29,314 verses contain “And” (in the KJV: 28,365, in the BSB: 19,838) — showing 12,001–12,100
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He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.
They are
exalted for a little while, but are 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.
They are
exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low
and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
And if it be not so now, who will make me a
liar,
and make my speech nothing worth?
If this is not so, then who can prove me a
liar and reduce my words to nothing?”
Then answered
Bildad the Shuhite,
and said,
Then
Bildad the Shuhite replied:
Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
“Dominion
and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven.
Is there any number of his armies?
and upon whom
doth not his light arise?
Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
Behold even to the moon,
and it shineth not;
yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
If even the moon does not
shine,
and the stars are not pure in His sight,
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
how much less man, who is but a
maggot,
and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
But Job answered and said,
Then Job answered:
How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
How hast thou counseled him that hath no wisdom?
and how hast thou
plentifully declared the thing as it is?
How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
The dead
tremble— those beneath the waters
and those who dwell in them.
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.
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not
burst under their own weight.
He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Job continued his discourse:
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment;
and the
Almighty, who hath
vexed my soul;
“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— the
Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter
deceit.
my lips will not speak wickedness,
and my tongue will not utter
deceit.
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
I will
cling to my righteousness
and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not
accuse me.
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
May my enemy be like the wicked
and my
opponent like the unjust.
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.
Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death:
and his widows shall not
weep.
His survivors will be buried by the plague,
and their widows will not
weep for them.
Though he
heap up silver as the dust,
and prepare
raiment as the clay;
Though he heaps up silver like dust
and piles up a
wardrobe like clay,
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
He buildeth his house as a
moth,
and as 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.
He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
For God shall cast upon him,
and not
spare: he would
fain flee out of his hand.
It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees
headlong from its power.
Men shall
clap their hands at him,
and shall hiss him out of his place.
It
claps its hands at him
and hisses him out of his place.
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
Iron is taken out of the earth,
and brass is
molten out of the stone.
Iron is taken from the earth,
and copper is
smelted from ore.
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the
farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
Far from human
habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles
and sways.
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
There is a path which no fowl knoweth,
and which the
vulture’s eye hath not seen:
No bird of prey knows that path; no
falcon’s eye has seen it.
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks;
and his eye
seeth every precious thing.
He hews out channels in the rocks,
and his eyes spot every
treasure.
He bindeth the floods from overflowing;
and the thing that is
hid bringeth he forth to light.
He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above
rubies.
Coral
and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond
rubies.
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
Seeing it is
hid from the eyes of all living,
and kept close from the fowls of the air.
It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
But God understands its way, and He knows its place.
For he looketh to the ends of the earth,
and seeth under the whole heaven;
For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,
when He set a limit for the rain
and a path for the
thunderbolt,
Then did he see it,
and declare it; he prepared it,
yea,
and searched it out.
then He looked at wisdom
and appraised it; He established it
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.
And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
And Job continued his discourse:
When his
candle shined upon my head,
and when by his light I walked through darkness;
when His lamp
shone above my head,
and by His light I walked through the darkness,
When the
Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
when the
Almighty was still with me
and my children were around me,
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
when my steps were bathed in
cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
The young men saw me,
and hid themselves:
and the aged arose,
and stood up.
the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.
The princes
refrained talking,
and laid their hand on their mouth.
The princes
refrained from speaking
and covered their mouths with their hands.
The nobles held their peace,
and their tongue
cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
The voices of the nobles were
hushed,
and their tongues
stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
For those who heard me called me blessed,
and those who saw me
commended me,
Because I delivered the poor that
cried,
and the fatherless,
and him that had none to help him.
because I
rescued the poor who
cried out
and the fatherless who had no helper.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
I put on righteousness,
and it clothed me: my judgment was as a
robe and a
diadem.
I put on righteousness,
and it clothed me; justice was my
robe and my
turban.
I was eyes to the blind,
and feet was I to the
lame.
I served as eyes to the blind
and as feet to the
lame.
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
I was a father to the
needy,
and I took up the case of the stranger.
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.
My root was spread out by the waters,
and the
dew lay all night upon my branch.
My roots will spread out to the waters,
and the
dew will rest nightly on my branches.
My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
Men
listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like
dew.
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
They waited for me as for rain
and drank in my words like spring showers.
If I
laughed on them, they believed it not;
and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
If I
smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
For want
and famine they were solitary;
fleeing into the wilderness in former time
desolate and waste.
To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
Among the bushes they
brayed; under the
nettles they were gathered together.
They were children of fools,
yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
A senseless
and nameless
brood, they were driven off the land.
And now am I their song,
yea, I am their
byword.
And now they
mock me in song; I have become a
byword among them.
Because he hath loosed my cord,
and afflicted me, they have also let loose the
bridle before me.
Because God has unstrung my bow
and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.
Upon my right hand rise the youth; they
push away my feet,
and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
The
rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet
and build siege ramps against me.
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind:
and my
welfare passeth away as a cloud.
Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like 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.
Night pierces my bones,
and my
gnawing pains never rest.
He hath cast me into the
mire,
and I am become like dust
and ashes.
He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.
I cry unto thee,
and thou
dost not hear me: I stand up,
and thou regardest me not.
I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to
ride upon it,
and dissolvest my substance.
You
snatch me up into the wind
and drive me before it; You
toss me about in the storm.
For I know that thou
wilt bring me to death,
and to the house appointed for all living.
Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.