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1:1	There was once a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; andThat that man was blameless and upright one who feared God and turned away from evil
1:3	He had seven thousand sheep three thousand camels five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred shedonkeys asses and very many servants; so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east
1:4	His sons used to go and hold afeasts feast in theone houseanothers ofhouses eachin on his dayturn; and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them
1:5	And when the feast days of the feast had run their course Job would send and sanctify them and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said It may be that my sonschildren have sinned and cursed God in their hearts ThusThis is what Job always did continually
1:6	NowOne there was a day when the sonsheavenly ofbeings God came to present themselves before the Lord and Satan also came among them
1:7	The Lord said to Satan WhenceWhere have you come from Satan answered the Lord From going to and fro on the earth and from walking up and down on it
1:8	AndThe the Lord said to Satan Have you considered my servant Job thatThere there is noneno one like him on the earth a blameless and upright man who fears God and turns away from evil
1:9	Then Satan answered the Lord Does Job fear God for noughtnothing
1:10	HastHave thouyou not put a hedgefence aboutaround him and his house and all that he has on every side ThouYou hasthave blessed the work of his hands and his possessions have increased in the land
1:11	But putstretch forthout thyyour hand now and touch all that he has and he will curse theeyou to thyyour face
1:12	AndThe the Lord said to Satan BeholdVery well all that he has is in your power; only upon himself do not putstretch forthout your hand against him So Satan went forthout from the presence of the Lord
1:13	NowOne there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in theirthe eldest brothers house;
1:14	anda theremessenger came a messenger to Job and said The oxen were plowing and the assesdonkeys were feeding beside them;
1:15	and the Sabe′ansSabeans fell uponon them and tookcarried them off and slewkilled the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you
1:16	While he was yetstill speaking thereanother came another and said The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them; and I alone have escaped to tell you
1:17	While he was yetstill speaking thereanother came another and said The Chalde′ansChaldeans formed three companiescolumns and made a raid uponon the camels and tookcarried them off and slewkilled the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you
1:18	While he was yetstill speaking thereanother came another and said Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house;
1:19	and beholdsuddenly a great wind came across the wildernessdesert and struck the four corners of the house and it fell uponon the young people and they are dead; and I alone have escaped to tell you
1:20	Then Job arose andtore rent his robe and shaved his head and fell uponon the ground and worshiped
1:21	AndHe he said Naked I came from my mothers womb and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord
1:22	In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrongwrongdoing
2:1	AgainOne there was a day when the sonsheavenly ofbeings God came to present themselves before the Lord and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord
2:2	AndThe the Lord said to Satan WhenceWhere have you come from Satan answered the Lord From going to and fro on the earth and from walking up and down on it
2:3	AndThe the Lord said to Satan Have you considered my servant Job thatThere there is noneno one like him on the earth a blameless and upright man who fears God and turns away from evil He still holdspersists fastin his integrity although you movedincited me against him to destroy him withoutfor causeno reason
2:4	Then Satan answered the Lord Skin for skin All that apeople manhave hasthey he will give forto hissave lifetheir lives
2:5	But putstretch forthout thyyour hand now and touch his bone and his flesh and he will curse theeyou to thyyour face
2:6	AndThe the Lord said to Satan BeholdVery well he is in your power; only spare his life
2:7	So Satan went forthout from the presence of the Lord and afflictedinflicted Job with loathsome sores on Job from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head
2:8	AndJob he took a potsherd with which to scrape himself and sat among the ashes
2:9	Then his wife said to him Do you still holdpersist fastin your integrity Curse God and die
2:10	But he said to her You speak as oneany of the foolish womenwoman would speak Shall we receive the good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evilthe bad In all this Job did not sin with his lips
2:11	Now when Jobs three friends heard of all thisthese eviltroubles that had come upon him theyeach cameof eachthem set out from his ownhome—Eliphaz place Eli′phaz the Te′maniteTemanite Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Na′amathiteNaamathite They mademet an appointment together to comego toand condoleconsole with him and comfort him
2:12	AndWhen when they saw him from afara distance they did not recognize him; and they raised their voices and wept aloud; and they renttore their robes and sprinkledthrew dust in the air upon their heads toward heaven
2:13	AndThey they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights and no one spoke a word to him for they saw that his suffering was very great
3:2	And Job said:
3:3	Let the day perish whereinin which I was born and the night whichthat said A man child is conceived
3:4	Let that day be darkness May God above not seek it noror light shine uponon it
3:5	Let gloom and deep darkness claim it Let clouds dwellsettle upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it
3:6	That night—let thick darkness seize it let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months
3:7	YeaYes let that night be barren; let no joyful cry be heard in it
3:8	Let those curse it who curse the daySea those who are skilled to rouse up Levi′athanLeviathan
3:9	Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light but have none; normay it not see the eyelids of the morning;—
3:10	because it did not shut the doors of my mothers womb norand hide trouble from my eyes
3:12	Why didwere thethere knees to receive me Oror why the breasts thatfor Ime shouldto suck
3:13	ForNow then I shouldwould havebe lainlying down and been quiet; I shouldwould havebe sleptasleep; then I shouldwould havebe been at rest
3:14	with kings and counselors of the earth who rebuiltrebuild ruins for themselves
3:15	or with princes who hadhave gold who filledfill their houses with silver
3:16	Or why was I not asburied like a hiddenstillborn untimelychild birthlike asan infantsinfant that never seesees the light
3:18	There the prisoners are at ease together; they heardo not hear the voice of the taskmaster
3:19	The small and the great are there and the slaveslaves isare free from histheir mastermasters
3:20	Why is light given to himone that is in misery and life to the bitter in soul
3:21	who long for death but it comesdoes not come and dig for it more than for hidhidden treasures;
3:23	Why is light given to aone manwho whosecannot waysee isthe hidway whom God has hedgedfenced in
3:24	For my sighing comes aslike my bread and my groanings are poured out like water
3:25	ForTruly the thing that I fear comes upon me and what I dread befalls me
4:1	Then Eli′phazEliphaz the Te′maniteTemanite answered:
4:2	If one ventures a word with you will you be offended YetBut who can keep from speaking
4:3	BeholdSee you have instructed many; and you have strengthened the weak hands
4:4	Your words have upheldsupported himthose who waswere stumbling and you have made firm the feeble knees
4:10	The roar of the lion the voice of the fierce lion and the teeth of the young lions are broken
4:12	Now a word wascame broughtstealing to me stealthily my ear received the whisper of it
4:13	Amid thoughts from visions of the night when deep sleep falls on menmortals
4:15	A spirit glided past my face; the hair of my flesh stood upbristled
4:17	Can mortalmortals man be righteous before God Can ahuman manbeings be pure before histheir Maker
4:19	how much more those who dwelllive in houses of clay whose foundation is in the dust who are crushed beforelike thea moth
4:20	Between morning and evening they are destroyed; they perish forforever ever without any regarding it
4:21	IfTheir their tent cord is plucked up within them doand they not die anddevoid thatof without wisdom
5:1	Call now; is there anyanyone one who will answer you To which of the holy ones will you turn
5:3	I have seen thefools fool taking root but suddenly I cursed histheir dwelling
5:4	HisTheir sonschildren are far from safety they are crushed in the gate and there is no one to deliver them
5:5	HisThe harvest the hungry eat their harvest and hethey takestake it even out of the thorns; and the thirsty pant after histheir wealth
5:6	For afflictionmisery does not come from the dustearth nor does trouble sprout from the ground;
5:7	but manhuman isbeings are born to trouble just as the sparks fly upward
