty...: Heb. silver of strength
25:2 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].
25:3 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].
25:4 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].
25:5 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]. the humble...: Heb. him that hath low eyes
25:6 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]. He shall...: or, The innocent shall deliver the island
26:1 Then Job[0347] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799],
26:2 Even to day[03117] is my complaint[07879] bitter[04805]: my stroke[03027] is heavier[03513][8804] than my groaning[0585]. stroke: Heb. hand
26:3 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]!
26:4 I would order[06186][8799] my cause[04941] before[06440] him, and fill[04390][8762] my mouth[06310] with arguments[08433].
26:5 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.
26:6 Will he plead[07378][8799] against[05978] me with his great[07230] power[03581]? No; but he would put[07760][8799] strength in me.
26:7 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].
26:8 Behold, I go[01980][8799] forward[06924], but he is not there ; and backward[0268], but I cannot perceive[0995][8799] him:
26:9 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 :
26:10 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]. that...: Heb. that is with me
26:11 My foot[07272] hath held[0270][8804] his steps[0838], his way[01870] have I kept[08104][8804], and not declined[05186][8686].
26:12 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 . esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up my...: or, my appointed portion
26:13 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].
26:14 For he performeth[07999][8686] the thing that is appointed[02706] for me: and many[07227] such[02007] things are with him.
27:1 Therefore am I troubled[0926][8735] at his presence[06440]: when I consider[0995][8709], I am afraid[06342][8799] of him.
27:2 For God[0410] maketh my heart[03820] soft[07401][8689], and the Almighty[07706] troubleth[0926][8689] me:
27:3 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].
27:4 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]?
27:5 Some remove[05381][8686] the landmarks[01367]; they violently take away[01497][8804] flocks[05739], and feed[07462][8799] thereof . feed...: or, feed them
27:6 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].
27:7 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].
27:8 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].
27:9 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]. corn: Heb. mingled corn, or, dredge they gather...: Heb. the wicked gather the vintage
27:10 They cause the naked[06174] to lodge[03885][8686] without clothing[03830], that they have no covering[03682] in the cold[07135].
27:11 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].
27:12 They pluck[01497][8799] the fatherless[03490] from the breast[07699], and take a pledge[02254][8799] of the poor[06041].
27:13 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];
27:14 Which make oil[06671][8686] within[0996] their walls[07791], and tread[01869][8804] their winepresses[03342], and suffer thirst[06770][8799].
27:15 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 .
27:16 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.
27:17 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].
27:18 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]. disguiseth...: Heb. setteth his face in secret
27:19 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].
27:20 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].
27:21 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].
27:22 Drought[06723] and heat[02527] consume[01497][8799] the snow[07950] waters[04325]: so doth the grave[07585] those which have sinned[02398][8804]. consume: Heb. violently take
27:23 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].
28:1 He evil entreateth[07462][8802] the barren[06135] that beareth[03205][8799] not: and doeth not good[03190][8686] to the widow[0490].
28:2 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]. no...: or, he trusteth not his own life
28:3 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].
28:4 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]. are gone: Heb. are not taken...: Heb. closed up
28:5 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]?
28:6 Then answered[06030][8799] Bildad[01085] the Shuhite[07747], and said[0559][8799],
28:7 Dominion[04910][8687] and fear[06343] are with him, he maketh[06213][8802] peace[07965] in his high places[04791].
28:8 Is there[03426] any number[04557] of his armies[01416]? and upon whom doth not his light[0216] arise[06965][8799]?
28:9 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]?
28:10 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].
28:11 How much less man[0582], that is a worm[07415]? and the son[01121] of man[0120], which is a worm[08438]?
28:12 But Job[0347] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799],
28:13 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]?
28:14 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]?
28:15 To whom hast thou uttered[05046][8689] words[04405]? and whose spirit[05397] came[03318][8804] from thee?
28:16 Dead[07496] things are formed[02342][8787] from under the waters[04325], and the inhabitants[07931][8802] thereof. and the...: or, with the inhabitants
28:17 Hell[07585] is naked[06174] before him, and destruction[011] hath no covering[03682].
28:18 He stretcheth out[05186][8802] the north[06828] over the empty place[08414], and hangeth[08518][8802] the earth[0776] upon nothing[01099].
28:19 He bindeth up[06887][8802] the waters[04325] in his thick clouds[05645]; and the cloud[06051] is not rent[01234][8738] under them.
28:20 He holdeth back[0270][8764] the face[06440] of his throne[03678], and spreadeth[06576][8768] his cloud[06051] upon it.
28:21 He hath compassed[02328][8804] the waters[06440][04325] with bounds[02706], until the day[0216] and night[02822] come to an end[08503]. until...: Heb. until the end of light with darkness
28:22 The pillars[05982] of heaven[08064] tremble[07322][8787] and are astonished[08539][8799] at his reproof[01606].
28:23 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]. the proud: Heb. pride
28:24 By his spirit[07307] he hath garnished[08235][8765] the heavens[08064]; his hand[03027] hath formed[02342][8790] the crooked[01281] serpent[05175].
28:25 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]?
28:26 Moreover Job[0347] continued[03254][8686][05375][8800] his parable[04912], and said[0559][8799], continued: Heb. added to take up
28:27 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]; vexed...: Heb. made my soul bitter
28:28 All the while[05750] my breath[05397] is in me, and the spirit[07307] of God[0433] is in my nostrils[0639]; the spirit...: that is, the breath which God gave him
29:1 My lips[08193] shall not speak[01696][8762] wickedness[05766], nor my tongue[03956] utter[01897][8799] deceit[07423].
29:2 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.
29:3 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]. so long...: Heb. from my days
29:4 Let mine enemy[0341][8802] be as the wicked[07563], and he that riseth up[06965][8693] against me as the unrighteous[05767].
29:5 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]?
