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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:
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 houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.
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,
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
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.
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
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?
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?
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.
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?
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
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.’
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.
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.
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 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.
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
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.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
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.
For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
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.
Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.
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?
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?