\id JOB  
\h Job 
\toc1 Job 
\toc2 Job 
\mt1 Job  
\s1  
\ms1 I. The Prologue (1:1-2:13)Job’s Good Life  
\c 1  
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\v 1  \w There was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a man|strong="H0376"\w* \w in the land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of Uz|strong="H5780"\w* \w whose|strong="H8034"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was Job|strong="H0347"\w*. \w And that man|strong="H0376"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w pure|strong="H8535"\w* \w and upright|strong="H3477"\w*, \w one who feared|strong="H3373"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w and turned|strong="H5493"\w* \w away from evil|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\v 2  \w Seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and three|strong="H7969"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w were born|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w*.  
\v 3  \w His possessions|strong="H4735"\w* \w included|strong="H0505"\w* 7,000 \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, \w 3,000|strong="H0505"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, \w 500|strong="H3967"\w* \w yoke|strong="H6776"\w* \w of oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, \w and 500|strong="H3967"\w* \w female donkeys|strong="H0860"\w*; \w in addition he had a very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w household|strong="H5657"\w*. \w Thus he|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the greatest|strong="H1419"\w* \w of all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the people in the east|strong="H6924"\w*.   
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\v 4  \w Now|strong="H1980"\w* \w his sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w used|strong="H6213"\w* \w to go|strong="H4960"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w hold|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H7121"\w* \w feast|strong="H4960"\w* \w in the house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of each|strong="H0376"\w* \w one in turn,|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w would|strong="H0376"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w and invite|strong="H7121"\w* \w their three|strong="H7969"\w* \w sisters|strong="H0269"\w* \w to eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w and to drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\v 5  \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of their feasting|strong="H4960"\w* \w were finished,|strong="H0347"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w would send|strong="H7971"\w* \w for them and sanctify|strong="H6942"\w* \w them; he would get up early|strong="H7925"\w* \w in the morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w and offer|strong="H5927"\w* \w burnt offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w according to|strong="H4557"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of them all|strong="H3605"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w thought|strong="H0559"\w*, \w “Perhaps|strong="H0194"\w* \w my children|strong="H1121"\w* \w have sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w and cursed|strong="H1288"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w in their hearts|strong="H3824"\w*.” \w This|strong="H3602"\w* \w was Job’s|strong="H0347"\w* \w customary|strong="H3117"\w* \w practice|strong="H6213"\w*.   
\s1 Satan’s Accusation \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w*  
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\v 6  \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w the day|strong="H3117"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of God|strong="H0430"\w* \w came to present|strong="H3320"\w* \w themselves before|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* – \w and Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w arrived|strong="H0935"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 7  \w The \+nd Lord\+nd*|strong="H3069"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, \w “Where|strong="H0370"\w* \w have you come|strong="H0935"\w* \w from?”|strong="H7854"\w* \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w the \+nd Lord\+nd*|strong="H3069"\w*\w ,|strong="H7751"\w* “\w From|strong="H0935"\w* roving \w about|strong="H0413"\w* \w on the earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w and from walking|strong="H1980"\w* \w back|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w forth|strong="H1980"\w* across \w it|strong="H1980"\w*.”  
\v 8  \w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, \w “Have you considered|strong="H3820"\w* \w my servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w*\w ? There|strong="H0369"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w one like|strong="H3644"\w* \w him on the earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w a pure|strong="H8535"\w* \w and upright|strong="H3477"\w* \w man, one who fears|strong="H3373"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w and turns|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H7451"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.”   
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\v 9  \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*\w , “Is it for nothing|strong="H2600"\w* \w that Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w fears|strong="H3372"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*?  
\v 10  \w Have you|strong="H0859"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w made a hedge|strong="H7753"\w* \w around him|strong="H1157"\w* \w and his|strong="H1157"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w and all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he has|strong="H0834"\w* \w on every side|strong="H5439"\w*\w ? You have blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w the work|strong="H4639"\w* \w of his hands|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and his livestock|strong="H4735"\w* \w have increased|strong="H6555"\w* \w in the land|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 11  \w But|strong="H0199"\w* \w extend|strong="H0199"\w* \w your hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w and strike|strong="H5060"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w he has|strong="H0834"\w*, \w and he will no|strong="H3808"\w* \w doubt|strong="H0518"\w* \w curse|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*!”   
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\v 12  \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, \w “All right then|strong="H2009"\w*, \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w he has|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*. \w Only|strong="H7535"\w* \w do not|strong="H0408"\w* \w extend|strong="H7971"\w* \w your hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w against the man himself!”|strong="H7854"\w* \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w went out|strong="H3318"\w* \w from the presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.   
\s1 Job’s Integrity \w in|strong="H0413"\w* Adversity  
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\v 13  \w Now the day|strong="H3117"\w* \w came when Job’s|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w were eating|strong="H0398"\w* \w and drinking|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w in their oldest|strong="H1060"\w* \w brother’s|strong="H0251"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\v 14  \w and a messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w “The oxen|strong="H1241"\w* \w were plowing|strong="H2790"\w* \w and the donkeys|strong="H0860"\w* \w were grazing|strong="H7462"\w* \w beside|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H7462"\w*,  
\v 15  \w and the Sabeans|strong="H7614"\w* \w swooped down|strong="H5307"\w* \w and carried|strong="H3947"\w* \w them all away|strong="H3947"\w*, \w and they killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w the servants|strong="H5288"\w* \w with the sword|strong="H2719"\w*! \w And|strong="H2719"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* – \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w alone|strong="H0905"\w* – \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* \w to|strong="H5046"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w*!”   
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\v 16  \w While|strong="H5750"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w one was still speaking|strong="H1696"\w*, \w another|strong="H2088"\w* \w messenger arrived|strong="H0935"\w* \w and said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w “The fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w of God|strong="H0430"\w* \w has fallen|strong="H5307"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and has burned|strong="H1197"\w* \w up the sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and the servants|strong="H5288"\w* \w – it has consumed|strong="H0398"\w* \w them|strong="H0935"\w*! \w And|strong="H0935"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* – \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w alone|strong="H0905"\w* – \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w*!”   
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\v 17  \w While|strong="H5750"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w one was still speaking|strong="H1696"\w* \w another|strong="H2088"\w* \w messenger arrived|strong="H0935"\w* \w and said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w “The Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w formed three|strong="H7969"\w* \w bands|strong="H7218"\w* \w and made a raid|strong="H6584"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the camels|strong="H1581"\w* \w and carried|strong="H3947"\w* \w them all away|strong="H3947"\w*, \w and they killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w the servants|strong="H5288"\w* \w with the sword|strong="H2719"\w*! \w And|strong="H0935"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* – \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w alone|strong="H0905"\w* – \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*!”   
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\v 18  \w While|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w one was still speaking|strong="H1696"\w* \w another|strong="H2088"\w* \w messenger arrived|strong="H0935"\w* \w and said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w “Your sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and your daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w were eating|strong="H0398"\w* \w and drinking|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w in their oldest|strong="H1060"\w* \w brother’s|strong="H0251"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\v 19  \w and suddenly|strong="H2009"\w* \w a great|strong="H1419"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w swept|strong="H0935"\w* \w across|strong="H5676"\w* \w the wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* \w and struck|strong="H5060"\w* \w the four|strong="H0702"\w* \w corners|strong="H6438"\w* \w of the house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and it fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the young people|strong="H5288"\w*, \w and they died|strong="H4191"\w*! \w And|strong="H0935"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* – \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w alone|strong="H0905"\w* – \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*!”   
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\v 20  \w Then Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H7167"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his robe|strong="H4598"\w*. \w He shaved|strong="H1494"\w* \w his head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and then he threw|strong="H5307"\w* \w himself down with his face|strong="H7812"\w* \w to the ground|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 21  \w He said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w “Naked|strong="H6174"\w* \w I came|strong="H3318"\w* \w from my mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w womb|strong="H0990"\w*, \w and naked|strong="H6174"\w* \w I will return|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w gives|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w takes away|strong="H3947"\w*. \w May|strong="H1961"\w* \w the name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w be blessed|strong="H1288"\w*!”  
\v 22  \w In all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w did not|strong="H3808"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w did he charge|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w with moral impropriety|strong="H8604"\w*.   
\c 2  
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\v 1  \w Again|strong="H1961"\w* \w the day|strong="H3117"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w when the sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of God|strong="H0430"\w* \w came to present|strong="H3320"\w* \w themselves|strong="H3320"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*\w , and Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w arrived|strong="H0935"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w them to present|strong="H3320"\w* \w himself|strong="H3117"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 2  \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, \w “Where|strong="H0335"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w you come|strong="H0935"\w* \w from?” Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*\w ,|strong="H7751"\w* “\w From|strong="H0935"\w* roving \w about|strong="H0413"\w* \w on the earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w and from walking|strong="H1980"\w* \w back|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w forth|strong="H1980"\w* across \w it|strong="H1980"\w*.”  
\v 3  \w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, \w “Have you considered|strong="H3820"\w* \w my servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w*\w ? For|strong="H3588"\w* \w there is no|strong="H0369"\w* \w one like|strong="H3644"\w* \w him on the earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w a pure|strong="H8535"\w* \w and upright|strong="H3477"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, \w one who fears|strong="H3373"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w and turns away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from evil|strong="H7451"\w*. \w And he still|strong="H5750"\w* \w holds firmly|strong="H2388"\w* \w to his integrity|strong="H8538"\w*, \w so that|strong="H5496"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w stirred|strong="H5496"\w* \w me up|strong="H5496"\w* \w to destroy|strong="H1104"\w* \w him|strong="H2600"\w* \w without|strong="H0369"\w* reason.”   
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\v 4  \w But|strong="H7854"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*\w , “Skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w*\w !|strong="H1157"\w* \w Indeed|strong="H5414"\w*, \w a man|strong="H0376"\w* \w will give|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he has to save|strong="H1157"\w* \w his life|strong="H5315"\w*!  
\v 5  \w But extend|strong="H0199"\w* \w your hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w and strike|strong="H5060"\w* \w his bone|strong="H6106"\w* \w and his flesh|strong="H1320"\w*, \w and he will no|strong="H3808"\w* \w doubt|strong="H0518"\w* \w curse|strong="H1288"\w* \w you to|strong="H0413"\w* \w your face|strong="H6440"\w*!”   
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\v 6  \w So the \+nd Lord\+nd*|strong="H3069"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, \w “All right,|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*; \w only|strong="H0389"\w* \w preserve|strong="H8104"\w* \w his life|strong="H5315"\w*.”   
\s1 Job’s Integrity \w in|strong="H0413"\w* Suffering  
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\v 7  \w So Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w went out|strong="H3318"\w* \w from the presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*\w , and he afflicted|strong="H5221"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w with a malignant|strong="H7822"\w* \w ulcer|strong="H7451"\w* \w from the sole|strong="H3709"\w* \w of his feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the top of|strong="H6936"\w* \w his head|strong="H6936"\w*.  
\v 8  \w Job took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a shard|strong="H2789"\w* \w of broken pottery to scrape|strong="H1623"\w* \w himself|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w while|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w the ashes|strong="H0665"\w*.   
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\v 9  \w Then|strong="H0802"\w* \w his|strong="H2388"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to him, “Are you still|strong="H5750"\w* \w holding firmly|strong="H2388"\w* \w to your integrity|strong="H8538"\w*\w ?|strong="H1288"\w* \w Curse|strong="H1288"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and die|strong="H4191"\w*!”  
\v 10  \w But he replied|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w You’re talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w like one|strong="H0259"\w* \w of the godless|strong="H5036"\w* \w women|strong="H5036"\w* \w would do|strong="H1696"\w*\w ! Should we receive|strong="H6901"\w* \w what is good|strong="H2896"\w* \w from God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and not|strong="H3808"\w* \w also|strong="H6901"\w* \w receive|strong="H6901"\w* \w what is evil|strong="H7451"\w*\w ?”|strong="H3605"\w* \w In|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w did not|strong="H3808"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \w by what he said|strong="H8193"\w*.   
\s1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Visit|strong="H0413"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Job’s|strong="H0347"\w* Friends  
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\v 11  \w When Job’s|strong="H0347"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w calamity|strong="H7451"\w* \w that had happened|strong="H0935"\w* \w to him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w each|strong="H0376"\w* \w of them came|strong="H0935"\w* \w from his own country|strong="H4725"\w* – \w Eliphaz|strong="H0464"\w* \w the Temanite|strong="H8489"\w*, \w Bildad|strong="H1085"\w* \w the Shuhite|strong="H7747"\w*, \w and Zophar|strong="H6691"\w* \w the Naamathite|strong="H5284"\w*. \w They met|strong="H3259"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w to come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to show sympathy|strong="H5110"\w* \w for him and to console|strong="H5162"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 12  \w But when they gazed intently|strong="H5869"\w* \w from a distance|strong="H7350"\w* \w but did not|strong="H3808"\w* \w recognize|strong="H5234"\w* \w him, they began|strong="H5375"\w* \w to weep|strong="H1058"\w* \w loudly|strong="H6963"\w*. \w Each|strong="H0376"\w* \w of them tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his robes|strong="H4598"\w*, \w and they threw|strong="H2236"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w into the air|strong="H8064"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w their heads|strong="H7218"\w*.  
\v 13  \w Then they sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w down with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him on the ground|strong="H0776"\w* \w for seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w and seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w nights|strong="H3915"\w*, \w yet no|strong="H0369"\w* \w one spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w a word|strong="H1697"\w* \w to him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w his pain|strong="H3511"\w* \w was very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1431"\w*.   
\c 3  
\p
\v 1  \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w his mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w and cursed|strong="H7043"\w* \w the day|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H0310"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* born.  
\v 2  \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w spoke up|strong="H6030"\w* \w and said|strong="H0559"\w*:   
\q1
\v 3 “\w Let the day|strong="H3117"\w* \w on which|strong="H3205"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the night|strong="H3915"\w* \w that said|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\q1 \w ‘A man|strong="H1397"\w* \w has been conceived|strong="H2030"\w*!’   
\q1
\v 4  \w That day|strong="H3117"\w* – \w let it be|strong="H1961"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*;  
\q1 \w let not|strong="H0408"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w high|strong="H4605"\w* \w regard|strong="H1875"\w* \w it,|strong="H0408"\w*  
\q1 \w nor let|strong="H0408"\w* \w light|strong="H5105"\w* \w shine|strong="H3313"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*!   
\q1
\v 5  \w Let|strong="H1350"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w and the deepest|strong="H6757"\w*  
\q1 \w shadow|strong="H6757"\w* \w claim it;|strong="H6053"\w*  
\q1 \w let a cloud|strong="H6053"\w* \w settle|strong="H7931"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it;|strong="H3650"\w*  
\q1 \w let whatever blackens|strong="H3650"\w* \w the day|strong="H3117"\w* \w terrify|strong="H1204"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*!   
\q1
\v 6  \w That night|strong="H3915"\w* \w – let darkness|strong="H0652"\w* \w seize|strong="H3947"\w* \w it;|strong="H0408"\w*  
\q1 \w let it not|strong="H0408"\w* \w be included|strong="H2302"\w* \w among the days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of the year|strong="H8141"\w*;  
\q1 \w let it not|strong="H0408"\w* \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* \w among the number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of the months|strong="H3391"\w*!   
\q1
\v 7  \w Indeed|strong="H2009"\w*, \w let that night|strong="H3915"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w barren|strong="H1565"\w*;  
\q1 \w let no|strong="H0408"\w* \w shout of joy|strong="H7445"\w* \w penetrate|strong="H0935"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*!   
\q1
\v 8  \w Let those who curse|strong="H5344"\w* \w the day|strong="H3117"\w* \w curse|strong="H0779"\w* it –  
\q1 those who \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w prepared|strong="H6264"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w rouse|strong="H5782"\w* \w Leviathan|strong="H3882"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \w Let its morning|strong="H2821"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* \w be darkened|strong="H5399"\w*;  
\q1 \w let it wait|strong="H6960"\w* \w for daylight|strong="H0216"\w* \w but|strong="H0369"\w* \w find none|strong="H0369"\w*,  
\q1 \w nor let|strong="H0408"\w* \w it see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the first rays|strong="H6079"\w* \w of dawn|strong="H7837"\w*,   
\q1
\v 10  \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w of my mother’s womb|strong="H0990"\w* \w on me,|strong="H5641"\w*  
\q1 \w nor did it hide|strong="H5641"\w* \w trouble|strong="H5999"\w* \w from my eyes|strong="H5869"\w*!   
\s1 \w Job|strong="H3808"\w* Wishes \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w Had|strong="H3588"\w* Died \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w Birth|strong="H0990"\w*  
\q1
\v 11 “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did I not|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w at birth|strong="H0990"\w*,  
\q1 \w and why did I not expire|strong="H1478"\w*  
\q1 \w as|strong="H3318"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of the womb|strong="H7358"\w*?   
\q1
\v 12  \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w did the knees|strong="H1290"\w* \w welcome|strong="H6923"\w* \w me,|strong="H4100"\w*  
\q1 \w and why|strong="H4100"\w* \w were there|strong="H7699"\w* two \w breasts|strong="H7699"\w*  
\q1 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I might nurse|strong="H3243"\w* at \w them|strong="H3588"\w*?   
\q1
\v 13  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I would be lying|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H8252"\w*  
\q1 \w and|strong="H8252"\w* would \w be|strong="H6258"\w* \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w*,  
\q1 \w I would be asleep|strong="H3462"\w* \w and then|strong="H0227"\w* \w at peace|strong="H5117"\w*   
\q1
\v 14  \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w and counselors|strong="H3289"\w* \w of the earth|strong="H0776"\w*  
\q1 \w who built|strong="H1129"\w* \w for themselves places now desolate|strong="H2723"\w*,   
\q1
\v 15  \w or|strong="H0176"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w who possessed gold|strong="H2091"\w*,  
\q1 \w who filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w their palaces|strong="H1004"\w* \w with silver|strong="H3701"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w Or|strong="H0176"\w* \w why|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w buried|strong="H2934"\w*  
\q1 \w like a stillborn|strong="H5309"\w* \w infant,|strong="H5768"\w*  
\q1 \w like infants|strong="H5768"\w* \w who have never|strong="H3808"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w the light|strong="H0216"\w*?   
\q1
\v 17  \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w the wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w cease|strong="H2308"\w* \w from turmoil|strong="H7267"\w*,  
\q1 \w and there|strong="H8033"\w* \w the weary|strong="H3019"\w* \w are at rest|strong="H5117"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18  \w There|strong="H0615"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w prisoners|strong="H0615"\w* \w relax|strong="H7599"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*;  
\q1 \w they do not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w of the oppressor|strong="H5065"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w Small|strong="H6996"\w* \w and great|strong="H1419"\w* \w are|strong="H8033"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the slave|strong="H5650"\w* \w is free|strong="H2670"\w* \w from his master|strong="H0113"\w*.   
\s1 Longing \w for|strong="H8033"\w* Death  
\q1
\v 20 “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w does God|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w* \w to one who is in misery|strong="H6001"\w*,  
\q1 \w and life|strong="H2416"\w* \w to those|strong="H5315"\w* \w whose soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w is bitter|strong="H4751"\w*,   
\q1
\v 21  \w to|strong="H2442"\w* those \w who|strong="H0369"\w* \w wait|strong="H2442"\w* \w for death|strong="H4194"\w* \w that|strong="H0369"\w* \w does|strong="H0369"\w* \w not|strong="H0369"\w* \w come,|strong="H2658"\w*  
\q1 \w and search for|strong="H2658"\w* \w it|strong="H4301"\w*  
\q1 \w more than for hidden treasures|strong="H4301"\w*,   
\q1
\v 22  \w who rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* \w even to jubilation|strong="H1524"\w*,  
\q1 \w and are exultant|strong="H7797"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they find|strong="H4672"\w* \w the grave|strong="H6913"\w*?   
