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Job 3:1--37:24

After
<0310>

this opened
<06605> (8804)

Job
<0347>

his mouth
<06310>_,

and cursed
<07043> (8762)

his day
<03117>_.

And Job
<0347>

spake
<06030> (8799)_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

{spake: Heb. answered}

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)_.

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.

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}

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}

Lo, let that night
<03915>

be solitary
<01565>_,

let no joyful voice
<07445>

come
<0935> (8799)

therein.

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}

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}

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>_.

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>_?

Why did the knees
<01290>

prevent
<06923> (8765)

me? or why the breasts
<07699>

that I should suck
<03243> (8799)_?

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)_,

With kings
<04428>

and counsellors
<03289> (8802)

of the earth
<0776>_,

which built
<01129> (8802)

desolate places
<02723>

for themselves;

Or with princes
<08269>

that had gold
<02091>_,

who filled
<04390> (8764)

their houses
<01004>

with silver
<03701>_:

Or as an hidden
<02934> (8803)

untimely birth
<05309>

I had not been; as infants
<05768>

[which] never saw
<07200> (8804)

light
<0216>_.

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}

[There] the prisoners
<0615>

rest
<07599> (8768)

together
<03162>_;

they hear
<08085> (8804)

not the voice
<06963>

of the oppressor
<05065> (8802)_.

The small
<06996>

and great
<01419>

are there; and the servant
<05650>

[is] free
<02670>

from his master
<0113>_.

Wherefore is light
<0216>

given
<05414> (8799)

to him that is in misery
<06001>_,

and life
<02416>

unto the bitter
<04751>

[in] soul
<05315>_;

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}

Which rejoice
<08056>

exceedingly
<01524>_,

[and] are glad
<07797> (8799)_,

when they can find
<04672> (8799)

the grave
<06913>_?

[Why is light given] to a man
<01397>

whose way
<01870>

is hid
<05641> (8738)_,

and whom God
<0433>

hath hedged in
<05526> (8686)_?

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}

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}

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)_.

Then Eliphaz
<0464>

the Temanite
<08489>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

[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?}

Behold, thou hast instructed
<03256> (8765)

many
<07227>_,

and thou hast strengthened
<02388> (8762)

the weak
<07504>

hands
<03027>_.

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>_.

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)_.

[Is] not [this] thy fear
<03374>_,

thy confidence
<03690>_,

thy hope
<08615>_,

and the uprightness
<08537>

of thy ways
<01870>_?

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)_?

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.

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}

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)_.

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)_.

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}

In thoughts
<05587>

from the visions
<02384>

of the night
<03915>_,

when deep sleep
<08639>

falleth
<05307> (8800)

on men
<0582>_,

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}

Then a spirit
<07307>

passed
<02498> (8799)

before my face
<06440>_;

the hair
<08185>

of my flesh
<01320>

stood up
<05568> (8762)_:

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}

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)_?

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}

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>_?

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}

Doth not their excellency
<03499>

[which is] in them go away
<05265> (8738)_?

they die
<04191> (8799)_,

even without wisdom
<02451>_.

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?}

For wrath
<03708>

killeth
<02026> (8799)

the foolish man
<0191>_,

and envy
<07068>

slayeth
<04191> (8686)

the silly one
<06601> (8802)_.

{envy: or, indignation}

I have seen
<07200> (8804)

the foolish
<0191>

taking root
<08327> (8688)_:

but suddenly
<06597>

I cursed
<05344> (8799)

his habitation
<05116>_.

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].

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>_.

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}

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}

I would seek
<0199> <01875> (8799)

unto God
<0410>_,

and unto God
<0430>

would I commit
<07760> (8799)

my cause
<01700>_:

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}

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}

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>_.

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}

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)_.

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}

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>_.

So the poor
<01800>

hath hope
<08615>_,

and iniquity
<05766>

stoppeth
<07092> (8804)

her mouth
<06310>_.

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>_:

For he maketh sore
<03510> (8686)_,

and bindeth up
<02280> (8799)_:

he woundeth
<04272> (8799)_,

and his hands
<03027>

make whole
<07495> (8799)_.

He shall deliver
<05337> (8686)

thee in six
<08337>

troubles
<06869>_:

yea, in seven
<07651>

there shall no evil
<07451>

touch
<05060> (8799)

thee.

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}

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}

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>_.

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.

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}

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}

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}

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}

But Job
<0347>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

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}

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}

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.

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?}

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>_?

The things [that] my soul
<05315>

refused
<03985> (8765)

to touch
<05060> (8800)

[are] as my sorrowful
<01741>

meat
<03899>_.

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}

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)_!

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>_.

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>_?

[Is] my strength
<03581>

the strength
<03581>

of stones
<068>_?

or [is] my flesh
<01320>

of brass
<05153>_?

{of brass: Heb. brasen?}

[Is] not my help
<05833>

in me? and is wisdom
<08454>

driven quite
<05080> (8738)

from me?

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}

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)_;

Which are blackish
<06937> (8802)

by reason of the ice
<07140>_,

[and] wherein the snow
<07950>

is hid
<05956> (8691)_:

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}

The paths
<0734>

of their way
<01870>

are turned aside
<03943> (8735)_;

they go
<05927> (8799)

to nothing
<08414>_,

and perish
<06> (8799)_.

The troops
<0734>

of Tema
<08485>

looked
<05027> (8689)_,

the companies
<01979>

of Sheba
<07614>

waited
<06960> (8765)

for them.

They were confounded
<0954> (8804)

because they had hoped
<0982> (8804)_;

they came
<0935> (8804)

thither, and were ashamed
<02659> (8799)_.

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}

Did I say
<0559> (8804)_,

Bring
<03051> (8798)

unto me? or, Give a reward
<07809> (8798)

for me of your substance
<03581>_?

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>_?

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)_.

How forcible
<04834> (8738)

are right
<03476>

words
<0561>_!

but what doth your arguing
<03198> (8687)

reprove
<03198> (8686)_?

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>_?

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}

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}

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}

Is there
<03426>

iniquity
<05766>

in my tongue
<03956>_?

cannot my taste
<02441>

discern
<0995> (8799)

perverse things
<01942>_?

{my taste: Heb. my palate}

[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}

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}

So am I made to possess
<05157> (8717)

months
<03391>

of vanity
<07723>_,

and wearisome
<05999>

nights
<03915>

are appointed
<04487> (8765)

to me.

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?}

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)_.

My days
<03117>

are swifter
<07043> (8804)

than a weaver's shuttle
<0708>_,

and are spent
<03615> (8799)

without
<0657>

hope
<08615>_.

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}

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}

[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].

He shall return
<07725> (8799)

no more to his house
<01004>_,

neither shall his place
<04725>

know
<05234> (8686)

him any more.

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>_.

[Am] I a sea
<03220>_,

or a whale
<08577>_,

that thou settest
<07760> (8799)

a watch
<04929>

over me?

When I say
<0559> (8804)_,

My bed
<06210>

shall comfort
<05162> (8762)

me, my couch
<04904>

shall ease
<05375> (8799)

my complaint
<07879>_;

Then thou scarest
<02865> (8765)

me with dreams
<02472>_,

and terrifiest
<01204> (8762)

me through visions
<02384>_:

So that my soul
<05315>

chooseth
<0977> (8799)

strangling
<04267>_,

[and] death
<04194>

rather than my life
<06106>_.

{life: Heb. bones}

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>_.

What [is] man
<0582>_,

that thou shouldest magnify
<01431> (8762)

him? and that thou shouldest set
<07896> (8799)

thine heart
<03820>

upon him?

And [that] thou shouldest visit
<06485> (8799)

him every morning
<01242>_,

[and] try
<0974> (8799)

him every moment
<07281>_?

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>_?

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?

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].

Then answered
<06030> (8799)

Bildad
<01085>

the Shuhite
<07747>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

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>_?

Doth God
<0410>

pervert
<05791> (8762)

judgment
<04941>_?

or doth the Almighty
<07706>

pervert
<05791> (8762)

justice
<06664>_?

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}

If thou wouldest seek
<07836> (0)

unto God
<0410>

betimes
<07836> (8762)_,

and make thy supplication
<02603> (8691)

to the Almighty
<07706>_;

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)_.

Though thy beginning
<07225>

was small
<04705>_,

yet thy latter end
<0319>

should greatly
<03966>

increase
<07685> (8799)_.

