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Job 22:1--27:23

22:1

Then Eliphaz
<0464>

the Temanite
<08489>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

22:2

Can a man
<01397>

be profitable
<05532> (8799)

unto God
<0410>_,

as
<03588>

he that is wise
<07919> (8688)

may be profitable
<05532> (8799)

unto himself? {as he...: or, if he may be profitable, doth his good success depend thereon?}

22:3

[Is it] any pleasure
<02656>

to the Almighty
<07706>_,

that thou art righteous
<06663> (8799)_?

or [is it] gain
<01215>

[to him], that thou makest thy ways
<01870>

perfect
<08552> (8686)_?

22:4

Will he reprove
<03198> (8686)

thee for fear
<03374>

of thee? will he enter
<0935> (8799)

with thee into judgment
<04941>_?

22:5

[Is] not thy wickedness
<07451>

great
<07227>_?

and thine iniquities
<05771>

infinite
<07093>_?

22:6

For thou hast taken a pledge
<02254> (8799)

from thy brother
<0251>

for nought
<02600>_,

and stripped
<06584> (8686)

the naked
<06174>

of their clothing
<0899>_.

{the naked...: Heb. the clothes of the naked}

22:7

Thou hast not given water
<04325>

to the weary
<05889>

to drink
<08248> (8686)_,

and thou hast withholden
<04513> (8799)

bread
<03899>

from the hungry
<07457>_.

22:8

But [as for] the mighty
<02220>

man
<0376>_,

he had the earth
<0776>_;

and the honourable man
<05375> (8803) <06440>

dwelt
<03427> (8799)

in it. {mighty...: Heb. man of arm} {honourable...: Heb. eminent, or, accepted for countenance}

22:9

Thou hast sent
<07971> (8765)

widows
<0490>

away empty
<07387>_,

and the arms
<02220>

of the fatherless
<03490>

have been broken
<01792> (8792)_.

22:10

Therefore snares
<06341>

[are] round about
<05439>

thee, and sudden
<06597>

fear
<06343>

troubleth
<0926> (8762)

thee;

22:11

Or darkness
<02822>_,

[that] thou canst not see
<07200> (8799)_;

and abundance
<08229>

of waters
<04325>

cover
<03680> (8762)

thee.

22:12

[Is] not God
<0433>

in the height
<01363>

of heaven
<08064>_?

and behold
<07200> (8798)

the height
<07218>

of the stars
<03556>_,

how high
<07311> (8804)

they are! {height of the stars: Heb. head of the stars}

22:13

And thou sayest
<0559> (8804)_,

How doth God
<0410>

know
<03045> (8804)_?

can he judge
<08199> (8799)

through the dark cloud
<06205>_?

{How: or, What}

22:14

Thick clouds
<05645>

[are] a covering
<05643>

to him, that he seeth
<07200> (8799)

not; and he walketh
<01980> (8691)

in the circuit
<02329>

of heaven
<08064>_.

22:15

Hast thou marked
<08104> (8799)

the old
<05769>

way
<0734>

which wicked
<0205>

men
<04962>

have trodden
<01869> (8804)_?

22:16

Which were cut down
<07059> (8795)

out of time
<06256>_,

whose foundation
<03247>

was overflown
<03332> (8714)

with a flood
<05104>_:

{whose...: Heb. a flood was poured upon their foundation}

22:17

Which said
<0559> (8802)

unto God
<0410>_,

Depart
<05493> (8798)

from us: and what can the Almighty
<07706>

do
<06466> (8799)

for them? {for: or, to}

22:18

Yet he filled
<04390> (8765)

their houses
<01004>

with good
<02896>

[things]: but the counsel
<06098>

of the wicked
<07563>

is far
<07368> (8804)

from me.

22:19

The righteous
<06662>

see
<07200> (8799)

[it], and are glad
<08055> (8799)_:

and the innocent
<05355>

laugh them to scorn
<03932> (8799)_.

22:20

Whereas
<0518>

our substance
<07009>

is not cut down
<03582> (8738)_,

but the remnant
<03499>

of them the fire
<0784>

consumeth
<0398> (8804)_.

