18:018:004 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsakenfor thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
18:018:005 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the sparkof his fire shall not shine.
18:018:006 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candleshall be put out with him.
18:018:007 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his owncounsel shall cast him down.
18:018:008 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upona snare.
18:018:009 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shallprevail against him.
18:018:010 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him inthe way.
18:018:011 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drivehim to his feet.
18:018:012 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall beready at his side.
18:018:013 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstbornof death shall devour his strength.
18:018:014 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and itshall bring him to the king of terrors.
18:018:015 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his:brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
18:018:016 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall hisbranch be cut off.
18:018:017 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall haveno name in the street.
18:018:018 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out ofthe world.
18:018:019 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor anyremaining in his dwellings.
18:018:020 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as theythat went before were affrighted.
18:018:021 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is theplace of him that knoweth not God.
18:019:001 Then Job answered and said,
18:019:002 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces withwords?
18:019:003 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed thatye make yourselves strange to me.
18:019:004 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth withmyself.
18:019:005 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and pleadagainst me my reproach:
18:019:006 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed mewith his net.
18:019:007 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud,but there is no judgment.
18:019:008 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath setdarkness in my paths.
18:019:009 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from myhead.
18:019:010 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and minehope hath he removed like a tree.
18:019:011 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth meunto him as one of his enemies.
18:019:012 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me,and encamp round about my tabernacle.
18:019:013 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance areverily estranged from me.
18:019:014 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends haveforgotten me.
18:019:015 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for astranger: I am an alien in their sight.
18:019:016 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated himwith my mouth.
18:019:017 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for thechildren's sake of mine own body.
18:019:018 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spakeagainst me.
18:019:019 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved areturned against me.
18:019:020 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escapedwith the skin of my teeth.
18:019:021 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for thehand of God hath touched me.
18:019:022 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with myflesh?
18:019:023 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printedin a book!
18:019:024 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rockfor ever!
18:019:025 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand atthe latter day upon the earth:
18:019:026 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in myflesh shall I see God:
18:019:027 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, andnot another; though my reins be consumed within me.
18:019:028 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root ofthe matter is found in me?
18:019:029 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishmentsof the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
18:020:001 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
18:020:002 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this Imake haste.
18:020:003 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of myunderstanding causeth me to answer.
18:020:004 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
18:020:005 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of thehypocrite but for a moment?
18:020:006 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his headreach unto the clouds;
18:020:007 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they whichhave seen him shall say, Where is he?
18:020:008 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, heshall be chased away as a vision of the night.
18:020:009 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neithershall his place any more behold him.
18:020:010 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his handsshall restore their goods.
18:020:011 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall liedown with him in the dust.
18:020:012 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide itunder his tongue;
18:020:013 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it stillwithin his mouth:
18:020:014 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of aspswithin him.
18:020:015 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them upagain: God shall cast them out of his belly.
18:020:016 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shallslay him.
18:020:017 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honeyand butter.
18:020:018 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.
18:020:019 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; becausehe hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
18:020:020 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall notsave of that which he desired.
18:020:021 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no manlook for his goods.
18:020:022 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits:every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
18:020:023 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.
18:020:024 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shallstrike him through.
18:020:025 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glitteringsword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
18:020:026 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.
18:020:027 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall riseup against him.
18:020:028 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shallflow away in the day of his wrath.
18:020:029 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritageappointed unto him by God.
18:021:001 But Job answered and said,
18:021:002 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
18:021:003 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mockon.
18:021:004 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, whyshould not my spirit be troubled?
18:021:005 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
18:021:006 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold onmy flesh.
18:021:007 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty inpower?
18:021:008 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and theiroffspring before their eyes.
18:021:009 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of Godupon them.
18:021:010 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, andcasteth not her calf.
18:021:011 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and theirchildren dance.
18:021:012 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound ofthe organ.
18:021:013 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down tothe grave.
18:021:014 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire notthe knowledge of thy ways.
18:021:015 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and whatprofit should we have, if we pray unto him?