5:8	As for me I would seek God and to God I would I commit my cause;
5:9	whoHe does great things and unsearchable marvelous things without number:
5:10	heHe gives rain uponon the earth and sends waters uponon the fields;
5:15	But he saves the fatherlessneedy from the sword of their mouth the needy from the hand of the mighty
5:16	So the poor have hope and injustice shuts herits mouth
5:17	BeholdHow happy is the manone whom God reproves; therefore despisedo not despise the chasteningdiscipline of the Almighty
5:18	For he wounds but he binds up; he smitesstrikes but his hands heal
5:19	He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven thereno harm shall no evil touch you
5:21	You shall be hidhidden from the scourge of the tongue and shall not fear destruction when it comes
5:22	At destruction and famine you shall laugh and shall not fear the beastswild animals of the earth
5:23	For you shall be in league with the stones of the field and the beastswild ofanimals the field shall be at peace with you
5:24	You shall know that your tent is safe and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing
5:25	You shall know also that your descendants shallwill be many and your offspring aslike the grass of the earth
5:27	LoSee this we have searched this out; it is true Hear and know it for your goodyourself
6:5	Does the wild ass bray whenover heits has grass or the ox low over hisits fodder
6:6	Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt or is there any tasteflavor in the slimejuice of the purslanemallows
6:7	My appetite refuses to touch them; they are aslike food that is loathsome to me
6:10	This would be my consolation; I would even exult in unrelenting pain unsparing; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One
6:14	HeThose who withholdswithhold kindness from a friend forsakesforsake the fear of the Almighty
6:15	My brethrencompanions are treacherous aslike a torrent bed aslike freshets that pass away
6:16	whichthat arerun dark with ice andturbid wherewith themelting snow hides itself
6:20	They are disappointed because they were confident; they come thitherthere and are confounded
6:23	Or DeliverSave me from thean adversarysopponents hand Or Ransom me from the hand of oppressors
6:24	Teach me and I will be silent; make me understand how I have erredgone wrong
6:25	How forceful are honest words But your reproof what does reproofit from you reprove
6:26	Do you think that you can reprove words whenas if the speech of athe despairingdesperate manwere is wind
6:27	You would even cast lots over the fatherlessorphan and bargain over your friend
7:1	HasDo not manhuman beings have a hard service uponon earth and are not histheir days like the days of a hirelinglaborer
7:2	Like a slave who longs for the shadow and like alaborers hireling who lookslook for histheir wages
7:4	When I lie down I say When shall I ariserise But the night is long and I am full of tossing tilluntil the dawn
7:5	My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt; my skin hardens then breaks out afreshagain
7:8	The eye ofthat himbeholds who sees me will beholdsee me no more; while thyyour eyes are upon me I shall be gone
7:9	As the cloud fades and vanishes so hethose who goesgo down to Sheol doesdo not come up;
7:10	hethey returnsreturn no more to histheir househouses nor doesdo histheir placeplaces know himthem any more
7:12	Am I the seaSea or athe seaDragon monster that thouyou settestset a guard over me
7:14	then thouyou dost scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions
7:15	so that I would choose strangling and death rather than mythis bonesbody
7:16	I loathe my life; I would not live forforever ever Let me alone for my days are a breath
7:17	What isare manhuman beings that thouyou dost make so much of himthem and that thouyou dost set thyyour mind uponon himthem
7:18	dost visit himthem every morning and test himthem every moment
7:19	HowWill longyou wilt thou not look away from me norfor a while let me alone tilluntil I swallow my spittle
7:20	If I sin what do I do to theeyou thouyou watcher of menhumanity Why hasthave thouyou made me thyyour marktarget Why have I become a burden to theeyou
7:21	Why dostdo thouyou not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity For now I shall lie in the earth; thouyou wiltwill seek me but I shall not be
8:4	If your children have sinned against him he has delivered them into the power of their transgression
8:6	if you are pure and upright surely then he will rouse himself for you and rewardrestore to you withyour a rightful habitationplace
8:7	AndThough though your beginning was small your latter days will be very great
8:8	For inquire Inow pray you of bygone agesgenerations and consider what thetheir fathersancestors have found;
8:9	for we are but of yesterday and we know nothing for our days on earth are but a shadow
8:13	Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless man shall perish
8:14	HisTheir confidence breaksis ingossamer sundera andspiders hishouse their trust is a spiders web
8:15	HeIf one leans against hisits house but it doeswill not stand; heif one lays hold of it but it doeswill not endure
8:16	HeThe thriveswicked thrive before the sun and histheir shoots spread over histhe garden
8:17	HisTheir roots twine aboutaround the stoneheap; hethey liveslive among the rocks
8:18	If hethey isare destroyed from histheir place then it will deny himthem saying I have never seen you
8:19	BeholdSee thisthese isare thetheir joyhappy ofways his way; and out of the earth still others will spring
8:20	BeholdSee God will not reject a blameless manperson nor take the hand of evildoers
8:21	He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shoutingshouts of joy
9:2	TrulyIndeed I know that itthis is so:; Butbut how can a manmortal be just before God
9:3	If one wished to contend with him one could not answer him once in a thousand times
9:4	He is wise in heart and mighty in strength —who has hardenedresisted himself against him and succeeded—
9:5	he who removes mountains and they do not know it not when he overturns them in his anger;
9:8	who alone stretched out the heavens and trampled the waves of the seaSea;
9:9	who made the Bear and Orion the Plei′adesPleiades and the chambers of the south;
9:11	LoLook he passes by me and I do not see him not; he moves on but I do not perceive him
9:12	BeholdHe he snatches away; who can hinderstop him Who will say to him What doestare thouyou doing
9:13	God will not turn back his anger; beneath him bowed the helpers of Rahab bowed beneath him
9:16	If I summoned him and he answered me I woulddo not believe that he waswould listeninglisten to my voice
9:19	If it is a contest of strength beholdhe himis the strong one If it is a matter of justice who can summon him
9:21	I am blameless; I regarddo not know myself; I loathe my life
9:24	The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covers the faceseyes of its judges— if it is not he who then is it
9:27	If I say I will forget my complaint; I will put off my sad countenance and be of good cheer
9:28	I become afraid of all my suffering for I know thouyou wiltwill not hold me innocent
9:30	If I wash myself with snowsoap and cleanse my hands with lye
9:31	yet thouyou wiltwill plunge me into afilth pit and my own clothes will abhor me
9:32	For he is not a manmortal as I am that I might answer him that we should come to trial together
9:33	There is no umpire between us who might lay his hand uponon us both
9:34	LetIf himhe would take his rod away from me and not let not dread of him terrify me
9:35	Thenthen I would speak without fear of him for I know I am not sowhat inI myselfam thought to be
10:2	I will say to God Do not condemn me; let me know why thouyou dost contend against me
10:3	Does it seem good to theeyou to oppress to despise the work of thyyour hands and favor the designsschemes of the wicked
10:4	HastDo thouyou have eyes of flesh DostDo thouyou see as manhumans seessee
10:5	Are thyyour days aslike the days of manmortals or thyyour years aslike manshuman years
10:6	that thouyou dost seek out my iniquity and search for my sin
10:7	although thouyou knowestknow that I am not guilty and there is noneno one to deliver out of thyyour hand
10:8	ThyYour hands fashioned and made me; and now thouyou dost turn about and destroy me
10:9	Remember that thouyou hastfashioned made me oflike clay; and wiltwill thouyou turn me to dust again
10:10	DidstDid thouyou not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese
10:11	ThouYou didstclothed clothe me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews
10:12	ThouYou hasthave granted me life and steadfast love; and thyyour care has preserved my spirit
10:13	Yet these things thouyou didsthid hide in thyyour heart; I know that this was thyyour purpose
10:14	If I sin thouyou dostwatch mark me and dostdo not acquit me of my iniquity
10:16	AndBold ifas Ia liftlion myselfyou up thou dost hunt me; likeyou arepeat lionyour andexploits again work wonders against me;
10:17	thouYou dost renew thyyour witnesses against me and increase thyyour vexation toward me; thouyou dost bring fresh hoststroops against me
10:18	Why didstdid thouyou bring me forth from the womb Would that I had died before any eye had seen me
10:21	before I go whencenever Ito shall not return to the land of gloom and deep darkness