{substance: or, estate} {the remnant...: or, their excellency}

22:21

Acquaint
<05532> (8685)

now thyself with him, and be at peace
<07999> (8798)_:

thereby good
<02896>

shall come
<0935> (8799)

unto thee. {him: that is, God}

22:22

Receive
<03947> (8798)_,

I pray thee, the law
<08451>

from his mouth
<06310>_,

and lay up
<07760> (8798)

his words
<0561>

in thine heart
<03824>_.

22:23

If thou return
<07725> (8799)

to the Almighty
<07706>_,

thou shalt be built up
<01129> (8735)_,

thou shalt put away
<07368> (0)

iniquity
<05766>

far
<07368> (8686)

from thy tabernacles
<0168>_.

22:24

Then shalt thou lay up
<07896> (8800)

gold
<01220>

as
<05921>

dust
<06083>_,

and the [gold] of Ophir
<0211>

as the stones
<06697>

of the brooks
<05158>_.

{as dust: or, on the dust}

22:25

Yea, the Almighty
<07706>

shall be thy defence
<01220>_,

and thou shalt have plenty
<08443>

of silver
<03701>_.

{defence: or, gold} {plenty...: Heb. silver of strength}

22:26

For then shalt thou have thy delight
<06026> (8691)

in the Almighty
<07706>_,

and shalt lift up
<05375> (8799)

thy face
<06440>

unto God
<0433>_.

22:27

Thou shalt make thy prayer
<06279> (8686)

unto him, and he shall hear
<08085> (8799)

thee, and thou shalt pay
<07999> (8762)

thy vows
<05088>_.

22:28

Thou shalt also decree
<01504> (8799)

a thing
<0562>_,

and it shall be established
<06965> (8799)

unto thee: and the light
<0216>

shall shine
<05050> (8804)

upon thy ways
<01870>_.

22:29

When [men] are cast down
<08213> (8689)_,

then thou shalt say
<0559> (8799)_,

[There is] lifting up
<01466>_;

and he shall save
<03467> (8686)

the humble
<07807>

person
<05869>_.

{the humble...: Heb. him that hath low eyes}

22:30

He shall deliver
<04422> (8762)

the island
<0336>

of the innocent
<05355>_:

and it is delivered
<04422> (8738)

by the pureness
<01252>

of thine hands
<03709>_.

{He shall...: or, The innocent shall deliver the island}

23:1

Then Job
<0347>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

23:2

Even to day
<03117>

[is] my complaint
<07879>

bitter
<04805>_:

my stroke
<03027>

is heavier
<03513> (8804)

than my groaning
<0585>_.

{stroke: Heb. hand}

23:3

Oh that
<05414> (8799)

I knew
<03045> (8804)

where I might find
<04672> (8799)

him! [that] I might come
<0935> (8799)

[even] to his seat
<08499>_!

23:4

I would order
<06186> (8799)

[my] cause
<04941>

before
<06440>

him, and fill
<04390> (8762)

my mouth
<06310>

with arguments
<08433>_.

23:5

I would know
<03045> (8799)

the words
<04405>

[which] he would answer
<06030> (8799)

me, and understand
<0995> (8799)

what he would say
<0559> (8799)

unto me.

23:6

Will he plead
<07378> (8799)

against
<05978>

me with [his] great
<07230>

power
<03581>_?

No; but he would put
<07760> (8799)

[strength] in me.

23:7

There the righteous
<03477>

might dispute
<03198> (8737)

with him; so should I be delivered
<06403> (8762)

for ever
<05331>

from my judge
<08199> (8802)_.

23:8

Behold, I go
<01980> (8799)

forward
<06924>_,

but he [is] not [there]; and backward
<0268>_,

but I cannot perceive
<0995> (8799)

him:

23:9

On the left hand
<08040>_,

where he doth work
<06213> (8800)_,

but I cannot behold
<02372> (8799)

[him]: he hideth
<05848> (8799)

himself on the right hand
<03225>_,

that I cannot see
<07200> (8799)

[him]:

23:10

But he knoweth
<03045> (8804)

the way
<01870>

that I take
<05978>_:

[when] he hath tried
<0974> (8804)

me, I shall come forth
<03318> (8799)

as gold
<02091>_.