29:6 Will God[0410] hear[08085][8799] his cry[06818] when trouble[06869] cometh[0935][8799] upon him?
29:7 Will he delight[06026][8691] himself in the Almighty[07706]? will he always[06256] call[07121][8799] upon God[0433]?
29:8 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]. by...: or, being in the hand, etc
29:9 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen[02372][8804] it ; why then are ye thus altogether[01892] vain[01891][8799]?
29:10 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].
29:11 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].
29:12 Those that remain[08300] of him shall be buried[06912][8735] in death[04194]: and his widows[0490] shall not weep[01058][8799].
29:13 Though he heap up[06651][8799] silver[03701] as the dust[06083], and prepare[03559][8686] raiment[04403] as the clay[02563];
29:14 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].
29:15 He buildeth[01129][8804] his house[01004] as a moth[06211], and as a booth[05521] that the keeper[05341][8802] maketh[06213][8804].
29:16 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.
29:17 Terrors[01091] take hold[05381][8686] on him as waters[04325], a tempest[05492] stealeth him away[01589][8804] in the night[03915].
29:18 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].
29:19 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]. he...: Heb. in fleeing he would flee
29:20 Men shall clap[05606][8799] their hands[03709] at him, and shall hiss[08319][8799] him out of his place[04725].
29:21 Surely[03426] there is a vein[04161] for the silver[03701], and a place[04725] for gold[02091] where they fine[02212][8799] it . vein: or, mine
29:22 Iron[01270] is taken[03947][8714] out of the earth[06083], and brass[05154] is molten[06694][8799] out of the stone[068]. earth: or, dust
29:23 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].
29:24 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].
29:25 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].
30:1 The stones[068] of it are the place[04725] of sapphires[05601]: and it hath dust[06083] of gold[02091]. dust...: or, gold ore
30:2 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]:
30:3 The lion's[07830] whelps[01121] have not trodden[01869][8689] it, nor the fierce lion[07826] passed[05710][8804] by it.
30:4 He putteth forth[07971][8804] his hand[03027] upon the rock[02496]; he overturneth[02015][8804] the mountains[02022] by the roots[08328]. rock: or, flint
30:5 He cutteth out[01234][8765] rivers[02975] among the rocks[06697]; and his eye[05869] seeth[07200][8804] every precious thing[03366].
30:6 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]. overflowing: Heb. weeping
30:7 But where[0370] shall wisdom[02451] be found[04672][8735]? and where is the place[04725] of understanding[0998]?
30:8 Man[0582] knoweth[03045][8804] not the price[06187] thereof; neither is it found[04672][8735] in the land[0776] of the living[02416].
30:9 The depth[08415] saith[0559][8804], It is not in me: and the sea[03220] saith[0559][8804], It is not with me.
30:10 It cannot be gotten[05414][8714] for gold[05458], neither shall silver[03701] be weighed[08254][8735] for the price[04242] thereof. It...: Heb. Fine gold shall not be given for it
30:11 It cannot be valued[05541][8792] with the gold[03800] of Ophir[0211], with the precious[03368] onyx[07718], or the sapphire[05601].
30:12 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]. jewels...: or, vessels of
30:13 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]. coral: or, Ramoth
30:14 The topaz[06357] of Ethiopia[03568] shall not equal[06186][8799] it, neither shall it be valued[05541][8792] with pure[02889] gold[03800].
30:15 Whence[0370] then cometh[0935][8799] wisdom[02451]? and where is the place[04725] of understanding[0998]?
30:16 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]. air: or, heaven
30:17 Destruction[011] and death[04194] say[0559][8804], We have heard[08085][8804] the fame[08088] thereof with our ears[0241].
30:18 God[0430] understandeth[0995][8689] the way[01870] thereof, and he knoweth[03045][8804] the place[04725] thereof.
30:19 For he looketh[05027][8686] to the ends[07098] of the earth[0776], and seeth[07200][8799] under the whole heaven[08064];
30:20 To make[06213][8800] the weight[04948] for the winds[07307]; and he weigheth[08505][8765] the waters[04325] by measure[04060].
30:21 When he made[06213][8800] a decree[02706] for the rain[04306], and a way[01870] for the lightning[02385] of the thunder[06963]:
30:22 Then did he see[07200][8804] it, and declare[05608][8762] it; he prepared[03559][8689] it, yea, and searched it out[02713][8804]. declare...: or, number it
30:23 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].
30:24 Moreover Job[0347] continued[03254][8686][05375][8800] his parable[04912], and said[0559][8799], continued: Heb. added to take up
30:25 Oh that[05414][8799] I were as in months[03391] past[06924], as in the days[03117] when God[0433] preserved[08104][8799] me;
30:26 When his candle[05216] shined[01984][8800] upon my head[07218], and when by his light[0216] I walked[03212][8799] through darkness[02822]; candle: or, lamp
30:27 As I was in the days[03117] of my youth[02779], when the secret[05475] of God[0433] was upon my tabernacle[0168];
30:28 When the Almighty[07706] was yet with me, when my children[05288] were about[05439] me;
30:29 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]; me: Heb. with me
30:30 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]!
30:31 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].
31:1 The princes[08269] refrained[06113][8804] talking[04405], and laid[07760][8799] their hand[03709] on their mouth[06310].
31:2 The nobles[05057] held[02244][8738] their peace[06963], and their tongue[03956] cleaved[01692][8804] to the roof of their mouth[02441]. The nobles...: Heb. The voice of the nobles was hid
31:3 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:
31:4 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.
31:5 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].
31:6 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].
31:7 I was eyes[05869] to the blind[05787], and feet[07272] was I to the lame[06455].
31:8 I was a father[01] to the poor[034]: and the cause[07379] which I knew[03045][8804] not I searched out[02713][8799].