\q1
\v 23  \w Why is light given|strong="H1397"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w*  
\q1 \w whose|strong="H0834"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w is hidden|strong="H5641"\w*,  
\q1 \w and whom God|strong="H0433"\w* \w has|strong="H1157"\w* \w hedged|strong="H5526"\w* \w in|strong="H1870"\w*?   
\q1
\v 24  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w my sighing|strong="H0585"\w* \w comes|strong="H0935"\w* \w in place|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3899"\w* \w my|strong="H0935"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*,  
\q1 \w and my groanings|strong="H7581"\w* \w flow forth|strong="H5413"\w* \w like water|strong="H4325"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the very thing|strong="H6343"\w* \w I dreaded|strong="H6342"\w* \w has happened|strong="H0857"\w* \w to me,|strong="H3025"\w*  
\q1 \w and what I feared|strong="H3025"\w* \w has|strong="H0834"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w upon|strong="H0935"\w* \w me|strong="H0935"\w*.   
\q1
\v 26  \w I have no|strong="H3808"\w* \w ease|strong="H7951"\w*, \w I have no quietness|strong="H8252"\w*;  
\q1 \w I cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*; \w turmoil|strong="H7267"\w* \w has|strong="H5117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w upon|strong="H0935"\w* \w me|strong="H0935"\w*.”   
\c 4  
\p
\v 1  \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Eliphaz|strong="H0464"\w* \w the Temanite|strong="H8489"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w If someone|strong="H5254"\w* \w should|strong="H6113"\w* \w attempt|strong="H6113"\w* \w a word|strong="H1697"\w* \w with you|strong="H3811"\w*,  
\q1 \w will you be impatient?|strong="H4310"\w*  
\q1 \w But who can|strong="H4310"\w* \w refrain|strong="H3201"\w* \w from speaking|strong="H4405"\w* ?   
\q1
\v 3  \w Look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w you have instructed|strong="H7227"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*;  
\q1 \w you have strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* \w feeble|strong="H7504"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4  \w Your words|strong="H4405"\w* \w have supported|strong="H6965"\w* \w those|strong="H3782"\w*  
\q1 \w who stumbled|strong="H3782"\w*,  
\q1 \w and you have strengthened|strong="H0553"\w* \w the knees|strong="H1290"\w*  
\q1 \w that gave way|strong="H3766"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w the same thing|strong="H0935"\w* \w comes|strong="H0935"\w* \w to you,|strong="H3811"\w*  
\q1 \w and you are discouraged|strong="H3811"\w*;  
\q1 \w it strikes|strong="H5060"\w* \w you,|strong="H0926"\w*  
\q1 \w and you are terrified|strong="H0926"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6  \w Is not|strong="H3808"\w* \w your piety|strong="H3373"\w* \w your confidence|strong="H3690"\w*,  
\q1 \w and your blameless|strong="H8537"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w your hope|strong="H8615"\w*?   
\q1
\v 7  \w Call to mind|strong="H2142"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*\w :|strong="H4310"\w*  
\q1 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w*, \w being innocent|strong="H5355"\w*, \w ever perished|strong="H0006"\w*\w ?|strong="H0375"\w*  
\q1 \w And where|strong="H0375"\w* \w were upright|strong="H3477"\w* \w people|strong="H3582"\w* \w ever|strong="H4310"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H0006"\w*?   
\q1
\v 8  \w Even as|strong="H0834"\w* \w I have seen|strong="H7200"\w*, \w those who plow|strong="H2790"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w*  
\q1 \w and those who sow|strong="H2232"\w* \w trouble|strong="H5999"\w* \w reap|strong="H7114"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* same.   
\q1
\v 9  \w By the breath|strong="H5397"\w* \w of God|strong="H0433"\w* \w they perish|strong="H0006"\w*,  
\q1 \w and by the blast|strong="H7307"\w* \w of his anger|strong="H0639"\w* \w they are consumed|strong="H3615"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \w There is|strong="H7581"\w* \w the|strong="H6963"\w* \w roaring|strong="H7581"\w* \w of the lion|strong="H0738"\w*  
\q1 \w and the growling|strong="H6963"\w* \w of the young lion|strong="H7826"\w*,  
\q1 \w but the teeth|strong="H8127"\w* \w of the young lions|strong="H3715"\w* \w are broken|strong="H5421"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \w The mighty lion|strong="H3918"\w* \w perishes|strong="H0006"\w* \w for lack|strong="H1097"\w* \w of prey|strong="H2964"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the cubs|strong="H1121"\w* \w of the lioness|strong="H3833"\w* \w are scattered|strong="H6504"\w*.   
\s1 Ungodly Complainers Provoke God’s Wrath  
\q1
\v 12 “\w Now a word|strong="H1697"\w* \w was secretly|strong="H1589"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w to me|strong="H1589"\w*,  
\q1 \w and my ear|strong="H0241"\w* \w caught|strong="H8102"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w whisper|strong="H8102"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w it|strong="H3947"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13  \w In the troubling thoughts|strong="H5587"\w* \w of the dreams|strong="H2384"\w* \w in the night|strong="H3915"\w*  
\q1 \w when a deep sleep|strong="H8639"\w* \w falls|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*,   
\q1
\v 14  \w a trembling|strong="H7460"\w* \w gripped|strong="H7230"\w* me – \w and|strong="H6343"\w* \w a|strong="H7230"\w* \w terror|strong="H6343"\w*! –  
\q1 \w and|strong="H6343"\w* made \w all|strong="H7230"\w* \w my|strong="H6106"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w shake|strong="H6342"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \w Then a breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w of air|strong="H2498"\w* \w passes|strong="H2498"\w* \w by my face|strong="H6440"\w*;  
\q1 \w it makes|strong="H5568"\w* \w the hair|strong="H8185"\w* \w of my flesh|strong="H1320"\w* stand \w up|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w It stands|strong="H5975"\w* \w still,|strong="H5234"\w*  
\q1 \w but I cannot recognize|strong="H5234"\w* \w its appearance|strong="H4758"\w*;  
\q1 \w an image|strong="H8544"\w* \w is before|strong="H5048"\w* \w my eyes|strong="H5869"\w*,  
\q1 \w and I hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w a murmuring|strong="H1827"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*:   
\q1
\v 17 “\w Is|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H0518"\w* \w mortal|strong="H0582"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w* \w before|strong="H0433"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w*\w ?|strong="H0518"\w*  
\q1 \w Or|strong="H0518"\w* \w a man|strong="H1397"\w* \w pure|strong="H2891"\w* \w before|strong="H0433"\w* \w his|strong="H0518"\w* Creator?   
\q1
\v 18  \w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w puts|strong="H7760"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w trust|strong="H0539"\w* \w in|strong="H5650"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*  
\q1 \w and attributes|strong="H7760"\w* \w folly|strong="H8417"\w* \w to his angels|strong="H4397"\w*,   
\q1
\v 19  \w how much|strong="H0637"\w* \w more to those who live|strong="H7931"\w* \w in houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of clay|strong="H2563"\w*,  
\q1 \w whose|strong="H0834"\w* \w foundation|strong="H3247"\w* \w is in the dust|strong="H6083"\w*,  
\q1 \w who are crushed|strong="H1792"\w* \w like|strong="H6211"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w moth|strong="H6211"\w*?   
\q1
\v 20  \w They are destroyed|strong="H3807"\w* \w between morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w and evening|strong="H6153"\w*;  
\q1 \w they perish|strong="H0006"\w* \w forever|strong="H5331"\w* \w without|strong="H1097"\w* \w anyone regarding|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21  \w Is not|strong="H3808"\w* \w their excess|strong="H5265"\w* \w wealth|strong="H5265"\w* taken away \w from|strong="H5265"\w* \w them?|strong="H4191"\w*  
\q1 \w They die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w yet without|strong="H3808"\w* \w attaining|strong="H3499"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*.   
\c 5  
\p  
\q1
\v 1 “\w Call|strong="H7121"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*\w !|strong="H3426"\w* \w Is|strong="H4310"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* anyone \w who will answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w you?|strong="H0413"\w*  
\q1 \w To|strong="H0413"\w* \w which|strong="H4310"\w* \w of the holy ones|strong="H6918"\w* \w will you turn|strong="H6437"\w*?   
\q1
\v 2  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w wrath kills the foolish|strong="H0191"\w* \w person,|strong="H2026"\w*  
\q1 \w and anger|strong="H2026"\w* \w slays|strong="H2026"\w* \w the silly|strong="H3708"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3  \w I myself|strong="H0589"\w* \w have seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w the fool|strong="H0191"\w* \w taking root|strong="H8327"\w*,  
\q1 \w but suddenly|strong="H6597"\w* \w I cursed|strong="H5344"\w* \w his place|strong="H5116"\w* \w of residence|strong="H5116"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4  \w His children|strong="H1121"\w* \w are far|strong="H7368"\w* \w from safety|strong="H3468"\w*,  
\q1 \w and they are crushed|strong="H1792"\w* \w at the place where judgment is rendered|strong="H8179"\w*,  
\q1 \w nor is there|strong="H0369"\w* \w anyone to deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w them|strong="H7368"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \w The hungry|strong="H7456"\w* \w eat up|strong="H0398"\w* \w his harvest|strong="H7105"\w*,  
\q1 \w and take|strong="H3947"\w* \w it even from behind the thorns|strong="H6791"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the thirsty|strong="H6782"\w* \w swallow up|strong="H7602"\w* \w their fortune|strong="H2428"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w evil|strong="H0205"\w* \w does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w up from the dust|strong="H6083"\w*,  
\q1 \w nor does trouble|strong="H5999"\w* \w spring|strong="H6779"\w* \w up from the ground|strong="H0127"\w*,   
\q1
\v 7  \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H0120"\w* \w are born|strong="H3205"\w* \w to trouble|strong="H5999"\w*,  
\q1 \w as surely as the sparks|strong="H7565"\w* \w fly|strong="H5774"\w* upward.   
\s1 Blessings \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w One|strong="H0120"\w* \w Who|strong="H1121"\w* Seeks God  
\q1
\v 8 “\w But|strong="H0199"\w* \w as|strong="H0589"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w me,|strong="H0589"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w would seek|strong="H1875"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*,  
\q1 \w and to|strong="H0413"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w I would set|strong="H7760"\w* \w forth my case|strong="H1700"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \w He does|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w and unsearchable|strong="H2714"\w* \w things,|strong="H6381"\w*  
\q1 \w marvelous things|strong="H6381"\w* \w without|strong="H0369"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w*;   
\q1
\v 10  \w he gives|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the earth|strong="H0776"\w*,  
\q1 \w and sends|strong="H7971"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the fields|strong="H2351"\w*;   
\q1
\v 11  \w he sets|strong="H7760"\w* \w the lowly|strong="H8217"\w* \w on high|strong="H4791"\w*,  
\q1 \w that those who mourn|strong="H6937"\w* \w are raised|strong="H7682"\w* \w to safety|strong="H3468"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12  \w He frustrates|strong="H6565"\w* \w the plans|strong="H4284"\w* \w of the crafty|strong="H6175"\w*  
\q1 \w so that|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w accomplish|strong="H6213"\w*  
\q1 \w what they had planned|strong="H8454"\w*!   
\q1
\v 13  \w He catches|strong="H3920"\w* \w the wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w in their own craftiness|strong="H6193"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \w of the cunning|strong="H6617"\w* \w is|strong="H6617"\w* \w brought to a quick|strong="H4116"\w* end.   
\q1
\v 14  \w They meet|strong="H6298"\w* \w with darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w in the daytime|strong="H3119"\w*,  
\q1 \w and grope|strong="H4959"\w* \w about|strong="H6672"\w* \w in|strong="H4959"\w* \w the|strong="H3915"\w* noontime \w as if it were night|strong="H3915"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \w So he saves|strong="H3467"\w* \w from the sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w that comes from their mouth|strong="H6310"\w*,  
\q1 \w even|strong="H0034"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w poor|strong="H0034"\w* \w from the hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of the powerful|strong="H2389"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w Thus|strong="H1961"\w* \w the poor|strong="H1800"\w* \w have hope|strong="H8615"\w*,  
\q1 \w and iniquity|strong="H5766"\w* \w shuts|strong="H7092"\w* \w its mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17 “\w Therefore,|strong="H0835"\w* \w blessed|strong="H0835"\w* \w is the man|strong="H0582"\w* \w whom God|strong="H0433"\w* \w corrects|strong="H3198"\w*,  
\q1 \w so do not|strong="H0408"\w* \w despise|strong="H3988"\w* \w the discipline|strong="H4148"\w* \w of the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3510"\w* \w wounds|strong="H4272"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H3588"\w* bandages;  
\q1 \w he strikes|strong="H4272"\w*, \w but his hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w also heal|strong="H7495"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w He will deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H5337"\w* \w from|strong="H5337"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w calamities|strong="H6869"\w*;  
\q1 \w yes, in seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w will touch|strong="H5060"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20  \w In time of famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w he will redeem|strong="H6299"\w* \w you from death|strong="H4194"\w*,  
\q1 \w and in time of war|strong="H4421"\w* \w from the power|strong="H3027"\w* \w of the sword|strong="H2719"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21  \w You will be protected|strong="H2244"\w* \w from malicious|strong="H7752"\w* \w gossip|strong="H3956"\w*,  
\q1 \w and will not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of the destruction|strong="H7701"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w it comes|strong="H0935"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w You will laugh at|strong="H7832"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7701"\w* \w and famine|strong="H3720"\w*  
\q1 \w and need not|strong="H0408"\w* \w be afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of the beasts|strong="H2416"\w* \w of the earth|strong="H0776"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w will have a pact|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w of the field|strong="H7704"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w animals|strong="H2416"\w* \w will be at peace|strong="H7999"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 24  \w And|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your home|strong="H0168"\w*  
\q1 \w will be secure,|strong="H7965"\w*  
\q1 \w and when you inspect|strong="H7965"\w* \w your domains|strong="H5116"\w*,  
\q1 \w you will not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be missing|strong="H2398"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25  \w You will also know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your children|strong="H6631"\w* \w will be numerous|strong="H6631"\w*,  
\q1 \w and your descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w like the grass|strong="H6212"\w* \w of the earth|strong="H0776"\w*.   
\q1
\v 26  \w You will come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w your grave|strong="H6913"\w* \w in a full age|strong="H3624"\w*,  
\q1 \w As stacks of grain|strong="H1430"\w* \w are harvested in their season|strong="H6256"\w*.   
\q1
\v 27  \w Look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w we have investigated|strong="H2713"\w* \w this, so|strong="H3651"\w* \w it is true.|strong="H8085"\w*  
\q1 \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w it,|strong="H3045"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* apply \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w for|strong="H3045"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* own good.”   
\c 6  
\p
\v 1  \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w responded|strong="H6030"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w Oh,|strong="H3863"\w* \w if|strong="H3863"\w* \w only|strong="H3863"\w* \w my grief|strong="H3708"\w* \w could be weighed|strong="H8254"\w*,  
\q1 \w and my misfortune laid|strong="H3976"\w* \w on|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w scales|strong="H3976"\w* \w too|strong="H3162"\w*!   
\q1
\v 3  \w But because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it is heavier|strong="H3513"\w* \w than the sand|strong="H2344"\w* \w of the sea|strong="H3220"\w*,  
\q1 \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w is why|strong="H3651"\w* \w my words|strong="H1697"\w* \w have been wild|strong="H3886"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the arrows|strong="H2671"\w* \w of the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w are within me|strong="H5978"\w*;  
\q1 \w my|strong="H2534"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w drinks|strong="H8354"\w* \w their poison|strong="H2534"\w*;  
\q1 \w God’s|strong="H0433"\w* \w sudden terrors|strong="H1161"\w* \w are arrayed|strong="H6186"\w* against \w me|strong="H5978"\w*.   
\s1 Complaints Reflect Suffering  
\q1
\v 5 “\w Does the wild donkey|strong="H6501"\w* \w bray|strong="H5101"\w* \w when it is near grass|strong="H1877"\w*\w ?|strong="H0518"\w*  
\q1 \w Or|strong="H0518"\w* \w does the ox|strong="H7794"\w* \w low near its fodder|strong="H1098"\w*?   
\q1
\v 6  \w Can food that is tasteless|strong="H8602"\w* \w be eaten|strong="H0398"\w* \w without|strong="H1097"\w* \w salt|strong="H4417"\w*\w ?|strong="H0518"\w*  
\q1 \w Or|strong="H0518"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w there any taste|strong="H2940"\w* \w in the white|strong="H7388"\w* \w of an egg|strong="H2495"\w*?   
\q1
\v 7  \w I|strong="H3985"\w* have \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* \w to touch|strong="H5060"\w* \w such|strong="H5315"\w* \w things;|strong="H1992"\w*  
\q1 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are like loathsome|strong="H1741"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H3985"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*.   
\s1 \w A|strong="H5060"\w* Cry \w for|strong="H5315"\w* \w Death|strong="H5315"\w*  
\q1
\v 8 “\w Oh that|strong="H7596"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w request|strong="H7596"\w* \w would be realized|strong="H0935"\w*,  
\q1 \w and that God|strong="H0433"\w* \w would grant|strong="H5414"\w* \w me what I long|strong="H8615"\w* \w for|strong="H5414"\w*!   
\q1
\v 9  \w And that God|strong="H0433"\w* \w would be willing|strong="H2974"\w* \w to crush|strong="H1792"\w* \w me,|strong="H5425"\w*  
\q1 \w that he would let loose|strong="H5425"\w* \w his hand|strong="H3027"\w*  
\q1 \w and|strong="H1214"\w* kill \w me|strong="H1214"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \w Then I would yet have my comfort|strong="H5165"\w*,  
\q1 \w then|strong="H5539"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* would \w rejoice|strong="H5539"\w*,  
\q1 \w in spite|strong="H5750"\w* \w of pitiless|strong="H2550"\w* \w pain,|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q1 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I have not|strong="H3808"\w* \w concealed|strong="H3582"\w* \w the words|strong="H0561"\w* \w of the Holy One|strong="H6918"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is my strength|strong="H3581"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I should wait|strong="H3176"\w*\w ?|strong="H4100"\w*  
\q1 \w and what|strong="H4100"\w* \w is my end|strong="H7093"\w*,  
\q1 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I should prolong|strong="H0748"\w* \w my life|strong="H5315"\w*?   
\q1
\v 12  \w Is my|strong="H0518"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w like that of stones|strong="H0068"\w*\w ?|strong="H0518"\w*  
\q1 \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w is my flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w made of bronze|strong="H5153"\w*?   
\q1
\v 13  \w Is|strong="H0369"\w* \w not|strong="H0369"\w* \w my power to help|strong="H5833"\w* \w myself nothing,|strong="H8454"\w*  
\q1 \w and has not every resource|strong="H8454"\w* \w been driven|strong="H5080"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*?   
\s1 Disappointing Friends  
\q1
\v 14 “\w To the one in despair|strong="H4523"\w*, \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* \w should come from his friend|strong="H7453"\w*  
\q1 \w even if|strong="H5800"\w* he forsakes \w the fear|strong="H3374"\w* \w of the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \w My brothers|strong="H0251"\w* \w have been as treacherous|strong="H0898"\w* \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w a seasonal stream|strong="H5158"\w*,  
\q1 \w and as the riverbeds|strong="H0650"\w* \w of the intermittent streams|strong="H5158"\w*  
\q1 \w that flow away|strong="H5674"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w They|strong="H6937"\w* \w are|strong="H6937"\w* \w dark|strong="H6937"\w* \w because of ice|strong="H7140"\w*;  
\q1 \w snow|strong="H7950"\w* \w is piled|strong="H5921"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17  \w When they are scorched|strong="H2215"\w*, \w they dry up|strong="H6789"\w*,  
\q1 \w when it is hot|strong="H2527"\w*, \w they vanish|strong="H1846"\w* \w from their place|strong="H4725"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18  \w Caravans|strong="H0734"\w* \w turn aside from their routes|strong="H1870"\w*;  
\q1 \w they go|strong="H5927"\w* \w into the wasteland|strong="H8414"\w* \w and perish|strong="H0006"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w The caravans|strong="H0734"\w* \w of Tema|strong="H8485"\w* \w looked intently|strong="H1979"\w* \w for these streams;|strong="H7614"\w*  
\q1 \w the traveling merchants|strong="H7614"\w* \w of|strong="H0734"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* \w hoped|strong="H6960"\w* \w for|strong="H6960"\w* them.   
