Job 3:18 There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster. Job 3:19 The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master. Job 3:20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul; Job 3:21 Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures; Job 3:22 Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave? Job 3:23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in? Job 3:24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water. Job 3:25 For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me. Job 3:26 I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble cometh. Job 4:1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, Job 4:2 If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking? Job 4:3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak hands. Job 4:4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, And thou hast made firm the feeble knees. Job 4:5 But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
Job 4:6 Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, And the integrity of thy ways thy hope? Job 4:7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off? Job 4:8 According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same. Job 4:9 By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed. Job 4:10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken. Job 4:11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad. Job 4:12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper thereof. Job 4:13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Job 4:14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Job 4:15 Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up. Job 4:16 It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes: There was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Job 4:17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
Job 4:18 Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly: Job 4:19 How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth! Job 4:20 Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it. Job 4:21 Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom. Job 5:1 Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn? Job 5:2 For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one. Job 5:3 I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation. Job 5:4 His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them: Job 5:5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance. Job 5:6 For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; Job 5:7 But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward. Job 5:8 But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause; Job 5:9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number: Job 5:10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields; Job 5:11 So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety. Job 5:12 He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. Job 5:13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong. Job 5:14 They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night. Job 5:15 But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty. Job 5:16 So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth. Job 5:17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. Job 5:18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole. Job 5:19 He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. Job 5:20 In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword. Job 5:21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. Job 5:22 At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
Job 5:23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. Job 5:24 And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing. Job 5:25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth. Job 5:26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season. Job 5:27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good. Job 6:1 Then Job answered and said, Job 6:2 Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances! Job 6:3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash. Job 6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. Job 6:5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder? Job 6:6 Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? Job 6:7 My soul refuseth to touch them; They are as loathsome food to me. Job 6:8 Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
Job 6:9 Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! Job 6:10 And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One. Job 6:11 What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient? Job 6:12 Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass? Job 6:13 Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me? Job 6:14 To him that is ready to faint kindness should be showed from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. Job 6:15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away; Job 6:16 Which are black by reason of the ice, And wherein the snow hideth itself: Job 6:17 What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. Job 6:18 The caravans that travel by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish. Job 6:19 The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them. Job 6:20 They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.
Job 6:21 For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid. Job 6:22 Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance? Job 6:23 Or, Deliver me from the adversary’s hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors? Job 6:24 Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred. Job 6:25 How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove? Job 6:26 Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind? Job 6:27 Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend. Job 6:28 Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face. Job 6:29 Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yea, return again, my cause is righteous. Job 6:30 Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things? Job 7:1 Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling? Job 7:2 As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages: Job 7:3 So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Job 7:4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. Job 7:5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh. Job 7:6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And are spent without hope. Job 7:7 Oh remember that my life is a breath: Mine eye shall no more see good. Job 7:8 The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be. Job 7:9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more. Job 7:10 He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more. Job 7:11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. Job 7:12 Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me? Job 7:13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint; Job 7:14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, And terrifiest me through visions: Job 7:15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than these my bones.
Job 7:16 I loathe my life; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity. Job 7:17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him, Job 7:18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, And try him every moment? Job 7:19 How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? Job 7:20 If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself? Job 7:21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be. Job 8:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, Job 8:2 How long wilt thou speak these things? And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a mighty wind? Job 8:3 Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness? Job 8:4 If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression; Job 8:5 If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty; Job 8:6 If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. Job 8:7 And though thy beginning was small, Yet thy latter end would greatly increase. Job 8:8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out Job 8:9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow); Job 8:10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart? Job 8:11 Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water? Job 8:12 Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, It withereth before any other herb. Job 8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish: Job 8:14 Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider’s web. Job 8:15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure. Job 8:16 He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden. Job 8:17 His roots are wrapped about the stone -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.
