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Job 15:1--21:34

15:1

Then answered
<06030> (8799)

Eliphaz
<0464>

the Temanite
<08489>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

15:2

Should a wise man
<02450>

utter
<06030> (8799)

vain
<07307>

knowledge
<01847>_,

and fill
<04390> (8762)

his belly
<0990>

with the east wind
<06921>_?

{vain...: Heb. knowledge of wind}

15:3

Should he reason
<03198> (8687)

with unprofitable
<05532> (8799)

talk
<01697>_?

or with speeches
<04405>

wherewith he can do no good
<03276> (8686)_?

15:4

Yea, thou castest off
<06565> (8686)

fear
<03374>_,

and restrainest
<01639> (8799)

prayer
<07881>

before
<06440>

God
<0410>_.

{castest...: Heb. makest void} {prayer: or, speech}

15:5

For thy mouth
<06310>

uttereth
<0502> (8762)

thine iniquity
<05771>_,

and thou choosest
<0977> (8799)

the tongue
<03956>

of the crafty
<06175>_.

{uttereth: Heb. teacheth}

15:6

Thine own mouth
<06310>

condemneth
<07561> (8686)

thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips
<08193>

testify
<06030> (8799)

against thee.

15:7

[Art] thou the first
<07223> (8675) <07223>

man
<0120>

[that] was born
<03205> (8735)_?

or wast thou made
<02342> (8797)

before
<06440>

the hills
<01389>_?

15:8

Hast thou heard
<08085> (8799)

the secret
<05475>

of God
<0433>_?

and dost thou restrain
<01639> (8799)

wisdom
<02451>

to thyself?

15:9

What knowest
<03045> (8804)

thou, that we know
<03045> (8799)

not? [what] understandest
<0995> (8799)

thou, which [is] not in us?

15:10

With us [are] both the grayheaded
<07867> (8802)

and very aged
<03453>

men, much
<03524>

elder
<03117>

than thy father
<01>_.

15:11

[Are] the consolations
<08575>

of God
<0410>

small
<04592>

with thee? is there any secret
<0328>

thing
<01697>

with thee?

15:12

Why doth thine heart
<03820>

carry thee away
<03947> (8799)_?

and what do thy eyes
<05869>

wink at
<07335> (8799)_,

15:13

That thou turnest
<07725> (8686)

thy spirit
<07307>

against God
<0410>_,

and lettest [such] words
<04405>

go out
<03318> (8689)

of thy mouth
<06310>_?

15:14

What [is] man
<0582>_,

that he should be clean
<02135> (8799)_?

and [he which is] born
<03205> (8803)

of a woman
<0802>_,

that he should be righteous
<06663> (8799)_?

15:15

Behold, he putteth no trust
<0539> (8686)

in his saints
<06918>_;

yea, the heavens
<08064>

are not clean
<02141> (8804)

in his sight
<05869>_.

15:16

How much more abominable
<08581> (8737)

and filthy
<0444> (8737)

[is] man
<0376>_,

which drinketh
<08354> (8802)

iniquity
<05766> (8675) <05766>

like water
<04325>_?

15:17

I will shew
<02331> (8762)

thee, hear
<08085> (8798)

me; and that [which] I have seen
<02372> (8804)

I will declare
<05608> (8762)_;

15:18

Which wise
<02450>

men have told
<05046> (8686)

from their fathers
<01>_,

and have not hid
<03582> (8765)

[it]:

15:19

Unto whom alone the earth
<0776>

was given
<05414> (8738)_,

and no stranger
<02114> (8801)

passed
<05674> (8804)

among
<08432>

them.

15:20

The wicked
<07563>

man travaileth
<02342> (8711)

with pain all [his] days
<03117>_,

and the number
<04557>

of years
<08141>

is hidden
<06845> (8738)

to the oppressor
<06184>_.

15:21

A dreadful
<06343>

sound
<06963>

[is] in his ears
<0241>_:

in prosperity
<07965>

the destroyer
<07703> (8802)

shall come
<0935> (8799)

upon him. {A dreadful...: Heb. A sound of fears}

15:22

He believeth
<0539> (8686)

not that he shall return
<07725> (8800)

out of darkness
<02822>_,

and he is waited
<06822> (8803)

for of the sword
<02719>_.

15:23

He wandereth abroad
<05074> (8802)

for bread
<03899>_,

[saying], Where [is it]? he knoweth
<03045> (8804)

that the day
<03117>

of darkness
<02822>

is ready
<03559> (8737)

at his hand
<03027>_.

15:24

Trouble
<06862>

and anguish
<04691>

shall make him afraid
<01204> (8762)_;

they shall prevail
<08630> (8799)

against him, as a king
<04428>

ready
<06264>

to the battle
<03593>_.

