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11  There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job and that man was perfect and upright and one that feared God and eschewed evil .

12  And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters .

13  His substance also was seven thousand sheep and three thousand camels and five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred she asses and a very great household so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east .

14  And his sons went and feasted in their houses every one his day and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them .

15  And it was so when the days of their feasting were gone about that Job sent and sanctified them and rose up early in the morning and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all for Job said It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts Thus did Job continually .

16  Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD and Satan came also among them .

17  And the LORD said unto Satan Whence comest thou Then Satan answered the LORD and said From going to and fro in the earth and from walking up and down in it .

18  And the LORD said unto Satan Hast thou considered my servant Job that there is none like him in the earth a perfect and an upright man one that feareth God and escheweth evil .

19  Then Satan answered the LORD and said Doth Job fear God for nought .

110  Hast not thou made an hedge about him and about his house and about all that he hath on every side thou hast blessed the work of his hands and his substance is increased in the land .

111  But put forth thine hand now and touch all that he hath and he will curse thee to thy face .

112  And the LORD said unto Satan Behold all that he hath is in thy power only upon himself put not forth thine hand So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD .

113  And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house .

114  And there came a messenger unto Job and said The oxen were plowing and the asses feeding beside them .

115  And the Sabeans fell upon them and took them away yea they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword and I only am escaped alone to tell thee .

116  While he was yet speaking there came also another and said The fire of God is fallen from heaven and hath burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them and I only am escaped alone to tell thee .

117  While he was yet speaking there came also another and said The Chaldeans made out three bands and fell upon the camels and have carried them away yea and slain the servants with the edge of the sword and I only am escaped alone to tell thee .

118  While he was yet speaking there came also another and said Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house .

119  And behold there came a great wind from the wilderness and smote the four corners of the house and it fell upon the young men and they are dead and I only am escaped alone to tell thee .

120  Then Job arose and rent his mantle and shaved his head and fell down upon the ground and worshipped .

121  And said Naked came I out of my mother's womb and naked shall I return thither the LORD gave and the LORD hath taken away blessed be the name of the LORD .

122  In all this Job sinned not nor charged God foolishly .

* 21  Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD .

22  And the LORD said unto Satan From whence comest thou And Satan answered the LORD and said From going to and fro in the earth and from walking up and down in it .

23  And the LORD said unto Satan Hast thou considered my servant Job that there is none like him in the earth a perfect and an upright man one that feareth God and escheweth evil and still he holdeth fast his integrity although thou movedst me against him to destroy him without cause .

24  And Satan answered the LORD and said Skin for skin yea all that a man hath will he give for his life .

25  But put forth thine hand now and touch his bone and his flesh and he will curse thee to thy face .

26  And the LORD said unto Satan Behold he is in thine hand but save his life .

27  So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown .

28  And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal and he sat down among the ashes .

29  Then said his wife unto him Dost thou still retain thine integrity curse God and die .

210  But he said unto her Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh What shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil In all this did not Job sin with his lips .

211  Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him they came every one from his own place Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him .

212  And when they lifted up their eyes afar off and knew him not they lifted up their voice and wept and they rent every one his mantle and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven .

213  So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights and none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great .

* 31  After this opened Job his mouth and cursed his day .

32  And Job spake and said .

33  Let the day perish wherein I was born and the night in which it was said There is a man child conceived .

34  Let that day be darkness let not God regard it from above neither let the light shine upon it .

35  Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it let a cloud dwell upon it let the blackness of the day terrify it .

36  As for that night let darkness seize upon it let it not be joined unto the days of the year let it not come into the number of the months .

37  Lo let that night be solitary let no joyful voice come therein .

38  Let them curse it that curse the day who are ready to raise up their mourning .

39  Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark let it look for light but have none neither let it see the dawning of the day .

310  Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb nor hid sorrow from mine eyes .

311  Why died I not from the womb why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly .

312  Why did the knees prevent me or why the breasts that I should suck .

313  For now should I have lain still and been quiet I should have slept then had I been at rest .

314  With kings and counsellors of the earth which built desolate places for themselves .

315  Or with princes that had gold who filled their houses with silver .

316  Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been as infants which never saw light .

317  There the wicked cease from troubling and there the weary be at rest .

318  There the prisoners rest together they hear not the voice of the oppressor .

319  The small and great are there and the servant is free from his master .

320  Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery and life unto the bitter in soul .

321  Which long for death but it cometh not and dig for it more than for hid treasures .

322  Which rejoice exceedingly and are glad when they can find the grave .

323  Why is light given to a man whose way is hid and whom God hath hedged in .

324  For my sighing cometh before I eat and my roarings are poured out like the waters .

325  For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me and that which I was afraid of is come unto me .

326  I was not in safety neither had I rest neither was I quiet yet trouble came .

* 41  Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said .

42  If we assay to commune with thee wilt thou be grieved but who can withhold himself from speaking .

43  Behold thou hast instructed many and thou hast strengthened the weak hands .

44  Thy words have upholden him that was falling and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees .

45  But now it is come upon thee and thou faintest it toucheth thee and thou art troubled .

46  Is not this thy fear thy confidence thy hope and the uprightness of thy ways .

47  Remember I pray thee who ever perished being innocent or where were the righteous cut off .

48  Even as I have seen they that plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same .

49  By the blast of God they perish and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed .

410  The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion and the teeth of the young lions are broken .

411  The old lion perisheth for lack of prey and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad .

412  Now a thing was secretly brought to me and mine ear received a little thereof .

413  In thoughts from the visions of the night when deep sleep falleth on men

414  Fear came upon me and trembling which made all my bones to shake .

415  Then a spirit passed before my face the hair of my flesh stood up .

416  It stood still but I could not discern the form thereof an image was before mine eyes there was silence and I heard a voice saying .

417  Shall mortal man be more just than God shall a man be more pure than his maker .

418  Behold he put no trust in his servants and his angels he charged with folly .

419  How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay whose foundation is in the dust which are crushed before the moth .

420  They are destroyed from morning to evening they perish for ever without any regarding it .

421  Doth not their excellency which is in them go away they die even without wisdom .

* 51  Call now if there be any that will answer thee and to which of the saints wilt thou turn .

52  For wrath killeth the foolish man and envy slayeth the silly one .

53  I have seen the foolish taking root but suddenly I cursed his habitation .

54  His children are far from safety and they are crushed in the gate neither is there any to deliver them .

55  Whose harvest the hungry eateth up and taketh it even out of the thorns and the robber swalloweth up their substance .

56  Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust neither doth trouble spring out of the ground .

57  Yet man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward .

58  I would seek unto God and unto God would I commit my cause .

59  Which doeth great things and unsearchable marvellous things without number .

510  Who giveth rain upon the earth and sendeth waters upon the fields .

511  To set up on high those that be low that those which mourn may be exalted to safety .

512  He disappointeth the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise .

513  He taketh the wise in their own craftiness and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong .

514  They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope in the noonday as in the night .

515  But he saveth the poor from the sword from their mouth and from the hand of the mighty .

516  So the poor hath hope and iniquity stoppeth her mouth .

517  Behold happy is the man whom God correcteth therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty .

518  For he maketh sore and bindeth up he woundeth and his hands make whole .

519  He shall deliver thee in six troubles yea in seven there shall no evil touch thee .

520  In famine he shall redeem thee from death and in war from the power of the sword .

521  Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh .

522  At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth .

523  For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee .

524  And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace and thou shalt visit thy habitation and shalt not sin .

525  Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great and thine offspring as the grass of the earth .

526  Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season .

527  Lo this we have searched it so it is hear it and know thou it for thy good .

* 61  But Job answered and said .

62  Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed and my calamity laid in the balances together .

63  For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea therefore my words are swallowed up .

64  For the arrows of the Almighty are within me the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me .

65  Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass or loweth the ox over his fodder .

66  Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt or is there any taste in the white of an egg .

67  The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat .

68  Oh that I might have my request and that God would grant me the thing that I long for .

69  Even that it would please God to destroy me that he would let loose his hand and cut me off .

610  Then should I yet have comfort yea I would harden myself in sorrow let him not spare for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One .

611  What is my strength that I should hope and what is mine end that I should prolong my life .

612  Is my strength the strength of stones or is my flesh of brass .

613  Is not my help in me and is wisdom driven quite from me .

614  To him that is afflicted pity should be showed from his friend but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty .

