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Job 4:1--14:22

4:1

Then Eliphaz
<0464>

the Temanite
<08489>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

4:2

[If] we assay
<05254> (8765)

to commune
<01697>

with thee, wilt thou be grieved
<03811> (8799)_?

but who can
<03201> (8799)

withhold
<06113> (8800)

himself from speaking
<04405>_?

{to...: Heb. a word} {withhold...: Heb. refrain from words?}

4:3

Behold, thou hast instructed
<03256> (8765)

many
<07227>_,

and thou hast strengthened
<02388> (8762)

the weak
<07504>

hands
<03027>_.

4:4

Thy words
<04405>

have upholden
<06965> (8686)

him that was falling
<03782> (8802)_,

and thou hast strengthened
<0553> (8762)

the feeble
<03766> (8802)

knees
<01290>_.

4:5

But now it is come
<0935> (8799)

upon thee, and thou faintest
<03811> (8799)_;

it toucheth
<05060> (8799)

thee, and thou art troubled
<0926> (8735)_.

4:6

[Is] not [this] thy fear
<03374>_,

thy confidence
<03690>_,

thy hope
<08615>_,

and the uprightness
<08537>

of thy ways
<01870>_?

4:7

Remember
<02142> (8798)_,

I pray thee, who [ever] perished
<06> (8804)_,

being innocent
<05355>_?

or where
<0375>

were the righteous
<03477>

cut off
<03582> (8738)_?

4:8

Even as I have seen
<07200> (8804)_,

they that plow
<02790> (8802)

iniquity
<0205>_,

and sow
<02232> (8802)

wickedness
<05999>_,

reap
<07114> (8799)

the same.

4:9

By the blast
<05397>

of God
<0433>

they perish
<06> (8799)_,

and by the breath
<07307>

of his nostrils
<0639>

are they consumed
<03615> (8799)_.

{by the breath...: that is, by his anger}

4:10

The roaring
<07581>

of the lion
<0738>_,

and the voice
<06963>

of the fierce lion
<07826>_,

and the teeth
<08127>

of the young lions
<03715>_,

are broken
<05421> (8738)_.

4:11

The old lion
<03918>

perisheth
<06> (8802)

for lack
<01097>

of prey
<02964>_,

and the stout lion's
<03833>

whelps
<01121>

are scattered abroad
<06504> (8691)_.

4:12

Now a thing
<01697>

was secretly brought
<01589> (8792)

to me, and mine ear
<0241>

received
<03947> (8799)

a little
<08102>

thereof. {secretly: Heb. by stealth}

4:13

In thoughts
<05587>

from the visions
<02384>

of the night
<03915>_,

when deep sleep
<08639>

falleth
<05307> (8800)

on men
<0582>_,

4:14

Fear
<06343>

came
<07122> (8804)

upon me, and trembling
<07461>_,

which made all
<07230>

my bones
<06106>

to shake
<06342> (8689)_.

{came...: Heb. met} {all: Heb. the multitude of}

4:15

Then a spirit
<07307>

passed
<02498> (8799)

before my face
<06440>_;

the hair
<08185>

of my flesh
<01320>

stood up
<05568> (8762)_:

4:16

It stood still
<05975> (8799)_,

but I could not discern
<05234> (8686)

the form
<04758>

thereof: an image
<08544>

[was] before mine eyes
<05869>_,

[there was] silence
<01827>_,

and I heard
<08085> (8799)

a voice
<06963>_,

[saying], {there...: or, I heard a still voice}

4:17

Shall mortal man
<0582>

be more just
<06663> (8799)

than God
<0433>_?

shall a man
<01397>

be more pure
<02891> (8799)

than his maker
<06213> (8802)_?

4:18

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

in his servants
<05650>_;

and his angels
<04397>

he charged
<07760> (8799)

with folly
<08417>_:

{and his...: or, nor in his angels, in whom he put light}

4:19

How much less
<0637>

[in] them that dwell
<07931> (8802)

in houses
<01004>

of clay
<02563>_,

whose foundation
<03247>

[is] in the dust
<06083>_,

[which] are crushed
<01792> (8762)

before
<06440>

the moth
<06211>_?

4:20

They are destroyed
<03807> (8714)

from morning
<01242>

to evening
<06153>_:

they perish
<06> (8799)

for ever
<05331>

without any regarding
<07760> (8688)

[it]. {destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces}

4:21

Doth not their excellency
<03499>

[which is] in them go away
<05265> (8738)_?

they die
<04191> (8799)_,

even without wisdom
<02451>_.

5:1

Call
<07121> (8798)

now, if there be
<03426>

any that will answer
<06030> (8802)

thee; and to which of the saints
<06918>

wilt thou turn
<06437> (8799)_?

{turn: or, look?}

5:2

For wrath
<03708>

killeth
<02026> (8799)

the foolish man
<0191>_,

and envy
<07068>

slayeth
<04191> (8686)

the silly one
<06601> (8802)_.

{envy: or, indignation}

5:3

I have seen
<07200> (8804)

the foolish
<0191>

taking root
<08327> (8688)_:

but suddenly
<06597>

I cursed
<05344> (8799)

his habitation
<05116>_.

5:4

His children
<01121>

are far
<07368> (8799)

from safety
<03468>_,

and they are crushed
<01792> (8691)

in the gate
<08179>_,

neither [is there] any to deliver
<05337> (8688)

[them].

5:5

Whose harvest
<07105>

the hungry
<07457>

eateth up
<0398> (8799)_,

and taketh
<03947> (8799)

it even out
<0413>

of the thorns
<06791>_,

and the robber
<06782>

swalloweth up
<07602> (8804)

their substance
<02428>_.

5:6

Although affliction
<0205>

cometh not forth
<03318> (8799)

of the dust
<06083>_,

neither doth trouble
<05999>

spring out
<06779> (8799)

of the ground
<0127>_;

{affliction: or, iniquity}

5:7

Yet man
<0120>

is born
<03205> (8795)

unto trouble
<05999>_,

as the sparks
<01121> <07565>

fly
<05774> (8800)

upward
<01361> (8686)_.

{trouble: or, labour} {sparks...: Heb. the sons of the burning coal lift up to fly}

5:8

I would seek
<0199> <01875> (8799)

unto God
<0410>_,

and unto God
<0430>

would I commit
<07760> (8799)

my cause
<01700>_:

5:9

Which doeth
<06213> (8802)

great things
<01419>

and unsearchable
<0369> <02714>_;

marvellous things
<06381> (8737)

without number
<04557>_:

{unsearchable: Heb. there is no search} {without...: Heb. till there be no number}

5:10

Who giveth
<05414> (8802)

rain
<04306>

upon
<06440>

the earth
<0776>_,

and sendeth
<07971> (8802)

waters
<04325>

upon
<06440>

the fields
<02351>_:

{fields: Heb. outplaces}

5:11

To set up
<07760> (8800)

on high
<04791>

those that be low
<08217>_;

that those which mourn
<06937> (8802)

may be exalted
<07682> (8804)

to safety
<03468>_.

5:12

He disappointeth
<06565> (8688)

the devices
<04284>

of the crafty
<06175>_,

so that their hands
<03027>

cannot perform
<06213> (8799)

[their] enterprise
<08454>_.

