Job:4-7
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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said ,
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If we assay to commune with thee ,
wilt thou be grieved ?
but who can withhold himself from speaking ?
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Behold ,
thou hast instructed many ,
and thou hast strengthened the weak hands .
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Thy words have upholden him that was falling ,
and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees .
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But now it is come upon thee ,
and thou faintest ;
it toucheth thee ,
and thou art troubled .
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Is not this thy fear ,
thy confidence ,
thy hope ,
and the uprightness of thy ways ?
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Remember ,
I pray thee ,
who ever perished ,
being innocent ?
or where were the righteous cut off ?
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Even as I have seen ,
they that plow iniquity ,
and sow wickedness ,
reap the same .
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By the blast of God they perish ,
and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed .
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The roaring of the lion ,
and the voice of the fierce lion ,
and the teeth of the young lions ,
are broken .
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The old lion perisheth for lack of prey ,
and the stout lion '
s whelps are scattered abroad .
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Now a thing was secretly brought to me ,
and mine ear received a little thereof .
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In thoughts from the visions of the night ,
when deep sleep falleth on men ,
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Fear came upon me ,
and trembling ,
which made all my bones to shake .
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Then a spirit passed before my face ;
the hair of my flesh stood up :
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It stood still ,
but I could not discern the form thereof :
an image was before mine eyes ,
there was silence ,
and I heard a voice ,
saying ,
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Shall mortal man be more just than God ?
shall a man be more pure than his maker ?
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Behold ,
he put no trust in his servants ;
and his angels he charged with folly :
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How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay ,
whose foundation is in the dust ,
which are crushed before the moth ?
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They are destroyed from morning to evening :
they perish for ever without any regarding it .
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Doth not their excellency which is in them go away ?
they die ,
even without wisdom .
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Call now ,
if there be any that will answer thee ;
and to which of the saints wilt thou turn ?
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For wrath killeth the foolish man ,
and envy slayeth the silly one .
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I have seen the foolish taking root :
but suddenly I cursed his habitation .
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His children are far from safety ,
and they are crushed in the gate ,
neither is there any to deliver them .
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Whose harvest the hungry eateth up ,
and taketh it even out of the thorns ,
and the robber swalloweth up their substance .
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Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust ,
neither doth trouble spring out of the ground ;
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Yet man is born unto trouble ,
as the sparks fly upward .
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I would seek unto God ,
and unto God would I commit my cause :
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Which doeth great things and unsearchable ;
marvellous things without number :
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Who giveth rain upon the earth ,
and sendeth waters upon the fields :
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To set up on high those that be low ;
that those which mourn may be exalted to safety .
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He disappointeth the devices of the crafty ,
so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise .
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He taketh the wise in their own craftiness :
and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong .
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They meet with darkness in the daytime ,
and grope in the noonday as in the night .
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But he saveth the poor from the sword ,
from their mouth ,
and from the hand of the mighty .
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So the poor hath hope ,
and iniquity stoppeth her mouth .
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Behold ,
happy is the man whom God correcteth :
therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty :
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For he maketh sore ,
and bindeth up :
he woundeth ,
and his hands make whole .
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He shall deliver thee in six troubles :
yea ,
in seven there shall no evil touch thee .
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In famine he shall redeem thee from death :
and in war from the power of the sword .
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Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue :
neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh .
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At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh :
neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth .
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For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field :
and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee .
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And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace ;
and thou shalt visit thy habitation ,
and shalt not sin .
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Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great ,
and thine offspring as the grass of the earth .
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Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age ,
like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season .
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Lo this ,
we have searched it ,
so it is ;
hear it ,
and know thou it for thy good .
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But Job answered and said ,
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Oh that my grief were throughly weighed ,
and my calamity laid in the balances together !
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For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea :
therefore my words are swallowed up .
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For the arrows of the Almighty are within me ,
the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit :
the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me .
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Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass ?
or loweth the ox over his fodder ?
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Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt ?
or is there any taste in the white of an egg ?
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The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat .
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Oh that I might have my request ;
and that God would grant me the thing that I long for !
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Even that it would please God to destroy me ;
that he would let loose his hand ,
and cut me off !
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Then should I yet have comfort ;
yea ,
I would harden myself in sorrow :
let him not spare ;
for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One .
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What is my strength ,
that I should hope ?
and what is mine end ,
that I should prolong my life ?
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Is my strength the strength of stones ?
or is my flesh of brass ?
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Is not my help in me ?
and is wisdom driven quite from me ?
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To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend ;
but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty .
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My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook ,
and as the stream of brooks they pass away ;
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Which are blackish by reason of the ice ,
and wherein the snow is hid :
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What time they wax warm ,
they vanish :
when it is hot ,
they are consumed out of their place .
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The paths of their way are turned aside ;
they go to nothing ,
and perish .
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The troops of Tema looked ,
the companies of Sheba waited for them .
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They were confounded because they had hoped ;
they came thither ,
and were ashamed .
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For now ye are nothing ;
ye see my casting down ,
and are afraid .
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Did I say ,
Bring unto me ?
or ,
Give a reward for me of your substance ?
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Or ,
Deliver me from the enemy '
s hand ?
or ,
Redeem me from the hand of the mighty ?
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Teach me ,
and I will hold my tongue :
and cause me to understand wherein I have erred .
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How forcible are right words !
but what doth your arguing reprove ?
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Do ye imagine to reprove words ,
and the speeches of one that is desperate ,
which are as wind ?
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Yea ,
ye overwhelm the fatherless ,
and ye dig a pit for your friend .
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Now therefore be content ,
look upon me ;
for it is evident unto you if I lie .
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Return ,
I pray you ,
let it not be iniquity ;
yea ,
return again ,
my righteousness is in it .
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Is there iniquity in my tongue ?
cannot my taste discern perverse things ?
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Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth ?
are not his days also like the days of an hireling ?
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As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow ,
and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work :
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So am I made to possess months of vanity ,
and wearisome nights are appointed to me .
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When I lie down ,
I say ,
When shall I arise ,
and the night be gone ?
and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day .
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My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust ;
my skin is broken ,
and become loathsome .
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My days are swifter than a weaver '
s shuttle ,
and are spent without hope .
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O remember that my life is wind :
mine eye shall no more see good .
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The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more :
thine eyes are upon me ,
and I am not .
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As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away :
so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more .
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He shall return no more to his house ,
neither shall his place know him any more .
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Therefore I will not refrain my mouth ;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit ;
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul .
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Am I a sea ,
or a whale ,
that thou settest a watch over me ?
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When I say ,
My bed shall comfort me ,
my couch shall ease my complaint ;
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Then thou scarest me with dreams ,
and terrifiest me through visions :
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So that my soul chooseth strangling ,
and death rather than my life .
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I loathe it ;
I would not live alway :
let me alone ;
for my days are vanity .
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What is man ,
that thou shouldest magnify him ?
and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him ?
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And that thou shouldest visit him every morning ,
and try him every moment ?
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How long wilt thou not depart from me ,
nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle ?
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I have sinned ;
what shall I do unto thee ,
O thou preserver of men ?
why hast thou set me as a mark against thee ,
so that I am a burden to myself ?
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And why dost thou not pardon my transgression ,
and take away mine iniquity ?
for now shall I sleep in the dust ;
and thou shalt seek me in the morning ,
but I shall not be .
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Then answered Bildad the Shuhite ,
and said ,
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