Job 18:21 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God. Job 19:1 Then Job answered and said, Job 19:2 How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words? Job 19:3 These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me. Job 19:4 And be it indeed that I have erred, Mine error remaineth with myself. Job 19:5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach; Job 19:6 Know now that God hath subverted me in my cause, And hath compassed me with his net. Job 19:7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice. Job 19:8 He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths. Job 19:9 He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head. Job 19:10 He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree. Job 19:11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as one of his adversaries. Job 19:12 His troops come on together, And cast up their way against me, And encamp round about my tent.
Job 19:13 He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me. Job 19:14 My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me. Job 19:15 They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. Job 19:16 I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, Though I entreat him with my mouth. Job 19:17 My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother. Job 19:18 Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me. Job 19:19 All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me. Job 19:20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. Job 19:21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me. Job 19:22 Why do ye persecute me as God, And are not satisfied with my flesh? Job 19:23 Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! Job 19:24 That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever! Job 19:25 But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he will stand up upon the earth: Job 19:26 And after my skin, even this body, is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God; Job 19:27 Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me. Job 19:28 If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me; Job 19:29 Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment. Job 20:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, Job 20:2 Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me. Job 20:3 I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me. Job 20:4 Knowest thou not this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth, Job 20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment? Job 20:6 Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds; Job 20:7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he? Job 20:8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Job 20:9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him. Job 20:10 His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth. Job 20:11 His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust. Job 20:12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue, Job 20:13 Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth; Job 20:14 Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him. Job 20:15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly. Job 20:16 He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper’s tongue shall slay him. Job 20:17 He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter. Job 20:18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice. Job 20:19 For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. Job 20:20 Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.
Job 20:21 There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure. Job 20:22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him. Job 20:23 When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating. Job 20:24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through. Job 20:25 He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him. Job 20:26 All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown by man shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent. Job 20:27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him. Job 20:28 The increase of his house shall depart; His goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. Job 20:29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God. Job 21:1 Then Job answered and said, Job 21:2 Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations. Job 21:3 Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on.
Job 21:4 As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient? Job 21:5 Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth. Job 21:6 Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh. Job 21:7 Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power? Job 21:8 Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes. Job 21:9 Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them. Job 21:10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. Job 21:11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance. Job 21:12 They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe. Job 21:13 They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol. Job 21:14 And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. Job 21:15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? Job 21:16 Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 21:17 How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That God distributeth sorrows in his anger? Job 21:18 That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away? Job 21:19 Ye say, God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it: Job 21:20 Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. Job 21:21 For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off? Job 21:22 Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high? Job 21:23 One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet: Job 21:24 His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moistened. Job 21:25 And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good. Job 21:26 They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them. Job 21:27 Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me. Job 21:28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?
Job 21:29 Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences, Job 21:30 That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath? Job 21:31 Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done? Job 21:32 Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb. Job 21:33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him. Job 21:34 How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth only falsehood? Job 22:1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, Job 22:2 Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself. Job 22:3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? Job 22:4 Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment? Job 22:5 Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities. Job 22:6 For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 22:7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. Job 22:8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it. Job 22:9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken. Job 22:10 Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee, Job 22:11 Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee. Job 22:12 Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are! Job 22:13 And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? Job 22:14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven. Job 22:15 Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden? Job 22:16 Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream, Job 22:17 Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us? Job 22:18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. Job 22:19 The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn, Job 22:20 Saying, Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed. Job 22:21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee. Job 22:22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart. Job 22:23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents. Job 22:24 And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks; Job 22:25 And the Almighty will be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee. Job 22:26 For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God. Job 22:27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows. Job 22:28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways. Job 22:29 When they cast thee down, thou shalt say, There is lifting up; And the humble person he will save. Job 22:30 He will deliver even him that is not innocent: Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands. Job 23:1 Then Job answered and said, Job 23:2 Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning. Job 23:3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat! Job 23:4 I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments. Job 23:5 I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me. Job 23:6 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me. Job 23:7 There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge. Job 23:8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; And backward, but I cannot perceive him; Job 23:9 On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. Job 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. Job 23:11 My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside. Job 23:12 I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. Job 23:13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
Job 23:14 For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him. Job 23:15 Therefore am I terrified at his presence; When I consider, I am afraid of him. Job 23:16 For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me; Job 23:17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face. Job 24:1 Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days? Job 24:2 There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them. Job 24:3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge. Job 24:4 They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves. Job 24:5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness yieldeth them bread for their children. Job 24:6 They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked. Job 24:7 They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold. Job 24:8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
Job 24:9 There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor; Job 24:10 So that they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves. Job 24:11 They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. Job 24:12 From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly. Job 24:13 These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof. Job 24:14 The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief. Job 24:15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face. Job 24:16 In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light. Job 24:17 For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness. Job 24:18 Swiftly they pass away upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.