{their enterprise: or, any thing}

5:13

He taketh
<03920> (8802)

the wise
<02450>

in their own craftiness
<06193>_:

and the counsel
<06098>

of the froward
<06617> (8737)

is carried headlong
<04116> (8737)_.

5:14

They meet
<06298> (8762)

with darkness
<02822>

in the daytime
<03119>_,

and grope
<04959> (8762)

in the noonday
<06672>

as in the night
<03915>_.

{meet...: or, run into}

5:15

But he saveth
<03467> (8686)

the poor
<034>

from the sword
<02719>_,

from their mouth
<06310>_,

and from the hand
<03027>

of the mighty
<02389>_.

5:16

So the poor
<01800>

hath hope
<08615>_,

and iniquity
<05766>

stoppeth
<07092> (8804)

her mouth
<06310>_.

5:17

Behold, happy
<0835>

[is] the man
<0582>

whom God
<0433>

correcteth
<03198> (8686)_:

therefore despise
<03988> (8799)

not thou the chastening
<04148>

of the Almighty
<07706>_:

5:18

For he maketh sore
<03510> (8686)_,

and bindeth up
<02280> (8799)_:

he woundeth
<04272> (8799)_,

and his hands
<03027>

make whole
<07495> (8799)_.

5:19

He shall deliver
<05337> (8686)

thee in six
<08337>

troubles
<06869>_:

yea, in seven
<07651>

there shall no evil
<07451>

touch
<05060> (8799)

thee.

5:20

In famine
<07458>

he shall redeem
<06299> (8804)

thee from death
<04194>_:

and in war
<04421>

from the power
<03027>

of the sword
<02719>_.

{power: Heb. hands}

5:21

Thou shalt be hid
<02244> (8735)

from the scourge
<07752>

of the tongue
<03956>_:

neither shalt thou be afraid
<03372> (8799)

of destruction
<07701>

when it cometh
<0935> (8799)_.

{from...: or, when the tongue scourgeth}

5:22

At destruction
<07701>

and famine
<03720>

thou shalt laugh
<07832> (8799)_:

neither shalt thou be afraid
<03372> (8799)

of the beasts
<02416>

of the earth
<0776>_.

5:23

For thou shalt be in league
<01285>

with the stones
<068>

of the field
<07704>_:

and the beasts
<02416>

of the field
<07704>

shall be at peace
<07999> (8717)

with thee.

5:24

And thou shalt know
<03045> (8804)

that thy tabernacle
<0168>

[shall be] in peace
<07965>_;

and thou shalt visit
<06485> (8804)

thy habitation
<05116>_,

and shalt not sin
<02398> (8799)_.

{thy tabernacle...: or, peace is thy tabernacle} {sin: or, err}

5:25

Thou shalt know
<03045> (8804)

also that thy seed
<02233>

[shall be] great
<07227>_,

and thine offspring
<06631>

as the grass
<06212>

of the earth
<0776>_.

{great: or, much}

5:26

Thou shalt come
<0935> (8799)

to [thy] grave
<06913>

in a full age
<03624>_,

like as a shock of corn
<01430>

cometh in
<05927> (8800)

in his season
<06256>_.

{cometh in: Heb. ascendeth}

5:27

Lo this, we have searched
<02713> (8804)

it, so it [is]; hear
<08085> (8798)

it, and know
<03045> (8798)

thou [it] for thy good. {for...: Heb. for thyself}

6:1

But Job
<0347>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

6:2

Oh that
<03863>

my grief
<03708>

were throughly
<08254> (8800)

weighed
<08254> (8735)_,

and my calamity
<01942> (8675) <01962>

laid
<05375> (8799)

in the balances
<03976>

together
<03162>_!

{laid: Heb. lifted up}

6:3

For now it would be heavier
<03513> (8799)

than the sand
<02344>

of the sea
<03220>_:

therefore my words
<01697>

are swallowed up
<03886> (8804)_.

{my words...: that is, I want words to express my grief}

6:4

For the arrows
<02671>

of the Almighty
<07706>

[are] within
<05978>

me, the poison
<02534>

whereof drinketh up
<08354> (8802)

my spirit
<07307>_:

the terrors
<01161>

of God
<0433>

do set themselves in array
<06186> (8799)

against me.

6:5

Doth the wild ass
<06501>

bray
<05101> (8799)

when he hath grass
<01877>_?

or loweth
<01600> (8799)

the ox
<07794>

over his fodder
<01098>_?

{when he...: Heb. at grass?}

6:6

Can that which is unsavoury
<08602>

be eaten
<0398> (8735)

without salt
<04417>_?

or is there
<03426>

[any] taste
<02940>

in the white
<07388>

of an egg
<02495>_?

6:7

The things [that] my soul
<05315>

refused
<03985> (8765)

to touch
<05060> (8800)

[are] as my sorrowful
<01741>

meat
<03899>_.

6:8

Oh that I might have
<0935> (8799)

my request
<07596>_;

and that God
<0433>

would grant
<05414> (8799)

[me] the thing that I long for
<08615>_!

{the thing...: Heb. my expectation}

6:9

Even that it would please
<02974> (8686)

God
<0433>

to destroy
<01792> (8762)

me; that he would let loose
<05425> (8686)

his hand
<03027>_,

and cut me off
<01214> (8762)_!

6:10

Then should I yet have comfort
<05165>_;

yea, I would harden
<05539> (8762)

myself in sorrow
<02427>_:

let him not spare
<02550> (8799)_;

for I have not concealed
<03582> (8765)

the words
<0561>

of the Holy One
<06918>_.

6:11

What [is] my strength
<03581>_,

that I should hope
<03176> (8762)_?

and what [is] mine end
<07093>_,

that I should prolong
<0748> (8686)

my life
<05315>_?

6:12

[Is] my strength
<03581>

the strength
<03581>

of stones
<068>_?

or [is] my flesh
<01320>

of brass
<05153>_?

{of brass: Heb. brasen?}

6:13

[Is] not my help
<05833>

in me? and is wisdom
<08454>

driven quite
<05080> (8738)

from me?

6:14

To him that is afflicted
<04523>

pity
<02617>

[should be shewed] from his friend
<07453>_;

but he forsaketh
<05800> (8799)

the fear
<03374>

of the Almighty
<07706>_.

{is afflicted: Heb. melteth}

6:15

My brethren
<0251>

have dealt deceitfully
<0898> (8804)

as a brook
<05158>_,

[and] as the stream
<0650>

of brooks
<05158>

they pass away
<05674> (8799)_;

6:16

Which are blackish
<06937> (8802)

by reason of the ice
<07140>_,

[and] wherein the snow
<07950>

is hid
<05956> (8691)_:

6:17

What time
<06256>

they wax warm
<02215> (8792)_,

they vanish
<06789> (8738)_:

when it is hot
<02527>_,

they are consumed out
<01846> (8738)

of their place
<04725>_.

{vanish: Heb. are cut off} {when...: Heb. in the heat thereof} {consumed: Heb. extinguished}

6:18

The paths
<0734>

of their way
<01870>

are turned aside
<03943> (8735)_;

they go
<05927> (8799)

to nothing
<08414>_,

and perish
<06> (8799)_.

