+ Heb. short

! Luys.

57 ie 2 23.

8.9. P.

205, 6, 9. &

6211.& 103.

i & 144 4 In 49. 6. Cares 1. 10, 414 1

27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is motheaten.

CHAPTER XIV. Job entreateth God for a respite from his sufferings in view of the shortness of life, 7 and because the dead return not; 14 yet waiteth submissively for his change. 16 By reason of sin the creature is subject to corruption.

Eliphaz reproveth Job.

15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

17 PMy transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

B. C. about 1520.

n ch. 13. 22. 0 ch. 10. 6, 14. & 13. 27. & 31. 4. & 34. 21. Ps. 56. 8. & 139. 1, 2, 3. Prov. 5. 21. Jer. 32. 19. p Deut. 32. 34. Hos. 13. 12.

18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is† Heb. fadeth. removed out of his place.

19 The waters wear the stones: thout washest away the things which + Heb. overgrow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

flowest.

few days, and a full of trouble. 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me

21.24. into judgment with thee?

•Hit. Who

well give.

Ps. 144. 3. 4 P: 149, 2.

• Heb. cease. • 5. S. 251, 5 3. 6.

bom. 5. 12. 5423 7. L 1.30. Ps.

22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

CHAPTER XV.

The reply of Eliphaz: He reproveth Job for impiety in what he had uttered; 17 and sheweth the misery that cometh upon the wicked.

13.

ver. 14.

8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up; 12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more,

they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

2 Pet. 3. 13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me Rev. in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

HEN answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

2 Should a wise man utter † vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

63. 16.

+ Heb. knowl edge of wind.

makest void.

4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and + Heb. thou restrainest prayer before God.

5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

|| Or, speech. + Heb. teacheth.

a Luke 19. 22.

8 Hast thou heard the secret of Rom. 11. 34. God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

10 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at, 13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

d ch. 13. 2.

e ch. 32. 6, 7.

The misery of the wicked.

B. C.

woman, that he should be righteous?

15 Behold, he putteth no trust in

CHAPTER XVI.

16 How much more abominable

of sympathy; 7 sheweth the greatness of his suffer. ings; 17 and asserteth his integrity. HEN Job answered and

iniquity like water?

17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and 'no stranger passed among them.

m

20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

n

21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

23 Hewandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. 25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

31 Let not him that is deceived 'trust in vanity for vanity shall be his recompense.

32 It shall be accomplished 'before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. 35 They conceive mischief, and

la miserable comforters are ye all. 3 Shallvain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and bshake mine head at you.

5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief.

B. C. about 1520.

| Or, iniquity,

Or, trouble

some.

+ Heb, words of wind.

a ch. 13. 4.

b Ps. 22 7. k 109. 25. Lam. 2. 15.

6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what + Heb. what am I eased?

7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

goeth from me?

9 He teareth me in his wrath, who e ch. 10. 16, 17. hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharp-4 ch. 13. 24. eneth his eyes upon me.

Ps. 22 13.

(Lam. S. 30. Mic. 5. 1.

10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together Pa 35. 15. against me.

11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

13 His archers compass me round about, 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.

A ch. 1. 15, 17. Heb, hath shut me up.

i ch. 7. 20

P6. 7. 5.

15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust. ch. 30. 19. 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.

19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is ton high.

20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

¡1 ch. 27. 9. Ps. 66. 18, 19.

m Rom. 1. 9. Heb in the

high places.

+ Heb, are my

scorners

• PB. C. 7. & 31.9.

1 Or, my thoughts.

(Pg. 24. 4. • Heb. shall add strength. (ch. 6. 29.

ch. 7.6. & 9. 3.

+ Heb. the possessions.

Heb. near.

+ Heb. cried, er, called

ch. 18. 13.

13

4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

6 He hath made me also da byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

8 Upright men shall be astonished 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 among you.

11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even † the thoughts of my heart.

12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of dark

ness.

13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

16 They shall go down to the bars

h. 3. 17, 18, of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

CHAPTER XVIII.

The reply of Bildad: He reproveth Job for his pride and arrogance; 5 and sheweth the calamities which come upon the wicked.

THEN answered Bildad the Shu

said,

7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

e ch. 5. 13.

Ps. 9. 15. & 35. 8.

8 For he is cast into a net by his fch. 22. 10. own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. 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.

8 ch. 5. 5.

+Heb, hidden. h ch. 15. 21. &

20. 25. Jer. 6.

25. & 20. 3. & 46. 5. & 49. 29.

11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall † drive him Heb. scatter to his feet.

him.

words?

Tor.

P Jer. 9. 3. & 10. 25. 1

Thess. 4. 5. 2 Thess. 1. 8. Titus 1.

16.

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.

+ Heb. my belly. Or, the wicked.

+ Heb. the men of my secret.

h2 Kings 2. 23.

|| Or, as.

i P8. 41. 9. & 55. 13, 14, 20. k ch. 30. 30. Ps. 102. 5. Lam. 4. 8. 1 ch. 1. 11. Ps. 38. 2. m Ps. 69. 26.

† Heb. Who

4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

The state of the wicked.

destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

B. C. about 1520.

27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not †an- | † Heb. a other; though my reins be consum

stranger.

+ Heb. in my bosom.

28 But ye should say, "Why persecute we him, seeing the root of Or, and the matter is found in me?

what root of matter is found in me?

29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of 151 the sword, Pthat ye may know there is a judgment.

CHAPTER XX.

The reply of Zophar: He assigneth the reason of his speaking; 4 and showeth the state and portion of the wicked.

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.

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 fraise 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.

14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. 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 entreated him with my mouth.

17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children's sake of mine own body.

18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against

22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

23 Oh that my words were now will give, &c. written! oh that they were printed in a book!

Or, After I "shall awake, though this body be destroyed, yet

out of my Aesh shall I see God.

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

amathite, and said,

1 Cor. 13. 12. 1 John 3. 2 o ver. 22. PPs. 58. 10, 11.

2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make + Heb. my haste.

3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. 4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

6bThough his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

haste is in me.

a Ps. $7. 35, 36.

Heb. from

near.

bls. 14. 13, 14.

Obad. 3, 4.

† Heb, cloud. © Ps. 83. 10.

7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? 8 He shall fly away das a dream, & Ps. 73. 20. & and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

90. 5.

e ch. 7. 8, 10. & 8. 18. Ps. 37. 36. & 105. 16.

10 His children shall seek to please Or. The the poor, and his hands 'shall restore their goods.

poor shall oppress his children.

11 His bones are full of the sin ver. 18. 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;

g ch. 19. 26. Ps. 25. 7. h ch. 21. 26.

13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not, but keep it still within his Heh in the 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. 17 He shall not see the rivers," the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. 18 That which he laboured for shall

midst of his palate.

i Ps. 36. 9. Jer. 17. 6.

Or, streaming brooks. ver. 10, 15