10:22	the land of gloom and chaos where light is aslike darkness
11:1	Then Zophar the Na′amathiteNaamathite answered:
11:2	Should a multitude of words go unanswered and ashould manone full of talk be vindicated
11:3	Should your babble put others to silence men and when you mock shall no one shame you
11:4	For you say My doctrineconduct is pure and I am clean in Gods eyessight
11:6	and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom For hewisdom is manifoldmany insided understanding Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves
11:8	It is higher than heaven —what can you do Deeper than Sheol—what can you know
11:10	If he passes through and imprisons and callsassembles tofor judgment who can hinder him
11:11	For he knows those who are worthless men; when he sees iniquity will he not consider it
11:12	But a stupid manperson will get understanding when a wild asssass colt is born a manhuman
11:13	If you setdirect your heart arightrightly you will stretch out your hands toward him
11:14	If iniquity is in your hand put it far away and letdo not let wickedness dwellreside in your tents
11:19	You will lie down and noneno one will make you afraid; many will entreat your favor
12:4	I am a laughingstock to my friends; I who called upon God and he answered me a just and blameless man I am a laughingstock
12:5	InThose the thought of one who is at ease therehave is contempt for misfortune; but it is ready for those whose feet slipare unstable
12:6	The tents of robbers are at peace and those who provoke God are secure who bring their god in their handhands
12:7	But ask the beastsanimals and they will teach you; the birds of the air and they will tell you;
12:8	orask the plants of the earth and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you
12:10	In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of allevery mankindhuman being
12:11	Does not the ear trytest words as the palate tastes food
12:12	WisdomIs iswisdom with the aged and understanding in length of days
12:13	With God are wisdom and mightstrength; he has counsel and understanding
12:14	If he tears down noneno one can rebuild; if he shuts asomeone man in noneno one can open up
12:17	He leads counselors away stripped and judgesmakes hefools makesof foolsjudges
12:18	He looses the bondssash of kings and binds a waistcloth on their loins
12:23	He makes nations great andthen he destroys them:; he enlarges nations andthen leads them away
12:24	He takesstrips away understanding from the chiefsleaders of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a pathless waste
12:25	They grope in the dark without light; and he makes them stagger like a drunken mandrunkard
13:1	LoLook my eye has seen all this my ear has heard and understood it
13:4	As for you you whitewash with lies; worthlessall physiciansof you are youworthless allphysicians
13:5	OhIf that you would only keep silent andthat it would be your wisdom
13:9	Will it be well with you when he searches you out Or can you deceive him as one person deceives a mananother
13:15	BeholdSee he will slaykill me; I have no hope; yetbut I will defend my ways to his face
13:16	This will be my salvation that athe godless man shall not come before him
13:18	Behold I have indeed prepared my case; I know that I shall be vindicated
13:20	Only grant two things to me then I will not hide myself from thyyour face:
13:21	withdraw thyyour hand far from me and letdo not let dread of theeyou terrify me
13:22	Then call and I will answer; or let me speak and doyou thou reply to me
13:24	Why dostdo thouyou hide thyyour face and count me as thyyour enemy
13:25	WiltWill thouyou frighten a drivenwindblown leaf and pursue dry chaff
13:26	For thouyou writestwrite bitter things against me and makestmake me inheritreap the iniquities of my youth
13:27	ThouYou puttestput my feet in the stocks and watchestwatch all my paths; thouyou settestset a bound to the soles of my feet
13:28	ManOne wastes away like a rotten thing like a garment that is moth eaten
14:1	ManA thatmortal is born of a woman isfew of few days and full of trouble
14:2	He comes forthup like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continuesdoes not last
14:3	AndDo dostyou thoufix openyour thy eyes uponon such a one andDo you bring himme into judgment with theeyou
14:4	Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean ThereNo isone not onecan
14:5	Since histheir days are determined and the number of histheir months is withknown theeto you and thouyou hasthave appointed histhe bounds that hethey cannot pass
14:6	look away from himthem and desist that hethey may enjoy like alaborers hirelingtheir his daydays
14:7	For there is hope for a tree if it beis cut down that it will sprout again and that its shoots will not cease
14:8	Though its root growgrows old in the earth and its stump diedies in the ground
14:10	But manmortals diesdie and isare laid low; manhumans breathesexpire his last and where isare hethey
14:12	so manmortals lieslie down and risesdo not rise again; tilluntil the heavens are no more hethey will not awake or be roused out of histheir sleep
14:13	Oh that thouyou wouldestwould hide me in Sheol that thouyou wouldestwould conceal me until thyyour wrath beis past that thouyou wouldestwould appoint me a set time and remember me
14:14	If amortals man die shallwill hethey live again All the days of my service I would wait tilluntil my release should come
14:15	ThouYou wouldestwould call and I would answer theeyou; thouyou wouldestwould long for the work of thyyour hands
14:16	For then thouyou wouldestwould not number my steps thouyou wouldestwould not keep watch over my sin;
14:17	my transgression would be sealed up in a bag and thouyou wouldestwould cover over my iniquity
14:19	the waters wear away the stones; the torrents wash away the soil of the earth; so thouyou destroyestdestroy the hope of manmortals
14:20	ThouYou prevailestprevail forforever ever against himthem and hethey passespass away; thouyou changestchange histheir countenance and sendestsend himthem away
14:21	HisTheir sonschildren come to honor and hethey doesdo not know it; they are brought low and heit perceivesgoes it notunnoticed
14:22	HeThey feelsfeel only the pain of histheir own bodybodies and hemourn mourns only for himselfthemselves
15:1	Then Eli′phazEliphaz the Te′maniteTemanite answered:
15:2	Should athe wise man answer with windy knowledge and fill himselfthemselves with the east wind
15:3	Should hethey argue in unprofitable talk or in words with which hethey can do no good
15:7	Are you the firstfirstborn manof thatthe washuman bornrace OrWere were you brought forth before the hills
15:10	BothThe the gray haired and the aged are amongon usour side those older than your father
15:13	so that you turn your spirit against God and let such words go out of your mouth
15:14	What isare manmortals that hethey can be clean Or hethose that is born of a woman that hethey can be righteous
15:15	Behold God puts no trust even in his holy ones and the heavens are not clean in his sight;
15:16	how much less one who is abominable and corrupt aone man who drinks iniquity like water
15:17	I will show you; hearlisten to me; and what I have seen I will declare—
15:18	what wisesages men have told and their fathersancestors have not hidden
15:20	The wicked manwrithe writhes in pain all histheir days through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless
15:21	Terrifying sounds are in histheir ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come upon himthem
15:22	HeThey doesdespair notof believereturning thatfrom he will return out of darkness and hethey isare destined for the sword
15:23	HeThey wanderswander abroad for bread saying Where is it HeThey knowsknow that a day of darkness is ready at his hand;
15:24	distress and anguish terrify himthem; they prevail against himthem like a king prepared for battle
15:25	Because hethey has stretched forthout histheir handhands against God and bidsbid defiance to the Almighty
15:27	because hethey hashave covered histheir facefaces with histheir fat and gathered fat upon histheir loins
15:28	andthey haswill livedlive in desolate cities in houses whichthat no manone should inhabit whichhouses were destined to become heaps of ruins;
15:29	hethey will not be rich and histheir wealth will not endure nor will hethey strike root in the earth;
15:30	hethey will not escape from darkness; the flame will dry up histheir shoots and histheir blossom will be swept away by the wind
15:31	Let himthem not trust in emptiness deceiving himselfthemselves; for emptiness will be histheir recompense
15:32	It will be paid in full before histheir time and histheir branch will not be green
15:33	HeThey will shake off histheir unripe grape like the vine and cast off histheir blossomblossoms like the olive tree
16:3	ShallHave windy words haveno anlimit end Or what provokes you that you answerkeep on talking
16:4	I also could speaktalk as you do if you were in my place; I could join words together against you and shake my head at you
16:5	I could strengthenencourage you with my mouth and the solace of my lips would assuage your pain
16:8	And he has shriveled me up which is a witness against me; and my leanness has risen up against me and it testifies to my face
16:10	MenThey have gaped at me with their mouthmouths; they have struck me insolently uponon the cheek; they mass themselves together against me