6:19

The troops
<0734>

of Tema
<08485>

looked
<05027> (8689)_,

the companies
<01979>

of Sheba
<07614>

waited
<06960> (8765)

for them.

6:20

They were confounded
<0954> (8804)

because they had hoped
<0982> (8804)_;

they came
<0935> (8804)

thither, and were ashamed
<02659> (8799)_.

6:21

For now ye are nothing; ye see
<07200> (8799)

[my] casting down
<02866>_,

and are afraid
<03372> (8799)_.

{ye are...: or, ye are like to them: Heb. to it} {nothing: Heb. not}

6:22

Did I say
<0559> (8804)_,

Bring
<03051> (8798)

unto me? or, Give a reward
<07809> (8798)

for me of your substance
<03581>_?

6:23

Or, Deliver
<04422> (8761)

me from the enemy's
<06862>

hand
<03027>_?

or, Redeem
<06299> (8799)

me from the hand
<03027>

of the mighty
<06184>_?

6:24

Teach
<03384> (8685)

me, and I will hold my tongue
<02790> (8686)_:

and cause me to understand
<0995> (8685)

wherein I have erred
<07686> (8804)_.

6:25

How forcible
<04834> (8738)

are right
<03476>

words
<0561>_!

but what doth your arguing
<03198> (8687)

reprove
<03198> (8686)_?

6:26

Do ye imagine
<02803> (8799)

to reprove
<03198> (8687)

words
<04405>_,

and the speeches
<0561>

of one that is desperate
<02976> (8737)_,

[which are] as wind
<07307>_?

6:27

Yea, ye overwhelm
<05307> (8686)

the fatherless
<03490>_,

and ye dig
<03738> (8799)

[a pit] for your friend
<07453>_.

{ye overwhelm: Heb. ye cause to fall upon}

6:28

Now therefore be content
<02974> (8685)_,

look
<06437> (8798)

upon me; for [it is] evident
<06440>

unto you if I lie
<03576> (8762)_.

{evident...: Heb. before your face}

6:29

Return
<07725> (8798)_,

I pray you, let it not be iniquity
<05766>_;

yea, return again
<07725> (8798)_,

my righteousness
<06664>

[is] in it. {in it: that is, in this matter}

6:30

Is there
<03426>

iniquity
<05766>

in my tongue
<03956>_?

cannot my taste
<02441>

discern
<0995> (8799)

perverse things
<01942>_?

{my taste: Heb. my palate}

7:1

[Is there] not an appointed time
<06635>

to man
<0582>

upon earth
<0776>_?

[are not] his days
<03117>

also like the days
<03117>

of an hireling
<07916>_?

{an appointed...: or, a warfare}

7:2

As a servant
<05650>

earnestly desireth
<07602> (8799)

the shadow
<06738>_,

and as an hireling
<07916>

looketh
<06960> (8762)

for [the reward of] his work
<06467>_:

{earnestly...: Heb. gapeth after}

7:3

So am I made to possess
<05157> (8717)

months
<03391>

of vanity
<07723>_,

and wearisome
<05999>

nights
<03915>

are appointed
<04487> (8765)

to me.

7:4

When I lie down
<07901> (8804)_,

I say
<0559> (8804)_,

When shall I arise
<06965> (8799)_,

and the night
<06153>

be gone
<04059>_?

and I am full
<07646> (8804)

of tossings to and fro
<05076>

unto the dawning of the day
<05399>_.

{the night...: Heb. the evening be measured?}

7:5

My flesh
<01320>

is clothed
<03847> (8804)

with worms
<07415>

and clods
<01487>

of dust
<06083>_;

my skin
<05785>

is broken
<07280> (8804)_,

and become loathsome
<03988> (8735)_.

7:6

My days
<03117>

are swifter
<07043> (8804)

than a weaver's shuttle
<0708>_,

and are spent
<03615> (8799)

without
<0657>

hope
<08615>_.

7:7

O remember
<02142> (8798)

that my life
<02416>

[is] wind
<07307>_:

mine eye
<05869>

shall no more
<07725> (8799)

see
<07200> (8800)

good
<02896>_.

{shall...: Heb. shall not return} {see: to see, that is, to enjoy}

7:8

The eye
<05869>

of him that hath seen
<07210>

me shall see
<07789> (8799)

me no [more]: thine eyes
<05869>

[are] upon me, and I [am] not. {I am...: that is, I can live no longer}

7:9

[As] the cloud
<06051>

is consumed
<03615> (8804)

and vanisheth away
<03212> (8799)_:

so he that goeth down
<03381> (8802)

to the grave
<07585>

shall come up
<05927> (8799)

no [more].

7:10

He shall return
<07725> (8799)

no more to his house
<01004>_,

neither shall his place
<04725>

know
<05234> (8686)

him any more.

7:11

Therefore I will not refrain
<02820> (8799)

my mouth
<06310>_;

I will speak
<01696> (8762)

in the anguish
<06862>

of my spirit
<07307>_;

I will complain
<07878> (8799)

in the bitterness
<04751>

of my soul
<05315>_.

7:12

[Am] I a sea
<03220>_,

or a whale
<08577>_,

that thou settest
<07760> (8799)

a watch
<04929>

over me?

7:13

When I say
<0559> (8804)_,

My bed
<06210>

shall comfort
<05162> (8762)

me, my couch
<04904>

shall ease
<05375> (8799)

my complaint
<07879>_;

7:14

Then thou scarest
<02865> (8765)

me with dreams
<02472>_,

and terrifiest
<01204> (8762)

me through visions
<02384>_:

7:15

So that my soul
<05315>

chooseth
<0977> (8799)

strangling
<04267>_,

[and] death
<04194>

rather than my life
<06106>_.

{life: Heb. bones}

7:16

I loathe
<03988> (8804)

[it]; I would not live
<02421> (8799)

alway
<05769>_:

let me alone
<02308> (8798)_;

for my days
<03117>

[are] vanity
<01892>_.

7:17

What [is] man
<0582>_,

that thou shouldest magnify
<01431> (8762)

him? and that thou shouldest set
<07896> (8799)

thine heart
<03820>

upon him?

7:18

And [that] thou shouldest visit
<06485> (8799)

him every morning
<01242>_,

[and] try
<0974> (8799)

him every moment
<07281>_?

7:19

How long
<04100>

wilt thou not depart
<08159> (8799)

from me, nor let me alone
<07503> (8686)

till I swallow down
<01104> (8800)

my spittle
<07536>_?

7:20

I have sinned
<02398> (8804)_;

what shall I do
<06466> (8799)

unto thee, O thou preserver
<05341> (8802)

of men
<0120>_?

why hast thou set
<07760> (8804)

me as a mark
<04645>

against thee, so that I am a burden
<04853>

to myself?

7:21

And why dost thou not pardon
<05375> (8799)

my transgression
<06588>_,

and take away
<05674> (8686)

mine iniquity
<05771>_?

for now shall I sleep
<07901> (8799)

in the dust
<06083>_;

and thou shalt seek me in the morning
<07836> (8765)_,

but I [shall] not [be].