615  My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook and as the stream of brooks they pass away .

616  Which are blackish by reason of the ice and wherein the snow is hid .

617  What time they wax warm they vanish when it is hot they are consumed out of their place .

618  The paths of their way are turned aside they go to nothing and perish .

619  The troops of Tema looked the companies of Sheba waited for them .

620  They were confounded because they had hoped they came thither and were ashamed .

621  For now ye are nothing ye see my casting down and are afraid .

622  Did I say Bring unto me or Give a reward for me of your substance .

623  Or Deliver me from the enemy's hand or Redeem me from the hand of the mighty .

624  Teach me and I will hold my tongue and cause me to understand wherein I have erred .

625  How forcible are right words but what doth your arguing reprove .

626  Do ye imagine to reprove words and the speeches of one that is desperate which are as wind .

627  Yea ye overwhelm the fatherless and ye dig a pit for your friend .

628  Now therefore be content look upon me for it is evident unto you if I lie .

629  Return I pray you let it not be iniquity yea return again my righteousness is in it .

630  Is there iniquity in my tongue cannot my taste discern perverse things .

* 71  Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth are not his days also like the days of an hireling .

72  As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work .

73  So am I made to possess months of vanity and wearisome nights are appointed to me .

74  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 .

75  My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust my skin is broken and become loathsome .

76  My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and are spent without hope .

77  O remember that my life is wind mine eye shall no more see good .

78  The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more thine eyes are upon me and I am not .

79  As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more .

710  He shall return no more to his house neither shall his place know him any more .

711  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 .

712  Am I a sea or a whale that thou settest a watch over me .

713  When I say My bed shall comfort me my couch shall ease my complaint .

714  Then thou scarest me with dreams and terrifiest me through visions .

715  So that my soul chooseth strangling and death rather than my life .

716  I loathe it I would not live alway let me alone for my days are vanity .

717  What is man that thou shouldest magnify him and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him .

718  And that thou shouldest visit him every morning and try him every moment .

719  How long wilt thou not depart from me nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle .

720  I have sinned what shall I do unto thee O thou preserver of men why hast thou set me as a mark against thee so that I am a burden to myself .

721  And why dost thou not pardon my transgression and take away mine iniquity for now shall I sleep in the dust and thou shalt seek me in the morning but I shall not be .

* 81  Then answered Bildad the Shuhite and said .

82  How long wilt thou speak these things and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind .

83  Doth God pervert judgment or doth the Almighty pervert justice .

84  If thy children have sinned against him and he have cast them away for their transgression .

85  If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes and make thy supplication to the Almighty .

86  If thou wert pure and upright surely now he would awake for thee and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous .

87  Though thy beginning was small yet thy latter end should greatly increase .

88  For inquire I pray thee of the former age and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers .

89  For we are but of yesterday and know nothing because our days upon earth are a shadow .

810  Shall not they teach thee and tell thee and utter words out of their heart .

811  Can the rush grow up without mire can the flag grow without water .

812  Whilst it is yet in his greenness and not cut down it withereth before any other herb .

813  So are the paths of all that forget God and the hypocrite's hope shall perish .

814  Whose hope shall be cut off and whose trust shall be a spider's web .

815  He shall lean upon his house but it shall not stand he shall hold it fast but it shall not endure .

816  He is green before the sun and his branch shooteth forth in his garden .

817  His roots are wrapped about the heap and seeth the place of stones .

818  If he destroy him from his place then it shall deny him saying I have not seen thee .

819  Behold this is the joy of his way and out of the earth shall others grow .

820  Behold God will not cast away a perfect man neither will he help the evil doers .

821  Till he fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with rejoicing .

822  They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought .

* 91  Then Job answered and said .

92  I know it is so of a truth but how should man be just with God .

93  If he will contend with him he cannot answer him one of a thousand .

94  He is wise in heart and mighty in strength who hath hardened himself against him and hath prospered .

95  Which removeth the mountains and they know not which overturneth them in his anger .

96  Which shaketh the earth out of her place and the pillars thereof tremble .

97  Which commandeth the sun and it riseth not and sealeth up the stars .

98  Which alone spreadeth out the heavens and treadeth upon the waves of the sea .

99  Which maketh Arcturus Orion and Pleiades and the chambers of the south .

910  Which doeth great things past finding out yea and wonders without number .

911  Lo he goeth by me and I see him not he passeth on also but I perceive him not .

912  Behold he taketh away who can hinder him who will say unto him What doest thou .

913  If God will not withdraw his anger the proud helpers do stoop under him .

914  How much less shall I answer him and choose out my words to reason with him .

915  Whom though I were righteous yet would I not answer but I would make supplication to my judge .

916  If I had called and he had answered me yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice .

917  For he breaketh me with a tempest and multiplieth my wounds without cause .

918  He will not suffer me to take my breath but filleth me with bitterness .

919  If I speak of strength lo he is strong and if of judgment who shall set me a time to plead .

920  If I justify myself mine own mouth shall condemn me if I say I am perfect it shall also prove me perverse .

921  Though I were perfect yet would I not know my soul I would despise my life .

922  This is one thing therefore I said it He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked .

923  If the scourge slay suddenly he will laugh at the trial of the innocent .

924  The earth is given into the hand of the wicked he covereth the faces of the judges thereof if not where and who is he .

925  Now my days are swifter than a post they flee away they see no good .

926  They are passed away as the swift ships as the eagle that hasteth to the prey .

927  If I say I will forget my complaint I will leave off my heaviness and comfort myself .

928  I am afraid of all my sorrows I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent .

929  If I be wicked why then labour I in vain .

930  If I wash myself with snow water and make my hands never so clean .

931  Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch and mine own clothes shall abhor me .

932  For he is not a man as I am that I should answer him and we should come together in judgment .

933  Neither is there any daysman betwixt us that might lay his hand upon us both .

934  Let him take his rod away from me and let not his fear terrify me .

935  Then would I speak and not fear him but it is not so with me .

* 101  My soul is weary of my life I will leave my complaint upon myself I will speak in the bitterness of my soul .

102  I will say unto God Do not condemn me show me wherefore thou contendest with me .

103  Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands and shine upon the counsel of the wicked .

104  Hast thou eyes of flesh or seest thou as man seeth .

105  Are thy days as the days of man are thy years as man's days .

106  That thou inquirest after mine iniquity and searchest after my sin .

107  Thou knowest that I am not wicked and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand .

108  Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about yet thou dost destroy me .

109  Remember I beseech thee that thou hast made me as the clay and wilt thou bring me into dust again .

1010  Hast thou not poured me out as milk and curdled me like cheese .

1011  Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh and hast fenced me with bones and sinews .

1012  Thou hast granted me life and favour and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit .

1013  And these things hast thou hid in thine heart I know that this is with thee .

1014  If I sin then thou markest me and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity .

1015  If I be wicked woe unto me and if I be righteous yet will I not lift up my head I am full of confusion therefore see thou mine affliction .

1016  For it increaseth Thou huntest me as a fierce lion and again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me .

1017  Thou renewest thy witnesses against me and increasest thine indignation upon me changes and war are against me .

1018  Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb Oh that I had given up the ghost and no eye had seen me .

1019  I should have been as though I had not been I should have been carried from the womb to the grave .

1020  Are not my days few cease then and let me alone that I may take comfort a little .

1021  Before I go whence I shall not return even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death .

1022  A land of darkness as darkness itself and of the shadow of death without any order and where the light is as darkness .

* 111  Then answered Zophar the Naamathite and said .

112  Should not the multitude of words be answered and should a man full of talk be justified .

113  Should thy lies make men hold their peace and when thou mockest shall no man make thee ashamed .

114  For thou hast said My doctrine is pure and I am clean in thine eyes .

115  But oh that God would speak and open his lips against thee .

116  And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom that they are double to that which is Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth .

117  Canst thou by searching find out God canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection .

118  It is as high as heaven what canst thou do deeper than hell what canst thou know .

119  The measure thereof is longer than the earth and broader than the sea .

1110  If he cut off and shut up or gather together then who can hinder him .

1111  For he knoweth vain men he seeth wickedness also will he not then consider it .

1112  For vain man would be wise though man be born like a wild ass's colt .

1113  If thou prepare thine heart and stretch out thine hands toward him .

1114  If iniquity be in thine hand put it far away and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles .

1115  For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot yea thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear .

1116  Because thou shalt forget thy misery and remember it as waters that pass away .

1117  And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday thou shalt shine forth thou shalt be as the morning .

1118  And thou shalt be secure because there is hope yea thou shalt dig about thee and thou shalt take thy rest in safety .

1119  Also thou shalt lie down and none shall make thee afraid yea many shall make suit unto thee .

1120  But the eyes of the wicked shall fail and they shall not escape and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost .

* 121  And Job answered and said .