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>_:

(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}

Shall not they teach
<03384> (8686)

thee, [and] tell
<0559> (8799)

thee, and utter
<03318> (8686)

words
<04405>

out of their heart
<03820>_?

Can the rush
<01573>

grow up
<01342> (8799)

without mire
<01207>_?

can
<07685> (0)

the flag
<0260>

grow
<07685> (8799)

without
<01097>

water
<04325>_?

Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness
<03>_,

[and] not cut down
<06998> (8735)_,

it withereth
<03001> (8799)

before
<06440>

any [other] herb
<02682>_.

So [are] the paths
<0734>

of all that forget
<07911> (8802)

God
<0410>_;

and the hypocrite's
<02611>

hope
<08615>

shall perish
<06> (8799)_:

Whose hope
<03689>

shall be cut off
<06990> (8799)_,

and whose trust
<04009>

[shall be] a spider's
<05908>

web
<01004>_.

{web: Heb. house}

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)_.

He [is] green
<07373>

before
<06440>

the sun
<08121>_,

and his branch
<03127>

shooteth forth
<03318> (8799)

in his garden
<01593>_.

His roots
<08328>

are wrapped about
<05440> (8792)

the heap
<01530>_,

[and] seeth
<02372> (8799)

the place
<01004>

of stones
<068>_.

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.

Behold, this [is] the joy
<04885>

of his way
<01870>_,

and out of the earth
<06083>

shall others
<0312>

grow
<06779> (8799)_.

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}

Till he fill
<04390> (8762)

thy mouth
<06310>

with laughing
<07814>_,

and thy lips
<08193>

with rejoicing
<08643>_.

{rejoicing: Heb. shouting for joy}

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}

Then Job
<0347>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

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?}

If he will
<02654> (8799)

contend
<07378> (8800)

with him, he cannot answer
<06030> (8799)

him one
<0259>

of a thousand
<0505>_.

[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)_?

Which removeth
<06275> (8688)

the mountains
<02022>_,

and they know
<03045> (8804)

not: which overturneth
<02015> (8804)

them in his anger
<0639>_.

Which shaketh
<07264> (8688)

the earth
<0776>

out of her place
<04725>_,

and the pillars
<05982>

thereof tremble
<06426> (8691)_.

Which commandeth
<0559> (8802)

the sun
<02775>_,

and it riseth
<02224> (8799)

not; and sealeth up
<02856> (8799)

the stars
<03556>_.

Which alone spreadeth out
<05186> (8802)

the heavens
<08064>_,

and treadeth
<01869> (8802)

upon the waves
<01116>

of the sea
<03220>_.

{waves: Heb. heights}

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}

Which doeth
<06213> (8802)

great things
<01419>

past
<0369>

finding out
<02714>_;

yea, and wonders
<06381> (8737)

without number
<04557>_.

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.

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?}

[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}

How much less shall I answer
<06030> (8799)

him, [and] choose out
<0977> (8799)

my words
<01697>

[to reason] with him?

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)_.

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>_.

For he breaketh
<07779> (8799)

me with a tempest
<08183>_,

and multiplieth
<07235> (8689)

my wounds
<06482>

without cause
<02600>_.

He will not suffer
<05414> (8799)

me to take
<07725> (8687)

my breath
<07307>_,

but filleth
<07646> (8686)

me with bitterness
<04472>_.

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]?

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)_.

[Though] I [were] perfect
<08535>_,

[yet] would I not know
<03045> (8799)

my soul
<05315>_:

I would despise
<03988> (8799)

my life
<02416>_.

This [is] one
<0259>

[thing], therefore I said
<0559> (8804)

[it], He destroyeth
<03615> (8764)

the perfect
<08535>

and the wicked
<07563>_.

If the scourge
<07752>

slay
<04191> (8686)

suddenly
<06597>_,

he will laugh
<03932> (8799)

at the trial
<04531>

of the innocent
<05355>_.

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?

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>_.

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}

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]:

I am afraid
<03025> (8804)

of all my sorrows
<06094>_,

I know
<03045> (8804)

that thou wilt not hold me innocent
<05352> (8762)_.

[If] I be wicked
<07561> (8799)_,

why then labour
<03021> (8799)

I in vain
<01892>_?

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)_;

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}

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>_.

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}

Let him take
<05493> (0)

his rod
<07626>

away
<05493> (8686)

from me, and let not his fear
<0367>

terrify
<01204> (8762)

me:

[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}

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}

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.

[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}

Hast thou eyes
<05869>

of flesh
<01320>_?

or seest
<07200> (8799)

thou as man
<0582>

seeth
<07200> (8800)_?

[Are] thy days
<03117>

as the days
<03117>

of man
<0582>_?

[are] thy years
<08141>

as man's
<01397>

days
<03117>_,

That thou enquirest
<01245> (8762)

after mine iniquity
<05771>_,

and searchest
<01875> (8799)

after my sin
<02403>_?

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}

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}

Remember
<02142> (8798)_,

I beseech thee, that thou hast made
<06213> (8804)

me as the clay
<02563>_;

and wilt thou bring
<07725> (0)

me into dust
<06083>

again
<07725> (8686)_?

Hast thou not poured me out
<05413> (8686)

as milk
<02461>_,

and curdled
<07087> (8686)

me like cheese
<01385>_?

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}

Thou hast granted
<06213> (8804)

me life
<02416>

and favour
<02617>_,

and thy visitation
<06486>

hath preserved
<08104> (8804)

my spirit
<07307>_.

And these [things] hast thou hid
<06845> (8804)

in thine heart
<03824>_:

I know
<03045> (8804)

that this [is] with thee.

If I sin
<02398> (8804)_,

then thou markest
<08104> (8804)

me, and thou wilt not acquit
<05352> (8762)

me from mine iniquity
<05771>_.

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>_;

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.

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}

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!

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>_.

[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>_,

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>_;

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>_.

Then answered
<06030> (8799)

Zophar
<06691>

the Naamathite
<05284>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

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}

Should thy lies
<0907>

make
<02790> (0)

men
<04962>

hold their peace
<02790> (8686)_?

and when thou mockest
<03932> (8799)_,

shall no man make thee ashamed
<03637> (8688)_?

{lies: or, devices}

For thou hast said
<0559> (8799)_,

My doctrine
<03948>

[is] pure
<02134>_,

and I am clean
<01249>

in thine eyes
<05869>_.

But
<0199>

oh that
<05414> (8799)

God
<0433>

would speak
<01696> (8763)_,

and open
<06605> (8799)

his lips
<08193>

against thee;

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].

Canst thou by searching
<02714>

find out
<04672> (8799)

God
<0433>_?

canst thou find
<04672> (8799)

out the Almighty
<07706>

unto perfection
<08503>_?

[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}

The measure
<04055>

thereof [is] longer
<0752>

than the earth
<0776>_,

and broader
<07342>

than the sea
<03220>_.

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?}

For he knoweth
<03045> (8804)

vain
<07723>

men
<04962>_:

he seeth
<07200> (8799)

wickedness
<0205>

also; will he not then consider
<0995> (8709)

[it]?

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}

If thou prepare
<03559> (8689)

thine heart
<03820>_,

and stretch
<06566> (8804)

out thine hands
<03709>

toward him;

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>_.

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)_:

Because thou shalt forget
<07911> (8799)

[thy] misery
<05999>_,

[and] remember
<02142> (8799)

[it] as waters
<04325>

[that] pass away
<05674> (8804)_:

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 cleared...: Heb. arise above}

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>_.

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}

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}

And Job
<0347>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

No doubt
<0551>

but ye [are] the people
<05971>_,

and wisdom
<02451>

shall die
<04191> (8799)

with you.

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?}

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>_.

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>_.

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].

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:

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.

Who knoweth
<03045> (8804)

not in all these that the hand
<03027>

of the LORD
<03068>

hath wrought
<06213> (8804)

this?

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}

Doth not the ear
<0241>

try
<0974> (8799)

words
<04405>_?

and the mouth
<02441>

taste
<02938> (8799)

his meat
<0400>_?

{mouth: Heb. palate}

With the ancient
<03453>

[is] wisdom
<02451>_;

and in length
<0753>

of days
<03117>

understanding
<08394>_.

With him [is] wisdom
<02451>

and strength
<01369>_,

he hath counsel
<06098>

and understanding
<08394>_.

{With...: that is, With God}

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}

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>_.

With him [is] strength
<05797>

and wisdom
<08454>_:

the deceived
<07683> (8802)

and the deceiver
<07686> (8688)

[are] his.