{that...: Heb. that is with me}

23:11

My foot
<07272>

hath held
<0270> (8804)

his steps
<0838>_,

his way
<01870>

have I kept
<08104> (8804)_,

and not declined
<05186> (8686)_.

23:12

Neither have I gone back
<04185> (8686)

from the commandment
<04687>

of his lips
<08193>_;

I have esteemed
<06845> (8804)

the words
<0561>

of his mouth
<06310>

more than my necessary
<02706>

[food]. {esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up} {my...: or, my appointed portion}

23:13

But he [is] in one
<0259>

[mind], and who can turn
<07725> (8686)

him? and [what] his soul
<05315>

desireth
<0183> (8765)_,

even [that] he doeth
<06213> (8799)_.

23:14

For he performeth
<07999> (8686)

[the thing that is] appointed
<02706>

for me: and many
<07227>

such
<02007>

[things are] with him.

23:15

Therefore am I troubled
<0926> (8735)

at his presence
<06440>_:

when I consider
<0995> (8709)_,

I am afraid
<06342> (8799)

of him.

23:16

For God
<0410>

maketh my heart
<03820>

soft
<07401> (8689)_,

and the Almighty
<07706>

troubleth
<0926> (8689)

me:

23:17

Because I was not cut off
<06789> (8738)

before
<06440>

the darkness
<02822>_,

[neither] hath he covered
<03680> (8765)

the darkness
<0652>

from my face
<06440>_.

24:1

Why, seeing times
<06256>

are not hidden
<06845> (8738)

from the Almighty
<07706>_,

do they that know
<03045> (8802)

him not see
<02372> (8804)

his days
<03117>_?

24:2

[Some] remove
<05381> (8686)

the landmarks
<01367>_;

they violently take away
<01497> (8804)

flocks
<05739>_,

and feed
<07462> (8799)

[thereof]. {feed...: or, feed them}

24:3

They drive away
<05090> (8799)

the ass
<02543>

of the fatherless
<03490>_,

they take
<02254> (0)

the widow's
<0490>

ox
<07794>

for a pledge
<02254> (8799)_.

24:4

They turn
<05186> (8686)

the needy
<034>

out of the way
<01870>_:

the poor
<06041> (8675) <06035>

of the earth
<0776>

hide
<02244> (8795)

themselves together
<03162>_.

24:5

Behold, [as] wild asses
<06501>

in the desert
<04057>_,

go they forth
<03318> (8804)

to their work
<06467>_;

rising betimes
<07836> (8764)

for a prey
<02964>_:

the wilderness
<06160>

[yieldeth] food
<03899>

for them [and] for [their] children
<05288>_.

24:6

They reap
<07114> (8799) (8675) <07114> (8686)

[every one] his corn
<01098>

in the field
<07704>_:

and they gather
<03953> (8762)

the vintage
<03754>

of the wicked
<07563>_.

{corn: Heb. mingled corn, or, dredge} {they gather...: Heb. the wicked gather the vintage}

24:7

They cause the naked
<06174>

to lodge
<03885> (8686)

without clothing
<03830>_,

that [they have] no covering
<03682>

in the cold
<07135>_.

24:8

They are wet
<07372> (8799)

with the showers
<02230>

of the mountains
<02022>_,

and embrace
<02263> (8765)

the rock
<06697>

for want of a shelter
<04268>_.

24:9

They pluck
<01497> (8799)

the fatherless
<03490>

from the breast
<07699>_,

and take a pledge
<02254> (8799)

of the poor
<06041>_.

24:10

They cause [him] to go
<01980> (8765)

naked
<06174>

without clothing
<03830>_,

and they take away
<05375> (8804)

the sheaf
<06016>

[from] the hungry
<07457>_;

24:11

[Which] make oil
<06671> (8686)

within
<0996>

their walls
<07791>_,

[and] tread
<01869> (8804)

[their] winepresses
<03342>_,

and suffer thirst
<06770> (8799)_.

