strkjv@Job:21:1
@ But
Job
answered
and
said
,
strkjv@Job:21:2
@
Hear
diligently
my
speech
, and let this be your
consolations
.
strkjv@Job:21:3
@
Suffer
me that I may
speak
; and
after
that I have
spoken
, mock
on
.
strkjv@Job:21:4
@ As for me, is my
complaint
to
man
? and if it were so, why should not my
spirit
be
troubled
?
strkjv@Job:21:5
@
Mark
me, and be
astonished
, and
lay
your
hand
upon your
mouth
.
strkjv@Job:21:6
@ Even when I
remember
I am
afraid
, and
trembling
taketh hold
on
my
flesh
.
strkjv@Job:21:7
@ Wherefore do the
wicked
live
, become
old
, yea, are
mighty
in
power
?
strkjv@Job:21:8
@ Their
seed
is
established
in their
sight
with them, and their
offspring
before their
eyes
.
strkjv@Job:21:9
@ Their
houses
are
safe
from
fear
, neither is the
rod
of
God
upon them.
strkjv@Job:21:10
@ Their
bull
gendereth
, and
faileth
not; their
cow
calveth
, and casteth not her
calf
.
strkjv@Job:21:11
@ They send
forth
their little
ones
like a
flock
, and their
children
dance
.
strkjv@Job:21:12
@ They
take
the
timbrel
and
harp
, and
rejoice
at the
sound
of the
organ
.
strkjv@Job:21:13
@ They
spend
their
days
in
wealth
, and in a
moment
go
down
to the
grave
sh@.
strkjv@Job:21:14
@ Therefore they
say
unto
God
,
Depart
from us; for we
desire
not the
knowledge
of thy
ways
.
strkjv@Job:21:15
@ What is the
Almighty
, that we should
serve
him? and what
profit
should we have, if we
pray
unto him?
strkjv@Job:21:16
@ Lo, their
good
is not in their
hand
: the
counsel
of the
wicked
is
far
from me.
strkjv@Job:21:17
@ How oft is the
candle
of the
wicked
put
out
! and how oft
cometh
their
destruction
upon them! God
distributeth
sorrows
in his
anger
.
strkjv@Job:21:18
@ They are as
stubble
before
the
wind
, and as
chaff
that the
storm
carrieth
away
.
strkjv@Job:21:19
@
God
layeth
up
his
iniquity
for his
children
: he
rewardeth
him, and he shall
know
it.
strkjv@Job:21:20
@ His
eyes
shall
see
his
destruction
, and he shall
drink
of the
wrath
of the
Almighty
.
strkjv@Job:21:21
@ For what
pleasure
hath he in his
house
after
him, when the
number
of his
months
is cut off in the
midst
?
strkjv@Job:21:22
@ Shall any
teach
God
knowledge
? seeing he
judgeth
those that are
high
.
strkjv@Job:21:23
@ One
dieth
in his
full
strength
, being wholly at
ease
and
quiet
.
strkjv@Job:21:24
@ His
breasts
are
full
of
milk
, and his
bones
are
moistened
with
marrow
.
strkjv@Job:21:25
@ And another
dieth
in the
bitterness
of his
soul
, and never
eateth
with
pleasure
.
strkjv@Job:21:26
@ They shall lie
down
alike
in the
dust
, and the
worms
shall
cover
them.
strkjv@Job:21:27
@ Behold, I
know
your
thoughts
, and the
devices
which ye wrongfully
imagine
against me.
strkjv@Job:21:28
@ For ye
say
, Where is the
house
of the
prince
? and where are the
dwelling
places
of the
wicked
?
strkjv@Job:21:29
@ Have ye not
asked
them that
go
by the
way
? and do ye not
know
their
tokens
,
strkjv@Job:21:30
@ That the
wicked
is
reserved
to the
day
of
destruction
? they shall be brought
forth
to the
day
of
wrath
.
strkjv@Job:21:31
@ Who shall
declare
his
way
to his
face
? and who shall
repay
him what he hath
done
?
strkjv@Job:21:32
@ Yet shall he be
brought
to the
grave
, and shall
remain
in the
tomb
.
strkjv@Job:21:33
@ The
clods
of the
valley
shall be
sweet
unto him, and every
man
shall
draw
after
him, as there are
innumerable
before
him.
strkjv@Job:21:34
@ How then
comfort
ye me in
vain
, seeing in your
answers
there
remaineth
falsehood
?
strkjv@Job:22:1
@ Then
Eliphaz
the
Temanite
answered
and
said
,
strkjv@Job:22:2
@ Can a
man
be
profitable
unto
God
,
as
he that is
wise
may be
profitable
unto himself?
strkjv@Job:22:3
@ Is it any
pleasure
to the
Almighty
, that thou art
righteous
? or is it
gain
to him, that thou makest thy
ways
perfect
?