16:12	I was at ease and he broke me asunderin two; he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces; he set me up as his target;
16:13	his archers surround me He slashes open my kidneys and doesshows notno sparemercy; he pours out my gall on the ground
16:14	He breaksbursts upon me withagain breachand upon breachagain; he runsrushes uponat me like a warrior
16:16	My face is red with weeping and deep darkness is on my eyelids is deep darkness;
16:17	althoughthough there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure
16:18	O earth coverdo not cover my blood; and let my cryoutcry find no resting place
16:19	Even now beholdin fact my witness is in heaven and he that vouches for me is on high
16:21	that he would maintain the right of a manmortal with God likeas thatone ofdoes for a man with his neighbor
16:22	For when a few years have come I shall go the way whencefrom which I shall not return
17:2	Surely there are mockers aboutaround me and my eye dwells on their provocation
17:3	Lay down a pledge for me with thyselfyourself; who is there that will give surety for me
17:4	Since thouyou hasthave closed their minds to understanding therefore thouyou wiltwill not let them triumph
17:5	HeThose who informsdenounce against his friends tofor getreward— a share of their property the eyes of histheir children will fail
17:6	He has made me a byword of the peoples and I am one before whom menpeople spit
17:8	UprightThe menupright are appalled at this and the innocent stirsstir himselfthemselves up against the godless
17:9	Yet the righteous holdshold to histheir way and hethey that hashave clean hands growsgrow stronger and stronger
17:10	But you come onback againnow all of you and I shall not find a wisesensible manperson among you
17:14	if I say to the pitPit You are my father and to the worm My mother or My sister
18:2	How long will you hunt for words Consider and then we willshall speak
18:4	You who tear yourself in your anger— shall the earth be forsaken forbecause of you or the rock be removed out of its place
18:5	YeaSurely the light of the wicked is put out and the flame of histheir fire does not shine
18:6	The light is dark in histheir tent and histhe lamp above himthem is put out
18:7	HisTheir strong steps are shortened and histheir own schemes throw himthem down
18:8	For hethey isare castthrust into a net by histheir own feet and hethey walkswalk oninto a pitfall
18:9	A trap seizes himthem by the heel; a snare lays hold of himthem
18:10	A rope is hid for himthem in the ground a trap for himthem in the path
18:11	Terrors frighten himthem on every side and chase himthem at histheir heels
18:12	HisTheir strength is consumed by hunger bitten and calamity is ready for histheir stumbling
18:13	By disease histheir skin is consumed the firstfirstborn born of deathDeath consumes histheir limbs
18:14	HeThey isare torn from the tent in which hethey trusted and isare brought to the king of terrors
18:15	In histheir tenttents dwellsnothing that which is none of hisremains; brimstonesulfur is scattered upon histheir habitationhabitations
18:16	HisTheir roots dry up beneath and histheir branches wither above
18:17	HisTheir memory perishes from the earth and hethey hashave no name in the street
18:18	HeThey isare thrust from light into darkness and driven out of the world
18:19	HeThey hashave no offspring or descendant among histheir people and no survivor where hethey used to live
18:20	They of the west are appalled at histheir dayfate and horror seizes themthose of the east
18:21	Surely such are the dwellings of the ungodly such is the place of himthose who knowsdo not know God
19:4	And even if it beis true that I have erred my error remains with myselfme
19:6	know then that God has put me in the wrong and closed his net aboutaround me
19:7	BeholdEven when I cry out Violence but I am not answered; I call aloud but there is no justice
19:9	He has stripped my glory from me my glory and taken the crown from my head
19:10	He breaks me down on every side and I am gone andhe my hope has heuprooted pulledmy uphope like a tree
19:12	His troops come on together; they have castthrown up siegeworks against me and encamp roundaround about my tent
19:13	He has put my brethrenfamily far from me and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me
19:14	My kinsfolkrelatives and my close friends have failed me;
19:15	the guests in my house have forgotten me; my maidservantsserving girls count me as a stranger; I have become an alien in their eyes
19:16	I call to my servant but he gives me no answer; I must beseechmyself himplead with my mouthhim
19:17	IMy ambreath is repulsive to my wife; I am loathsome to the sons of my own motherfamily
19:20	My bones cleavecling to my skin and to my flesh and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth
19:22	Why do you like God pursue me Whynever are you not satisfied with my flesh
19:23	OhO that my words were written Ohdown O that they were inscribed in a book
19:24	OhO that with an iron pen and with lead they were gravenengraved inon thea rock for everforever
19:25	For I know that my Redeemer lives and that at the last he will stand upon the earth;
19:26	and after my skin has been thus destroyed then fromin my flesh I shall see God
19:28	If you say How we will pursuepersecute him and The root of the matter is found in him;
19:29	be afraid of the sword for wrath brings the punishment of the sword so that you may know there is a judgment
20:1	Then Zophar the Na′amathiteNaamathite answered:
20:2	ThereforePay myattention My thoughts answerurge me to answer because of mythe hasteagitation within me
20:3	I hear censure whichthat insults me and outa ofspirit beyond my understanding a spirit answers me
20:4	Do you not know this from of old ever since manmortals waswere placed uponon earth
20:5	that the exulting of the wicked is short and the joy of the godless is but for a moment
20:6	ThoughEven histhough heightthey mount up tohigh as the heavens and histheir head reachreaches to the clouds
20:7	hethey will perish forforever ever like histheir own dung; those who have seen himthem will say Where isare hethey
20:8	HeThey will fly away like a dream and not be found; hethey will be chased away like a vision of the night
20:9	The eye whichthat saw himthem will see himthem no more nor will histheir place anybehold morethem beholdany himlonger
20:10	HisTheir children will seek the favor of the poor and histheir hands will give back histheir wealth
20:11	HisTheir bonesbodies areonce full of youthfulyouth vigor but it will lie down with him in the dust with them
20:12	Though wickedness is sweet in histheir mouth though hethey hideshide it under histheir tonguetongues
20:13	though hethey isare loath to let it go and holdshold it in histheir mouthmouths
20:14	yet histheir food is turned in histheir stomachstomachs; it is the gallvenom of asps within himthem
20:15	HeThey swallowsswallow down riches and vomitsvomit them up again; God casts them out of histheir bellybellies
20:16	HeThey will suck the poison of asps; the tongue of a viper will kill himthem
20:17	HeThey will not look uponon the rivers the streams flowing with honey and curds
20:18	HeThey will give back the fruit of histheir toil and will not swallow it down; from the profit of histheir trading hethey will get no enjoyment
20:19	For hethey hashave crushed and abandoned the poor hethey hashave seized a house whichthat hethey did not build
20:20	BecauseThey his greed knew no restquiet hein willtheir notbellies; savein anythingtheir ingreed whichthey helet delightsnothing escape
20:21	There was nothing left after hethey had eaten; therefore histheir prosperity will not endure
20:22	In thefull fulness of his sufficiency hethey will be in straitsdistress; all the force of misery will come upon himthem
20:23	To fill histheir belly to the full God will send his fierce anger into himthem and rain it upon himthem as histheir food
20:24	HeThey will flee from an iron weapon; a bronze arrow will strike himthem through
20:25	It is drawn forth and comes out of histheir body and the glittering point comes out of histheir gall; terrors come upon himthem
20:26	Utter darkness is laid up for histheir treasures; a fire notfanned blownby uponno one will devour himthem; what is left in histheir tent will be consumed
20:27	The heavens will reveal histheir iniquity and the earth will rise up against himthem
20:28	The possessions of histheir house will be carried away dragged off in the day of Gods wrath
20:29	This is the wickedportion mansof portionthe wicked from God the heritage decreed for himthem by God
21:3	Bear with me and I will speak; andthen after I have spoken mock on
21:4	As for me is my complaint againstaddressed manto mortals Why should I not be impatient
21:7	Why do the wicked live on reach old age and grow mighty in power
21:10	Their bull breeds without fail; their cow calves and doesnever not cast her calfmiscarries
21:11	They send forthout their little ones like a flock and their children dance around
21:14	They say to God DepartLeave from us alone We do not desire theto knowledgeknow ofyour thy ways
21:16	BeholdIs is not their prosperity inindeed their handown achievement The counselplans of the wicked isare farrepugnant fromto me
