not eaten thereof;
18:031:018 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a
father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
18:031:019 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor
without covering;
18:031:020 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed
with the fleece of my sheep;
18:031:021 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw
my help in the gate:
18:031:022 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be
broken from the bone.
18:031:023 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of
his highness I could not endure.
18:031:024 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold,
Thou art my confidence;
18:031:025 If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine
hand had gotten much;
18:031:026 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in
brightness;
18:031:027 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath
kissed my hand:
18:031:028 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I
should have denied the God that is above.
18:031:029 If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or
lifted up myself when evil found him:
18:031:030 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to
his soul.
18:031:031 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his
flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
18:031:032 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my
doors to the traveller.
18:031:033 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine
iniquity in my bosom:
18:031:034 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families
terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
18:031:035 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the
Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written
a book.
18:031:036 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a
crown to me.
18:031:037 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince
would I go near unto him.
18:031:038 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise
thereof complain;
18:031:039 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have
caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
18:031:040 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of
barley. The words of Job are ended.
18:032:001 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was
righteous in his own eyes.
18:032:002 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the
Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath
kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
18:032:003 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because
they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
18:032:004 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were
elder than he.
18:032:005 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these
three men, then his wrath was kindled.
18:032:006 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I
am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and
durst not shew you mine opinion.
18:032:007 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach
wisdom.
18:032:008 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the
Almighty giveth them understanding.
18:032:009 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
18:032:010 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine
opinion.
18:032:011 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons,
whilst ye searched out what to say.
18:032:012 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you
that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
18:032:013 Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth
him down, not man.
18:032:014 Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I
answer him with your speeches.
18:032:015 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off
speaking.
18:032:016 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and
answered no more;)
18:032:017 I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine
opinion.
18:032:018 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
18:032:019 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to
burst like new bottles.
18:032:020 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and
answer.
18:032:021 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let
me give flattering titles unto man.
18:032:022 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker
would soon take me away.
18:033:001 Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to
all my words.
18:033:002 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in
my mouth.
18:033:003 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips
shall utter knowledge clearly.
18:033:004 The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty
hath given me life.
18:033:005 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me,
stand up.
18:033:006 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am
formed out of the clay.
18:033:007 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my
hand be heavy upon thee.
18:033:008 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the
voice of thy words, saying,
18:033:009 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is
there iniquity in me.
18:033:010 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for
his enemy,
18:033:011 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
18:033:012 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that
God is greater than man.
18:033:013 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of
any of his matters.
18:033:014 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
18:033:015 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth
upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
18:033:016 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their
instruction,
18:033:017 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from
man.
18:033:018 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from
perishing by the sword.
18:033:019 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude
of his bones with strong pain:
18:033:020 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
18:033:021 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his
bones that were not seen stick out.
18:033:022 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the
destroyers.
18:033:023 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a
thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
18:033:024 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from
going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
18:033:025 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to
the days of his youth:
18:033:026 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him:
and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto
man his righteousness.
18:033:027 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and
perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
18:033:028 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life
shall see the light.
18:033:029 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
18:033:030 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with
the light of the living.
18:033:031 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will
speak.
18:033:032 If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire
to justify thee.
18:033:033 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach
thee wisdom.
18:034:001 Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
18:034:002 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that
have knowledge.
18:034:003 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
18:034:004 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what
is good.
18:034:005 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my
judgment.
18:034:006 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without
transgression.
18:034:007 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
18:034:008 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and
walketh with wicked men.
18:034:009 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should
delight himself with God.
18:034:010 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it
from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty,
that he should commit iniquity.
18:034:011 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause
every man to find according to his ways.
18:034:012 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the
Almighty pervert judgment.
18:034:013 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath
disposed the whole world?
18:034:014 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his
spirit and his breath;
18:034:015 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto
dust.
18:034:016 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the
voice of my words.
18:034:017 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn
him that is most just?
18:034:018 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes,
Ye are ungodly?
18:034:019 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of
princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they
all are the work of his hands.
18:034:020 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled
at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away
without hand.
18:034:021 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his
goings.
18:034:022 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers
of iniquity may hide themselves.
18:034:023 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should
enter into judgment with God.
18:034:024 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set
others in their stead.
18:034:025 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in
the night, so that they are destroyed.
18:034:026 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
18:034:027 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any
of his ways:
18:034:028 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and
he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
18:034:029 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when
he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be
done against a nation, or against a man only:
18:034:030 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
18:034:031 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne
chastisement, I will not offend any more:
18:034:032 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I
will do no more.
18:034:033 Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it,
whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I:
therefore speak what thou knowest.
18:034:034 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken
unto me.
18:034:035 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without
wisdom.
18:034:036 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his
answers for wicked men.
18:034:037 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands
among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
18:035:001 Elihu spake moreover, and said,
18:035:002 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My
righteousness is more than God's?
18:035:003 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and,
What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
18:035:004 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
18:035:005 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which
are higher than thou.
18:035:006 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy
transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
18:035:007 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth
he of thine hand?
18:035:008 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy
righteousness may profit the son of man.
18:035:009 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the
oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the
mighty.
18:035:010 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the
night;
18:035:011 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh
us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
18:035:012 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride
of evil men.