122  No doubt but ye are the people and wisdom shall die with you .

123  But I have understanding as well as you I am not inferior to you yea who knoweth not such things as these .

124  I am as one mocked of his neighbour who calleth upon God and he answereth him the just upright man is laughed to scorn .

125  He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease .

126  The tabernacles of robbers prosper and they that provoke God are secure into whose hand God bringeth abundantly .

127  But ask now the beasts and they shall teach thee and the fowls of the air and they shall tell thee .

128  Or speak to the earth and it shall teach thee and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee .

129  Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this .

1210  In whose hand is the soul of every living thing and the breath of all mankind .

1211  Doth not the ear try words and the mouth taste his meat .

1212  With the ancient is wisdom and in length of days understanding .

1213  With him is wisdom and strength he hath counsel and understanding .

1214  Behold he breaketh down and it cannot be built again he shutteth up a man and there can be no opening .

1215  Behold he withholdeth the waters and they dry up also he sendeth them out and they overturn the earth .

1216  With him is strength and wisdom the deceived and the deceiver are his .

1217  He leadeth counsellors away spoiled and maketh the judges fools .

1218  He looseth the bond of kings and girdeth their loins with a girdle .

1219  He leadeth princes away spoiled and overthroweth the mighty .

1220  He removeth away the speech of the trusty and taketh away the understanding of the aged .

1221  He poureth contempt upon princes and weakeneth the strength of the mighty .

1222  He discovereth deep things out of darkness and bringeth out to light the shadow of death .

1223  He increaseth the nations and destroyeth them he enlargeth the nations and straiteneth them again .

1224  He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way .

1225  They grope in the dark without light and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man .

* 131  Lo mine eye hath seen all this mine ear hath heard and understood it .

132  What ye know the same do I know also I am not inferior unto you .

133  Surely I would speak to the Almighty and I desire to reason with God .

134  But ye are forgers of lies ye are all physicians of no value .

135  O that ye would altogether hold your peace and it should be your wisdom .

136  Hear now my reasoning and hearken to the pleadings of my lips .

137  Will ye speak wickedly for God and talk deceitfully for him .

138  Will ye accept his person will ye contend for God .

139  Is it good that he should search you out or as one man mocketh another do ye so mock him .

1310  He will surely reprove you if ye do secretly accept persons .

1311  Shall not his excellency make you afraid and his dread fall upon you .

1312  Your remembrances are like unto ashes your bodies to bodies of clay .

1313  Hold your peace let me alone that I may speak and let come on me what will .

1314  Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in mine hand .

1315  Though he slay me yet will I trust in him but I will maintain mine own ways before him .

1316  He also shall be my salvation for an hypocrite shall not come before him .

1317  Hear diligently my speech and my declaration with your ears .

1318  Behold now I have ordered my cause I know that I shall be justified .

1319  Who is he that will plead with me for now if I hold my tongue I shall give up the ghost .

1320  Only do not two things unto me then will I not hide myself from thee .

1321  Withdraw thine hand far from me and let not thy dread make me afraid .

1322  Then call thou and I will answer or let me speak and answer thou me .

1323  How many are mine iniquities and sins make me to know my transgression and my sin .

1324  Wherefore hidest thou thy face and holdest me for thine enemy .

1325  Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble .

1326  For thou writest bitter things against me and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth .

1327  Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks and lookest narrowly unto all my paths thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet .

1328  And he as a rotten thing consumeth as a garment that is moth eaten .

* 141  Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble .

142  He cometh forth like a flower and is cut down he fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not .

143  And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one and bringest me into judgment with thee .

144  Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean not one .

145  Seeing his days are determined the number of his months are with thee thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass .

146  Turn from him that he may rest till he shall accomplish as an hireling his day .

147  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 .

148  Though the root thereof wax old in the earth and the stock thereof die in the ground .

149  Yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant .

1410  But man dieth and wasteth away yea man giveth up the ghost and where is he .

1411  As the waters fail from the sea and the flood decayeth and drieth up .

1412  So man lieth down and riseth not till the heavens be no more they shall not awake nor be raised out of their sleep .

1413  O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave that thou wouldest keep me secret until thy wrath be past that thou wouldest appoint me a set time and remember me .

1414  If a man die shall he live again all the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change come .

1415  Thou shalt call and I will answer thee thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands .

1416  For now thou numberest my steps dost thou not watch over my sin .

1417  My transgression is sealed up in a bag and thou sewest up mine iniquity .

1418  And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought and the rock is removed out of his place .

1419  The waters wear the stones thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth and thou destroyest the hope of man .

1420  Thou prevailest for ever against him and he passeth thou changest his countenance and sendest him away .

1421  His sons come to honour and he knoweth it not and they are brought low but he perceiveth it not of them .

1422  But his flesh upon him shall have pain and his soul within him shall mourn .

* 151  Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite and said .

152  Should a wise man utter vain knowledge and fill his belly with the east wind .

153  Should he reason with unprofitable talk or with speeches wherewith he can do no good .

154  Yea thou castest off fear and restrainest prayer before God .

155  For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty .

156  Thine own mouth condemneth thee and not I yea thine own lips testify against thee .

157  Art thou the first man that was born or wast thou made before the hills .

158  Hast thou heard the secret of God and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself .

159  What knowest thou that we know not what understandest thou which is not in us .

1510  With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men much elder than thy father .

1511  Are the consolations of God small with thee is there any secret thing with thee .

1512  Why doth thine heart carry thee away and what do thy eyes wink at .

1513  That thou turnest thy spirit against God and lettest such words go out of thy mouth .

1514  What is man that he should be clean and he which is born of a woman that he should be righteous .

1515  Behold he putteth no trust in his saints yea the heavens are not clean in his sight .

1516  How much more abominable and filthy is man which drinketh iniquity like water .

1517  I will show thee hear me and that which I have seen I will declare .

1518  Which wise men have told from their fathers and have not hid it .

1519  Unto whom alone the earth was given and no stranger passed among them .

1520  The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor .

1521  A dreadful sound is in his ears in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him .

1522  He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness and he is waited for of the sword .

1523  He wandereth abroad for bread saying Where is it he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand .

1524  Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid they shall prevail against him as a king ready to the battle .

1525  For he stretcheth out his hand against God and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty .

1526  He runneth upon him even on his neck upon the thick bosses of his bucklers .

1527  Because he covereth his face with his fatness and maketh collops of fat on his flanks .

1528  And he dwelleth in desolate cities and in houses which no man inhabiteth which are ready to become heaps .

1529  He shall not be rich neither shall his substance continue neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth .

1530  He shall not depart out of darkness the flame shall dry up his branches and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away .

1531  Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity for vanity shall be his recompense .

1532  It shall be accomplished before his time and his branch shall not be green .

1533  He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine and shall cast off his flower as the olive .

1534  For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery .

1535  They conceive mischief and bring forth vanity and their belly prepareth deceit .

* 161  Then Job answered and said .

162  I have heard many such things miserable comforters are ye all .

163  Shall vain words have an end or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest .

164  I also could speak as ye do if your soul were in my soul's stead I could heap up words against you and shake mine head at you .

165  But I would strengthen you with my mouth and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief .

166  Though I speak my grief is not asswaged and though I forbear what am I eased .

167  But now he hath made me weary thou hast made desolate all my company .

168  And thou hast filled me with wrinkles which is a witness against me and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face .

169  He teareth me in his wrath who hateth me he gnasheth upon me with his teeth mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me .

1610  They have gaped upon me with their mouth they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully they have gathered themselves together against me .

1611  God hath delivered me to the ungodly and turned me over into the hands of the wicked .

1612  I was at ease but he hath broken me asunder he hath also taken me by my neck and shaken me to pieces and set me up for his mark .

1613  His archers compass me round about he cleaveth my reins asunder and doth not spare he poureth out my gall upon the ground .

1614  He breaketh me with breach upon breach he runneth upon me like a giant .

1615  I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin and defiled my horn in the dust .

1616  My face is foul with weeping and on my eyelids is the shadow of death .

1617  Not for any injustice in mine hands also my prayer is pure .

1618  O earth cover not thou my blood and let my cry have no place .

1619  Also now behold my witness is in heaven and my record is on high .

1620  My friends scorn me but mine eye poureth out tears unto God .

1621  O that one might plead for a man with God as a man pleadeth for his neighbour .

1622  When a few years are come then I shall go the way whence I shall not return .

* 171  My breath is corrupt my days are extinct the graves are ready for me .

172  Are there not mockers with me and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation .

173  Lay down now put me in a surety with thee who is he that will strike hands with me .

174  For thou hast hid their heart from understanding therefore shalt thou not exalt them .

175  He that speaketh flattery to his friends even the eyes of his children shall fail .

176  He hath made me also a byword of the people and aforetime I was as a tabret .

177  Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow and all my members are as a shadow .