18:021:016 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wickedis far from me.
18:021:017 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
18:021:018 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that thestorm carrieth away.
18:021:019 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him,and he shall know it.
18:021:020 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of thewrath of the Almighty.
18:021:021 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when thenumber of his months is cut off in the midst?
18:021:022 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those thatare high.
18:021:023 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease andquiet.
18:021:024 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened withmarrow.
18:021:025 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and nevereateth with pleasure.
18:021:026 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shallcover them.
18:021:027 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which yewrongfully imagine against me.
18:021:028 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where arethe dwelling places of the wicked?
18:021:029 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not knowtheir tokens,
18:021:030 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? theyshall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
18:021:031 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay himwhat he hath done?
18:021:032 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in thetomb.
18:021:033 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every manshall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
18:021:034 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers thereremaineth falsehood?
18:022:001 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
18:022:002 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may beprofitable unto himself?
18:022:003 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous?or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
18:022:004 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with theeinto judgment?
18:022:005 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
18:022:006 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, andstripped the naked of their clothing.
18:022:007 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hastwithholden bread from the hungry.
18:022:008 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and thehonourable man dwelt in it.
18:022:009 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of thefatherless have been broken.
18:022:010 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden feartroubleth thee;
18:022:011 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waterscover thee.
18:022:012 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height ofthe stars, how high they are!
18:022:013 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through thedark cloud?
18:022:014 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and hewalketh in the circuit of heaven.
18:022:015 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
18:022:016 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation wasoverflown with a flood:
18:022:017 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almightydo for them?
18:022:018 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counselof the wicked is far from me.
18:022:019 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laughthem to scorn.
18:022:020 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of themthe fire consumeth.
18:022:021 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby goodshall come unto thee.
18:022:022 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up hiswords in thine heart.
18:022:023 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thoushalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
18:022:024 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir asthe stones of the brooks.
18:022:025 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt haveplenty of silver.
18:022:026 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, andshalt 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 establishedunto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
18:022:029 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is liftingup; and he shall save the humble person.
18:022:030 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it isdelivered 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 thanmy groaning.
18:023:003 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come evento his seat!
18:023:004 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth witharguments.
18:023:005 I would know the words which he would answer me, andunderstand what he would say unto me.
18:023:006 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but hewould put strength in me.
18:023:007 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I bedelivered for ever from my judge.
18:023:008 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but Icannot 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, Ishall come forth as gold.
18:023:011 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and notdeclined.
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 souldesireth, even that he doeth.
18:023:014 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and manysuch things are with him.
18:023:015 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I amafraid 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 hecovered the darkness from my face.
18:024:001 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do theythat 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 thewidow's ox for a pledge.
18:024:004 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hidethemselves 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 thevintage of the wicked.
18:024:007 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they haveno covering in the cold.
18:024:008 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embracethe rock for want of a shelter.
18:024:009 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledgeof the poor.
18:024:010 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they takeaway the sheaf from the hungry;
18:024:011 Which make oil within their walls, and tread theirwinepresses, and suffer thirst.
18:024:012 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the woundedcrieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
18:024:013 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know notthe 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 forthemselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
18:024:017 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if oneknow 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 theearth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
18:024:019 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the gravethose 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 notgood to the widow.
18:024:022 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, andno 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 highplaces.
18:025:003 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not hislight arise?
18:025:004 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be cleanthat is born of a woman?
18:025:005 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the starsare not pure in his sight.
18:025:006 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, whichis a worm?
18:026:001 But Job answered and said,
18:026:002 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savestthou the arm that hath no strength?
18:026:003 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hastthou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
18:026:004 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came fromthee?
18:026:005 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and theinhabitants 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 hangeththe earth upon nothing.
18:026:008 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud isnot rent under them.
18:026:009 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth hiscloud upon it.
18:026:010 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day andnight come to an end.
18:026:011 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at hisreproof.
18:026:012 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understandinghe smiteth through the proud.
18:026:013 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hathformed the crooked serpent.
