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But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

Doth not their excellency {which is} in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

How much less {in} them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation {is} in the dust, {which} are crushed before the moth?

In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. {came...: Heb. met} {all: Heb. the multitude of}

{Is} not {this} thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

{If} we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? {to...: Heb. a word} {withhold...: Heb. refrain from words?}

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}, {there...: or, I heard a still voice}

Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: {and his...: or, nor in his angels, in whom he put light}

They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding {it}. {destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces}

Remember, I pray thee, who {ever} perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. {by the breath...: that is, by his anger}

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. {secretly: Heb. by stealth}

But Job answered and said,

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant {me} the thing that I long for! {the thing...: Heb. my expectation}

They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. {my words...: that is, I want words to express my grief}

Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? {my taste: Heb. my palate}

What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. {vanish: Heb. are cut off} {when...: Heb. in the heat thereof} {consumed: Heb. extinguished}

What {is} my strength, that I should hope? and what {is} mine end, that I should prolong my life?

Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there {any} taste in the white of an egg?

Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness {is} in it. {in it: that is, in this matter}

{Is} not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

The things {that} my soul refused to touch {are} as my sorrowful meat.

For now ye are nothing; ye see {my} casting down, and are afraid. {ye are...: or, ye are like to them: Heb. to it} {nothing: Heb. not}

The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

To him that is afflicted pity {should be shewed} from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. {is afflicted: Heb. melteth}

Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

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.

How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

Which are blackish by reason of the ice, {and} wherein the snow is hid:

Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! {laid: Heb. lifted up}

Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? {when he...: Heb. at grass?}

Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?

Now therefore be content, look upon me; for {it is} evident unto you if I lie. {evident...: Heb. before your face}

{Is} my strength the strength of stones? or {is} my flesh of brass? {of brass: Heb. brasen?}

Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, {which are} as wind?

The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig {a pit} for your friend. {ye overwhelm: Heb. ye cause to fall upon}

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.

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, {and} as the stream of brooks they pass away;

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: {fields: Heb. outplaces}

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. {envy: or, indignation}

So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

Thou shalt come to {thy} grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. {cometh in: Heb. ascendeth}

Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: {unsearchable: Heb. there is no search} {without...: Heb. till there be no number}

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. {from...: or, when the tongue scourgeth}

He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

Thou shalt know also that thy seed {shall be} great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. {great: or, much}

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither {is there} any to deliver {them}.

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform {their} enterprise. {their enterprise: or, any thing}

Behold, happy {is} the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. {power: Heb. hands}

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. {trouble: or, labour} {sparks...: Heb. the sons of the burning coal lift up to fly}

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

Lo this, we have searched it, so it {is}; hear it, and know thou {it} for thy good. {for...: Heb. for thyself}

And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle {shall be} in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. {thy tabernacle...: or, peace is thy tabernacle} {sin: or, err}

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. {meet...: or, run into}

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? {turn: or, look?}

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; {affliction: or, iniquity}

To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he {is} in thine hand; but save his life. {but: or, only}

And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that {his} grief was very great.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that {there is} none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. {to destroy...: Heb. to swallow him up}

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;