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Job 12
12 And Job answered and said,
2
No doubt but ye are the people,
and wisdom shall die with you.
3
But I have understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you:
yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
4
I am as one mocked of his neighbour,
who calleth upon God, and he answereth him:
the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
5
He that is ready to slip with his feet
is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
6
The tabernacles of robbers prosper,
and they that provoke God are secure;
into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
7
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee;
and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
8
or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee:
and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
9
Who knoweth not in all these
that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?
10
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing,
and the breath of all mankind.
11
Doth not the ear try words?
and the mouth taste his meat?
12
With the ancient is wisdom;
and in length of days understanding.
13
With him is wisdom and strength,
he hath counsel and understanding.
14
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again:
he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
15
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up:
also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
16
With him is strength and wisdom:
the deceived and the deceiver are his.
17
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled,
and maketh the judges fools.
18
He looseth the bond of kings,
and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
19
He leadeth princes away spoiled,
and overthroweth the mighty.
20
He removeth away the speech of the trusty,
and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
21
He poureth contempt upon princes,
and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
22
He discovereth deep things out of darkness,
and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them:
he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
24
He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth,
and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
25
They grope in the dark without light,
and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Job 13
13 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this,
mine ear hath heard and understood it.
2
What ye know, the same do I know also:
I am not inferior unto you.
3
Surely I would speak to the Almighty,
and I desire to reason with God.
4
But ye are forgers of lies,
ye are all physicians of no value.
5
O that ye would altogether hold your peace!
and it should be your wisdom.
6
Hear now my reasoning,
and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
7
Will ye speak wickedly for God?
and talk deceitfully for him?
8
Will ye accept his person?
will ye contend for God?
9
Is it good that he should search you out?
or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
10
He will surely reprove you,
if ye do secretly accept persons.
11
Shall not his excellency make you afraid?
and his dread fall upon you?
12
Your remembrances are like unto ashes,
your bodies to bodies of clay.
13
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak,
and let come on me what will.
14
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth,
and put my life in mine hand?
15
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him:
but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
16
He also shall be my salvation:
for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
17
Hear diligently my speech,
and my declaration with your ears.
18
Behold now, I have ordered my cause;
I know that I shall be justified.
19
Who is he that will plead with me?
for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
20
Only do not two things unto me:
then will I not hide myself from thee.
21
Withdraw thine hand far from me:
and let not thy dread make me afraid.
22
Then call thou, and I will answer:
or let me speak, and answer thou me.
23
How many are mine iniquities and sins?
make me to know my transgression and my sin.
24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face,
and holdest me for thine enemy?
25
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro?
and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
26
For thou writest bitter things against me,
and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
27
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks,
and lookest narrowly unto all my paths;
thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
28
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth,
as a garment that is moth eaten.
Job 21
21 But Job answered and said,
2
Hear diligently my speech,
and let this be your consolations.
3
Suffer me that I may speak;
and after that I have spoken, mock on.
4
As for me, is my complaint to man?
and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
5
Mark me, and be astonished,
and lay your hand upon your mouth.
6
Even when I remember I am afraid,
and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
7
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old,
yea, are mighty in power?
8
Their seed is established in their sight with them,
and their offspring before their eyes.
9
Their houses are safe from fear,
neither is the rod of God upon them.
10
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not;
their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
11
They send forth their little ones like a flock,
and their children dance.
12
They take the timbrel and harp,
and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
13
They spend their days in wealth,
and in a moment go down to the grave.
14
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us;
for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
15
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
16
Lo, their good is not in their hand:
the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17
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
They are as stubble before the wind,
and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
19
God layeth up his iniquity for his children:
he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
20
His eyes shall see his destruction,
and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him,
when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
22
Shall any teach God knowledge?
seeing he judgeth those that are high.
23
One dieth in his full strength,
being wholly at ease and quiet.
24
His breasts are full of milk,
and his bones are moistened with marrow.
25
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul,
and never eateth with pleasure.
26
They shall lie down alike in the dust,
and the worms shall cover them.