\q1
\v 20  \w They were distressed|strong="H0954"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w each one had been|strong="H0982"\w* \w so|strong="H0935"\w* \w confident|strong="H0982"\w*;  
\q1 \w they arrived|strong="H0935"\w* \w there,|strong="H2659"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* were \w disappointed|strong="H0954"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you have become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like these streams that are no|strong="H3808"\w* \w help;|strong="H7200"\w*  
\q1 \w you see|strong="H7200"\w* \w a terror|strong="H2866"\w*, \w and are afraid|strong="H3372"\w*.   
\s1 Friends’ \w Fears|strong="H3372"\w*  
\q1
\v 22 “\w Have I|strong="H0559"\w* ever \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Give|strong="H3051"\w* \w me something,|strong="H7809"\w*  
\q1 \w and from your fortune|strong="H7809"\w* \w make|strong="H3588"\w* gifts \w in|strong="H0559"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* favor’?   
\q1
\v 23  \w Or ‘Deliver me|strong="H6299"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the enemy’s|strong="H6862"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*,  
\q1 \w and from the hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of tyrants|strong="H6184"\w* \w ransom|strong="H6299"\w* me’?   
\s1 No Sin Discovered  
\q1
\v 24 “\w Teach|strong="H3384"\w* \w me and I|strong="H0589"\w*, \w for my part,|strong="H2790"\w* \w will|strong="H0589"\w* be \w silent|strong="H2790"\w*;  
\q1 \w explain to me|strong="H0995"\w* \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w I have been mistaken|strong="H7686"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25  \w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w painful|strong="H4834"\w* \w are honest|strong="H3476"\w* \w words|strong="H0561"\w*\w !|strong="H4100"\w*  
\q1 \w But|strong="H4100"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w does|strong="H3198"\w* \w your reproof|strong="H3198"\w* \w prove|strong="H3198"\w*?   
\q1
\v 26  \w Do you intend to criticize|strong="H3198"\w* \w mere words|strong="H0561"\w*,  
\q1 \w and treat|strong="H2803"\w* \w the words|strong="H0561"\w* \w of a despairing|strong="H2976"\w* \w man as|strong="H2803"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*?   
\q1
\v 27  \w Yes|strong="H0637"\w*, \w you would gamble|strong="H5921"\w* \w for the fatherless|strong="H3490"\w*,  
\q1 \w and auction|strong="H3738"\w* \w off|strong="H7453"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*.   
\s1 \w Other|strong="H7453"\w* Explanation  
\q1
\v 28 “\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w then|strong="H6437"\w*, \w be good enough|strong="H2974"\w* \w to look|strong="H6437"\w* \w at me;|strong="H0518"\w*  
\q1 \w and I will not|strong="H0518"\w* \w lie|strong="H3576"\w* \w to your face|strong="H6440"\w*!   
\q1
\v 29  \w Relent|strong="H7725"\w*, \w let|strong="H0408"\w* \w there be|strong="H1961"\w* \w no falsehood|strong="H5766"\w*;  
\q1 \w reconsider|strong="H5750"\w*, \w for my righteousness|strong="H6664"\w* \w is|strong="H6664"\w* intact!   
\q1
\v 30  \w Is there|strong="H3426"\w* \w any falsehood|strong="H5766"\w* \w on my lips?|strong="H0518"\w*  
\q1 \w Can|strong="H0518"\w* \w my mouth|strong="H2441"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w discern|strong="H0995"\w* \w evil things|strong="H1942"\w*?   
\c 7  
\p  
\q1
\v 1 “\w Does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w humanity|strong="H0582"\w* \w have hard service|strong="H6635"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth?|strong="H3117"\w*  
\q1 \w Are not their days|strong="H3117"\w* \w also|strong="H3117"\w*  
\q1 \w like the days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of a hired man|strong="H7916"\w*?   
\q1
\v 2  \w Like a servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w longing|strong="H7602"\w* \w for the evening shadow|strong="H6738"\w*,  
\q1 \w and like a hired man|strong="H7916"\w* \w looking|strong="H6960"\w* \w for his wages|strong="H6467"\w*,   
\q1
\v 3  \w thus|strong="H3651"\w* \w I have been made to inherit|strong="H5157"\w*  
\q1 \w months|strong="H3391"\w* \w of futility|strong="H7723"\w*,  
\q1 \w and nights|strong="H3915"\w* \w of sorrow|strong="H5999"\w*  
\q1 \w have been appointed|strong="H4487"\w* \w to|strong="H3915"\w* me.   
\q1
\v 4  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w I lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w down, I say|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w When|strong="H4970"\w* \w will I arise|strong="H4059"\w*\w ?’,|strong="H4059"\w*  
\q1 \w and the night|strong="H4059"\w* \w stretches on|strong="H4059"\w*  
\q1 \w and I|strong="H4059"\w* \w toss and turn restlessly|strong="H5076"\w*  
\q1 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the day dawns|strong="H5399"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \w My body|strong="H1320"\w* \w is clothed|strong="H3847"\w* \w with worms|strong="H7415"\w* \w and dirty|strong="H1487"\w* \w scabs|strong="H6083"\w*;  
\q1 \w my skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w is broken|strong="H3988"\w* \w and|strong="H1320"\w* festering.   
\q1
\v 6  \w My days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are swifter|strong="H7043"\w* \w than a weaver’s shuttle|strong="H0708"\w*  
\q1 \w and they come|strong="H3615"\w* \w to an end|strong="H0657"\w* \w without hope|strong="H8615"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7  \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w my life|strong="H2416"\w* \w is but a breath|strong="H7307"\w*,  
\q1 \w that|strong="H5869"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w will never|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w happiness|strong="H2896"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \w The eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w of him|strong="H7789"\w* \w who sees|strong="H7210"\w* \w me now will see me no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more;|strong="H5869"\w*  
\q1 \w your eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w will look for me, but I will be gone|strong="H0369"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \w As|strong="H6051"\w* \w a|strong="H5927"\w* \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w* \w is dispersed|strong="H3615"\w* \w and then disappears|strong="H1980"\w*,  
\q1 \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w the one who goes down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to the grave|strong="H7585"\w*  
\q1 \w does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w come up|strong="H5927"\w* again.   
\q1
\v 10  \w He returns|strong="H7725"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w to his house|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\q1 \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w does his place|strong="H4725"\w* \w of residence|strong="H5234"\w* \w know him|strong="H5750"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w*.   
\s1 \w Job|strong="H3808"\w* Remonstrates \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1
\v 11 “\w Therefore|strong="H1571"\w*, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will not|strong="H3808"\w* \w refrain|strong="H2820"\w* \w my mouth|strong="H6310"\w*;  
\q1 \w I will speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w in the anguish|strong="H6862"\w* \w of my spirit|strong="H7307"\w*;  
\q1 \w I|strong="H7878"\w* \w will complain|strong="H7878"\w* \w in the bitterness|strong="H4751"\w* \w of my soul|strong="H5315"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12  \w Am I|strong="H0589"\w* \w the sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w the creature|strong="H8577"\w* \w of the deep,|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q1 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you must put|strong="H7760"\w* \w me under|strong="H5921"\w* \w guard|strong="H4929"\w*?   
\q1
\v 13  \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w I say|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w My bed|strong="H6210"\w* \w will comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w me,|strong="H4904"\w*  
\q1 \w my couch|strong="H4904"\w* \w will ease|strong="H5375"\w* \w my complaint|strong="H7878"\w*,”   
\q1
\v 14  \w then you scare|strong="H2865"\w* \w me|strong="H2472"\w* with \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w*  
\q1 \w and terrify|strong="H1204"\w* \w me with|strong="H2384"\w* \w visions|strong="H2384"\w*,   
\q1
\v 15  \w so that I|strong="H4267"\w* \w would|strong="H5315"\w* prefer strangling,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H4194"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w more|strong="H5315"\w* than \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w I loathe|strong="H3988"\w* \w it;|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want to live|strong="H2421"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*;  
\q1 \w leave me|strong="H4480"\w* \w alone|strong="H2308"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w my days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are a vapor|strong="H1892"\w*!   
\s1 Insignificance \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Humans  
\q1
\v 17 “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is mankind|strong="H0582"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you make so much|strong="H1431"\w* \w of them,|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q1 \w and that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you pay|strong="H7896"\w* \w attention|strong="H3820"\w* \w to them|strong="H0413"\w*?   
\q1
\v 18  \w And that you visit|strong="H6485"\w* \w them every morning|strong="H1242"\w*,  
\q1 \w and try|strong="H0974"\w* \w them every moment|strong="H7281"\w*?   
\q1
\v 19  \w Will you never|strong="H3808"\w* \w look away|strong="H8159"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me,|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w will you not|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H7503"\w* \w me alone|strong="H7503"\w*  
\q1 \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w enough to swallow|strong="H1104"\w* \w my spittle|strong="H7536"\w*?   
\q1
\v 20  \w If|strong="H2398"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w – what|strong="H4100"\w* \w have I done|strong="H6466"\w* \w to you,|strong="H5341"\w*  
\q1 \w O watcher|strong="H5341"\w* \w of men|strong="H0120"\w*\w ?|strong="H4100"\w*  
\q1 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w have you set|strong="H7760"\w* \w me as your target|strong="H4645"\w*\w ?|strong="H1961"\w*  
\q1 \w Have I become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a burden|strong="H4853"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*?   
\q1
\v 21  \w And why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do you not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pardon|strong="H5375"\w* \w my transgression|strong="H6588"\w*,  
\q1 \w and take|strong="H5375"\w* \w away|strong="H5674"\w* \w my iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*\w ?|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q1 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I will lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w down in the dust|strong="H6083"\w*,  
\q1 \w and you will seek me diligently|strong="H7836"\w*,  
\q1 \w but I will be gone|strong="H0369"\w*.”   
\c 8  
\p
\v 1  \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Bildad|strong="H1085"\w* \w the Shuhite|strong="H7747"\w* \w spoke up and said|strong="H0559"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w How long|strong="H0575"\w* \w will you speak|strong="H4448"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w things,|strong="H3524"\w*  
\q1 \w seeing|strong="H3524"\w* \w that the words|strong="H0561"\w* \w of your mouth|strong="H6310"\w*  
\q1 \w are like a great|strong="H7307"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*?   
\q1
\v 3  \w Does God|strong="H0410"\w* \w pervert|strong="H5791"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w*\w ?|strong="H0518"\w*  
\q1 \w Or|strong="H0518"\w* \w does the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w pervert|strong="H5791"\w* \w what is right|strong="H6664"\w*?   
\q1
\v 4  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w your children|strong="H1121"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against him,|strong="H3027"\w*  
\q1 \w he gave them over|strong="H3027"\w* \w to the penalty|strong="H6588"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \w But|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w will look|strong="H7836"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*,  
\q1 \w and make your supplication|strong="H2603"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*,   
\q1
\v 6  \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you become|strong="H2134"\w* \w pure|strong="H2134"\w* \w and upright|strong="H3477"\w*,  
\q1 \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w he will rouse|strong="H5782"\w* \w himself|strong="H7999"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*,  
\q1 \w and will restore|strong="H7999"\w* \w your righteous|strong="H6664"\w* \w abode|strong="H5116"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7  \w Your beginning|strong="H7225"\w* \w will seem|strong="H1961"\w* \w so small|strong="H4705"\w*,  
\q1 \w since your future|strong="H0319"\w* \w will flourish|strong="H3966"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 “\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w inquire|strong="H7592"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w of the former|strong="H7223"\w* \w generation|strong="H1755"\w*,  
\q1 \w and pay attention|strong="H2714"\w* \w to|strong="H0001"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* findings  
\q1 \w of their ancestors|strong="H0001"\w*;   
\q1
\v 9  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w were born yesterday|strong="H8543"\w* \w and do not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have knowledge|strong="H3045"\w*,  
\q1 \w since|strong="H3588"\w* \w our days|strong="H3117"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w are but|strong="H3588"\w* \w a shadow|strong="H6738"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \w Will they|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w instruct|strong="H3384"\w* \w you and|strong="H3318"\w* \w speak|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\q1 \w and bring forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w*  
\q1 \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w their understanding|strong="H3820"\w*?   
\q1
\v 11  \w Can the papyrus plant|strong="H1573"\w* \w grow tall|strong="H1342"\w* \w where there is no|strong="H3808"\w* \w marsh|strong="H1207"\w*\w ?|strong="H0260"\w*  
\q1 \w Can reeds|strong="H0260"\w* \w flourish|strong="H7685"\w* \w without|strong="H1097"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*?   
\q1
\v 12  \w While they are still|strong="H5750"\w* \w beginning to flower|strong="H0003"\w*  
\q1 \w and not|strong="H3808"\w* \w ripe|strong="H6998"\w* \w for cutting|strong="H6998"\w*,  
\q1 \w they can wither|strong="H3001"\w* \w away|strong="H3605"\w*  
\q1 \w faster|strong="H3605"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w grass|strong="H2682"\w*!   
\q1
\v 13  \w Such is|strong="H3651"\w* \w the destiny|strong="H0734"\w* \w of all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*;  
\q1 \w the hope|strong="H8615"\w* \w of the godless|strong="H2611"\w* \w perishes|strong="H0006"\w*,   
\q1
\v 14  \w whose|strong="H0834"\w* \w trust|strong="H3689"\w* \w is in something futile|strong="H6990"\w*,  
\q1 \w whose security|strong="H4009"\w* \w is a spider’s|strong="H5908"\w* \w web|strong="H1004"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \w He leans|strong="H8172"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w his house|strong="H1004"\w* \w but it does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hold up|strong="H5975"\w*,  
\q1 \w he takes|strong="H5975"\w* \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* \w of it but it does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stand|strong="H6965"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w He is a well-watered|strong="H7373"\w* \w plant|strong="H8121"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*,  
\q1 \w its shoots|strong="H3127"\w* \w spread|strong="H3318"\w* \w over its garden|strong="H1593"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17  \w It wraps|strong="H5440"\w* \w its roots|strong="H8328"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w a heap|strong="H1530"\w* \w of stones|strong="H2372"\w*  
\q1 \w and it looks|strong="H2372"\w* \w for a place|strong="H1004"\w* \w among stones|strong="H0068"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w he is uprooted|strong="H1104"\w* \w from his place,|strong="H4725"\w*  
\q1 \w then that place|strong="H4725"\w* \w will disown|strong="H3584"\w* \w him, saying,|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w ‘I have never|strong="H3808"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*!’   
\q1
\v 19  \w Indeed|strong="H2005"\w*, \w this is|strong="H1931"\w* \w the joy|strong="H4885"\w* \w of his way|strong="H1870"\w*,  
\q1 \w and out of the earth|strong="H6083"\w* \w others|strong="H0312"\w* \w spring|strong="H6779"\w* \w up|strong="H6779"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20 “\w Surely|strong="H2005"\w*, \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w reject|strong="H3988"\w* \w a blameless|strong="H8535"\w* \w man,|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w does he grasp|strong="H2388"\w* \w the hand|strong="H3027"\w*  
\q1 \w of the evildoers|strong="H7489"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21  \w He will yet|strong="H5704"\w* \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* \w your mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w with laughter|strong="H7814"\w*,  
\q1 \w and your lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w with gladness|strong="H8643"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w Those who hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w you|strong="H3847"\w* \w will|strong="H7563"\w* \w be|strong="H7563"\w* \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* \w with shame|strong="H1322"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the tent|strong="H0168"\w* \w of the wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w will be no|strong="H0369"\w* \w more|strong="H0369"\w*.”   
\c 9  
\p
\v 1  \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w Truly|strong="H0551"\w*, \w I know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this is so|strong="H3651"\w*.  
\q1 \w But how|strong="H4100"\w* \w can a human|strong="H6663"\w* \w be just before|strong="H0410"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*?   
\q1
\v 3  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w someone wishes|strong="H2654"\w* \w to contend|strong="H7378"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him,|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w he cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w him one|strong="H0259"\w* \w time in a thousand|strong="H0505"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4  \w He is wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w in heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w and mighty|strong="H0533"\w* \w in strength|strong="H3581"\w* –  
\q1 \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has resisted\w* \w him and remained safe\w*?   
\p  
\q1
\v 5  \w He who removes|strong="H6275"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w suddenly,|strong="H0834"\w*  
\q1 \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w overturns|strong="H2015"\w* \w them in his anger|strong="H0639"\w*;   
\q1
\v 6  \w he who shakes|strong="H7264"\w* \w the earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w out of its place|strong="H4725"\w*  
\q1 \w so that its pillars|strong="H5982"\w* \w tremble|strong="H6426"\w*;   
\q1
\v 7  \w he who commands|strong="H0559"\w* \w the sun|strong="H2775"\w* \w and|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w shine|strong="H2856"\w*  
\q1 \w and seals|strong="H2856"\w* \w up|strong="H2224"\w* \w the stars|strong="H3556"\w*;   
\q1
\v 8  \w he alone|strong="H0905"\w* \w spreads out|strong="H5186"\w* \w the heavens|strong="H8064"\w*,  
\q1 \w and treads|strong="H1869"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the waves|strong="H1116"\w* \w of the sea|strong="H3220"\w*;   
\q1
\v 9  \w he makes|strong="H6213"\w* \w the Bear|strong="H5906"\w*, \w Orion|strong="H3685"\w*, \w and the Pleiades|strong="H3598"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the constellations|strong="H2315"\w* \w of the southern|strong="H8486"\w* sky;   
\q1
\v 10  \w he does|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w and unsearchable|strong="H2714"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w*,  
\q1 \w and wonderful things|strong="H6381"\w* \w without|strong="H0369"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w he passes|strong="H5674"\w* \w by me, I cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w him,|strong="H2498"\w*  
\q1 \w if he goes|strong="H2498"\w* \w by, I cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w perceive|strong="H0995"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12  \w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w he snatches|strong="H2862"\w* \w away,|strong="H4310"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w turn him back|strong="H7725"\w*\w ?|strong="H4310"\w*  
\q1 \w Who dares|strong="H4310"\w* \w to say|strong="H0559"\w* \w to him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w ‘What|strong="H4100"\w* \w are you doing|strong="H6213"\w*?’   
\q1
\v 13  \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w restrain|strong="H7725"\w* \w his anger|strong="H0639"\w*;  
\q1 \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w him|strong="H5826"\w* \w the helpers|strong="H5826"\w* \w of Rahab|strong="H7293"\w* lie crushed.   
\s1 \w The|strong="H8478"\w* Impossibility \w of|strong="H8478"\w* Facing \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w in|strong="H7725"\w* Court  
\q1
\v 14 “\w How much|strong="H0637"\w* \w less|strong="H3588"\w*, \w then, can I|strong="H0595"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w him|strong="H0977"\w*  
\q1 \w and choose|strong="H0977"\w* \w my words|strong="H1697"\w* \w to argue|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*!   
\q1
\v 15  \w Although|strong="H0518"\w* \w I am innocent|strong="H6663"\w*,  
\q1 \w I could not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w him;|strong="H8199"\w*  
\q1 \w I could only plead|strong="H8199"\w* \w with|strong="H8199"\w* \w my|strong="H0834"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w for mercy|strong="H2603"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w I summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w him, and he answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w me,|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w I would not|strong="H3808"\w* \w believe|strong="H0539"\w*  
\q1 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he would be listening|strong="H0238"\w* \w to my voice|strong="H6963"\w* –   
\q1
\v 17  \w he who|strong="H0834"\w* \w crushes|strong="H7779"\w* \w me with a tempest|strong="H8183"\w*,  
\q1 \w and multiplies|strong="H7235"\w* \w my wounds|strong="H6482"\w* \w for no reason|strong="H2600"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18  \w He does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w me to recover|strong="H7725"\w* \w my breath|strong="H7307"\w*,  
\q1 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he fills|strong="H7646"\w* \w me with bitterness|strong="H4472"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w it is a matter of strength|strong="H3581"\w*,  
\q1 \w most certainly|strong="H2009"\w* \w he is the strong one|strong="H0533"\w*\w !|strong="H0518"\w*  
\q1 \w And if|strong="H0518"\w* \w it is a matter of justice|strong="H4941"\w*,  
\q1 \w he will say, ‘Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w will summon|strong="H3259"\w* \w me|strong="H3259"\w*?’   