He leadeth
<03212> (8688)

counsellors
<03289> (8802)

away spoiled
<07758>_,

and maketh the judges
<08199> (8802)

fools
<01984> (8779)_.

He looseth
<06605> (8765)

the bond
<04148>

of kings
<04428>_,

and girdeth
<0631> (8799)

their loins
<04975>

with a girdle
<0232>_.

He leadeth
<03212> (8688)

princes
<03548>

away spoiled
<07758>_,

and overthroweth
<05557> (8762)

the mighty
<0386>_.

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}

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}

He discovereth
<01540> (8764)

deep things
<06013>

out of darkness
<02822>_,

and bringeth out
<03318> (8686)

to light
<0216>

the shadow of death
<06757>_.

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}

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>_.

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}

Lo, mine eye
<05869>

hath seen
<07200> (8804)

all [this], mine ear
<0241>

hath heard
<08085> (8804)

and understood
<0995> (8799)

it.

What ye know
<01847>_,

[the same] do I know
<03045> (8804)

also: I [am] not inferior
<05307> (8802)

unto you.

Surely
<0199>

I would speak
<01696> (8762)

to the Almighty
<07706>_,

and I desire
<02654> (8799)

to reason
<03198> (8687)

with God
<0410>_.

But
<0199>

ye [are] forgers
<02950> (8802)

of lies
<08267>_,

ye [are] all physicians
<07495> (8802)

of no value
<0457>_.

O that
<05414> (8799)

ye would altogether
<02790> (8687)

hold your peace
<02790> (8686)_!

and it should be your wisdom
<02451>_.

Hear
<08085> (8798)

now my reasoning
<08433>_,

and hearken
<07181> (8685)

to the pleadings
<07379>

of my lips
<08193>_.

Will ye speak
<01696> (8762)

wickedly
<05766>

for God
<0410>_?

and talk
<01696> (8762)

deceitfully
<07423>

for him?

Will ye accept
<05375> (8799)

his person
<06440>_?

will ye contend
<07378> (8799)

for God
<0410>_?

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?

He will surely
<03198> (8687)

reprove
<03198> (8686)

you, if ye do secretly
<05643>

accept
<05375> (8799)

persons
<06440>_.

Shall not his excellency
<07613>

make you afraid
<01204> (8762)_?

and his dread
<06343>

fall
<05307> (8799)

upon you?

Your remembrances
<02146>

[are] like
<04912>

unto ashes
<0665>_,

your bodies
<01354>

to bodies
<01354>

of clay
<02563>_.

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}

Wherefore do I take
<05375> (8799)

my flesh
<01320>

in my teeth
<08127>_,

and put
<07760> (8799)

my life
<05315>

in mine hand
<03709>_?

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}

He also [shall be] my salvation
<03444>_:

for an hypocrite
<02611>

shall not come
<0935> (8799)

before
<06440>

him.

Hear
<08085> (8798)

diligently
<08085> (8800)

my speech
<04405>_,

and my declaration
<0262>

with your ears
<0241>_.

Behold now, I have ordered
<06186> (8804)

[my] cause
<04941>_;

I know
<03045> (8804)

that I shall be justified
<06663> (8799)_.

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)_.

Only do
<06213> (8799)

not two
<08147>

[things] unto me: then will I not hide
<05641> (8735)

myself from thee
<06440>_.

Withdraw
<07368> (0)

thine hand
<03709>

far
<07368> (8685)

from me: and let not thy dread
<0367>

make me afraid
<01204> (8762)_.

Then call
<07121> (8798)

thou, and I will answer
<06030> (8799)_:

or let me speak
<01696> (8762)_,

and answer
<07725> (8685)

thou me.

How many [are] mine iniquities
<05771>

and sins
<02403>_?

make me to know
<03045> (8685)

my transgression
<06588>

and my sin
<02403>_.

Wherefore hidest
<05641> (8686)

thou thy face
<06440>_,

and holdest
<02803> (8799)

me for thine enemy
<0341> (8802)_?

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>_?

For thou writest
<03789> (8799)

bitter things
<04846>

against me, and makest me to possess
<03423> (8686)

the iniquities
<05771>

of my youth
<05271>_.

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}

And he, as a rotten thing
<07538>_,

consumeth
<01086> (8799)_,

as a garment
<0899>

that is moth
<06211>

eaten
<0398> (8804)_.

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}

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.

And dost thou open
<06491> (8804)

thine eyes
<05869>

upon such an one
<02088>_,

and bringest
<0935> (8686)

me into judgment
<04941>

with thee?

Who can bring
<05414> (8799)

a clean
<02889>

[thing] out of an unclean
<02931>_?

not one
<0259>_.

{can...: Heb. will give}

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)_;

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}

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)_.

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>_;

[Yet] through the scent
<07381>

of water
<04325>

it will bud
<06524> (8686)_,

and bring forth
<06213> (8804)

boughs
<07105>

like a plant
<05194>_.

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}

[As] the waters
<04325>

fail
<0235> (8804)

from the sea
<03220>_,

and the flood
<05104>

decayeth
<02717> (8799)

and drieth up
<03001> (8804)_:

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>_.

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!

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)_.

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>_.

For now thou numberest
<05608> (8799)

my steps
<06806>_:

dost thou not watch
<08104> (8799)

over my sin
<02403>_?

My transgression
<06588>

[is] sealed up
<02856> (8803)

in a bag
<06872>_,

and thou sewest up
<02950> (8799)

mine iniquity
<05771>_.

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}

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}

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)_.

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.

But his flesh
<01320>

upon him shall have pain
<03510> (8799)_,

and his soul
<05315>

within him shall mourn
<056> (8799)_.

Then answered
<06030> (8799)

Eliphaz
<0464>

the Temanite
<08489>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

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}

Should he reason
<03198> (8687)

with unprofitable
<05532> (8799)

talk
<01697>_?

or with speeches
<04405>

wherewith he can do no good
<03276> (8686)_?

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}

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}

Thine own mouth
<06310>

condemneth
<07561> (8686)

thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips
<08193>

testify
<06030> (8799)

against thee.

[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>_?

Hast thou heard
<08085> (8799)

the secret
<05475>

of God
<0433>_?

and dost thou restrain
<01639> (8799)

wisdom
<02451>

to thyself?

What knowest
<03045> (8804)

thou, that we know
<03045> (8799)

not? [what] understandest
<0995> (8799)

thou, which [is] not in us?

With us [are] both the grayheaded
<07867> (8802)

and very aged
<03453>

men, much
<03524>

elder
<03117>

than thy father
<01>_.

[Are] the consolations
<08575>

of God
<0410>

small
<04592>

with thee? is there any secret
<0328>

thing
<01697>

with thee?

Why doth thine heart
<03820>

carry thee away
<03947> (8799)_?

and what do thy eyes
<05869>

wink at
<07335> (8799)_,

That thou turnest
<07725> (8686)

thy spirit
<07307>

against God
<0410>_,

and lettest [such] words
<04405>

go out
<03318> (8689)

of thy mouth
<06310>_?

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)_?

Behold, he putteth no trust
<0539> (8686)

in his saints
<06918>_;

yea, the heavens
<08064>

are not clean
<02141> (8804)

in his sight
<05869>_.

How much more abominable
<08581> (8737)

and filthy
<0444> (8737)

[is] man
<0376>_,

which drinketh
<08354> (8802)

iniquity
<05766> (8675) <05766>

like water
<04325>_?

I will shew
<02331> (8762)

thee, hear
<08085> (8798)

me; and that [which] I have seen
<02372> (8804)

I will declare
<05608> (8762)_;

Which wise
<02450>

men have told
<05046> (8686)

from their fathers
<01>_,

and have not hid
<03582> (8765)

[it]:

Unto whom alone the earth
<0776>

was given
<05414> (8738)_,

and no stranger
<02114> (8801)

passed
<05674> (8804)

among
<08432>

them.

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>_.

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}

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>_.

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>_.

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>_.

For he stretcheth out
<05186> (8804)

his hand
<03027>

against God
<0410>_,

and strengtheneth
<01396> (8691)

himself against the Almighty
<07706>_.

He runneth
<07323> (8799)

upon him, [even] on [his] neck
<06677>_,

upon the thick
<05672>

bosses
<01354>

of his bucklers
<04043>_:

Because he covereth
<03680> (8765)

his face
<06440>

with his fatness
<02459>_,

and maketh
<06213> (8799)

collops of fat
<06371>

on [his] flanks
<03689>_.

