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That they were
graven with an iron pen
and lead in the rock for ever!
For I know that my
redeemer liveth,
and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
But I know that my
Redeemer lives,
and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
Whom I shall see for myself,
and mine eyes shall behold,
and not another; though my
reins be consumed within me.
I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer,
and for this I make
haste.
“So my anxious thoughts
compel me to answer, because of the
turmoil within me.
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
I have heard a
rebuke that insults me,
and my understanding prompts a reply.
That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
and the joy of the
hypocrite but for a moment?
the triumph of the wicked has been brief
and the joy of the godless
momentary?
Though his
excellency mount up to the heavens,
and his head reach unto the clouds;
Though his
arrogance reaches the heavens,
and his head touches the clouds,
He shall fly away as a dream,
and shall not be found:
yea, he shall be
chased away as a vision of the night.
He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be
chased away like a vision in the night.
The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
Though he
spare it,
and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
He hath
swallowed down riches,
and he shall
vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his
belly.
He
swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the
brooks of honey
and butter.
He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey
and cream.
That which he laboured for shall he restore,
and shall not
swallow it down: according to his substance shall the
restitution be,
and he shall not
rejoice therein.
He must return the fruit of his labor without
consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
Because he hath
oppressed and hath
forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
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.
When he has filled his stomach, God will
vent His
fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.
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
glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
It is drawn out of his back, the
gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over 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.
Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will
consume him
and devour what is left in his tent.
The heaven shall
reveal his iniquity;
and the earth shall rise up against him.
The heavens will
expose his iniquity,
and the earth will rise up against him.
The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.
This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
and the
heritage appointed unto him by God.
This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”
But Job answered and said,
Then Job answered:
Hear
diligently my speech,
and let this be your consolations.
Suffer me that I may speak;
and after that I have spoken,
mock on.
Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on
mocking.
As for me, is my
complaint to man?
and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
Is my
complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
Mark me,
and be
astonished,
and lay your hand upon your mouth.
Look at me
and be
appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
Even when I remember I am afraid,
and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
When I remember, terror takes hold,
and my body trembles in
horror.
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old,
yea, are mighty in power?
Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.
Their bull gendereth,
and faileth not; their cow calveth,
and casteth not her
calf.
Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear
calves and do not miscarry.
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children
skip about,
They
spend their days in wealth,
and in a moment go down to the grave.
They
spend their days in prosperity
and go down to
Sheol in peace.
What is the
Almighty, that we should serve him?
and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Who is the
Almighty, that we should serve Him,
and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
How
oft is the
candle of the wicked put out!
and how
oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does
disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger,
apportion destruction?
They are as
stubble before the wind,
and as
chaff that the storm carrieth away.
Are they like straw before the wind, like
chaff swept away by a storm?
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
His eyes shall see his destruction,
and he shall drink of the wrath of the
Almighty.
Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the
Almighty.
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
One man dies full of
vigor, completely secure
and at ease.
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
Behold, I know your thoughts,
and the devices which ye
wrongfully imagine against me.
Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
For you say, ‘Where now is the
nobleman’s house,
and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
Have ye not asked them that go by the way?
and do ye not know their
tokens,
Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?
Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
Who denounces his
behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?
Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
The clods of the valley are sweet to him;
everyone follows behind him,
and those before him are without number.
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
Is not thy wickedness great?
and thine
iniquities infinite?
Is not your wickedness great? Are not your
iniquities endless?
For you
needlessly demanded security from your brothers
and deprived the naked of their clothing.
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
You sent widows away empty-handed,
and the strength of the fatherless was
crushed.
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
And thou sayest, How
doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he
seeth not;
and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
Thick clouds
veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the
vault of heaven.’
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was
overflown with a flood:
They were
snatched away before their time,
and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
Which said unto God, Depart from us:
and what can the
Almighty do for them?
They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the
Almighty do to us?’
The righteous see it,
and are
glad:
and the innocent
laugh them to
scorn.
The righteous see it
and are
glad; the innocent
mock them:
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the
remnant of them the fire consumeth.
‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’
Acquaint now
thyself with him,
and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
Reconcile now
and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust,
and the gold of
Ophir as the stones of the
brooks.
and consign your gold to the dust
and the gold of
Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
then the
Almighty will be your gold
and the finest silver for you.
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the
Almighty,
and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
Surely then you will delight in the
Almighty and lift up your face to God.
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
You will pray to Him,
and He will hear you,
and you will
fulfill your vows.
Thou shalt also decree a thing,
and it shall be established unto thee:
and the light shall
shine upon thy ways.
Your decisions will be carried out,
and light will
shine on your ways.
When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
He will deliver even one who is not innocent,
rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”
Then Job answered and said,
Then Job answered:
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
I would
plead my case 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.
I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Then an upright man could reason with Him,
and I would be delivered
forever from my Judge.
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
But He is unchangeable,
and who can
oppose Him? He does what He desires.
For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
For God maketh my heart soft,
and the
Almighty troubleth me:
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
Men move boundary stones; they pasture
stolen flocks.
They drive away the
ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a
pledge.
They drive away the
donkey of the fatherless
and take the widow’s ox in
pledge.
They turn the
needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
They
push the
needy off the road
and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
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.
Indeed, like wild
donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work
foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
They
reap every one his corn in the field:
and they gather the
vintage of the wicked.
They gather
fodder in the fields
and glean the vineyards of the wicked.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
Drenched by mountain rains, they
huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
They
pluck the fatherless from the breast,
and take a
pledge of the poor.
The fatherless infant is
snatched from the breast; the
nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
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.
From the city, men
groan,
and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with
wrongdoing.
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor
and needy,
and in the night is as a
thief.
When
daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor
and needy; in the night he is like a
thief.
The eye also of the
adulterer waiteth for the
twilight, saying, No eye shall see me:
and disguiseth his face.
The eye of the
adulterer watches for
twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
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.
The
womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.