18:026:014 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion isheard 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 theAlmighty, who hath vexed my soul;
18:027:003 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is inmy nostrils;
18:027:004 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utterdeceit.
18:027:005 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will notremove mine integrity from me.
18:027:006 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heartshall not reproach me so long as I live.
18:027:007 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up againstme 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 callupon God?
18:027:011 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with theAlmighty will I not conceal.
18:027:012 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thusaltogether vain?
18:027:013 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritageof oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
18:027:014 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and hisoffspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
18:027:015 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and hiswidows shall not weep.
18:027:016 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment asthe clay;
18:027:017 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and theinnocent shall divide the silver.
18:027:018 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that thekeeper maketh.
18:027:019 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: heopeneth his eyes, and he is not.
18:027:020 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth himaway in the night.
18:027:021 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as astorm hurleth him out of his place.
18:027:022 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain fleeout of his hand.
18:027:023 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out ofhis place.
18:028:001 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for goldwhere they fine it.
18:028:002 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of thestone.
18:028:003 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out allperfection: 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 isturned up as it were fire.
18:028:006 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dustof gold.
18:028:007 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture'seye hath not seen:
18:028:008 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lionpassed by it.
18:028:009 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth themountains by the roots.
18:028:010 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth everyprecious thing.
18:028:011 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that ishid bringeth he forth to light.
18:028:012 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place ofunderstanding?
18:028:013 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in theland of the living.
18:028:014 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is notwith me.
18:028:015 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighedfor the price thereof.
18:028:016 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the preciousonyx, or the sapphire.
18:028:017 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange ofit shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
18:028:018 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the priceof wisdom is above rubies.
18:028:019 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it bevalued with pure gold.
18:028:020 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place ofunderstanding?
18:028:021 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept closefrom the fowls of the air.
18:028:022 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof withour ears.
18:028:023 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the placethereof.
18:028:024 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under thewhole heaven;
18:028:025 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the watersby measure.
18:028:026 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for thelightning of the thunder:
18:028:027 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, andsearched it out.
18:028:028 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that iswisdom; 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 Godpreserved me;
18:029:003 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light Iwalked through darkness;
18:029:004 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God wasupon my tabernacle;
18:029:005 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were aboutme;
18:029:006 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me outrivers of oil;
18:029:007 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I preparedmy 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 theirmouth.
18:029:010 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to theroof of their mouth.
18:029:011 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eyesaw 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: andI caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
18:029:014 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was asa 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 Isearched out.
18:029:017 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil outof his teeth.
18:029:018 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply mydays as the sand.
18:029:019 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay allnight 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 mycounsel.
18:029:022 After my words they spake not again; and my speech droppedupon them.
18:029:023 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened theirmouth wide as for the latter rain.
18:029:024 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light ofmy countenance they cast not down.
18:029:025 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king inthe 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, inwhom old age was perished?
18:030:003 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into thewilderness in former time desolate and waste.
18:030:004 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for theirmeat.
18:030:005 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after themas 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 weregathered together.
18:030:008 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: theywere 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 inmy face.
18:030:011 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they havealso let loose the bridle before me.
18:030:012 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, andthey raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
18:030:013 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have nohelper.
18:030:014 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in thedesolation 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 afflictionhave taken hold upon me.
18:030:017 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinewstake no rest.
18:030:018 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: itbindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
18:030:019 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust andashes.
18:030:020 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, andthou regardest me not.
18:030:021 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thouopposest thyself against me.
18:030:022 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride uponit, and dissolvest my substance.
18:030:023 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the houseappointed for all living.
18:030:024 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, thoughthey cry in his destruction.
18:030:025 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soulgrieved for the poor?
18:030:026 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when Iwaited for light, there came darkness.
18:030:027 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of afflictionprevented me.
18:030:028 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried inthe 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 thevoice of them that weep.
18:031:001 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upona maid?
18:031:002 For what portion of God is there from above? and whatinheritance of the Almighty from on high?
18:031:003 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment tothe 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 todeceit;
18:031:006 Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mineintegrity.