15:25

For he stretcheth out
<05186> (8804)

his hand
<03027>

against God
<0410>_,

and strengtheneth
<01396> (8691)

himself against the Almighty
<07706>_.

15:26

He runneth
<07323> (8799)

upon him, [even] on [his] neck
<06677>_,

upon the thick
<05672>

bosses
<01354>

of his bucklers
<04043>_:

15:27

Because he covereth
<03680> (8765)

his face
<06440>

with his fatness
<02459>_,

and maketh
<06213> (8799)

collops of fat
<06371>

on [his] flanks
<03689>_.

15:28

And he dwelleth
<07931> (8799)

in desolate
<03582> (8737)

cities
<05892>_,

[and] in houses
<01004>

which no man inhabiteth
<03427> (8799)_,

which are ready
<06257> (8694)

to become heaps
<01530>_.

15:29

He shall not be rich
<06238> (8799)_,

neither shall his substance
<02428>

continue
<06965> (8799)_,

neither shall he prolong
<05186> (8799)

the perfection
<04512>

thereof upon the earth
<0776>_.

15:30

He shall not depart
<05493> (8799)

out of darkness
<02822>_;

the flame
<07957>

shall dry up
<03001> (8762)

his branches
<03127>_,

and by the breath
<07307>

of his mouth
<06310>

shall he go away
<05493> (8799)_.

15:31

Let not him that is deceived
<08582> (8738)

trust
<0539> (8686)

in vanity
<07723>_:

for vanity
<07723>

shall be his recompence
<08545>_.

15:32

It shall be accomplished
<04390> (8735)

before
<03808>

his time
<03117>_,

and his branch
<03712>

shall not be green
<07488>_.

{accomplished: or, cut off}

15:33

He shall shake off
<02554> (8799)

his unripe grape
<01154>

as the vine
<01612>_,

and shall cast off
<07993> (8686)

his flower
<05328>

as the olive
<02132>_.

15:34

For the congregation
<05712>

of hypocrites
<02611>

[shall be] desolate
<01565>_,

and fire
<0784>

shall consume
<0398> (8804)

the tabernacles
<0168>

of bribery
<07810>_.

15:35

They conceive
<02029> (8800)

mischief
<05999>_,

and bring forth
<03205> (8800)

vanity
<0205>_,

and their belly
<0990>

prepareth
<03559> (8686)

deceit
<04820>_.

{vanity: or, iniquity}

16:1

Then Job
<0347>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

16:2

I have heard
<08085> (8804)

many such things
<07227>_:

miserable
<05999>

comforters
<05162> (8764)

[are] ye all. {miserable: or, troublesome}

16:3

Shall vain
<07307>

words
<01697>

have an end
<07093>_?

or what emboldeneth
<04834> (8686)

thee that thou answerest
<06030> (8799)_?

{vain...: Heb. words of wind}

16:4

I also could speak
<01696> (8762)

as ye [do]: if
<03863>

your soul
<05315>

were
<03426>

in my soul's
<05315>

stead, I could heap up
<02266> (8686)

words
<04405>

against you, and shake
<05128> (8686)

mine head
<07218>

at
<01119>

you.

16:5

[But] I would strengthen
<0553> (8762)

you with
<01119>

my mouth
<06310>_,

and the moving
<05205>

of my lips
<08193>

should asswage
<02820> (8799)

[your grief].

16:6

Though I speak
<01696> (8762)_,

my grief
<03511>

is not asswaged
<02820> (8735)_:

and [though] I forbear
<02308> (8799)_,

what am I eased
<01980> (8799)_?

{what...: Heb. what goeth from me?}

16:7

But now he hath made me weary
<03811> (8689)_:

thou hast made desolate
<08074> (8689)

all my company
<05712>_.

16:8

And thou hast filled me with wrinkles
<07059> (8799)_,

[which] is a witness
<05707>

[against me]: and my leanness
<03585>

rising up
<06965> (8799)

in me beareth witness
<06030> (8799)

to my face
<06440>_.

16:9

He teareth
<02963> (8804)

[me] in his wrath
<0639>_,

who hateth
<07852> (8799)

me: he gnasheth
<02786> (8804)

upon me with his teeth
<08127>_;

mine enemy
<06862>

sharpeneth
<03913> (8799)

his eyes
<05869>

upon me.

16:10

They have gaped
<06473> (8804)

upon me with their mouth
<06310>_;

they have smitten
<05221> (8689)

me upon the cheek
<03895>

reproachfully
<02781>_;

they have gathered
<04390> (8691)

themselves together
<03162>

against me.

16:11

God
<0410>

hath delivered
<05462> (8686)

me to the ungodly
<05760>_,

and turned me over
<03399> (8804)

into the hands
<03027>

of the wicked
<07563>_.