178  Upright men shall be astonied at this and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite .

179  The righteous also shall hold on his way and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger .

1710  But as for you all do ye return and come now for I cannot find one wise man among you .

1711  My days are past my purposes are broken off even the thoughts of my heart .

1712  They change the night into day the light is short because of darkness .

1713  If I wait the grave is mine house I have made my bed in the darkness .

1714  I have said to corruption Thou art my father to the worm Thou art my mother and my sister .

1715  And where is now my hope as for my hope who shall see it .

1716  They shall go down to the bars of the pit when our rest together is in the dust .

* 181  Then answered Bildad the Shuhite and said .

182  How long will it be ere ye make an end of words mark and afterwards we will speak .

183  Wherefore are we counted as beasts and reputed vile in your sight .

184  He teareth himself in his anger shall the earth be forsaken for thee and shall the rock be removed out of his place .

185  Yea the light of the wicked shall be put out and the spark of his fire shall not shine .

186  The light shall be dark in his tabernacle and his candle shall be put out with him .

187  The steps of his strength shall be straitened and his own counsel shall cast him down .

188  For he is cast into a net by his own feet and he walketh upon a snare .

189  The gin shall take him by the heel and the robber shall prevail against him .

1810  The snare is laid for him in the ground and a trap for him in the way .

1811  Terrors shall make him afraid on every side and shall drive him to his feet .

1812  His strength shall be hungerbitten and destruction shall be ready at his side .

1813  It shall devour the strength of his skin even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength .

1814  His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle and it shall bring him to the king of terrors .

1815  It shall dwell in his tabernacle because it is none of his brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation .

1816  His roots shall be dried up beneath and above shall his branch be cut off .

1817  His remembrance shall perish from the earth and he shall have no name in the street .

1818  He shall be driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world .

1819  He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people nor any remaining in his dwellings .

1820  They that come after him shall be astonied at his day as they that went before were affrighted .

1821  Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked and this is the place of him that knoweth not God .

* 191  Then Job answered and said .

192  How long will ye vex my soul and break me in pieces with words .

193  These ten times have ye reproached me ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me .

194  And be it indeed that I have erred mine error remaineth with myself .

195  If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me and plead against me my reproach .

196  Know now that God hath overthrown me and hath compassed me with his net .

197  Behold I cry out of wrong but I am not heard I cry aloud but there is no judgment .

198  He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass and he hath set darkness in my paths .

199  He hath stripped me of my glory and taken the crown from my head .

1910  He hath destroyed me on every side and I am gone and mine hope hath he removed like a tree .

1911  He hath also kindled his wrath against me and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies .

1912  His troops come together and raise up their way against me and encamp round about my tabernacle .

1913  He hath put my brethren far from me and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me .

1914  My kinsfolk have failed and my familiar friends have forgotten me .

1915  They that dwell in mine house and my maids count me for a stranger I am an alien in their sight .

1916  I called my servant and he gave me no answer I entreated him with my mouth .

1917  My breath is strange to my wife though I entreated for the children's sake of mine own body .

1918  Yea young children despised me I arose and they spake against me .

1919  All my inward friends abhorred me and they whom I loved are turned against me .

1920  My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth .

1921  Have pity upon me have pity upon me O ye my friends for the hand of God hath touched me .

1922  Why do ye persecute me as God and are not satisfied with my flesh .

1923  Oh that my words were now written oh that they were printed in a book .

1924  That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever .

1925  For I know that my redeemer liveth and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth .

1926  And though after my skin worms destroy this body yet in my flesh shall I see God .

1927  Whom I shall see for myself and mine eyes shall behold and not another though my reins be consumed within me .

1928  But ye should say Why persecute we him seeing the root of the matter is found in me .

1929  Be ye afraid of the sword for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword that ye may know there is a judgment .

* 201  Then answered Zophar the Naamathite and said .

202  Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer and for this I make haste .

203  I have heard the check of my reproach and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer .

204  Knowest thou not this of old since man was placed upon earth .

205  That the triumphing of the wicked is short and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment .

206  Though his excellency mount up to the heavens and his head reach unto the clouds .

207  Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung they which have seen him shall say Where is he .

208  He shall fly away as a dream and shall not be found yea he shall be chased away as a vision of the night .

209  The eye also which saw him shall see him no more neither shall his place any more behold him .

2010  His children shall seek to please the poor and his hands shall restore their goods .

2011  His bones are full of the sin of his youth which shall lie down with him in the dust .

2012  Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth though he hide it under his tongue .

2013  Though he spare it and forsake it not but keep it still within his mouth .

2014  Yet his meat in his bowels is turned it is the gall of asps within him .

2015  He hath swallowed down riches and he shall vomit them up again God shall cast them out of his belly .

2016  He shall suck the poison of asps the viper's tongue shall slay him .

2017  He shall not see the rivers the floods the brooks of honey and butter .

2018  That which he laboured for shall he restore and shall not swallow it down according to his substance shall the restitution be and he shall not rejoice therein .

2019  Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not .

2020  Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly he shall not save of that which he desired .

2021  There shall none of his meat be left therefore shall no man look for his goods .

2022  In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits every hand of the wicked shall come upon him .

2023  When he is about to fill his belly God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him and shall rain it upon him while he is eating .

2024  He shall flee from the iron weapon and the bow of steel shall strike him through .

2025  It is drawn and cometh out of the body yea the glittering sword cometh out of his gall terrors are upon him .

2026  All darkness shall be hid in his secret places a fire not blown shall consume him it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle .

2027  The heaven shall reveal his iniquity and the earth shall rise up against him .

2028  The increase of his house shall depart and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath .

2029  This is the portion of a wicked man from God and the heritage appointed unto him by God .

* 211  But Job answered and said .

212  Hear diligently my speech and let this be your consolations .

213  Suffer me that I may speak and after that I have spoken mock on .

214  As for me is my complaint to man and if it were so why should not my spirit be troubled .

215  Mark me and be astonished and lay your hand upon your mouth .

216  Even when I remember I am afraid and trembling taketh hold on my flesh .

217  Wherefore do the wicked live become old yea are mighty in power .

218  Their seed is established in their sight with them and their offspring before their eyes .

219  Their houses are safe from fear neither is the rod of God upon them .

2110  Their bull gendereth and faileth not their cow calveth and casteth not her calf .

2111  They send forth their little ones like a flock and their children dance .

2112  They take the timbrel and harp and rejoice at the sound of the organ .

2113  They spend their days in wealth and in a moment go down to the grave .

2114  Therefore they say unto God Depart from us for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways .

2115  What is the Almighty that we should serve him and what profit should we have if we pray unto him .

2116  Lo their good is not in their hand the counsel of the wicked is far from me .

2117  How oft is the candle of the wicked put out and how oft cometh their destruction upon them God distributeth sorrows in his anger .

2118  They are as stubble before the wind and as chaff that the storm carrieth away .

2119  God layeth up his iniquity for his children he rewardeth him and he shall know it .

2120  His eyes shall see his destruction and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty .

2121  For what pleasure hath he in his house after him when the number of his months is cut off in the midst .

2122  Shall any teach God knowledge seeing he judgeth those that are high .

2123  One dieth in his full strength being wholly at ease and quiet .

2124  His breasts are full of milk and his bones are moistened with marrow .

2125  And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul and never eateth with pleasure .

2126  They shall lie down alike in the dust and the worms shall cover them .

2127  Behold I know your thoughts and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me .

2128  For ye say Where is the house of the prince and where are the dwelling places of the wicked .

2129  Have ye not asked them that go by the way and do ye not know their tokens

2130  That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath .

2131  Who shall declare his way to his face and who shall repay him what he hath done .

2132  Yet shall he be brought to the grave and shall remain in the tomb .

2133  The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him and every man shall draw after him as there are innumerable before him .

2134  How then comfort ye me in vain seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood .

* 221  Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said .

222  Can a man be profitable unto God as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself .

223  Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou art righteous or is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect .

224  Will he reprove thee for fear of thee will he enter with thee into judgment .

225  Is not thy wickedness great and thine iniquities infinite .

226  For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought and stripped the naked of their clothing .

227  Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry .

228  But as for the mighty man he had the earth and the honourable man dwelt in it .

229  Thou hast sent widows away empty and the arms of the fatherless have been broken .

2210  Therefore snares are round about thee and sudden fear troubleth thee .

2211  Or darkness that thou canst not see and abundance of waters cover thee .

2212  Is not God in the height of heaven and behold the height of the stars how high they are .

2213  And thou sayest How doth God know can he judge through the dark cloud .

2214  Thick clouds are a covering to him that he seeth not and he walketh in the circuit of heaven .

2215  Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden .

2216  Which were cut down out of time whose foundation was overflown with a flood .

2217  Which said unto God Depart from us and what can the Almighty do for them .

2218  Yet he filled their houses with good things but the counsel of the wicked is far from me .

2219  The righteous see it and are glad and the innocent laugh them to scorn .

2220  Whereas our substance is not cut down but the remnant of them the fire consumeth .

2221  Acquaint now thyself with him and be at peace thereby good shall come unto thee .

2222  Receive I pray thee the law from his mouth and lay up his words in thine heart .

2223  If thou return to the Almighty thou shalt be built up thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles .

2224  Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks .

2225  Yea the Almighty shall be thy defence and thou shalt have plenty of silver .

2226  For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty and shalt lift up thy face unto God .

2227  Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him and he shall hear thee and thou shalt pay thy vows .

2228  Thou shalt also decree a thing and it shall be established unto thee and the light shall shine upon thy ways .

2229  When men are cast down then thou shalt say There is lifting up and he shall save the humble person .

2230  He shall deliver the island of the innocent and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands .

* 231  Then Job answered and said .

232  Even to day is my complaint bitter my stroke is heavier than my groaning .

233  Oh that I knew where I might find him that I might come even to his seat .

234  I would order my cause before him and fill my mouth with arguments .

235  I would know the words which he would answer me and understand what he would say unto me .

236  Will he plead against me with his great power No but he would put strength in me .

237  There the righteous might dispute with him so should I be delivered for ever from my judge .

238  Behold I go forward but he is not there and backward but I cannot perceive him .

239  On the left hand where he doth work but I cannot behold him he hideth himself on the right hand that I cannot see him .

2310  But he knoweth the way that I take when he hath tried me I shall come forth as gold .

2311  My foot hath held his steps his way have I kept and not declined .

2312  Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food .

2313  But he is in one mind and who can turn him and what his soul desireth even that he doeth .

2314  For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me and many such things are with him .

2315  Therefore am I troubled at his presence when I consider I am afraid of him .

2316  For God maketh my heart soft and the Almighty troubleth me .

2317  Because I was not cut off before the darkness neither hath he covered the darkness from my face .

* 241  Why seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty do they that know him not see his days .

242  Some remove the landmarks they violently take away flocks and feed thereof .

243  They drive away the ass of the fatherless they take the widow's ox for a pledge .

244  They turn the needy out of the way the poor of the earth hide themselves together .

245  Behold as wild asses in the desert go they forth to their work rising betimes for a prey the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children .

246  They reap every one his corn in the field and they gather the vintage of the wicked .

247  They cause the naked to lodge without clothing that they have no covering in the cold .

248  They are wet with the showers of the mountains and embrace the rock for want of a shelter .

249  They pluck the fatherless from the breast and take a pledge of the poor .

2410  They cause him to go naked without clothing and they take away the sheaf from the hungry .

2411  Which make oil within their walls and tread their winepresses and suffer thirst .

2412  Men groan from out of the city and the soul of the wounded crieth out yet God layeth not folly to them .

2413  They are of those that rebel against the light they know not the ways thereof nor abide in the paths thereof .

2414  The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy and in the night is as a thief .

2415  The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight saying No eye shall see me and disguiseth his face .

2416  In the dark they dig through houses which they had marked for themselves in the daytime they know not the light .

2417  For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death if one know them they are in the terrors of the shadow of death .

2418  He is swift as the waters their portion is cursed in the earth he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards .

2419  Drought and heat consume the snow waters so doth the grave those which have sinned .

2420  The womb shall forget him the worm shall feed sweetly on him he shall be no more remembered and wickedness shall be broken as a tree .

2421  He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not and doeth not good to the widow .

2422  He draweth also the mighty with his power he riseth up and no man is sure of life .

2423  Though it be given him to be in safety whereon he resteth yet his eyes are upon their ways .

2424  They are exalted for a little while but are gone and brought low they are taken out of the way as all other and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn .

2425  And if it be not so now who will make me a liar and make my speech nothing worth .

* 251  Then answered Bildad the Shuhite and said .

252  Dominion and fear are with him he maketh peace in his high places .

253  Is there any number of his armies and upon whom doth not his light arise .

254  How then can man be justified with God or how can he be clean that is born of a woman .

255  Behold even to the moon and it shineth not yea the stars are not pure in his sight .

256  How much less man that is a worm and the son of man which is a worm .

* 261  But Job answered and said .

262  How hast thou helped him that is without power how savest thou the arm that hath no strength .

263  How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is .

264  To whom hast thou uttered words and whose spirit came from thee .

265  Dead things are formed from under the waters and the inhabitants thereof .

266  Hell is naked before him and destruction hath no covering .

267  He stretcheth out the north over the empty place and hangeth the earth upon nothing .

268  He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds and the cloud is not rent under them .

269  He holdeth back the face of his throne and spreadeth his cloud upon it .

2610  He hath compassed the waters with bounds until the day and night come to an end .

2611  The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof .

2612  He divideth the sea with his power and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud .

2613  By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens his hand hath formed the crooked serpent .

2614  Lo these are parts of his ways but how little a portion is heard of him but the thunder of his power who can understand .

* 271  Moreover Job continued his parable and said .

272  As God liveth who hath taken away my judgment and the Almighty who hath vexed my soul .

273  All the while my breath is in me and the spirit of God is in my nostrils .

274  My lips shall not speak wickedness nor my tongue utter deceit .

275  God forbid that I should justify you till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me .

276  My righteousness I hold fast and will not let it go my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live .

277  Let mine enemy be as the wicked and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous .

278  For what is the hope of the hypocrite though he hath gained when God taketh away his soul .

279  Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him .

2710  Will he delight himself in the Almighty will he always call upon God .

2711  I will teach you by the hand of God that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal .

2712  Behold all ye yourselves have seen it why then are ye thus altogether vain .

2713  This is the portion of a wicked man with God and the heritage of oppressors which they shall receive of the Almighty .

2714  If his children be multiplied it is for the sword and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread .

2715  Those that remain of him shall be buried in death and his widows shall not weep .

2716  Though he heap up silver as the dust and prepare raiment as the clay .

2717  He may prepare it but the just shall put it on and the innocent shall divide the silver .

2718  He buildeth his house as a moth and as a booth that the keeper maketh .

2719  The rich man shall lie down but he shall not be gathered he openeth his eyes and he is not .

2720  Terrors take hold on him as waters a tempest stealeth him away in the night .

2721  The east wind carrieth him away and he departeth and as a storm hurleth him out of his place .

2722  For God shall cast upon him and not spare he would fain flee out of his hand .

2723  Men shall clap their hands at him and shall hiss him out of his place .

* 281  Surely there is a vein for the silver and a place for gold where they fine it .

282  Iron is taken out of the earth and brass is molten out of the stone .

283  He setteth an end to darkness and searcheth out all perfection the stones of darkness and the shadow of death .

284  The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant even the waters forgotten of the foot they are dried up they are gone away from men .

285  As for the earth out of it cometh bread and under it is turned up as it were fire .

286  The stones of it are the place of sapphires and it hath dust of gold .

287  There is a path which no fowl knoweth and which the vulture's eye hath not seen .

288  The lion's whelps have not trodden it nor the fierce lion passed by it .

289  He putteth forth his hand upon the rock he overturneth the mountains by the roots .

2810  He cutteth out rivers among the rocks and his eye seeth every precious thing .

2811  He bindeth the floods from overflowing and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light .

2812  But where shall wisdom be found and where is the place of understanding .

2813  Man knoweth not the price thereof neither is it found in the land of the living .

2814  The depth saith It is not in me and the sea saith It is not with me .

2815  It cannot be gotten for gold neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof .

2816  It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir with the precious onyx or the sapphire .

2817  The gold and the crystal cannot equal it and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold .

2818  No mention shall be made of coral or of pearls for the price of wisdom is above rubies .

2819  The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it neither shall it be valued with pure gold .

2820  Whence then cometh wisdom and where is the place of understanding .

2821  Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living and kept close from the fowls of the air .

2822  Destruction and death say We have heard the fame thereof with our ears .

2823  God understandeth the way thereof and he knoweth the place thereof .

2824  For he looketh to the ends of the earth and seeth under the whole heaven .

2825  To make the weight for the winds and he weigheth the waters by measure .

2826  When he made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder .

2827  Then did he see it and declare it he prepared it yea and searched it out .

2828  And unto man he said Behold the fear of the Lord that is wisdom and to depart from evil is understanding .

* 291  Moreover Job continued his parable and said .