Job 24:19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: So doth Sheol those that have sinned. Job 24:20 The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree. Job 24:21 He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow. Job 24:22 Yet God preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life. Job 24:23 God giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways. Job 24:24 They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain. Job 24:25 And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth? Job 25:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, Job 25:2 Dominion and fear are with him; He maketh peace in his high places. Job 25:3 Is there any number of his armies? And upon whom doth not his light arise? Job 25:4 How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? Job 25:5 Behold, even the moon hath no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight: Job 25:6 How much less man, that is a worm! And the son of man, that is a worm! Job 26:1 Then Job answered and said, Job 26:2 How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength! Job 26:3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge! Job 26:4 To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee? Job 26:5 They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof. Job 26:6 Sheol is naked before God, And Abaddon hath no covering. Job 26:7 He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing. Job 26:8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them. Job 26:9 He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it. Job 26:10 He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness. Job 26:11 The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke. Job 26:12 He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab. Job 26:13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished; His hand hath pierced the swift serpent.
Job 26:14 Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand? Job 27:1 And Job again took up his parable, and said, Job 27:2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul Job 27:3 (For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils); Job 27:4 Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit. Job 27:5 Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me. Job 27:6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. Job 27:7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous. Job 27:8 For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul? Job 27:9 Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him? Job 27:10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times? Job 27:11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
Job 27:12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain? Job 27:13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty: Job 27:14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. Job 27:15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation. Job 27:16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay; Job 27:17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver. Job 27:18 He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh. Job 27:19 He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers; He openeth his eyes, and he is not. Job 27:20 Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night. Job 27:21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place. Job 27:22 For God shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand. Job 27:23 Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.
Job 28:1 Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine. Job 28:2 Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone. Job 28:3 Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness. Job 28:4 He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro. Job 28:5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire. Job 28:6 The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold. Job 28:7 That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon’s eye seen it: Job 28:8 The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby. Job 28:9 He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots. Job 28:10 He cutteth out channels among the rocks; And his eye seeth every precious thing. Job 28:11 He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. Job 28:12 But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
Job 28:13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living. Job 28:14 The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me. Job 28:15 It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. Job 28:16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire. Job 28:17 Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. Job 28:18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies. Job 28:19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold. Job 28:20 Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding? Job 28:21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens. Job 28:22 Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears. Job 28:23 God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof. Job 28:24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven; Job 28:25 To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.
Job 28:26 When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder; Job 28:27 Then did he see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out. Job 28:28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding. Job 29:1 And Job again took up his parable, and said, Job 29:2 Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me; Job 29:3 When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness; Job 29:4 As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent; Job 29:5 When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me; Job 29:6 When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil! Job 29:7 When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street, Job 29:8 The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood; Job 29:9 The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth; Job 29:10 The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. Job 29:11 For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me: Job 29:12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him. Job 29:13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. Job 29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem. Job 29:15 I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame. Job 29:16 I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out. Job 29:17 And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth. Job 29:18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand: Job 29:19 My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch: Job 29:20 My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand. Job 29:21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel. Job 29:22 After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them. Job 29:23 And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. Job 29:24 I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Job 29:25 I chose out their way, and sat as chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners. Job 30:1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock. Job 30:2 Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished. Job 30:3 They are gaunt with want and famine; They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation. Job 30:4 They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their food. Job 30:5 They are driven forth from the midst of men; They cry after them as after a thief; Job 30:6 So that they dwell in frightful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks. Job 30:7 Among the bushes they bray; Under the nettles they are gathered together. Job 30:8 They are children of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land. Job 30:9 And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them. Job 30:10 They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And spare not to spit in my face. Job 30:11 For he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me; And they have cast off the bridle before me.