8:1

Then answered
<06030> (8799)

Bildad
<01085>

the Shuhite
<07747>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

8:2

How
<0575>

long
<05704>

wilt thou speak
<04448> (8762)

these [things]? and [how long shall] the words
<0561>

of thy mouth
<06310>

[be like] a strong
<03524>

wind
<07307>_?

8:3

Doth God
<0410>

pervert
<05791> (8762)

judgment
<04941>_?

or doth the Almighty
<07706>

pervert
<05791> (8762)

justice
<06664>_?

8:4

If thy children
<01121>

have sinned
<02398> (8804)

against him, and he have cast them away
<07971> (8762)

for
<03027>

their transgression
<06588>_;

{for...: Heb. in the hand of their transgression}

8:5

If thou wouldest seek
<07836> (0)

unto God
<0410>

betimes
<07836> (8762)_,

and make thy supplication
<02603> (8691)

to the Almighty
<07706>_;

8:6

If thou [wert] pure
<02134>

and upright
<03477>_;

surely now he would awake
<05782> (8686)

for thee, and make the habitation
<05116>

of thy righteousness
<06664>

prosperous
<07999> (8765)_.

8:7

Though thy beginning
<07225>

was small
<04705>_,

yet thy latter end
<0319>

should greatly
<03966>

increase
<07685> (8799)_.

8:8

For enquire
<07592> (8798)_,

I pray thee, of the former
<07223> (8675) <07223>

age
<01755>_,

and prepare
<03559> (8786)

thyself to the search
<02714>

of their fathers
<01>_:

8:9

(For we [are but of] yesterday
<08543>_,

and know
<03045> (8799)

nothing, because our days
<03117>

upon earth
<0776>

[are] a shadow
<06738>:)

{nothing: Heb. not}

8:10

Shall not they teach
<03384> (8686)

thee, [and] tell
<0559> (8799)

thee, and utter
<03318> (8686)

words
<04405>

out of their heart
<03820>_?

8:11

Can the rush
<01573>

grow up
<01342> (8799)

without mire
<01207>_?

can
<07685> (0)

the flag
<0260>

grow
<07685> (8799)

without
<01097>

water
<04325>_?

8:12

Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness
<03>_,

[and] not cut down
<06998> (8735)_,

it withereth
<03001> (8799)

before
<06440>

any [other] herb
<02682>_.

8:13

So [are] the paths
<0734>

of all that forget
<07911> (8802)

God
<0410>_;

and the hypocrite's
<02611>

hope
<08615>

shall perish
<06> (8799)_:

8:14

Whose hope
<03689>

shall be cut off
<06990> (8799)_,

and whose trust
<04009>

[shall be] a spider's
<05908>

web
<01004>_.

{web: Heb. house}

8:15

He shall lean
<08172> (8735)

upon his house
<01004>_,

but it shall not stand
<05975> (8799)_:

he shall hold
<02388> (8686)

it fast, but it shall not endure
<06965> (8799)_.

8:16

He [is] green
<07373>

before
<06440>

the sun
<08121>_,

and his branch
<03127>

shooteth forth
<03318> (8799)

in his garden
<01593>_.

8:17

His roots
<08328>

are wrapped about
<05440> (8792)

the heap
<01530>_,

[and] seeth
<02372> (8799)

the place
<01004>

of stones
<068>_.

8:18

If he destroy
<01104> (8762)

him from his place
<04725>_,

then [it] shall deny
<03584> (8765)

him, [saying], I have not seen
<07200> (8804)

thee.

8:19

Behold, this [is] the joy
<04885>

of his way
<01870>_,

and out of the earth
<06083>

shall others
<0312>

grow
<06779> (8799)_.

8:20

Behold, God
<0410>

will not cast away
<03988> (8799)

a perfect
<08535>

[man], neither will he help
<02388> (8686) <03027>

the evil doers
<07489> (8688)_:

{help...: Heb. take the ungodly by the hand} {come: Heb. shall not be}

8:21

Till he fill
<04390> (8762)

thy mouth
<06310>

with laughing
<07814>_,

and thy lips
<08193>

with rejoicing
<08643>_.

{rejoicing: Heb. shouting for joy}

8:22

They that hate
<08130> (8802)

thee shall be clothed
<03847> (8799)

with shame
<01322>_;

and the dwelling
<0168>

place of the wicked
<07563>

shall come to nought
<0369>_.

{shall come...: Heb. shall not be}

9:1

Then Job
<0347>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

9:2

I know
<03045> (8804)

[it is] so of a truth
<0551>_:

but how should man
<0582>

be just
<06663> (8799)

with God
<0410>_?

{with God: or, before God?}

9:3

If he will
<02654> (8799)

contend
<07378> (8800)

with him, he cannot answer
<06030> (8799)

him one
<0259>

of a thousand
<0505>_.

9:4

[He is] wise
<02450>

in heart
<03824>_,

and mighty
<0533>

in strength
<03581>_:

who hath hardened
<07185> (8689)

[himself] against him, and hath prospered
<07999> (8799)_?

9:5

Which removeth
<06275> (8688)

the mountains
<02022>_,

and they know
<03045> (8804)

not: which overturneth
<02015> (8804)

them in his anger
<0639>_.

9:6

Which shaketh
<07264> (8688)

the earth
<0776>

out of her place
<04725>_,

and the pillars
<05982>

thereof tremble
<06426> (8691)_.

9:7

Which commandeth
<0559> (8802)

the sun
<02775>_,

and it riseth
<02224> (8799)

not; and sealeth up
<02856> (8799)

the stars
<03556>_.

9:8

Which alone spreadeth out
<05186> (8802)

the heavens
<08064>_,

and treadeth
<01869> (8802)

upon the waves
<01116>

of the sea
<03220>_.

{waves: Heb. heights}

9:9

Which maketh
<06213> (8802)

Arcturus
<05906>_,

Orion
<03685>_,

and Pleiades
<03598>_,

and the chambers
<02315>

of the south
<08486>_.

{Arcturus...: Heb. Ash, Cesil, and Cimah}

9:10

Which doeth
<06213> (8802)

great things
<01419>

past
<0369>

finding out
<02714>_;

yea, and wonders
<06381> (8737)

without number
<04557>_.

9:11

Lo, he goeth
<05674> (8799)

by me, and I see
<07200> (8799)

[him] not: he passeth on
<02498> (8799)

also, but I perceive
<0995> (8799)

him not.

9:12

Behold, he taketh away
<02862> (8799)_,

who can hinder
<07725> (8686)

him? who will say
<0559> (8799)

unto him, What doest
<06213> (8799)

thou? {hinder...: Heb. turn him away?}

9:13

[If] God
<0433>

will not withdraw
<07725> (8686)

his anger
<0639>_,

the proud
<07293>

helpers
<05826> (8802)

do stoop
<07817> (8804)

under him. {proud...: Heb. helpers of pride, or, strength}

9:14

How much less shall I answer
<06030> (8799)

him, [and] choose out
<0977> (8799)

my words
<01697>

[to reason] with him?

9:15

Whom, though I were righteous
<06663> (8804)_,

[yet] would I not answer
<06030> (8799)_,

[but] I would make supplication
<02603> (8691)

to my judge
<08199> (8781)_.

