18:022:025 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
18:022:026 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
18:022:027 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
18:022:028 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
18:022:029 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
18:022:030 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
18:023:001 Then Job answered and said,
18:023:002 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
18:023:003 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
18:023:004 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
18:023:005 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
18:023:006 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
18:023:007 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
18:023:008 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
18:023:009 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:
18:023:010 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
18:023:011 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
18:023:012 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
18:023:013 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
18:023:014 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
18:023:015 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
18:023:016 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
18:023:017 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
18:024:001 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
18:024:002 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
18:024:003 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
18:024:004 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
18:024:005 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.
18:024:006 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
18:024:007 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
18:024:008 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
18:024:009 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
18:024:010 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
18:024:011 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
18:024:012 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
18:024:013 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
18:024:014 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
18:024:015 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
18:024:016 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
18:024:017 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.
18:024:018 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
18:024:019 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
18:024:020 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.
18:024:021 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
18:024:022 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
18:024:023 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
18:024:024 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.
18:024:025 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
18:025:001 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
18:025:002 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
18:025:003 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
18:025:004 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
18:025:005 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
18:025:006 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
18:026:001 But Job answered and said,
18:026:002 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
18:026:003 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
18:026:004 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
18:026:005 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
18:026:006 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
18:026:007 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
18:026:008 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
18:026:009 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
18:026:010 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
18:026:011 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
18:026:012 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
18:026:013 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
18:026:014 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?
18:027:001 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
18:027:002 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
18:027:003 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
18:027:004 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
18:027:005 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
18:027:006 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
18:027:007 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
18:027:008 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
18:027:009 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
18:027:010 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
18:027:011 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
18:027:012 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
18:027:013 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
18:027:014 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
18:027:015 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
18:027:016 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
18:027:017 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18:027:018 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
18:027:019 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
18:027:020 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
18:027:021 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
18:027:022 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
18:027:023 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
18:028:001 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
18:028:002 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
18:028:003 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
18:028:004 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
18:028:005 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
18:028:006 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
18:028:007 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
18:028:008 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
18:028:009 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
18:028:010 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
18:028:011 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
18:028:012 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
18:028:013 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
18:028:014 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
18:028:015 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
18:028:016 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
18:028:017 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
18:028:018 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
18:028:019 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
18:028:020 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
18:028:021 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
18:028:022 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
18:028:023 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
18:028:024 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
18:028:025 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
18:028:026 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
18:028:027 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
18:028:028 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
18:029:001 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
18:029:002 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
18:029:003 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
18:029:004 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
18:029:005 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
18:029:006 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
18:029:007 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
18:029:008 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
18:029:009 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
18:029:010 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
18:029:011 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
18:029:012 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
18:029:013 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
18:029:014 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
18:029:015 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
18:029:016 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
18:029:017 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
18:029:018 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
18:029:019 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
18:029:020 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
18:029:021 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
18:029:022 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
18:029:023 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
18:029:024 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
18:029:025 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
18:030:001 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.
18:030:002 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
18:030:003 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
18:030:004 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
18:030:005 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
18:030:006 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
18:030:007 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
18:030:008 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
18:030:009 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
18:030:010 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
18:030:011 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
18:030:012 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
18:030:013 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
18:030:014 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
18:030:015 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
18:030:016 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
18:030:017 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
18:030:018 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
18:030:019 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
18:030:020 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
18:030:021 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
18:030:022 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
18:030:023 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
18:030:024 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
18:030:025 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
18:030:026 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
18:030:027 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
18:030:028 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
18:030:029 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
18:030:030 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
18:030:031 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
18:031:001 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
18:031:002 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
18:031:003 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
18:031:004 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
18:031:005 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
18:031:006 Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.
18:031:007 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;
18:031:008 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
18:031:009 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
18:031:010 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
18:031:011 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
18:031:012 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
18:031:013 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
18:031:014 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
18:031:015 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
18:031:016 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
18:031:017 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
18:031:018 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
18:031:019 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
18:031:020 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
18:031:021 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
18:031:022 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
18:031:023 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
18:031:024 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
18:031:025 If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
18:031:026 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
18:031:027 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
18:031:028 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
18:031:029 If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
18:031:030 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
18:031:031 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
18:031:032 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
18:031:033 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
18:031:034 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?
18:031:035 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
18:031:036 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
18:031:037 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
18:031:038 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
18:031:039 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
18:031:040 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
18:032:001 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
18:032:002 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.
18:032:003 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
18:032:004 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
18:032:005 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.
18:032:006 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 shew you mine opinion.
18:032:007 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
18:032:008 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
18:032:009 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
18:032:010 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.
18:032:011 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
18:032:012 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
18:032:013 Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
18:032:014 Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.
18:032:015 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
18:032:016 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
18:032:017 I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.
18:032:018 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
18:032:019 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
18:032:020 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
18:032:021 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
18:032:022 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
18:033:001 Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
18:033:002 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
18:033:003 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
18:033:004 The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
18:033:005 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
18:033:006 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
18:033:007 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
18:033:008 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
18:033:009 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
18:033:010 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
18:033:011 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
18:033:012 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
18:033:013 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
18:033:014 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
18:033:015 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
18:033:016 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
18:033:017 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
18:033:018 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
18:033:019 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
18:033:020 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
18:033:021 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
18:033:022 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
18:033:023 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
18:033:024 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
18:033:025 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:
18:033:026 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.