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>_.

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>_.

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)_.

Let not him that is deceived
<08582> (8738)

trust
<0539> (8686)

in vanity
<07723>_:

for vanity
<07723>

shall be his recompence
<08545>_.

It shall be accomplished
<04390> (8735)

before
<03808>

his time
<03117>_,

and his branch
<03712>

shall not be green
<07488>_.

{accomplished: or, cut off}

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>_.

For the congregation
<05712>

of hypocrites
<02611>

[shall be] desolate
<01565>_,

and fire
<0784>

shall consume
<0398> (8804)

the tabernacles
<0168>

of bribery
<07810>_.

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}

Then Job
<0347>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

I have heard
<08085> (8804)

many such things
<07227>_:

miserable
<05999>

comforters
<05162> (8764)

[are] ye all. {miserable: or, troublesome}

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}

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.

[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].

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?}

But now he hath made me weary
<03811> (8689)_:

thou hast made desolate
<08074> (8689)

all my company
<05712>_.

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>_.

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.

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.

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}

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>_.

His archers
<07228>

compass me round about
<05437> (8799)_,

he cleaveth
<06398> (0)

my reins
<03629>

asunder
<06398> (8762)_,

and doth not spare
<02550> (8799)_;

he poureth out
<08210> (8799)

my gall
<04845>

upon the ground
<0776>_.

He breaketh
<06555> (8799)

me with breach
<06556>

upon
<06440>

breach
<06556>_,

he runneth
<07323> (8799)

upon me like a giant
<01368>_.

I have sewed
<08609> (8804)

sackcloth
<08242>

upon my skin
<01539>_,

and defiled
<05953> (8782)

my horn
<07161>

in the dust
<06083>_.

My face
<06440>

is foul
<02560> (8777)

with weeping
<01065>_,

and on my eyelids
<06079>

[is] the shadow of death
<06757>_;

Not for [any] injustice
<02555>

in mine hands
<03709>_:

also my prayer
<08605>

[is] pure
<02134>_.

O earth
<0776>_,

cover
<03680> (8762)

not thou my blood
<01818>_,

and let my cry
<02201>

have no place
<04725>_.

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

[Are there] not mockers
<02049>

with me? and doth not mine eye
<05869>

continue
<03885> (8799)

in their provocation
<04784> (8687)_?

{continue: Heb. lodge}

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?

For thou hast hid
<06845> (8804)

their heart
<03820>

from understanding
<07922>_:

therefore shalt thou not exalt
<07311> (8787)

[them].

He that speaketh
<05046> (8686)

flattery
<02506>

to [his] friends
<07453>_,

even the eyes
<05869>

of his children
<01121>

shall fail
<03615> (8799)_.

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}

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}

Upright
<03477>

[men] shall be astonied
<08074> (8799)

at this, and the innocent
<05355>

shall stir up
<05782> (8709)

himself against the hypocrite
<02611>_.

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}

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.

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}

They change
<07760> (8799)

the night
<03915>

into day
<03117>_:

the light
<0216>

[is] short
<07138>

because
<06440>

of darkness
<02822>_.

{short: Heb. near}

If I wait
<06960> (8762)_,

the grave
<07585>

[is] mine house
<01004>_:

I have made
<07502> (8765)

my bed
<03326>

in the darkness
<02822>_.

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}

And where [is] now
<0645>

my hope
<08615>_?

as for my hope
<08615>_,

who shall see
<07789> (8799)

it?

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>_.

Then answered
<06030> (8799)

Bildad
<01085>

the Shuhite
<07747>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

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)_.

Wherefore are we counted
<02803> (8738)

as beasts
<0929>_,

[and] reputed vile
<02933> (8738)

in your sight
<05869>_?

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}

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)_.

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}

The steps
<06806>

of his strength
<0202>

shall be straitened
<03334> (8799)_,

and his own counsel
<06098>

shall cast him down
<07993> (8686)_.

For he is cast
<07971> (8795)

into a net
<07568>

by his own feet
<07272>_,

and he walketh
<01980> (8691)

upon a snare
<07639>_.

The gin
<06341>

shall take
<0270> (8799)

[him] by the heel
<06119>_,

[and] the robber
<06782>

shall prevail
<02388> (8686)

against him.

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}

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}

His strength
<0202>

shall be hungerbitten
<07457>_,

and destruction
<0343>

[shall be] ready
<03559> (8737)

at his side
<06763>_.

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}

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>_.

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>_.

His roots
<08328>

shall be dried up
<03001> (8799)

beneath, and above
<04605>

shall his branch
<07105>

be cut off
<05243> (8799)_.

His remembrance
<02143>

shall perish
<06> (8804)

from the earth
<0776>_,

and he shall have no name
<08034>

in the street
<06440> <02351>_.

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}

He shall neither have son
<05209>

nor nephew
<05220>

among his people
<05971>_,

nor any remaining
<08300>

in his dwellings
<04033>_.

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}

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>_.

Then Job
<0347>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

How long will ye vex
<03013> (8686)

my soul
<05315>_,

and break
<01792> (8762)

me in pieces with words
<04405>_?

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}

And be it indeed
<0551>

[that] I have erred
<07686> (8804)_,

mine error
<04879>

remaineth
<03885> (8799)

with myself.

If indeed
<0551>

ye will magnify
<01431> (8686)

[yourselves] against me, and plead
<03198> (8686)

against me my reproach
<02781>_:

Know
<03045> (8798)

now
<0645>

that God
<0433>

hath overthrown
<05791> (8765)

me, and hath compassed
<05362> (8689)

me with his net
<04686>_.

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}

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>_.

He hath stripped
<06584> (8689)

me of my glory
<03519>_,

and taken
<05493> (8686)

the crown
<05850>

[from] my head
<07218>_.

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>_.

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>_.

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>_.

He hath put
<07368> (0)

my brethren
<0251>

far
<07368> (8689)

from me, and mine acquaintance
<03045> (8802)

are verily estranged
<02114> (8804)

from me.

My kinsfolk
<07138>

have failed
<02308> (8804)_,

and my familiar friends
<03045> (8794)

have forgotten
<07911> (8804)

me.

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>_.

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>_.

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}

Yea, young children
<05759>

despised
<03988> (8804)

me; I arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and they spake
<01696> (8762)

against me. {young...: or, the wicked}

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}

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}

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.

Why do ye persecute
<07291> (8799)

me as God
<0410>_,

and are not satisfied
<07646> (8799)

with my flesh
<01320>_?

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}

That they were graven
<02672> (8735)

with an iron
<01270>

pen
<05842>

and lead
<05777>

in the rock
<06697>

for ever
<05703>_!

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>_:

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}

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}

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?}

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>_.

Then answered
<06030> (8799)

Zophar
<06691>

the Naamathite
<05284>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

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}

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)_.

Knowest
<03045> (8804)

thou [not] this of old
<05703>_,

since man
<0120>

was placed
<07760> (8800)

upon earth
<0776>_,

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}

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}

[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?

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>_.

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.

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}

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>_.

Though wickedness
<07451>

be sweet
<04985> (8686)

in his mouth
<06310>_,

[though] he hide
<03582> (8686)

it under his tongue
<03956>_;

[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}

[Yet] his meat
<03899>

in his bowels
<04578>

is turned
<02015> (8738)_,

[it is] the gall
<04846>

of asps
<06620>

within
<07130>

him.

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>_.

He shall suck
<03243> (8799)

the poison
<07219>

of asps
<06620>_:

the viper's
<0660>

tongue
<03956>

shall slay
<02026> (8799)

him.

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

[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>_.

He shall flee
<01272> (8799)

from the iron
<01270>

weapon
<05402>_,

[and] the bow
<07198>

of steel
<05154>

shall strike him through
<02498> (8799)_.

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.

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>_.

The heaven
<08064>

shall reveal
<01540> (8762)

his iniquity
<05771>_;

and the earth
<0776>

shall rise up
<06965> (8693)

against him.

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>_.

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}

But Job
<0347>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Hear
<08085> (8798)

diligently
<08085> (8800)

my speech
<04405>_,

and let this be your consolations
<08575>_.

Suffer
<05375> (8798)

me that I may speak
<01696> (8762)_;

and after
<0310>

that I have spoken
<01696> (8763)_,

mock on
<03932> (8686)_.

