6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what 3 am I eased? 7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company. B. C. 1520. | from 3 goeth from me? d Ep.5.27. 8 And thou hast filled me with dech.10.16,17. wrinkles, which is a witness against f ch.13.24. me: and my leanness rising up in g La.3.30. me beareth witness to my face. h Ps.35.15. 9 He teareth e me in his wrath, i ch.1.15,17. who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy f 4 shut me up. sharpeneth his eyes upon me. k ch.7.20. 10 They have gaped upon me with Ps.42.7. their mouth; they have smitten gm ch.30. 19. me upon the cheek reproachfully; n Ps. 44.17-21. they have h gathered themselves together against me. 11 God i hath 4 delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. 12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me k up for his mark. o Ps.66.18, 19. 5 in the high places, Eph. 1.3. 6 are my scorners. P Ro.9.20. 8 12 They change the night into day: or, friend.the light is 7 short because of darkyears of number. 13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. 13 His archers compass me round about; he cleaveth my reins asun-q Ec. 12.5. der, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. 14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant. 15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the m dust. 16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; (CHAP. 17.) or, spirit is spent. a Ps.88.3,4. 2 lodge, b Pr.6.1. c Ps. 12.3. 3 or, before them. 17 Not n for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer o is pure. 18 O earth, cover not thou my 4or,thoughts. blood, and let my cry have no d Ps.84.7,11. place. Pr.4. 18. 19 Also now, behold, my witness e Ps.24.4. is in heaven, and my record is 5 ons add high. 20 My friends 6 scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. 21 Op that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his 7 neighbour! strength. f Pr. 16.9. 19.21. 6 possessions. 7 near. 8 cried, or, called. 22 When a few years are come, then I shall go q the way whence ig Jon.2.6. shall not return. CHAPTER XVII Job appealeth from men to God. h ch.3. 17-19. (CHAP. 18.) a ch. 13. 14. Mare extinct, the graves a are his soul. ready for me. 2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye 2 continue in their provocation? 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands b with me? 4 For thou hast hid their heart b Pr.24.20. 2 or, lamp. e Pr.1.30-32. d Pr.5.22. 29.6. 3 hidden. 14 I have 8 said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. 15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? 16 They shall go down to the bars g of the pit, when our rest h together is in the dust. CHAPTER XVIII. Bildad reproveth Job of presumption and impatience. TH THEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. 3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? 4 He a teareth 1 himself in his anger shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? 5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall b be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. 6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his 2 candle shall be put out with him. 7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own c counsel shall cast him down. 8 For he is cast into a net d by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. 9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him. 10 The snare is 3 laid for him in Calamities of the wicked. the ground, and a trap for him in the way. 11 Terrors e shall make him afraid on every side, and shall 4 drive him to his feet. 12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side. 13 it shall devour the 5 strength of his skin: even the first-born of death shall devour his strength. 14 His confidence ƒ shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. 15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, JOB, XIX, XX. e Je.20.3,4. f Pr. 10.28. h Ps.34. 16. drive him. i Is. 14.22. Job craveth pity. against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. 12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle. 13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. 14 My d kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. 15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am alien in their sight. 16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated because it is none of his: brunstones laid hold on him with my mouth. 16 His rootsg shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. 17 His remembrance h shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. 18 6 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. 19 He shall neither i have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. 20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, k as they that 7 went before 8 were affrighted. 21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not / God. CHAPTER XIX. 21 Job craveth pity: 26 He believeth THEN Job answered and said, 3 These ten a times have ye re- to me. 4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself. 5 If indeed ye will magnify b yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach: 6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. 7 Behold, I cry out of 2 wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. 8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. 10 Hec hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree. 11 He hath also kindled his wrath horror. 1 2Th.1.8. (CHAP. 19.) a Ge.31.7. 1 or, harden 2 or,violence. d Ps.38.11. 5 the men of 7 or, after I I see God. h 1Jno.3.2. a stranger. in me are 11 bosom. 17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children's sake of 3 mine own body. 4 18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me. 19 All 5 my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me. 20 My e bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. 21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me. 22 Why do ye persecute f me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? 23 6 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! 24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! 25 For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 26 And though, after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh g shall I see h God: 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not 8 another; though 9 my reins be consumed 10 within me. 28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him? 11 seeing the root of the matter is found in me. 29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that i ye may know there is a judgment. CHAPTER XX. Zophar showeth the state and portion of the wicked. is found amathite, and said, HEN answered Zophar the what root in me? 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this 1 I make haste. 3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. State and portion 4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is 2 short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a a moment? JOB, XXI. 2 from near. a Mat.7.21. of the wicked. 25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors / are upon him. 26 All darkness shall be hid in his 6 Though b his excellency mount b Is.14.13,14. secret places; a fire m not blown up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the 3 clouds; 7 Yet he shall perish for ever like c his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? 8 He shall fly away as a dream d and shall not be found, yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. 9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. 10 4 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their e goods. 11 His bones are full of the sin f of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. 3 cloud. e 1Ki. 14.10. d Ps.73.20. 4 or, The poor shall children. shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. 27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. 28 The increase of his house shall oppress his depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage 12 appointed unto him by God. CHAPTER XXI. e ver. 18. 12 Though wickedness be sweet g in his mouth, though he hide it un-6 der his tongue; 13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not, but keep it still 5 within his mouth: 14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. 