strkjv@Job:22:4
@ Will he
reprove
thee for
fear
of thee? will he
enter
with thee into
judgment
?
strkjv@Job:22:5
@ Is not thy
wickedness
great
? and thine
iniquities
infinite
?
strkjv@Job:22:6
@ For thou hast taken a
pledge
from thy
brother
for
nought
, and
stripped
the
naked
of their
clothing
.
strkjv@Job:22:7
@ Thou hast not given
water
to the
weary
to
drink
, and thou hast
withholden
bread
from the
hungry
.
strkjv@Job:22:8
@ But as for the
mighty
man
, he had the
earth
; and the honourable
man
dwelt
in it.
strkjv@Job:22:9
@ Thou hast
sent
widows
away
empty
, and the
arms
of the
fatherless
have been
broken
.
strkjv@Job:22:10
@ Therefore
snares
are round
about
thee, and
sudden
fear
troubleth
thee;
strkjv@Job:22:11
@ Or
darkness
, that thou canst not
see
; and
abundance
of
waters
cover
thee.
strkjv@Job:22:12
@ Is not
God
in the
height
of
heaven
? and
behold
the
height
of the
stars
, how
high
they are!
strkjv@Job:22:13
@ And thou
sayest
, How doth
God
know
? can he
judge
through the dark
cloud
?
strkjv@Job:22:14
@ Thick
clouds
are a
covering
to him, that he
seeth
not; and he
walketh
in the
circuit
of
heaven
.
strkjv@Job:22:15
@ Hast thou
marked
the
old
way
which
wicked
men
have
trodden
?
strkjv@Job:22:16
@ Which were cut
down
out of
time
, whose
foundation
was
overflown
with a
flood
:
strkjv@Job:22:17
@ Which
said
unto
God
,
Depart
from us: and what can the
Almighty
do
for them?
strkjv@Job:22:18
@ Yet he
filled
their
houses
with
good
things: but the
counsel
of the
wicked
is
far
from me.
strkjv@Job:22:19
@ The
righteous
see
it, and are
glad
: and the
innocent
laugh them to
scorn
.
strkjv@Job:22:20
@
Whereas
our
substance
is not cut
down
, but the
remnant
of them the
fire
consumeth
.
strkjv@Job:22:21
@
Acquaint
now thyself with him, and be at
peace
: thereby
good
shall
come
unto thee.
strkjv@Job:22:22
@
Receive
, I pray thee, the
law
from his
mouth
, and lay
up
his
words
in thine
heart
.
strkjv@Job:22:23
@ If thou
return
to the
Almighty
, thou shalt be built
up
, thou shalt put
away
iniquity
far
from thy
tabernacles
.
strkjv@Job:22:24
@ Then shalt thou lay
up
gold
as
dust
, and the gold of
Ophir
as the
stones
of the
brooks
.
strkjv@Job:22:25
@ Yea, the
Almighty
shall be thy
defence
, and thou shalt have
plenty
of
silver
.
strkjv@Job:22:26
@ For then shalt thou have thy
delight
in the
Almighty
, and shalt lift
up
thy
face
unto
God
.
strkjv@Job:22:27
@ Thou shalt make thy
prayer
unto him, and he shall
hear
thee, and thou shalt
pay
thy
vows
.
strkjv@Job:22:28
@ Thou shalt also
decree
a
thing
, and it shall be
established
unto thee: and the
light
shall
shine
upon thy
ways
.
strkjv@Job:22:29
@ When men are cast
down
, then thou shalt
say
, There is lifting
up
; and he shall
save
the
humble
person
.
strkjv@Job:22:30
@ He shall
deliver
the
island
of the
innocent
: and it is
delivered
by the
pureness
of thine
hands
.
strkjv@Job:23:1
@ Then
Job
answered
and
said
,
strkjv@Job:23:2
@ Even to
day
is my
complaint
bitter
: my
stroke
is
heavier
than my
groaning
.
strkjv@Job:23:3
@ Oh
that
I
knew
where I might
find
him! that I might
come
even to his
seat
!
strkjv@Job:23:4
@ I would
order
my
cause
before
him, and
fill
my
mouth
with
arguments
.
strkjv@Job:23:5
@ I would
know
the
words
which he would
answer
me, and
understand
what he would
say
unto me.
strkjv@Job:23:6
@ Will he
plead
against
me with his
great
power
? No; but he would
put
strength in me.
strkjv@Job:23:7
@ There the
righteous
might
dispute
with him; so should I be
delivered
for
ever
from my
judge
.
strkjv@Job:23:8
@ Behold, I
go
forward
, but he is not there; and
backward
, but I cannot
perceive
him:
strkjv@Job:23:9
@ On the left
hand
s@, where he doth
work
, but I cannot
behold
him: he
hideth
himself on the right
hand
, that I cannot
see
him:
strkjv@Job:23:10
@ But he
knoweth
the
way
that I
take
: when he hath
tried
me, I shall come
forth
as
gold
.