9:16

If I had called
<07121> (8804)_,

and he had answered
<06030> (8799)

me; [yet] would I not believe
<0539> (8686)

that he had hearkened
<0238> (8686)

unto my voice
<06963>_.

9:17

For he breaketh
<07779> (8799)

me with a tempest
<08183>_,

and multiplieth
<07235> (8689)

my wounds
<06482>

without cause
<02600>_.

9:18

He will not suffer
<05414> (8799)

me to take
<07725> (8687)

my breath
<07307>_,

but filleth
<07646> (8686)

me with bitterness
<04472>_.

9:19

If [I speak] of strength
<03581>_,

lo, [he is] strong
<0533>_:

and if of judgment
<04941>_,

who shall set
<03259> (8686)

me a time [to plead]?

9:20

If I justify
<06663> (8799)

myself, mine own mouth
<06310>

shall condemn
<07561> (8686)

me: [if I say], I [am] perfect
<08535>_,

it shall also prove me perverse
<06140> (8799)_.

9:21

[Though] I [were] perfect
<08535>_,

[yet] would I not know
<03045> (8799)

my soul
<05315>_:

I would despise
<03988> (8799)

my life
<02416>_.

9:22

This [is] one
<0259>

[thing], therefore I said
<0559> (8804)

[it], He destroyeth
<03615> (8764)

the perfect
<08535>

and the wicked
<07563>_.

9:23

If the scourge
<07752>

slay
<04191> (8686)

suddenly
<06597>_,

he will laugh
<03932> (8799)

at the trial
<04531>

of the innocent
<05355>_.

9:24

The earth
<0776>

is given
<05414> (8738)

into the hand
<03027>

of the wicked
<07563>_:

he covereth
<03680> (8762)

the faces
<06440>

of the judges
<08199> (8802)

thereof; if not, where
<0645>_,

[and] who [is] he?

9:25

Now my days
<03117>

are swifter
<07043> (8804)

than a post
<07323> (8801)_:

they flee away
<01272> (8804)_,

they see
<07200> (8804)

no good
<02896>_.

9:26

They are passed away
<02498> (8804)

as
<05973>

the swift
<016>

ships
<0591>_:

as the eagle
<05404>

[that] hasteth
<02907> (8799)

to the prey
<0400>_.

{swift...: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships of desire}

9:27

If I say
<0559> (8800)_,

I will forget
<07911> (8799)

my complaint
<07879>_,

I will leave off
<05800> (8799)

my heaviness
<06440>_,

and comfort
<01082> (8686)

[myself]:

9:28

I am afraid
<03025> (8804)

of all my sorrows
<06094>_,

I know
<03045> (8804)

that thou wilt not hold me innocent
<05352> (8762)_.

9:29

[If] I be wicked
<07561> (8799)_,

why then labour
<03021> (8799)

I in vain
<01892>_?

9:30

If I wash
<07364> (8694)

myself with
<07950>

snow water
<04325> <01119>_,

and make my hands
<03709>

never
<01252> (8676) <01253>

so clean
<02141> (8689)_;

9:31

Yet
<0227>

shalt thou plunge
<02881> (8799)

me in the ditch
<07845>_,

and mine own clothes
<08008>

shall abhor
<08581> (8765)

me. {abhor...: or, make me to be abhorred}

9:32

For [he is] not a man
<0376>_,

as I [am, that] I should answer
<06030> (8799)

him, [and] we should come
<0935> (8799)

together
<03162>

in judgment
<04941>_.

9:33

Neither is
<03426>

there any daysman
<03198> (8688)

betwixt us, [that] might lay
<07896> (8799)

his hand
<03027>

upon us both
<08147>_.

{any...: Heb. one that should argue} {daysman: or, umpire}

9:34

Let him take
<05493> (0)

his rod
<07626>

away
<05493> (8686)

from me, and let not his fear
<0367>

terrify
<01204> (8762)

me:

9:35

[Then] would I speak
<01696> (8762)_,

and not fear
<03372> (8799)

him; but [it is] not so with me. {it is...: Heb. I am not so with myself}

10:1

My soul
<05315>

is weary
<05354> (8804)

of my life
<02416>_;

I will leave
<05800> (8799)

my complaint
<07879>

upon myself; I will speak
<01696> (8762)

in the bitterness
<04751>

of my soul
<05315>_.

{weary...: or, cut off while I live}

10:2

I will say
<0559> (8799)

unto God
<0433>_,

Do not condemn
<07561> (8686)

me; shew
<03045> (8685)

me wherefore thou contendest
<07378> (8799)

with me.

10:3

[Is it] good
<02895> (8804)

unto thee that thou shouldest oppress
<06231> (8799)_,

that thou shouldest despise
<03988> (8799)

the work
<03018>

of thine hands
<03709>_,

and shine
<03313> (8689)

upon the counsel
<06098>

of the wicked
<07563>_?

{work: Heb. labour}

10:4

Hast thou eyes
<05869>

of flesh
<01320>_?

or seest
<07200> (8799)

thou as man
<0582>

seeth
<07200> (8800)_?

10:5

[Are] thy days
<03117>

as the days
<03117>

of man
<0582>_?

[are] thy years
<08141>

as man's
<01397>

days
<03117>_,

10:6

That thou enquirest
<01245> (8762)

after mine iniquity
<05771>_,

and searchest
<01875> (8799)

after my sin
<02403>_?

10:7

Thou knowest
<01847>

that I am not wicked
<07561> (8799)_;

and [there is] none that can deliver
<05337> (8688)

out of thine hand
<03027>_.

{Thou...: Heb. It is upon thy knowledge}

10:8

Thine hands
<03027>

have made
<06087> (8765)

me and fashioned
<06213> (8799)

me together
<03162>

round about
<05439>_;

yet thou dost destroy
<01104> (8762)

me. {have...: Heb. took pains about me}

10:9

Remember
<02142> (8798)_,

I beseech thee, that thou hast made
<06213> (8804)

me as the clay
<02563>_;

and wilt thou bring
<07725> (0)

me into dust
<06083>

again
<07725> (8686)_?

10:10

Hast thou not poured me out
<05413> (8686)

as milk
<02461>_,

and curdled
<07087> (8686)

me like cheese
<01385>_?

10:11

Thou hast clothed
<03847> (8686)

me with skin
<05785>

and flesh
<01320>_,

and hast fenced
<07753> (8787)

me with bones
<06106>

and sinews
<01517>_.

{fenced: Heb. hedged}

10:12

Thou hast granted
<06213> (8804)

me life
<02416>

and favour
<02617>_,

and thy visitation
<06486>

hath preserved
<08104> (8804)

my spirit
<07307>_.

10:13

And these [things] hast thou hid
<06845> (8804)

in thine heart
<03824>_:

I know
<03045> (8804)

that this [is] with thee.

10:14

If I sin
<02398> (8804)_,

then thou markest
<08104> (8804)

me, and thou wilt not acquit
<05352> (8762)

me from mine iniquity
<05771>_.

10:15

If I be wicked
<07561> (8804)_,

woe
<0480>

unto me; and [if] I be righteous
<06663> (8804)_,

[yet] will I not lift up
<05375> (8799)

my head
<07218>_.