27
Behold, I know your thoughts,
and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
28
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince?
and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
29
Have ye not asked them that go by the way?
and do ye not know their tokens,
30
that the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction?
they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
31
Who shall declare his way to his face?
and who shall repay him what he hath done?
32
Yet shall he be brought to the grave,
and shall remain in the tomb.
33
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him,
and every man shall draw after him,
as there are innumerable before him.
34
How then comfort ye me in vain,
seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
Job 23
23 Then Job answered and said,
2
Even to day is my complaint bitter:
my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3
Oh that I knew where I might find him!
that I might come even to his seat!
4
I would order my cause before him,
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5
I would know the words which he would answer me,
and understand what he would say unto me.
6
Will he plead against me with his great power?
No; but he would put strength in me.
7
There the righteous might dispute with him;
so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there;
and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9
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:
10
But he knoweth the way that I take:
when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11
My foot hath held his steps,
his way have I kept, and not declined.
12
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips;
I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
13
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him?
and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
14
For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me:
and many such things are with him.
15
Therefore am I troubled at his presence:
when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16
For God maketh my heart soft,
and the Almighty troubleth me:
17
because I was not cut off before the darkness,
neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
Job 27
27 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment;
and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
3
all the while my breath is in me,
and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
4
my lips shall not speak wickedness,
nor my tongue utter deceit.
5
God forbid that I should justify you:
till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
6
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go:
my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
7
Let mine enemy be as the wicked,
and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
8
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained,
when God taketh away his soul?
9
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
10
Will he delight himself in the Almighty?
will he always call upon God?
11
I will teach you by the hand of God:
that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
12
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it;
why then are ye thus altogether vain?
13
This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
14
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword:
and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death:
and his widows shall not weep.
16
Though he heap up silver as the dust,
and prepare raiment as the clay;
17
he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on,
and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18
He buildeth his house as a moth,
and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
19
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered:
he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
20
Terrors take hold on him as waters,
a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
21
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth:
and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
22
For God shall cast upon him, and not spare:
he would fain flee out of his hand.
23
Men shall clap their hands at him,
and shall hiss him out of his place.
12 And Job answered and said,
2
No doubt but ye are the people,
and wisdom shall die with you.
3
But I have understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you:
yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
4
I am as one mocked of his neighbour,
who calleth upon God, and he answereth him:
the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
5
He that is ready to slip with his feet
is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
6
The tabernacles of robbers prosper,
and they that provoke God are secure;
into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
7
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee;
and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
8
or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee:
and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
9
Who knoweth not in all these
that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?
10
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing,
and the breath of all mankind.
11
Doth not the ear try words?
and the mouth taste his meat?
12
With the ancient is wisdom;
and in length of days understanding.
13
With him is wisdom and strength,
he hath counsel and understanding.
14
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again:
he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
15
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up:
also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
16
With him is strength and wisdom:
the deceived and the deceiver are his.
17
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled,
and maketh the judges fools.
18
He looseth the bond of kings,
and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
19
He leadeth princes away spoiled,
and overthroweth the mighty.
20
He removeth away the speech of the trusty,
and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
21
He poureth contempt upon princes,
and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
22
He discovereth deep things out of darkness,
and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them:
he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
24
He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth,
and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
25
They grope in the dark without light,
and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Job 13
13 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this,
mine ear hath heard and understood it.
2
What ye know, the same do I know also:
I am not inferior unto you.
3
Surely I would speak to the Almighty,
and I desire to reason with God.
4
But ye are forgers of lies,
ye are all physicians of no value.
5
O that ye would altogether hold your peace!
and it should be your wisdom.
6
Hear now my reasoning,
and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
7
Will ye speak wickedly for God?
and talk deceitfully for him?
8
Will ye accept his person?
will ye contend for God?
9
Is it good that he should search you out?
or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
10
He will surely reprove you,
if ye do secretly accept persons.
11
Shall not his excellency make you afraid?
and his dread fall upon you?
12
Your remembrances are like unto ashes,
your bodies to bodies of clay.
13
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak,
and let come on me what will.
14
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth,
and put my life in mine hand?
