Job:26-31
noyes@Job:26:1 @ Then Job answered and said:
noyes@Job:26:2 @ How hast thou helped the weak, And strengthened the feeble arm!
noyes@Job:26:3 @ How hast thou counselled the ignorant, And revealed wisdom in fulness!
noyes@Job:26:4 @ For whom hast thou uttered these words? And whose spirit spake through thee?
noyes@Job:26:5 @ Before Him the shades tremble Beneath the waters and their inhabitants.
noyes@Job:26:6 @ The underworld is naked before him, And destruction is without covering.
noyes@Job:26:7 @ He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
noyes@Job:26:8 @ He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.
noyes@Job:26:9 @ He covereth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his clouds upon it.
noyes@Job:26:10 @ He hath drawn a circular bound upon the waters, To the confines of light and darkness.
noyes@Job:26:11 @ The pillars of heaven tremble And are confounded at his rebuke.
noyes@Job:26:12 @ By his power he stilleth the sea, Yea, by his wisdom he smiteth its pride.
noyes@Job:26:13 @ By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the fleeing Serpent.
noyes@Job:26:14 @ Lo! these are but the borders of his works; How faint the whisper we have heard of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
noyes@Job:27:1 @ Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:
noyes@Job:27:2 @ As God liveth, who hath rejected my cause, And the Almighty, who hath afflicted my soul;
noyes@Job:27:3 @ As long as my breath is in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
noyes@Job:27:4 @ Never shall my lips speak falsehood, Nor my tongue utter deceit.
noyes@Job:27:5 @ God forbid that I should acknowledge you to be just: To my last breath will I assert my integrity.
noyes@Job:27:6 @ I will hold fast my innocence, and not let it go; My heart reproacheth me for no part of my life.
noyes@Job:27:7 @ May mine enemy be as the wicked, And he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous!
noyes@Job:27:8 @ For what is the hope of the wicked, when God cutteth off his web, And taketh away his life?
noyes@Job:27:9 @ Will he listen to his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
noyes@Job:27:10 @ Can he delight himself in the Almighty, And call at all times upon God?
noyes@Job:27:11 @ I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
noyes@Job:27:12 @ Behold, ye yourselves have all seen it; Why then do ye cherish such vain thoughts?
noyes@Job:27:13 @ This is the portion of the wicked man from God,The inheritance which oppressors receive from the Almighty.
noyes@Job:27:14 @ If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
noyes@Job:27:15 @ Those of them that escape shall be buried by Death, And their widows shall not bewail them.
noyes@Job:27:16 @ Though he heap up silver as dust, And procure raiment as clay,
noyes@Job:27:17 @ He may procure, but the righteous shall wear it, And the innocent shall share the silver.
noyes@Job:27:18 @ He buildeth his house like the moth, Or like the shed which the watchman maketh.
noyes@Job:27:19 @ The rich man lieth down, and is not buried; In the twinkling of an eye he is no more.
noyes@Job:27:20 @ Terrors pursue him like a flood; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.
noyes@Job:27:21 @ The east wind carrieth him away, and he perisheth; Yea, it sweepeth him away from his place.
noyes@Job:27:22 @ God sendeth his arrows at him, and doth not spare; He would fain escape from His hand.
noyes@Job:27:23 @ Men clap their hands at him, And hiss him away from his place.
noyes@Job:28:1 @ Truly there is a vein for silver, And a place for gold, which men refine.
noyes@Job:28:2 @ Iron is obtained from earth, And stone is melted into copper.
noyes@Job:28:3 @ Man putteth an end to darkness; He searcheth to the lowest depths For the stone of darkness and the shadow of death.
noyes@Job:28:4 @ From the place where they dwell they open a shaft; Forgotten by the feet, They hang down, they swing away from men.
noyes@Job:28:5 @ The earth, out of which cometh bread, Is torn up underneath, as it were by fire.
noyes@Job:28:6 @ Her stones are the place of sapphires, And she hath clods of gold for man.
noyes@Job:28:7 @ The path thereto no bird knoweth, And the vultures eye hath not seen it;
noyes@Job:28:8 @ The fierce wild beast hath not trodden it; The lion hath not passed over it.
noyes@Job:28:9 @ Man layeth his hand upon the rock; He upturneth mountains from their roots;
noyes@Job:28:10 @ He cleaveth out streams in the rocks, And his eye seeth every precious thing;
noyes@Job:28:11 @ He bindeth up the streams, that they trickle not, And bringeth hidden things to light.
noyes@Job:28:12 @ But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
noyes@Job:28:13 @ Man knoweth not the price thereof, Nor can it be found in the land of the living.
noyes@Job:28:14 @ The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.
noyes@Job:28:15 @ It cannot be gotten for gold, Nor shall silver be weighed out as the price thereof.
noyes@Job:28:16 @ It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx or the sapphire.
noyes@Job:28:17 @ Gold and crystal are not to be compared with it; Nor can it be purchased with jewels of fine gold.