[I am] full
<07649>

of confusion
<07036>_;

therefore see
<07202> (8798) (8676) <07200> (8798)

thou mine affliction
<06040>_;

10:16

For it increaseth
<01342> (8799)_.

Thou huntest
<06679> (8799)

me as a fierce lion
<07826>_:

and again
<07725> (8799)

thou shewest thyself marvellous
<06381> (8691)

upon me.

10:17

Thou renewest
<02318> (8762)

thy witnesses
<05707>

against me, and increasest
<07235> (8686)

thine indignation
<03708>

upon me
<05978>_;

changes
<02487>

and war
<06635>

[are] against me. {witnesses: that is, plagues}

10:18

Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth
<03318> (8689)

out of the womb
<07358>_?

Oh that I had given up the ghost
<01478> (8799)_,

and no eye
<05869>

had seen
<07200> (8799)

me!

10:19

I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried
<02986> (8714)

from the womb
<0990>

to the grave
<06913>_.

10:20

[Are] not my days
<03117>

few
<04592>_?

cease
<02308> (8798) (8675) <02308> (8799)

[then, and] let me alone
<07896> (8798) (8675) <07896> (8799)_,

that I may take comfort
<01082> (8686)

a little
<04592>_,

10:21

Before I go
<03212> (8799)

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

[even] to the land
<0776>

of darkness
<02822>

and the shadow of death
<06757>_;

10:22

A land
<0776>

of darkness
<05890>_,

as darkness
<0652>

[itself; and] of the shadow of death
<06757>_,

without any order
<05468>_,

and [where] the light
<03313> (8686)

[is] as darkness
<0652>_.

11:1

Then answered
<06030> (8799)

Zophar
<06691>

the Naamathite
<05284>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

11:2

Should not the multitude
<07230>

of words
<01697>

be answered
<06030> (8735)_?

and should a man
<0376>

full of talk
<08193>

be justified
<06663> (8799)_?

{full...: Heb. of lips}

11:3

Should thy lies
<0907>

make
<02790> (0)

men
<04962>

hold their peace
<02790> (8686)_?

and when thou mockest
<03932> (8799)_,

shall no man make thee ashamed
<03637> (8688)_?

{lies: or, devices}

11:4

For thou hast said
<0559> (8799)_,

My doctrine
<03948>

[is] pure
<02134>_,

and I am clean
<01249>

in thine eyes
<05869>_.

11:5

But
<0199>

oh that
<05414> (8799)

God
<0433>

would speak
<01696> (8763)_,

and open
<06605> (8799)

his lips
<08193>

against thee;

11:6

And that he would shew
<05046> (8686)

thee the secrets
<08587>

of wisdom
<02451>_,

that [they are] double
<03718>

to that which is
<08454>_!

Know
<03045> (8798)

therefore that God
<0433>

exacteth
<05382> (8686)

of thee [less] than thine iniquity
<05771>

[deserveth].

11:7

Canst thou by searching
<02714>

find out
<04672> (8799)

God
<0433>_?

canst thou find
<04672> (8799)

out the Almighty
<07706>

unto perfection
<08503>_?

11:8

[It is] as high
<01363>

as heaven
<08064>_;

what canst thou do
<06466> (8799)_?

deeper
<06013>

than hell
<07585>_;

what canst thou know
<03045> (8799)_?

{as high...: Heb. the heights of heaven}

11:9

The measure
<04055>

thereof [is] longer
<0752>

than the earth
<0776>_,

and broader
<07342>

than the sea
<03220>_.

11:10

If he cut off
<02498> (8799)_,

and shut up
<05462> (8686)_,

or gather together
<06950> (8686)_,

then who can hinder
<07725> (8686)

him? {cut...: or, make a change} {hinder...: Heb. turn him away?}

11:11

For he knoweth
<03045> (8804)

vain
<07723>

men
<04962>_:

he seeth
<07200> (8799)

wickedness
<0205>

also; will he not then consider
<0995> (8709)

[it]?

11:12

For vain
<05014> (8803)

man
<0376>

would be wise
<03823> (8735)_,

though man
<0120>

be born
<03205> (8735)

[like] a wild ass's
<06501>

colt
<05895>_.

{vain: Heb. empty}

11:13

If thou prepare
<03559> (8689)

thine heart
<03820>_,

and stretch
<06566> (8804)

out thine hands
<03709>

toward him;

11:14

If iniquity
<0205>

[be] in thine hand
<03027>_,

put it far away
<07368> (8685)_,

and let not wickedness
<05766>

dwell
<07931> (8686)

in thy tabernacles
<0168>_.

11:15

For then shalt thou lift up
<05375> (8799)

thy face
<06440>

without spot
<03971>_;

yea, thou shalt be stedfast
<03332> (8716)_,

and shalt not fear
<03372> (8799)_:

11:16

Because thou shalt forget
<07911> (8799)

[thy] misery
<05999>_,

[and] remember
<02142> (8799)

[it] as waters
<04325>

[that] pass away
<05674> (8804)_:

11:17

And [thine] age
<02465>

shall be clearer
<06965> (8799)

than the noonday
<06672>_;

thou shalt shine forth
<05774> (8799)_,

thou shalt be as the morning
<01242>_.

{be cleared...: Heb. arise above}

11:18

And thou shalt be secure
<0982> (8804)_,

because there is
<03426>

hope
<08615>_;

yea, thou shalt dig
<02658> (8804)

[about thee, and] thou shalt take thy rest
<07901> (8799)

in safety
<0983>_.

11:19

Also thou shalt lie down
<07257> (8804)_,

and none shall make [thee] afraid
<02729> (8688)_;

yea, many
<07227>

shall make suit
<02470> (8765)

unto thee
<06440>_.

{make suit...: Heb. intreat thy face}

11:20

But the eyes
<05869>

of the wicked
<07563>

shall fail
<03615> (8799)_,

and they shall not escape
<06> (8804) <04498>_,

and their hope
<08615>

[shall be as] the giving up
<04646>

of the ghost
<05315>_.

{they shall...: Heb. flight shall perish from them} {the giving...: or, a puff of breath}

12:1

And Job
<0347>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

12:2

No doubt
<0551>

but ye [are] the people
<05971>_,

and wisdom
<02451>

shall die
<04191> (8799)

with you.

12:3

But
<01571>

I have understanding
<03824>

as well as you; I [am] not inferior
<05307> (8802)

to you: yea, who knoweth not such things
<03644>

as these? {understanding: Heb. an heart} {I am...: Heb. I fall not lower than you} {who...: Heb. with whom are not such as these?}

12:4

I am [as] one mocked
<07814>

of his neighbour
<07453>_,

who calleth
<07121> (8802)

upon God
<0433>_,

and he answereth
<06030> (8799)

him: the just
<06662>

upright
<08549>

[man is] laughed to scorn
<07814>_.

12:5

He that is ready
<03559> (8737)

to slip
<04571> (8802)

with [his] feet
<07272>

[is as] a lamp
<03940>

despised
<0937>

in the thought
<06248>

of him that is at ease
<07600>_.

12:6

The tabernacles
<0168>

of robbers
<07703> (8802)

prosper
<07951> (8799)_,

and they that provoke
<07264> (8688)

God
<0410>

are secure
<0987>_;

into whose hand
<03027>

God
<0433>

bringeth
<0935> (8689)

[abundantly].