18:033:027 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
18:033:028 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
18:033:029 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
18:033:030 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
18:033:031 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
18:033:032 If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
18:033:033 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
18:034:001 Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
18:034:002 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
18:034:003 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
18:034:004 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
18:034:005 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
18:034:006 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
18:034:007 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
18:034:008 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
18:034:009 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
18:034:010 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.
18:034:011 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
18:034:012 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
18:034:013 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
18:034:014 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
18:034:015 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
18:034:016 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
18:034:017 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
18:034:018 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
18:034:019 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.
18:034:020 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.
18:034:021 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
18:034:022 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
18:034:023 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
18:034:024 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
18:034:025 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
18:034:026 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
18:034:027 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
18:034:028 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
18:034:029 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:
18:034:030 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
18:034:031 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
18:034:032 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
18:034:033 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.
18:034:034 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
18:034:035 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
18:034:036 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.
18:034:037 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
18:035:001 Elihu spake moreover, and said,
18:035:002 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
18:035:003 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
18:035:004 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
18:035:005 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
18:035:006 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
18:035:007 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
18:035:008 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
18:035:009 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
18:035:010 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
18:035:011 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
18:035:012 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
18:035:013 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
18:035:014 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
18:035:015 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
18:035:016 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
18:036:001 Elihu also proceeded, and said,
18:036:002 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.
18:036:003 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
18:036:004 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
18:036:005 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
18:036:006 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
18:036:007 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.
18:036:008 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
18:036:009 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
18:036:010 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
18:036:011 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
18:036:012 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
18:036:013 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
18:036:014 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
18:036:015 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
18:036:016 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.
18:036:017 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
18:036:018 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
18:036:019 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
18:036:020 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
18:036:021 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
18:036:022 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
18:036:023 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
18:036:024 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
18:036:025 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
18:036:026 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
18:036:027 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
18:036:028 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
18:036:029 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
18:036:030 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
18:036:031 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
18:036:032 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
18:036:033 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
18:037:001 At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
18:037:002 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
18:037:003 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
18:037:004 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
18:037:005 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
18:037:006 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
18:037:007 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
18:037:008 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
18:037:009 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
18:037:010 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
18:037:011 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
18:037:012 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.
18:037:013 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
18:037:014 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
18:037:015 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
18:037:016 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
18:037:017 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
18:037:018 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
18:037:019 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
18:037:020 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
18:037:021 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
18:037:022 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
18:037:023 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.
18:037:024 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
18:038:001 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
18:038:002 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
18:038:003 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
18:038:004 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
18:038:005 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
18:038:006 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
18:038:007 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
18:038:008 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
18:038:009 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
18:038:010 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
18:038:011 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
18:038:012 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
18:038:013 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
18:038:014 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
18:038:015 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
18:038:016 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
18:038:017 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
18:038:018 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
18:038:019 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
18:038:020 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
18:038:021 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
18:038:022 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
18:038:023 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
18:038:024 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
18:038:025 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
18:038:026 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
18:038:027 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
18:038:028 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
18:038:029 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
18:038:030 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
18:038:031 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
18:038:032 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
18:038:033 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
18:038:034 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
18:038:035 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?
18:038:036 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
18:038:037 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
18:038:038 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
18:038:039 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
18:038:040 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
18:038:041 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
18:039:001 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
18:039:002 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
18:039:003 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
18:039:004 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
18:039:005 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
18:039:006 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
18:039:007 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
18:039:008 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
18:039:009 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
18:039:010 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
18:039:011 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
18:039:012 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
18:039:013 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
18:039:014 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
18:039:015 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
18:039:016 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without fear;
18:039:017 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
18:039:018 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
18:039:019 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
18:039:020 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
18:039:021 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
18:039:022 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
18:039:023 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
18:039:024 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
18:039:025 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
18:039:026 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
18:039:027 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
18:039:028 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
18:039:029 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
18:039:030 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
18:040:001 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
18:040:002 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
18:040:003 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
18:040:004 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
18:040:005 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
18:040:006 Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
18:040:007 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
18:040:008 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
18:040:009 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
18:040:010 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
18:040:011 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
18:040:012 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
18:040:013 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
18:040:014 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
18:040:015 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
18:040:016 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
18:040:017 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
18:040:018 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
18:040:019 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
18:040:020 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
18:040:021 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
18:040:022 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
18:040:023 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
18:040:024 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
18:041:001 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
18:041:002 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
18:041:003 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
18:041:004 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
18:041:005 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
18:041:006 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
18:041:007 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
18:041:008 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
18:041:009 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
18:041:010 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
18:041:011 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
18:041:012 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
18:041:013 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
18:041:014 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
18:041:015 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
18:041:016 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
18:041:017 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
18:041:018 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
18:041:019 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
18:041:020 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
18:041:021 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
18:041:022 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
18:041:023 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
18:041:024 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
18:041:025 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
18:041:026 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
18:041:027 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
18:041:028 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
18:041:029 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
18:041:030 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
18:041:031 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
18:041:032 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
18:041:033 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
18:041:034 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
18:042:001 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
18:042:002 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
18:042:003 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.
18:042:004 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
18:042:005 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
18:042:006 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
18:042:007 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.
18:042:008 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.
18:042:009 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.
18:042:010 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.
18:042:011 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.
18:042:012 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.
18:042:013 He had also seven sons and three daughters.
18:042:014 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.
18:042:015 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.
18:042:016 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
18:042:017 So Job died, being old and full of days.