18:031:007 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walkedafter 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 berooted out.
18:031:009 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laidwait at my neighbour's door;
18:031:010 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow downupon her.
18:031:011 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to bepunished by the judges.
18:031:012 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would rootout all mine increase.
18:031:013 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of mymaidservant, 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 onefashion us in the womb?
18:031:016 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have causedthe eyes of the widow to fail;
18:031:017 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hathnot eaten thereof;
18:031:018 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with afather, 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 poorwithout covering;
18:031:020 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmedwith the fleece of my sheep;
18:031:021 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I sawmy help in the gate:
18:031:022 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm bebroken from the bone.
18:031:023 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason ofhis 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 minehand had gotten much;
18:031:026 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking inbrightness;
18:031:027 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hathkissed my hand:
18:031:028 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for Ishould have denied the God that is above.
18:031:029 If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, orlifted up myself when evil found him:
18:031:030 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse tohis soul.
18:031:031 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of hisflesh! we cannot be satisfied.
18:031:032 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened mydoors to the traveller.
18:031:033 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mineiniquity in my bosom:
18:031:034 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of familiesterrify 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 acrown to me.
18:031:037 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a princewould I go near unto him.
18:031:038 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewisethereof complain;
18:031:039 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or havecaused the owners thereof to lose their life:
18:031:040 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead ofbarley. The words of Job are ended.
18:032:001 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he wasrighteous 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, becausethey had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
18:032:004 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they wereelder than he.
18:032:005 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of thesethree 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 teachwisdom.
18:032:008 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of theAlmighty giveth them understanding.
18:032:009 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understandjudgment.
18:032:010 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mineopinion.
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 youthat convinced Job, or that answered his words:
18:032:013 Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrustethhim down, not man.
18:032:014 Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will Ianswer him with your speeches.
18:032:015 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left offspeaking.
18:032:016 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, andanswered no more;)
18:032:017 I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mineopinion.
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 toburst like new bottles.
18:032:020 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips andanswer.
18:032:021 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither letme give flattering titles unto man.
18:032:022 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my makerwould soon take me away.
18:033:001 Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken toall my words.
18:033:002 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken inmy mouth.
18:033:003 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lipsshall utter knowledge clearly.
18:033:004 The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almightyhath 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 amformed out of the clay.
18:033:007 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall myhand be heavy upon thee.
18:033:008 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard thevoice of thy words, saying,
18:033:009 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither isthere iniquity in me.
18:033:010 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me forhis 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, thatGod is greater than man.
18:033:013 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account ofany 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 fallethupon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
18:033:016 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth theirinstruction,
18:033:017 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride fromman.
18:033:018 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life fromperishing by the sword.
18:033:019 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitudeof 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 hisbones that were not seen stick out.
18:033:022 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to thedestroyers.
18:033:023 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among athousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
18:033:024 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him fromgoing down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
18:033:025 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return tothe 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, andperverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
18:033:028 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his lifeshall 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 withthe light of the living.
18:033:031 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I willspeak.
18:033:032 If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desireto justify thee.
18:033:033 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teachthee 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 whatis good.
18:034:005 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away myjudgment.
18:034:006 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable withouttransgression.
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, andwalketh with wicked men.
18:034:009 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he shoulddelight 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 causeevery man to find according to his ways.
18:034:012 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will theAlmighty pervert judgment.
18:034:013 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hathdisposed the whole world?
18:034:014 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself hisspirit and his breath;
18:034:015 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again untodust.
18:034:016 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to thevoice of my words.
18:034:017 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemnhim 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 ofprinces, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for theyall are the work of his hands.
18:034:020 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubledat midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken awaywithout hand.
18:034:021 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all hisgoings.
18:034:022 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workersof iniquity may hide themselves.
18:034:023 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he shouldenter into judgment with God.
18:034:024 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and setothers in their stead.
18:034:025 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them inthe 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 anyof his ways:
18:034:028 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, andhe 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 bornechastisement, I will not offend any more:
18:034:032 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, Iwill 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 hearkenunto me.