noyes Job:28-30
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?
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