31:9 And I brake[07665][8762] the jaws[04973] of the wicked[05767], and plucked[07993][8686] the spoil[02964] out of his teeth[08127]. the jaws: Heb. the jawteeth, or, the grinders plucked: Heb. cast
31:10 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].
31:11 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]. spread...: Heb. opened
31:12 My glory[03519] was fresh[02319] in me[05978], and my bow[07198] was renewed[02498][8686] in my hand[03027]. fresh: Heb. new renewed: Heb. changed
31:13 Unto me men gave ear[08085][8804], and waited[03176][8765], and kept silence[01826][8799] at[03926] my counsel[06098].
31:14 After[0310] my words[01697] they spake not again[08138][8799]; and my speech[04405] dropped[05197][8799] upon them.
31:15 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].
31:16 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].
31:17 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].
31:18 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]. younger...: Heb. of fewer days than I
31:19 Yea, whereto[04100] might the strength[03581] of their hands[03027] profit me, in whom old age[03624] was perished[06][8804]?
31:20 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]. solitary: or, dark as the night in...: Heb. yesternight
31:21 Who cut up[06998][8801] mallows[04408] by the bushes[07880], and juniper[07574] roots[08328] for their meat[03899].
31:22 They were driven forth[01644][8792] from among[01460] men , (they cried[07321][8686] after them as after a thief[01590];)
31:23 To dwell[07931][8800] in the clifts[06178] of the valleys[05158], in caves[02356] of the earth[06083], and in the rocks[03710]. caves: Heb. holes
31:24 Among the bushes[07880] they brayed[05101][8799]; under the nettles[02738] they were gathered together[05596][8792].
31:25 They were children[01121] of fools[05036], yea, children[01121] of base men[08034]: they were viler[05217][8738] than the earth[0776]. base...: Heb. men of no name
31:26 And now am I their song[05058], yea, I am their byword[04405].
31:27 They abhor[08581][8765] me, they flee far[07368][8804] from me, and spare[02820][8804] not to spit[07536] in my face[06440]. and...: Heb. and withhold not spittle from
31:28 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.
31:29 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].
31:30 They mar[05420][8804] my path[05410], they set forward[03276][8686] my calamity[01942][8675][01962], they have no helper[05826][8802].
31:31 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 .
31:32 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]. my soul: Heb. my principal one
31:33 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.
31:34 My bones[06106] are pierced[05365][8765] in me in the night season[03915]: and my sinews[06207][8802] take no rest[07901][8799].
31:35 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].
31:36 He hath cast[03384][8689] me into the mire[02563], and I am become like[04911][8691] dust[06083] and ashes[0665].
31:37 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 .
31:38 Thou art become[02015][8735] cruel[0393] to me: with thy strong[06108] hand[03027] thou opposest[07852][8799] thyself against me. become...: Heb. turned to be cruel thy...: Heb. the strength of thy hand
31:39 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]. substance: or, wisdom
31:40 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].
32:1 Howbeit he will not stretch out[07971][8799] his hand[03027] to the grave[01164], though they cry[07769] in his destruction[06365]. grave: Heb. heap
32:2 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]? in trouble: Heb. hard of day?
32:3 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].
32:4 My bowels[04578] boiled[07570][8795], and rested[01826][8804] not: the days[03117] of affliction[06040] prevented[06923][8765] me.
32:5 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].
32:6 I am a brother[0251] to dragons[08577], and a companion[07453] to owls[01323][03284]. owls: or, ostriches
32:7 My skin[05785] is black[07835][8804] upon me, and my bones[06106] are burned[02787][8804] with heat[02721].
32:8 My harp[03658] also is turned to mourning[060], and my organ[05748] into the voice[06963] of them that weep[01058][8802].
32:9 I made[03772][8804] a covenant[01285] with mine eyes[05869]; why then should I think[0995][8709] upon a maid[01330]?
32:10 For what portion[02506] of God[0433] is there from above[04605]? and what inheritance[05159] of the Almighty[07706] from on high[04791]?
32:11 Is not destruction[0343] to the wicked[05767]? and a strange[05235] punishment to the workers[06466][8802] of iniquity[0205]?
32:12 Doth not he see[07200][8799] my ways[01870], and count[05608][8799] all my steps[06806]?
32:13 If I have walked[01980][8804] with vanity[07723], or if my foot[07272] hath hasted[02363][8799] to deceit[04820];
32:14 Let me be weighed[08254][8799] in an even[06664] balance[03976], that God[0433] may know[03045][8799] mine integrity[08538]. Let...: Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice
32:15 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];
32:16 Then let me sow[02232][8799], and let another[0312] eat[0398][8799]; yea, let my offspring[06631] be rooted out[08327][8792].
32:17 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];
32:18 Then let my wife[0802] grind[02912][8799] unto another[0312], and let others[0312] bow down[03766][8799] upon her.
32:19 For this is an heinous crime[02154]; yea, it is an iniquity[05771] to be punished by the judges[06414].
32:20 For it is a fire[0784] that consumeth[0398][8799] to destruction[011], and would root out[08327][8762] all mine increase[08393].
32:21 If I did despise[03988][8799] the cause[04941] of my manservant[05650] or of my maidservant[0519], when they contended[07379] with me;
32:22 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?
33:1 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]? did not one...: or, did he not fashion us in one womb?
33:2 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];
33:3 Or have eaten[0398][8799] my morsel[06595] myself alone, and the fatherless[03490] hath not eaten[0398][8804] thereof;
33:4 (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];) her: that is, the widow
33:5 If I have seen[07200][8799] any perish[06][8802] for want of clothing[03830], or any poor[034] without covering[03682];
33:6 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];
33:7 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]:
33:8 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]. bone: or, chanelbone
33:9 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.