noyes@Job:28:18 @ No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; For wisdom is more precious than pearls.
noyes@Job:28:19 @ The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it, Nor can it be purchased with pure gold.
noyes@Job:28:20 @ Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
noyes@Job:28:21 @ Since it is hidden from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the fowls of the air.
noyes@Job:28:22 @ Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.
noyes@Job:28:23 @ God knoweth the way to it; He knoweth its dwellingplace.
noyes@Job:28:24 @ For he seeth to the ends of the earth, And surveyeth all things under the whole heaven.
noyes@Job:28:25 @ When he gave the winds their weight, And meted out the waters by measure;
noyes@Job:28:26 @ When he prescribed a law to the rain, And a path to the thunderflash,
noyes@Job:28:27 @ Then did he see it, and make it known; He established it, and searched it out.
noyes@Job:28:28 @ But he said unto man, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to depart from evil is understanding.
noyes@Job:29:1 @ Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:
noyes@Job:29:2 @ O that I were as in months past, In the days when God was my guardian;
noyes@Job:29:3 @ When his lamp shined over my head, And when by his light I walked through darkness!
noyes@Job:29:4 @ As I was in the autumn of my days, When the friendship of God was over my tent;
noyes@Job:29:5 @ When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were around me;
noyes@Job:29:6 @ When I bathed my steps in milk, And the rock poured me out rivers of oil!
noyes@Job:29:7 @ When I went forth to the gate by the city, And took my seat in the marketplace,
noyes@Job:29:8 @ The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged arose and stood.
noyes@Job:29:9 @ The princes refrained from speaking, And laid their hand upon their mouth.
noyes@Job:29:10 @ The nobles held their peace, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
noyes@Job:29:11 @ When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me.
noyes@Job:29:12 @ For I delivered the poor, when they cried; And the fatherless, who had none to help him.
noyes@Job:29:13 @ The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, And I caused the heart of the widow to sing for joy.
noyes@Job:29:14 @ I clothed myself with righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; And justice was my robe and diadem.
noyes@Job:29:15 @ I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame;
noyes@Job:29:16 @ I was a father to the poor, And the cause of him I knew not I searched out;
noyes@Job:29:17 @ And I broke the teeth of the wicked, And plucked the spoil from his jaws.
noyes@Job:29:18 @ Then said I, "I shall die in my nest; I shall multiply my days as the sand.
noyes@Job:29:19 @ My root is spread abroad to the waters, And the dew abideth on my branches.
noyes@Job:29:20 @ My glory is fresh with me, And my bow gathereth strength in my hand."
noyes@Job:29:21 @ To me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.
noyes@Job:29:22 @ To my words they made no reply, When my speech dropped down upon them.
noyes@Job:29:23 @ Yea, they waited for me as for the rain; They opened their mouths wide as for the latter rain.
noyes@Job:29:24 @ If I smiled upon them, they believed it not; Nor did they cause the light of my countenance to fall.
noyes@Job:29:25 @ When I came among them, I sat as chief; I dwelt as a king in the midst of an army, As a comforter among mourners.
noyes@Job:30:1 @ But now they that are younger than I hold me in derision, Whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
noyes@Job:30:2 @ Of what use to me would be even the strength of their hands, To whom old age is lost?
noyes@Job:30:3 @ By want and hunger they are famished; They gnaw the dry desert, The darkness of desolate wastes.
noyes@Job:30:4 @ They gather purslain among the bushes, And the root of the broom is their bread.
noyes@Job:30:5 @ They are driven from the society of men; There is a cry after them as after a thief.
noyes@Job:30:6 @ They dwell in gloomy valleys, In caves of the earth and in rocks.
noyes@Job:30:7 @ They bray among the bushes; Under the brambles are they stretched out.
noyes@Job:30:8 @ An impious and lowborn race, They are beaten out of the land.
noyes@Job:30:9 @ And now I am become their song; Yea, I am their byword!
noyes@Job:30:10 @ They abhor me, they stand aloof from me; They forbear not to spit before my face.
noyes@Job:30:11 @ Yea, they let loose the reins, and humble me; They cast off the bridle before me.
noyes@Job:30:12 @ On my right hand riseth up the brood; They thrust away my feet; They cast up against me their destructive ways.
noyes@Job:30:13 @ They break up my path; They hasten my fall,They who have no helper!
noyes@Job:30:14 @ They come upon me as through a wide breach; Through the ruins they rush in upon me.
noyes@Job:30:15 @ Terrors are turned against me; They pursue my prosperity like the wind, And my welfare passeth away like a cloud.
noyes@Job:30:16 @ And now my soul poureth itself out upon me; Days of affliction have taken hold of me.
noyes@Job:30:17 @ By night my bones are pierced; they are torn from me, And my gnawers take no rest.
noyes@Job:30:18 @ Through the violence of my disease is my garment changed; It bindeth me about like the collar of my tunic.
noyes@Job:30:19 @ He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.
noyes@Job:30:20 @ I call upon Thee, but thou dost not hear me; I stand up before thee, but thou regardest me not.
