God's power is infinite. JOB, XXV, XXVI, XXVII. The wicked are cursed. 21 He evil-entreateth the barren B. C. 1520. that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow. 22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, 6 and no man is sure of life. 23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet hish eyes are upon their ways. 24 They are exalted for a little while, but 7 are gone and brought low; they are 8taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. 25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth? CHAPTER XXV. Bildad showeth that man cannot be justified before God. Thite, and said, i 6 or, he trust- 7 not. closed up. Jude 25. and are astonished at his reproof. 12 Hei divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through 3 the proud.k 13 By his spirit hel hath garnished the heaven; his hand hath form ed the crooked serpent. 14 Lo, these are parts m of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand? CHAPTER XXVII. The blessings which the wicked have are turned into curses. OREOVER Job 1 continued his Ps.143.2.&c parable, and said, Ro.5.1,21. d Zec. 13. 1. 1Co.6.11. 1Jno. 1.9. Re. 1.5. HEN answered Bildad the Shu-(CHAP. 26.) 2 Dominion a and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places. 3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom b doth not his light arise? 4 How then can man be justified c with God? or how can he be clean d that is born of a woman? 5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. 6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm? CHAPTER XXVI. d Ps. 104.2. 2 end of i Ex. 14.21. Is 51.15. Job reproveth the uncharitable spirit 3 pride. BU of Bildad. UT Job answered and said, 2 How a hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? 4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spiritb came from thee? 5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, 1 and the inhabitants thereof. 6 Hell c is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. 7 He stretched out d the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 8 He bindeth upe the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud f upon it. 10 He hath compassed the waters. with bounds, g until the 2day and night come to an end. 11 The pillars of heaven tremble h A Da.4.37. 12. (CHAP. 27.) 2 take up. made my 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath 2 vexed my soul; 3 All the while my breath is in me, and the 3 spirit of God is in my nostrils. 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. 5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine a integrity from me. 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; my heart b shall not reproach me 4 so long as I live. 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. 8 Forc what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? 9 Will God heard his cry when trouble cometh upon him? 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always e call upon God? 11 I will teach you 5 by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. 12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. 3 i. e. the 15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.g 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; 17 He may prepare it, but h the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. 18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. 19 The rich i man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not. Excellency of wisdom. JOB, XXVIII, XXIX. Job bemoaneth himself. 20 Terrors take hold on him as B. C. 1520. | equal it, neither shall it be valued waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a k storm, hurleth him out of his place. 22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. CHAPTER XXVIII. There is a knowledge of natural things. SURELY there is a 1 vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. k Ps.58.9. 6 in fleeing he would flee. (CHAP. 28.) 1 or, mine. 2 or, dust. 3 or, gold ore. a ch.11.6. 4 or, flint. b Hab.3.9. c ch.25.8. 5 weeping. 2 Iron is taken out of the 2 earth, d 1Co.4.5. and brass is molten out of the stone. 3 He setteth an end to darkness, e Ec.7.24. and searcheth out all perfection: f Pr.3. 13-15. the stones of darkness, and the 6 Fine gold shadow of death. shall not be given for it. 4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, g Pr.8.11,19. they are gone away from men. 5 As for the earth, out of it comethor, vessels. bread and under it is turned up as it were fire. 8 or, Ramoth. 6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath 3 dust of gold. 7 There is a path a which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen: 8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. 16.16. h ver.12. Ja.1.5, 17. 9 or, heaven. Pr.2.6. k Pr. 15.3. 9 He putteth forth his hand up-1 Ps. 135.7. on the 4 rock; he overturneth the 100r,number. mountains by the roots. 10 Heb cutteth out rivers among m De.4.6. the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing. 11 He bindeth c the floods from 5 overflowing; and the thing that is hid d bringeth he forth to light.n 12 But where e shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? 13 Man knoweth not the price f thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. Ps. 111.10. Ja.3.17. (CHAP. 29.) 1 added to take up. 2 or, lamp. a Ps.23.4. b Ps.25. 14. 14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. 156 It cannot be gotten for gold, gc De.33.24. neither shall silver be weighed for 3 with me. the price thereof. 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. 4 The voice of the nobles was hid. 17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of d Lu.4.22. it shall not be for 7 jewels of fine gold. 11.27. with pure gold. 20 Whence h then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the 9 air. 22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. 