292  Oh that I were as in months past as in the days when God preserved me .

293  When his candle shined upon my head and when by his light I walked through darkness .

294  As I was in the days of my youth when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle .

295  When the Almighty was yet with me when my children were about me .

296  When I washed my steps with butter and the rock poured me out rivers of oil .

297  When I went out to the gate through the city when I prepared my seat in the street .

298  The young men saw me and hid themselves and the aged arose and stood up .

299  The princes refrained talking and laid their hand on their mouth .

2910  The nobles held their peace and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth .

2911  When the ear heard me then it blessed me and when the eye saw me it gave witness to me .

2912  Because I delivered the poor that cried and the fatherless and him that had none to help him .

2913  The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy .

2914  I put on righteousness and it clothed me my judgment was as a robe and a diadem .

2915  I was eyes to the blind and feet was I to the lame .

2916  I was a father to the poor and the cause which I knew not I searched out .

2917  And I brake the jaws of the wicked and plucked the spoil out of his teeth .

2918  Then I said I shall die in my nest and I shall multiply my days as the sand .

2919  My root was spread out by the waters and the dew lay all night upon my branch .

2920  My glory was fresh in me and my bow was renewed in my hand .

2921  Unto me men gave ear and waited and kept silence at my counsel .

2922  After my words they spake not again and my speech dropped upon them .

2923  And they waited for me as for the rain and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain .

2924  If I laughed on them they believed it not and the light of my countenance they cast not down .

2925  I chose out their way and sat chief and dwelt as a king in the army as one that comforteth the mourners .

* 301  But now they that are younger than I have me in derision whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock .

302  Yea whereto might the strength of their hands profit me in whom old age was perished .

303  For want and famine they were solitary fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste .

304  Who cut up mallows by the bushes and juniper roots for their meat .

305  They were driven forth from among men (they cried after them as after a thief .

306  To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys in caves of the earth and in the rocks .

307  Among the bushes they brayed under the nettles they were gathered together .

308  They were children of fools yea children of base men they were viler than the earth .

309  And now am I their song yea I am their byword .

3010  They abhor me they flee far from me and spare not to spit in my face .

3011  Because he hath loosed my cord and afflicted me they have also let loose the bridle before me .

3012  Upon my right hand rise the youth they push away my feet and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction .

3013  They mar my path they set forward my calamity they have no helper .

3014  They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me .

3015  Terrors are turned upon me they pursue my soul as the wind and my welfare passeth away as a cloud .

3016  And now my soul is poured out upon me the days of affliction have taken hold upon me .

3017  My bones are pierced in me in the night season and my sinews take no rest .

3018  By the great force of my disease is my garment changed it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat .

3019  He hath cast me into the mire and I am become like dust and ashes .

3020  I cry unto thee and thou dost not hear me I stand up and thou regardest me not .

3021  Thou art become cruel to me with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me .

3022  Thou liftest me up to the wind thou causest me to ride upon it and dissolvest my substance .

3023  For I know that thou wilt bring me to death and to the house appointed for all living .

3024  Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave though they cry in his destruction .

3025  Did not I weep for him that was in trouble was not my soul grieved for the poor .

3026  When I looked for good then evil came unto me and when I waited for light there came darkness .

3027  My bowels boiled and rested not the days of affliction prevented me .

3028  I went mourning without the sun I stood up and I cried in the congregation .

3029  I am a brother to dragons and a companion to owls .

3030  My skin is black upon me and my bones are burned with heat .

3031  My harp also is turned to mourning and my organ into the voice of them that weep .

* 311  I made a covenant with mine eyes why then should I think upon a maid .

312  For what portion of God is there from above and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high .

313  Is not destruction to the wicked and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity .

314  Doth not he see my ways and count all my steps .

315  If I have walked with vanity or if my foot hath hasted to deceit .

316  Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity .

317  If my step hath turned out of the way and mine heart walked after mine eyes and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands .

318  Then let me sow and let another eat yea let my offspring be rooted out .

319  If mine heart have been deceived by a woman or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door .

3110  Then let my wife grind unto another and let others bow down upon her .

3111  For this is an heinous crime yea it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges .

3112  For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction and would root out all mine increase .

3113  If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant when they contended with me .

3114  What then shall I do when God riseth up and when he visiteth what shall I answer him .

3115  Did not he that made me in the womb make him and did not one fashion us in the womb .

3116  If I have withheld the poor from their desire or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail .

3117  Or have eaten my morsel myself alone and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof .

3118  (For from my youth he was brought up with me as with a father and I have guided her from my mother's womb .

3119  If I have seen any perish for want of clothing or any poor without covering .

3120  If his loins have not blessed me and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep .

3121  If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless when I saw my help in the gate .

3122  Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade and mine arm be broken from the bone .

3123  For destruction from God was a terror to me and by reason of his highness I could not endure .

3124  If I have made gold my hope or have said to the fine gold Thou art my confidence .

3125  If I rejoiced because my wealth was great and because mine hand had gotten much .

3126  If I beheld the sun when it shined or the moon walking in brightness .

3127  And my heart hath been secretly enticed or my mouth hath kissed my hand .

3128  This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge for I should have denied the God that is above .

3129  If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me or lifted up myself when evil found him .

3130  Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul .

3131  If the men of my tabernacle said not Oh that we had of his flesh we cannot be satisfied .

3132  The stranger did not lodge in the street but I opened my doors to the traveller .

3133  If I covered my transgressions as Adam by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom .

3134  Did I fear a great multitude or did the contempt of families terrify me that I kept silence and went not out of the door .

3135  Oh that one would hear me behold my desire is that the Almighty would answer me and that mine adversary had written a book .

3136  Surely I would take it upon my shoulder and bind it as a crown to me .

3137  I would declare unto him the number of my steps as a prince would I go near unto him .

3138  If my land cry against me or that the furrows likewise thereof complain .

3139  If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life .

3140  Let thistles grow instead of wheat and cockle instead of barley The words of Job are ended .

* 321  So these three men ceased to answer Job because he was righteous in his own eyes .

322  Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite of the kindred of Ram against Job was his wrath kindled because he justified himself rather than God .

323  Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled because they had found no answer and yet had condemned Job .

324  Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken because they were elder than he .

325  When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men then his wrath was kindled .

326  And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said I am young and ye are very old wherefore I was afraid and durst not show you mine opinion .

327  I said Days should speak and multitude of years should teach wisdom .

328  But there is a spirit in man and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding .

329  Great men are not always wise neither do the aged understand judgment .

3210  Therefore I said Hearken to me I also will show mine opinion .

3211  Behold I waited for your words I gave ear to your reasons whilst ye searched out what to say .

3212  Yea I attended unto you and behold there was none of you that convinced Job or that answered his words .

3213  Lest ye should say We have found out wisdom God thrusteth him down not man .

3214  Now he hath not directed his words against me neither will I answer him with your speeches .

3215  They were amazed they answered no more they left off speaking .

3216  When I had waited (for they spake not but stood still and answered no more .

3217  I said I will answer also my part I also will show mine opinion .

3218  For I am full of matter the spirit within me constraineth me .

3219  Behold my belly is as wine which hath no vent it is ready to burst like new bottles .

3220  I will speak that I may be refreshed I will open my lips and answer .

3221  Let me not I pray you accept any man's person neither let me give flattering titles unto man .

3222  For I know not to give flattering titles in so doing my maker would soon take me away .

* 331  Wherefore Job I pray thee hear my speeches and hearken to all my words .

332  Behold now I have opened my mouth my tongue hath spoken in my mouth .

333  My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly .

334  The spirit of God hath made me and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life .

335  If thou canst answer me set thy words in order before me stand up .

336  Behold I am according to thy wish in God's stead I also am formed out of the clay .

337  Behold my terror shall not make thee afraid neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee .

338  Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing and I have heard the voice of thy words saying .

339  I am clean without transgression I am innocent neither is there iniquity in me .

3310  Behold he findeth occasions against me he counteth me for his enemy .

3311  He putteth my feet in the stocks he marketh all my paths .

3312  Behold in this thou art not just I will answer thee that God is greater than man .

3313  Why dost thou strive against him for he giveth not account of any of his matters .

3314  For God speaketh once yea twice yet man perceiveth it not .

3315  In a dream in a vision of the night when deep sleep falleth upon men in slumberings upon the bed .

3316  Then he openeth the ears of men and sealeth their instruction .

3317  That he may withdraw man from his purpose and hide pride from man .

3318  He keepeth back his soul from the pit and his life from perishing by the sword .

3319  He is chastened also with pain upon his bed and the multitude of his bones with strong pain .

3320  So that his life abhorreth bread and his soul dainty meat .

3321  His flesh is consumed away that it cannot be seen and his bones that were not seen stick out .

3322  Yea his soul draweth near unto the grave and his life to the destroyers .

3323  If there be a messenger with him an interpreter one among a thousand to show unto man his uprightness .

3324  Then he is gracious unto him and saith Deliver him from going down to the pit I have found a ransom .

3325  His flesh shall be fresher than a child's he shall return to the days of his youth .

3326  He shall pray unto God and he will be favourable unto him and he shall see his face with joy for he will render unto man his righteousness .