{hath...: Heb. hath shut me up}

16:12

I was at ease
<07961>_,

but he hath broken me asunder
<06565> (8770)_:

he hath also taken
<0270> (8804)

[me] by my neck
<06203>_,

and shaken me to pieces
<06327> (8770)_,

and set me up
<06965> (8686)

for his mark
<04307>_.

16:13

His archers
<07228>

compass me round about
<05437> (8799)_,

he cleaveth
<06398> (0)

my reins
<03629>

asunder
<06398> (8762)_,

and doth not spare
<02550> (8799)_;

he poureth out
<08210> (8799)

my gall
<04845>

upon the ground
<0776>_.

16:14

He breaketh
<06555> (8799)

me with breach
<06556>

upon
<06440>

breach
<06556>_,

he runneth
<07323> (8799)

upon me like a giant
<01368>_.

16:15

I have sewed
<08609> (8804)

sackcloth
<08242>

upon my skin
<01539>_,

and defiled
<05953> (8782)

my horn
<07161>

in the dust
<06083>_.

16:16

My face
<06440>

is foul
<02560> (8777)

with weeping
<01065>_,

and on my eyelids
<06079>

[is] the shadow of death
<06757>_;

16:17

Not for [any] injustice
<02555>

in mine hands
<03709>_:

also my prayer
<08605>

[is] pure
<02134>_.

16:18

O earth
<0776>_,

cover
<03680> (8762)

not thou my blood
<01818>_,

and let my cry
<02201>

have no place
<04725>_.

16:19

Also now, behold, my witness
<05707>

[is] in heaven
<08064>_,

and my record
<07717>

[is] on high
<04791>_.

{on high: Heb. in the high places}

16:20

My friends
<07453>

scorn
<03887> (8688)

me: [but] mine eye
<05869>

poureth out
<01811> (8804)

[tears] unto God
<0433>_.

{scorn me: Heb. are my scorners}

16:21

O that one might plead
<03198> (8686)

for a man
<01397>

with God
<0433>_,

as a man
<0120>

[pleadeth] for his neighbour
<01121> <07453>_!

{neighbour: or, friend}

16:22

When a few
<04557>

years
<08141>

are come
<0857> (8799)_,

then I shall go
<01980> (8799)

the way
<0734>

[whence] I shall not return
<07725> (8799)_.

{a few...: Heb. years of number}

17:1

My breath
<07307>

is corrupt
<02254> (8795)_,

my days
<03117>

are extinct
<02193> (8738)_,

the graves
<06913>

[are ready] for me. {breath...: or, spirit is spent}

17:2

[Are there] not mockers
<02049>

with me? and doth not mine eye
<05869>

continue
<03885> (8799)

in their provocation
<04784> (8687)_?

{continue: Heb. lodge}

17:3

Lay down
<07760> (8798)

now, put me in a surety
<06148> (8798)

with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike
<08628> (8735)

hands
<03027>

with me?

17:4

For thou hast hid
<06845> (8804)

their heart
<03820>

from understanding
<07922>_:

therefore shalt thou not exalt
<07311> (8787)

[them].

17:5

He that speaketh
<05046> (8686)

flattery
<02506>

to [his] friends
<07453>_,

even the eyes
<05869>

of his children
<01121>

shall fail
<03615> (8799)_.

17:6

He hath made
<03322> (8689)

me also a byword
<04914>

of the people
<05971>_;

and aforetime
<06440>

I was as a tabret
<08611>_.

{aforetime: or, before them}

17:7

Mine eye
<05869>

also is dim
<03543> (8799)

by reason of sorrow
<03708>_,

and all my members
<03338>

[are] as a shadow
<06738>_.

{my members: or, my thoughts}

17:8

Upright
<03477>

[men] shall be astonied
<08074> (8799)

at this, and the innocent
<05355>

shall stir up
<05782> (8709)

himself against the hypocrite
<02611>_.

17:9

The righteous
<06662>

also shall hold
<0270> (8799)

on his way
<01870>_,

and he that hath clean
<02890>

hands
<03027>

shall be
<03254> (8686)

stronger and stronger
<0555>_.

{be...: Heb. add strength}

17:10

But
<0199>

as for you all, do ye return
<07725> (8799)_,

and come now
<0935> (8798)_:

for I cannot find
<04672> (8799)

[one] wise
<02450>

[man] among you.

17:11

My days
<03117>

are past
<05674> (8804)_,

my purposes
<02154>

are broken off
<05423> (8738)_,

[even] the thoughts
<04180>

of my heart
<03824>_.

{the thoughts: Heb. the possessions}

17:12

They change
<07760> (8799)

the night
<03915>

into day
<03117>_:

the light
<0216>

[is] short
<07138>

because
<06440>

of darkness
<02822>_.

{short: Heb. near}

17:13

If I wait
<06960> (8762)_,

the grave
<07585>

[is] mine house
<01004>_:

I have made
<07502> (8765)

my bed
<03326>

in the darkness
<02822>_.