12:7

But
<0199>

ask
<07592> (8798)

now the beasts
<0929>_,

and they shall teach
<03384> (8686)

thee; and the fowls
<05775>

of the air
<08064>_,

and they shall tell
<05046> (8686)

thee:

12:8

Or speak
<07878> (8798)

to the earth
<0776>_,

and it shall teach
<03384> (8686)

thee: and the fishes
<01709>

of the sea
<03220>

shall declare
<05608> (8762)

unto thee.

12:9

Who knoweth
<03045> (8804)

not in all these that the hand
<03027>

of the LORD
<03068>

hath wrought
<06213> (8804)

this?

12:10

In whose hand
<03027>

[is] the soul
<05315>

of every living thing
<02416>_,

and the breath
<07307>

of all mankind
<0376> <01320>_.

{soul: or, life} {all...: Heb. all flesh of man}

12:11

Doth not the ear
<0241>

try
<0974> (8799)

words
<04405>_?

and the mouth
<02441>

taste
<02938> (8799)

his meat
<0400>_?

{mouth: Heb. palate}

12:12

With the ancient
<03453>

[is] wisdom
<02451>_;

and in length
<0753>

of days
<03117>

understanding
<08394>_.

12:13

With him [is] wisdom
<02451>

and strength
<01369>_,

he hath counsel
<06098>

and understanding
<08394>_.

{With...: that is, With God}

12:14

Behold, he breaketh down
<02040> (8799)_,

and it cannot be built again
<01129> (8735)_:

he shutteth up
<05462> (8799)

a man
<0376>_,

and there can be no opening
<06605> (8735)_.

{up: Heb. upon}

12:15

Behold, he withholdeth
<06113> (8799)

the waters
<04325>_,

and they dry up
<03001> (8799)_:

also he sendeth them out
<07971> (8762)_,

and they overturn
<02015> (8799)

the earth
<0776>_.

12:16

With him [is] strength
<05797>

and wisdom
<08454>_:

the deceived
<07683> (8802)

and the deceiver
<07686> (8688)

[are] his.

12:17

He leadeth
<03212> (8688)

counsellors
<03289> (8802)

away spoiled
<07758>_,

and maketh the judges
<08199> (8802)

fools
<01984> (8779)_.

12:18

He looseth
<06605> (8765)

the bond
<04148>

of kings
<04428>_,

and girdeth
<0631> (8799)

their loins
<04975>

with a girdle
<0232>_.

12:19

He leadeth
<03212> (8688)

princes
<03548>

away spoiled
<07758>_,

and overthroweth
<05557> (8762)

the mighty
<0386>_.

12:20

He removeth away
<05493> (8688)

the speech
<08193>

of the trusty
<0539> (8737)_,

and taketh away
<03947> (8799)

the understanding
<02940>

of the aged
<02205>_.

{speech...: Heb. lip of the faithful}

12:21

He poureth
<08210> (8802)

contempt
<0937>

upon princes
<05081>_,

and weakeneth
<07503> (8765)

the strength
<04206>

of the mighty
<0650>_.

{weakeneth...: or, looseth the girdle of the strong}

12:22

He discovereth
<01540> (8764)

deep things
<06013>

out of darkness
<02822>_,

and bringeth out
<03318> (8686)

to light
<0216>

the shadow of death
<06757>_.

12:23

He increaseth
<07679> (8688)

the nations
<01471>_,

and destroyeth
<06> (8762)

them: he enlargeth
<07849> (8802)

the nations
<01471>_,

and straiteneth
<05148> (8686)

them [again]. {straiteneth: Heb. leadeth in}

12:24

He taketh away
<05493> (8688)

the heart
<03820>

of the chief
<07218>

of the people
<05971>

of the earth
<0776>_,

and causeth them to wander
<08582> (8686)

in a wilderness
<08414>

[where there is] no way
<01870>_.

12:25

They grope
<04959> (8762)

in the dark
<02822>

without light
<0216>_,

and he maketh them to stagger
<08582> (8686)

like [a] drunken
<07910>

[man]. {stagger: Heb. wander}

13:1

Lo, mine eye
<05869>

hath seen
<07200> (8804)

all [this], mine ear
<0241>

hath heard
<08085> (8804)

and understood
<0995> (8799)

it.

13:2

What ye know
<01847>_,

[the same] do I know
<03045> (8804)

also: I [am] not inferior
<05307> (8802)

unto you.

13:3

Surely
<0199>

I would speak
<01696> (8762)

to the Almighty
<07706>_,

and I desire
<02654> (8799)

to reason
<03198> (8687)

with God
<0410>_.

13:4

But
<0199>

ye [are] forgers
<02950> (8802)

of lies
<08267>_,

ye [are] all physicians
<07495> (8802)

of no value
<0457>_.

13:5

O that
<05414> (8799)

ye would altogether
<02790> (8687)

hold your peace
<02790> (8686)_!

and it should be your wisdom
<02451>_.

13:6

Hear
<08085> (8798)

now my reasoning
<08433>_,

and hearken
<07181> (8685)

to the pleadings
<07379>

of my lips
<08193>_.

13:7

Will ye speak
<01696> (8762)

wickedly
<05766>

for God
<0410>_?

and talk
<01696> (8762)

deceitfully
<07423>

for him?

13:8

Will ye accept
<05375> (8799)

his person
<06440>_?

will ye contend
<07378> (8799)

for God
<0410>_?

13:9

Is it good
<02895> (8804)

that he should search you out
<02713> (8799)_?

or as one man
<0582>

mocketh
<02048> (8763)

another, do ye [so] mock
<02048> (8762)

him?

13:10

He will surely
<03198> (8687)

reprove
<03198> (8686)

you, if ye do secretly
<05643>

accept
<05375> (8799)

persons
<06440>_.

13:11

Shall not his excellency
<07613>

make you afraid
<01204> (8762)_?

and his dread
<06343>

fall
<05307> (8799)

upon you?

13:12

Your remembrances
<02146>

[are] like
<04912>

unto ashes
<0665>_,

your bodies
<01354>

to bodies
<01354>

of clay
<02563>_.

13:13

Hold your peace
<02790> (8685)_,

let me alone, that I may speak
<01696> (8762)_,

and let come
<05674> (8799)

on me what [will]. {Hold...: Heb. Be silent from me}

13:14

Wherefore do I take
<05375> (8799)

my flesh
<01320>

in my teeth
<08127>_,

and put
<07760> (8799)

my life
<05315>

in mine hand
<03709>_?

13:15

Though
<02005>

he slay
<06991> (8799)

me, yet will I trust
<03176> (8762)

in him: but I will maintain
<03198> (8686)

mine own ways
<01870>

before
<06440>

him. {maintain: Heb. prove, or, argue}

13:16

He also [shall be] my salvation
<03444>_:

for an hypocrite
<02611>

shall not come
<0935> (8799)

before
<06440>

him.

13:17

Hear
<08085> (8798)

diligently
<08085> (8800)

my speech
<04405>_,

and my declaration
<0262>

with your ears
<0241>_.