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?}

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}

Even when I remember
<02142> (8804)

I am afraid
<0926> (8738)_,

and trembling
<06427>

taketh hold on
<0270> (8804)

my flesh
<01320>_.

Wherefore do the wicked
<07563>

live
<02421> (8799)_,

become old
<06275> (8804)_,

yea, are mighty
<01396> (8804)

in power
<02428>_?

Their seed
<02233>

is established
<03559> (8737)

in their sight
<06440>

with them, and their offspring
<06631>

before their eyes
<05869>_.

Their houses
<01004>

[are] safe
<07965>

from fear
<06343>_,

neither [is] the rod
<07626>

of God
<0433>

upon them. {safe...: Heb. peace from}

Their bull
<07794>

gendereth
<05674> (8765)_,

and faileth
<01602> (8686)

not; their cow
<06510>

calveth
<06403> (8762)_,

and casteth not her calf
<07921> (8762)_.

They send forth
<07971> (8762)

their little ones
<05759>

like a flock
<06629>_,

and their children
<03206>

dance
<07540> (8762)_.

They take
<05375> (8799)

the timbrel
<08596>

and harp
<03658>_,

and rejoice
<08055> (8799)

at the sound
<06963>

of the organ
<05748>_.

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}

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>_.

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?

Lo, their good
<02898>

[is] not in their hand
<03027>_:

the counsel
<06098>

of the wicked
<07563>

is far
<07368> (8804)

from me.

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}

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}

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}

His eyes
<05869>

shall see
<07200> (8799)

his destruction
<03589>_,

and he shall drink
<08354> (8799)

of the wrath
<02534>

of the Almighty
<07706>_.

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)_?

Shall [any] teach
<03925> (8762)

God
<0410>

knowledge
<01847>_?

seeing he judgeth
<08199> (8799)

those that are high
<07311> (8802)_.

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}

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}

And another dieth
<04191> (8799)

in the bitterness
<04751>

of his soul
<05315>_,

and never eateth
<0398> (8804)

with pleasure
<02896>_.

They shall lie down
<07901> (8799)

alike
<03162>

in the dust
<06083>_,

and the worms
<07415>

shall cover
<03680> (8762)

them.

Behold, I know
<03045> (8804)

your thoughts
<04284>_,

and the devices
<04209>

[which] ye wrongfully imagine
<02554> (8799)

against me.

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}

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>_,

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}

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)_?

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}

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.

How then comfort
<05162> (8762)

ye me in vain
<01892>_,

seeing in your answers
<08666>

there remaineth
<07604> (8738)

falsehood
<04604>_?

{falsehood: Heb. transgression?}

Then Eliphaz
<0464>

the Temanite
<08489>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

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?}

[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)_?

Will he reprove
<03198> (8686)

thee for fear
<03374>

of thee? will he enter
<0935> (8799)

with thee into judgment
<04941>_?

[Is] not thy wickedness
<07451>

great
<07227>_?

and thine iniquities
<05771>

infinite
<07093>_?

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}

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>_.

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}

Thou hast sent
<07971> (8765)

widows
<0490>

away empty
<07387>_,

and the arms
<02220>

of the fatherless
<03490>

have been broken
<01792> (8792)_.

Therefore snares
<06341>

[are] round about
<05439>

thee, and sudden
<06597>

fear
<06343>

troubleth
<0926> (8762)

thee;

Or darkness
<02822>_,

[that] thou canst not see
<07200> (8799)_;

and abundance
<08229>

of waters
<04325>

cover
<03680> (8762)

thee.

[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}

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}

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>_.

Hast thou marked
<08104> (8799)

the old
<05769>

way
<0734>

which wicked
<0205>

men
<04962>

have trodden
<01869> (8804)_?

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}

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}

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.

The righteous
<06662>

see
<07200> (8799)

[it], and are glad
<08055> (8799)_:

and the innocent
<05355>

laugh them to scorn
<03932> (8799)_.

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}

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}

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>_.

If thou return
<07725> (8799)

to the Almighty
<07706>_,

thou shalt be built up
<01129> (8735)_,

thou shalt put away
<07368> (0)

iniquity
<05766>

far
<07368> (8686)

from thy tabernacles
<0168>_.

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}

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}

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>_.

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>_.

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>_.

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}

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}

Then Job
<0347>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Even to day
<03117>

[is] my complaint
<07879>

bitter
<04805>_:

my stroke
<03027>

is heavier
<03513> (8804)

than my groaning
<0585>_.

{stroke: Heb. hand}

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>_!

I would order
<06186> (8799)

[my] cause
<04941>

before
<06440>

him, and fill
<04390> (8762)

my mouth
<06310>

with arguments
<08433>_.

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.

Will he plead
<07378> (8799)

against
<05978>

me with [his] great
<07230>

power
<03581>_?

No; but he would put
<07760> (8799)

[strength] in me.

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)_.

Behold, I go
<01980> (8799)

forward
<06924>_,

but he [is] not [there]; and backward
<0268>_,

but I cannot perceive
<0995> (8799)

him:

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]:

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}

My foot
<07272>

hath held
<0270> (8804)

his steps
<0838>_,

his way
<01870>

have I kept
<08104> (8804)_,

and not declined
<05186> (8686)_.

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}

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)_.

For he performeth
<07999> (8686)

[the thing that is] appointed
<02706>

for me: and many
<07227>

such
<02007>

[things are] with him.

Therefore am I troubled
<0926> (8735)

at his presence
<06440>_:

when I consider
<0995> (8709)_,

I am afraid
<06342> (8799)

of him.

For God
<0410>

maketh my heart
<03820>

soft
<07401> (8689)_,

and the Almighty
<07706>

troubleth
<0926> (8689)

me:

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>_.

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>_?

[Some] remove
<05381> (8686)

the landmarks
<01367>_;

they violently take away
<01497> (8804)

flocks
<05739>_,

and feed
<07462> (8799)

[thereof]. {feed...: or, feed them}

They drive away
<05090> (8799)

the ass
<02543>

of the fatherless
<03490>_,

they take
<02254> (0)

the widow's
<0490>

ox
<07794>

for a pledge
<02254> (8799)_.

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>_.

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>_.

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}

They cause the naked
<06174>

to lodge
<03885> (8686)

without clothing
<03830>_,

that [they have] no covering
<03682>

in the cold
<07135>_.

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>_.

They pluck
<01497> (8799)

the fatherless
<03490>

from the breast
<07699>_,

and take a pledge
<02254> (8799)

of the poor
<06041>_.

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>_;

[Which] make oil
<06671> (8686)

within
<0996>

their walls
<07791>_,

[and] tread
<01869> (8804)

[their] winepresses
<03342>_,

and suffer thirst
<06770> (8799)_.

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].

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.

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>_.

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}

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>_.

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>_.

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>_.

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}

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>_.

He evil entreateth
<07462> (8802)

the barren
<06135>

[that] beareth
<03205> (8799)

not: and doeth not good
<03190> (8686)

to the widow
<0490>_.

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}

[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>_.

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}

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>_?

Then answered
<06030> (8799)

Bildad
<01085>

the Shuhite
<07747>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Dominion
<04910> (8687)

and fear
<06343>

[are] with him, he maketh
<06213> (8802)

peace
<07965>

in his high places
<04791>_.

Is there
<03426>

any number
<04557>

of his armies
<01416>_?

and upon whom doth not his light
<0216>

arise
<06965> (8799)_?

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>_?

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>_.

How much less man
<0582>_,

[that is] a worm
<07415>_?

and the son
<01121>

of man
<0120>_,

[which is] a worm
<08438>_?

But Job
<0347>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

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>_?

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>_?

To whom hast thou uttered
<05046> (8689)

words
<04405>_?

and whose spirit
<05397>

came
<03318> (8804)

from thee?

Dead
<07496>

[things] are formed
<02342> (8787)

from under the waters
<04325>_,

and the inhabitants
<07931> (8802)

thereof. {and the...: or, with the inhabitants}

Hell
<07585>

[is] naked
<06174>

before him, and destruction
<011>

hath no covering
<03682>_.

He stretcheth out
<05186> (8802)

the north
<06828>

over the empty place
<08414>_,

[and] hangeth
<08518> (8802)

the earth
<0776>

upon nothing
<01099>_.

He bindeth up
<06887> (8802)

the waters
<04325>

in his thick clouds
<05645>_;

and the cloud
<06051>

is not rent
<01234> (8738)

under them.