17:14

I have said
<07121> (8804)

to corruption
<07845>_,

Thou [art] my father
<01>_:

to the worm
<07415>_,

[Thou art] my mother
<0517>_,

and my sister
<0269>_.

{said: Heb. cried, or, called}

17:15

And where [is] now
<0645>

my hope
<08615>_?

as for my hope
<08615>_,

who shall see
<07789> (8799)

it?

17:16

They shall go down
<03381> (8799)

to the bars
<0905>

of the pit
<07585>_,

when [our] rest
<05183>

together
<03162>

[is] in the dust
<06083>_.

18:1

Then answered
<06030> (8799)

Bildad
<01085>

the Shuhite
<07747>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

18:2

How long
<05704>

[will it be ere] ye make
<07760> (8799)

an end
<07078>

of words
<04405>_?

mark
<0995> (8799)_,

and afterwards
<0310>

we will speak
<01696> (8762)_.

18:3

Wherefore are we counted
<02803> (8738)

as beasts
<0929>_,

[and] reputed vile
<02933> (8738)

in your sight
<05869>_?

18:4

He teareth
<02963> (8802)

himself
<05315>

in his anger
<0639>_:

shall the earth
<0776>

be forsaken
<05800> (8735)

for thee? and shall the rock
<06697>

be removed
<06275> (8799)

out of his place
<04725>_?

{himself: Heb. his soul}

18:5

Yea, the light
<0216>

of the wicked
<07563>

shall be put out
<01846> (8799)_,

and the spark
<07632>

of his fire
<0784>

shall not shine
<05050> (8799)_.

18:6

The light
<0216>

shall be dark
<02821> (8804)

in his tabernacle
<0168>_,

and his candle
<05216>

shall be put out
<01846> (8799)

with him. {candle: or, lamp}

18:7

The steps
<06806>

of his strength
<0202>

shall be straitened
<03334> (8799)_,

and his own counsel
<06098>

shall cast him down
<07993> (8686)_.

18:8

For he is cast
<07971> (8795)

into a net
<07568>

by his own feet
<07272>_,

and he walketh
<01980> (8691)

upon a snare
<07639>_.

18:9

The gin
<06341>

shall take
<0270> (8799)

[him] by the heel
<06119>_,

[and] the robber
<06782>

shall prevail
<02388> (8686)

against him.

18:10

The snare
<02256>

[is] laid
<02934> (8803)

for him in the ground
<0776>_,

and a trap
<04434>

for him in the way
<05410>_.

{laid: Heb. hidden}

18:11

Terrors
<01091>

shall make him afraid
<01204> (8765)

on every side
<05439>_,

and shall drive
<06327> (8689)

him to his feet
<07272>_.

{drive: Heb. scatter}

18:12

His strength
<0202>

shall be hungerbitten
<07457>_,

and destruction
<0343>

[shall be] ready
<03559> (8737)

at his side
<06763>_.

18:13

It shall devour
<0398> (8799)

the strength
<0905>

of his skin
<05785>_:

[even] the firstborn
<01060>

of death
<04194>

shall devour
<0398> (8799)

his strength
<0905>_.

{strength: Heb. bars}

18:14

His confidence
<04009>

shall be rooted out
<05423> (8735)

of his tabernacle
<0168>_,

and it shall bring
<06805> (8686)

him to the king
<04428>

of terrors
<01091>_.

18:15

It shall dwell
<07931> (8799)

in his tabernacle
<0168>_,

because [it is] none
<01097>

of his: brimstone
<01614>

shall be scattered
<02219> (8792)

upon his habitation
<05116>_.

18:16

His roots
<08328>

shall be dried up
<03001> (8799)

beneath, and above
<04605>

shall his branch
<07105>

be cut off
<05243> (8799)_.

18:17

His remembrance
<02143>

shall perish
<06> (8804)

from the earth
<0776>_,

and he shall have no name
<08034>

in the street
<06440> <02351>_.

18:18

He shall be driven
<01920> (8799)

from light
<0216>

into darkness
<02822>_,

and chased
<05074> (8686)

out of the world
<08398>_.

{He...: Heb. They shall drive him}

18:19

He shall neither have son
<05209>

nor nephew
<05220>

among his people
<05971>_,

nor any remaining
<08300>

in his dwellings
<04033>_.

18:20

They that come after
<0314>

[him] shall be astonied
<08074> (8738)

at his day
<03117>_,

as they that went before
<06931>

were affrighted
<0270> (8804) <08178>_.

{went...: or, lived with him} {were...: Heb. laid hold on horror}

18:21

Surely such [are] the dwellings
<04908>

of the wicked
<05767>_,

and this [is] the place
<04725>

[of him that] knoweth
<03045> (8804)

not God
<0410>_.

19:1

Then Job
<0347>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

19:2

How long will ye vex
<03013> (8686)

my soul
<05315>_,

and break
<01792> (8762)

me in pieces with words
<04405>_?

