he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth || not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. 14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant. 15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust. 16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; 17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. 18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place. 1 19 Also now, behold, mmy witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. f e 20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. n 21 "O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour! 22 When a few years are come, then I shall 。 go the way whence I shall not return. CHAP. XVII. The calamities of the wicked. 8 Upright men shall be astonied at this and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. 9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands' shall be stronger and stronger. 10 But as for you all, do & ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man CHAP. XVIII. 1 Job appealeth from men to God. 6 The unmerciful dealing 1 Bildad reproveth Job of presumption and impatience. 5 The MY a pro "breath is corrupt, my days are ex- с 9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him. 10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. 11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. d e 12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and i destruction shall be ready at his side. 13 It shall devour the strength of his skin even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength. 14 * His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. 15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. 17 "His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. He sheweth his great misery. 4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself. 5 If indeed ye will 'magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach: b 6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. 8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. 10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone and mine hope hath he removed like a tree. e 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. 12 His troops come together, and 'raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle. 13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. 19" He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remain-miliar friends have forgotten me. ing in his dwellings. 14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my fa 20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted. h 21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that P knoweth not God. CHAP. XIX. 1 Job, complaining of his friends' cruelty, sheweth there is misery enough in him to feed their cruelty. 21, 28 He craveth pity. 23 He believeth the resurrection. [BEFORE CHRIST 1520.] THEN Job answered and said, 2 How long will ye vex my soul, and treak me in pieces with words? 15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. 16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth. 17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body. 18 Yea, dh I arose, and they spake against me. 19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me. k f 20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and 3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make to my flesh, and I am escaped with the a Gen. 31. 7. Lev. 26. 26. a Or, harden yourselves against me b Or, violence. c ch. 3. 23. Ps. 88. 8. d Ps. 89. 44. e ch. 13. 24 Lam. 2. 5. f ch. 30. 12. g Ps. 31. 11. & 38. 11. & 69. 8. & 88. 8, 18. c Heb. my belly d Or, the wicked. h 2 Kings 2. 23. i Ps. 41. 9. & 55.13, 14, 20, e Ileb, the men of k ch. 30 30 Ps 102. 5. Lam. 4. 8. my secret. f Or, as Job craveth pity from his friends. JOB. 21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me. 22 Why do ye persecutem me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh ? 23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! 24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! 25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth : 26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet " in my flesh shall I see God: 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; *though my reins be consumed 'within CHRIST 1520.] The certain portion of the wicken d 8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chas ed away as a vision of the night. e 9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. 10 f His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. h 11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; 13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: 14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned it is the gall of asps within him. 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. 16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. i 17 He shall not see the rivers, the f floods, the brooks of honey and butter. 18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not. swallow it down: THEN answered Zophar the Naama-according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. thite, and said, a 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this " I make haste. 3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth CHAP. XXI. Sometimes their destruction is manifest. while he is 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. 0 25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: P terrors are upon him. 26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. 27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against е 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. 13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. 14 & Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and i what profit should we have, if we pray unto him. 16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed un-me. to him by God. CHAP. XXI. 1 Job sheweth that even in the judgment of man he hath reason to be grieved. 7 Sometimes the wicked do so prosper, as they despise God. 16 Sometimes their destruction is manifest. 22 The happy and unhappy are alike in death. 27 The judgment of the wicked is in another world. [BEFORE CHRIST 1520.] JT Job answered and said, BUT 2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, a mock on. 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be "troubled ? 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and upon your mouth. lay your hand 6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. 7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? C 8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. in Num. 11. 33. Ps. 78. 30, 31. 13. p ch. 18. 11. God. q Ps. 21. 9. r ch. 27. 13. & 31. 2, 3. e 17 How often is the candle of the wicked put out? and how oft cometh their destruction upon them? God m distributeth sorrows in his anger. 18" They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm ƒ carrieth away. 19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst ? 22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. 23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. 24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. 25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. 36. 11. n Isai. 24. 18. Jer. 48. 43. Amos 5. 19. CHAP. XXI. a ch. 16. 10. & 17. 2. a Heb. shortened. b Heb. Look unto me. b Judg 18. 19. ch. 29. 9. & 40. 4. Ps. 39. 9. 11. 1. 16. e Heb. are peace from fear. c ch. 12. 6. Ps. 17. 10, 14. & 73. 3, 12. Jer. d Ps. 73. 5. e Ex. 23. 26. f ch. perfection, or, in the strength of his perfection. i Or, milk pails. 2 a Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? 4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment? 5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? b 6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. 7 Thou hast not given water to the Eliphaz accuseth Job of divers sins weary to drink, and thou hast withholder bread from the hungry. с C 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. e 10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; 11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. 12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! 13 And thou sayest, f How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? 14h Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. 15 Hast thou marked the old wicked men have trodden? g way which 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and 'what can the Almighty do for them? r ch. 20. 11. Eccles. 9. 2. s ch. 20. 7. k Heb. the tent of the tabernacles of the d ch. 31. 21. Isai. 10. 2. Ezek. 22. 7. wicked. t Prov. 16. 4. 2 Pet. 2. 9. I Heb. the day of wraths. u Gal. 2. 11. m Heb. 18. 8, 9, 10. & 19. 6. f Ps. 69. 1, 2. & 124. 4. Lam. 3. 54. e Heb. the head of the n Heb. watch in the heap. x Heb. 9. 27. o Heb. transgression. stars. f Or, What. g Ps. 10. 11. & 59, 7. & 73. 11. & 94. 7. h Ps. 139. 11, 12 graves. CHAP. XXII. a ch. 35. 7. Ps. 16. 2. Luke 17. 10. a Or, if he may be profitable,i ch. 15. 32. Ps. 55. 23. & 102. 24. Eccles. 7. 17. g Heb. a food was poured upon doth his good success depend thereon? b Exod. 22. 26, 27. Deut. 24. 10, &c. ch. 24. 3, their foundation. Gon. 7. 11. 2 Pet. 2.5. k ch. 21. 14. 1 Ps. 4. 6. m ch 21. 16. n Ps. 58. 10. & 107, 42. 9. Ezck. 19. 12. b Heb. stripped the clothes of the naked. c See ch. 31. 17. Deut. 15. &c. Isa. 58. 7. Ezek. 18. 7, 16. Matt. 25. 42. c Heb. the man of arm d Hob. A Or, to them i Or, estate. k Or, their excellency. That is with God o Isai 27. 5. p Ps. 119. 11. |