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23:1 Then Job answered and said,
23:2 Even to day is my complaint bitter:  my stroke is heavier than my
 groaning.
23:3 Oh that I knew where I might find him!  that I might come even to
 his seat!
23:4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
23:5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what
 he would say unto me.
23:6 Will he plead against me with his great power?  No; but he would put
 strength in me.
23:7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered
 for ever from my judge.
23:8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I
 cannot perceive him:
23:9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him:  he
 hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take:  when he hath tried me, I shall
 come forth as gold.
23:11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have
 esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
23:13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him?  and what his soul
 desireth, even that he doeth.
23:14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me:  and many such
 things are with him.
23:15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence:  when I consider, I am afraid
 of him.
23:16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
23:17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he
 covered the darkness from my face.

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24:1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know
 him not see his days?
24:2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed
 thereof.
24:3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for
 a pledge.
24:4 They turn the needy out of the way:  the poor of the earth hide
 themselves together.
24:5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work;
 rising betimes for a prey:  the wilderness yieldeth food for them and
 for their children.
24:6 They reap every one his corn in the field:  and they gather the
 vintage of the wicked.
24:7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no
 covering in the cold.
24:8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock
 for want of a shelter.
24:9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the
 poor.
24:10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the
 sheaf from the hungry;
24:11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses,
 and suffer thirst.
24:12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth
 out:  yet God layeth not folly to them.
24:13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways
 thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
24:14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in
 the night is as a thief.
24:15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye
 shall see me:  and disguiseth his face.
24:16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for
 themselves in the daytime:  they know not the light.
24:17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death:  if one
 know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
24:18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth:  he
 beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
24:19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters:  so doth the grave those
 which have sinned.
24:20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he
 shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
24:21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not:  and doeth not good
 to the widow.
24:22 He draweth also the mighty with his power:  he riseth up, and no man
 is sure of life.
24:23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet
 his eyes are upon their ways.
24:24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low;
 they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of
 the ears of corn.
24:25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my
 speech nothing worth?

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25:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
25:2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
25:3 Is there any number of his armies?  and upon whom doth not his light
 arise?
25:4 How then can man be justified with God?  or how can he be clean that
 is born of a woman?
25:5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not
 pure in his sight.
25:6 How much less man, that is a worm?  and the son of man, which is a
 worm?

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26:1 But Job answered and said,
26:2 How hast thou helped him that is without power?  how savest thou
 the arm that hath no strength?
26:3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom?  and how hast
 thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
26:4 To whom hast thou uttered words?  and whose spirit came from thee?
26:5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants
 thereof.
26:6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the
 earth upon nothing.
26:8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent
 under them.
26:9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon
 it.
26:10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come
 to an end.
26:11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
26:12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he
 smiteth through the proud.
26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the
 crooked serpent.
26:14 Lo, these are parts of his ways:  but how little a portion is heard
 of him?  but the thunder of his power who can understand?

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27:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
27:2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty,
 who hath vexed my soul;
27:3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my
 nostrils;
27:4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
27:5 God forbid that I should justify you:  till I die I will not remove
 mine integrity from me.
27:6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go:  my heart shall
 not reproach me so long as I live.
27:7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as
 the unrighteous.
27:8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when
 God taketh away his soul?
27:9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
27:10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty?  will he always call upon
 God?
27:11 I will teach you by the hand of God:  that which is with the
 Almighty will I not conceal.
27:12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus
 altogether vain?
27:13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of
 oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
27:14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword:  and his
 offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
27:15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death:  and his widows
 shall not weep.
27:16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
27:17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent
 shall divide the silver.
27:18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper
 maketh.
27:19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered:  he openeth
 his eyes, and he is not.
27:20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the
 night.
27:21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth:  and as a storm
 hurleth him out of his place.
27:22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare:  he would fain flee out
 of his hand.
27:23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his
 place.

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28:1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where
 they fine it.
28:2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the
 stone.
28:3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection:  the
 stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
28:4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten
 of the foot:  they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
28:5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread:  and under it is turned up
 as it were fire.
28:6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires:  and it hath dust of
 gold.
28:7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye
 hath not seen:
28:8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by
 it.
28:9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains
 by the roots.
28:10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every
 precious thing.
28:11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid
 bringeth he forth to light.
28:12 But where shall wisdom be found?  and where is the place of
 understanding?
28:13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of
 the living.
28:14 The depth saith, It is not in me:  and the sea saith, It is not
 with me.
28:15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for
 the price thereof.
28:16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or
 the sapphire.
28:17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it:  and the exchange of it
 shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
28:18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls:  for the price of
 wisdom is above rubies.
28:19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued
 with pure gold.
28:20 Whence then cometh wisdom?  and where is the place of understanding?
28:21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the
 fowls of the air.
28:22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our
 ears.
28:23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
28:24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole
 heaven;
28:25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by
 measure.
28:26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the
 thunder:
28:27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched
 it out.
28:28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
 and to depart from evil is understanding.