19:3

These ten
<06235>

times
<06471>

have ye reproached
<03637> (8686)

me: ye are not ashamed
<0954> (8799)

[that] ye make yourselves strange
<01970> (8686)

to me. {make...: or, harden yourselves against me}

19:4

And be it indeed
<0551>

[that] I have erred
<07686> (8804)_,

mine error
<04879>

remaineth
<03885> (8799)

with myself.

19:5

If indeed
<0551>

ye will magnify
<01431> (8686)

[yourselves] against me, and plead
<03198> (8686)

against me my reproach
<02781>_:

19:6

Know
<03045> (8798)

now
<0645>

that God
<0433>

hath overthrown
<05791> (8765)

me, and hath compassed
<05362> (8689)

me with his net
<04686>_.

19:7

Behold, I cry out
<06817> (8799)

of wrong
<02555>_,

but I am not heard
<06030> (8735)_:

I cry aloud
<07768> (8762)_,

but [there is] no judgment
<04941>_.

{wrong: or, violence}

19:8

He hath fenced up
<01443> (8804)

my way
<0734>

that I cannot pass
<05674> (8799)_,

and he hath set
<07760> (8799)

darkness
<02822>

in my paths
<05410>_.

19:9

He hath stripped
<06584> (8689)

me of my glory
<03519>_,

and taken
<05493> (8686)

the crown
<05850>

[from] my head
<07218>_.

19:10

He hath destroyed
<05422> (8799)

me on every side
<05439>_,

and I am gone
<03212> (8799)_:

and mine hope
<08615>

hath he removed
<05265> (8686)

like a tree
<06086>_.

19:11

He hath also kindled
<02734> (8686)

his wrath
<0639>

against me, and he counteth
<02803> (8799)

me unto him as [one of] his enemies
<06862>_.

19:12

His troops
<01416>

come
<0935> (8799)

together
<03162>_,

and raise up
<05549> (8799)

their way
<01870>

against me, and encamp
<02583> (8799)

round about
<05439>

my tabernacle
<0168>_.

19:13

He hath put
<07368> (0)

my brethren
<0251>

far
<07368> (8689)

from me, and mine acquaintance
<03045> (8802)

are verily estranged
<02114> (8804)

from me.

19:14

My kinsfolk
<07138>

have failed
<02308> (8804)_,

and my familiar friends
<03045> (8794)

have forgotten
<07911> (8804)

me.

19:15

They that dwell
<01481> (8802)

in mine house
<01004>_,

and my maids
<0519>_,

count
<02803> (8799)

me for a stranger
<02114> (8801)_:

I am an alien
<05237>

in their sight
<05869>_.

19:16

I called
<07121> (8804)

my servant
<05650>_,

and he gave [me] no answer
<06030> (8799)_;

I intreated
<02603> (8691)

him with
<01119>

my mouth
<06310>_.

19:17

My breath
<07307>

is strange
<02114> (8804)

to my wife
<0802>_,

though I intreated
<02589> (8800)

for the children's
<01121>

[sake] of mine own body
<0990>_.

{mine...: Heb. my belly}

19:18

Yea, young children
<05759>

despised
<03988> (8804)

me; I arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and they spake
<01696> (8762)

against me. {young...: or, the wicked}

19:19

All my inward
<05475>

friends
<04962>

abhorred
<08581> (8765)

me: and they whom I loved
<0157> (8804)

are turned
<02015> (8738)

against me. {my...: Heb. the men of my secret}

19:20

My bone
<06106>

cleaveth
<01692> (8804)

to my skin
<05785>

and to my flesh
<01320>_,

and I am escaped
<04422> (8691)

with the skin
<05785>

of my teeth
<08127>_.

{and to: or, as to}

19:21

Have pity
<02603> (8798)

upon me, have pity
<02603> (8798)

upon me, O ye my friends
<07453>_;

for the hand
<03027>

of God
<0433>

hath touched
<05060> (8804)

me.

19:22

Why do ye persecute
<07291> (8799)

me as God
<0410>_,

and are not satisfied
<07646> (8799)

with my flesh
<01320>_?

19:23

Oh that
<05414> (8799)

my words
<04405>

were now
<0645>

written
<03789> (8735)_!

oh that
<05414> (8799)

they were printed
<02710> (8714)

in a book
<05612>_!

{Oh...: Heb. Who will give, etc}

19:24

That they were graven
<02672> (8735)

with an iron
<01270>

pen
<05842>

and lead
<05777>

in the rock
<06697>

for ever
<05703>_!