Job 8:18 If he be destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. Job 8:19 Behold, this is the joy of his way; And out of the earth shall others spring. Job 8:20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers. Job 8:21 He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting. Job 8:22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more. Job 9:1 Then Job answered and said, Job 9:2 Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God? Job 9:3 If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand. Job 9:4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?— Job 9:5 Him that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger; Job 9:6 That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble; Job 9:7 That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars; Job 9:8 That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea; Job 9:9 That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south; Job 9:10 That doeth great things past finding out, Yea, marvellous things without number. Job 9:11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not. Job 9:12 Behold, he seizeth the prey, who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou? Job 9:13 God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him. Job 9:14 How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words to reason with him? Job 9:15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge. Job 9:16 If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice. Job 9:17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause. Job 9:18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness. Job 9:19 If we speak of strength, lo, he is mighty! And if of justice, Who, saith he, will summon me? Job 9:20 Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse. Job 9:21 I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life. Job 9:22 It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
Job 9:23 If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent. Job 9:24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof: If it be not he, who then is it? Job 9:25 Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good. Job 9:26 They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey. Job 9:27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer; Job 9:28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. Job 9:29 I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain? Job 9:30 If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean; Job 9:31 Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me. Job 9:32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment. Job 9:33 There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both. Job 9:34 Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid: Job 9:35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; For I am not so in myself.
Job 10:1 My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. Job 10:2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me. Job 10:3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked? Job 10:4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth? Job 10:5 Are thy days as the days of man, Or thy years as man’s days, Job 10:6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin, Job 10:7 Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand? Job 10:8 Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. Job 10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again? Job 10:10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, And curdled me like cheese? Job 10:11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews. Job 10:12 Thou hast granted me life and lovingkindness; And thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. Job 10:13 Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this is with thee: Job 10:14 If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. Job 10:15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction. Job 10:16 And if my head exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me. Job 10:17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me: Changes and warfare are with me. Job 10:18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me. Job 10:19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. Job 10:20 Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, Job 10:21 Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death; Job 10:22 The land dark as midnight, The land of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight. Job 11:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, Job 11:2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
Job 11:3 Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? Job 11:4 For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes. Job 11:5 But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee, Job 11:6 And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. Job 11:7 Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? Job 11:8 It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know? Job 11:9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea. Job 11:10 If he pass through, and shut up, And call unto judgment, then who can hinder him? Job 11:11 For he knoweth false men: He seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not. Job 11:12 But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass’s colt. Job 11:13 If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him; Job 11:14 If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.
Job 11:15 Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: Job 11:16 For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away, Job 11:17 And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning. Job 11:18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Yea, thou shalt search about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety. Job 11:19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; Yea, many shall make suit unto thee. Job 11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost. Job 12:1 Then Job answered and said, Job 12:2 No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you. Job 12:3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these? Job 12:4 I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock. Job 12:5 In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
Job 12:6 The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. Job 12:7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee: Job 12:8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. Job 12:9 Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this, Job 12:10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind? Job 12:11 Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food? Job 12:12 With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding. Job 12:13 With God is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding. Job 12:14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. Job 12:15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. Job 12:16 With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his. Job 12:17 He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools. Job 12:18 He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.
Job 12:19 He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty. Job 12:20 He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders. Job 12:21 He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong. Job 12:22 He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death. Job 12:23 He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive. Job 12:24 He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. Job 12:25 They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. Job 13:1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, Mine ear hath heard and understood it. Job 13:2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you. Job 13:3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God. Job 13:4 But ye are forgers of lies; Ye are all physicians of no value. Job 13:5 Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom. Job 13:6 Hear now my reasoning, And hearken to the pleadings of my lips. Job 13:7 Will ye speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him?
Job 13:8 Will ye show partiality to him? Will ye contend for God? Job 13:9 Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him? Job 13:10 He will surely reprove you, If ye do secretly show partiality. Job 13:11 Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall upon you? Job 13:12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defences are defences of clay. Job 13:13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will. Job 13:14 Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand? Job 13:15 Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him. Job 13:16 This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him. Job 13:17 Hear diligently my speech, And let my declaration be in your ears. Job 13:18 Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous. Job 13:19 Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost. Job 13:20 Only do not two things unto me; Then will I not hide myself from thy face: Job 13:21 Withdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid.
