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Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
2
Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
3
My words
shall be of
the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
4
The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
5
If thou canst answer me, set
thy words
in order before me, stand up.
6
Behold, I
am
according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
7
Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
8
Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of
thy
words,
saying,
9
I am clean without transgression, I
am
innocent; neither
is there
iniquity in me.
10
Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
11
He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
12
Behold,
in
this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
13
Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
14
For God speaketh once, yea twice,
yet man
perceiveth it not.
15
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
16
Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
17
That he may withdraw man
from his
purpose, and hide pride from man.
18
He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
19
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong
pain:
20
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
21
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones
that
were not seen stick out.
22
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
23
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
24
Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
25
His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth:
26
He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
27
He looketh upon men, and
if any
say, I have sinned, and perverted
that which was
right, and it profited me not;
28
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
29
Lo, all these
things
worketh God oftentimes with man,
30
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
31
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
32
If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
33
If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
34
Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
2
Hear my words, O ye wise
men;
and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
3
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
4
Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what
is
good.
5
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
6
Should I lie against my right? my wound
is
incurable without transgression.
7
What man
is
like Job,
who
drinketh up scorning like water?
8
Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
9
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
10
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God,
that he should do
wickedness; and
from
the Almighty,
that he should commit
iniquity.
11
For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to
his
ways.
12
Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
13
Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
14
If he set his heart upon man,
if
he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
15
All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
16
If now
thou hast
understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
17
Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
18
Is it fit
to say to a king,
Thou art
wicked?
and
to princes,
Ye are
ungodly?
19
How much less to him
that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all
are
the work of his hands.
20
In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
21
For his eyes
are
upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
22
There is
no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23
For he will not lay upon man more
than right;
that he should enter into judgment with God.
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He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
25
Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth
them
in the night, so that they are destroyed.
26
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
27
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
28
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
29
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth
his
face, who then can behold him? whether
it be done
against a nation, or against a man only:
30
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
31
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne
chastisement,
I will not offend
any more:
32
That which
I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
33
Should it be
according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
34
Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
35
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words
were
without wisdom.
36
My desire
is that
Job may be tried unto the end because of
his
answers for wicked men.
37
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth
his hands
among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
35
Elihu spake moreover, and said,
2
Thinkest thou this to be right,
that
thou saidst, My righteousness
is
more than God’s?
3
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee?
and,
What profit shall I have,
if I be cleansed
from my sin?
4
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
5
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds
which
are higher than thou.
6
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or
if
thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
7
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
8
Thy wickedness
may hurt
a man as thou
art;
and thy righteousness
may profit
the son of man.
9
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make
the oppressed
to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10
But none saith, Where
is
God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
11
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
12
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him,
yet
judgment
is
before him; therefore trust thou in him.
15
But now, because
it is
not
so,
he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth
it
not in great extremity:
16
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
36
Elihu also proceeded, and said,
2
Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that
I have
yet to speak on God’s behalf.
3
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4
For truly my words
shall
not
be
false: he that is perfect in knowledge
is
with thee.
5
Behold, God
is
mighty, and despiseth not
any: he is
mighty in strength
and
wisdom.
6
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
7
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings
are they
on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
8
And if
they be
bound in fetters,
and
be holden in cords of affliction;
9
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
10
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
11
If they obey and serve
him,
they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
13
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
14
They die in youth, and their life
is
among the unclean.
15
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
16
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait
into
a broad place, where
there is
no straitness; and that which
should be
set on thy table should be full of fatness.
17
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold
on thee.
18
Because
there is
wrath,
beware
lest he take thee away with
his
stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
19
Will he esteem thy riches?
no,
not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
20
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
21
Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
22
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
23
Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
24
Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
25
Every man may see it; man may behold
it
afar off.
26
Behold, God
is
great, and we know
him
not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
27
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
28
Which the clouds do drop
and
distil upon man abundantly.
29
Also can
any
understand the spreadings of the clouds,
or
the noise of his tabernacle?
30
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
31
For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
32
With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it
not to shine
by
the cloud
that cometh betwixt.
33
The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
37
At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
2
Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound
that
goeth out of his mouth.
3
He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
4
After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
5
God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
6
For he saith to the snow, Be thou
on
the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
7
He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
8
Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
9
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
10
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
11
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
12
And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
13
He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
14
Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
15
Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
16
Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
17
How thy garments
are
warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south
wind?
18
Hast thou with him spread out the sky,
which is
strong,
and
as a molten looking glass?
19
Teach us what we shall say unto him;
for
we cannot order
our speech
by reason of darkness.
20
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
21
And now
men
see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
22
Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
23
Touching
the Almighty, we cannot find him out:
he is
excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
24
Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any
that are
wise of heart.
38
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2
Who
is
this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
3
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
4
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
5
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
7
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8
Or
who
shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth,
as if
it had issued out of the womb?
9
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
10
And brake up for it my decreed
place,
and set bars and doors,
11
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
12
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days;
and
caused the dayspring to know his place;
13
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
14
It is turned as clay
to
the seal; and they stand as a garment.
15
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
16
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
17
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
18
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
19
Where
is
the way
where
light dwelleth? and
as for
darkness, where
is
the place thereof,
20
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths
to
the house thereof?
21
Knowest thou
it,
because thou wast then born? or
because
the number of thy days
is
great?
22
Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
23
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
24
By what way is the light parted,
which
scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
25
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
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To cause it to rain on the earth,
where
no man
is; on
the wilderness, wherein
there is
no man;
27
To satisfy the desolate and waste
ground;
and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
28
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
29
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
30
The waters are hid as
with
a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
31
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
32
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
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Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
34
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
35
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we
are?
36
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
37
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
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When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
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Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
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When they couch in
their
dens,
and
abide in the covert to lie in wait?
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Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
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Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth?
or
canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
2
Canst thou number the months
that
they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
3
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
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Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
5
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
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Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
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He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
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The range of the mountains
is
his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
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Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
10
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
11
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength
is
great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
12
Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather
it into
thy barn?
13
Gavest thou
the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
14
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
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And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
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She is hardened against her young ones, as though
they were
not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
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Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
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What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
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Hath thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
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Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils
is
terrible.
21
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in
his
strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
22
He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
23
The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
24
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that
it is
the sound of the trumpet.
25
He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom,
and
stretch her wings toward the south?
27
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
28
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
29
From thence she seeketh the prey,
and
her eyes behold afar off.
30
Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain
are,
there
is
she.
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