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29:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
29:2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God
 preserved me;
29:3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked
 through darkness;
29:4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my
 tabernacle;
29:5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about
 me;
29:6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers
 of oil;
29:7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat
 in the street!
29:8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves:  and the aged arose, and
 stood up.
29:9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
29:10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of
 their mouth.
29:11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw
 me, it gave witness to me:
29:12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him
 that had none to help him.
29:13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me:  and I
 caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me:  my judgment was as a
 robe and a diadem.
29:15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
29:16 I was a father to the poor:  and the cause which I knew not I
 searched out.
29:17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his
 teeth.
29:18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as
 the sand.
29:19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon
 my branch.
29:20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
29:21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
29:22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
29:23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth
 wide as for the latter rain.
29:24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my
 countenance they cast not down.
29:25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army,
 as one that comforteth the mourners.

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30:1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose
 fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
30:2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom
 old age was perished?
30:3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness
 in former time desolate and waste.
30:4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
30:5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as
 after a thief;)
30:6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and
 in the rocks.
30:7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered
 together.
30:8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men:  they were
 viler than the earth.
30:9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
30:10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my
 face.
30:11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let
 loose the bridle before me.
30:12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and
 they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
30:13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
30:14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters:  in the
 desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
30:15 Terrors are turned upon me:  they pursue my soul as the wind:  and my
 welfare passeth away as a cloud.
30:16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have
 taken hold upon me.
30:17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season:  and my sinews take no
 rest.
30:18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed:  it bindeth
 me about as the collar of my coat.
30:19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
30:20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me:  I stand up, and thou
 regardest me not.
30:21 Thou art become cruel to me:  with thy strong hand thou opposest
 thyself against me.
30:22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and
 dissolvest my substance.
30:23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house
 appointed for all living.
30:24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they
 cry in his destruction.
30:25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble?  was not my soul grieved
 for the poor?
30:26 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me:  and when I waited
 for light, there came darkness.
30:27 My bowels boiled, and rested not:  the days of affliction prevented
 me.
30:28 I went mourning without the sun:  I stood up, and I cried in the
 congregation.
30:29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
30:30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
30:31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of
 them that weep.

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31:1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
31:2 For what portion of God is there from above?  and what inheritance
 of the Almighty from on high?
31:3 Is not destruction to the wicked?  and a strange punishment to the
 workers of iniquity?
31:4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
31:5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
31:6 Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.
31:7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine
 eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
31:8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted
 out.
31:9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait
 at my neighbour's door;
31:10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon
 her.
31:11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be
 punished by the judges.
31:12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out
 all mine increase.
31:13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when
 they contended with me;
31:14 What then shall I do when God riseth up?  and when he visiteth, what
 shall I answer him?
31:15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him?  and did not one fashion
 us in the womb?
31:16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the
 eyes of the widow to fail;
31:17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not
 eaten thereof;
31:18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and
 I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
31:19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without
 covering;
31:20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with
 the fleece of my sheep;
31:21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help
 in the gate:
31:22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be
 broken from the bone.
31:23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his
 highness I could not endure.
31:24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art
 my confidence;
31:25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had
 gotten much;
31:26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in
 brightness;
31:27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my
 hand:
31:28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge:  for I
 should have denied the God that is above.
31:29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up
 myself when evil found him:
31:30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his
 soul.
31:31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh!  we
 cannot be satisfied.
31:32 The stranger did not lodge in the street:  but I opened my doors to
 the traveller.
31:33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my
 bosom:
31:34 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?
31:35 Oh that one would hear me!  behold, my desire is, that the Almighty
 would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
31:36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to
 me.
31:37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I
 go near unto him.
31:38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof
 complain;
31:39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the
 owners thereof to lose their life:
31:40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley.  The
 words of Job are ended.