\q1
\v 20  \w Although|strong="H0518"\w* \w I am innocent|strong="H6663"\w*,  
\q1 \w my mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w would condemn|strong="H7561"\w* \w me;|strong="H0589"\w*  
\q1 \w although I am|strong="H0589"\w* \w blameless|strong="H8535"\w*,  
\q1 \w it would declare me perverse|strong="H6140"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21  \w I am blameless|strong="H8535"\w*. \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w do not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w myself|strong="H5315"\w*.  
\q1 \w I despise|strong="H3988"\w* \w my life|strong="H2416"\w*.   
\s1 Accusation \w of|strong="H5315"\w* God’s Justice  
\q1
\v 22 “\w It is all one|strong="H0259"\w*\w !|strong="H1931"\w* \w That|strong="H1931"\w* \w is why|strong="H3651"\w* \w I say|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\q1 \w ‘He destroys|strong="H3615"\w* \w the blameless|strong="H8535"\w* \w and the guilty|strong="H7563"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 23  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w a scourge|strong="H7752"\w* \w brings sudden|strong="H6597"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w*,  
\q1 \w he mocks|strong="H3932"\w* \w at the despair|strong="H4531"\w* \w of the innocent|strong="H5355"\w*.   
\q1
\v 24  \w If a land|strong="H0776"\w* \w has been given|strong="H5414"\w*  
\q1 \w into the hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of a wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w man,|strong="H3680"\w*  
\q1 \w he covers|strong="H3680"\w* \w the faces|strong="H6440"\w* \w of its judges|strong="H8199"\w*;  
\q1 \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w it is not|strong="H3808"\w* \w he, then|strong="H0645"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*?   
\s1 Renewed Complaint  
\q1
\v 25 “\w My days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are swifter|strong="H7043"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w a runner|strong="H7323"\w*,  
\q1 \w they speed|strong="H1272"\w* \w by without|strong="H3808"\w* \w seeing|strong="H7200"\w* \w happiness|strong="H2896"\w*.   
\q1
\v 26  \w They glide|strong="H2498"\w* \w by|strong="H5973"\w* \w like|strong="H5973"\w* \w reed|strong="H0016"\w* \w boats|strong="H0591"\w*,  
\q1 \w like an eagle|strong="H5404"\w* \w that swoops|strong="H2907"\w* \w down on|strong="H5921"\w* \w its prey|strong="H0400"\w*.   
\q1
\v 27  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w I say|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w I will|strong="H7911"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w my complaint|strong="H7879"\w*,  
\q1 \w I will change my expression|strong="H5800"\w* \w and be cheerful|strong="H1082"\w*,’   
\q1
\v 28  \w I dread|strong="H3025"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my sufferings|strong="H6094"\w*,  
\q1 \w for|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you do not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hold me blameless|strong="H5352"\w*.   
\q1
\v 29  \w If I am|strong="H0595"\w* \w guilty|strong="H7561"\w*,  
\q1 \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w then|strong="H3021"\w* \w weary|strong="H3021"\w* \w myself|strong="H1892"\w* \w in|strong="H2088"\w* \w vain|strong="H1892"\w*?   
\q1
\v 30  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w I wash|strong="H7364"\w* \w myself with snow water|strong="H4325"\w*,  
\q1 \w and make my hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w clean with lye|strong="H1253"\w*,   
\q1
\v 31  \w then|strong="H0227"\w* \w you plunge|strong="H2881"\w* \w me into a slimy pit|strong="H7845"\w*  
\q1 \w and my own clothes|strong="H8008"\w* \w abhor|strong="H8581"\w* \w me|strong="H8581"\w*.   
\q1
\v 32  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H0376"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a human|strong="H0376"\w* \w being like|strong="H3644"\w* \w I am,|strong="H6030"\w*  
\q1 \w that|strong="H6030"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* might \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w him,|strong="H0935"\w*  
\q1 \w that we might come|strong="H0935"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w in judgment|strong="H4941"\w*.   
\q1
\v 33  \w Nor is there|strong="H3426"\w* \w an arbiter|strong="H3863"\w* \w between us|strong="H0996"\w*,  
\q1 \w who|strong="H3198"\w* \w might lay|strong="H7896"\w* \w his hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w us both|strong="H8147"\w*,   
\q1
\v 34  \w who|strong="H5493"\w* \w would|strong="H5493"\w* \w take his|strong="H7626"\w* \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* \w away from me|strong="H0367"\w*  
\q1 \w so that his terror|strong="H0367"\w* \w would not|strong="H0408"\w* \w make me afraid|strong="H1204"\w*.   
\q1
\v 35  \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w would|strong="H5978"\w* \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w and not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w him,|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q1 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w it is not|strong="H3808"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w with me|strong="H5978"\w*.   
\c 10  
\p  
\q1
\v 1 “\w I|strong="H5354"\w* am weary \w of my life|strong="H5315"\w*;  
\q1 \w I will complain|strong="H5800"\w* \w without restraint|strong="H7879"\w*;  
\q1 \w I will speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w in the bitterness|strong="H4751"\w* \w of my soul|strong="H5315"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2  \w I will say|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w*, \w ‘Do not|strong="H0408"\w* \w condemn|strong="H7561"\w* \w me;|strong="H3045"\w*  
\q1 \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H4100"\w* \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w you are contending|strong="H7378"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 3  \w Is it good|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H6231"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w oppress|strong="H6231"\w*,  
\q1 \w to|strong="H3988"\w* \w despise|strong="H3988"\w* \w the work|strong="H3018"\w* \w of your hands|strong="H3709"\w*,  
\q1 \w while|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* smile  
\q1 \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the schemes|strong="H3313"\w* \w of the wicked|strong="H7563"\w*?   
\s1 Motivations \w of|strong="H5921"\w* God  
\q1
\v 4 “\w Do you have eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w of flesh|strong="H1320"\w*,  
\q1 \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w do you see|strong="H7200"\w* \w as a human|strong="H0582"\w* \w being sees|strong="H7200"\w*?   
\q1
\v 5  \w Are|strong="H0582"\w* \w your days|strong="H3117"\w* \w like the days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of a mortal|strong="H0582"\w*,  
\q1 \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w your years|strong="H8141"\w* \w like the years|strong="H3117"\w* \w of a mortal|strong="H1397"\w*,   
\q1
\v 6  \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you must search|strong="H1245"\w* \w out|strong="H5771"\w* \w my|strong="H1245"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*,  
\q1 \w and inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w about my sin|strong="H2403"\w*,   
\q1
\v 7  \w although you know|strong="H1847"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I am|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w guilty|strong="H7561"\w*,  
\q1 \w and that there is no|strong="H0369"\w* \w one who can deliver|strong="H5337"\w*  
\q1 \w out of your hand|strong="H3027"\w*?   
\s1 Contradictions \w in|strong="H5921"\w* God’s Dealings  
\q1
\v 8 “\w Your hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w have shaped|strong="H6087"\w* \w me and made|strong="H6213"\w* \w me,|strong="H1104"\w*  
\q1 \w but|strong="H1104"\w* \w now|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w destroy|strong="H6213"\w* \w me completely|strong="H1104"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you have made|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w as with|strong="H2563"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* clay;  
\q1 \w will|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w me to|strong="H0413"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*?   
\q1
\v 10  \w Did you not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pour|strong="H2461"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w* out \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w milk|strong="H2461"\w*,  
\q1 \w and curdle|strong="H1385"\w* \w me like cheese|strong="H7087"\w*?   
\q1
\v 11  \w You clothed|strong="H3847"\w* \w me with skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w and flesh|strong="H1320"\w*  
\q1 \w and knit me together|strong="H6106"\w* \w with|strong="H3847"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w and sinews|strong="H1517"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12  \w You gave me|strong="H5978"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w* \w and favor|strong="H5978"\w*,  
\q1 \w and your intervention|strong="H6486"\w* \w watched|strong="H8104"\w* \w over my|strong="H8104"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13 “\w But these|strong="H0428"\w* \w things|strong="H6845"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w concealed|strong="H6845"\w* \w in your heart|strong="H3824"\w*;  
\q1 \w I know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*:   
\q1
\v 14  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w I sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, \w then you would watch|strong="H8104"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w and you would not|strong="H3808"\w* \w acquit|strong="H5352"\w* \w me of my iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w I am guilty|strong="H7561"\w*, \w woe|strong="H0480"\w* \w to me,|strong="H6663"\w*  
\q1 \w and if I am innocent|strong="H6663"\w*, \w I cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w lift|strong="H5375"\w* \w my head|strong="H7218"\w*;  
\q1 \w I am full|strong="H7646"\w* \w of shame|strong="H7036"\w*,  
\q1 \w and satiated|strong="H7200"\w* \w with my affliction|strong="H6040"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w If|strong="H1342"\w* \w I lift|strong="H1342"\w* \w myself up,|strong="H6679"\w*  
\q1 \w you hunt|strong="H6679"\w* \w me as a fierce lion|strong="H7826"\w*,  
\q1 \w and again|strong="H7725"\w* \w you display|strong="H6381"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w power|strong="H6381"\w* against \w me|strong="H7725"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17  \w You bring new|strong="H2318"\w* \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w* \w against me,|strong="H7235"\w*  
\q1 \w and increase|strong="H7235"\w* \w your anger|strong="H3708"\w* \w against me|strong="H5978"\w*;  
\q1 \w relief troops|strong="H6635"\w* \w come|strong="H6635"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w*.   
\s1 An Appeal \w for|strong="H6635"\w* Relief  
\q1
\v 18 “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w then did you bring me out|strong="H3318"\w* \w from the womb|strong="H7358"\w*\w ?|strong="H1478"\w*  
\q1 \w I should have died|strong="H1478"\w*  
\q1 \w and no|strong="H3808"\w* \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w would have seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*!   
\q1
\v 19  \w I should|strong="H2986"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w been|strong="H2986"\w* \w as though|strong="H2986"\w* \w I had never existed|strong="H2986"\w*;  
\q1 \w I should|strong="H2986"\w* \w have been carried|strong="H2986"\w*  
\q1 \w right from the womb|strong="H0990"\w* \w to the grave|strong="H6913"\w*!   
\q1
\v 20  \w Are not|strong="H3808"\w* \w my days|strong="H3117"\w* \w few|strong="H4592"\w*\w ?|strong="H2308"\w*  
\q1 \w Cease|strong="H2308"\w*, \w then, and leave|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w alone|strong="H2308"\w*,  
\q1 \w that I may find a little|strong="H4592"\w* \w comfort|strong="H1082"\w*,   
\q1
\v 21  \w before|strong="H2962"\w* \w I depart|strong="H1980"\w*, \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w to return|strong="H7725"\w*,  
\q1 \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of darkness|strong="H2822"\w*  
\q1 \w and the deepest shadow|strong="H6757"\w*,   
\q1
\v 22  \w to the land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of utter darkness|strong="H5890"\w*,  
\q1 \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w the deepest darkness|strong="H0652"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the deepest shadow|strong="H6757"\w* \w and disorder|strong="H5468"\w*,  
\q1 \w where even the light|strong="H3313"\w* \w is like|strong="H3644"\w* \w darkness|strong="H0652"\w*.”   
\c 11  
\p
\v 1  \w Then Zophar|strong="H6691"\w* \w the Naamathite|strong="H5284"\w* \w spoke up and said|strong="H0559"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w Should not|strong="H3808"\w* \w this|strong="H7230"\w* \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w* \w of words|strong="H1697"\w* \w be answered|strong="H6030"\w*,  
\q1 \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w should this|strong="H8193"\w* \w talkative|strong="H8193"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*  
\q1 \w be vindicated|strong="H6663"\w*?   
\q1
\v 3  \w Will your idle|strong="H0907"\w* \w talk|strong="H4962"\w* \w reduce|strong="H4962"\w* \w people to silence|strong="H2790"\w*,  
\q1 \w and will no|strong="H0369"\w* \w one rebuke|strong="H3637"\w* \w you when|strong="H3637"\w* \w you mock|strong="H3932"\w*?   
\q1
\v 4  \w For you have said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w ‘My teaching|strong="H3948"\w* \w is flawless|strong="H2134"\w*,  
\q1 \w and I am|strong="H1961"\w* \w pure|strong="H1249"\w* \w in your sight|strong="H5869"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 5  \w But if only|strong="H0199"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w would speak|strong="H1696"\w*,  
\q1 \w if only he would open|strong="H6605"\w* \w his lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*,   
\q1
\v 6  \w and reveal|strong="H5046"\w* \w to you the secrets|strong="H8587"\w* \w of wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w –|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q1 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w true wisdom|strong="H8454"\w* \w has two sides|strong="H3718"\w* –  
\q1 \w so that you would know|strong="H3045"\w*  
\q1 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w has forgiven|strong="H5382"\w* \w some of your sins|strong="H5771"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7 “\w Can you discover|strong="H4672"\w* \w the essence|strong="H2714"\w* \w of God|strong="H0433"\w*\w ?|strong="H4672"\w*  
\q1 \w Can you find out|strong="H4672"\w*  
\q1 \w the perfection|strong="H8503"\w* \w of the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*?   
\q1
\v 8  \w It is higher|strong="H1363"\w* \w than the heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w – what|strong="H4100"\w* \w can you do|strong="H6466"\w*\w ?|strong="H6013"\w*  
\q1 \w It is deeper|strong="H6013"\w* \w than Sheol|strong="H7585"\w* – \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w can you know|strong="H3045"\w*?   
\q1
\v 9  \w Its measure|strong="H4055"\w* \w is longer|strong="H0752"\w* \w than the earth|strong="H0776"\w*,  
\q1 \w and broader|strong="H7342"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w the sea|strong="H3220"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w he comes by|strong="H2498"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* confines \w you|strong="H6950"\w*  
\q1 \w and convenes|strong="H6950"\w* \w a court,|strong="H6950"\w*  
\q1 \w then|strong="H6950"\w* \w who can|strong="H4310"\w* \w prevent|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*?   
\q1
\v 11  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3045"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w deceitful|strong="H7723"\w* \w men|strong="H4962"\w*;  
\q1 \w when he sees|strong="H7200"\w* \w evil|strong="H0205"\w*, \w will he not|strong="H3808"\w* \w consider|strong="H0995"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*?   
\q1
\v 12  \w But an empty|strong="H5014"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w will become wise|strong="H3823"\w*,  
\q1 \w when a wild donkey’s|strong="H6501"\w* \w colt|strong="H5895"\w* \w is born|strong="H3205"\w* \w a human being|strong="H0120"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13 “\w As for you,|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you prove faithful,|strong="H0859"\w*  
\q1 \w and if|strong="H0859"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w stretch|strong="H6566"\w* \w out your hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w toward|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*,   
\q1
\v 14  \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w* \w is in your hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w – put it far|strong="H7368"\w* \w away,|strong="H0408"\w*  
\q1 \w and do not|strong="H0408"\w* \w let evil|strong="H5766"\w* \w reside|strong="H7931"\w* \w in your tents|strong="H0168"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w then|strong="H0227"\w* \w you will lift|strong="H5375"\w* \w up your face|strong="H6440"\w*  
\q1 \w without|strong="H3971"\w* \w blemish|strong="H3971"\w*;  
\q1 \w you will be|strong="H1961"\w* \w securely|strong="H3332"\w* \w established|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w and will not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w will forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w your trouble|strong="H5999"\w*;  
\q1 \w you will remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w it|strong="H4325"\w*  
\q1 \w like water|strong="H4325"\w* \w that|strong="H5674"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w flowed|strong="H5674"\w* \w away|strong="H5674"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17  \w And life|strong="H2465"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w brighter|strong="H6965"\w* than \w the|strong="H1961"\w* noonday;  
\q1 \w though there be darkness,|strong="H1961"\w*  
\q1 \w it will be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H5774"\w* \w the morning|strong="H1242"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18  \w And you will be secure|strong="H0982"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w there is|strong="H3426"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*;  
\q1 \w you will be protected|strong="H2658"\w*  
\q1 \w and will take|strong="H7901"\w* \w your rest|strong="H7901"\w* \w in safety|strong="H0983"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w You will lie|strong="H7257"\w* \w down with|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w one to make you afraid|strong="H2729"\w*,  
\q1 \w and many|strong="H7227"\w* \w will seek|strong="H2470"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w favor|strong="H6440"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20  \w But the eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w of the wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w fail|strong="H3615"\w*,  
\q1 \w and escape|strong="H4498"\w* \w eludes|strong="H0006"\w* \w them;|strong="H8615"\w*  
\q1 \w their one hope|strong="H8615"\w* \w is to breathe their last|strong="H4646"\w*.”   
\c 12  
\p
\v 1  \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w Without a doubt|strong="H0551"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are the people|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\q1 \w and wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w will die|strong="H4191"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3  \w I also|strong="H1571"\w* \w have understanding|strong="H3824"\w* \w as well as|strong="H3644"\w* \w you;|strong="H0595"\w*  
\q1 \w I am|strong="H0595"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w inferior|strong="H5307"\w* \w to you.|strong="H4310"\w*  
\q1 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w does not|strong="H0369"\w* \w know such|strong="H3644"\w* \w things as these|strong="H0428"\w*?   
\q1
\v 4  \w I am|strong="H7814"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w laughingstock|strong="H7814"\w* \w to my friends|strong="H7453"\w*,  
\q1 \w I, who called|strong="H7121"\w* \w on God|strong="H0433"\w* \w and whom he answered|strong="H6030"\w* –  
\q1 \w a righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w and blameless|strong="H8549"\w* \w man|strong="H7814"\w*  
\q1 \w is a laughingstock|strong="H7814"\w*!   
\q1
\v 5  \w For calamity|strong="H3940"\w*, \w there is derision|strong="H0937"\w*  
\q1 \w (according to the ideas|strong="H6248"\w* \w of the fortunate|strong="H7600"\w* ) –  
\q1 \w a|strong="H3559"\w* fate \w for|strong="H3559"\w* \w those|strong="H7600"\w* whose \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w slip|strong="H4571"\w*!   
\q1
\v 6  \w But|strong="H0168"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w tents|strong="H0168"\w* \w of robbers|strong="H7703"\w* \w are peaceful|strong="H7951"\w*,  
\q1 \w and those who provoke|strong="H7264"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w are confident|strong="H0987"\w* –  
\q1 \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w carry\w* \w their god\w* \w in their hands\w*.   
\s1 Knowledge \w of|strong="H0168"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0410"\w* Wisdom  
\q1
\v 7 “\w But now|strong="H0199"\w*, \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w the animals|strong="H0929"\w* \w and they|strong="H3384"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* \w you,|strong="H5775"\w*  
\q1 \w or the birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w of the sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w and they will tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \w Or|strong="H0176"\w* \w speak|strong="H7878"\w* \w to the earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w and it will teach|strong="H3384"\w* \w you,|strong="H1709"\w*  
\q1 \w or let the fish|strong="H1709"\w* \w of the sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w declare|strong="H5608"\w* \w to|strong="H0776"\w* \w you|strong="H3384"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \w Which|strong="H4310"\w* \w of all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*  
\q1 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of the \+nd Lord\+nd*|strong="H3069"\w* \w has done|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*,   
\q1
\v 10  \w in whose|strong="H0834"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w is the life|strong="H5315"\w* \w of every|strong="H3605"\w* \w creature|strong="H2416"\w*  
\q1 \w and the breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w of all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the human race|strong="H1320"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \w Does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the ear|strong="H0241"\w* \w test|strong="H0974"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w*,  
\q1 \w as|strong="H2441"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* tongue \w tastes|strong="H2938"\w* \w food|strong="H0400"\w*?   