23 God i understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. 24 For he k looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; 25 To make the weight for the winds: and he weigheth the waters by measure. 26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder: 27 Then did he see it, and 10 declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out. the fearm of the LORD, that is wis28 And unto man he said, Behold, dom;n and to depart from evil is understanding. CHAPTER XXIX. Job bemoaneth himself of his former prosperity. MOREOVER Job continued his parable, and said, 2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved 6 When c I washed my stops with butter, and the rock poured 3 me out rivers of oil: 7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! 8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. 9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. 10 4 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed d me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: 12 Because I deliverede the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: 17 And I brake the 5jaws of the wicked, and 6 plucked the spoil out of his teeth. 6 cast. i Ps.30.6. 18 Then i I said, I shall die in my opened. nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. 19 My root was 7 spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch, 20 My glory was fresh in me, and myk bow was 9 renewed in my. hand. 21 Unto me men gave ear,and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. 22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. 8 nero. Ge.49.24. 9 changed. 1 of fewer 2 or, dark as 3 yester- 23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. 24 If I laughed on them, they be-a lieved it not; and the light of my 5 countenance they cast not down. 25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the holes. Ps.49.10-13. men of no name. b Ps.69.12. La.3. 14,63. c ch.17.6. 6 withhold not spittle from. whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs d Is.50.6. of my flock. 2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? 3 For want and famine they were 2 solitary; fleeing into the wilder-e ness 3 in former time desolate and waste. 4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper-roots for their Mat.26.67. 27.30. principal one. Ps.42.4. f ch.9.31. turned to be. 9 the strength of thy hand. 10or,wisdom. 6 To dwell in the cliffs of the val-g Ge.3.19. leys, in 4 caves of the earth, and in the rocks. 7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together. 11 heap. 12 hard of day. h Je.8.15. into contempt. 10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and 6 spare not to spit d in my face. 11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me. 12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction. 13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper. 14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me. 15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. 16 And now my soul is poured out upone me: the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. 17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. 18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. 19 He hath cast ƒme into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. 20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not. 21 Thou art 8 become cruel to me: with 9 thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. 22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my 10 substance. 23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed g for all living. 24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the 11 grave, though they cry in his destruction. 25 Did not I weep for him that was 12 in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor? 26 When h I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when 1 waited for light, there came darkness. 27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me. 28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation. 29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to 13 owls. 8 They were children of fools, yea, 130r, ostriches 30 My skin i is black upon me, and children a of 5 base men: they were viler than the earth. 9 And now b am I their song, yea, I am their c by-word. i La.4.8. 5.10. my bones are burned with heat. 31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. Job's protestation CHAPTER XXXI. JOB, XXXI, XXXII. B. C. 1520. a Mat.5.28. b Pr.6.25. c Jno.1.48. Je.32.19. a Ps.44.20,21. him weigh me in balances of justice. e Eze.14.3-7. f Le.20.10. 5 Mal.3.5. He. 13.4. h Pr.22.2. 2 or, did he not fashion us in one womb? 7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart e walked 3 i. e. the after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; widow. i De.24.13. 8 Then let me sow, and let an-1 other eat; yea, let my offspring be 4 or, the rooted out. chanel-bone. 9 If mine heart have been deceiv-k Ps. 119.120. ed by a woman; or if I have laid 1 Ps.76.7. wait at my neighbour's door; 10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. 11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is fan iniquity to be punished by the judges. 12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, g and would root out all mine increase. 13 If I did despise the cause of my man-servant, or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; m 1Ti.6.17. 5 found. light. 8 bright. my hand hath kissed my mouth. n De. 17.2.7. 9 palate. o Ec.5.6. P Is.58.7. He. 13.2. 14 What then shall I do when 10 or, way. God riseth up? and when he visit-11 or, after eth, what shall I answer him? 15 Did h not he that made me in the womb make him? and 2 did not one fashion us in the womb? 