19:25

For I know
<03045> (8804)

[that] my redeemer
<01350> (8802)

liveth
<02416>_,

and [that] he shall stand
<06965> (8799)

at the latter
<0314>

[day] upon the earth
<06083>_:

19:26

And [though] after
<0310>

my skin
<05785>

[worms] destroy
<05362> (8765)

this [body], yet in my flesh
<01320>

shall I see
<02372> (8799)

God
<0433>_:

{And...: or, After I shall awake, though this body be destroyed, yet out of my flesh}

19:27

Whom I shall see
<02372> (8799)

for myself, and mine eyes
<05869>

shall behold
<07200> (8804)_,

and not another
<02114> (8801)_;

[though] my reins
<03629>

be consumed
<03615> (8804)

within
<02436>

me. {another: Heb. a stranger} {though...: or, my reins within me are consumed with earnest desire (for that day)} {within...: Heb. in my bosom}

19:28

But ye should say
<0559> (8799)_,

Why persecute
<07291> (8799)

we him, seeing the root
<08328>

of the matter
<01697>

is found
<04672> (8738)

in me? {seeing...: or, and what root of matter is found in me?}

19:29

Be ye afraid
<01481> (8798)

of the sword
<02719>_:

for wrath
<02534>

[bringeth] the punishments
<05771>

of
<06440>

the sword
<02719>_,

that ye may know
<03045> (8799)

[there is] a judgment
<01779> (8675) <01779>_.

20:1

Then answered
<06030> (8799)

Zophar
<06691>

the Naamathite
<05284>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

20:2

Therefore do my thoughts
<05587>

cause me to answer
<07725> (8686)_,

and for [this] I make haste
<02363> (8800)_.

{I make...: Heb. my haste is in me}

20:3

I have heard
<08085> (8799)

the check
<04148>

of my reproach
<03639>_,

and the spirit
<07307>

of my understanding
<0998>

causeth me to answer
<06030> (8799)_.

20:4

Knowest
<03045> (8804)

thou [not] this of old
<05703>_,

since man
<0120>

was placed
<07760> (8800)

upon earth
<0776>_,

20:5

That the triumphing
<07445>

of the wicked
<07563>

[is] short
<07138>_,

and the joy
<08057>

of the hypocrite
<02611>

[but] for a moment
<07281>_?

{short: Heb. from near}

20:6

Though his excellency
<07863>

mount up
<05927> (8799)

to the heavens
<08064>_,

and his head
<07218>

reach
<05060> (8686)

unto the clouds
<05645>_;

{clouds: Heb. cloud}

20:7

[Yet] he shall perish
<06> (8799)

for ever
<05331>

like his own dung
<01561>_:

they which have seen
<07200> (8802)

him shall say
<0559> (8799)_,

Where
<0335>

[is] he?

20:8

He shall fly away
<05774> (8799)

as a dream
<02472>_,

and shall not be found
<04672> (8799)_:

yea, he shall be chased away
<05074> (8714)

as a vision
<02384>

of the night
<03915>_.

20:9

The eye
<05869>

also [which] saw
<07805> (8804)

him shall [see him] no more
<03254> (8686)_;

neither shall his place
<04725>

any more behold
<07789> (8799)

him.

20:10

His children
<01121>

shall seek to please
<07521> (8762)

the poor
<01800>_,

and his hands
<03027>

shall restore
<07725> (8686)

their goods
<0202>_.

{His children...: or, The poor shall oppress his children}

20:11

His bones
<06106>

are full
<04390> (8804)

[of the sin] of his youth
<05934>_,

which shall lie down
<07901> (8799)

with him in the dust
<06083>_.

20:12

Though wickedness
<07451>

be sweet
<04985> (8686)

in his mouth
<06310>_,

[though] he hide
<03582> (8686)

it under his tongue
<03956>_;

20:13

[Though] he spare
<02550> (8799)

it, and forsake
<05800> (8799)

it not; but keep it still
<04513> (8799)

within
<08432>

his mouth
<02441>_:

{within...: Heb. in the midst of his palate}

20:14

[Yet] his meat
<03899>

in his bowels
<04578>

is turned
<02015> (8738)_,

[it is] the gall
<04846>

of asps
<06620>

within
<07130>

him.

20:15

He hath swallowed down
<01104> (8804)

riches
<02428>_,

and he shall vomit them up again
<06958> (8686)_:

God
<0410>

shall cast them out
<03423> (8686)

of his belly
<0990>_.

20:16

He shall suck
<03243> (8799)

the poison
<07219>

of asps
<06620>_:

the viper's
<0660>

tongue
<03956>

shall slay
<02026> (8799)

him.

20:17

He shall not see
<07200> (8799)

the rivers
<06390>_,

the floods
<05104>_,

the brooks
<05158>

of honey
<01706>

and butter
<02529>_.