He holdeth back
<0270> (8764)

the face
<06440>

of his throne
<03678>_,

[and] spreadeth
<06576> (8768)

his cloud
<06051>

upon it.

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}

The pillars
<05982>

of heaven
<08064>

tremble
<07322> (8787)

and are astonished
<08539> (8799)

at his reproof
<01606>_.

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}

By his spirit
<07307>

he hath garnished
<08235> (8765)

the heavens
<08064>_;

his hand
<03027>

hath formed
<02342> (8790)

the crooked
<01281>

serpent
<05175>_.

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)_?

Moreover Job
<0347>

continued
<03254> (8686) <05375> (8800)

his parable
<04912>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

{continued: Heb. added to take up}

[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}

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}

My lips
<08193>

shall not speak
<01696> (8762)

wickedness
<05766>_,

nor my tongue
<03956>

utter
<01897> (8799)

deceit
<07423>_.

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.

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}

Let mine enemy
<0341> (8802)

be as the wicked
<07563>_,

and he that riseth up
<06965> (8693)

against me as the unrighteous
<05767>_.

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>_?

Will God
<0410>

hear
<08085> (8799)

his cry
<06818>

when trouble
<06869>

cometh
<0935> (8799)

upon him?

Will he delight
<06026> (8691)

himself in the Almighty
<07706>_?

will he always
<06256>

call
<07121> (8799)

upon God
<0433>_?

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}

Behold, all ye yourselves have seen
<02372> (8804)

[it]; why then are ye thus altogether
<01892>

vain
<01891> (8799)_?

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>_.

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>_.

Those that remain
<08300>

of him shall be buried
<06912> (8735)

in death
<04194>_:

and his widows
<0490>

shall not weep
<01058> (8799)_.

Though he heap up
<06651> (8799)

silver
<03701>

as the dust
<06083>_,

and prepare
<03559> (8686)

raiment
<04403>

as the clay
<02563>_;

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>_.

He buildeth
<01129> (8804)

his house
<01004>

as a moth
<06211>_,

and as a booth
<05521>

[that] the keeper
<05341> (8802)

maketh
<06213> (8804)_.

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.

Terrors
<01091>

take hold
<05381> (8686)

on him as waters
<04325>_,

a tempest
<05492>

stealeth him away
<01589> (8804)

in the night
<03915>_.

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>_.

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}

[Men] shall clap
<05606> (8799)

their hands
<03709>

at him, and shall hiss
<08319> (8799)

him out of his place
<04725>_.

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}

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}

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>_.

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>_.

[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>_.

The stones
<068>

of it [are] the place
<04725>

of sapphires
<05601>_:

and it hath dust
<06083>

of gold
<02091>_.

{dust...: or, gold ore}

[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)_:

The lion's
<07830>

whelps
<01121>

have not trodden
<01869> (8689)

it, nor the fierce lion
<07826>

passed
<05710> (8804)

by it.

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}

He cutteth out
<01234> (8765)

rivers
<02975>

among the rocks
<06697>_;

and his eye
<05869>

seeth
<07200> (8804)

every precious thing
<03366>_.

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}

But where
<0370>

shall wisdom
<02451>

be found
<04672> (8735)_?

and where [is] the place
<04725>

of understanding
<0998>_?

Man
<0582>

knoweth
<03045> (8804)

not the price
<06187>

thereof; neither is it found
<04672> (8735)

in the land
<0776>

of the living
<02416>_.

The depth
<08415>

saith
<0559> (8804)_,

It [is] not in me: and the sea
<03220>

saith
<0559> (8804)_,

[It is] not with me.

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}

It cannot be valued
<05541> (8792)

with the gold
<03800>

of Ophir
<0211>_,

with the precious
<03368>

onyx
<07718>_,

or the sapphire
<05601>_.

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}

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}

The topaz
<06357>

of Ethiopia
<03568>

shall not equal
<06186> (8799)

it, neither shall it be valued
<05541> (8792)

with pure
<02889>

gold
<03800>_.

Whence
<0370>

then cometh
<0935> (8799)

wisdom
<02451>_?

and where [is] the place
<04725>

of understanding
<0998>_?

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}

Destruction
<011>

and death
<04194>

say
<0559> (8804)_,

We have heard
<08085> (8804)

the fame
<08088>

thereof with our ears
<0241>_.

God
<0430>

understandeth
<0995> (8689)

the way
<01870>

thereof, and he knoweth
<03045> (8804)

the place
<04725>

thereof.

For he looketh
<05027> (8686)

to the ends
<07098>

of the earth
<0776>_,

[and] seeth
<07200> (8799)

under the whole heaven
<08064>_;

To make
<06213> (8800)

the weight
<04948>

for the winds
<07307>_;

and he weigheth
<08505> (8765)

the waters
<04325>

by measure
<04060>_.

When he made
<06213> (8800)

a decree
<02706>

for the rain
<04306>_,

and a way
<01870>

for the lightning
<02385>

of the thunder
<06963>_:

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}

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>_.

Moreover Job
<0347>

continued
<03254> (8686) <05375> (8800)

his parable
<04912>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

{continued: Heb. added to take up}

Oh that
<05414> (8799)

I were as [in] months
<03391>

past
<06924>_,

as [in] the days
<03117>

[when] God
<0433>

preserved
<08104> (8799)

me;

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}

As I was in the days
<03117>

of my youth
<02779>_,

when the secret
<05475>

of God
<0433>

[was] upon my tabernacle
<0168>_;

When the Almighty
<07706>

[was] yet with me, [when] my children
<05288>

[were] about
<05439>

me;

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}

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>_!

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)_.

The princes
<08269>

refrained
<06113> (8804)

talking
<04405>_,

and laid
<07760> (8799)

[their] hand
<03709>

on their mouth
<06310>_.

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}

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:

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.

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)_.

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>_.

I was eyes
<05869>

to the blind
<05787>_,

and feet
<07272>

[was] I to the lame
<06455>_.

I [was] a father
<01>

to the poor
<034>_:

and the cause
<07379>

[which] I knew
<03045> (8804)

not I searched out
<02713> (8799)_.

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}

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>_.

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}

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}

Unto me [men] gave ear
<08085> (8804)_,

and waited
<03176> (8765)_,

and kept silence
<01826> (8799)

at
<03926>

my counsel
<06098>_.

After
<0310>

my words
<01697>

they spake not again
<08138> (8799)_;

and my speech
<04405>

dropped
<05197> (8799)

upon them.

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>_.

[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)_.

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>_.

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}

Yea, whereto
<04100>

[might] the strength
<03581>

of their hands
<03027>

[profit] me, in whom old age
<03624>

was perished
<06> (8804)_?

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}

Who cut up
<06998> (8801)

mallows
<04408>

by the bushes
<07880>_,

and juniper
<07574>

roots
<08328>

[for] their meat
<03899>_.

They were driven forth
<01644> (8792)

from among
<01460>

[men], (they cried
<07321> (8686)

after them as [after] a thief
<01590>;)

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}

Among the bushes
<07880>

they brayed
<05101> (8799)_;

under the nettles
<02738>

they were gathered together
<05596> (8792)_.

[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}

And now am I their song
<05058>_,

yea, I am their byword
<04405>_.

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}

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.

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>_.

They mar
<05420> (8804)

my path
<05410>_,

they set forward
<03276> (8686)

my calamity
<01942> (8675) <01962>_,

they have no helper
<05826> (8802)_.

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].

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}

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.

My bones
<06106>

are pierced
<05365> (8765)

in me in the night season
<03915>_:

and my sinews
<06207> (8802)

take no rest
<07901> (8799)_.

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>_.

He hath cast
<03384> (8689)

me into the mire
<02563>_,

and I am become like
<04911> (8691)

dust
<06083>

and ashes
<0665>_.

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].

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}

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}

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>_.

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}

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?}

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>_.

My bowels
<04578>

boiled
<07570> (8795)_,

and rested
<01826> (8804)

not: the days
<03117>

of affliction
<06040>

prevented
<06923> (8765)

me.

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>_.

I am a brother
<0251>

to dragons
<08577>_,

and a companion
<07453>

to owls
<01323> <03284>_.

{owls: or, ostriches}

My skin
<05785>

is black
<07835> (8804)

upon me, and my bones
<06106>

are burned
<02787> (8804)

with heat
<02721>_.

My harp
<03658>

also is [turned] to mourning
<060>_,

and my organ
<05748>

into the voice
<06963>

of them that weep
<01058> (8802)_.