13:18

Behold now, I have ordered
<06186> (8804)

[my] cause
<04941>_;

I know
<03045> (8804)

that I shall be justified
<06663> (8799)_.

13:19

Who [is] he [that] will plead
<07378> (8799)

with me? for now, if I hold my tongue
<02790> (8686)_,

I shall give up the ghost
<01478> (8799)_.

13:20

Only do
<06213> (8799)

not two
<08147>

[things] unto me: then will I not hide
<05641> (8735)

myself from thee
<06440>_.

13:21

Withdraw
<07368> (0)

thine hand
<03709>

far
<07368> (8685)

from me: and let not thy dread
<0367>

make me afraid
<01204> (8762)_.

13:22

Then call
<07121> (8798)

thou, and I will answer
<06030> (8799)_:

or let me speak
<01696> (8762)_,

and answer
<07725> (8685)

thou me.

13:23

How many [are] mine iniquities
<05771>

and sins
<02403>_?

make me to know
<03045> (8685)

my transgression
<06588>

and my sin
<02403>_.

13:24

Wherefore hidest
<05641> (8686)

thou thy face
<06440>_,

and holdest
<02803> (8799)

me for thine enemy
<0341> (8802)_?

13:25

Wilt thou break
<06206> (8799)

a leaf
<05929>

driven to and fro
<05086> (8737)_?

and wilt thou pursue
<07291> (8799)

the dry
<03002>

stubble
<07179>_?

13:26

For thou writest
<03789> (8799)

bitter things
<04846>

against me, and makest me to possess
<03423> (8686)

the iniquities
<05771>

of my youth
<05271>_.

13:27

Thou puttest
<07760> (8799)

my feet
<07272>

also in the stocks
<05465>_,

and lookest narrowly
<08104> (8799)

unto all my paths
<0734>_;

thou settest a print
<02707> (8691)

upon the heels
<08328>

of my feet
<07272>_.

{lookest...: Heb. observest} {heels: Heb. roots}

13:28

And he, as a rotten thing
<07538>_,

consumeth
<01086> (8799)_,

as a garment
<0899>

that is moth
<06211>

eaten
<0398> (8804)_.

14:1

Man
<0120>

[that is] born
<03205> (8803)

of a woman
<0802>

[is] of few
<07116>

days
<03117>_,

and full
<07649>

of trouble
<07267>_.

{few...: Heb. short of days}

14:2

He cometh forth
<03318> (8804)

like a flower
<06731>_,

and is cut down
<05243> (8799)_:

he fleeth
<01272> (8799)

also as a shadow
<06738>_,

and continueth
<05975> (8799)

not.

14:3

And dost thou open
<06491> (8804)

thine eyes
<05869>

upon such an one
<02088>_,

and bringest
<0935> (8686)

me into judgment
<04941>

with thee?

14:4

Who can bring
<05414> (8799)

a clean
<02889>

[thing] out of an unclean
<02931>_?

not one
<0259>_.

{can...: Heb. will give}

14:5

Seeing
<0518>

his days
<03117>

[are] determined
<02782> (8803)_,

the number
<04557>

of his months
<02320>

[are] with thee, thou hast appointed
<06213> (8804)

his bounds
<02706>

that he cannot pass
<05674> (8799)_;

14:6

Turn
<08159> (8798)

from him, that he may rest
<02308> (8799)_,

till he shall accomplish
<07521> (8799)_,

as an hireling
<07916>_,

his day
<03117>_.

{rest: Heb. cease}

14:7

For there is
<03426>

hope
<08615>

of a tree
<06086>_,

if it be cut down
<03772> (8735)_,

that it will sprout again
<02498> (8686)_,

and that the tender branch
<03127>

thereof will not cease
<02308> (8799)_.

14:8

Though the root
<08328>

thereof wax old
<02204> (8686)

in the earth
<0776>_,

and the stock
<01503>

thereof die
<04191> (8799)

in the ground
<06083>_;

14:9

[Yet] through the scent
<07381>

of water
<04325>

it will bud
<06524> (8686)_,

and bring forth
<06213> (8804)

boughs
<07105>

like a plant
<05194>_.

14:10

But man
<01397>

dieth
<04191> (8799)_,

and wasteth away
<02522> (8799)_:

yea, man
<0120>

giveth up the ghost
<01478> (8799)_,

and where [is] he? {wasteth...: Heb. is weakened, or, cut off}

14:11

[As] the waters
<04325>

fail
<0235> (8804)

from the sea
<03220>_,

and the flood
<05104>

decayeth
<02717> (8799)

and drieth up
<03001> (8804)_:

14:12

So man
<0376>

lieth down
<07901> (8804)_,

and riseth
<06965> (8799)

not: till the heavens
<08064>

[be] no more
<01115>_,

they shall not awake
<06974> (8686)_,

nor be raised out
<05782> (8735)

of their sleep
<08142>_.

14:13

O that
<05414> (8799)

thou wouldest hide
<06845> (8686)

me in the grave
<07585>_,

that thou wouldest keep me secret
<05641> (8686)_,

until thy wrath
<0639>

be past
<07725> (8800)_,

that thou wouldest appoint
<07896> (8799)

me a set time
<02706>_,

and remember
<02142> (8799)

me!

14:14

If a man
<01397>

die
<04191> (8799)_,

shall he live
<02421> (8799)

[again]? all the days
<03117>

of my appointed time
<06635>

will I wait
<03176> (8762)_,

till my change
<02487>

come
<0935> (8800)_.

14:15

Thou shalt call
<07121> (8799)_,

and I will answer
<06030> (8799)

thee: thou wilt have a desire
<03700> (8799)

to the work
<04639>

of thine hands
<03027>_.

14:16

For now thou numberest
<05608> (8799)

my steps
<06806>_:

dost thou not watch
<08104> (8799)

over my sin
<02403>_?

14:17

My transgression
<06588>

[is] sealed up
<02856> (8803)

in a bag
<06872>_,

and thou sewest up
<02950> (8799)

mine iniquity
<05771>_.

14:18

And surely
<0199>

the mountain
<02022>

falling
<05307> (8802)

cometh to nought
<05034> (8799)_,

and the rock
<06697>

is removed
<06275> (8799)

out of his place
<04725>_.

{cometh...: Heb. fadeth}

14:19

The waters
<04325>

wear
<07833> (8804)

the stones
<068>_:

thou washest away
<07857> (8799)

the things which grow
<05599>

[out] of the dust
<06083>

of the earth
<0776>_;

and thou destroyest
<06> (8689)

the hope
<08615>

of man
<0582>_.

{washest...: Heb. overflowest}

14:20

Thou prevailest
<08630> (8799)

for ever
<05331>

against him, and he passeth
<01980> (8799)_:

thou changest
<08138> (8764)

his countenance
<06440>_,

and sendest him away
<07971> (8762)_.

14:21

His sons
<01121>

come to honour
<03513> (8799)_,

and he knoweth
<03045> (8799)

[it] not; and they are brought low
<06819> (8799)_,

but he perceiveth
<0995> (8799)

[it] not of them.

14:22

But his flesh
<01320>

upon him shall have pain
<03510> (8799)_,

and his soul
<05315>

within him shall mourn
<056> (8799)_.