\q1
\v 12  \w Is not wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w found among the aged|strong="H3453"\w*\w ?|strong="H0753"\w*  
\q1 \w Does not long|strong="H0753"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w* \w bring understanding|strong="H8394"\w*?   
\q1
\v 13 “\w With|strong="H5973"\w* \w God|strong="H2451"\w* \w are|strong="H1369"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w and power|strong="H1369"\w*;  
\q1 \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \w and understanding|strong="H8394"\w* \w are|strong="H1369"\w* \w his|strong="H5973"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14  \w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w he tears|strong="H2040"\w* \w down, it cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w*;  
\q1 \w if he imprisons|strong="H5462"\w* \w a person|strong="H0376"\w*, \w there is no|strong="H3808"\w* \w escape|strong="H6605"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w he holds|strong="H6113"\w* \w back the waters|strong="H4325"\w*, \w then|strong="H7971"\w* \w they dry|strong="H3001"\w* \w up;|strong="H2015"\w*  
\q1 \w if he releases|strong="H2015"\w* \w them,|strong="H2015"\w* \w they|strong="H0776"\w* destroy \w the land|strong="H0776"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w With|strong="H5973"\w* \w him are strength|strong="H5797"\w* \w and prudence|strong="H8454"\w*;  
\q1 \w both the one who goes astray|strong="H7683"\w*  
\q1 \w and the one who misleads|strong="H7686"\w* \w are|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H5973"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17  \w He|strong="H1980"\w* leads \w counselors|strong="H3289"\w* \w away stripped|strong="H7758"\w*  
\q1 \w and makes judges|strong="H8199"\w* \w into fools|strong="H1984"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18  \w He loosens|strong="H4148"\w* \w the bonds|strong="H6605"\w* \w of kings|strong="H4428"\w*  
\q1 \w and binds|strong="H0631"\w* \w a loincloth|strong="H0232"\w* \w around their waist|strong="H4975"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w He leads|strong="H1980"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w away stripped|strong="H7758"\w*  
\q1 \w and overthrows|strong="H5557"\w* \w the potentates|strong="H0386"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20  \w He deprives|strong="H5493"\w* \w the trusted|strong="H0539"\w* \w advisers|strong="H8193"\w* \w of|strong="H2205"\w* \w speech|strong="H8193"\w*  
\q1 \w and takes|strong="H3947"\w* \w away the discernment|strong="H2940"\w* \w of elders|strong="H2205"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21  \w He pours|strong="H8210"\w* \w contempt|strong="H0937"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w noblemen|strong="H5081"\w*  
\q1 \w and disarms|strong="H7503"\w* \w the powerful|strong="H0650"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w He reveals|strong="H1540"\w* \w the deep|strong="H6013"\w* \w things of darkness|strong="H2822"\w*,  
\q1 \w and brings|strong="H3318"\w* \w deep shadows|strong="H6757"\w* \w into the light|strong="H0216"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23  \w He makes nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w great|strong="H7679"\w*, \w and destroys|strong="H0006"\w* \w them;|strong="H7849"\w*  
\q1 \w he extends|strong="H7849"\w* \w the boundaries of nations|strong="H1471"\w*  
\q1 \w and disperses|strong="H5148"\w* \w them|strong="H5148"\w*.   
\q1
\v 24  \w He deprives|strong="H3820"\w* \w the leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of the earth|strong="H0776"\w*  
\q1 \w of their understanding;|strong="H8582"\w*  
\q1 \w he makes them wander|strong="H8582"\w*  
\q1 \w in a trackless desert waste|strong="H8414"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25  \w They grope|strong="H4959"\w* \w about in darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w*;  
\q1 \w he makes them stagger|strong="H8582"\w* \w like drunkards|strong="H7910"\w*.   
\c 13  
\p  
\q1
\v 1 “\w Indeed|strong="H2005"\w*, \w my eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w have seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this,|strong="H0241"\w*  
\q1 \w my ears|strong="H0241"\w* \w have heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w and understood|strong="H0995"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2  \w What you know|strong="H1847"\w*, \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w*;  
\q1 \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0595"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w inferior|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w*!   
\q1
\v 3  \w But|strong="H0199"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w wish to|strong="H0413"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*,  
\q1 \w and I desire|strong="H2654"\w* \w to argue|strong="H3198"\w* \w my case|strong="H0410"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4  \w But|strong="H0199"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w however|strong="H0199"\w*, \w are inventors|strong="H2950"\w* \w of lies|strong="H8267"\w*;  
\q1 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of you are worthless|strong="H0457"\w* \w physicians|strong="H7495"\w*!   
\q1
\v 5  \w If only|strong="H4310"\w* \w you would|strong="H2790"\w* \w keep completely silent|strong="H2790"\w*\w !|strong="H1961"\w*  
\q1 \w For you, that would be|strong="H1961"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w to my argument|strong="H8433"\w*,  
\q1 \w and be attentive|strong="H7181"\w* \w to my lips|strong="H8193"\w*’ \w contentions|strong="H7379"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7  \w Will you speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w wickedly|strong="H0410"\w* on \w God’s|strong="H0410"\w* \w behalf?|strong="H1696"\w*  
\q1 \w Will you speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w deceitfully|strong="H7423"\w* for \w him|strong="H1696"\w*?   
\q1
\v 8  \w Will you|strong="H0518"\w* \w show him partiality|strong="H5375"\w*\w ?|strong="H0518"\w*  
\q1 \w Will|strong="H0518"\w* \w you argue|strong="H7378"\w* \w the case|strong="H0410"\w* \w for|strong="H0518"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*?   
\q1
\v 9  \w Would it|strong="H2896"\w* \w turn out|strong="H2713"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w he would examine|strong="H2713"\w* \w you?|strong="H2048"\w*  
\q1 \w Or as one deceives|strong="H2048"\w* \w a man|strong="H0376"\w* \w would you deceive|strong="H2048"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*?   
\q1
\v 10  \w He would certainly|strong="H3198"\w* \w rebuke|strong="H3198"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*  
\q1 \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you secretly|strong="H5643"\w* \w showed partiality|strong="H5375"\w*!   
\q1
\v 11  \w Would not|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H7613"\w* \w splendor|strong="H1204"\w* \w terrify|strong="H1204"\w* \w you|strong="H6343"\w*  
\q1 \w and the fear|strong="H6343"\w* \w he inspires|strong="H7613"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*?   
\q1
\v 12  \w Your maxims|strong="H2146"\w* \w are proverbs|strong="H4911"\w* \w of ashes|strong="H0665"\w*;  
\q1 \w your defenses|strong="H1354"\w* \w are defenses|strong="H1354"\w* \w of clay|strong="H2563"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13 “\w Refrain|strong="H2790"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w with me|strong="H4480"\w* \w so that|strong="H0589"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w may speak|strong="H1696"\w*;  
\q1 \w then let|strong="H5674"\w* \w come to me|strong="H4100"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w may|strong="H4480"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14  \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do I put myself in peril|strong="H8127"\w*,  
\q1 \w and take my life|strong="H5315"\w* \w in my hands|strong="H3709"\w*?   
\q1
\v 15  \w Even if|strong="H2005"\w* \w he slays|strong="H6991"\w* \w me, I will hope|strong="H3176"\w* \w in him;|strong="H0389"\w*  
\q1 \w I will surely|strong="H0389"\w* \w defend|strong="H3198"\w* \w my ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his face|strong="H6440"\w*!   
\q1
\v 16  \w Moreover|strong="H1571"\w*, \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w will become my deliverance|strong="H3444"\w*,  
\q1 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w godless|strong="H2611"\w* \w person would come|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17  \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w carefully|strong="H4405"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w*;  
\q1 \w let your ears|strong="H0241"\w* \w be attentive to my explanation|strong="H0262"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18  \w See|strong="H2009"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w I have prepared|strong="H6186"\w* \w my|strong="H4941"\w* \w case|strong="H4941"\w*;  
\q1 \w I know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I am|strong="H0589"\w* \w right|strong="H6663"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w will contend|strong="H7378"\w* \w with me|strong="H5978"\w*\w ?|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q1 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w anyone can, I will be silent|strong="H2790"\w* \w and die|strong="H1478"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20  \w Only|strong="H0389"\w* \w in two|strong="H8147"\w* \w things spare|strong="H5978"\w* \w me,|strong="H0410"\w* O \w God|strong="H0410"\w*,  
\q1 \w and then|strong="H0227"\w* \w I will not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* \w from your face|strong="H6440"\w*:   
\q1
\v 21  \w Remove|strong="H3709"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \w from me|strong="H0408"\w*  
\q1 \w and stop|strong="H0408"\w* \w making me afraid|strong="H1204"\w* \w with your terror|strong="H0367"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w Then call|strong="H7121"\w*, \w and I|strong="H0595"\w* \w will answer|strong="H6030"\w*,  
\q1 \w or|strong="H0176"\w* \w I will speak|strong="H1696"\w*, \w and you respond|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23  \w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w many are my|strong="H5771"\w* \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* \w and sins|strong="H2403"\w*\w ?|strong="H3045"\w*  
\q1 \w Show|strong="H3045"\w* \w me my transgression|strong="H6588"\w* \w and my sin|strong="H2403"\w*.   
\q1
\v 24  \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do you hide|strong="H5641"\w* \w your face|strong="H6440"\w*  
\q1 \w and regard|strong="H2803"\w* \w me as your enemy|strong="H0341"\w*?   
\q1
\v 25  \w Do you wish to torment|strong="H6206"\w* \w a windblown|strong="H5086"\w* \w leaf|strong="H5929"\w*  
\q1 \w and chase|strong="H7291"\w* \w after dry|strong="H3002"\w* \w chaff|strong="H7179"\w*?   
\q1
\v 26  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w you write|strong="H3789"\w* \w down|strong="H4846"\w* \w bitter|strong="H4846"\w* \w things|strong="H4846"\w* \w against me|strong="H3423"\w*  
\q1 \w and cause me to inherit|strong="H3423"\w* \w the sins|strong="H5771"\w* \w of my youth|strong="H5271"\w*.   
\q1
\v 27  \w And you put|strong="H7760"\w* \w my feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w in the stocks|strong="H5465"\w*  
\q1 \w and you watch|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my movements|strong="H0734"\w*;  
\q1 \w you put marks|strong="H2707"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the soles|strong="H8328"\w* \w of my feet|strong="H7272"\w*.   
\q1
\v 28  \w So I|strong="H1086"\w* \w waste|strong="H1086"\w* \w away|strong="H1086"\w* \w like something rotten|strong="H7538"\w*,  
\q1 \w like a garment|strong="H0899"\w* \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* \w by moths|strong="H6211"\w*.   
\c 14  
\p  
\q1
\v 1 “\w Man|strong="H0120"\w*, \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w of woman|strong="H0802"\w*,  
\q1 \w lives but a few|strong="H7116"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and they are full|strong="H7646"\w* \w of trouble|strong="H7267"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2  \w He grows|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H6731"\w* \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3318"\w* \w flower|strong="H6731"\w* \w and then withers|strong="H5243"\w* \w away|strong="H1272"\w*;  
\q1 \w he flees|strong="H1272"\w* \w like a shadow|strong="H6738"\w*, \w and does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w remain|strong="H5975"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3  \w Do|strong="H0637"\w* \w you fix|strong="H6491"\w* \w your eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w such|strong="H2088"\w* \w a one|strong="H2088"\w*\w ?|strong="H0935"\w*  
\q1 \w And do you bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w me|strong="H4941"\w* \w before|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*?   
\q1
\v 4  \w Who can|strong="H4310"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w a clean|strong="H2889"\w* \w thing come from an unclean|strong="H2931"\w*\w ?|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w*!   
\q1
\v 5  \w Since|strong="H0518"\w* \w man’s|strong="H2782"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are determined,|strong="H4557"\w*  
\q1 \w the number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of his months|strong="H2320"\w* \w is under your control|strong="H0854"\w*;  
\q1 \w you have set his limit|strong="H2706"\w* \w and he|strong="H6213"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H0518"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6  \w Look away|strong="H8159"\w* \w from him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and let him desist|strong="H2308"\w*,  
\q1 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w he fulfills|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w like a hired man|strong="H7916"\w*.   
\s1 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* Inevitability \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Death  
\q1
\v 7 “\w But there is|strong="H3426"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w* \w for|strong="H6086"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*\w :|strong="H0518"\w*  
\q1 \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w it is cut down|strong="H3772"\w*, \w it will sprout|strong="H2498"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*,  
\q1 \w and its new shoots|strong="H3127"\w* \w will not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fail|strong="H2308"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \w Although|strong="H0518"\w* \w its roots|strong="H8328"\w* \w may grow old|strong="H2204"\w* \w in the ground|strong="H0776"\w*  
\q1 \w and its stump|strong="H1503"\w* \w begins to die|strong="H4191"\w* \w in the soil|strong="H6083"\w*,   
\q1
\v 9  \w at|strong="H7105"\w* \w the scent|strong="H7381"\w* \w of water|strong="H4325"\w* \w it will flourish|strong="H6524"\w*  
\q1 \w and put forth|strong="H7105"\w* \w shoots|strong="H7105"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w a new plant|strong="H5194"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \w But man|strong="H1397"\w* \w dies|strong="H4191"\w* \w and is powerless|strong="H2522"\w*;  
\q1 \w he|strong="H0120"\w* \w expires|strong="H1478"\w* \w – and where|strong="H0346"\w* \w is|strong="H0346"\w* \w he|strong="H0120"\w*?   
\q1
\v 11  \w As|strong="H4325"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w disappears|strong="H0235"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the sea|strong="H3220"\w*,  
\q1 \w or a river|strong="H5104"\w* \w drains away|strong="H2717"\w* \w and dries up|strong="H3001"\w*,   
\q1
\v 12  \w so man|strong="H0376"\w* \w lies|strong="H7901"\w* \w down and does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w rise|strong="H6965"\w*;  
\q1 \w until|strong="H1115"\w* \w the heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w are no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H6974"\w*,  
\q1 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H0376"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w awake|strong="H5782"\w*  
\q1 \w nor arise from their sleep|strong="H8142"\w*.   
\s1 \w The|strong="H5704"\w* Possibility \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Another|strong="H0376"\w* Life  
\q1
\v 13 “\w O that|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* \w hide me|strong="H5641"\w* \w in Sheol|strong="H7585"\w*,  
\q1 \w and conceal|strong="H6845"\w* \w me till|strong="H5704"\w* \w your anger|strong="H0639"\w* \w has passed!|strong="H2706"\w*  
\q1 \w O that you would set me a time|strong="H2706"\w*  
\q1 \w and then remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*!   
\q1
\v 14  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w a man|strong="H1397"\w* \w dies|strong="H4191"\w*, \w will he live|strong="H2421"\w* \w again?|strong="H3605"\w*  
\q1 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of my hard service|strong="H6635"\w* \w I will wait|strong="H3176"\w*  
\q1 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w my release|strong="H2487"\w* \w comes|strong="H0935"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \w You will call|strong="H7121"\w* \w and I|strong="H0595"\w* – \w I will answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w you;|strong="H3700"\w*  
\q1 \w you will long for|strong="H3700"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* creature \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w made|strong="H4639"\w*.   
\s1 \w The|strong="H7121"\w* Present Condition  
\q1
\v 16 “\w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you count|strong="H5608"\w* \w my steps|strong="H6806"\w*;  
\q1 \w then you would not|strong="H3808"\w* \w mark|strong="H8104"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17  \w My offenses|strong="H2950"\w* \w would be sealed|strong="H2856"\w* \w up|strong="H6872"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* \w bag|strong="H6872"\w*;  
\q1 \w you would cover over|strong="H5921"\w* \w my sin|strong="H5771"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18  \w But as|strong="H0199"\w* \w a mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w falls|strong="H5307"\w* \w away|strong="H5034"\w* \w and crumbles|strong="H6275"\w*,  
\q1 \w and as a rock|strong="H6697"\w* \w will be removed from its place|strong="H4725"\w*,   
\q1
\v 19  \w as water|strong="H4325"\w* \w wears|strong="H7833"\w* \w away stones|strong="H0068"\w*,  
\q1 \w and torrents|strong="H5599"\w* \w wash away|strong="H7857"\w* \w the soil|strong="H0776"\w*,  
\q1 \w so you destroy|strong="H0006"\w* \w man’s|strong="H0582"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20  \w You overpower|strong="H8630"\w* \w him once for all|strong="H5331"\w*,  
\q1 \w and he departs|strong="H8138"\w*;  
\q1 \w you change|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w appearance|strong="H6440"\w*  
\q1 \w and send|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21  \w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3045"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w are honored|strong="H3513"\w*,  
\q1 \w he does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w it;|strong="H6819"\w*  
\q1 \w if they are brought low|strong="H6819"\w*,  
\q1 \w he does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H0995"\w* \w it|strong="H3045"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w Only|strong="H0389"\w* \w his flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w has pain|strong="H3510"\w* \w for himself,|strong="H0056"\w*  
\q1 \w and he mourns|strong="H0056"\w* \w for himself|strong="H5315"\w*.”   
\c 15  
\p
\v 1  \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Eliphaz|strong="H0464"\w* \w the Temanite|strong="H8489"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w Does a wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w man answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w with blustery|strong="H7307"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*,  
\q1 \w or fill|strong="H4390"\w* \w his belly|strong="H0990"\w* \w with the east wind|strong="H6921"\w*?   
\q1
\v 3  \w Does he argue|strong="H3198"\w* \w with useless|strong="H5532"\w* \w talk,|strong="H4405"\w*  
\q1 \w with words|strong="H4405"\w* \w that have no|strong="H3808"\w* \w value|strong="H3276"\w* \w in|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H1697"\w*?   
\q1
\v 4  \w But you|strong="H0859"\w* \w even|strong="H0637"\w* \w break|strong="H6565"\w* \w off|strong="H1639"\w* \w piety|strong="H3374"\w*,  
\q1 \w and hinder|strong="H1639"\w* \w meditation|strong="H7881"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \w Your sin|strong="H5771"\w* \w inspires|strong="H0502"\w* \w your mouth|strong="H6310"\w*;  
\q1 \w you choose|strong="H0977"\w* \w the language|strong="H3956"\w* \w of the crafty|strong="H6175"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6  \w Your own mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w condemns|strong="H7561"\w* \w you, not|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w*;  
\q1 \w your own lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w testify|strong="H6030"\w* against \w you|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7 “\w Were you the first|strong="H7223"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w ever born|strong="H3205"\w*\w ?|strong="H2342"\w*  
\q1 \w Were you brought forth|strong="H2342"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the hills|strong="H1389"\w*?   
\q1
\v 8  \w Do you listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w in on God’s|strong="H0433"\w* \w secret|strong="H5475"\w* \w council?|strong="H1639"\w*  
\q1 \w Do you limit|strong="H1639"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w yourself|strong="H0413"\w*?   
\q1
\v 9  \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do you know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that we don’t know?|strong="H0995"\w*  
\q1 \w What do you understand|strong="H0995"\w* \w that we don’t understand|strong="H5973"\w*?   
\q1
\v 10  \w The gray-haired|strong="H7867"\w* \w and the aged|strong="H3453"\w* \w are on our side,|strong="H3117"\w*  
\q1 \w men far older|strong="H3117"\w* \w than your father|strong="H0001"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \w Are God’s|strong="H0410"\w* \w consolations|strong="H8575"\w* \w too trivial|strong="H4592"\w* \w for|strong="H4480"\w* \w you;|strong="H1697"\w*  
\q1 \w or a word|strong="H1697"\w* \w spoken|strong="H0328"\w* \w in|strong="H1697"\w* gentleness \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w*?   
\q1
\v 12  \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w has your heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w carried|strong="H3947"\w* \w you away,|strong="H4100"\w*  
\q1 \w and why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do your eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w flash|strong="H7335"\w*,   
\q1
\v 13  \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w your rage|strong="H0410"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*  
\q1 \w and allow|strong="H7307"\w* \w such words|strong="H4405"\w* \w to escape|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w your mouth|strong="H6310"\w*?   