{the floods...: or, streaming brooks}

20:18

That which he laboured
<03022>

for shall he restore
<07725> (8688)_,

and shall not swallow [it] down
<01104> (8799)_:

according to [his] substance
<02428>

[shall] the restitution
<08545>

[be], and he shall not rejoice
<05965> (8799)

[therein]. {his...: Heb. the substance of his exchange}

20:19

Because he hath oppressed
<07533> (8765)

[and] hath forsaken
<05800> (8804)

the poor
<01800>_;

[because] he hath violently taken away
<01497> (8804)

an house
<01004>

which he builded
<01129> (8799)

not; {oppressed: Heb. crushed}

20:20

Surely he shall not feel
<03045> (8804)

quietness
<07961>

in his belly
<0990>_,

he shall not save
<04422> (8762)

of that which he desired
<02530> (8803)_.

{feel: Heb. know}

20:21

There shall none of his meat
<0400>

be left
<08300>_;

therefore shall no man look
<02342> (8799)

for his goods
<02898>_.

{none...: or, be none left for his meat}

20:22

In the fulness
<04390> (8800) (8675) <04390> (8763)

of his sufficiency
<05607>

he shall be in straits
<03334> (8799)_:

every hand
<03027>

of the wicked
<06001>

shall come
<0935> (8799)

upon him. {wicked: or, troublesome}

20:23

[When] he is about to fill
<04390> (8763)

his belly
<0990>_,

[God] shall cast
<07971> (8762)

the fury
<02740>

of his wrath
<0639>

upon him, and shall rain
<04305> (8686)

[it] upon him while he is eating
<03894>_.

20:24

He shall flee
<01272> (8799)

from the iron
<01270>

weapon
<05402>_,

[and] the bow
<07198>

of steel
<05154>

shall strike him through
<02498> (8799)_.

20:25

It is drawn
<08025> (8804)_,

and cometh out
<03318> (8799)

of the body
<01465>_;

yea, the glittering sword
<01300>

cometh out
<01980> (8799)

of his gall
<04846>_:

terrors
<0367>

[are] upon him.

20:26

All darkness
<02822>

[shall be] hid
<02934> (8803)

in his secret places
<06845> (8803)_:

a fire
<0784>

not blown
<05301> (8795)

shall consume
<0398> (8762)

him; it shall go ill
<03415> (8799)

with him that is left
<08300>

in his tabernacle
<0168>_.

20:27

The heaven
<08064>

shall reveal
<01540> (8762)

his iniquity
<05771>_;

and the earth
<0776>

shall rise up
<06965> (8693)

against him.

20:28

The increase
<02981>

of his house
<01004>

shall depart
<01540> (8799)_,

[and his goods] shall flow away
<05064> (8737)

in the day
<03117>

of his wrath
<0639>_.

20:29

This [is] the portion
<02506>

of a wicked
<07563>

man
<0120>

from God
<0430>_,

and the heritage
<05159>

appointed
<0561>

unto him by God
<0410>_.

{appointed...: Heb. of his decree from God}

21:1

But Job
<0347>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

21:2

Hear
<08085> (8798)

diligently
<08085> (8800)

my speech
<04405>_,

and let this be your consolations
<08575>_.

21:3

Suffer
<05375> (8798)

me that I may speak
<01696> (8762)_;

and after
<0310>

that I have spoken
<01696> (8763)_,

mock on
<03932> (8686)_.

21:4

As for me, [is] my complaint
<07879>

to man
<0120>_?

and if [it were so], why should not my spirit
<07307>

be troubled
<07114> (8799)_?

{troubled: Heb. shortened?}

21:5

Mark
<06437> (8798)

me, and be astonished
<08074> (8713)_,

and lay
<07760> (8798)

[your] hand
<03027>

upon [your] mouth
<06310>_.

{Mark...: Heb. Look unto me}

21:6

Even when I remember
<02142> (8804)

I am afraid
<0926> (8738)_,

and trembling
<06427>

taketh hold on
<0270> (8804)

my flesh
<01320>_.

21:7

Wherefore do the wicked
<07563>

live
<02421> (8799)_,

become old
<06275> (8804)_,

yea, are mighty
<01396> (8804)

in power
<02428>_?

21:8

Their seed
<02233>

is established
<03559> (8737)

in their sight
<06440>

with them, and their offspring
<06631>

before their eyes
<05869>_.

21:9

Their houses
<01004>

[are] safe
<07965>

from fear
<06343>_,

neither [is] the rod
<07626>

of God
<0433>

upon them. {safe...: Heb. peace from}

21:10

Their bull
<07794>

gendereth
<05674> (8765)_,

and faileth
<01602> (8686)

not; their cow
<06510>

calveth
<06403> (8762)_,

and casteth not her calf
<07921> (8762)_.

21:11

They send forth
<07971> (8762)

their little ones
<05759>

like a flock
<06629>_,

and their children
<03206>

dance
<07540> (8762)_.

21:12

They take
<05375> (8799)

the timbrel
<08596>

and harp
<03658>_,

and rejoice
<08055> (8799)

at the sound
<06963>

of the organ
<05748>_.

