me; show me why thou contendest with me.
3 Is it good to thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? [1]
4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,
6 That thou enquirest after my iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thy hand. [2]
8 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me in all my parts; yet thou dost destroy me. [3]
9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. [4]
12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy care hath preserved my spirit.
13 And these things hast thou hid in thy heart: I know that this is with thee.
14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from my iniquity.
15 If I be wicked, woe to me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou my affliction;
16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.
17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thy indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. [5]
18 Why then hast thou brought me forth from the womb? O that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
21 Before I go to the place from which I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
CHAP. 11.
1 Zophar reproveth Job for justifying himself. 6 God's wisdom is unsearchable. 13 The assured blessing of repentance.
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? [6]
3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? [7]
4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thy eyes.
5 But O that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
6 And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thy iniquity deserveth .
7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? [8]
9 The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10 If he shall cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? [9] [10]
11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it ?
12 For vain man would be wise, though man is born like a wild donkey’s colt. [11]
13 If thou preparest thy heart, and stretchest out thy hands toward him;
14 If iniquity is in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tents.
15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear:
16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
17 And thy age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. [12]
18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit to thee. [13]
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. [14] [15]
CHAP. 12.
1 Job maintaineth himself against his friends that reprove him. 7 He acknowledgeth the general doctrine of God's omnipotency.
And Job answered and said,
2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? [16] [17] [18]
4 I am as one mocked by his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is mocked.
5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
6 The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly .
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
- ↑ work: Heb. labour
- ↑ Thou...: Heb. It is upon thy knowledge
- ↑ have...: Heb. took pains about me
- ↑ fenced: Heb. hedged
- ↑ witnesses: that is, plagues
- ↑ full...: Heb. of lips
- ↑ lies: or, devices
- ↑ as high...: Heb. the heights of heaven
- ↑ cut...: or, make a change
- ↑ hinder...: Heb. turn him away?
- ↑ vain: Heb. empty
- ↑ be clearer...: Heb. arise above
- ↑ make suit...: Heb. intreat thy face
- ↑ they shall...: Heb. flight shall perish from them
- ↑ the giving...: or, a puff of breath
- ↑ understanding: Heb. an heart
- ↑ I am...: Heb. I fall not lower than you
- ↑ who...: Heb. with whom are not such as these?