24:12

Men
<04962>

groan
<05008> (8799)

from out of the city
<05892>_,

and the soul
<05315>

of the wounded
<02491>

crieth out
<07768> (8762)_:

yet God
<0433>

layeth
<07760> (8799)

not folly
<08604>

[to them].

24:13

They are of those that rebel
<04775> (8802)

against the light
<0216>_;

they know
<05234> (8689)

not the ways
<01870>

thereof, nor abide
<03427> (8804)

in the paths
<05410>

thereof.

24:14

The murderer
<07523> (8802)

rising
<06965> (8799)

with the light
<0216>

killeth
<06991> (8799)

the poor
<06041>

and needy
<034>_,

and in the night
<03915>

is as a thief
<01590>_.

24:15

The eye
<05869>

also of the adulterer
<05003> (8802)

waiteth
<08104> (8804)

for the twilight
<05399>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

No eye
<05869>

shall see
<07789> (8799)

me: and disguiseth
<05643> <07760> (8799)

[his] face
<06440>_.

{disguiseth...: Heb. setteth his face in secret}

24:16

In the dark
<02822>

they dig through
<02864> (8804)

houses
<01004>_,

[which] they had marked
<02856> (8765)

for themselves in the daytime
<03119>_:

they know
<03045> (8804)

not the light
<0216>_.

24:17

For the morning
<01242>

[is] to them even as
<03162>

the shadow of death
<06757>_:

if [one] know
<05234> (8686)

[them, they are in] the terrors
<01091>

of the shadow of death
<06757>_.

24:18

He [is] swift
<07031>

as the waters
<06440> <04325>_;

their portion
<02513>

is cursed
<07043> (8792)

in the earth
<0776>_:

he beholdeth
<06437> (8799)

not the way
<01870>

of the vineyards
<03754>_.

24:19

Drought
<06723>

and heat
<02527>

consume
<01497> (8799)

the snow
<07950>

waters
<04325>_:

[so doth] the grave
<07585>

[those which] have sinned
<02398> (8804)_.

{consume: Heb. violently take}

24:20

The womb
<07358>

shall forget
<07911> (8799)

him; the worm
<07415>

shall feed sweetly
<04988> (8804)

on him; he shall be no more remembered
<02142> (8735)_;

and wickedness
<05766>

shall be broken
<07665> (8735)

as a tree
<06086>_.

24:21

He evil entreateth
<07462> (8802)

the barren
<06135>

[that] beareth
<03205> (8799)

not: and doeth not good
<03190> (8686)

to the widow
<0490>_.

24:22

He draweth
<04900> (8804)

also the mighty
<047>

with his power
<03581>_:

he riseth up
<06965> (8799)_,

and no [man] is sure
<0539> (8686)

of life
<02416>_.

{no...: or, he trusteth not his own life}

24:23

[Though] it be given
<05414> (8799)

him [to be] in safety
<0983>_,

whereon he resteth
<08172> (8735)_;

yet his eyes
<05869>

[are] upon their ways
<01870>_.

24:24

They are exalted
<07426> (8804)

for a little while
<04592>_,

but are gone and brought low
<04355> (8717)_;

they are taken out
<07092> (8735)

of the way
<01870>

as all [other], and cut off
<05243> (8799)

as the tops
<07218>

of the ears of corn
<07641>_.

{are gone: Heb. are not} {taken...: Heb. closed up}

24:25

And if [it be] not [so] now
<0645>_,

who will make
<07760> (8799)

me a liar
<03576> (8686)_,

and make
<07760> (8799)

my speech
<04405>

nothing worth
<0408>_?

25:1

Then answered
<06030> (8799)

Bildad
<01085>

the Shuhite
<07747>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

25:2

Dominion
<04910> (8687)

and fear
<06343>

[are] with him, he maketh
<06213> (8802)

peace
<07965>

in his high places
<04791>_.