21:17	How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out ThatHow theiroften does calamity comescome upon them ThatHow often does God distributesdistribute pains in his anger
21:18	ThatHow theyoften are they like straw before the wind and like chaff that the storm carries away
21:19	You say God stores up their iniquity for their sonschildren Let himit recompensebe itpaid back to themselvesthem so that they may know it
21:21	For what do they care for their houseshousehold after them when the number of their months is cut off
21:24	his bodyloins full of fatmilk and the marrow of his bones moist
21:27	BeholdOh I know your thoughts and your schemes to wrong me
21:28	For you say Where is the house of the prince Where is the tent in which the wicked dweltlived
21:30	that the wicked manare is spared in the day of calamity thatand heare is rescued in the day of wrath
21:31	Who declares histheir way to histheir face and who requitesrepays himthem for what hethey hashave done
21:32	When hethey isare bornecarried to the grave a watch is kept over histheir tomb
21:33	The clods of the valley are sweet to himthem; alleveryone menwill follow after him and those who gowent before him are innumerable
22:1	Then Eli′phazEliphaz the Te′maniteTemanite answered:
22:2	Can a manmortal be profitableof use to God SurelyCan heeven whothe iswisest wisebe isof profitableservice to himselfhim
22:4	Is it for your fearpiety of him that he reproves you and enters into judgment with you
22:6	For you have exacted pledges offrom your brothersfamily for nothingno reason and stripped the naked of their clothing
22:8	The manpowerful withpossess power possessed the land and the favored manlive dwelt in it
22:9	You have sent widows away empty handed and the arms of the fatherlessorphans wereyou have crushed
22:10	Therefore snares are roundaround about you and sudden terror overwhelms you;
22:11	youror lightdarkness is darkened so that you cannot see; and a flood of water covers you
22:14	Thick clouds enwrap him so that he does not see and he walks on the vaultdome of heaven
22:15	Will you keep to the old way whichthat the wicked men have trod
22:16	They were snatched away before their time; their foundation was washed away by a flood
22:17	They said to God DepartLeave from us alone and What can the Almighty do to us
22:18	Yet he filled their houses with good things— but the counselplans of the wicked isare farrepugnant fromto me
22:21	Agree with God and be at peace; therebyin this way good will come to you
22:23	If you return to the Almighty andyou humblewill yourselfbe restored if you remove unrighteousness far from your tents
22:24	if you laytreat gold inlike the dust and gold of Ophir amonglike the stones of the torrent bed
22:25	and if the Almighty is your gold and your precious silver;
22:27	You will makepray your prayer to him and he will hear you; and you will pay your vows
22:29	ForWhen Godothers abasesare thehumiliated proudyou butsay it is pride; for he saves the lowlyhumble
22:30	He deliverswill thedeliver innocenteven manthose who are guilty; youthey will beescape deliveredbecause throughof the cleanness of your hands
23:2	Today also my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy indespite spite of my groaning
23:3	Oh that I knew where I might find him that I might come even to his seatdwelling
23:6	Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power No; but he would give heed to me
23:7	There an upright manperson could reason with him and I should be acquitted forforever ever by my judge
23:8	BeholdIf I go forward but he is not there; andor backward but I cannot perceive him;
23:9	on the left handhe Ihides seekand him but I cannot behold him; I turn to the right hand but I cannot see him
23:10	But he knows the way that I take; when he has triedtested me I shall come forthout aslike gold
23:13	But he isstands unchangeablealone and who can turndissuade him What he desires that he does
23:17	forIf only I amcould hemmedvanish in by darkness and thick darkness coverswould cover my face
24:1	Why are not times ofnot judgment kept by the Almighty and why do those who know him never see his days
24:2	MenThe wicked remove landmarks; they seize flocks and pasture them
24:3	They drive away the assdonkey of the fatherlessorphan; they take the widows ox for a pledge
24:4	They thrust the poorneedy off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves
24:5	BeholdLike like wild asses in the desert they go forthout to their toil seekingscavenging prey in the wildernesswasteland as food for their childrenyoung
24:6	They gatherreap their fodder in thea field not their own and they glean in the vineyard of the wicked man
24:9	There are those who snatch the fatherlessorphan child from the breast and take inas a pledge the infant of the poor
24:10	They go about naked without clothing; though hungry they carry the sheaves;
24:11	amongbetween thetheir oliveterraces rowsthey ofpress theout wicked they make oil; they tread the wine presses but suffer thirst
24:12	From out of the city the dying groan and the soulthroat of the wounded cries for help; yet God pays no attention to their prayer
24:14	The murderer rises inat thedusk darkto that he may kill the poor and needy; and in the night he is aslike a thief
24:18	YouSwift say They are swiftlythey carriedon away upon the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the land is cursed; no treader turns toward their vineyards
24:20	The squareswomb offorgets them; the townworm forgetfinds them sweet; theirthey nameare is no longer remembered; so wickedness is broken like a tree
24:21	They feedharm on the barren childless woman and do no good to the widow
24:23	He gives them security and they are supported; and his eyes are upon their ways
25:4	How then can mana mortal be righteous before God How can heone who is born of woman be cleanpure
25:5	BeholdIf even the moon is not bright and the stars are not cleanpure in his sight;
25:6	how much less mana mortal who is a maggot and thea sonhuman ofbeing man who is a worm
26:2	How you have helped himone who has no power How you have savedassisted the arm that has no strength
26:3	How you have counseled himone who has no wisdom and plentifullygiven declaredmuch soundgood knowledgeadvice
26:7	He stretches out theZaphon north over the void and hangs the earth upon nothing
26:8	He binds up the waters in his thick clouds and the cloud is not renttorn underopen by them
26:9	He covers the face of the full moon and spreads over it his cloud
26:10	He has described a circle uponon the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness
26:12	By his power he stilled the seaSea; by his understanding he smotestruck down Rahab
26:14	LoThese these are indeed but the outskirts of his ways; and how small a whisper do we hear of him But the thunder of his power who can understand
27:1	And Job again took up his discourse and said:
27:2	As God lives who has taken away my right and the Almighty who has made my soul bitter;
27:3	as long as my breath is in me and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
27:5	Far be it from me to say that you are right; tilluntil I die I will not put away my integrity from me
27:7	LetMay my enemy be aslike the wicked and letmay himmy thatopponent rises up against me be aslike the unrighteous
27:8	For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts himthem off when God takes away histheir lifelives
27:9	Will God hear histheir cry when trouble comes upon himthem
27:10	Will hethey take delight in the Almighty Will hethey call upon God at all times
27:11	I will teach you concerning the hand of God; whatthat which is with the Almighty I will not conceal
27:12	BeholdAll all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain
27:13	This is the portion of athe wicked man with God and the heritage whichthat oppressors receive from the Almighty:
27:14	If histheir children are multiplied it is for the sword; and histheir offspring have not enough to eat
27:15	Those who survive himthem the pestilence buries and their widows make no lamentation
27:16	Though hethey heap up silver like dust and pile up clothing like clay;—
27:17	hethey may pile it up but the just will wear it and the innocent will divide the silver
27:18	TheThey housebuild whichtheir hehouses buildslike isnests like abooths spidersmade webby likesentinels aof booththe which a watchman makesvineyard
27:19	HeThey goesgo to bed richwith wealth but will do so no more; hethey opensopen histheir eyes and hisit wealth is gone
27:20	Terrors overtake himthem like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries himthem off
27:21	The east wind lifts himthem up and hethey isare gone; it sweeps himthem out of histheir place
27:22	It hurls at himthem without pity; hethey fleesflee from its power in headlong flight
27:23	It claps its hands at himthem and hisses at himthem from its place
28:1	Surely there is a mine for silver and a place for gold whichto theybe refinerefined
28:2	Iron is taken out of the earth and copper is smelted from the ore
28:3	MenMiners put an end to darkness and search out to the farthest bound the ore in gloom and deep darkness
28:4	They open shafts in a valley away from wherehuman men livehabitation; they are forgotten by travelers they hangsway afarsuspended remote from men they swing to and fropeople
28:6	Its stones are the place of sapphires and itits has dust ofcontains gold