33:10 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];
33:11 If I rejoiced[08055][8799] because my wealth[02428] was great[07227], and because mine hand[03027] had gotten[04672][8804] much[03524]; gotten...: Heb. found much
33:12 If I beheld[07200][8799] the sun[0216] when it shined[01984][8686], or the moon[03394] walking[01980][8802] in brightness[03368]; sun: Heb. light in...: Heb. bright
33:13 And my heart[03820] hath been secretly[05643] enticed[06601][8799], or my mouth[06310] hath kissed[05401][8799] my hand[03027]: my mouth...: Heb. my hand hath kissed my mouth
33:14 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].
33:15 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:
33:16 Neither have I suffered[05414][8804] my mouth[02441] to sin[02398][8800] by wishing[07592][8800] a curse[0423] to his soul[05315]. mouth: Heb. palate
33:17 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].
33:18 The stranger[01616] did not lodge[03885][8799] in the street[02351]: but I opened[06605][8799] my doors[01817] to the traveller[0734]. traveller: or, way
33:19 If I covered[03680][8765] my transgressions[06588] as Adam[0121], by hiding[02934][8800] mine iniquity[05771] in my bosom[02243]: as Adam: or, after the manner of men
33:20 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]?
33:21 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]. my...: or, my sign is that the Almighty will
33:22 Surely I would take[05375][8799] it upon my shoulder[07926], and bind[06029][8799] it as a crown[05850] to me.
33:23 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.
33:24 If my land[0127] cry[02199][8799] against me, or that the furrows[08525] likewise[03162] thereof complain[01058][8799]; complain: Heb. weep
33:25 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]: fruits: Heb. strength the owners...: Heb. the soul of the owners thereof to expire, or, breathe out
33:26 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]. cockle: or, noisome weeds
33:27 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]. to...: Heb. from answering
33:28 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]. himself: Heb. his soul
33:29 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].
33:30 Now Elihu[0453] had waited[02442][8765] till Job[0347] had spoken[01697], because they were elder[02205][03117] than he. waited...: Heb. expected Job in words elder: Heb. elder for days
33:31 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].
33:32 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]. young: Heb. few of days durst...: Heb. feared
33:33 I said[0559][8804], Days[03117] should speak[01696][8762], and multitude[07230] of years[08141] should teach[03045][8686] wisdom[02451].
34:1 But[0403] there is a spirit[07307] in man[0582]: and the inspiration[05397] of the Almighty[07706] giveth them understanding[0995][8799].
34:2 Great men[07227] are not always wise[02449][8799]: neither do the aged[02205] understand[0995][8799] judgment[04941].
34:3 Therefore I said[0559][8804], Hearken[08085][8798] to me; I also will shew[02331][8762] mine opinion[01843].
34:4 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]. reasons: Heb. understandings what...: Heb. words
34:5 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]:
34:6 Lest ye should say[0559][8799], We have found out[04672][8804] wisdom[02451]: God[0410] thrusteth him down[05086][8799], not man[0376].
34:7 Now he hath not directed[06186][8804] his words[04405] against me: neither will I answer[07725][8686] him with your speeches[0561]. directed: or, ordered
34:8 They were amazed[02865][8804], they answered[06030][8804] no more: they left off[06275][8689] speaking[04405]. left...: Heb. removed speeches from themselves
34:9 When I had waited[03176][8689], (for they spake[01696][8762] not, but stood still[05975][8804], and answered[06030][8804] no more;)
34:10 I said , I will answer[06030][8799] also my part[02506], I also will shew[02331][8762] mine opinion[01843].
34:11 For I am full[04390][8804] of matter[04405], the spirit[07307] within[0990] me constraineth[06693][8689] me. matter: Heb. words spirit...: Heb. spirit of my belly
34:12 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]. hath...: Heb. is not opened
34:13 I will speak[01696][8762], that I may be refreshed[07304][8799]: I will open[06605][8799] my lips[08193] and answer[06030][8799]. be...: Heb. breathe
34:14 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].
34:15 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].
34:16 Wherefore[0199], Job[0347], I pray thee, hear[08085][8798] my speeches[04405], and hearken[0238][8685] to all my words[01697].
34:17 Behold, now I have opened[06605][8804] my mouth[06310], my tongue[03956] hath spoken[01696][8765] in my mouth[02441]. in my mouth: Heb. in my palate
34:18 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].
34:19 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].
34:20 If thou canst[03201][8799] answer[07725][8687] me, set thy words in order[06186][8798] before[06440] me, stand up[03320][8690].
34:21 Behold, I am according to thy wish[06310] in God's[0410] stead: I also am formed[07169][8795] out of the clay[02563]. wish: Heb. mouth formed: Heb. cut
34:22 Behold, my terror[0367] shall not make thee afraid[01204][8762], neither shall my hand[0405] be heavy[03513][8799] upon thee.
34:23 Surely thou hast spoken[0559][8804] in mine hearing[0241], and I have heard[08085][8799] the voice[06963] of thy words[04405], saying , hearing: Heb. ears
34:24 I am clean[02134] without transgression[06588], I am innocent[02643]; neither is there iniquity[05771] in me.
34:25 Behold, he findeth[04672][8799] occasions[08569] against me, he counteth[02803][8799] me for his enemy[0341][8802],
34:26 He putteth[07760][8799] my feet[07272] in the stocks[05465], he marketh[08104][8799] all my paths[0734].
34:27 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].
34:28 Why dost thou strive[07378][8804] against him? for he giveth not account[06030][8799] of any of his matters[01697]. he giveth...: Heb. he answereth not
34:29 For God[0410] speaketh[01696][8762] once[0259], yea twice[08147], yet man perceiveth[07789][8799] it not.
