Job 11 – Job 15
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16 – Chapter 20
Chapter 21 – Chapter 25
Chapter 26 – Chapter 30
Chapter 31 – Chapter 35
Chapter 36 – Chapter 40
Chapter 41 – Chapter 42
1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified? 3Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? 4For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes. 5But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee, 6And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
7Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? 8It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know? 9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea. 10If he pass through, and shut up, And all unto judgment, then who can hinder him? 11For he knoweth false men: He seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not. 12But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born [as] a wild ass’s colt.
13If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him; 14If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents. 15Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: 16For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away, 17And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning. 18And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Yea, thou shalt search [about thee], and shalt take thy rest in safety. 19Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; Yea, many shall make suit unto thee. 20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.
1Then Job answered and said, 2No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you. 3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these? 4I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock. 5In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth. 6The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly].
7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee: 8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. 9Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this, 10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind? 11Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food? 12With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding.
13With [God] is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding. 14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. 15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. 16With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his. 17He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools. 18He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle. 19He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty. 20He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders. 21He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong. 22He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death. 23He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive. 24He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. 25They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
1Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], Mine ear hath heard and understood it. 2What ye know, [the same] do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God. 4But ye are forgers of lies; Ye are all physicians of no value. 5Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom. 6Hear now my reasoning, And hearken to the pleadings of my lips. 7Will ye speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him? 8Will ye show partiality to him? Will ye contend for God? 9Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him? 10He will surely reprove you If ye do secretly show partiality. 11Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall upon you? 12Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defences are defences of clay.
13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will. 14Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand? 15Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him. 16This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him. 17Hear diligently my speech, And let my declaration be in your ears. 18Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous. 19Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.
20Only do not two things unto me; Then will I not hide myself from thy face: 21Withdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid. 22Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me. 23How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin. 24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy? 25Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? 26For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth: 27Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet: 28Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
1Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble. 2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee? 4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. 5Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 6Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
7For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground; 9Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant. 10But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? 11[As] the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up; 12So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
13Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! 14If a man die, shall he live [again]? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come. 15Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands. 16But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin? 17My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.
18But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place; 19The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man. 20Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. 21His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. 22But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.
1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 2Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind? 3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? 4Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God. 5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. 6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
7Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills? 8Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself? 9What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us? 10With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father. 11Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee? 12Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash, 13That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth? 14What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? 15Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight: 16How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!
17I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare: 18(Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it; 19Unto whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them): 20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor. 21A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword. 23He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. 24Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. 25Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty; 26He runneth upon him with a [stiff] neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers; 27Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins; 28And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps; 29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth. 30He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of [God’s] mouth shall he go away. 31Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense. 32It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green. 33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree. 34For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery. 35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.
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