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided 3 her from my mother's womb ;) 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; 20 if i his loins have not blessed the manner q Ge.3.8,12. 12 or,my sign is that the Almighty will answer me. 13 weep. 14 strength. of the own- out. 1Ki.21.13. me, and if he were not warmed 16 or, noisome with the fleece of my sheep; weeds. of his integrity. my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from 4 the bone. 23 Fork destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. 24 If m I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; 26 If I beheld the 6 sun when it shined, or the moon walking 7 in brightness; 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or 8 my mouth hath kissed my hand: 28 This also l were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: 30 (Neither have I suffered my 9 mouth to sin, o by wishing a curse to his soul.) 31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, O that we had of his flesh ! we cannot be satisfied. 32 The stranger p did not lodge in the street; but I opened my doors to the 10 traveller. 33 If I covered my transgressions 11 as Adam, q by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: 34 Did I fear a great multitude, r or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door? 35 Oh that one would hear me ! behold, 12 my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book: 36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. 37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. 38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof 13 complain; 39 If I have eaten the 14 fruits thereof without money, or have caused 15 the owners thereof to lose their life: s 40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and 16 cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. CHAPTER XXXII. Elihu is angry with Job and his three friends. 21 If I have lifted up my hand (CHAP. 32.) So these three men ceased 1 to against the fatherless, when I saw 1 from an answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. 2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu, the son of Barachel the the Buzite, answered and said, Id Mat. 11.25. am 5 young, and ye are very old; a wherefore I was afraid, and 6 durst not show you mine opinion. 1Co.1.27. understandings. 7 I said, Days should speak, and 8 words. multitude of years should teach wisdom. 8 But there is a spirit b in man: and the inspiration c of the Almighty giveth them understanding. 9 Great d men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. 10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will show mine opinion. 11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your 7 reasons, whilst ye searched out 8 what to say.. 12 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words: e Je.9.23. 10 removed 9 or, ordered. speeches from themselves. 11 words. 12 of my belly. 13 is not (CHAP. 33.) 13 Lest ye should say, Wee have 1 palate. found out wisdom: God thrusteth a Pr.8.6-9. him down, not man. b Tit.2.7,8. 14 Now he hath not 9 directed 2 mouth. his words against me: neither will I c ch.9.32,33. answer him with your speeches. 3 cut. 15 They were amazed: they an-d ch.9.34. swered no more: they 10 left off 4 ears. speaking. e ch.10.7. 16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more ;) 17 I said, I will answer also my part; I also will show mine opinion. 18 For I am full of 11 matter, the spirit 12 within me constraineth me. 19 Behold, my belly is as wines tohich 13 hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. 20 I will speak, that I may 14 be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer. 16.17. 23.11,12. 27.5,6. 29.14. f ch.19.11. Da.4.35. g ch.13.27. Is.45.9. answereth not. k Ps.62.11. revealeth, or, un covereth. 21 Let me not, I pray you, accept ch.17.11. any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man. 22 For fI know not to give flattering titles: in so doing my Makerg would soon take me away. CHAPTER XXXIII. 7 work. m Is.23.9. 8 passing by 9 meat of n Ps. 107.17. desire 10 or, an God's call to repentance. W near my speeches, and hearTHEREFORE, Job, I pray thee, ken to all my words. 2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my 1 mouth. 3 My words a shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge b clearly. 4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. 5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up. 6 Behold, I am according to thy 2 wish in c God's stead: I also am 3 formed out of the clay. 7 Behold, my d terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee. 8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine 4 hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy e words, saying, 9I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. 10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he f counteth me for his enemy, 11 Heg putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh h all my paths. 12 Behold, in this thou art not just I will answer thee, that God is greater than man. 13 Why dost thou strive against i him? for he 5 giveth not account of any of his matters. 14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed. 16 Then he 6 openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, 17 That he may withdraw man from his 7 purpose, and hide pride m from man. 18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from 8 perishing by the sword. 19 He n is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: 20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul 9 dainty meat. 21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. 22 His soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers. 23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness: 24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found 10 a 25 His flesh shall be fresher than |