25:3

Is there
<03426>

any number
<04557>

of his armies
<01416>_?

and upon whom doth not his light
<0216>

arise
<06965> (8799)_?

25:4

How then can man
<0582>

be justified
<06663> (8799)

with God
<0410>_?

or how can he be clean
<02135> (8799)

[that is] born
<03205> (8803)

of a woman
<0802>_?

25:5

Behold even to the moon
<03394>_,

and it shineth
<0166> (8686)

not; yea, the stars
<03556>

are not pure
<02141> (8804)

in his sight
<05869>_.

25:6

How much less man
<0582>_,

[that is] a worm
<07415>_?

and the son
<01121>

of man
<0120>_,

[which is] a worm
<08438>_?

26:1

But Job
<0347>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

26:2

How hast thou helped
<05826> (8804)

[him that is] without power
<03581>_?

[how] savest
<03467> (8689)

thou the arm
<02220>

[that hath] no
<03808>

strength
<05797>_?

26:3

How hast thou counselled
<03289> (8804)

[him that hath] no
<03808>

wisdom
<02451>_?

and [how] hast thou plentifully
<07230>

declared
<03045> (8689)

the thing as it is
<08454>_?

26:4

To whom hast thou uttered
<05046> (8689)

words
<04405>_?

and whose spirit
<05397>

came
<03318> (8804)

from thee?

26:5

Dead
<07496>

[things] are formed
<02342> (8787)

from under the waters
<04325>_,

and the inhabitants
<07931> (8802)

thereof. {and the...: or, with the inhabitants}

26:6

Hell
<07585>

[is] naked
<06174>

before him, and destruction
<011>

hath no covering
<03682>_.

26:7

He stretcheth out
<05186> (8802)

the north
<06828>

over the empty place
<08414>_,

[and] hangeth
<08518> (8802)

the earth
<0776>

upon nothing
<01099>_.

26:8

He bindeth up
<06887> (8802)

the waters
<04325>

in his thick clouds
<05645>_;

and the cloud
<06051>

is not rent
<01234> (8738)

under them.

26:9

He holdeth back
<0270> (8764)

the face
<06440>

of his throne
<03678>_,

[and] spreadeth
<06576> (8768)

his cloud
<06051>

upon it.

26:10

He hath compassed
<02328> (8804)

the waters
<06440> <04325>

with bounds
<02706>_,

until the day
<0216>

and night
<02822>

come to an end
<08503>_.

{until...: Heb. until the end of light with darkness}

26:11

The pillars
<05982>

of heaven
<08064>

tremble
<07322> (8787)

and are astonished
<08539> (8799)

at his reproof
<01606>_.

26:12

He divideth
<07280> (8804)

the sea
<03220>

with his power
<03581>_,

and by his understanding
<08394> (8675) <08394>

he smiteth
<04272> (8804)

through the proud
<07293>_.

{the proud: Heb. pride}

26:13

By his spirit
<07307>

he hath garnished
<08235> (8765)

the heavens
<08064>_;

his hand
<03027>

hath formed
<02342> (8790)

the crooked
<01281>

serpent
<05175>_.

26:14

Lo, these [are] parts
<07098>

of his ways
<01870>_:

but how little
<08102>

a portion
<01697>

is heard
<08085> (8738)

of him? but the thunder
<07482>

of his power
<01369>

who can understand
<0995> (8709)_?

27:1

Moreover Job
<0347>

continued
<03254> (8686) <05375> (8800)

his parable
<04912>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

{continued: Heb. added to take up}

27:2

[As] God
<0410>

liveth
<02416>_,

[who] hath taken away
<05493> (8689)

my judgment
<04941>_;

and the Almighty
<07706>_,

[who] hath vexed
<04843> (8689)

my soul
<05315>_;

{vexed...: Heb. made my soul bitter}

27:3

All the while
<05750>

my breath
<05397>

[is] in me, and the spirit
<07307>

of God
<0433>

[is] in my nostrils
<0639>_;

{the spirit...: that is, the breath which God gave him}

27:4

My lips
<08193>

shall not speak
<01696> (8762)

wickedness
<05766>_,

nor my tongue
<03956>

utter
<01897> (8799)

deceit
<07423>_.