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32:1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in
 his own eyes.
32:2 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.
32:3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had
 found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
32:4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder
 than he.
32:5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three
 men, then his wrath was kindled.
32:6 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 show
 you mine opinion.
32:7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
32:8 But there is a spirit in man:  and the inspiration of the Almighty
 giveth them understanding.
32:9 Great men are not always wise:  neither do the aged understand
 judgment.
32:10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will show mine opinion.
32:11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye
 searched out what to say.
32:12 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that
 convinced Job, or that answered his words:
32:13 Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom:  God thrusteth him down,
 not man.
32:14 Now he hath not directed his words against me:  neither will I
 answer him with your speeches.
32:15 They were amazed, they answered no more:  they left off speaking.
32:16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and
 answered no more;)
32:17 I said, I will answer also my part, I also will show mine opinion.
32:18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
32:19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to
 burst like new bottles.
32:20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed:  I will open my lips and
 answer.
32:21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give
 flattering titles unto man.
32:22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would
 soon take me away.

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33:1 Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my
 words.
33:2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
33:3 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart:  and my lips shall
 utter knowledge clearly.
33:4 The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath
 given me life.
33:5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
33:6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead:  I also am formed
 out of the clay.
33:7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be
 heavy upon thee.
33:8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of
 thy words, saying,
33:9 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there
 iniquity in me.
33:10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
33:11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
33:12 Behold, in this thou art not just:  I will answer thee, that God is
 greater than man.
33:13 Why dost thou strive against him?  for he giveth not account of any of
 his matters.
33:14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
33:15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon
 men, in slumberings upon the bed;
33:16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
33:17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
33:18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by
 the sword.
33:19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his
 bones with strong pain:
33:20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
33:21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones
 that were not seen stick out.
33:22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the
 destroyers.
33:23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a
 thousand, to show unto man his uprightness:
33:24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down
 to the pit:  I have found a ransom.
33:25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's:  he shall return to the
 days of his youth:
33:26 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.
33:27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted
 that which was right, and it profited me not;
33:28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall
 see the light.
33:29 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
33:30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light
 of the living.
33:31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me:  hold thy peace, and I will speak.
33:32 If thou hast any thing to say, answer me:  speak, for I desire to
 justify thee.
33:33 If not, hearken unto me:  hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee
 wisdom.

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34:1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
34:2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have
 knowledge.
34:3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
34:4 Let us choose to us judgment:  let us know among ourselves what is
 good.
34:5 For Job hath said, I am righteous:  and God hath taken away my
 judgment.
34:6 Should I lie against my right?  my wound is incurable without
 transgression.
34:7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
34:8 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with
 wicked men.
34:9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight
 himself with God.
34:10 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.
34:11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to
 find according to his ways.
34:12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty
 pervert judgment.
34:13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth?  or who hath disposed the
 whole world?
34:14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit
 and his breath;
34:15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
34:16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this:  hearken to the voice of
 my words.
34:17 Shall even he that hateth right govern?  and wilt thou condemn him
 that is most just?
34:18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked?  and to princes,
 Ye are ungodly?
34:19 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.
34:20 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.
34:21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
34:22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of
 iniquity may hide themselves.
34:23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter
 into judgment with God.
34:24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in
 their stead.
34:25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the
 night, so that they are destroyed.
34:26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
34:27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his
 ways:
34:28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he
 heareth the cry of the afflicted.
34:29 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:
34:30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
34:31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I
 will not offend any more:
34:32 That which I see not teach thou me:  if I have done iniquity, I will
 do no more.
34:33 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.
34:34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
34:35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without
 wisdom.
34:36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his
 answers for wicked men.
34:37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among
 us, and multiplieth his words against God.

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35:1 Elihu spake moreover, and said,
35:2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness
 is more than God's?
35:3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee?  and, What
 profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
35:4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
35:5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are
 higher than thou.
35:6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him?  or if thy
 transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
35:7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him?  or what receiveth he of
 thine hand?
35:8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness
 may profit the son of man.
35:9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to
 cry:  they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
35:10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the
 night;
35:11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser
 than the fowls of heaven?
35:12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil
 men.
35:13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
35:14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is
 before him; therefore trust thou in him.
35:15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet
 he knoweth it not in great extremity:
35:16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words
 without knowledge.

