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house which he builded not; : Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. : There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. : In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come
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upon him. : When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. : He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. : It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the
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glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. : All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. : The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. : The increase of his
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house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. : This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God. : But Job answered and said, : Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. : Suffer me that I may speak; and after
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that I have spoken, mock on. : As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? : Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. : Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. : Wherefore do the wicked
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live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? : Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. : Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. : Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. : They send forth their little
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ones like a flock, and their children dance. : They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. : They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. : Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. : What is
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the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? : Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me. : How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his
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anger. : They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. : God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. : His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. : For what pleasure hath he in his house
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after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? : Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. : One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. : His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. : And another dieth in the
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bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. : They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. : Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. : For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? :
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Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, : That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. : Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? : Yet shall he
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be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. : The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. : How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood? : Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, : Can
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a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? : Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? : Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment? : Is not thy
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wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? : For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. : Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. : But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt
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in it. : Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. : Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; : Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. : Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars,
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how high they are! : And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? : Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. : Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? : Which were cut down out of time, whose
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foundation was overflown with a flood: : Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? : Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. : The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. : Whereas our substance
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is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. : Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. : Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. : If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt
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put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. : Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. : Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. : For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto
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God. : Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. : Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. : When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save
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the humble person. : He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. : Then Job answered and said, : Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. : Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his
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seat! : I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. : I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. : Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. : There the righteous might dispute with him;
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so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. : Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: : 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: : But he knoweth the way that
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I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. : My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. : Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. : But he is in one mind,
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and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. : For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. : Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. : For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
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: Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. : Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? : Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. : They drive away the ass of the fatherless,
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they take the widows ox for a pledge. : They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. : Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. : They reap every one his
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corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. : They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. : They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. : They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge
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of the poor. : They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry; : Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. : Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them. : They
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are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. : The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. : The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his
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face. : In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. : For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death. : He is swift as the waters; their portion is
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cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards. : Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned. : The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. : He evil entreateth the
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barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow. : He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life. : Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways. : They are exalted for a little while, but are
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gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. : And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth? : Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, : Dominion and fear are with him,
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he maketh peace in his high places. : Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise? : How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? : Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure
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in his sight. : How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm? : But Job answered and said, : How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? : How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou
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plentifully declared the thing as it is? : To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee? : Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. : Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. : He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
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: He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. : He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. : He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. : The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at
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his reproof. : He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud. : By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. : Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can
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understand? : Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, : As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; : All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; : My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. : God forbid
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that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. : My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. : Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. : For what
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is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? : Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? : Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? : I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not
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conceal. : Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? : This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. : If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. :
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Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. : Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; : He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. : He buildeth his house as a moth, and as
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a booth that the keeper maketh. : The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not. : Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. : The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out
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of his place. : For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. : Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. : Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. : Iron is taken out
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of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. : He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. : The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. : As for
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the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire. : The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold. : There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vultures eye hath not seen: : The lions whelps have not trodden it, nor the
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fierce lion passed by it. : He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. : He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing. : He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. : But where shall wisdom be
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found? and where is the place of understanding? : Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. : The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. : It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. :
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It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. : The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. : No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. : The topaz
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of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. : Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? : Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. : Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
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: God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. : For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; : To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure. : When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the
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thunder: : Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out. : And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. : Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, : Oh that I were as in months past, as in the
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days when God preserved me; : When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; : As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; : When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; : When I washed my
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steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; : When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! : The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. : The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. :
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The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. : When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: : Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. : The blessing of him
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that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widows heart to sing for joy. : I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. : I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. : I was a father to the poor: and the
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cause which I knew not I searched out. : And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. : Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. : My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon
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my branch. : My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. : Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. : After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. : And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth
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wide as for the latter rain. : If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. : I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners. : But now they that are younger than I have me
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in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. : Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? : For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. : Who cut up mallows by the bushes,
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and juniper roots for their meat. : They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;) : To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. : Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together. : They were children of fools, yea,
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children of base men: they were viler than the earth. : And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. : They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face. : Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me. : Upon
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my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction. : They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper. : They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me. : Terrors are turned
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upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. : And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. : My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. : By the great force of my
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disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. : He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. : I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not. : Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong
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hand thou opposest thyself against me. : Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance. : For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. : Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in
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his destruction. : Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor? : When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. : My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me. : I went mourning without the
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sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation. : I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. : My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. : My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. : I made a covenant with
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mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? : For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? : Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? : Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? : If I
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have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; : Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity. : If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; : Then let me sow, and let
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another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. : If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbours door; : Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. : For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by
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the judges. : For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. : If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; : What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? : Did not
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he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? : If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; : Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; : (For from my youth he was
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brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mothers womb;) : If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; : If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; : If I have lifted up my
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hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: : Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. : For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. : If I have made gold my hope, or have
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said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; : If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; : If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; : And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: : This also were an
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iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. : If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: : Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. : If the men of my tabernacle
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said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. : The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller. : If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: : Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me,
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that I kept silence, and went not out of the door? : Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. : Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. : I would declare unto him the
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number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. : If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; : If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: : Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The
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words of Job are ended. : So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. : Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. : Also against his three friends
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was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. : Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he. : When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled. : And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite
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answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion. : I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. : But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. : Great men are not always wise: neither
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do the aged understand judgment. : Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion. : Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say. : Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words: :
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Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man. : Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches. : They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. : When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no
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more;) : I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion. : For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. : Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. : I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open
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my lips and answer. : Let me not, I pray you, accept any mans person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man. : For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away. : Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words. : Behold, now
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I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth. : My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly. : The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. : If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before
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me, stand up. : Behold, I am according to thy wish in Gods stead: I also am formed out of the clay. : Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee. : Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying, : I am
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clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. : Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy, : He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. : Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man. : Why dost thou
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strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. : For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. : In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; : Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, : That
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he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. : He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. : He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: : So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
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: His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. : Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers. : If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness: : Then he is gracious
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unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. : His flesh shall be fresher than a childs: he shall return to the days of his youth: : He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render
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unto man his righteousness. : He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; : He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. : Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, : To bring back his
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soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living. : Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak. : If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee. : If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom. :
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Furthermore Elihu answered and said, : Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. : For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. : Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good. : For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken
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