29,314 verses contain “and” (in the KJV: 28,365, in the BSB: 19,838) — showing 12,101–12,200
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I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
Does He not see my ways and count my every step?
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.
What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.
I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.
Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.
But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.
When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?
For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.
I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.
My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.
Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:
For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings
That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,
He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
Then Elihu continued:
Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
“Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning.
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.
For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.
If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,
All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
who says to kings, ‘You are worthless!’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’
How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.
Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways.
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed His? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know.
Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
Men of understanding will declare to me, and the wise men who hear me will say:
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.
“Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said on God’s behalf.
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.