18:035:013 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty
regard it.
18:035:014 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is
before him; therefore trust thou in him.
18:035:015 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger;
yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
18:035:016 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth
words without knowledge.
18:036:001 Elihu also proceeded, and said,
18:036:002 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to
speak on God's behalf.
18:036:003 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe
righteousness to my Maker.
18:036:004 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in
knowledge is with thee.
18:036:005 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in
strength and wisdom.
18:036:006 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to
the poor.
18:036:007 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings
are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever,
and they are exalted.
18:036:008 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of
affliction;
18:036:009 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that
they have exceeded.
18:036:010 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that
they return from iniquity.
18:036:011 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in
prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
18:036:012 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they
shall die without knowledge.
18:036:013 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when
he bindeth them.
18:036:014 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
18:036:015 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their
ears in oppression.
18:036:016 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a
broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which
should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
18:036:017 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment
and justice take hold on thee.
18:036:018 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his
stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
18:036:019 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of
strength.
18:036:020 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
18:036:021 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen
rather than affliction.
18:036:022 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
18:036:023 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast
wrought iniquity?
18:036:024 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
18:036:025 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
18:036:026 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the
number of his years be searched out.
18:036:027 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain
according to the vapour thereof:
18:036:028 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
18:036:029 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the
noise of his tabernacle?
18:036:030 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the
bottom of the sea.
18:036:031 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in
abundance.
18:036:032 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to
shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
18:036:033 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also
concerning the vapour.
18:037:001 At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his
place.
18:037:002 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that
goeth out of his mouth.
18:037:003 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto
the ends of the earth.
18:037:004 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his
excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
18:037:005 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth
he, which we cannot comprehend.
18:037:006 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to
the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
18:037:007 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his
work.
18:037:008 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
18:037:009 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the
north.
18:037:010 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the
waters is straitened.
18:037:011 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth
his bright cloud:
18:037:012 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do
whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in
the earth.
18:037:013 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his
land, or for mercy.
18:037:014 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the
wondrous works of God.
18:037:015 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of
his cloud to shine?
18:037:016 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous
works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
18:037:017 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the
south wind?
18:037:018 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as
a molten looking glass?
18:037:019 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our
speech by reason of darkness.
18:037:020 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he
shall be swallowed up.
18:037:021 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds:
but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
18:037:022 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible
majesty.
18:037:023 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent
in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will
not afflict.
18:037:024 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise
of heart.
18:038:001 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
18:038:002 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
18:038:003 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee,
and answer thou me.
18:038:004 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?
declare, if thou hast understanding.
18:038:005 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who
hath stretched the line upon it?
18:038:006 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid
the corner stone thereof;
18:038:007 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God
shouted for joy?
18:038:008 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if
it had issued out of the womb?
18:038:009 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness
a swaddlingband for it,
18:038:010 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
18:038:011 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here
shall thy proud waves be stayed?
18:038:012 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the
dayspring to know his place;
18:038:013 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the
wicked might be shaken out of it?
18:038:014 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
18:038:015 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high
arm shall be broken.
18:038:016 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou
walked in the search of the depth?
18:038:017 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou
seen the doors of the shadow of death?
18:038:018 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou
knowest it all.
18:038:019 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness,
where is the place thereof,
18:038:020 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that
thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
18:038:021 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the
number of thy days is great?
18:038:022 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou
seen the treasures of the hail,
18:038:023 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the
day of battle and war?
18:038:024 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east
wind upon the earth?
18:038:025 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters,
or a way for the lightning of thunder;
18:038:026 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the
wilderness, wherein there is no man;
18:038:027 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud
of the tender herb to spring forth?
18:038:028 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
18:038:029 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven,
who hath gendered it?
18:038:030 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep
is frozen.
18:038:031 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the
bands of Orion?
18:038:032 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou
guide Arcturus with his sons?
18:038:033 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the
dominion thereof in the earth?
18:038:034 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of
waters may cover thee?
18:038:035 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto
thee, Here we are?
18:038:036 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given
understanding to the heart?
18:038:037 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the
bottles of heaven,
18:038:038 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast
together?
18:038:039 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of
the young lions,
18:038:040 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie
in wait?
18:038:041 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry
unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
18:039:001 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring
forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
18:039:002 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou
the time when they bring forth?
18:039:003 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they
cast out their sorrows.
18:039:004 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn;
they go forth, and return not unto them.
18:039:005 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the
bands of the wild ass?
18:039:006 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land
his dwellings.
18:039:007 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he
the crying of the driver.
18:039:008 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth
after every green thing.
18:039:009 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy
crib?
18:039:010 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or
will he harrow the valleys after thee?
18:039:011 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt
thou leave thy labour to him?
18:039:012 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and
gather it into thy barn?
18:039:013 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and
feathers unto the ostrich?
18:039:014 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
18:039:015 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild
beast may break them.
18:039:016 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were
not her's: her labour is in vain without fear;
18:039:017 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he
imparted to her understanding.
18:039:018 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the
horse and his rider.
18:039:019 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck
with thunder?
18:039:020 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his
nostrils is terrible.
18:039:021 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he
goeth on to meet the armed men.