I made
<03772> (8804)

a covenant
<01285>

with mine eyes
<05869>_;

why then should I think
<0995> (8709)

upon a maid
<01330>_?

For what portion
<02506>

of God
<0433>

[is there] from above
<04605>_?

and [what] inheritance
<05159>

of the Almighty
<07706>

from on high
<04791>_?

[Is] not destruction
<0343>

to the wicked
<05767>_?

and a strange
<05235>

[punishment] to the workers
<06466> (8802)

of iniquity
<0205>_?

Doth not he see
<07200> (8799)

my ways
<01870>_,

and count
<05608> (8799)

all my steps
<06806>_?

If I have walked
<01980> (8804)

with vanity
<07723>_,

or if my foot
<07272>

hath hasted
<02363> (8799)

to deceit
<04820>_;

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}

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>_;

[Then] let me sow
<02232> (8799)_,

and let another
<0312>

eat
<0398> (8799)_;

yea, let my offspring
<06631>

be rooted out
<08327> (8792)_.

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>_;

[Then] let my wife
<0802>

grind
<02912> (8799)

unto another
<0312>_,

and let others
<0312>

bow down
<03766> (8799)

upon her.

For this [is] an heinous crime
<02154>_;

yea, it [is] an iniquity
<05771>

[to be punished by] the judges
<06414>_.

For it [is] a fire
<0784>

[that] consumeth
<0398> (8799)

to destruction
<011>_,

and would root out
<08327> (8762)

all mine increase
<08393>_.

If I did despise
<03988> (8799)

the cause
<04941>

of my manservant
<05650>

or of my maidservant
<0519>_,

when they contended
<07379>

with me;

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?

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?}

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)_;

Or have eaten
<0398> (8799)

my morsel
<06595>

myself alone, and the fatherless
<03490>

hath not eaten
<0398> (8804)

thereof;

(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}

If I have seen
<07200> (8799)

any perish
<06> (8802)

for want of clothing
<03830>_,

or any poor
<034>

without covering
<03682>_;

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>_;

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>_:

[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}

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.

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>_;

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}

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}

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}

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>_.

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:

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}

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)_.

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}

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}

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>_?

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}

Surely I would take
<05375> (8799)

it upon my shoulder
<07926>_,

[and] bind
<06029> (8799)

it [as] a crown
<05850>

to me.

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.

If my land
<0127>

cry
<02199> (8799)

against me, or that the furrows
<08525>

likewise
<03162>

thereof complain
<01058> (8799)_;

{complain: Heb. weep}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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>_.

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}

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)_.

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}

I said
<0559> (8804)_,

Days
<03117>

should speak
<01696> (8762)_,

and multitude
<07230>

of years
<08141>

should teach
<03045> (8686)

wisdom
<02451>_.

But
<0403>

[there is] a spirit
<07307>

in man
<0582>_:

and the inspiration
<05397>

of the Almighty
<07706>

giveth them understanding
<0995> (8799)_.

Great men
<07227>

are not [always] wise
<02449> (8799)_:

neither do the aged
<02205>

understand
<0995> (8799)

judgment
<04941>_.

Therefore I said
<0559> (8804)_,

Hearken
<08085> (8798)

to me; I also will shew
<02331> (8762)

mine opinion
<01843>_.

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}

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>_:

Lest ye should say
<0559> (8799)_,

We have found out
<04672> (8804)

wisdom
<02451>_:

God
<0410>

thrusteth him down
<05086> (8799)_,

not man
<0376>_.

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}

They were amazed
<02865> (8804)_,

they answered
<06030> (8804)

no more: they left off
<06275> (8689)

speaking
<04405>_.

{left...: Heb. removed speeches from themselves}

When I had waited
<03176> (8689)_,

(for they spake
<01696> (8762)

not, but stood still
<05975> (8804)_,

[and] answered
<06030> (8804)

no more;)

[I said], I will answer
<06030> (8799)

also my part
<02506>_,

I also will shew
<02331> (8762)

mine opinion
<01843>_.

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}

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}

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}

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>_.

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)_.

Wherefore
<0199>_,

Job
<0347>_,

I pray thee, hear
<08085> (8798)

my speeches
<04405>_,

and hearken
<0238> (8685)

to all my words
<01697>_.

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}

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)_.

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)_.

If thou canst
<03201> (8799)

answer
<07725> (8687)

me, set [thy words] in order
<06186> (8798)

before
<06440>

me, stand up
<03320> (8690)_.

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}

Behold, my terror
<0367>

shall not make thee afraid
<01204> (8762)_,

neither shall my hand
<0405>

be heavy
<03513> (8799)

upon thee.

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}

I am clean
<02134>

without transgression
<06588>_,

I [am] innocent
<02643>_;

neither [is there] iniquity
<05771>

in me.

Behold, he findeth
<04672> (8799)

occasions
<08569>

against me, he counteth
<02803> (8799)

me for his enemy
<0341> (8802)_,

He putteth
<07760> (8799)

my feet
<07272>

in the stocks
<05465>_,

he marketh
<08104> (8799)

all my paths
<0734>_.

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>_.

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}

For God
<0410>

speaketh
<01696> (8762)

once
<0259>_,

yea twice
<08147>_,

[yet man] perceiveth
<07789> (8799)

it not.

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>_;

Then he openeth
<01540> (8799)

the ears
<0241>

of men
<0582>_,

and sealeth
<02856> (8799)

their instruction
<04561>_,

{he...: Heb. he revealeth, or, uncovereth}

That he may withdraw
<05493> (8687)

man
<0120>

[from his] purpose
<04639>_,

and hide
<03680> (8762)

pride
<01466>

from man
<01397>_.

{purpose: Heb. work}

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}

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]:

So that his life
<02416>

abhorreth
<02092> (8765)

bread
<03899>_,

and his soul
<05315>

dainty
<08378>

meat
<03978>_.

{dainty...: Heb. meat of desire}

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>_.

Yea, his soul
<05315>

draweth near
<07126> (8799)

unto the grave
<07845>_,

and his life
<02416>

to the destroyers
<04191> (8688)_.

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>_:

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}

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}

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>_.

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}

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}

Lo, all these [things] worketh
<06466> (8799)

God
<0410>

oftentimes
<06471> <07969>

with man
<01397>_,

{oftentimes: Heb. twice and thrice}

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>_.

Mark well
<07181> (8685)_,

O Job
<0347>_,

hearken
<08085> (8798)

unto me: hold thy peace
<02790> (8685)_,

and I will speak
<01696> (8762)_.

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.

If not, hearken
<08085> (8798)

unto me: hold thy peace
<02790> (8685)_,

and I shall teach
<0502> (8762)

thee wisdom
<02451>_.

Furthermore Elihu
<0453>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Hear
<08085> (8798)

my words
<04405>_,

O ye wise
<02450>

[men]; and give ear
<0238> (8685)

unto me, ye that have knowledge
<03045> (8802)_.

For the ear
<0241>

trieth
<0974> (8799)

words
<04405>_,

as the mouth
<02441>

tasteth
<02938> (8799)

meat
<0398> (8800)_.

{mouth: Heb. palate}

Let us choose
<0977> (8799)

to us judgment
<04941>_:

let us know
<03045> (8799)

among ourselves what [is] good
<02896>_.

For Job
<0347>

hath said
<0559> (8804)_,

I am righteous
<06663> (8804)_:

and God
<0410>

hath taken away
<05493> (8689)

my judgment
<04941>_.

Should I lie
<03576> (8762)

against my right
<04941>_?

my wound
<02671>

[is] incurable
<0605> (8803)

without transgression
<06588>_.

{my wound: Heb. mine arrow}

What man
<01397>

[is] like Job
<0347>_,

[who] drinketh up
<08354> (8799)

scorning
<03933>

like water
<04325>_?

Which goeth
<0732> (8804)

in company
<02274>

with the workers
<06466> (8802)

of iniquity
<0205>_,

and walketh
<03212> (8800)

with wicked
<07562>

men
<0582>_.

For he hath said
<0559> (8804)_,

It profiteth
<05532> (8799)

a man
<01397>

nothing that he should delight
<07521> (8800)

himself with God
<0430>_.

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}

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>_.

Yea, surely
<0551>

God
<0410>

will not do wickedly
<07561> (8686)_,

neither will the Almighty
<07706>

pervert
<05791> (8762)

judgment
<04941>_.