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36:1 Elihu also proceeded, and said,
36:2 Suffer me a little, and I will show thee that I have yet to speak on
 God's behalf.
36:3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to
 my Maker.
36:4 For truly my words shall not be false:  he that is perfect in
 knowledge is with thee.
36:5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any:  he is mighty in
 strength and wisdom.
36:6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked:  but giveth right to the
 poor.
36:7 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.
36:8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of
 affliction;
36:9 Then he showeth them their work, and their transgressions that they
 have exceeded.
36:10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they
 return from iniquity.
36:11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in
 prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
36:12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall
 die without knowledge.
36:13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath:  they cry not when he
 bindeth them.
36:14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
36:15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in
 oppression.
36:16 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.
36:17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked:  judgment and
 justice take hold on thee.
36:18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his
 stroke:  then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
36:19 Will he esteem thy riches?  no, not gold, nor all the forces of
 strength.
36:20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
36:21 Take heed, regard not iniquity:  for this hast thou chosen rather than
 affliction.
36:22 Behold, God exalteth by his power:  who teacheth like him?
36:23 Who hath enjoined him his way?  or who can say, Thou hast wrought
 iniquity?
36:24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
36:25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
36:26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number
 of his years be searched out.
36:27 For he maketh small the drops of water:  they pour down rain according
 to the vapour thereof:
36:28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
36:29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise
 of his tabernacle?
36:30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the
 sea.
36:31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
36:32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by
 the cloud that cometh betwixt.
36:33 The noise thereof showeth concerning it, the cattle also concerning
 the vapour.

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37:1 At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
37:2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out
 of his mouth.
37:3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends
 of the earth.
37:4 After it a voice roareth:  he thundereth with the voice of his
 excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
37:5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he,
 which we cannot comprehend.
37:6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small
 rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
37:7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
37:8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
37:9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind:  and cold out of the north.
37:10 By the breath of God frost is given:  and the breadth of the waters is
 straitened.
37:11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud:  he scattereth his
 bright cloud:
37:12 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.
37:13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for
 mercy.
37:14 Hearken unto this, O Job:  stand still, and consider the wondrous
 works of God.
37:15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his
 cloud to shine?
37:16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him
 which is perfect in knowledge?
37:17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south
 wind?
37:18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a
 molten looking glass?
37:19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our
 speech by reason of darkness.
37:20 Shall it be told him that I speak?  if a man speak, surely he shall be
 swallowed up.
37:21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds:  but
 the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
37:22 Fair weather cometh out of the north:  with God is terrible majesty.
37:23 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.
37:24 Men do therefore fear him:  he respecteth not any that are wise of
 heart.

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38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
38:2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
38:3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer
 thou me.
38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?  declare, if
 thou hast understanding.
38:5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest?  or who hath
 stretched the line upon it?
38:6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened?  or who laid the corner
 stone thereof;
38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted
 for joy?
38:8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it
 had issued out of the womb?
38:9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a
 swaddlingband for it,
38:10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
38:11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further:  and here shall
 thy proud waves be stayed?
38:12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the
 dayspring to know his place;
38:13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked
 might be shaken out of it?
38:14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
38:15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall
 be broken.
38:16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea?  or hast thou walked in
 the search of the depth?
38:17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee?  or hast thou seen the
 doors of the shadow of death?
38:18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth?  declare if thou knowest
 it all.
38:19 Where is the way where light dwelleth?  and as for darkness,
 where is the place thereof,
38:20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou
 shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
38:21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born?  or because the
 number of thy days is great?
38:22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow?  or hast thou seen
 the treasures of the hail,
38:23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of
 battle and war?
38:24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon
 the earth?
38:25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way
 for the lightning of thunder;
38:26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the
 wilderness, wherein there is no man;
38:27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of
 the tender herb to spring forth?
38:28 Hath the rain a father?  or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
38:29 Out of whose womb came the ice?  and the hoary frost of heaven, who
 hath gendered it?
38:30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is
 frozen.
38:31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands
 of Orion?
38:32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season?  or canst thou guide
 Arcturus with his sons?
38:33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven?  canst thou set the dominion
 thereof in the earth?
38:34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters
 may cover thee?
38:35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here
 we are?
38:36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts?  or who hath given
 understanding to the heart?
38:37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom?  or who can stay the bottles of
 heaven,
38:38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast
 together?
38:39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion?  or fill the appetite of the
 young lions,
38:40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in
 wait?
38:41 Who provideth for the raven his food?  when his young ones cry unto
 God, they wander for lack of meat.