28:8	The proud beastswild animals have not trodden it; the lion has not passed over it
28:9	ManThey putsput histheir hand to the flinty rock and overturnsoverturn mountains by the roots
28:10	HeThey cutscut out channels in the rocks and histheir eyeeyes seessee every precious thing
28:11	HeThe bindssources upof the streamsrivers so that they doprobe; nothidden tricklethings andthey thebring thing that is hid he brings forth to light
28:13	ManMortals doesdo not know the way to it and it is not found in the land of the living
28:15	It cannot be gotten for gold and silver cannot be weighed out as its price
28:19	The topazchrysolite of Ethiopia cannot compare with it nor can it be valued in pure gold
28:20	WhenceWhere then comesdoes wisdom come from And where is the place of understanding
28:21	It is hidhidden from the eyes of all living and concealed from the birds of the air
28:25	When he gave to the wind its weight and metedapportioned out the waters by measure;
28:26	when he made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunderthunderbolt;
28:28	And he said to manhumankind BeholdTruly the fear of the Lord that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding
29:1	And Job again took up his discourse and said:
29:3	when his lamp shone uponover my head and by his light I walked through darkness;
29:4	aswhen I was in my autumnprime days when the friendship of God was upon my tent;
29:5	when the Almighty was yetstill with me when my children were aboutaround me;
29:7	When I went out to the gate of the city when I preparedtook my seat in the square
29:8	the young men saw me and withdrew and the aged rose up and stood;
29:9	the princesnobles refrained from talking and laid their handhands on their mouthmouths;
29:10	the voicevoices of theprinces nobleswere was hushed and their tonguetongues cleavedstuck to the roof of their mouthmouths
29:11	When the ear heard it calledcommended me blessed and when the eye saw it approved;
29:12	because I delivered the poor who cried and the fatherlessorphan who had noneno to help himhelper
29:13	The blessing of himthe whowretched was about to perish came upon me and I caused the widows heart to sing for joy
29:16	I was a father to the poorneedy and I searchedchampioned out the cause of himthe whom I did not knowstranger
29:17	I broke the fangs of the unrighteous and made himthem drop histheir prey from histheir teeth
29:18	Then I thought I shall die in my nest and I shall multiply my days aslike the sandphoenix;
29:19	my roots spread out to the waters with the dew all night on my branches;
29:20	my glory was fresh with me and my bow ever new in my hand
29:21	MenThey listened to me and waited and kept silence for my counsel
29:22	After I spoke they did not speak again and my word dropped upon them like dew
29:23	They waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain
29:24	I smiled on them when they had no confidence; and the light of my countenance they did not cast downextinguish
29:25	I chose their way and sat as chief and I dweltlived like a king among his troops like one who comforts mourners
30:1	But now they make sport of me menthose who are younger than I whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock
30:2	What could I gain from the strength of their hands menAll whosetheir vigor is gone
30:3	Through want and hard hunger they gnaw the dry and desolate ground;
30:4	they pick mallow and the leaves of bushes and to warm themselves the roots of the broom
30:5	They are driven out from among mensociety; theypeople shout after them as after a thief
30:6	In the gullies of thewadis torrents they must dwelllive in holes ofin the earthground and ofin the rocks
30:8	A senseless a disreputable brood they have been whipped out of the land
30:9	And now Ithey havemock becomeme theirin song; I am a byword to them
30:11	Because God has loosed my cordbowstring and humbled me they have cast off restraint in my presence
30:12	On my right hand the rabble rise up; they drivesend me forthsprawling theyand castbuild uproads againstfor memy their ways of destructionruin
30:18	With violence ithe seizes my garment; ithe bindsgrasps me aboutby like the collar of my tunic
30:19	GodHe has cast me into the mire and I have become like dust and ashes
30:20	I cry to theeyou and thouyou dostdo not answer me; I stand and thouyou dostmerely notlook heedat me
30:21	ThouYou hasthave turned cruel to me; with the might of thyyour hand thouyou dost persecute me
30:22	ThouYou liftestlift me up on the wind thouyou makestmake me ride on it and thouyou tossesttoss me about in the roar of the storm
30:23	Yea I know that thouyou wiltwill bring me to death and to the house appointed for all living
30:24	YetSurely one does not oneturn inagainst athe heapneedy ofwhen ruins stretch out his hand and in his disaster they cry for help
30:25	Did I not I weep for himthose whose day was hard Was not my soul grieved for the poor
30:27	My heartinward isparts are in turmoil and isare never still; days of affliction come to meet me
30:28	I go about blackenedin butsunless not by the sungloom; I stand up in the assembly and cry for help
31:4	Does he not he see my ways and number all my steps
31:5	If I have walked with falsehood and my foot has hastenedhurried to deceit;—
31:6	Letlet me be weighed in a just balance and let God know my integrity—
31:7	if my step has turned aside from the way and my heart has gonefollowed after my eyes and if any spot has cleavedclung to my hands;
31:9	If my heart has been enticed toby a woman and I have lain in wait at my neighbors door;
31:10	then let my wife grind for another and let othersother bowmen downkneel uponover her
31:11	For that would be a heinous crime; that would be ana iniquitycriminal to be punished by the judgesoffense;
31:12	for that would be a fire whichconsuming consumesdown untoto Abaddon and it would burn to the root all my increaseharvest
31:13	If I have rejected the cause of my manservantmale or myfemale maidservantslaves when they brought a complaint against me;
31:15	Did not he who made me in the womb make himthem And did not one fashion us in the womb
31:17	or have eaten my morsel alone and the fatherlessorphan has not eaten offrom it—
31:18	for from hismy youth I reared himthe asorphan like a father and from hismy mothers womb I guided him;the widow —
31:19	if I have seen anyanyone one perish for lack of clothing or a poor manperson without covering;
31:20	ifwhose his loins have not blessed me and ifwho he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
31:21	if I have raised my hand against the fatherlessorphan because I saw helpI inhad supporters at the gate;
31:29	If I have rejoiced at the ruin of himthose thatwho hated me or exulted when evil overtook himthem—
31:30	I have not let my mouth sin by asking for histheir lifelives with a curse;—
31:31	if thethose men of my tent haveever not said WhoO is there that haswe notmight beenbe filledsated with his meatflesh —
31:32	the sojournerstranger has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the wayfarer;traveler—
31:33	if I have concealed my transgressions fromas menothers do by hiding my iniquity in my bosom
31:36	Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me aslike a crown;
32:2	Then Eli′huElihu the son of Bar′achelBarachel the Buzite of the family of Ram became angry He was angry at Job because he justified himself rather than God;
32:3	he was angry also at Jobs three friends because they had found no answer althoughthough they had declared Job to be in the wrong
32:4	Now Eli′huElihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he
32:5	AndBut when Eli′huElihu saw that there was no answer in the mouthmouths of these three men he became angry
32:6	AndElihu Eli′hu the son of Bar′achelBarachel the Buzite answered: I am young in years and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you
32:8	But truly it is the spirit in a manmortal the breath of the Almighty that makes himfor understandunderstanding
32:11	BeholdSee I waited for your words I listened for your wise sayings while you searched out what to say
32:12	I gave you my attention andbut behold there was nonein fact no one that confuted Job orno one among you that answered his words among you
32:13	BewareYet lestdo younot say We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him not mana human
32:15	They are discomfiteddismayed they answer no more; they have not a word to say
32:16	And shallam I to wait because they do not speak because they stand there and answer no more
32:18	For I am full of words; the spirit within me constrains me
32:19	BeholdMy my heart is indeed like wine that has no vent; like new wineskins it is ready to burst
32:20	I must speak so that I may find relief; I must open my lips and answer
32:21	I will not show partiality to any person or use flattery toward any mananyone
32:22	For I do not know how to flatter— elseor would my Maker would soon put an end to me
33:2	BeholdSee I open my mouth; the tongue in my mouth speaks
33:6	BeholdSee before God I am toward God as you are; I too was formed from a piece of clay
33:7	BeholdNo no fear of me need terrify you; my pressure will not be heavy uponon you
33:10	BeholdLook he finds occasions against me he counts me as his enemy;
33:12	BeholdBut in this you are not right I will answer you: God is greater than manany mortal