3327  He looketh upon men and if any say I have sinned and perverted that which was right and it profited me not .

3328  He will deliver his soul from going into the pit and his life shall see the light .

3329  Lo all these things worketh God oftentimes with man .

3330  To bring back his soul from the pit to be enlightened with the light of the living .

3331  Mark well O Job hearken unto me hold thy peace and I will speak .

3332  If thou hast any thing to say answer me speak for I desire to justify thee .

3333  If not hearken unto me hold thy peace and I shall teach thee wisdom .

* 341  Furthermore Elihu answered and said .

342  Hear my words O ye wise men and give ear unto me ye that have knowledge .

343  For the ear trieth words as the mouth tasteth meat .

344  Let us choose to us judgment let us know among ourselves what is good .

345  For Job hath said I am righteous and God hath taken away my judgment .

346  Should I lie against my right my wound is incurable without transgression .

347  What man is like Job who drinketh up scorning like water .

348  Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity and walketh with wicked men .

349  For he hath said It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God .

3410  Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding far be it from God that he should do wickedness and from the Almighty that he should commit iniquity .

3411  For the work of a man shall he render unto him and cause every man to find according to his ways .

3412  Yea surely God will not do wickedly neither will the Almighty pervert judgment .

3413  Who hath given him a charge over the earth or who hath disposed the whole world .

3414  If he set his heart upon man if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath .

3415  All flesh shall perish together and man shall turn again unto dust .

3416  If now thou hast understanding hear this hearken to the voice of my words .

3417  Shall even he that hateth right govern and wilt thou condemn him that is most just .

3418  Is it fit to say to a king Thou art wicked and to princes Ye are ungodly .

3419  How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes nor regardeth the rich more than the poor for they all are the work of his hands .

3420  In a moment shall they die and the people shall be troubled at midnight and pass away and the mighty shall be taken away without hand .

3421  For his eyes are upon the ways of man and he seeth all his goings .

3422  There is no darkness nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves .

3423  For he will not lay upon man more than right that he should enter into judgment with God .

3424  He shall break in pieces mighty men without number and set others in their stead .

3425  Therefore he knoweth their works and he overturneth them in the night so that they are destroyed .

3426  He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others .

3427  Because they turned back from him and would not consider any of his ways .

3428  So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him and he heareth the cry of the afflicted .

3429  When he giveth quietness who then can make trouble and when he hideth his face who then can behold him whether it be done against a nation or against a man only .

3430  That the hypocrite reign not lest the people be ensnared .

3431  Surely it is meet to be said unto God I have borne chastisement I will not offend any more .

3432  That which I see not teach thou me if I have done iniquity I will do no more .

3433  Should it be according to thy mind he will recompense it whether thou refuse or whether thou choose and not I therefore speak what thou knowest .

3434  Let men of understanding tell me and let a wise man hearken unto me .

3435  Job hath spoken without knowledge and his words were without wisdom .

3436  My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men .

3437  For he addeth rebellion unto his sin he clappeth his hands among us and multiplieth his words against God .

* 351  Elihu spake moreover and said .

352  Thinkest thou this to be right that thou saidst My righteousness is more than God's .

353  For thou saidst What advantage will it be unto thee and What profit shall I have if I be cleansed from my sin .

354  I will answer thee and thy companions with thee .

355  Look unto the heavens and see and behold the clouds which are higher than thou .

356  If thou sinnest what doest thou against him or if thy transgressions be multiplied what doest thou unto him .

357  If thou be righteous what givest thou him or what receiveth he of thine hand .

358  Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art and thy righteousness may profit the son of man .

359  By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty .

3510  But none saith Where is God my maker who giveth songs in the night .

3511  Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven .

3512  There they cry but none giveth answer because of the pride of evil men .

3513  Surely God will not hear vanity neither will the Almighty regard it .

3514  Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him yet judgment is before him therefore trust thou in him .

3515  But now because it is not so he hath visited in his anger yet he knoweth it not in great extremity .

3516  Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain he multiplieth words without knowledge .

* 361  Elihu also proceeded and said .

362  Suffer me a little and I will show thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf .

363  I will fetch my knowledge from afar and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker .

364  For truly my words shall not be false he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee .

365  Behold God is mighty and despiseth not any he is mighty in strength and wisdom .

366  He preserveth not the life of the wicked but giveth right to the poor .

367  He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous but with kings are they on the throne yea he doth establish them for ever and they are exalted .

368  And if they be bound in fetters and be holden in cords of affliction .

369  Then he showeth them their work and their transgressions that they have exceeded .

3610  He openeth also their ear to discipline and commandeth that they return from iniquity .

3611  If they obey and serve him they shall spend their days in prosperity and their years in pleasures .

3612  But if they obey not they shall perish by the sword and they shall die without knowledge .

3613  But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath they cry not when he bindeth them .

3614  They die in youth and their life is among the unclean .

3615  He delivereth the poor in his affliction and openeth their ears in oppression .

3616  Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place where there is no straitness and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness .

3617  But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked judgment and justice take hold on thee .

3618  Because there is wrath beware lest he take thee away with his stroke then a great ransom cannot deliver thee .

3619  Will he esteem thy riches no not gold nor all the forces of strength .

3620  Desire not the night when people are cut off in their place .

3621  Take heed regard not iniquity for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction .

3622  Behold God exalteth by his power who teacheth like him .

3623  Who hath enjoined him his way or who can say Thou hast wrought iniquity .

3624  Remember that thou magnify his work which men behold .

3625  Every man may see it man may behold it afar off .

3626  Behold God is great and we know him not neither can the number of his years be searched out .

3627  For he maketh small the drops of water they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof .

3628  Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly .

3629  Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds or the noise of his tabernacle .

3630  Behold he spreadeth his light upon it and covereth the bottom of the sea .

3631  For by them judgeth he the people he giveth meat in abundance .

3632  With clouds he covereth the light and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt .

3633  The noise thereof showeth concerning it the cattle also concerning the vapour .

* 371  At this also my heart trembleth and is moved out of his place .

372  Hear attentively the noise of his voice and the sound that goeth out of his mouth .

373  He directeth it under the whole heaven and his lightning unto the ends of the earth .

374  After it a voice roareth he thundereth with the voice of his excellency and he will not stay them when his voice is heard .

375  God thundereth marvellously with his voice great things doeth he which we cannot comprehend .

376  For he saith to the snow Be thou on the earth likewise to the small rain and to the great rain of his strength .

377  He sealeth up the hand of every man that all men may know his work .

378  Then the beasts go into dens and remain in their places .

379  Out of the south cometh the whirlwind and cold out of the north .

3710  By the breath of God frost is given and the breadth of the waters is straitened .

3711  Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud he scattereth his bright cloud .

3712  And it is turned round about by his counsels that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth .

3713  He causeth it to come whether for correction or for his land or for mercy .

3714  Hearken unto this O Job stand still and consider the wondrous works of God .

3715  Dost thou know when God disposed them and caused the light of his cloud to shine .

3716  Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge .

3717  How thy garments are warm when he quieteth the earth by the south wind .

3718  Hast thou with him spread out the sky which is strong and as a molten looking glass .

3719  Teach us what we shall say unto him for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness .

3720  Shall it be told him that I speak if a man speak surely he shall be swallowed up .

3721  And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds but the wind passeth and cleanseth them .

3722  Fair weather cometh out of the north with God is terrible majesty .

3723  Touching the Almighty we cannot find him out he is excellent in power and in judgment and in plenty of justice he will not afflict .

3724  Men do therefore fear him he respecteth not any that are wise of heart .

* 381  Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said .

382  Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge .

383  Gird up now thy loins like a man for I will demand of thee and answer thou me .

384  Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth declare if thou hast understanding .

385  Who hath laid the measures thereof if thou knowest or who hath stretched the line upon it .

386  Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened or who laid the corner stone thereof .