21:13

They spend
<03615> (8762) (8675) <01086> (8762)

their days
<03117>

in wealth
<02896>_,

and in a moment
<07281>

go down
<02865> (8735) (8676) <05181> (8799)

to the grave
<07585>_.

{in wealth: or, in mirth}

21:14

Therefore they say
<0559> (8799)

unto God
<0410>_,

Depart
<05493> (8798)

from us; for we desire
<02654> (8804)

not the knowledge
<01847>

of thy ways
<01870>_.

21:15

What [is] the Almighty
<07706>_,

that we should serve
<05647> (8799)

him? and what profit
<03276> (8686)

should we have, if we pray
<06293> (8799)

unto him?

21:16

Lo, their good
<02898>

[is] not in their hand
<03027>_:

the counsel
<06098>

of the wicked
<07563>

is far
<07368> (8804)

from me.

21:17

How oft is the candle
<05216>

of the wicked
<07563>

put out
<01846> (8799)_!

and [how oft] cometh
<0935> (8799)

their destruction
<0343>

upon them! [God] distributeth
<02505> (8762)

sorrows
<02256>

in his anger
<0639>_.

{candle: or, lamp}

21:18

They are as stubble
<08401>

before
<06440>

the wind
<07307>_,

and as chaff
<04671>

that the storm
<05492>

carrieth away
<01589> (8804)_.

{carrieth: Heb. stealeth}

21:19

God
<0433>

layeth up
<06845> (8799)

his iniquity
<0205>

for his children
<01121>_:

he rewardeth
<07999> (8762)

him, and he shall know
<03045> (8799)

[it]. {his iniquity: that is, the punishment of his iniquity}

21:20

His eyes
<05869>

shall see
<07200> (8799)

his destruction
<03589>_,

and he shall drink
<08354> (8799)

of the wrath
<02534>

of the Almighty
<07706>_.

21:21

For what pleasure
<02656>

[hath] he in his house
<01004>

after
<0310>

him, when the number
<04557>

of his months
<02320>

is cut off in the midst
<02686> (8795)_?

21:22

Shall [any] teach
<03925> (8762)

God
<0410>

knowledge
<01847>_?

seeing he judgeth
<08199> (8799)

those that are high
<07311> (8802)_.

21:23

One dieth
<04191> (8799)

in his full
<08537>

strength
<06106>_,

being wholly at ease
<07946>

and quiet
<07961>_.

{his...: Heb. his very, or, the strength of, his perfection}

21:24

His breasts
<05845>

are full
<04390> (8804)

of milk
<02461>_,

and his bones
<06106>

are moistened
<08248> (8792)

with marrow
<04221>_.

{breasts: or, milk pails}

21:25

And another dieth
<04191> (8799)

in the bitterness
<04751>

of his soul
<05315>_,

and never eateth
<0398> (8804)

with pleasure
<02896>_.

21:26

They shall lie down
<07901> (8799)

alike
<03162>

in the dust
<06083>_,

and the worms
<07415>

shall cover
<03680> (8762)

them.

21:27

Behold, I know
<03045> (8804)

your thoughts
<04284>_,

and the devices
<04209>

[which] ye wrongfully imagine
<02554> (8799)

against me.

21:28

For ye say
<0559> (8799)_,

Where [is] the house
<01004>

of the prince
<05081>_?

and where [are] the dwelling
<04908>

places
<0168>

of the wicked
<07563>_?

{the dwelling...: Heb. the tent of the tabernacles}

21:29

Have ye not asked
<07592> (8804)

them that go
<05674> (8802)

by the way
<01870>_?

and do ye not know
<05234> (8762)

their tokens
<0226>_,

21:30

That the wicked
<07451>

is reserved
<02820> (8735)

to the day
<03117>

of destruction
<0343>_?

they shall be brought forth
<02986> (8714)

to the day
<03117>

of wrath
<05678>_.

{wrath: Heb. wraths}

21:31

Who shall declare
<05046> (8686)

his way
<01870>

to his face
<06440>_?

and who shall repay
<07999> (8762)

him [what] he hath done
<06213> (8804)_?

21:32

Yet shall he be brought
<02986> (8714)

to the grave
<06913>_,

and shall remain
<08245> (8799)

in the tomb
<01430>_.

{grave: Heb. graves} {remain...: Heb. watch in the heap}

21:33

The clods
<07263>

of the valley
<05158>

shall be sweet
<04985> (8804)

unto him, and every man
<0120>

shall draw
<04900> (8799)

after
<0310>

him, as [there are] innumerable
<04557>

before
<06440>

him.

21:34

How then comfort
<05162> (8762)

ye me in vain
<01892>_,

seeing in your answers
<08666>

there remaineth
<07604> (8738)

falsehood
<04604>_?

{falsehood: Heb. transgression?}