33:14	For God speaks in one way and in two though manpeople doesdo not perceive it
33:15	In a dream in a vision of the night when deep sleep falls uponon menmortals while they slumber on their beds
33:16	then he opens thetheir ears of men and terrifies them with warnings
33:17	that he may turn manthem aside from histheir deeddeeds and cutkeep offthem pride from man;pride
33:18	heto keepsspare backtheir hissouls soul from the Pit histheir lifelives from perishingtraversing by the swordRiver
33:19	ManThey isare also chastened with pain upon histheir bedbeds and with continual strife in histheir bones;
33:20	so that histheir lifelives loathesloathe bread and histheir appetiteappetites dainty food
33:21	HisTheir flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen; and histheir bones whichonce wereinvisible notnow seen stick out
33:22	HisTheir soulsouls drawsdraw near the Pit and histheir lifelives to those who bring death
33:23	IfThen if there should be for himone of them an angel a mediator one of thea thousand toone declarewho todeclares mana whatperson is right for him;upright
33:24	and he is gracious to himthat person and says Deliver him from going down into the Pit; I have found a ransom;
33:25	let his flesh become fresh with youth; let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;
33:26	thenThen manhe prays to God and heis acceptsaccepted by him he comes into his presence with joy Heand recountsGod torepays menhim for his salvationrighteousness
33:27	That andperson he sings beforeto menothers and says: I sinned and perverted what was right and it was not requitedpaid back to me
33:28	He has redeemed my soul from going down intoto the Pit and my life shall see the light
33:29	Behold God indeed does all these things twice three times with a manmortals
33:30	to bring back histheir soulsouls from the Pit so that hethey may see the light of life
33:31	GivePay heed O Job listen to me; be silent and I will speak
34:1	Then Eli′huElihu continued and said:
34:6	in spite of mybeing right I am counted a liar; my wound is incurable though I am without transgression
34:7	WhatWho man is there like Job who drinks up scoffing like water
34:8	who goes in company with evildoers and walks with the wicked men
34:9	For he has said It profits aone man nothing thatto he should take delight in God
34:10	Therefore hear me you menwho ofhave understandingsense far be it from God that he should do wickedness and from the Almighty that he should do wrong
34:11	For according to thetheir workdeeds of a man he will requiterepay himthem and according to histheir ways he will make it befall himthem
34:15	all flesh would perish together and manall wouldmortals return to dust
34:17	Shall one who hates justice govern Will you condemn himone who is righteous and mighty
34:18	who says to a king WorthlessYou onescoundrel and to noblesprinces WickedYou manwicked men;
34:19	who shows no partiality to princesnobles nor regards the rich more than the poor for they are all the work of his hands
34:21	For his eyes are upon the ways of amortals man and he sees all histheir steps
34:23	For he has not appointed a time for anyanyone man to go before God in judgment
34:26	He strikes them for their wickedness inwhile theothers sightlook of menon
34:29	When he is quiet who can condemn When he hides his face who can behold him whether it be a nation or aan manindividual—
34:30	so that athe godless man should not reign thator hethose shouldwho not ensnare the people
34:31	For has anyanyone one said to God I have borneendured chastisementpunishment; I will not offend any more;
34:33	Will he then makepay requitalback to suit you because you reject it For you must choose and not I; therefore declare what you know
34:34	MenThose ofwho understandinghave sense will say to me and the wise man who hearshear me will say:
34:36	Would that Job were tried to the endlimit because hehis answers likeare those of the wicked men
35:1	AndElihu Eli′hucontinued and said:
35:2	Do you think this to be just DoYou you say ItI isam myin the right before God
35:3	thatIf you ask What advantage have I How am I better off than if I had sinned
35:5	Look at the heavens and see; andobserve behold the clouds which are higher than you
35:8	Your wickedness concernsaffects aothers man like yourselfyou and your righteousness aother sonhuman of manbeings
35:10	But noneno one says Where is God my Maker who gives songsstrength in the night
35:11	who teaches us more than the beastsanimals of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air
35:12	There they cry out but he does not answer because of the pride of evil menevildoers
36:1	AndElihu Eli′hu continued and said:
36:3	I will fetchbring my knowledge from afarfar away and ascribe righteousness to my Maker
36:5	BeholdSurely God is mighty and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding
36:7	He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous but with kings uponon the throne he sets them forforever ever and they are exalted
36:11	If they hearkenlisten and serve him they complete their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness
36:12	But if they do not hearkenlisten they shall perish by the sword and die without knowledge
36:14	They die in their youth and their life ends in shame
36:16	He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no crampingconstraint and what was set on your table was full of fatness
36:17	But you are fullobsessed ofwith the judgmentcase onof the wicked; judgment and justice seize you
36:18	Beware lestthat wrath does not entice you into scoffing; and letdo not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside
36:19	Will your cry avail to keep you from distress or will all the force of your strength
36:21	TakeBeware heedDo do not turn to iniquity; forbecause thisof that you have chosenbeen rathertried thanby affliction
36:22	BeholdSee God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him
36:23	Who has prescribed for him his way or who can say ThouYou hasthave done wrong
36:24	Remember to extol his work of which menmortals have sung
36:25	All menpeople have looked on it; maneveryone beholdswatches it from afarfar away
36:26	BeholdSurely God is great and we do not know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable
36:27	For he draws up the drops of water; he distilsdistills his mist in rain
36:28	which the skies pour down and drop upon manmortals abundantly
36:29	Can anyanyone one understand the spreading of the clouds the thunderings of his pavilion
36:30	BeholdSee he scatters his lightning aboutaround him and covers the roots of the sea
36:31	For by these he judgesgoverns peoples; he gives food in abundance
36:33	Its crashing declarestells concerningabout him; whohe is jealous with anger against iniquity
37:2	HearkenListen listen to the thunder of his voice and the rumbling that comes from his mouth
37:3	Under the whole heaven he lets it goloose and his lightning to the corners of the earth
37:5	God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things whichthat we cannot comprehend
37:6	For to the snow he says Fall on the earth; and to the shower andof the rain Behis strongheavy shower of rain
37:7	Heserves sealsas upa thesign handon ofeveryones everyhand manso that all menwhom he has made may know his workit
37:8	Then the beastsanimals go into their lairs and remain in their dens
37:16	Do you know the balancings of the clouds the wondrous works of himthe whoone whose knowledge is perfect in knowledge
37:20	ShallShould ithe be told him that I wouldwant to speak Did aanyone man ever wish thatto he would be swallowed up
37:21	AndNow nowno menone cannotcan look on the light when it is bright in the skies when the wind has passed and cleared them
37:22	Out of the north comes golden splendor; around God is clothedawesome with terrible majesty
37:23	The Almighty —we cannot find him; he is great in power and justice and abundant righteousness he will not violate
37:24	Therefore menmortals fear him; he does not regard any who are wise in their own conceit
38:7	when the morning stars sang together and all the sonsheavenly ofbeings God shouted for joy
38:8	Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst forthout from the womb;—
38:9	when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band
38:11	and said Thus far shall you come and no farther and here shall your proud waves be stayedstopped
38:13	so that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth and the wicked be shaken out of it
38:15	FromLight theis wickedwithheld theirfrom lightthe iswicked withheld and their uplifted arm is broken
38:21	YouSurely you know for you were born then and the number of your days is great
38:25	Who has cleftcut a channel for the torrents of rain and a way for the thunderbolt
38:26	to bring rain on a land where no manone islives on the desert in which there is noempty man;of human life
38:31	Can you bind the chains of the Plei′adesPleiades or loose the cords of Orion
38:32	Can you lead forth the Maz′zarothMazzaroth in their season or can you guide the Bear with its children
38:34	Can you lift up your voice to the clouds so that a flood of waters may cover you
38:35	Can you send forth lightnings so that they may go and say to you Here we are
38:36	Who has put wisdom in the cloudsinward parts or given understanding to the mistsmind