387  When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy .

388  Or who shut up the sea with doors when it brake forth as if it had issued out of the womb .

389  When I made the cloud the garment thereof and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it

3810  And brake up for it my decreed place and set bars and doors .

3811  And said Hitherto shalt thou come but no further and here shall thy proud waves be stayed .

3812  Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days and caused the dayspring to know his place .

3813  That it might take hold of the ends of the earth that the wicked might be shaken out of it .

3814  It is turned as clay to the seal and they stand as a garment .

3815  And from the wicked their light is withholden and the high arm shall be broken .

3816  Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea or hast thou walked in the search of the depth .

3817  Have the gates of death been opened unto thee or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death .

3818  Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth declare if thou knowest it all .

3819  Where is the way where light dwelleth and as for darkness where is the place thereof .

3820  That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof .

3821  Knowest thou it because thou wast then born or because the number of thy days is great .

3822  Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail .

3823  Which I have reserved against the time of trouble against the day of battle and war .

3824  By what way is the light parted which scattereth the east wind upon the earth .

3825  Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters or a way for the lightning of thunder .

3826  To cause it to rain on the earth where no man is on the wilderness wherein there is no man .

3827  To satisfy the desolate and waste ground and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth .

3828  Hath the rain a father or who hath begotten the drops of dew .

3829  Out of whose womb came the ice and the hoary frost of heaven who hath gendered it .

3830  The waters are hid as with a stone and the face of the deep is frozen .

3831  Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades or loose the bands of Orion .

3832  Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons .

3833  Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth .

3834  Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds that abundance of waters may cover thee .

3835  Canst thou send lightnings that they may go and say unto thee Here we are .

3836  Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts or who hath given understanding to the heart .

3837  Who can number the clouds in wisdom or who can stay the bottles of heaven .

3838  When the dust groweth into hardness and the clods cleave fast together .

3839  Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion or fill the appetite of the young lions .

3840  When they couch in their dens and abide in the covert to lie in wait .

3841  Who provideth for the raven his food when his young ones cry unto God they wander for lack of meat .

* 391  Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve .

392  Canst thou number the months that they fulfil or knowest thou the time when they bring forth .

393  They bow themselves they bring forth their young ones they cast out their sorrows .

394  Their young ones are in good liking they grow up with corn they go forth and return not unto them .

395  Who hath sent out the wild ass free or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass .

396  Whose house I have made the wilderness and the barren land his dwellings .

397  He scorneth the multitude of the city neither regardeth he the crying of the driver .

398  The range of the mountains is his pasture and he searcheth after every green thing .

399  Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee or abide by thy crib .

3910  Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow or will he harrow the valleys after thee .

3911  Wilt thou trust him because his strength is great or wilt thou leave thy labour to him .

3912  Wilt thou believe him that he will bring home thy seed and gather it into thy barn .

3913  Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks or wings and feathers unto the ostrich .

3914  Which leaveth her eggs in the earth and warmeth them in dust .

3915  And forgetteth that the foot may crush them or that the wild beast may break them .

3916  She is hardened against her young ones as though they were not hers her labour is in vain without fear .

3917  Because God hath deprived her of wisdom neither hath he imparted to her understanding .

3918  What time she lifteth up herself on high she scorneth the horse and his rider .

3919  Hast thou given the horse strength hast thou clothed his neck with thunder .

3920  Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper the glory of his nostrils is terrible .

3921  He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength he goeth on to meet the armed men .

3922  He mocketh at fear and is not affrighted neither turneth he back from the sword .

3923  The quiver rattleth against him the glittering spear and the shield .

3924  He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet .

3925  He saith among the trumpets Ha ha and he smelleth the battle afar off the thunder of the captains and the shouting .

3926  Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom and stretch her wings toward the south .

3927  Doth the eagle mount up at thy command and make her nest on high .

3928  She dwelleth and abideth on the rock upon the crag of the rock and the strong place .

3929  From thence she seeketh the prey and her eyes behold afar off .

3930  Her young ones also suck up blood and where the slain are there is she .

* 401  Moreover the LORD answered Job and said .

402  Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him he that reproveth God let him answer it .

403  Then Job answered the LORD and said .

404  Behold I am vile what shall I answer thee I will lay mine hand upon my mouth .

405  Once have I spoken but I will not answer yea twice but I will proceed no further .

406  Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind and said .

407  Gird up thy loins now like a man I will demand of thee and declare thou unto me .

408  Wilt thou also disannul my judgment wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous .

409  Hast thou an arm like God or canst thou thunder with a voice like him .

4010  Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency and array thyself with glory and beauty .

4011  Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath and behold every one that is proud and abase him .

4012  Look on every one that is proud and bring him low and tread down the wicked in their place .

4013  Hide them in the dust together and bind their faces in secret .

4014  Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee .

4015  Behold now behemoth which I made with thee he eateth grass as an ox .

4016  Lo now his strength is in his loins and his force is in the navel of his belly .

4017  He moveth his tail like a cedar the sinews of his stones are wrapped together .

4018  His bones are as strong pieces of brass his bones are like bars of iron .

4019  He is the chief of the ways of God he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him .

4020  Surely the mountains bring him forth food where all the beasts of the field play .

4021  He lieth under the shady trees in the covert of the reed and fens .

4022  The shady trees cover him with their shadow the willows of the brook compass him about .

4023  Behold he drinketh up a river and hasteth not he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth .

4024  He taketh it with his eyes his nose pierceth through snares .

* 411  Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down .

412  Canst thou put an hook into his nose or bore his jaw through with a thorn .

413  Will he make many supplications unto thee will he speak soft words unto thee .

414  Will he make a covenant with thee wilt thou take him for a servant for ever .

415  Wilt thou play with him as with a bird or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens .

416  Shall the companions make a banquet of him shall they part him among the merchants .

417  Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons or his head with fish spears .

418  Lay thine hand upon him remember the battle do no more .

419  Behold the hope of him is in vain shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him .

4110  None is so fierce that dare stir him up who then is able to stand before me .

4111  Who hath prevented me that I should repay him whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine .

4112  I will not conceal his parts nor his power nor his comely proportion .

4113  Who can discover the face of his garment or who can come to him with his double bridle .

4114  Who can open the doors of his face his teeth are terrible round about .

4115  His scales are his pride shut up together as with a close seal .

4116  One is so near to another that no air can come between them .

4117  They are joined one to another they stick together that they cannot be sundered .

4118  By his neesings a light doth shine and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning .

4119  Out of his mouth go burning lamps and sparks of fire leap out .

4120  Out of his nostrils goeth smoke as out of a seething pot or caldron .

4121  His breath kindleth coals and a flame goeth out of his mouth .

4122  In his neck remaineth strength and sorrow is turned into joy before him .

4123  The flakes of his flesh are joined together they are firm in themselves they cannot be moved .

4124  His heart is as firm as a stone yea as hard as a piece of the nether millstone .

4125  When he raiseth up himself the mighty are afraid by reason of breakings they purify themselves .

4126  The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold the spear the dart nor the habergeon .

4127  He esteemeth iron as straw and brass as rotten wood .

4128  The arrow cannot make him flee slingstones are turned with him into stubble .

4129  Darts are counted as stubble he laugheth at the shaking of a spear .

4130  Sharp stones are under him he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire .

4131  He maketh the deep to boil like a pot he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment .

4132  He maketh a path to shine after him one would think the deep to be hoary .

4133  Upon earth there is not his like who is made without fear .

4134  He beholdeth all high things he is a king over all the children of pride .

* 421  Then Job answered the LORD and said .

422  I know that thou canst do every thing and that no thought can be withholden from thee .

423  Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge therefore have I uttered that I understood not things too wonderful for me which I knew not .

424  Hear I beseech thee and I will speak I will demand of thee and declare thou unto me .

425  I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear but now mine eye seeth thee .

426  Wherefore I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes .

427  And it was so that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite My wrath is kindled against thee and against thy two friends for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right as my servant Job hath .

428  Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering and my servant Job shall pray for you for him will I accept lest I deal with you after your folly in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right like my servant Job .

429  So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did according as the LORD commanded them the LORD also accepted Job .

4210  And the LORD turned the captivity of Job when he prayed for his friends also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before .

4211  Then came there unto him all his brethren and all his sisters and all they that had been of his acquaintance before and did eat bread with him in his house and they bemoaned him and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him every man also gave him a piece of money and every one an earring of gold .

4212  So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning for he had fourteen thousand sheep and six thousand camels and a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand she asses .

4213  He had also seven sons and three daughters .

4214  And he called the name of the first Jemima and the name of the second Kezia and the name of the third Kerenhappuch .

4215  And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren   .

4216  After this lived Job an hundred and forty years and saw his sons and his sons' sons even four generations   .

4217  So Job died being old and full of days .

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