16 He shall suck the poison h of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. 17 He shall not see the rivers, the 6 floods, the brooks of honey and butter. 18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to 7 his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. 19 Because he hath 8 oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; 20 Surely he shall not 9 feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. 21 There shall 10 none of his meat be i left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. his palate. The judgment of the wicked is in another world. midst of BUT Job answered and said, 2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be 1 troubled? h Ro.3.13. 7 the sub- 8 crushed. 9 know. meat. i Ec.5.13,14. 11 or,trouble some. 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand 3 peace from. of the 11 wicked shall come upon him. 4 or, mirth. c ch.22.17. 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his d Ex.5 2. wrath upon him, and shall rain it e Mal.3.14. upon him while k he is eating. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. f Ps. 1.1. sor, lamp. 52 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay a your hand upon your mouth. 6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. 7 Wherefore b do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. 8 Their seed is established in their 9 Their houses are 3 safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They take the trimbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. 13 They spend their days in 4 to the grave. wealth, and in a moment go down 14 Therefore c they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What d is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit e should we have, if we pray unto him? 16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel f of the wicked is far from me. 17 How oft is the 5 candle of the wicked put out? and how oft comleth their destruction upon them? 6 carrieth away. stealeth 19 God layeth up 7 his iniquity for. e. the his children: g he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst ? 22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. 23 One dieth in his 8 full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. 24 His 9 breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with 11 wrath. 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? 32 Yet shall he be brought to the 12 grave, and shall 13 remain in the tomb. 33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every i man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. 34 How then comfort ye me in k vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth 14 falsehood? CHAPTER XXII. Eliphaz showeth that man's goodness profiteth not God. Tswered and said, HEN Eliphaz the Temanite an 2 Can a man be profitable a unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? punish- A Ro. 11.34. very per- in the tabernacles. 13 watch in k a sion. transgres- thereon? ww 2 clothes of arm. eminent, or, b ch.18.8-10. or, a flood upon their Address of Eliphaz. 5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? 16 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the 2 naked of their cloth ing. 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. 8 But as for the 3 mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 10 Therefore snares b are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; 11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. 12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the 5 height of the stars, how high they are! 13 And thou sayest, 6 How c doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose 7 foundation was overflown with a flood: 17 Which d said unto God, Depart from us and what can the Almighty do 8 for them? of the wicked is far from me. 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 20 Whereas our 9 substance is not cut down, but 10 the remnant of them the fire consumeth. 21 Acquaint now thyself with 11 him, and be at peace: ƒ thereby good shall come unto thee. foundation 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law Ge.7.10,&c. from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou mak-13 or, gold. est thy ways perfect? 14 silver of strength. 4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment? k Ps.66.17-20. 23 If thou return h to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away i iniquity far from thy tabernacles. 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold 12 as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy 13 defence, and thou shalt have 14 plenty of silver. 26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. 27 Thou k shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. God observeth our ways. JOB, XXIII, XXIV. Wickedness is oft unpunished. THY, seeing times are not hid 28 Thou shalt also decreel a B. C. 1520. W den from the Almighty, do thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine 1 Mat.21.22. upon thy ways. hath low eyes. 29 When men are cast down, then 15 him that thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save 15 the humble m person. 30 16 He shall deliver the island of the innocent; and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. CHAPTER XXIII. God, who is invisible, observeth our ways. HEN Job answered and said, T2 Even to-day a is my complaint bitter: my 1 stroke is heavier than my groaning. 3 Oh b that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! 4 I would order my cause c before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. m 1Pe.5.5. 16 or, The innocent shall deliver the island, Ge. 18.26. (CHAP. 23.) a Ps.77.2.9. 1 hand. b Is.26.8. 55.6,7. c Is.43.26. d Is.57.16. 5 I would know the words which 2 is with me. he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. e 1Pe.1.7. 6 Will d he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: f Ps. 19.9,10. 3 hid, or, 4 laid up. or, ap pointed portion. g Je.15.16. 9 On the left hand, where he doth h 1Th.3.3. work, but I cannot behold him he hideth himself on the right hand, i Ps.119.120. that I cannot see him: 10 But he knoweth the way that 2 I take: when e he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold, 11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. 12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; If have 3 esteemed the words of his mouth more than my 4 necessary food.g 13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. www (CHAP. 24.) 1or, them. a De.24.6,17. 2 mingled corn, or, dredge. the wicked gather the vintage. 14 For he performeth the thing b La.4.5. that is appointed h for me: and c Ps. 10.8-11. many such things are with him. 15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence when I consider, I am afraid i of him. 16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. CHAPTER XXIV. 1 Wickedness goeth often unpunished. 17 There is a secret judgment for the wicked. theythat know him not see his days? 2 Some remove the landmarks: they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take a the widow's ox for a pledge. 4 They turn the needy out of the way the poor of the earth hide themselves together. 5 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. 6 They reap every one his 2 corn in the field and 3 they gather the vintage of the wicked. 7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. 8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace b the rock for want of a shelter. 9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor. 10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry; 11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their wine-presses, and suffer thirst. 12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them. 13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. 14 The c murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. 15 The eye also of the adulterer Iwaiteth for the twilight, d saying, No eye shall see me: and 4 disguiseth his face. 15 In the dark they dig through houses which they had marked for themselves in the day-time: they e know not the light. 17 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. 18 He is f swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards. 19 Drought and heat 5 consume the snow-waters; so doth the grave those which have sinned. 20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more g remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. |