\q1
\v 14  \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is man|strong="H0582"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he should be pure|strong="H2135"\w*,  
\q1 \w or one born|strong="H3205"\w* \w of woman|strong="H0802"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he should be righteous|strong="H6663"\w*?   
\q1
\v 15  \w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w God places no|strong="H3808"\w* \w trust|strong="H0539"\w* \w in his holy ones|strong="H6918"\w*,  
\q1 \w if even the heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w are not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pure|strong="H2141"\w* \w in his eyes|strong="H5869"\w*,   
\q1
\v 16  \w how much less|strong="H0637"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, \w who is abominable|strong="H8581"\w* \w and corrupt|strong="H0444"\w*,  
\q1 \w who drinks|strong="H8354"\w* \w in evil|strong="H5766"\w* \w like water|strong="H4325"\w*!   
\q1
\v 17 “\w I will explain|strong="H2331"\w* \w to you;|strong="H8085"\w*  
\q1 \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to me,|strong="H2088"\w*  
\q1 \w and what|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w have|strong="H8085"\w* \w seen|strong="H2372"\w*, \w I will declare|strong="H5608"\w*,   
\q1
\v 18  \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w men declare|strong="H5046"\w*,  
\q1 \w hiding nothing|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\q1 \w from the tradition of|strong="H0001"\w* \w their|strong="H0834"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w*,   
\q1
\v 19  \w to whom alone|strong="H0905"\w* \w the land|strong="H0776"\w* \w was given|strong="H5414"\w*  
\q1 \w when no|strong="H3808"\w* \w foreigner|strong="H2114"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20  \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w his days|strong="H3117"\w* \w the wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w man suffers torment|strong="H2342"\w*,  
\q1 \w throughout the number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of the years|strong="H8141"\w*  
\q1 \w that|strong="H6845"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w stored|strong="H6845"\w* \w up for the tyrant|strong="H6184"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21  \w Terrifying|strong="H6343"\w* \w sounds|strong="H6963"\w* \w fill|strong="H0241"\w* \w his|strong="H0935"\w* \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*;  
\q1 \w in a time of peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w marauders|strong="H7703"\w* \w attack|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H0935"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w He does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w expect|strong="H0539"\w* \w to escape|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*;  
\q1 \w he is marked|strong="H6822"\w* \w for the sword|strong="H2719"\w*;   
\q1
\v 23  \w he wanders|strong="H5074"\w* \w about|strong="H3045"\w* – \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* vultures;  
\q1 \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.   
\q1
\v 24  \w Distress|strong="H6862"\w* \w and anguish|strong="H4691"\w* \w terrify|strong="H1204"\w* \w him;|strong="H8630"\w*  
\q1 \w they prevail against|strong="H8630"\w* \w him|strong="H4428"\w*  
\q1 \w like a king|strong="H4428"\w* \w ready|strong="H6264"\w* \w to launch an attack|strong="H3593"\w*,   
\q1
\v 25  \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he stretches|strong="H5186"\w* \w out his hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w against God|strong="H0410"\w*,  
\q1 \w and vaunts|strong="H1396"\w* \w himself|strong="H7706"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*,   
\q1
\v 26  \w defiantly charging|strong="H7323"\w* \w against him|strong="H5672"\w*  
\q1 \w with a thick|strong="H5672"\w*, \w strong|strong="H1354"\w* \w shield|strong="H4043"\w*!   
\q1
\v 27  \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he covered|strong="H3680"\w* \w his face|strong="H6440"\w* \w with fat|strong="H2459"\w*,  
\q1 \w and made|strong="H6213"\w* \w his hips|strong="H3689"\w* \w bulge with fat|strong="H6371"\w*,   
\q1
\v 28  \w he lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in ruined|strong="H3582"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*  
\q1 \w and in houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one lives|strong="H3427"\w*,  
\q1 \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w they are ready to crumble|strong="H6257"\w* \w into heaps|strong="H1530"\w*.   
\q1
\v 29  \w He will not|strong="H3808"\w* \w grow rich|strong="H6238"\w*,  
\q1 \w and his|strong="H6965"\w* \w wealth|strong="H2428"\w* \w will not|strong="H3808"\w* \w endure,|strong="H4512"\w*  
\q1 \w nor will his possessions|strong="H4512"\w* \w spread|strong="H5186"\w* \w over the land|strong="H0776"\w*.   
\q1
\v 30  \w He will not|strong="H3808"\w* \w escape|strong="H5493"\w* \w the darkness|strong="H2822"\w*;  
\q1 \w a flame|strong="H7957"\w* \w will wither|strong="H3001"\w* \w his shoots|strong="H3127"\w*  
\q1 \w and he will depart|strong="H5493"\w*  
\q1 \w by the breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w of God’s mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.   
\q1
\v 31  \w Let him not|strong="H0408"\w* \w trust|strong="H0539"\w* \w in what is worthless|strong="H7723"\w*,  
\q1 \w deceiving|strong="H8582"\w* \w himself;|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q1 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w worthlessness|strong="H7723"\w* \w will be|strong="H1961"\w* \w his reward|strong="H8545"\w*.   
\q1
\v 32  \w Before his time|strong="H3117"\w* \w he will be paid in full|strong="H4390"\w*,  
\q1 \w and his branches|strong="H3712"\w* \w will not|strong="H3808"\w* \w flourish|strong="H7488"\w*.   
\q1
\v 33  \w Like a vine|strong="H1612"\w* \w he will let his sour grapes|strong="H7993"\w* \w fall,|strong="H2132"\w*  
\q1 \w and like an olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w tree|strong="H5328"\w*  
\q1 \w he will shed his blossoms|strong="H5328"\w*.   
\q1
\v 34  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the company|strong="H5712"\w* \w of the godless|strong="H2611"\w* \w is barren|strong="H1565"\w*,  
\q1 \w and fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w consumes|strong="H0398"\w* \w the tents|strong="H0168"\w* \w of those who accept bribes|strong="H7810"\w*.   
\q1
\v 35  \w They conceive|strong="H2029"\w* \w trouble|strong="H5999"\w* \w and bring forth|strong="H3205"\w* \w evil|strong="H0205"\w*;  
\q1 \w their belly|strong="H0990"\w* \w prepares|strong="H3559"\w* \w deception|strong="H4820"\w*.”   
\c 16  
\p
\v 1  \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w replied|strong="H0559"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w I have heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w things like|strong="H5162"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w before.|strong="H5999"\w*  
\q1 \w What miserable|strong="H5999"\w* \w comforters|strong="H5162"\w* \w are you all|strong="H3605"\w*!   
\q1
\v 3  \w Will|strong="H7093"\w* there \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w end|strong="H7093"\w* \w to your|strong="H7307"\w* \w windy|strong="H7307"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*\w ?|strong="H0176"\w*  
\q1 \w Or|strong="H0176"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w provokes|strong="H4834"\w* \w you that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you answer|strong="H6030"\w*?   
\q1
\v 4  \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w could speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w like you,|strong="H3863"\w*  
\q1 \w if|strong="H3863"\w* \w you were in my|strong="H5315"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*;  
\q1 \w I could|strong="H3426"\w* \w pile|strong="H2266"\w* \w up|strong="H4405"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H1119"\w*  
\q1 \w and I could shake|strong="H1119"\w* \w my head|strong="H7218"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \w But|strong="H0553"\w* I would \w strengthen|strong="H0553"\w* \w you with|strong="H1119"\w* \w my words|strong="H6310"\w*;  
\q1 \w comfort|strong="H5205"\w* \w from my lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w would bring|strong="H2820"\w* \w you|strong="H6310"\w* relief.   
\s1 Abandonment \w by|strong="H8193"\w* God \w and|strong="H6310"\w* Man  
\q1
\v 6 “\w But|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w I speak|strong="H1696"\w*, \w my pain|strong="H3511"\w* \w is not|strong="H3808"\w* \w relieved|strong="H2820"\w*,  
\q1 \w and if I refrain|strong="H2308"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w*  
\q1 – \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w much|strong="H4100"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w it|strong="H0518"\w* \w goes|strong="H1980"\w* \w away|strong="H1980"\w*?   
\q1
\v 7  \w Surely|strong="H0389"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w he|strong="H3811"\w* \w has|strong="H3605"\w* worn \w me out,|strong="H8074"\w*  
\q1 \w you have devastated|strong="H8074"\w* \w my entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w household|strong="H5712"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \w You have seized|strong="H7059"\w* \w me,|strong="H1961"\w*  
\q1 \w and it|strong="H1961"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a witness|strong="H5707"\w*;  
\q1 \w my leanness|strong="H3585"\w* \w has risen up against|strong="H6965"\w* \w me|strong="H6030"\w*  
\q1 \w and testifies|strong="H6030"\w* \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \w His|strong="H0639"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* \w has torn|strong="H2963"\w* \w me|strong="H7852"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* persecuted \w me;|strong="H2786"\w*  
\q1 \w he has gnashed|strong="H2786"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w me with his teeth|strong="H8127"\w*;  
\q1 \w my adversary|strong="H6862"\w* \w locks|strong="H3913"\w* \w his eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \w People|strong="H6473"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* \w opened|strong="H6473"\w* \w their mouths|strong="H6310"\w* \w against me,|strong="H5221"\w*  
\q1 \w they have struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w my cheek|strong="H3895"\w* \w in scorn|strong="H2781"\w*;  
\q1 \w they unite|strong="H4390"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w abandons|strong="H5462"\w* \w me to evil|strong="H5760"\w* \w men|strong="H7563"\w*,  
\q1 \w and throws|strong="H3399"\w* \w me into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of wicked men|strong="H7563"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12  \w I was|strong="H1961"\w* \w in peace|strong="H7961"\w*, \w and he has shattered|strong="H6565"\w* \w me.|strong="H0270"\w*  
\q1 \w He has seized|strong="H0270"\w* \w me by the neck|strong="H6203"\w* \w and crushed|strong="H6327"\w* \w me.|strong="H6965"\w*  
\q1 \w He has made|strong="H6965"\w* \w me his target|strong="H4307"\w*;   
\q1
\v 13  \w his archers|strong="H7228"\w* \w surround|strong="H5437"\w* \w me.|strong="H2550"\w*  
\q1 \w Without pity|strong="H2550"\w* \w he pierces|strong="H6398"\w* \w my kidneys|strong="H3629"\w*  
\q1 \w and pours out|strong="H8210"\w* \w my gall|strong="H4845"\w* \w on the ground|strong="H0776"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14  \w He breaks through|strong="H6555"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me, time|strong="H6556"\w* \w and time|strong="H6556"\w* \w again|strong="H6440"\w*;  
\q1 \w he rushes|strong="H7323"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me like a warrior|strong="H1368"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \w I have sewed|strong="H8609"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my skin|strong="H1539"\w*,  
\q1 \w and buried|strong="H7161"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* \w in the dust|strong="H6083"\w*;   
\q1
\v 16  \w my face|strong="H6440"\w* \w is reddened|strong="H2560"\w* \w because of weeping|strong="H1065"\w*,  
\q1 \w and on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my eyelids|strong="H6079"\w* \w there is a deep darkness|strong="H6757"\w*,   
\q1
\v 17  \w although|strong="H3808"\w* there \w is|strong="H3709"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* \w in my hands|strong="H3709"\w*  
\q1 \w and my prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w is pure|strong="H2134"\w*.   
\s1 \w An|strong="H5921"\w* Appeal \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* as Witness  
\q1
\v 18 “\w O earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w do not|strong="H0408"\w* \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* \w my blood|strong="H1818"\w*,  
\q1 \w nor let|strong="H0408"\w* \w there be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a secret|strong="H4725"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w for my cry|strong="H2201"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w my witness|strong="H5707"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w in heaven|strong="H8064"\w*;  
\q1 \w my advocate|strong="H7717"\w* \w is on high|strong="H4791"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20  \w My intercessor|strong="H1811"\w* \w is my friend|strong="H7453"\w*  
\q1 \w as my eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w pour out|strong="H0433"\w* tears \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w*;   
\q1
\v 21  \w and|strong="H3198"\w* \w he|strong="H0120"\w* contends \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w on behalf of man|strong="H1397"\w*  
\q1 \w as a man|strong="H0120"\w* \w pleads|strong="H7453"\w* \w for|strong="H3198"\w* \w his|strong="H7453"\w* \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the years|strong="H8141"\w* \w that lie|strong="H4557"\w* \w ahead|strong="H0857"\w* \w are few|strong="H4557"\w*,  
\q1 \w and then I will go on the way|strong="H0734"\w* \w of no|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*.   
\c 17  
\p  
\q1
\v 1  \w My spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w is broken,|strong="H3117"\w*  
\q1 \w my days|strong="H3117"\w* \w have faded|strong="H2193"\w* \w out,|strong="H6913"\w*  
\q1 \w the grave|strong="H6913"\w* \w awaits|strong="H2254"\w* \w me|strong="H6913"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2  \w Surely|strong="H0518"\w* \w mockery|strong="H2049"\w* \w is with me|strong="H5978"\w*;  
\q1 \w my eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w must|strong="H0518"\w* dwell \w on|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* hostility.   
\q1
\v 3  \w Make|strong="H7760"\w* \w then my pledge|strong="H6148"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you.|strong="H4310"\w*  
\q1 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w else|strong="H3027"\w* \w will put up security|strong="H8628"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*?   
\q1
\v 4  \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you have closed|strong="H6845"\w* \w their|strong="H3820"\w* \w minds|strong="H3820"\w* \w to understanding|strong="H7922"\w*,  
\q1 \w therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w you will not|strong="H3808"\w* \w exalt|strong="H7311"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \w If|strong="H2506"\w* \w a man|strong="H2506"\w* \w denounces|strong="H5046"\w* \w his friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w for personal gain|strong="H2506"\w*,  
\q1 \w the eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w of his children|strong="H1121"\w* \w will fail|strong="H3615"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6  \w He has made me|strong="H4914"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w byword|strong="H4914"\w* \w to people|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\q1 \w I am the one in whose face|strong="H6440"\w* \w they spit|strong="H8611"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7  \w My eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w have grown dim|strong="H3543"\w* \w with grief|strong="H3708"\w*;  
\q1 \w my whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w frame|strong="H3338"\w* \w is but a shadow|strong="H6738"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \w Upright|strong="H3477"\w* \w men are appalled|strong="H8074"\w* \w at this|strong="H2063"\w*;  
\q1 \w the innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w man is troubled|strong="H5782"\w* \w with the godless|strong="H2611"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \w But the righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w man holds|strong="H0270"\w* \w to his way|strong="H1870"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the one with clean|strong="H2891"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w grows|strong="H3254"\w* \w stronger|strong="H0555"\w*.   
\s1 Anticipation \w of|strong="H3027"\w* Death  
\q1
\v 10 “\w But|strong="H0199"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of you,|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*\w !|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w I will not|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w a wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w man|strong="H2450"\w* \w among|strong="H4672"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \w My days|strong="H3117"\w* \w have passed|strong="H5674"\w*, \w my plans|strong="H5423"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* shattered,  
\q1 \w even|strong="H4180"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* desires \w of my heart|strong="H3824"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12  \w These men|strong="H3915"\w* change \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w into day|strong="H3117"\w*;  
\q1 \w they say,|strong="H0216"\w* ‘\w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w* \w is near|strong="H7138"\w*  
\q1 \w in the face|strong="H6440"\w* \w of darkness|strong="H2822"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 13  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w I hope|strong="H6960"\w* \w for the grave|strong="H7585"\w* \w to be my home|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\q1 \w if I spread|strong="H7502"\w* \w out my bed|strong="H3326"\w* \w in darkness|strong="H2822"\w*,   
\q1
\v 14  \w If I cry|strong="H7121"\w* \w to corruption|strong="H7845"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w are my father|strong="H0001"\w*,’  
\q1 \w and to the worm|strong="H7415"\w*, \w ‘My Mother|strong="H0517"\w*,’ \w or ‘My sister|strong="H0269"\w*,’   
\q1
\v 15  \w where|strong="H0346"\w* \w then|strong="H0645"\w* \w is my hope|strong="H8615"\w*\w ?|strong="H8615"\w*  
\q1 \w And my hope|strong="H8615"\w*, \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w sees|strong="H7789"\w* it?   
\q1
\v 16  \w Will|strong="H3381"\w* \w it|strong="H0518"\w* \w go|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to the barred gates|strong="H7585"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w death|strong="H7585"\w*\w ?|strong="H5183"\w*  
\q1 \w Will|strong="H5183"\w* \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w descend|strong="H3381"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w into the dust|strong="H6083"\w*?”   
\c 18  
\p
\v 1  \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Bildad|strong="H1085"\w* \w the Shuhite|strong="H7747"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w How long|strong="H0575"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H7760"\w* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w an end|strong="H7078"\w* \w of words|strong="H4405"\w*\w ?|strong="H0995"\w*  
\q1 \w You must consider|strong="H0995"\w*, \w and then|strong="H1696"\w* \w we|strong="H5704"\w* can \w talk|strong="H1696"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3  \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w should we be regarded|strong="H2803"\w* \w as beasts|strong="H0929"\w*,  
\q1 \w and considered stupid|strong="H2933"\w* \w in your sight|strong="H5869"\w*?   
\q1
\v 4  \w You who tear|strong="H2963"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5315"\w* \w to pieces|strong="H2963"\w* \w in your|strong="H5315"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*,  
\q1 \w will the earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w be abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w for your sake|strong="H4616"\w*\w ?|strong="H6697"\w*  
\q1 \w Or will a rock|strong="H6697"\w* \w be moved|strong="H6275"\w* \w from its place|strong="H4725"\w*?   
\q1
\v 5 “\w Yes|strong="H1571"\w*, \w the lamp|strong="H0216"\w* \w of the wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w is extinguished|strong="H1846"\w*;  
\q1 \w his flame|strong="H7632"\w* \w of fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w shine|strong="H5050"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6  \w The light|strong="H0216"\w* \w in his tent|strong="H0168"\w* \w grows dark|strong="H2821"\w*;  
\q1 \w his lamp|strong="H5216"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w him is extinguished|strong="H1846"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7  \w His vigorous|strong="H0202"\w* \w steps|strong="H6806"\w* \w are restricted|strong="H3334"\w*,  
\q1 \w and his own counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \w throws|strong="H7993"\w* \w him down|strong="H7993"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he has|strong="H7971"\w* \w been thrown into a net|strong="H7568"\w* \w by his feet|strong="H7272"\w*  
\q1 \w and he wanders into a mesh|strong="H7639"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \w A trap|strong="H6341"\w* \w seizes|strong="H0270"\w* \w him by the heel|strong="H6119"\w*;  
\q1 \w a snare|strong="H6782"\w* \w grips|strong="H2388"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \w A rope|strong="H2256"\w* \w is hidden|strong="H2934"\w* \w for him|strong="H0776"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*  
\q1 \w and a trap|strong="H4434"\w* \w for him|strong="H5921"\w* lies \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the path|strong="H5410"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \w Terrors|strong="H1091"\w* \w frighten|strong="H1204"\w* \w him on all sides|strong="H5439"\w*  
\q1 \w and dog|strong="H7272"\w* \w his|strong="H5439"\w* \w every|strong="H5439"\w* \w step|strong="H7272"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12  \w Calamity is|strong="H7457"\w* \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w* \w for him|strong="H0202"\w*,  
\q1 \w and misfortune|strong="H0343"\w* \w is ready|strong="H3559"\w* \w at his side|strong="H6763"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13  \w It eats|strong="H0398"\w* \w away parts|strong="H0905"\w* \w of his skin|strong="H5785"\w*;  
\q1 \w the most terrible|strong="H1060"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w devours|strong="H0398"\w* \w his limbs|strong="H0905"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14  \w He is dragged|strong="H5423"\w* \w from the security|strong="H4009"\w* \w of his tent|strong="H0168"\w*,  
\q1 \w and marched|strong="H6805"\w* \w off|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5423"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of terrors|strong="H1091"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \w Fire resides in|strong="H7931"\w* \w his tent|strong="H0168"\w*;  
\q1 \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w his residence burning sulfur|strong="H1614"\w* \w is scattered|strong="H2219"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w Below|strong="H8478"\w* \w his roots|strong="H8328"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w* \w up,|strong="H7105"\w*  
\q1 \w and his branches|strong="H7105"\w* \w wither|strong="H5243"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17  \w His memory|strong="H2143"\w* \w perishes|strong="H0006"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the earth|strong="H0776"\w*,  
\q1 \w he has no|strong="H3808"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the land|strong="H2351"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18  \w He is driven|strong="H1920"\w* \w from light|strong="H0216"\w* \w into darkness|strong="H2822"\w*  
\q1 \w and is banished|strong="H5074"\w* \w from the world|strong="H8398"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w He has neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w children|strong="H5209"\w* \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w descendants|strong="H5220"\w* \w among his people|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\q1 \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w survivor|strong="H8300"\w* \w in those places he once stayed|strong="H4033"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20  \w People of the west|strong="H0314"\w* \w are appalled|strong="H8074"\w* \w at his fate|strong="H3117"\w*;  
\q1 \w people of the east|strong="H6931"\w* \w are seized|strong="H0270"\w* \w with horror|strong="H8178"\w*, saying,   
\q1
\v 21 ‘\w Surely|strong="H0389"\w* \w such|strong="H0428"\w* \w is the residence|strong="H4908"\w* \w of an evil man|strong="H5767"\w*;  
\q1 \w and this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is the place|strong="H4725"\w* \w of one who has not|strong="H3808"\w* \w known|strong="H3045"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*.’”   
