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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.
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has 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.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
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.
This is the wicked man’s portion from God— the heritage the ruthless receive from 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 house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.
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.
Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
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 made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
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.
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
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.
Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.
Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.
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 cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.
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.
They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
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.
And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip 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.
My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.