Job 30:12 Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction. Job 30:13 They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, Even men that have no helper. Job 30:14 As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves upon me. Job 30:15 Terrors are turned upon me; They chase mine honor as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud. Job 30:16 And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me. Job 30:17 In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And the pains that gnaw me take no rest. Job 30:18 By God’s great force is my garment disfigured; It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. Job 30:19 He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes. Job 30:20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me. Job 30:21 Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me. Job 30:22 Thou liftest me up to the wind, thou causest me to ride upon it; And thou dissolvest me in the storm. Job 30:23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.
Job 30:24 Howbeit doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help? Job 30:25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy? Job 30:26 When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness. Job 30:27 My heart is troubled, and resteth not; Days of affliction are come upon me. Job 30:28 I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help. Job 30:29 I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches. Job 30:30 My skin is black, and falleth from me, And my bones are burned with heat. Job 30:31 Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep. Job 31:1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin? Job 31:2 For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high? Job 31:3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity? Job 31:4 Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps? Job 31:5 If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit Job 31:6 (Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity); Job 31:7 If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands: Job 31:8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out. Job 31:9 If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door; Job 31:10 Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her. Job 31:11 For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges: Job 31:12 For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase. Job 31:13 If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me; Job 31:14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? Job 31:15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb? Job 31:16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, Job 31:17 Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof Job 31:18 (Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother’s womb); Job 31:19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering; Job 31:20 If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep; Job 31:21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate: Job 31:22 Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone. Job 31:23 For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing. Job 31:24 If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; Job 31:25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much; Job 31:26 If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness, Job 31:27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand: Job 31:28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above. Job 31:29 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him Job 31:30 (Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse); Job 31:31 If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat? Job 31:32 (The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller); Job 31:33 If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom, Job 31:34 Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door— Job 31:35 Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me) And that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written! Job 31:36 Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown: Job 31:37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him. Job 31:38 If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together; Job 31:39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: Job 31:40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. Job 32:1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Job 32:2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. Job 32:3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. Job 32:4 Now Elihu had waited to speak unto Job, because they were elder than he. Job 32:5 And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled. Job 32:6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; Wherefore I held back, and durst not show you mine opinion. Job 32:7 I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom. Job 32:8 But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding. Job 32:9 It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice. Job 32:10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will show mine opinion. Job 32:11 Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your reasonings, Whilst ye searched out what to say. Job 32:12 Yea, I attended unto you, And, behold, there was none that convinced Job, Or that answered his words, among you.
Job 32:13 Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man: Job 32:14 For he hath not directed his words against me; Neither will I answer him with your speeches. Job 32:15 They are amazed, they answer no more: They have not a word to say. Job 32:16 And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more? Job 32:17 I also will answer my part, I also will show mine opinion. Job 32:18 For I am full of words; The spirit within me constraineth me. Job 32:19 Behold, my breast is as wine which hath no vent; Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst. Job 32:20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer. Job 32:21 Let me not, I pray you, respect any man’s person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man. Job 32:22 For I know not to give flattering titles; Else would my Maker soon take me away. Job 33:1 Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, And hearken to all my words. Job 33:2 Behold now, I have opened my mouth; My tongue hath spoken in my mouth. Job 33:3 My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart; And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely. Job 33:4 The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Almighty giveth me life.
Job 33:5 If thou canst, answer thou me; Set thy words in order before me, stand forth. Job 33:6 Behold, I am toward God even as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay. Job 33:7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee. Job 33:8 Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the voice of thy words, saying, Job 33:9 I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me: Job 33:10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy; Job 33:11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, He marketh all my paths. Job 33:12 Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just; For God is greater than man. Job 33:13 Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters? Job 33:14 For God speaketh once, Yea twice, though man regardeth it not. Job 33:15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed; Job 33:16 Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction, Job 33:17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man;