noyes@Job:30:21 @ Thou art become cruel to me; With thy strong hand dost thou lie in wait for me.
noyes@Job:30:22 @ Thou liftest me up, and causest me to ride upon the wind; Thou meltest me away in the storm.
noyes@Job:30:23 @ I know that thou wilt bring me to death, To the place of assembly for all the living.
noyes@Job:30:24 @ When He stretcheth out his hand, prayer availeth nothing; When He bringeth destruction, vain is the cry for help.
noyes@Job:30:25 @ Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?
noyes@Job:30:26 @ But when I looked for good, then evil came; When I looked for light, then came darkness.
noyes@Job:30:27 @ My bowels boil, and have no rest; Days of anguish have come upon me.
noyes@Job:30:28 @ I am black, but not by the sun; I stand up, and utter my cries in the congregation.
noyes@Job:30:29 @ I am become a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.
noyes@Job:30:30 @ My skin is black, and falleth from me, And my bones burn with heat.
noyes@Job:30:31 @ My harp also is turned to mourning, And my pipe to notes of grief.
noyes@Job:31:1 @ I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then could I gaze upon a maid?
noyes@Job:31:2 @ For what is the portion appointed by God from above, And the inheritance allotted by the Almighty from on high?
noyes@Job:31:3 @ Is not destruction for the wicked, And ruin for the workers of iniquity?
noyes@Job:31:4 @ Doth He not see my ways, And number all my steps?
noyes@Job:31:5 @ If I have walked with falsehood, And if my foot hath hasted to deceit,
noyes@Job:31:6 @ Let him weigh me in an even balance; Yea, let God know my integrity!
noyes@Job:31:7 @ If my steps have turned aside from the way, And my heart gone after mine eyes, Or if any stain hath cleaved to my hand,
noyes@Job:31:8 @ Then I may sow, and another eat; And what I plant, may it be rooted up!
noyes@Job:31:9 @ If my heart hath been enticed by a woman, Or if I have watched at my neighbors door,
noyes@Job:31:10 @ Then let my wife grind for another, And let other men lie with her!
noyes@Job:31:11 @ For this were a heinous crime, Even a transgression to be punished by the judges;
noyes@Job:31:12 @ Yea, it were a fire that would consume to destruction, And root out all my increase.
noyes@Job:31:13 @ If I have refused justice to my manservant or maidservant, When they had a controversy with me,
noyes@Job:31:14 @ Then what shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
noyes@Job:31:15 @ Did not He that made me in the womb make him? Did not one fashion us in the womb?
noyes@Job:31:16 @ If I have refused the poor their desire, And caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
noyes@Job:31:17 @ If I have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not partaken of it;
noyes@Job:31:18 @ (Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And I have helped the widow from my mothers womb;)
noyes@Job:31:19 @ If I have seen any one perishing for want of clothing, Or any poor man without covering;
noyes@Job:31:20 @ If his loins have not blessed me, And he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
noyes@Job:31:21 @ If I have shaken my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate,
noyes@Job:31:22 @ Then may my shoulder fill from its blade, And my forearm be broken from its bone!
noyes@Job:31:23 @ For destruction from God was a terror to me, And before his majesty I could do nothing.
noyes@Job:31:24 @ If I have made gold my trust, Or said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
noyes@Job:31:25 @ If I have rejoiced, because my wealth was great, And my hand had found abundance;
noyes@Job:31:26 @ If I have beheld the sun in his splendor, Or the moon advancing in brightness,
noyes@Job:31:27 @ And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand,
noyes@Job:31:28 @ This also were a crime to be punished by the judge; For I should have denied the God who is above.
noyes@Job:31:29 @ If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, And exulted when evil came upon him;
noyes@Job:31:30 @ (Nay, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, By asking with curses his life;)
noyes@Job:31:31 @ If the men of my tent have not exclaimed, "Who is there that hath not been satisfied with his meat?"
noyes@Job:31:32 @ The stranger did not lodge in the street; I opened my doors to the traveller.
noyes@Job:31:33 @ Have I, after the manner of men, hidden my transgression, Concealing my iniquity in my bosom,
noyes@Job:31:34 @ Then let me be confounded before the great multitude! Let the contempt of families cover me with shame! Yea, let me keep silence! let me never appear abroad!
noyes@Job:31:35 @ O that there were one who would hear me! Behold my signature! let the Almighty answer me. And let mine adversary write down his charge!
noyes@Job:31:36 @ Truly I would wear it upon my shoulder; I would bind it upon me as a crown.
noyes@Job:31:37 @ I would disclose to him all my steps; I would approach him like a prince.
noyes@Job:31:38 @ If my land cry out against me, And its furrows bewail together;
noyes@Job:31:39 @ If I have eaten of its fruits without payment, And wrung out the life of its owners,
noyes@Job:31:40 @ Let thorns grow up instead of wheat, And noxious weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
noyes@Job:32:1 @ So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
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