34:30 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];
34:31 Then he openeth[01540][8799] the ears[0241] of men[0582], and sealeth[02856][8799] their instruction[04561], he...: Heb. he revealeth, or, uncovereth
34:32 That he may withdraw[05493][8687] man[0120] from his purpose[04639], and hide[03680][8762] pride[01466] from man[01397]. purpose: Heb. work
34:33 He keepeth back[02820][8799] his soul[05315] from the pit[07845], and his life[02416] from perishing[05674][8800] by the sword[07973]. from perishing: Heb. from passing
34:34 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 :
34:35 So that his life[02416] abhorreth[02092][8765] bread[03899], and his soul[05315] dainty[08378] meat[03978]. dainty...: Heb. meat of desire
34:36 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].
34:37 Yea, his soul[05315] draweth near[07126][8799] unto the grave[07845], and his life[02416] to the destroyers[04191][8688].
35:1 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]:
35:2 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]. a ransom: or, an atonement
35:3 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]: a child's: Heb. childhood
35:4 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].
35:5 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; He...: or, He shall look upon men, and say
35:6 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]. He...: or, He hath delivered my soul, etc, and my life
35:7 Lo, all these things worketh[06466][8799] God[0410] oftentimes[06471][07969] with man[01397], oftentimes: Heb. twice and thrice
35:8 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].
35:9 Mark well[07181][8685], O Job[0347], hearken[08085][8798] unto me: hold thy peace[02790][8685], and I will speak[01696][8762].
35:10 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.
35:11 If not, hearken[08085][8798] unto me: hold thy peace[02790][8685], and I shall teach[0502][8762] thee wisdom[02451].
35:12 Furthermore Elihu[0453] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799],
35:13 Hear[08085][8798] my words[04405], O ye wise[02450] men ; and give ear[0238][8685] unto me, ye that have knowledge[03045][8802].
35:14 For the ear[0241] trieth[0974][8799] words[04405], as the mouth[02441] tasteth[02938][8799] meat[0398][8800]. mouth: Heb. palate
35:15 Let us choose[0977][8799] to us judgment[04941]: let us know[03045][8799] among ourselves what is good[02896].
35:16 For Job[0347] hath said[0559][8804], I am righteous[06663][8804]: and God[0410] hath taken away[05493][8689] my judgment[04941].
36:1 Should I lie[03576][8762] against my right[04941]? my wound[02671] is incurable[0605][8803] without transgression[06588]. my wound: Heb. mine arrow
36:2 What man[01397] is like Job[0347], who drinketh up[08354][8799] scorning[03933] like water[04325]?
36:3 Which goeth[0732][8804] in company[02274] with the workers[06466][8802] of iniquity[0205], and walketh[03212][8800] with wicked[07562] men[0582].
36:4 For he hath said[0559][8804], It profiteth[05532][8799] a man[01397] nothing that he should delight[07521][8800] himself with God[0430].
36:5 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]. men...: Heb. men of heart
36:6 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].
36:7 Yea, surely[0551] God[0410] will not do wickedly[07561][8686], neither will the Almighty[07706] pervert[05791][8762] judgment[04941].
36:8 Who hath given him a charge[06485][8804] over the earth[0776]? or who hath disposed[07760][8804] the whole world[08398]? the whole: Heb. all of it?
36:9 If he set[07760][8799] his heart[03820] upon man, if he gather[0622][8799] unto himself his spirit[07307] and his breath[05397]; man: Heb. him
36:10 All flesh[01320] shall perish[01478][8799] together[03162], and man[0120] shall turn again[07725][8799] unto dust[06083].
36:11 If now thou hast understanding[0998], hear[08085][8798] this: hearken[0238][8685] to the voice[06963] of my words[04405].
36:12 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]? govern: Heb. bind?
36:13 Is it fit to say[0559][8800] to a king[04428], Thou art wicked[01100]? and to princes[05081], Ye are ungodly[07563]?
36:14 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].
36:15 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]. the mighty...: Heb. they shall take away the mighty
36:16 For his eyes[05869] are upon the ways[01870] of man[0376], and he seeth[07200][8799] all his goings[06806].
36:17 There is no darkness[02822], nor shadow of death[06757], where the workers[06466][8802] of iniquity[0205] may hide[05641][8736] themselves.
36:18 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]. enter: Heb. go
36:19 He shall break in pieces[07489][8799] mighty men[03524] without number[02714], and set[05975][8686] others[0312] in their stead. number: Heb. searching out
36:20 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]. destroyed: Heb. crushed
36:21 He striketh[05606][8804] them as[08478] wicked men[07563] in the open[04725] sight[07200][8802] of others; open...: Heb. place of beholders
36:22 Because they turned back[05493][8804] from him[0310], and would not consider[07919][8689] any of his ways[01870]: him: Heb. after him
36:23 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].
36:24 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]:
36:25 That the hypocrite[0120][02611] reign[04427][8800] not, lest the people[05971] be ensnared[04170].
36:26 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 :
36:27 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.
36:28 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]. according...: Heb. from with thee?
36:29 Let men[0582] of understanding[03824] tell[0559][8799] me, and let a wise[02450] man[01397] hearken[08085][8802] unto me. of...: Heb. of heart
36:30 Job[0347] hath spoken[01696][8762] without knowledge[01847], and his words[01697] were without wisdom[07919][8687].
36:31 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]. My...: or, My father, let Job be tried
36:32 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].
36:33 Elihu[0453] spake[06030][8799] moreover, and said[0559][8799],
37:1 Thinkest[02803][8804] thou this to be right[04941], that thou saidst[0559][8804], My righteousness[06664] is more than God's[0410]?
37:2 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]? if...: or, by it more than by my sin
37:3 I will answer[07725][8686][04405] thee, and thy companions[07453] with thee. answer...: Heb. return to thee words
37:4 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.
37:5 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?
37:6 If thou be righteous[06663][8804], what givest[05414][8799] thou him? or what receiveth[03947][8799] he of thine hand[03027]?
37:7 Thy wickedness[07562] may hurt a man[0376] as thou art ; and thy righteousness[06666] may profit the son[01121] of man[0120].