\c 19  
\p
\v 1  \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w How long|strong="H0575"\w* \w will you torment|strong="H3013"\w* \w me|strong="H1792"\w*  
\q1 \w and crush|strong="H1792"\w* \w me with your words|strong="H4405"\w*?   
\q1
\v 3  \w These|strong="H2088"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* \w you have been reproaching|strong="H3637"\w* \w me;|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w you are not|strong="H3808"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w* \w to attack|strong="H1970"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*!   
\q1
\v 4  \w But even|strong="H0637"\w* \w if it were|strong="H0551"\w* \w true|strong="H0551"\w* \w that I have erred|strong="H7686"\w*,  
\q1 \w my error|strong="H4879"\w* \w remains|strong="H3885"\w* solely \w my|strong="H0854"\w* concern!   
\q1
\v 5  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w indeed|strong="H0551"\w* \w you would exalt yourselves|strong="H5921"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H3198"\w*  
\q1 \w and plead|strong="H3198"\w* \w my disgrace|strong="H2781"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*,   
\q1
\v 6  \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w then|strong="H0645"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w has wronged|strong="H5791"\w* \w me|strong="H5362"\w*  
\q1 \w and encircled|strong="H5362"\w* \w me with his net|strong="H4686"\w*.   
\s1 Job’s Abandonment \w and|strong="H3045"\w* Affliction  
\q1
\v 7 “\w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w I cry out|strong="H6817"\w*, ‘\w Violence|strong="H2555"\w*\w !’|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w I receive no|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*;  
\q1 \w I cry for help|strong="H7768"\w*,  
\q1 \w but there is no|strong="H0369"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \w He has blocked|strong="H1443"\w* \w my way|strong="H0734"\w* \w so I cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w*,  
\q1 \w and has set|strong="H7760"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w my paths|strong="H5410"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \w He has stripped|strong="H6584"\w* \w me of my honor|strong="H3519"\w*  
\q1 \w and has taken the crown|strong="H5850"\w* \w off|strong="H5493"\w* \w my head|strong="H7218"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \w He tears|strong="H5422"\w* \w me down|strong="H5422"\w* \w on every side|strong="H5439"\w* \w until I perish|strong="H1980"\w*;  
\q1 \w he uproots|strong="H5265"\w* \w my hope|strong="H8615"\w* \w like one uproots|strong="H6086"\w* \w a|strong="H5265"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \w Thus|strong="H0639"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* \w burns|strong="H2734"\w* \w against|strong="H2803"\w* \w me,|strong="H2803"\w*  
\q1 \w and he considers|strong="H2803"\w* \w me among his enemies|strong="H6862"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12  \w His troops|strong="H1416"\w* \w advance|strong="H0935"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*;  
\q1 \w they throw up|strong="H5549"\w* \w a siege ramp|strong="H1870"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me,|strong="H2583"\w*  
\q1 \w and they camp|strong="H2583"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w my tent|strong="H0168"\w*.   
\s1 Job’s Forsaken State  
\q1
\v 13 “\w He has put my relatives|strong="H0251"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \w from me;|strong="H2114"\w*  
\q1 \w my acquaintances|strong="H2114"\w* \w only|strong="H0389"\w* \w turn away from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14  \w My kinsmen|strong="H2308"\w* \w have failed|strong="H7138"\w* \w me;|strong="H3045"\w*  
\q1 \w my friends|strong="H3045"\w* \w have forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w me|strong="H7911"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \w My guests|strong="H1481"\w* \w and my servant girls|strong="H0519"\w*  
\q1 \w consider|strong="H2803"\w* \w me a stranger|strong="H2114"\w*;  
\q1 \w I am a foreigner|strong="H5237"\w* \w in their eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w I summon|strong="H7121"\w* \w my servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w but he does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w respond|strong="H6030"\w*,  
\q1 \w even though I implore|strong="H1119"\w* \w him with my own mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17  \w My breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w is repulsive|strong="H2114"\w* \w to my wife|strong="H0802"\w*;  
\q1 \w I am loathsome|strong="H2603"\w* \w to my brothers|strong="H0990"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18  \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w youngsters|strong="H5759"\w* \w have scorned|strong="H3988"\w* \w me;|strong="H3988"\w*  
\q1 \w when I|strong="H3988"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up,|strong="H1696"\w* \w they|strong="H1571"\w* scoff \w at|strong="H6965"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w my closest|strong="H5475"\w* \w friends|strong="H8581"\w* \w detest|strong="H8581"\w* \w me;|strong="H0157"\w*  
\q1 \w and those whom|strong="H0157"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w love|strong="H0157"\w* \w have turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w against|strong="H3605"\w* \w me|strong="H8581"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20  \w My bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w stick|strong="H1692"\w* \w to my skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w and my flesh|strong="H1320"\w*;  
\q1 \w I have escaped|strong="H4422"\w* \w alive|strong="H5785"\w* \w with|strong="H1320"\w* only \w the|strong="H4422"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w of my teeth|strong="H8127"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21  \w Have pity|strong="H2603"\w* \w on me, my friends|strong="H7453"\w*, \w have pity on me|strong="H2603"\w*,  
\q1 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of God|strong="H0433"\w* \w has struck|strong="H5060"\w* \w me|strong="H5060"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do you pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w me like|strong="H3644"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w does?|strong="H7646"\w*  
\q1 \w Will you never be satiated|strong="H7646"\w* \w with my flesh|strong="H1320"\w*?   
\s1 Job’s Assurance \w of|strong="H0410"\w* Vindication  
\q1
\v 23 “\w O|strong="H4310"\w* \w that|strong="H4405"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w* \w were written|strong="H3789"\w* \w down,|strong="H4310"\w*  
\q1 \w O that they were written|strong="H4310"\w* \w on a scroll|strong="H5612"\w*,   
\q1
\v 24  \w that with an iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w chisel|strong="H5842"\w* \w and with lead|strong="H5777"\w*  
\q1 \w they were engraved|strong="H2672"\w* \w in a rock|strong="H6697"\w* \w forever|strong="H5703"\w*!   
\q1
\v 25  \w As for me, I|strong="H0589"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that my Redeemer|strong="H1350"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*,  
\q1 \w and that as the last|strong="H0314"\w*  
\q1 \w he will stand|strong="H6965"\w* \w upon the earth|strong="H6083"\w*.   
\q1
\v 26  \w And after|strong="H0310"\w* \w my skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w has been destroyed|strong="H5362"\w*,  
\q1 \w yet|strong="H2063"\w* \w in my flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w I will see|strong="H2372"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w*,   
\q1
\v 27  \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will see|strong="H2372"\w* \w for myself|strong="H0589"\w*,  
\q1 \w and whom my own eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w will behold|strong="H3629"\w*,  
\q1 \w and not|strong="H3808"\w* \w another|strong="H2114"\w*.  
\q1 \w My|strong="H7200"\w* \w heart|strong="H3629"\w* grows faint \w within|strong="H3629"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*.   
\q1
\v 28  \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w ‘How|strong="H4100"\w* \w we will pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w him,|strong="H8328"\w*  
\q1 \w since the root|strong="H8328"\w* \w of the trouble|strong="H1697"\w* \w is found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w*!’   
\q1
\v 29  \w Fear|strong="H1481"\w* \w the sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w yourselves,|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q1 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w brings the punishment|strong="H5771"\w* \w by the sword|strong="H2719"\w*,  
\q1 \w so that you may|strong="H4616"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*  
\q1 \w that there is judgment|strong="H1779"\w*.”   
\c 20  
\p
\v 1  \w Then Zophar|strong="H6691"\w* \w the Naamathite|strong="H5284"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w This|strong="H3651"\w* \w is why|strong="H3651"\w* \w my troubled thoughts|strong="H5587"\w* \w bring me back|strong="H7725"\w* –  
\q1 \w because|strong="H5668"\w* \w of|strong="H5668"\w* \w my feelings\w* within \w me|strong="H7725"\w*.   
\p  
\q1
\v 3  \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H7307"\w* \w reproof|strong="H4148"\w* \w that dishonors|strong="H3639"\w* \w me,|strong="H0998"\w*  
\q1 \w then my understanding|strong="H0998"\w* \w prompts|strong="H7307"\w* \w me to answer|strong="H6030"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4 “\w Surely|strong="H2063"\w* \w you know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that it has been from|strong="H4480"\w* \w old,|strong="H5703"\w*  
\q1 \w ever|strong="H5703"\w* \w since|strong="H4480"\w* \w humankind|strong="H0120"\w* \w was placed|strong="H7760"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the earth|strong="H0776"\w*,   
\q1
\v 5  \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the elation|strong="H7445"\w* \w of the wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w is brief|strong="H7138"\w*,  
\q1 \w the joy|strong="H8057"\w* \w of the godless|strong="H2611"\w* \w lasts|strong="H5704"\w* \w but a moment|strong="H7281"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6  \w Even though|strong="H0518"\w* \w his stature|strong="H7863"\w* \w reaches|strong="H5927"\w* \w to the heavens|strong="H8064"\w*  
\q1 \w and his head|strong="H7218"\w* \w touches|strong="H5060"\w* \w the clouds|strong="H5645"\w*,   
\q1
\v 7  \w he will perish|strong="H0006"\w* \w forever|strong="H5331"\w*, \w like his own excrement|strong="H1561"\w*;  
\q1 \w those who used to see|strong="H7200"\w* \w him will say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w ‘Where|strong="H0335"\w* \w is|strong="H0335"\w* \w he|strong="H0559"\w*?’   
\q1
\v 8  \w Like a dream|strong="H2472"\w* \w he flies|strong="H5774"\w* \w away|strong="H5074"\w*, \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w again to be found|strong="H4672"\w*,  
\q1 \w and like a vision|strong="H2384"\w* \w of the night|strong="H3915"\w* \w he is put to flight|strong="H5074"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \w People|strong="H5869"\w* \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H5869"\w* \w seen|strong="H5869"\w* \w him will not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see him again|strong="H7789"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where he was|strong="H7805"\w*  
\q1 \w will recognize|strong="H7805"\w* \w him no longer|strong="H3254"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \w His sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w must recompense|strong="H7521"\w* \w the poor|strong="H1800"\w*;  
\q1 \w his own hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w must return|strong="H7725"\w* \w his wealth|strong="H0202"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \w His bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w were full|strong="H4390"\w* \w of his youthful|strong="H5934"\w* \w vigor|strong="H5973"\w*,  
\q1 \w but that vigor will lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w down with him|strong="H5973"\w* \w in the dust|strong="H6083"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12 “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H3582"\w* \w sweet|strong="H4985"\w* \w in his mouth|strong="H6310"\w*  
\q1 \w and he hides|strong="H3582"\w* \w it under|strong="H8478"\w* \w his tongue|strong="H3956"\w*,   
\q1
\v 13  \w if he retains|strong="H2550"\w* \w it for|strong="H5921"\w* \w himself|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w and does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w let it go|strong="H5800"\w*,  
\q1 \w and holds|strong="H4513"\w* \w it fast|strong="H4513"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w his mouth|strong="H2441"\w*,   
\q1
\v 14  \w his food|strong="H3899"\w* \w is turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w sour|strong="H4846"\w* \w in his stomach|strong="H4578"\w*;  
\q1 \w it becomes the venom of serpents|strong="H6620"\w* \w within|strong="H7130"\w* him.   
\q1
\v 15  \w The wealth|strong="H2428"\w* \w that he consumed|strong="H6958"\w* \w he|strong="H0990"\w* vomits \w up,|strong="H0410"\w*  
\q1 \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w will make him throw it out|strong="H0990"\w* \w of|strong="H0410"\w* \w his|strong="H3423"\w* \w stomach|strong="H0990"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w He sucks the poison|strong="H7219"\w* \w of serpents|strong="H6620"\w*;  
\q1 \w the fangs|strong="H3243"\w* \w of a viper|strong="H0660"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w him|strong="H2026"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17  \w He will not|strong="H0408"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w on the streams|strong="H5158"\w*,  
\q1 \w the rivers|strong="H5104"\w*, \w which are the torrents|strong="H6390"\w*  
\q1 \w of honey|strong="H1706"\w* \w and butter|strong="H2529"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18  \w He gives back|strong="H7725"\w* \w the ill-gotten gain|strong="H3022"\w*  
\q1 \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w assimilating|strong="H1104"\w* \w it;|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w he will not|strong="H3808"\w* \w enjoy|strong="H5965"\w* \w the wealth from his commerce|strong="H8545"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he has oppressed|strong="H7533"\w* \w the poor|strong="H1800"\w* \w and abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w them;|strong="H1497"\w*  
\q1 \w he has seized|strong="H1497"\w* \w a house|strong="H1004"\w* \w which he did not|strong="H3808"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w satisfaction|strong="H7961"\w* \w in his appetite|strong="H0990"\w*;  
\q1 \w he does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w let anything he desires|strong="H2530"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21 “\w Nothing|strong="H0369"\w* \w is left|strong="H8300"\w* \w for him to devour|strong="H0400"\w*;  
\q1 \w that is why|strong="H3651"\w* \w his prosperity|strong="H2898"\w* \w does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w last|strong="H2342"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w In the fullness|strong="H4390"\w* \w of his sufficiency|strong="H5607"\w*,  
\q1 \w distress|strong="H3027"\w* \w overtakes|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H0935"\w*.  
\q1 \w the full force|strong="H3027"\w* \w of misery|strong="H6001"\w* \w will come|strong="H0935"\w* \w upon|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H0935"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23 “\w While|strong="H1961"\w* \w he is|strong="H4390"\w* \w filling|strong="H4390"\w* \w his belly|strong="H0990"\w*,  
\q1 \w God|strong="H7971"\w* \w sends|strong="H7971"\w* \w his burning|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* \w against him,|strong="H4305"\w*  
\q1 \w and rains down|strong="H4305"\w* \w his blows|strong="H3894"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 24  \w If|strong="H2498"\w* \w he flees|strong="H1272"\w* \w from an iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w weapon|strong="H5402"\w*,  
\q1 \w then an arrow|strong="H5154"\w* \w from|strong="H1272"\w* a \w bronze|strong="H5154"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w pierces|strong="H2498"\w* \w him|strong="H1272"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25  \w When he pulls|strong="H8025"\w* \w it out|strong="H3318"\w* \w and it comes out of his back,|strong="H1300"\w*  
\q1 \w the gleaming|strong="H1300"\w* \w point|strong="H1465"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* liver,  
\q1 \w terrors|strong="H0367"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 26  \w Total|strong="H3605"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w waits|strong="H2934"\w* \w to receive his treasures|strong="H6845"\w*;  
\q1 \w a fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w which has not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been kindled|strong="H5301"\w*  
\q1 \w will consume|strong="H0398"\w* \w him|strong="H3415"\w*  
\q1 \w and devour|strong="H3415"\w* \w what is left|strong="H8300"\w* \w in his tent|strong="H0168"\w*.   
\q1
\v 27  \w The heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w reveal|strong="H1540"\w* \w his iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*;  
\q1 \w the earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w rises|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* against \w him|strong="H1540"\w*.   
\q1
\v 28  \w A flood|strong="H1540"\w* \w will carry|strong="H2981"\w* \w off his house|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\q1 \w rushing|strong="H5064"\w* \w waters on the day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of God’s wrath|strong="H0639"\w*.   
\q1
\v 29  \w Such|strong="H2088"\w* \w is the lot God|strong="H0430"\w* \w allots the wicked|strong="H7563"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the heritage|strong="H5159"\w* \w of his appointment|strong="H0561"\w* \w from God|strong="H0410"\w*.”   
\c 21  
\p
\v 1  \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w carefully|strong="H8085"\w* \w to my words|strong="H4405"\w*;  
\q1 \w let this|strong="H2063"\w* \w be|strong="H8575"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w consolation|strong="H8575"\w* \w you|strong="H1961"\w* offer \w me|strong="H1961"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3  \w Bear|strong="H5375"\w* \w with me|strong="H0595"\w* \w and|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w will speak|strong="H1696"\w*,  
\q1 \w and after|strong="H0310"\w* \w I have spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w you may mock|strong="H3932"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4  \w Is my|strong="H0595"\w* \w complaint|strong="H7879"\w* \w against a man|strong="H0120"\w*\w ?|strong="H0518"\w*  
\q1 \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w so,|strong="H4069"\w* \w why|strong="H4069"\w* \w should I not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be impatient|strong="H7307"\w*?   
\q1
\v 5  \w Look|strong="H6437"\w* \w at me|strong="H0413"\w* \w and be appalled|strong="H8074"\w*;  
\q1 \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w your hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w your mouths|strong="H6310"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6  \w For, when I think|strong="H2142"\w* \w about this, I am terrified|strong="H0926"\w*  
\q1 \w and my body|strong="H1320"\w* \w feels|strong="H0270"\w* \w a shudder|strong="H6427"\w*.   
\s1 \w The|strong="H0518"\w* Wicked Prosper  
\q1
\v 7 “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w do the wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w go on living|strong="H2421"\w*,  
\q1 \w grow|strong="H6275"\w* \w old,|strong="H1571"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w increase|strong="H1396"\w* \w in power|strong="H2428"\w*?   
\q1
\v 8  \w Their children|strong="H2233"\w* \w are firmly established|strong="H3559"\w*  
\q1 \w in their presence|strong="H6440"\w*,  
\q1 \w their offspring|strong="H6631"\w* \w before their eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \w Their houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w are safe|strong="H7965"\w* \w and without fear|strong="H6343"\w*;  
\q1 \w and no|strong="H3808"\w* \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* \w of punishment|strong="H0433"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w is upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \w Their bulls|strong="H7794"\w* \w breed|strong="H1602"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w fail|strong="H5674"\w*;  
\q1 \w their|strong="H1602"\w* \w cows|strong="H6510"\w* \w calve|strong="H6403"\w* \w and do not|strong="H3808"\w* \w miscarry|strong="H7921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \w They allow|strong="H7971"\w* \w their children|strong="H5759"\w* \w to run|strong="H6629"\w* \w like|strong="H7540"\w* \w a|strong="H7971"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w*;  
\q1 \w their little ones|strong="H3206"\w* \w dance about|strong="H7540"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12  \w They sing|strong="H5375"\w* \w to the accompaniment of tambourine|strong="H8596"\w* \w and harp|strong="H3658"\w*,  
\q1 \w and make merry|strong="H8055"\w* \w to the sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of the flute|strong="H5748"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13  \w They live out|strong="H1086"\w* \w their years|strong="H3117"\w* \w in prosperity|strong="H2896"\w*  
\q1 \w and go down|strong="H5181"\w* \w to the grave|strong="H7585"\w* \w in peace|strong="H7281"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14  \w So they say|strong="H0559"\w* \w to God|strong="H0410"\w*, \w ‘Turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away from us|strong="H4480"\w*\w !|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w We do not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H1847"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \w your ways|strong="H1870"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \w Who is the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we should|strong="H4100"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w him?|strong="H4100"\w*  
\q1 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w would we gain|strong="H3276"\w*  
\q1 \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w we were to pray|strong="H6293"\w* \w to|strong="H6293"\w* \w him|strong="H5647"\w*?’   