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39:1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? 
 or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
39:2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil?  or knowest thou the
 time when they bring forth?
39:3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out
 their sorrows.
39:4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go
 forth, and return not unto them.
39:5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free?  or who hath loosed the bands of
 the wild ass?
39:6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his
 dwellings.
39:7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying
 of the driver.
39:8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after
 every green thing.
39:9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
39:10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow?  or will he
 harrow the valleys after thee?
39:11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great?  or wilt thou
 leave thy labour to him?
39:12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather
 it into thy barn?
39:13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks?  or wings and
 feathers unto the ostrich?
39:14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
39:15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast
 may break them.
39:16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not
 hers:  her labour is in vain without fear;
39:17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to
 her understanding.
39:18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and
 his rider.
39:19 Hast thou given the horse strength?  hast thou clothed his neck with
 thunder?
39:20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper?  the glory of his
 nostrils is terrible.
39:21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength:  he goeth on
 to meet the armed men.
39:22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back
 from the sword.
39:23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
39:24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage:  neither believeth
 he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
39:25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar
 off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
39:26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the
 south?
39:27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
39:28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and
 the strong place.
39:29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
39:30 Her young ones also suck up blood:  and where the slain are, there
 is she.

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40:1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
40:2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him?  he that
 reproveth God, let him answer it.
40:3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
40:4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee?  I will lay mine hand upon
 my mouth.
40:5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer:  yea, twice; but I will
 proceed no further.
40:6 Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
40:7 Gird up thy loins now like a man:  I will demand of thee, and declare
 thou unto me.
40:8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment?  wilt thou condemn me, that thou
 mayest be righteous?
40:9 Hast thou an arm like God?  or canst thou thunder with a voice like
 him?
40:10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with
 glory and beauty.
40:11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath:  and behold every one that is
 proud, and abase him.
40:12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down
 the wicked in their place.
40:13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
40:14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save
 thee.
40:15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
40:16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the
 navel of his belly.
40:17 He moveth his tail like a cedar:  the sinews of his stones are wrapped
 together.
40:18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars
 of iron.
40:19 He is the chief of the ways of God:  he that made him can make his
 sword to approach unto him.
40:20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the
 field play.
40:21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
40:22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the
 brook compass him about.
40:23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not:  he trusteth that
 he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
40:24 He taketh it with his eyes:  his nose pierceth through snares.

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41:1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook?  or his tongue with a cord
 which thou lettest down?
41:2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose?  or bore his jaw through with a
 thorn?
41:3 Will he make many supplications unto thee?  will he speak soft words
 unto thee?
41:4 Will he make a covenant with thee?  wilt thou take him for a servant
 for ever?
41:5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird?  or wilt thou bind him for
 thy maidens?
41:6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him?  shall they part him among
 the merchants?
41:7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons?  or his head with fish
 spears?
41:8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
41:9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain:  shall not one be cast down even
 at the sight of him?
41:10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up:  who then is able to stand
 before me?
41:11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him?  whatsoever is under
 the whole heaven is mine.
41:12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely
 proportion.
41:13 Who can discover the face of his garment?  or who can come to him
 with his double bridle?
41:14 Who can open the doors of his face?  his teeth are terrible round
 about.
41:15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
41:16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
41:17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot
 be sundered.
41:18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the
 eyelids of the morning.
41:19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
41:20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or
 caldron.
41:21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
41:22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before
 him.
41:23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together:  they are firm in
 themselves; they cannot be moved.
41:24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether
 millstone.
41:25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid:  by reason of
 breakings they purify themselves.
41:26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold:  the spear, the dart,
 nor the habergeon.
41:27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
41:28 The arrow cannot make him flee:  slingstones are turned with him into
 stubble.
41:29 Darts are counted as stubble:  he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
41:30 Sharp stones are under him:  he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon
 the mire.
41:31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot:  he maketh the sea like a pot
 of ointment.
41:32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to
 be hoary.
41:33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
41:34 He beholdeth all high things:  he is a king over all the children
 of pride.

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42:1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
42:2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be
 withholden from thee.
42:3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge?  therefore have I
 uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew
 not.
42:4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak:  I will demand of thee, and
 declare thou unto me.
42:5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear:  but now mine eye seeth
 thee.
42:6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
42:7 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job,
 the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee,
 and against thy two friends:  for ye have not spoken of me the thing that
 is right, as my servant Job hath.
42:8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my
 servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant
 Job shall pray for you:  for him will I accept:  lest I deal with you
 after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is
 right, like my servant Job.
42:9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the
 Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them:  the LORD
 also accepted Job.
42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his
 friends:  also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
42:11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and
 all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with
 him in his house:  and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the
 evil that the LORD had brought upon him:  every man also gave him a piece
 of money, and every one an earring of gold.
42:12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: 
 for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand
 yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
42:13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.
42:14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the
 second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.
42:15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of
 Job:  and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
42:16 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and
 his sons' sons, even four generations.
42:17 So Job died, being old and full of days.