37:8 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].
37:9 But none saith[0559][8804], Where is God[0433] my maker[06213][8802], who giveth[05414][8802] songs[02158] in the night[03915];
37:10 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]?
37:11 There they cry[06817][8799], but none giveth answer[06030][8799], because[06440] of the pride[01347] of evil men[07451].
37:12 Surely God[0410] will not hear[08085][8799] vanity[07723], neither will the Almighty[07706] regard[07789][8799] it.
37:13 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.
37:14 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]: he hath: that is, God hath he knoweth: that is, Job knoweth
37:15 Therefore doth Job[0347] open[06475][8799] his mouth[06310] in vain[01892]; he multiplieth[03527][8686] words[04405] without[01097] knowledge[01847].
37:16 Elihu[0453] also proceeded[03254][8686], and said[0559][8799],
37:17 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. I have...: Heb. there are yet words for God
37:18 I will fetch[05375][8799] my knowledge[01843] from afar[07350], and will ascribe[05414][8799] righteousness[06664] to my Maker[06466][8802].
37:19 For truly[0551] my words[04405] shall not be false[08267]: he that is perfect[08549] in knowledge[01844] is with thee.
37:20 Behold, God[0410] is mighty[03524], and despiseth[03988][8799] not any: he is mighty[03524] in strength[03581] and wisdom[03820]. wisdom: Heb. heart
37:21 He preserveth not the life[02421][8762] of the wicked[07563]: but giveth[05414][8799] right[04941] to the poor[06041]. poor: or, afflicted
37:22 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].
37:23 And if they be bound[0631][8803] in fetters[02131], and be holden[03920][8735] in cords[02256] of affliction[06040];
37:24 Then he sheweth[05046][8686] them their work[06467], and their transgressions[06588] that they have exceeded[01396][8691].
38:1 He openeth[01540][8799] also their ear[0241] to discipline[04148], and commandeth[0559][8799] that they return[07725][8799] from iniquity[0205].
38:2 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].
38:3 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]. perish: Heb. pass away
38:4 But the hypocrites[02611] in heart[03820] heap up[07760][8799] wrath[0639]: they cry[07768][8762] not when he bindeth[0631][8804] them.
38:5 They[05315] die[04191][8799] in youth[05290], and their life[02416] is among the unclean[06945]. They...: Heb. Their soul dieth unclean: or, sodomites
38:6 He delivereth[02502][8762] the poor[06041] in his affliction[06040], and openeth[01540][8799] their ears[0241] in oppression[03906]. poor: or, afflicted
38:7 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]. that...: Heb. the rest of thy table
38:8 But thou hast fulfilled[04390][8804] the judgment[01779] of the wicked[07563]: judgment[01779] and justice[04941] take hold[08551][8799] on thee . take...: or, should uphold thee
38:9 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. deliver...: Heb. turn thee aside
38:10 Will he esteem[06186][8799] thy riches[07769]? no , not gold[01222], nor all the forces[03981] of strength[03581].
38:11 Desire[07602][8799] not the night[03915], when people[05971] are cut off[05927][8800] in their place.
38:12 Take heed[08104][8734], regard[06437][8799] not iniquity[0205]: for this hast thou chosen[0977][8804] rather than affliction[06040].
38:13 Behold, God[0410] exalteth[07682][8686] by his power[03581]: who teacheth[03384][8688] like him?
38:14 Who hath enjoined[06485][8804] him his way[01870]? or who can say[0559][8804], Thou hast wrought[06466][8804] iniquity[05766]?
38:15 Remember[02142][8798] that thou magnify[07679][8686] his work[06467], which men[0582] behold[07891][8790].
38:16 Every man[0120] may see[02372][8804] it; man[0582] may behold[05027][8686] it afar off[07350].
38:17 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].
38:18 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:
38:19 Which the clouds[07834] do drop[05140][8799] and distil[07491][8799] upon man[0120] abundantly[07227].
38:20 Also can any understand[0995][8799] the spreadings[04666] of the clouds[05645], or the noise[08663] of his tabernacle[05521]?
38:21 Behold, he spreadeth[06566][8804] his light[0216] upon it, and covereth[03680][8765] the bottom[08328] of the sea[03220]. bottom: Heb. roots
38:22 For by them judgeth[01777][8799] he the people[05971]; he giveth[05414][8799] meat[0400] in abundance[04342][8688].
38:23 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].
38:24 The noise[07452] thereof sheweth[05046][8686] concerning it, the cattle[04735] also concerning the vapour[05927][8802]. the vapour: Heb. that which goeth up
38:25 At this[02063] also my heart[03820] trembleth[02729][8799], and is moved out[05425][8799] of his place[04725].
38:26 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]. Hear...: Heb. Hear in hearing
38:27 He directeth[03474][8765] it[08281][8799] under the whole heaven[08064], and his lightning[0216] unto the ends[03671] of the earth[0776]. lightning: Heb. light ends: Heb. wings
38:28 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].
38:29 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].
38:30 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]. likewise...: Heb. and to the shower of rain, and to the showers of rain of his strength
38:31 He sealeth up[02856][8799] the hand[03027] of every man[0120]; that all men[0582] may know[03045][8800] his work[04639].
38:32 Then the beasts[02416] go[0935][8799] into[01119] dens[0695], and remain[07931][8799] in their places[04585].
38:33 Out of the south[02315] cometh[0935][8799] the whirlwind[05492]: and cold[07135] out of the north[04215]. south: Heb. chamber north: Heb. scattering winds
38:34 By the breath[05397] of God[0410] frost[07140] is given[05414][8799]: and the breadth[07341] of the waters[04325] is straitened[04164].
38:35 Also by watering[07377] he wearieth[02959][8686] the thick cloud[05645]: he scattereth[06327][8686] his bright[0216] cloud[06051]: his...: Heb. the cloud of his light
38:36 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].
