kjv - Job:31-33

kjv@Job:31:1 @ I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

kjv@Job:31:2 @ For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

kjv@Job:31:3 @ Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

kjv@Job:31:4 @ Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

kjv@Job:31:5 @ If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

kjv@Job:31:6 @ Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

kjv@Job:31:7 @ If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

kjv@Job:31:8 @ Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

kjv@Job:31:9 @ If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

kjv@Job:31:10 @ Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

kjv@Job:31:11 @ For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

kjv@Job:31:12 @ For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

kjv@Job:31:13 @ If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

kjv@Job:31:14 @ What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

kjv@Job:31:15 @ Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

kjv@Job:31:16 @ If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

kjv@Job:31:17 @ Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

kjv@Job:31:18 @ (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

kjv@Job:31:19 @ If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

kjv@Job:31:20 @ If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

kjv@Job:31:21 @ If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

kjv@Job:31:22 @ Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

kjv@Job:31:23 @ For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

kjv@Job:31:24 @ If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

kjv@Job:31:25 @ If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

kjv@Job:31:26 @ If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

kjv@Job:31:27 @ And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

kjv@Job:31:28 @ This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

kjv@Job:31:29 @ If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

kjv@Job:31:30 @ Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

kjv@Job:31:31 @ If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

kjv@Job:31:32 @ The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.

kjv@Job:31:33 @ If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

kjv@Job:31:34 @ Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

kjv@Job:31:35 @ Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

kjv@Job:31:36 @ Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

kjv@Job:31:37 @ I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

kjv@Job:31:38 @ If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

kjv@Job:31:39 @ If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

kjv@Job:31:40 @ Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

kjv@Job:32:1 @ So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

kjv@Job:32:2 @ Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

kjv@Job:32:3 @ Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

kjv@Job:32:4 @ Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

kjv@Job:32:5 @ When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.

kjv@Job:32:6 @ And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.

kjv@Job:32:7 @ I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.

kjv@Job:32:8 @ But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

kjv@Job:32:9 @ Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

kjv@Job:32:10 @ Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.

kjv@Job:32:11 @ Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.

kjv@Job:32:12 @ Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:

kjv@Job:32:13 @ Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

kjv@Job:32:14 @ Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.

kjv@Job:32:15 @ They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.

kjv@Job:32:16 @ When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)

kjv@Job:32:17 @ I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.

kjv@Job:32:18 @ For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.

kjv@Job:32:19 @ Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.

kjv@Job:32:20 @ I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.

kjv@Job:32:21 @ Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.

kjv@Job:32:22 @ For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.

kjv@Job:33:1 @ Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

kjv@Job:33:2 @ Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.

kjv@Job:33:3 @ My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.

kjv@Job:33:4 @ The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

kjv@Job:33:5 @ If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.

kjv@Job:33:6 @ Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

kjv@Job:33:7 @ Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.

kjv@Job:33:8 @ Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,

kjv@Job:33:9 @ I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.

kjv@Job:33:10 @ Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

kjv@Job:33:11 @ He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

kjv@Job:33:12 @ Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

kjv@Job:33:13 @ Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

kjv@Job:33:14 @ For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

kjv@Job:33:15 @ In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

kjv@Job:33:16 @ Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,

kjv@Job:33:17 @ That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

kjv@Job:33:18 @ He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

kjv@Job:33:19 @ He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

kjv@Job:33:20 @ So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

kjv@Job:33:21 @ His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.

kjv@Job:33:22 @ Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

kjv@Job:33:23 @ If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

kjv@Job:33:24 @ Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

kjv@Job:33:25 @ His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:

kjv@Job:33:26 @ He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.

kjv@Job:33:27 @ He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

kjv@Job:33:28 @ He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

kjv@Job:33:29 @ Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,

kjv@Job:33:30 @ To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

kjv@Job:33:31 @ Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.

kjv@Job:33:32 @ If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.

kjv@Job:33:33 @ If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.

kjv@Job:34:1 @ Furthermore Elihu answered and said,