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?}

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}

All flesh
<01320>

shall perish
<01478> (8799)

together
<03162>_,

and man
<0120>

shall turn again
<07725> (8799)

unto dust
<06083>_.

If now [thou hast] understanding
<0998>_,

hear
<08085> (8798)

this: hearken
<0238> (8685)

to the voice
<06963>

of my words
<04405>_.

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?}

[Is it fit] to say
<0559> (8800)

to a king
<04428>_,

[Thou art] wicked
<01100>_?

[and] to princes
<05081>_,

[Ye are] ungodly
<07563>_?

[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>_.

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}

For his eyes
<05869>

[are] upon the ways
<01870>

of man
<0376>_,

and he seeth
<07200> (8799)

all his goings
<06806>_.

[There is] no darkness
<02822>_,

nor shadow of death
<06757>_,

where the workers
<06466> (8802)

of iniquity
<0205>

may hide
<05641> (8736)

themselves.

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}

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}

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}

He striketh
<05606> (8804)

them as
<08478>

wicked men
<07563>

in the open
<04725>

sight
<07200> (8802)

of others; {open...: Heb. place of beholders}

Because they turned back
<05493> (8804)

from him
<0310>_,

and would not consider
<07919> (8689)

any of his ways
<01870>_:

{him: Heb. after him}

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>_.

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>_:

That the hypocrite
<0120> <02611>

reign
<04427> (8800)

not, lest the people
<05971>

be ensnared
<04170>_.

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]:

[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.

[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?}

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}

Job
<0347>

hath spoken
<01696> (8762)

without knowledge
<01847>_,

and his words
<01697>

[were] without wisdom
<07919> (8687)_.

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}

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>_.

Elihu
<0453>

spake
<06030> (8799)

moreover, and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thinkest
<02803> (8804)

thou this to be right
<04941>_,

[that] thou saidst
<0559> (8804)_,

My righteousness
<06664>

[is] more than God's
<0410>_?

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}

I will answer
<07725> (8686) <04405>

thee, and thy companions
<07453>

with thee. {answer...: Heb. return to thee words}

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.

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?

If thou be righteous
<06663> (8804)_,

what givest
<05414> (8799)

thou him? or what receiveth
<03947> (8799)

he of thine hand
<03027>_?

Thy wickedness
<07562>

[may hurt] a man
<0376>

as thou [art]; and thy righteousness
<06666>

[may profit] the son
<01121>

of man
<0120>_.

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>_.

But none saith
<0559> (8804)_,

Where [is] God
<0433>

my maker
<06213> (8802)_,

who giveth
<05414> (8802)

songs
<02158>

in the night
<03915>_;

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>_?

There they cry
<06817> (8799)_,

but none giveth answer
<06030> (8799)_,

because
<06440>

of the pride
<01347>

of evil men
<07451>_.

Surely God
<0410>

will not hear
<08085> (8799)

vanity
<07723>_,

neither will the Almighty
<07706>

regard
<07789> (8799)

it.

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.

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}

Therefore doth Job
<0347>

open
<06475> (8799)

his mouth
<06310>

in vain
<01892>_;

he multiplieth
<03527> (8686)

words
<04405>

without
<01097>

knowledge
<01847>_.

Elihu
<0453>

also proceeded
<03254> (8686)_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

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}

I will fetch
<05375> (8799)

my knowledge
<01843>

from afar
<07350>_,

and will ascribe
<05414> (8799)

righteousness
<06664>

to my Maker
<06466> (8802)_.

For truly
<0551>

my words
<04405>

[shall] not [be] false
<08267>_:

he that is perfect
<08549>

in knowledge
<01844>

[is] with thee.

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}

He preserveth not the life
<02421> (8762)

of the wicked
<07563>_:

but giveth
<05414> (8799)

right
<04941>

to the poor
<06041>_.

{poor: or, afflicted}

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)_.

And if [they be] bound
<0631> (8803)

in fetters
<02131>_,

[and] be holden
<03920> (8735)

in cords
<02256>

of affliction
<06040>_;

Then he sheweth
<05046> (8686)

them their work
<06467>_,

and their transgressions
<06588>

that they have exceeded
<01396> (8691)_.

He openeth
<01540> (8799)

also their ear
<0241>

to discipline
<04148>_,

and commandeth
<0559> (8799)

that they return
<07725> (8799)

from iniquity
<0205>_.

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>_.

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}

But the hypocrites
<02611>

in heart
<03820>

heap up
<07760> (8799)

wrath
<0639>_:

they cry
<07768> (8762)

not when he bindeth
<0631> (8804)

them.

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}

He delivereth
<02502> (8762)

the poor
<06041>

in his affliction
<06040>_,

and openeth
<01540> (8799)

their ears
<0241>

in oppression
<03906>_.

{poor: or, afflicted}

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}

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}

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}

Will he esteem
<06186> (8799)

thy riches
<07769>_?

[no], not gold
<01222>_,

nor all the forces
<03981>

of strength
<03581>_.

Desire
<07602> (8799)

not the night
<03915>_,

when people
<05971>

are cut off
<05927> (8800)

in their place.

Take heed
<08104> (8734)_,

regard
<06437> (8799)

not iniquity
<0205>_:

for this hast thou chosen
<0977> (8804)

rather than affliction
<06040>_.

Behold, God
<0410>

exalteth
<07682> (8686)

by his power
<03581>_:

who teacheth
<03384> (8688)

like him?

Who hath enjoined
<06485> (8804)

him his way
<01870>_?

or who can say
<0559> (8804)_,

Thou hast wrought
<06466> (8804)

iniquity
<05766>_?

Remember
<02142> (8798)

that thou magnify
<07679> (8686)

his work
<06467>_,

which men
<0582>

behold
<07891> (8790)_.

Every man
<0120>

may see
<02372> (8804)

it; man
<0582>

may behold
<05027> (8686)

[it] afar off
<07350>_.

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>_.

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:

Which the clouds
<07834>

do drop
<05140> (8799)

[and] distil
<07491> (8799)

upon man
<0120>

abundantly
<07227>_.

Also can [any] understand
<0995> (8799)

the spreadings
<04666>

of the clouds
<05645>_,

[or] the noise
<08663>

of his tabernacle
<05521>_?

Behold, he spreadeth
<06566> (8804)

his light
<0216>

upon it, and covereth
<03680> (8765)

the bottom
<08328>

of the sea
<03220>_.

{bottom: Heb. roots}

For by them judgeth
<01777> (8799)

he the people
<05971>_;

he giveth
<05414> (8799)

meat
<0400>

in abundance
<04342> (8688)_.

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)_.

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}

At this
<02063>

also my heart
<03820>

trembleth
<02729> (8799)_,

and is moved out
<05425> (8799)

of his place
<04725>_.

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}

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}

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)_.

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)_.

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}

He sealeth up
<02856> (8799)

the hand
<03027>

of every man
<0120>_;

that all men
<0582>

may know
<03045> (8800)

his work
<04639>_.

Then the beasts
<02416>

go
<0935> (8799)

into
<01119>

dens
<0695>_,

and remain
<07931> (8799)

in their places
<04585>_.

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}

By the breath
<05397>

of God
<0410>

frost
<07140>

is given
<05414> (8799)_:

and the breadth
<07341>

of the waters
<04325>

is straitened
<04164>_.

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}

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>_.

He causeth it to come
<04672> (8686)_,

whether for correction
<07626>_,

or for his land
<0776>_,

or for mercy
<02617>_.

{correction: Heb. a rod}

Hearken
<0238> (8685)

unto this, O Job
<0347>_:

stand still
<05975> (8798)_,

and consider
<0995> (8708)

the wondrous
<06381> (8737)

works of God
<0410>_.

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)_?

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>_?

How thy garments
<0899>

[are] warm
<02525>_,

when he quieteth
<08252> (8687)

the earth
<0776>

by the south
<01864>

[wind]?

Hast thou with him spread out
<07554> (8686)

the sky
<07834>_,

[which is] strong
<02389>_,

[and] as a molten
<03332> (8716)

looking glass
<07209>_?

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>_.

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)_.

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.

Fair weather
<02091>

cometh
<0857> (8799)

out of the north
<06828>_:

with God
<0433>

[is] terrible
<03372> (8737)

majesty
<01935>_.

{Fair...: Heb. Gold}

[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)_.

Men
<0582>

do therefore fear
<03372> (8804)

him: he respecteth
<07200> (8799)

not any [that are] wise
<02450>

of heart
<03820>_.

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