38:37 He causeth it to come[04672][8686], whether for correction[07626], or for his land[0776], or for mercy[02617]. correction: Heb. a rod
38:38 Hearken[0238][8685] unto this, O Job[0347]: stand still[05975][8798], and consider[0995][8708] the wondrous[06381][8737] works of God[0410].
38:39 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]?
38:40 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]?
38:41 How thy garments[0899] are warm[02525], when he quieteth[08252][8687] the earth[0776] by the south[01864] wind ?
39:1 Hast thou with him spread out[07554][8686] the sky[07834], which is strong[02389], and as a molten[03332][8716] looking glass[07209]?
39:2 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].
39:3 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].
39:4 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.
39:5 Fair weather[02091] cometh[0857][8799] out of the north[06828]: with God[0433] is terrible[03372][8737] majesty[01935]. Fair...: Heb. Gold
39:6 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].
39:7 Men[0582] do therefore fear[03372][8804] him: he respecteth[07200][8799] not any that are wise[02450] of heart[03820].
39:8 Then the LORD[03068] answered[06030][8799] Job[0347] out of the whirlwind[05591], and said[0559][8799],
39:9 Who is this that darkeneth[02821][8688] counsel[06098] by words[04405] without knowledge[01847]?
39:10 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. answer...: Heb. make me know
39:11 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]. hast...: Heb. knowest understanding
39:12 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?
39:13 Whereupon are the foundations[0134] thereof fastened[02883][8717]? or who laid[03384][8804] the corner[06438] stone[068] thereof; foundations: Heb. sockets fastened: Heb. made to sink?
39:14 When the morning[01242] stars[03556] sang[07442][8800] together[03162], and all the sons[01121] of God[0430] shouted[07321][8686] for joy?
39:15 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]?
39:16 When I made[07760][8800] the cloud[06051] the garment[03830] thereof, and thick darkness[06205] a swaddlingband[02854] for it,
39:17 And brake up[07665][8799] for it my decreed[02706] place , and set[07760][8799] bars[01280] and doors[01817], brake...: or, established my decree upon it
39:18 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]? thy...: Heb. the pride of thy waves
39:19 Hast thou commanded[06680][8765] the morning[01242] since thy days[03117]; and caused the dayspring[07837] to know[03045][8765] his place[04725];
39:20 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? ends: Heb. wings
39:21 It is turned[02015][8691] as clay[02563] to the seal[02368]; and they stand[03320][8691] as a garment[03830].
39:22 And from the wicked[07563] their light[0216] is withholden[04513][8735], and the high[07311][8802] arm[02220] shall be broken[07665][8735].
39:23 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]?
39:24 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]?
39:25 Hast thou perceived[0995][8712] the breadth[07338] of the earth[0776]? declare[05046][8685] if thou knowest[03045][8804] it all.
39:26 Where is the way[01870] where light[0216] dwelleth[07931][8799]? and as for darkness[02822], where is the place[04725] thereof,
39:27 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? to the bound: or, at, etc
39:28 Knowest[03045][8804] thou it , because thou wast then born[03205][8735]? or because the number[04557] of thy days[03117] is great[07227]?
39:29 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],
39:30 Which I have reserved[02820][8804] against the time[06256] of trouble[06862], against the day[03117] of battle[07128] and war[04421]?
40:1 By what[0335] way[01870] is the light[0216] parted[02505][8735], which scattereth[06327][8686] the east wind[06921] upon the earth[0776]?
40:2 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];
40:3 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];
40:4 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]?
40:5 Hath[03426] the rain[04306] a father[01]? or who hath begotten[03205][8689] the drops[096] of dew[02919]?
40:6 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?
40:7 The waters[04325] are hid[02244][8691] as with a stone[068], and the face[06440] of the deep[08415] is frozen[03920][8691]. is...: Heb. is taken
40:8 Canst thou bind[07194][8762] the sweet influences[04575] of Pleiades[03598], or loose[06605][8762] the bands[04189] of Orion[03685]? Pleiades: or, the seven stars: Heb. Cimah Orion: Heb. Cesil?
40:9 Canst thou bring forth[03318][8686] Mazzaroth[04216] in his season[06256]? or canst thou guide[05148][8686] Arcturus[05906] with his sons[01121]? Mazzaroth: or, the twelve signs guide: Heb. guide them
40:10 Knowest[03045][8804] thou the ordinances[02708] of heaven[08064]? canst thou set[07760][8799] the dominion[04896] thereof in the earth[0776]?
40:11 Canst thou lift up[07311][8686] thy voice[06963] to the clouds[05645], that abundance[08229] of waters[04325] may cover[03680][8762] thee?
40:12 Canst thou send[07971][8762] lightnings[01300], that they may go[03212][8799], and say[0559][8799] unto thee, Here we are ? Here...: Heb. Behold us?
40:13 Who hath put[07896][8804] wisdom[02451] in the inward parts[02910]? or who hath given[05414][8804] understanding[0998] to the heart[07907]?
40:14 Who can number[05608][8762] the clouds[07834] in wisdom[02451]? or who can stay[07901][8686] the bottles[05035] of heaven[08064], stay: Heb. cause to lie down
40:15 When the dust[06083] groweth[03332][8800] into hardness[04165], and the clods[07263] cleave fast together[01692][8792]? groweth...: or, is turned into mire: Heb. is poured
40:16 Wilt thou hunt[06679][8799] the prey[02964] for the lion[03833]? or fill[04390][8762] the appetite[02416] of the young lions[03715], the appetite: Heb. the life
40:17 When they couch[07817][8799] in their dens[04585], and abide[03427][8799] in the covert[05521] to[03926] lie in wait[0695]?
40:18 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].
40:19 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]?
40:20 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]?