Job 13:22 Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me. Job 13:23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin. Job 13:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy? Job 13:25 Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? Job 13:26 For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth: Job 13:27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet: Job 13:28 Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth-eaten. Job 14:1 Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble. Job 14:2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. Job 14:3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee? Job 14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. Job 14:5 Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; Job 14:6 Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
Job 14:7 For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Job 14:8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground; Job 14:9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant. Job 14:10 But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? Job 14:11 As the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up; Job 14:12 So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep. Job 14:13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! Job 14:14 If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come. Job 14:15 Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands. Job 14:16 But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin? Job 14:17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.
Job 14:18 But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place; Job 14:19 The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man. Job 14:20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. Job 14:21 His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. Job 14:22 But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth. Job 15:1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, Job 15:2 Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind? Job 15:3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? Job 15:4 Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God. Job 15:5 For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. Job 15:6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee. Job 15:7 Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
Job 15:8 Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself? Job 15:9 What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us? Job 15:10 With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father. Job 15:11 Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee? Job 15:12 Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash, Job 15:13 That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth? Job 15:14 What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? Job 15:15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight: Job 15:16 How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water! Job 15:17 I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare Job 15:18 (Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it; Job 15:19 Unto whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them): Job 15:20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
Job 15:21 A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. Job 15:22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword. Job 15:23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. Job 15:24 Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. Job 15:25 Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty; Job 15:26 He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers; Job 15:27 Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins; Job 15:28 And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps; Job 15:29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth. Job 15:30 He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of God’s mouth shall he go away. Job 15:31 Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.
Job 15:32 It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green. Job 15:33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree. Job 15:34 For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery. Job 15:35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit. Job 16:1 Then Job answered and said, Job 16:2 I have heard many such things: Miserable comforters are ye all. Job 16:3 Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest? Job 16:4 I also could speak as ye do; If your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you. Job 16:5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips would assuage your grief. Job 16:6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased? Job 16:7 But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company. Job 16:8 And thou hast laid fast hold on me, which is a witness against me: And my leanness riseth up against me, It testifieth to my face.
Job 16:9 He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me. Job 16:10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me. Job 16:11 God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked. Job 16:12 I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark. Job 16:13 His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground. Job 16:14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant. Job 16:15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust. Job 16:16 My face is red with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death; Job 16:17 Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure. Job 16:18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no resting -place. Job 16:19 Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that voucheth for me is on high. Job 16:20 My friends scoff at me: But mine eye poureth out tears unto God, Job 16:21 That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor! Job 16:22 For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return. Job 17:1 My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is ready for me. Job 17:2 Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation. Job 17:3 Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me? Job 17:4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt them. Job 17:5 He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail. Job 17:6 But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face. Job 17:7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow. Job 17:8 Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless. Job 17:9 Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger. Job 17:10 But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you. Job 17:11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
Job 17:12 They change the night into day: The light, say they, is near unto the darkness. Job 17:13 If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness; Job 17:14 If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister; Job 17:15 Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it? Job 17:16 It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust. Job 18:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, Job 18:2 How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak. Job 18:3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, And are become unclean in your sight? Job 18:4 Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place? Job 18:5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine. Job 18:6 The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out. Job 18:7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down. Job 18:8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.
Job 18:9 A gin shall take him by the heel, And a snare shall lay hold on him. Job 18:10 A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way. Job 18:11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels. Job 18:12 His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side. Job 18:13 The members of his body shall be devoured, Yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members. Job 18:14 He shall be rooted out of his tent wherein he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors. Job 18:15 There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. Job 18:16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off. Job 18:17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street. Job 18:18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world. Job 18:19 He shall have neither son nor son’s son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned. Job 18:20 They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.