15
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him:
but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
16
He also shall be my salvation:
for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
17
Hear diligently my speech,
and my declaration with your ears.
18
Behold now, I have ordered my cause;
I know that I shall be justified.
19
Who is he that will plead with me?
for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
20
Only do not two things unto me:
then will I not hide myself from thee.
21
Withdraw thine hand far from me:
and let not thy dread make me afraid.
22
Then call thou, and I will answer:
or let me speak, and answer thou me.
23
How many are mine iniquities and sins?
make me to know my transgression and my sin.
24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face,
and holdest me for thine enemy?
25
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro?
and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
26
For thou writest bitter things against me,
and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
27
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks,
and lookest narrowly unto all my paths;
thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
28
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth,
as a garment that is moth eaten.
Job 21
21 But Job answered and said,
2
Hear diligently my speech,
and let this be your consolations.
3
Suffer me that I may speak;
and after that I have spoken, mock on.
4
As for me, is my complaint to man?
and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
5
Mark me, and be astonished,
and lay your hand upon your mouth.
6
Even when I remember I am afraid,
and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
7
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old,
yea, are mighty in power?
8
Their seed is established in their sight with them,
and their offspring before their eyes.
9
Their houses are safe from fear,
neither is the rod of God upon them.
10
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not;
their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
11
They send forth their little ones like a flock,
and their children dance.
12
They take the timbrel and harp,
and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
13
They spend their days in wealth,
and in a moment go down to the grave.
14
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us;
for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
15
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
16
Lo, their good is not in their hand:
the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17
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
They are as stubble before the wind,
and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
19
God layeth up his iniquity for his children:
he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
20
His eyes shall see his destruction,
and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him,
when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
22
Shall any teach God knowledge?
seeing he judgeth those that are high.
23
One dieth in his full strength,
being wholly at ease and quiet.
24
His breasts are full of milk,
and his bones are moistened with marrow.
25
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul,
and never eateth with pleasure.
26
They shall lie down alike in the dust,
and the worms shall cover them.
27
Behold, I know your thoughts,
and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
28
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince?
and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
29
Have ye not asked them that go by the way?
and do ye not know their tokens,
30
that the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction?
they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
31
Who shall declare his way to his face?
and who shall repay him what he hath done?
32
Yet shall he be brought to the grave,
and shall remain in the tomb.
33
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him,
and every man shall draw after him,
as there are innumerable before him.
34
How then comfort ye me in vain,
seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
Job 23
23 Then Job answered and said,
2
Even to day is my complaint bitter:
my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3
Oh that I knew where I might find him!
that I might come even to his seat!
4
I would order my cause before him,
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5
I would know the words which he would answer me,
and understand what he would say unto me.
6
Will he plead against me with his great power?
No; but he would put strength in me.
7
There the righteous might dispute with him;
so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there;
and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9
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:
10
But he knoweth the way that I take:
when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11
My foot hath held his steps,
his way have I kept, and not declined.
12
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips;
I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
13
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him?
and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
14
For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me:
and many such things are with him.
15
Therefore am I troubled at his presence:
when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16
For God maketh my heart soft,
and the Almighty troubleth me:
17
because I was not cut off before the darkness,
neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
Job 27
27 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment;
and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
3
all the while my breath is in me,
and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
4
my lips shall not speak wickedness,
nor my tongue utter deceit.
5
God forbid that I should justify you:
till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
6
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go:
my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
7
Let mine enemy be as the wicked,
and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
8
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained,
when God taketh away his soul?
9
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
10
Will he delight himself in the Almighty?
will he always call upon God?
11
I will teach you by the hand of God:
that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
12
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it;
why then are ye thus altogether vain?
13
This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
14
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword:
and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death:
and his widows shall not weep.
16
Though he heap up silver as the dust,
and prepare raiment as the clay;
17
he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on,
and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18
He buildeth his house as a moth,
and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
19
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered:
he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
20
Terrors take hold on him as waters,
a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
21
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth:
and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
22
For God shall cast upon him, and not spare:
he would fain flee out of his hand.
23
Men shall clap their hands at him,
and shall hiss him out of his place.