40:21 They bow[03766][8799] themselves, they bring forth[06398][8762] their young ones[03206], they cast out[07971][8762] their sorrows[02256].
40:22 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.
40:23 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]?
40:24 Whose house[01004] I have made[07760][8804] the wilderness[06160], and the barren[04420] land his dwellings[04908]. barren...: Heb. salt places
41:1 He scorneth[07832][8799] the multitude[01995] of the city[07151], neither regardeth[08085][8799] he the crying[08663] of the driver[05065][8802]. of the driver: Heb. of the exactor
41:2 The range[03491] of the mountains[02022] is his pasture[04829], and he searcheth[01875][8799] after[0310] every green thing[03387].
41:3 Will the unicorn[07214] be willing[014][8799] to serve[05647][8800] thee, or abide[03885][8799] by thy crib[018]?
41:4 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?
41:5 Wilt thou trust[0982][8799] him, because his strength[03581] is great[07227]? or wilt thou leave[05800][8799] thy labour[03018] to him?
41:6 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]?
41:7 Gavest thou the goodly[07443] wings[03671] unto the peacocks[05965][8738]? or wings[084] and feathers[02624] unto the ostrich[05133]? wings and...: or, the feathers of the stork and ostrich
41:8 Which leaveth[05800][8799] her eggs[01000] in the earth[0776], and warmeth[02552][8762] them in dust[06083],
41:9 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.
41:10 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];
41:11 Because God[0433] hath deprived[05382][8689] her of wisdom[02451], neither hath he imparted[02505][8804] to her understanding[0998].
41:12 What time[06256] she lifteth up[04754][8686] herself on high[04791], she scorneth[07832][8799] the horse[05483] and his rider[07392][8802].
41:13 Hast thou given[05414][8799] the horse[05483] strength[01369]? hast thou clothed[03847][8686] his neck[06677] with thunder[07483]?
41:14 Canst thou make him afraid[07493][8686] as a grasshopper[0697]? the glory[01935] of his nostrils[05170] is terrible[0367]. terrible: Heb. terror
41:15 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]. He paweth: or, His feet dig the armed...: Heb. the armour
41:16 He mocketh[07832][8799] at fear[06343], and is not affrighted[02865][8735]; neither turneth he back[07725][8799] from[06440] the sword[02719].
41:17 The quiver[0827] rattleth[07439][8799] against him, the glittering[03851] spear[02595] and the shield[03591].
41:18 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].
41:19 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].
41:20 Doth the hawk[05322] fly[082][8686] by thy wisdom[0998], and stretch[06566][8799] her wings[03671] toward the south[08486]?
41:21 Doth the eagle[05404] mount up[01361][8686] at thy command[06310], and make[07311][00] her nest[07064] on high[07311][8686]? at...: Heb. by thy mouth
41:22 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].
41:23 From thence she seeketh[02658][8804] the prey[0400], and her eyes[05869] behold[05027][8686] afar off[07350].
41:24 Her young ones[0667] also suck up[05966][8762] blood[01818]: and where the slain[02491] are , there is she[01931].
41:25 Moreover the LORD[03068] answered[06030][8799] Job[0347], and said[0559][8799],
41:26 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.
41:27 Then Job[0347] answered[06030][8799] the LORD[03068], and said[0559][8799],
41:28 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].
41:29 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].
41:30 Then answered[06030][8799] the LORD[03068] unto Job[0347] out of the whirlwind[05591], and said[0559][8799],
41:31 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.
41:32 Wilt thou also disannul[06565][8686] my judgment[04941]? wilt thou condemn[07561][8686] me, that thou mayest be righteous[06663][8799]?
41:33 Hast thou an arm[02220] like God[0410]? or canst thou thunder[07481][8686] with a voice[06963] like him?
41:34 Deck[05710][8798] thyself now with majesty[01347] and excellency[01363]; and array[03847][8799] thyself with glory[01935] and beauty[01926].
42:1 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.
42:2 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.
42:3 Hide[02934][8798] them in the dust[06083] together[03162]; and bind[02280][8798] their faces[06440] in secret[02934][8803].
42:4 Then will I also confess[03034][8686] unto thee that thine own right hand[03225] can save[03467][8686] thee.
42:5 Behold now behemoth[0930], which I made[06213][8804] with thee; he eateth[0398][8799] grass[02682] as an ox[01241]. behemoth: probably an extinct animal of some kind
42:6 Lo now, his strength[03581] is in his loins[04975], and his force[0202] is in the navel[08306] of his belly[0990].
42:7 He moveth[02654][8799] his tail[02180] like a cedar[0730]: the sinews[01517] of his stones[06344] are wrapped together[08276][8792]. He...: or, He setteth up
42:8 His bones[06106] are as strong[0650] pieces of brass[05154]; his bones[01634] are like bars[04300] of iron[01270].
42:9 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 .
42:10 Surely the mountains[02022] bring him forth[05375][8799] food[0944], where all the beasts[02416] of the field[07704] play[07832][8762].
42:11 He lieth[07901][8799] under the shady trees[06628], in the covert[05643] of the reed[07070], and fens[01207].
42:12 The shady trees[06628] cover[05526][8799] him with their shadow[06752]; the willows[06155] of the brook[05158] compass him about[05437][8799].
42:13 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]. he drinketh up: Heb. he oppresseth
42:14 He taketh[03947][8799] it with his eyes[05869]: his nose[0639] pierceth through[05344][8799] snares[04170]. He...: or, Will any take him in his sight, or, bore his nose with a gin?
42:15 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]? leviathan: probably an extinct animal of some kind which...: Heb. which thou drownest?
42:16 Canst thou put[07760][8799] an hook[0100] into his nose[0639]? or bore[05344][8799] his jaw[03895] through with a thorn[02336]?
42:17 Will he make many[07235][8686] supplications[08469] unto thee? will he speak[01696][8762] soft[07390] words unto thee?
