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| There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was
Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and
eschewed evil. |
| And there were born unto him seven sons and three
daughters. |
| His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and
three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred
she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest
of all the men of the east. |
| And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every
one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to
drink with them. |
| And it was so, when the days of their feasting were
gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the
morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them
all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in
their hearts. Thus did Job continually. |
| Now there was a day when the sons of God came to
present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. |
| And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou?
Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the
earth, and from walking up and down in it. |
| And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered
my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and
an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? |
| Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job
fear God for nought? |
| Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his
house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the
work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. |
| But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he
hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. |
| And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he
hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So
Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD. |
| And there was a day when his sons and his daughters
were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: |
| And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The
oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: |
| And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away;
yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only
am escaped alone to tell thee. |
| While he was yet speaking, there came also another,
and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the
sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone
to tell thee. |
| While he was yet speaking, there came also another,
and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels,
and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of
the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. |
| While he was yet speaking, there came also another,
and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in
their eldest brother's house: |
| And, behold, there came a great wind from the
wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon
the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell
thee. |
| Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his
head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, |
| And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and
naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken
away; blessed be the name of the LORD. |
| In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God
foolishly. |
| Again there was a day when the sons of God came to
present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to
present himself before the LORD. |
| And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest
thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in
the earth, and from walking up and down in it. |
| And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered
my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and
an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he
holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to
destroy him without cause. |
| And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for
skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. |
| But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and
his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. |
| And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine
hand; but save his life. |
| So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD,
and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. |
| And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal;
and he sat down among the ashes. |
| Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain
thine integrity? curse God, and die. |
| But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the
foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God,
and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his
lips. |
| Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil
that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz
the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for
they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to
comfort him. |
| And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and
knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every
one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. |
| So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days
and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his
grief was very great. |
| After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. |
| And Job spake, and said, |
| Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night
in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. |
| Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from
above, neither let the light shine upon it. |
| Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a
cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. |
| As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let
it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the
number of the months. |
| Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice
come therein. |
| Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready
to raise up their mourning. |
| Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let
it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the
day: |
| Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's
womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. |
| Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up
the ghost when I came out of the belly? |
| Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts
that I should suck? |
| For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I
should have slept: then had I been at rest, |
| With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built
desolate places for themselves; |
| Or with princes that had gold, who filled their
houses with silver: |
| Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as
infants which never saw light. |
| There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the
weary be at rest. |
| There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the
voice of the oppressor. |
| The small and great are there; and the servant is
free from his master. |
| Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery,
and life unto the bitter in soul; |
| Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for
it more than for hid treasures; |
| Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they
can find the grave? |
| Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and
whom God hath hedged in? |
| For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings
are poured out like the waters. |
| For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon
me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. |
| I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was
I quiet; yet trouble came. |
| Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, |
| If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be
grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? |
| Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast
strengthened the weak hands. |
| Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and
thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. |
| But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it
toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. |
| Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and
the uprightness of thy ways? |
| Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being
innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? |
| Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and
sow wickedness, reap the same. |
| By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath
of his nostrils are they consumed. |
| The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce
lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. |
| The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the
stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. |
| Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear
received a little thereof. |
| In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep
sleep falleth on men, |
| Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my
bones to shake. |
| Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my
flesh stood up: |
| It stood still, but I could not discern the form
thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a
voice, saying, |
| Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man
be more pure than his maker? |
| Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his
angels he charged with folly: |
| How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay,
whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? |
| They are destroyed from morning to evening: they
perish for ever without any regarding it. |
| Doth not their excellency which is in them go away?
they die, even without wisdom. |
| Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and
to which of the saints wilt thou turn? |
| For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth
the silly one. |
| I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I
cursed his habitation. |
| His children are far from safety, and they are
crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. |
| Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it
even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. |
| Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust,
neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; |
| Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly
upward. |
| I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit
my cause: |
| Which doeth great things and unsearchable;
marvellous things without number: |
| Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters
upon the fields: |
| To set up on high those that be low; that those
which mourn may be exalted to safety. |
| He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that
their hands cannot perform their enterprise. |
| He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the
counsel of the froward is carried headlong. |
| They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in
the noonday as in the night. |
| But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their
mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. |
| So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her
mouth. |
| Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth:
therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: |
| For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and
his hands make whole. |
| He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven
there shall no evil touch thee. |
| In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in
war from the power of the sword. |
| Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue:
neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. |
| At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither
shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. |
| For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the
field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. |
| And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in
peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. |
| Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great,
and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. |
| Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as
a shock of corn cometh in in his season. |
| Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and
know thou it for thy good. |
| But Job answered and said, |
| Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my
calamity laid in the balances together! |
| For now it would be heavier than the sand of the
sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. |
| For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the
poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set
themselves in array against me. |
| Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth
the ox over his fodder? |
| Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt?
or is there any taste in the white of an egg? |
| The things that my soul refused to touch are as my
sorrowful meat. |
| Oh that I might have my request; and that God would
grant me the thing that I long for! |
| Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he
would let loose his hand, and cut me off! |
| Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden
myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words
of the Holy One. |
| What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is
mine end, that I should prolong my life? |
| Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my
flesh of brass? |
| Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite
from me? |
| To him that is afflicted pity should be showed from
his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. |
| My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and
as the stream of brooks they pass away; |
| Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein
the snow is hid: |
| What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is
hot, they are consumed out of their place. |
| The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to
nothing, and perish. |
| The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba
waited for them. |
| They were confounded because they had hoped; they
came thither, and were ashamed. |
| For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and
are afraid. |
| Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me
of your substance? |
| Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me
from the hand of the mighty? |
| Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to
understand wherein I have erred. |
| How forcible are right words! but what doth your
arguing reprove? |
| Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of
one that is desperate, which are as wind? |
| Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit
for your friend. |
| Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is
evident unto you if I lie. |
| Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea,
return again, my righteousness is in it. |
| Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste
discern perverse things? |
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