strkjv@Job:23:11
@ My
foot
hath
held
his
steps
, his
way
have I
kept
, and not
declined
.
strkjv@Job:23:12
@ Neither have I gone
back
from the
commandment
of his
lips
; I have
esteemed
the
words
of his
mouth
more than my
necessary
food.
strkjv@Job:23:13
@ But he is in
one
mind, and who can
turn
him? and what his
soul
desireth
, even that he
doeth
.
strkjv@Job:23:14
@ For he
performeth
the thing that is
appointed
for me: and
many
such
things are with him.
strkjv@Job:23:15
@ Therefore am I
troubled
at his
presence
: when I
consider
, I am
afraid
of him.
strkjv@Job:23:16
@ For
God
maketh my
heart
soft
, and the
Almighty
troubleth
me:
strkjv@Job:23:17
@ Because I was not cut
off
before
the
darkness
, neither hath he
covered
the
darkness
from my
face
.
strkjv@Job:24:1
@ Why, seeing
times
are not
hidden
from the
Almighty
, do they that
know
him not
see
his
days
?
strkjv@Job:24:2
@ Some
remove
the
landmarks
; they violently take
away
flocks
, and
feed
thereof.
strkjv@Job:24:3
@ They drive
away
the
ass
of the
fatherless
, they
take
the
widows
ox
for a
pledge
.
strkjv@Job:24:4
@ They
turn
the
needy
out of the
way
: the
poor
of the
earth
hide
themselves
together
.
strkjv@Job:24:5
@ Behold, as wild
asses
in the
desert
, go they
forth
to their
work
; rising
betimes
for a
prey
: the
wilderness
yieldeth
food
for them and for their
children
.
strkjv@Job:24:6
@ They
reap
every one his
corn
in the
field
: and they
gather
the
vintage
of the
wicked
.
strkjv@Job:24:7
@ They cause the
naked
to
lodge
without
clothing
, that they have no
covering
in the
cold
.
strkjv@Job:24:8
@ They are
wet
with the
showers
of the
mountains
, and
embrace
the
rock
for want of a
shelter
.
strkjv@Job:24:9
@ They
pluck
the
fatherless
from the
breast
, and take a
pledge
of the
poor
.
strkjv@Job:24:10
@ They cause him to
go
naked
without
clothing
, and they take
away
the
sheaf
from the
hungry
;
strkjv@Job:24:11
@ Which make
oil
within
their
walls
, and
tread
their
winepresses
, and suffer
thirst
.
strkjv@Job:24:12
@
Men
groan
from out of the
city
, and the
soul
of the
wounded
crieth
out
: yet
God
layeth
not
folly
to them.
strkjv@Job:24:13
@ They are of those that
rebel
against the
light
; they
know
not the
ways
thereof, nor
abide
in the
paths
thereof.
strkjv@Job:24:14
@ The
murderer
rising
with the
light
killeth
the
poor
and
needy
, and in the
night
is as a
thief
.
strkjv@Job:24:15
@ The
eye
also of the
adulterer
waiteth
for the
twilight
,
saying
, No
eye
shall
see
me: and
disguiseth
his
face
.
strkjv@Job:24:16
@ In the
dark
they dig
through
houses
, which they had
marked
for themselves in the
daytime
: they
know
not the
light
.
strkjv@Job:24:17
@ For the
morning
is to them even
as
the shadow of
death
: if one
know
them, they are in the
terrors
of the shadow of
death
.
strkjv@Job:24:18
@ He is
swift
as the
waters
; their
portion
is
cursed
in the
earth
: he
beholdeth
not the
way
of the
vineyards
.
strkjv@Job:24:19
@
Drought
and
heat
consume
the
snow
waters
: so doth the
grave
those which have
sinned
.
strkjv@Job:24:20
@ The
womb
shall
forget
8799) him; the
worm
shall feed
sweetly
on him; he shall be no more
remembered
; and
wickedness
shall be
broken
as a
tree
.
strkjv@Job:24:21
@ He evil
entreateth
the
barren
that
beareth
not: and doeth not
good
to the
widow
.
strkjv@Job:24:22
@ He
draweth
also the
mighty
with his
power
: he riseth
up
, and no man is
sure
of
life
.
strkjv@Job:24:23
@ Though it be
given
him to be in
safety
, whereon he
resteth
; yet his
eyes
are upon their
ways
.
strkjv@Job:24:24
@ They are
exalted
for a little
while
m@, but are gone and brought
low
; they are taken
out
of the
way
as all other, and cut
off
as the
tops
of the ears of
corn
.
strkjv@Job:24:25
@ And if it be not so
now
, who will
make
me a
liar
, and
make
my
speech
nothing
worth
?
strkjv@Job:25:1
@ Then
answered
Bildad
the
Shuhite
, and
said
,
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