29,314 verses contain “And” (in the KJV: 28,365, in the BSB: 19,838) — showing 11,801–11,900
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look away from him
and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a
hired hand.
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will
sprout again,
and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will
sprout again,
and its tender shoots will not fail.
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
If its roots grow old in the ground
and its
stump dies in the soil,
Yet through the
scent of water it will
bud,
and bring forth boughs like a plant.
But man dieth,
and wasteth away:
yea, man giveth up the ghost,
and where is he?
But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
As water disappears from the sea
and a river becomes
parched and dry,
So man lieth down,
and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not
awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
so a man lies down
and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be
awakened or
roused from sleep.
Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest
appoint me a set time,
and remember me!
If only You would hide me in
Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would
appoint a time for me
and then remember me!
Thou shalt call,
and I will answer thee: thou
wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.
My
transgression would be sealed in a
bag,
and You would cover over my iniquity.
And surely the mountain falling cometh to
nought,
and the rock is removed out of his place.
But as a mountain erodes
and crumbles
and a rock is
dislodged from its place,
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
You
forever overpower him,
and he passes on; You change his countenance
and send him away.
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.
But his flesh upon him shall have pain,
and his soul within him shall
mourn.
He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge,
and fill his
belly with the east wind?
“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his
belly with the hot east wind?
Yea, thou castest off fear,
and restrainest prayer before God.
But you even undermine the fear of God
and hinder
meditation before Him.
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity,
and thou choosest the tongue of the
crafty.
For your iniquity instructs your mouth,
and you choose the language of the
crafty.
Thine own mouth condemneth thee,
and not I:
yea, thine own lips
testify against thee.
Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips
testify against you.
Hast thou heard the secret of God?
and dost thou restrain wisdom to
thyself?
With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side— men much older than your father.
Why
doth thine heart carry thee away?
and what do thy eyes
wink at,
Why has your heart carried you away,
and why do your eyes
flash,
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
how much less man, who is
vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
I will
shew thee, hear me;
and that which I have seen I will declare;
Listen to me
and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,
Which wise men have told from their fathers,
and have not
hid it:
what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days,
and the number of years is hidden to the
oppressor.
A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the
ruthless.
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
Trouble
and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
For he stretcheth out his hand against God,
and strengtheneth himself against the
Almighty.
For he has stretched out his hand against God
and has
vaunted himself against the
Almighty,
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
And he dwelleth in
desolate cities,
and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become
rubble.
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
It will be paid in full before his time,
and his branch will not
flourish.
He shall
shake off his unripe
grape as the vine,
and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
He will be like a vine
stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.
For the company of the godless will be barren,
and fire will
consume the tents of
bribery.
They conceive mischief,
and bring forth vanity,
and their
belly prepareth
deceit.
Then Job answered and said,
Then Job answered:
I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s
stead, I could
heap up words against you,
and shake mine head at you.
I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could
heap up words against you
and shake my head at you.
But I would
strengthen you with my mouth,
and the moving of my lips should
asswage your grief.
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged:
and though I
forbear, what am I eased?
Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me:
and my
leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
You have bound me,
and it has become a witness; my
frailty rises up
and testifies against me.
He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
His anger has
torn me
and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My
adversary pierces me with His eyes.
They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the
clutches of the wicked.
I was at ease, but he hath broken me
asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck,
and shaken me to pieces,
and set me up for his mark.
His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my
reins asunder,
and doth not
spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
His archers
surround me. He pierces my
kidneys without mercy
and spills my gall on the ground.
I have
sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
My face is foul with
weeping,
and my eyelids is the shadow of death;
My face is red with
weeping,
and deep shadows ring my eyes;
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.
Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
Even now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.
Are there not mockers with me?
and doth not mine eye continue in their
provocation?
Surely mockers
surround me,
and my eyes must
gaze at their rebellion.
He has made me a
byword among the people, a man in whose face they
spit.
Mine eye also is
dim by reason of sorrow,
and all my members are as a shadow.
My eyes have grown
dim with grief,
and my whole body is but a shadow.
The upright are
appalled at this,
and the innocent are
stirred against the godless.
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
Then answered
Bildad the Shuhite,
and said,
Then
Bildad the Shuhite replied:
How long will it be
ere ye make an end of words? mark,
and afterwards we will speak.
“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
Wherefore are we counted as beasts,
and reputed
vile in your sight?
Why are we regarded as cattle, as
stupid in your sight?
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be
forsaken for thee?
and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
You who
tear yourself in anger— should the earth be
forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out,
and the
spark of his fire shall not
shine.
Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is
extinguished; the flame of his fire does not
glow.
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle,
and his
candle shall be put out with him.
The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
The steps of his strength shall be
straitened,
and his own counsel shall cast him down.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet,
and he walketh upon a
snare.
For his own feet lead him into a net,
and he wanders into its
mesh.
The
gin shall take him by the
heel,
and the
robber shall prevail against him.
The
snare is laid for him in the ground,
and a
trap for him in the way.
A
noose is hidden in the ground,
and a
trap lies in his path.
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
He is
torn from the shelter of his tent
and is marched off to the king of terrors.
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
His
remembrance shall perish from the earth,
and he shall have no name in the street.
The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
He shall be driven from light into darkness,
and chased out of the world.
He is driven from light into darkness
and is
chased from the inhabited world.
Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
Then Job answered and said,
Then Job answered:
How long will ye
vex my soul,
and break me in pieces with words?
And be it indeed that I have
erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
Even if I have truly gone
astray, my error concerns me alone.
If indeed you would
exalt yourselves above me
and use my disgrace against me,
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
He hath
fenced up my way that I cannot pass,
and he hath set darkness in my paths.
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has
veiled my paths with darkness.
He hath
stripped me of my glory,
and taken the crown from my head.
He has
stripped me of my honor
and removed the crown from my head.
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.
He hath also
kindled his wrath against me,
and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
His troops come together,
and raise up their way against me,
and encamp round about my tabernacle.
His troops advance together; they construct a
ramp against me
and encamp around my tent.
He hath put my brethren far from me,
and mine acquaintance are
verily estranged from me.
He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
My
kinsfolk have failed,
and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
My
kinsmen have failed me,
and my friends have forgotten me.
They that dwell in mine house,
and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an
alien in their sight.
My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.
I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I
implore him with my own mouth.
My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.
Yea, young children
despised me; I arose,
and they spake against me.
Even little boys
scorn me; when I appear, they
deride me.
All my inward friends
abhorred me:
and they whom I loved are turned against me.
All my best friends
despise me,
and those I love have turned against me.
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
My skin
and flesh
cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
Why do ye
persecute me as God,
and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Why do you
persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?
Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,