38:37	Who canhas the wisdom to number the clouds by wisdom Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens
38:38	when the dust runs into a mass and the clods cleavecling fast together
39:1	Do you know when the mountain goats bringgive forthbirth Do you observe the calving of the hindsdeer
39:2	Can you number the months that they fulfilfulfill and do you know the time when they bringgive forthbirth
39:3	when they crouch bringto forthgive birth to their offspring and are delivered of their young
39:6	to whomwhich I have given the steppe for hisits home and the salt land for hisits dwelling place
39:7	HeIt scorns the tumult of the city; heit hearsdoes not hear the shouts of the driver
39:8	HeIt ranges the mountains as hisits pasture and heit searches after every green thing
39:9	Is the wild ox willing to serve you Will heit spend the night at your crib
39:10	Can you bindtie himit in the furrow with ropes or will heit harrow the valleys after you
39:11	Will you depend on himit because hisits strength is great and will you leavehand toover him your labor to it
39:12	Do you have faith in himit that heit will return and bring your grain to your threshing floor
39:13	The ostrichs wings offlap thewildly ostrichthough waveits proudly; but are they the pinions andlack plumage of love
39:14	For sheit leaves herits eggs to the earth and lets them be warmed on the ground
39:15	forgetting that a foot may crush them and that thea wild beastanimal may trample them
39:16	SheIt deals cruelly with herits young as if they were not hersits own; though herits labor should be in vain yet sheit has no fear;
39:17	because God has made herit forget wisdom and given herit no share in understanding
39:18	When sheit rousesspreads herselfits toplumes fleealoft sheit laughs at the horse and hisits rider
39:19	Do you give the horse hisits might Do you clothe hisits neck with strengthmane
39:20	Do you make himit leap like the locust HisIts majestic snorting is terrible
39:21	HeIt paws inviolently the valley and exults in his strengthmightily; heit goes out to meet the weapons
39:22	HeIt laughs at fear and is not dismayed; heit does not turn back from the sword
39:23	Upon himit rattle the quiver the flashing spear and the javelin
39:24	With fierceness and rage heit swallows the ground; heit cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet
39:25	When the trumpet sounds heit says Aha HeFrom a distance it smells the battle from afar the thunder of the captains and the shouting
39:26	Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars and spreads hisits wings toward the south
39:27	Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes hisits nest on high
39:28	OnIt lives on the rock he dwells and makes hisits home in the fastness of the rocky crag
39:29	ThenceFrom hethere it spies out the prey; hisits eyes beholdsee it afarfrom offfar away
39:30	HisIts young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are there it is he
40:2	Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty HeAnyone who argues with God letmust him answer itrespond
40:4	BeholdSee I am of small account; what shall I answer theeyou I lay my hand on my mouth
40:5	I have spoken once and I will not answer; twice but I will proceed no further
40:11	Pour forthout the overflowings of your anger and look on everyall onewho thatare is proud and abase himthem
40:12	Look on everyall onewho thatare is proud and bring himthem low; and tread down the wicked where they stand
40:14	Then I will I also acknowledge to you that your own right hand can give you victory
40:15	BeholdLook Be′hemothat Behemoth which I made just as I made you; heit eats grass like an ox
40:16	BeholdIts his strength is in hisits loins and hisits power in the muscles of hisits belly
40:17	HeIt makes hisits tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of hisits thighs are knit together
40:18	HisIts bones are tubes of bronze hisits limbs like bars of iron
40:19	HeIt is the first of the worksgreat acts of God;— letonly himits whoMaker madecan himapproach bringit nearwith histhe sword
40:20	For the mountains yield food for himit where all the wild beastsanimals play
40:21	Under the lotus plants heit lies in the covert of the reeds and in the marsh
40:22	ForThe his shade the lotus trees cover himit for shade; the willows of the brookwadi surround himit
40:23	BeholdEven if the river is turbulent heit is not frightened; heit is confident though Jordan rushes against hisits mouth
40:24	Can one take himit with hooks or pierce hisits nose with a snare
41:1	Can you draw out Levi′athanLeviathan with a fishhook or press down hisits tongue with a cord
41:2	Can you put a rope in hisits nose or pierce hisits jaw with a hook
41:3	Will heit make many supplications to you Will heit speak soft words to you soft words
41:4	Will heit make a covenant with you to takebe himtaken foras your servant for everforever
41:5	Will you play with himit as with a bird or will you put himit on leash for your maidensgirls
41:6	Will traders bargain over himit Will they divide himit up among the merchants
41:7	Can you fill hisits skin with harpoons or hisits head with fishing spears
41:8	Lay hands on himit; think of the battle; you will not do it again
41:9	BeholdAny the hope of acapturing manit iswill be disappointed; hewere isnot laideven lowthe evengods overwhelmed at the sight of himit
41:10	No one is so fierce thatas heto daresdare to stir himit up Who then is he that can stand before meit
41:11	Who hascan givenconfront toit meand thatbe Isafe should repay him Whatever is —under the whole heaven is minewho
41:12	I will not keep silence concerning hisits limbs or hisits mighty strength or hisits goodlysplendid frame
41:13	Who can strip off hisits outer garment Who can penetrate hisits double coat of mail
41:14	Who can open the doors of hisits face RoundThere aboutis histerror teethall isaround terrorits teeth
41:15	HisIts back is made of rowsshields ofin shieldsrows shut up closely as with a seal
41:18	HisIts sneezingssneezes flash forth light and hisits eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn
41:19	OutFrom ofits his mouth go flaming torches; sparks of fire leap forthout
41:20	Out of hisits nostrils comes forth smoke as from a boiling pot and burning rushes
41:21	HisIts breath kindles coals and a flame comes forthout fromof hisits mouth
41:22	In hisits neck abides strength and terror dances before himit
41:23	The folds of hisits flesh cleavecling together; it is firmly cast upon him and immovable
41:24	HisIts heart is as hard as a stone as hard as the netherlower millstone
41:25	When heit raises himselfitself up the mightygods are afraid; at the crashing they are beside themselves
41:26	Though the sword reaches himit it does not avail; nor does the spear the dart or the javelin
41:27	HeIt counts iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood
41:28	The arrow cannot make himit flee; slingstones for himit slingstones are turned to stubblechaff
41:29	Clubs are counted as stubblechaff; heit laughs at the rattle of javelins
41:30	HisIts underparts are like sharp potsherds; heit spreads himselfitself like a threshing sledge on the mire
41:31	HeIt makes the deep boil like a pot; heit makes the sea like a pot of ointment
41:32	BehindIt him he leaves a shining wake behind it; one would think the deep to be hoarywhite haired
41:33	UponOn earth thereit ishas notno hisequal like a creature without fear
41:34	HeIt beholdssurveys everything that is highlofty; heit is king over all thethat sonsare of prideproud
42:2	I know that thouyou canstcan do all things and that no purpose of thineyours can be thwarted
42:5	I had heard of theeyou by the hearing of the ear but now my eye sees theeyou;
42:7	After the Lord had spoken these words to Job the Lord said to Eli′phazEliphaz the Te′maniteTemanite: My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me what is right as my servant Job has
42:8	Now therefore take seven bulls 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 I will accept his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly; for you have not spoken of me what is right as my servant Job has done
42:9	So Eli′phazEliphaz the Te′maniteTemanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Na′amathiteNaamathite went and did what the Lord had told them; and the Lord accepted Jobs prayer
42:11	Then there came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before and they ate bread with him in his house; and they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him; and each of them gave him a piece of money and a gold ring of gold
42:12	AndThe the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep six thousand camels a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand shedonkeys asses
42:13	He also had also seven sons and three daughters
42:14	AndHe henamed called the name of the first Jemi′mah;Jemimah and the name of the second Kezi′ah;Keziah and the name of the third Ker′enKeren hap′puchhappuch
42:15	AndIn in all the land there were no women so fairbeautiful as Jobs daughters; and their father gave them an inheritance amongalong with their brothers
42:16	AndAfter after this Job lived aone hundred and forty years and saw his sonschildren and his sonschildrens sonschildren four generations
42:17	And Job died an old man and full of days