27:5

God forbid
<02486>

that I should justify
<06663> (8686)

you: till I die
<01478> (8799)

I will not remove
<05493> (8686)

mine integrity
<08538>

from me.

27:6

My righteousness
<06666>

I hold
<02388> (8689)

fast, and will not let it go
<07503> (8686)_:

my heart
<03824>

shall not reproach
<02778> (8799)

[me] so long as I live
<03117>_.

{so long...: Heb. from my days}

27:7

Let mine enemy
<0341> (8802)

be as the wicked
<07563>_,

and he that riseth up
<06965> (8693)

against me as the unrighteous
<05767>_.

27:8

For what [is] the hope
<08615>

of the hypocrite
<02611>_,

though he hath gained
<01214> (8799)_,

when God
<0433>

taketh away
<07953> (8799)

his soul
<05315>_?

27:9

Will God
<0410>

hear
<08085> (8799)

his cry
<06818>

when trouble
<06869>

cometh
<0935> (8799)

upon him?

27:10

Will he delight
<06026> (8691)

himself in the Almighty
<07706>_?

will he always
<06256>

call
<07121> (8799)

upon God
<0433>_?

27:11

I will teach
<03384> (8686)

you by the hand
<03027>

of God
<0410>_:

[that] which [is] with the Almighty
<07706>

will I not conceal
<03582> (8762)_.

{by...: or, being in the hand, etc}

27:12

Behold, all ye yourselves have seen
<02372> (8804)

[it]; why then are ye thus altogether
<01892>

vain
<01891> (8799)_?

27:13

This [is] the portion
<02506>

of a wicked
<07563>

man
<0120>

with God
<0410>_,

and the heritage
<05159>

of oppressors
<06184>_,

[which] they shall receive
<03947> (8799)

of the Almighty
<07706>_.

27:14

If his children
<01121>

be multiplied
<07235> (8799)_,

[it is] for
<03926>

the sword
<02719>_:

and his offspring
<06631>

shall not be satisfied
<07646> (8799)

with bread
<03899>_.

27:15

Those that remain
<08300>

of him shall be buried
<06912> (8735)

in death
<04194>_:

and his widows
<0490>

shall not weep
<01058> (8799)_.

27:16

Though he heap up
<06651> (8799)

silver
<03701>

as the dust
<06083>_,

and prepare
<03559> (8686)

raiment
<04403>

as the clay
<02563>_;

27:17

He may prepare
<03559> (8686)

[it], but the just
<06662>

shall put [it] on
<03847> (8799)_,

and the innocent
<05355>

shall divide
<02505> (8799)

the silver
<03701>_.

27:18

He buildeth
<01129> (8804)

his house
<01004>

as a moth
<06211>_,

and as a booth
<05521>

[that] the keeper
<05341> (8802)

maketh
<06213> (8804)_.

27:19

The rich
<06223>

man shall lie down
<07901> (8799)_,

but he shall not be gathered
<0622> (8735)_:

he openeth
<06491> (8804)

his eyes
<05869>_,

and he [is] not.

27:20

Terrors
<01091>

take hold
<05381> (8686)

on him as waters
<04325>_,

a tempest
<05492>

stealeth him away
<01589> (8804)

in the night
<03915>_.

27:21

The east
<06921>

wind carrieth him away
<05375> (8799)_,

and he departeth
<03212> (8799)_:

and as a storm hurleth
<08175> (8762)

him out of his place
<04725>_.

27:22

For [God] shall cast
<07993> (8686)

upon him, and not spare
<02550> (8799)_:

he would fain
<01272> (8800)

flee
<01272> (8799)

out of his hand
<03027>_.

{he...: Heb. in fleeing he would flee}

27:23

[Men] shall clap
<05606> (8799)

their hands
<03709>

at him, and shall hiss
<08319> (8799)

him out of his place
<04725>_.