\q1
\v 16  \w But their prosperity|strong="H2898"\w* \w is not their own doing|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\q1 \w The counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \w of the wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w is far|strong="H7368"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*!   
\s1 How Often \w Do|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Wicked|strong="H7563"\w* Suffer?  
\q1
\v 17 “\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w often|strong="H5216"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w* \w of the wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w extinguished|strong="H1846"\w*\w ?|strong="H0343"\w*  
\q1 \w How often does their|strong="H0343"\w* \w misfortune|strong="H0343"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w them?|strong="H2505"\w*  
\q1 \w How often does God apportion|strong="H2505"\w* \w pain|strong="H2505"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in his anger|strong="H0639"\w*?   
\q1
\v 18  \w How often|strong="H8401"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w they|strong="H6440"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w straw|strong="H8401"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the wind|strong="H7307"\w*,  
\q1 \w and like chaff|strong="H4671"\w* \w swept away|strong="H5492"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* whirlwind?   
\q1
\v 19  \w You may say,|strong="H0433"\w* ‘\w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w stores|strong="H6845"\w* \w up a man’s|strong="H0205"\w* \w punishment for|strong="H0413"\w* \w his children|strong="H1121"\w*\w !’|strong="H7999"\w*  
\q1 \w Instead let him repay|strong="H7999"\w* \w the man himself|strong="H3045"\w*  
\q1 \w so that|strong="H3045"\w* \w he|strong="H1121"\w* \w may|strong="H1121"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w it|strong="H3045"\w*!   
\q1
\v 20  \w Let his own eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w his destruction|strong="H3589"\w*;  
\q1 \w let him drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w of the anger|strong="H2534"\w* \w of the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w is his interest|strong="H2686"\w* \w in his|strong="H2686"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*  
\q1 \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w his death,|strong="H2686"\w*  
\q1 \w when|strong="H2686"\w* \w the number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of his|strong="H2686"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*  
\q1 \w has been broken|strong="H2686"\w* off?   
\q1
\v 22  \w Can anyone teach|strong="H3925"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*,  
\q1 \w since|strong="H8199"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* \w those that are on high|strong="H7311"\w*?   
\s1 Death Levels Everything  
\q1
\v 23 “\w One|strong="H2088"\w* \w man dies|strong="H4191"\w* \w in his full|strong="H8537"\w* \w vigor|strong="H6106"\w*,  
\q1 \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w secure|strong="H7946"\w* \w and prosperous|strong="H7961"\w*,   
\q1
\v 24  \w his body|strong="H5845"\w* \w well nourished|strong="H4390"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the marrow|strong="H4221"\w* \w of his bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w moist|strong="H8248"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25  \w And another man|strong="H2088"\w* \w dies|strong="H4191"\w* \w in bitterness|strong="H4751"\w* \w of soul|strong="H5315"\w*,  
\q1 \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w having tasted|strong="H0398"\w* \w anything good|strong="H2896"\w*.   
\q1
\v 26  \w Together|strong="H3162"\w* \w they lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w down in the dust|strong="H6083"\w*,  
\q1 \w and worms|strong="H7415"\w* \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w both|strong="H3162"\w*.   
\s1 Futile Words, Deceptive Answers  
\q1
\v 27 “\w Yes|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what you are thinking|strong="H4284"\w*,  
\q1 \w the schemes|strong="H4209"\w* \w by which you would wrong|strong="H2554"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 28  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w you say|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w Where|strong="H0346"\w* \w now is the nobleman’s|strong="H5081"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\q1 \w and where|strong="H0346"\w* \w are the tents|strong="H0168"\w* \w in which|strong="H4908"\w* \w the wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w lived|strong="H4908"\w*?’   
\q1
\v 29  \w Have you never questioned|strong="H7592"\w* \w those who travel|strong="H5674"\w* \w the roads|strong="H1870"\w*\w ?|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w Do you not|strong="H3808"\w* \w recognize|strong="H5234"\w* \w their accounts|strong="H0226"\w* –   
\q1
\v 30  \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w man is spared|strong="H2820"\w*  
\q1 \w from the day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of his misfortune|strong="H0343"\w*,  
\q1 \w that he is delivered|strong="H3117"\w*  
\q1 \w from the day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of God’s wrath|strong="H5678"\w*?   
\q1
\v 31  \w No one|strong="H4310"\w* \w denounces|strong="H5046"\w* \w his conduct|strong="H1870"\w* \w to his face|strong="H6440"\w*;  
\q1 \w no one|strong="H4310"\w* \w repays|strong="H7999"\w* \w him for what|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.   
\q1
\v 32  \w And when he is|strong="H1931"\w* \w carried|strong="H2986"\w* \w to the tombs|strong="H6913"\w*,  
\q1 \w and watch|strong="H8245"\w* \w is kept|strong="H1430"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* funeral mound,   
\q1
\v 33  \w The clods|strong="H7263"\w* \w of the torrent valley|strong="H5158"\w* \w are sweet|strong="H4985"\w* \w to him;|strong="H0310"\w*  
\q1 \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* \w him everybody|strong="H0120"\w* \w follows in procession|strong="H4900"\w*,  
\q1 \w and before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him goes a countless throng|strong="H4557"\w*.   
\q1
\v 34  \w So how|strong="H0349"\w* \w can you console|strong="H5162"\w* \w me with your futile|strong="H1892"\w* \w words?|strong="H7604"\w*  
\q1 \w Nothing is left|strong="H7604"\w* \w of your answers|strong="H8666"\w* \w but deception|strong="H4604"\w*!”   
\c 22  
\p
\v 1  \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Eliphaz|strong="H0464"\w* \w the Temanite|strong="H8489"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w Is it to God|strong="H0410"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w a strong man is of benefit?|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q1 \w Is it to him that|strong="H3588"\w* \w even|strong="H5532"\w* \w a wise|strong="H7919"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w is profitable|strong="H5532"\w*?   
\q1
\v 3  \w Is|strong="H2656"\w* \w it of any special benefit|strong="H2656"\w* \w to the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*  
\q1 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you should be righteous|strong="H6663"\w*,  
\q1 \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w is it any gain|strong="H1215"\w* \w to him|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q1 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you make your ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w blameless|strong="H8552"\w*?   
\q1
\v 4  \w Is it because of your piety|strong="H3374"\w* \w that he rebukes|strong="H3198"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w*  
\q1 \w and goes|strong="H0935"\w* \w to judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w*?   
\q1
\v 5  \w Is not|strong="H3808"\w* \w your wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w*  
\q1 \w and is there no|strong="H0369"\w* \w end|strong="H7093"\w* \w to your iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*?   
\q1
\v 6 “\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w you took pledges|strong="H2254"\w* \w from your brothers|strong="H0251"\w*  
\q1 \w for no reason|strong="H2600"\w*,  
\q1 \w and you stripped|strong="H6584"\w* \w the clothing|strong="H0899"\w* \w from the naked|strong="H6174"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7  \w You gave the weary|strong="H5889"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w to drink|strong="H8248"\w*  
\q1 \w and from the hungry|strong="H7456"\w* \w you withheld|strong="H4513"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \w Although you were a powerful man|strong="H0376"\w*, \w owning|strong="H2220"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*,  
\q1 \w an honored man|strong="H3427"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w it|strong="H5375"\w*,   
\q1
\v 9  \w you sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w widows|strong="H0490"\w* \w away empty-handed|strong="H7387"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the arms|strong="H2220"\w* \w of the orphans|strong="H3490"\w* \w you crushed|strong="H1792"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \w That is why|strong="H3651"\w* \w snares|strong="H6341"\w* \w surround|strong="H5439"\w* \w you,|strong="H6597"\w*  
\q1 \w and why sudden|strong="H6597"\w* \w fear|strong="H6343"\w* \w terrifies|strong="H0926"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*,   
\q1
\v 11  \w why it is so|strong="H0176"\w* \w dark|strong="H2822"\w* \w you cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*,  
\q1 \w and why a flood|strong="H8229"\w* \w of water|strong="H4325"\w* \w covers|strong="H3680"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12 “\w Is not|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w on high|strong="H1363"\w* \w in heaven|strong="H8064"\w*\w ?|strong="H7200"\w*  
\q1 \w And see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the lofty|strong="H7311"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w*, \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w high|strong="H7311"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w*!   
\q1
\v 13  \w But you have said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w ‘What|strong="H4100"\w* \w does God|strong="H0410"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*\w ?|strong="H8199"\w*  
\q1 \w Does he judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w through|strong="H1157"\w* \w such deep darkness|strong="H6205"\w*?   
\q1
\v 14  \w Thick clouds|strong="H5645"\w* \w are a veil|strong="H5643"\w* \w for him, so he does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w us,|strong="H2329"\w*  
\q1 \w as he goes back and forth|strong="H2329"\w*  
\q1 \w in the vault|strong="H2329"\w* \w of heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 15  \w Will you keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w to the old|strong="H5769"\w* \w path|strong="H0734"\w*  
\q1 \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w evil|strong="H0205"\w* \w men|strong="H4962"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w walked|strong="H1869"\w* –   
\q1
\v 16  \w men|strong="H7059"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* carried \w off|strong="H6256"\w* \w before|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H0834"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*,  
\q1 \w when the flood|strong="H5104"\w* \w was poured|strong="H3332"\w* \w out|strong="H3247"\w*  
\q1 \w on their foundations|strong="H3247"\w*?   
\q1
\v 17  \w They were saying|strong="H0559"\w* \w to God|strong="H0410"\w*, \w ‘Turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away from us|strong="H4480"\w*,’  
\q1 \w and ‘What|strong="H4100"\w* \w can the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w do|strong="H6466"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w us|strong="H0559"\w*?’   
\q1
\v 18  \w But it was he|strong="H4390"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w their houses|strong="H1004"\w*  
\q1 \w with good|strong="H2896"\w* things –  
\q1 yet \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*  
\q1 \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w The righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w their destruction|strong="H8055"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w*;  
\q1 \w the innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w mock them scornfully|strong="H3932"\w*, saying,   
\q1
\v 20 ‘\w Surely|strong="H0518"\w* \w our enemies|strong="H7009"\w* \w are destroyed|strong="H3582"\w*,  
\q1 \w and fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w consumes|strong="H0398"\w* \w their|strong="H0398"\w* \w wealth|strong="H3808"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 21 “\w Reconcile|strong="H5532"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w God,|strong="H7999"\w*  
\q1 \w and be at peace|strong="H7999"\w* \w with him;|strong="H2896"\w*  
\q1 \w in this way your prosperity will be good|strong="H2896"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w Accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w instruction|strong="H8451"\w* \w from his mouth|strong="H6310"\w*  
\q1 \w and store up|strong="H7760"\w* \w his words|strong="H0561"\w* \w in your heart|strong="H3824"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w you return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*, \w you will be built|strong="H1129"\w* \w up;|strong="H5766"\w*  
\q1 \w if you remove wicked behavior|strong="H5766"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \w from your tent|strong="H0168"\w*,   
\q1
\v 24  \w and throw|strong="H7896"\w* \w your gold|strong="H1220"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w –|strong="H1220"\w*  
\q1 \w your gold|strong="H1220"\w* \w of Ophir|strong="H0211"\w*  
\q1 \w among the rocks|strong="H6697"\w* \w in the ravines|strong="H5158"\w* –   
\q1
\v 25  \w then the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w himself will be your gold|strong="H1220"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the choicest|strong="H8443"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H3701"\w* \w you|strong="H1961"\w*.   
\q1
\v 26  \w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w then|strong="H0227"\w* \w you will delight|strong="H6026"\w* \w yourself|strong="H7706"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*,  
\q1 \w and will lift|strong="H5375"\w* \w up your face|strong="H6440"\w* \w toward|strong="H0413"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w*.   
\q1
\v 27  \w You will pray|strong="H6279"\w* \w to him and he will hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w you,|strong="H7999"\w*  
\q1 \w and you will fulfill|strong="H7999"\w* \w your vows|strong="H5088"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.   
\q1
\v 28  \w Whatever|strong="H1504"\w* \w you decide|strong="H0562"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* matter,  
\q1 \w it will be established|strong="H6965"\w* \w for you,|strong="H0216"\w*  
\q1 \w and light|strong="H0216"\w* \w will shine|strong="H5050"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your ways|strong="H1870"\w*.   
\q1
\v 29  \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w people are brought low|strong="H8213"\w* \w and you say|strong="H0559"\w*  
\q1 ‘\w Lift them up|strong="H1466"\w*\w !’|strong="H3467"\w*  
\q1 \w then he will save|strong="H3467"\w* \w the downcast|strong="H7807"\w*;   
\q1
\v 30  \w he will deliver|strong="H4422"\w* \w even someone|strong="H0336"\w* \w who is not innocent|strong="H5355"\w*,  
\q1 \w who will escape|strong="H4422"\w* \w through the cleanness|strong="H1252"\w* \w of your hands|strong="H3709"\w*.”   
\c 23  
\p
\v 1  \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w my complaint|strong="H7879"\w* \w is still bitter|strong="H4805"\w*;  
\q1 \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w is heavy|strong="H3513"\w* \w despite|strong="H5921"\w* \w my groaning|strong="H0585"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3  \w O that I knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w where I might find|strong="H4672"\w* \w him,|strong="H0935"\w*  
\q1 \w that I could come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to his place of residence|strong="H8499"\w*!   
\q1
\v 4  \w I would lay out my case|strong="H6186"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H4390"\w*  
\q1 \w and fill|strong="H4390"\w* \w my mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w with arguments|strong="H8433"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \w I would know|strong="H3045"\w* \w with what words|strong="H4405"\w* \w he would answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w me,|strong="H0995"\w*  
\q1 \w and understand|strong="H0995"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w he would say|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H0995"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6  \w Would|strong="H5978"\w* \w he contend|strong="H7378"\w* \w with me with|strong="H5978"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w*\w ?|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w he would only|strong="H0389"\w* \w pay|strong="H7760"\w* \w attention|strong="H5978"\w* \w to me|strong="H5978"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7  \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w an upright|strong="H3477"\w* \w person|strong="H3198"\w*  
\q1 \w could present his case|strong="H3198"\w* \w before him,|strong="H6403"\w*  
\q1 \w and I would be delivered|strong="H6403"\w* \w forever|strong="H5331"\w* \w from my judge|strong="H8199"\w*.   
\s1 \w The|strong="H8033"\w* Inaccessibility \w and|strong="H8033"\w* Power \w of|strong="H8199"\w* God  
\q1
\v 8 “\w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w I go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to the east|strong="H6924"\w*, \w he is not|strong="H0369"\w* \w there,|strong="H0268"\w*  
\q1 \w and to the west|strong="H0268"\w*, \w yet I do not|strong="H3808"\w* \w perceive|strong="H0995"\w* \w him|strong="H0995"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \w In the north|strong="H8040"\w* \w when he is at|strong="H2372"\w* \w work,|strong="H6213"\w*  
\q1 \w I do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H2372"\w* \w him;|strong="H3225"\w*  
\q1 \w when he turns|strong="H3225"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w south|strong="H3225"\w*,  
\q1 \w I see|strong="H7200"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w trace|strong="H5848"\w* \w of|strong="H3225"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w he knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w the pathway|strong="H1870"\w* \w that I take|strong="H5978"\w*;  
\q1 \w if he tested|strong="H0974"\w* \w me, I would come forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w like gold|strong="H2091"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \w My feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w have followed|strong="H0270"\w* \w his steps|strong="H0838"\w* \w closely;|strong="H8104"\w*  
\q1 \w I have kept|strong="H8104"\w* \w to his way|strong="H1870"\w* \w and have not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turned aside|strong="H5186"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12  \w I have not|strong="H3808"\w* \w departed|strong="H4185"\w* \w from the commands|strong="H4687"\w* \w of his lips|strong="H8193"\w*;  
\q1 \w I have treasured|strong="H6845"\w* \w the words|strong="H0561"\w* \w of his mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w more than my allotted portion|strong="H2706"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13  \w But he is|strong="H1931"\w* \w unchangeable|strong="H0259"\w*, \w and who can|strong="H4310"\w* \w change|strong="H7725"\w* \w him?|strong="H6213"\w*  
\q1 \w Whatever he|strong="H6213"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w desired|strong="H0183"\w*, \w he does|strong="H6213"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he fulfills|strong="H7999"\w* \w his decree|strong="H2706"\w* \w against me,|strong="H7227"\w*  
\q1 \w and many|strong="H7227"\w* \w such things|strong="H2007"\w* \w are|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* plans.   
\q1
\v 15  \w That is why|strong="H3651"\w* \w I am terrified|strong="H0926"\w* \w in his presence|strong="H6440"\w*;  
\q1 \w when I consider|strong="H0995"\w*, \w I am afraid|strong="H6342"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w Indeed, God|strong="H0410"\w* \w has made my heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w faint|strong="H7401"\w*;  
\q1 \w the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w has terrified|strong="H0926"\w* \w me|strong="H3820"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17  \w Yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w I have not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been silent|strong="H6789"\w* \w because of the darkness|strong="H2822"\w*,  
\q1 \w because of the thick darkness|strong="H0652"\w*  
\q1 \w that covered|strong="H3680"\w* \w my face|strong="H6440"\w*.   
\c 24  
\p  
\q1
\v 1 “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w are times|strong="H6256"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6845"\w* \w by|strong="H7706"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*\w ?|strong="H6845"\w*  
\q1 \w Why do those|strong="H6845"\w* \w who know|strong="H3045"\w* \w him not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H2372"\w* \w his days|strong="H3117"\w*?   
\q1
\v 2  \w Men|strong="H1367"\w* move boundary \w stones|strong="H5381"\w*;  
\q1 \w they seize|strong="H1497"\w* \w the flock|strong="H5739"\w* \w and pasture them|strong="H7462"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3  \w They drive away|strong="H5090"\w* \w the orphan’s|strong="H5090"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w*;  
\q1 \w they take the widow’s|strong="H0490"\w* \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* \w as a pledge|strong="H2254"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4  \w They turn|strong="H5186"\w* \w the needy|strong="H0034"\w* \w from the pathway|strong="H1870"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the poor|strong="H6035"\w* \w of the land|strong="H0776"\w* \w hide|strong="H2244"\w* \w themselves together|strong="H3162"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \w Like|strong="H6501"\w* \w wild|strong="H6501"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H6501"\w* \w in the desert|strong="H4057"\w*  
\q1 \w they|strong="H3318"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to their labor|strong="H6467"\w*,  
\q1 \w seeking diligently|strong="H7836"\w* \w for food|strong="H2964"\w*;  
\q1 \w the wasteland|strong="H6160"\w* \w provides|strong="H3899"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w for them|strong="H5288"\w*  
\q1 \w and for their children|strong="H5288"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6  \w They reap|strong="H7114"\w* \w fodder|strong="H1098"\w* \w in the field|strong="H7704"\w*,  
\q1 \w and glean|strong="H3953"\w* \w in the vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* \w of the wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7  \w They spend|strong="H3885"\w* \w the night naked|strong="H6174"\w* \w because they lack|strong="H1097"\w* \w clothing|strong="H3830"\w*;  
\q1 \w they have no|strong="H0369"\w* \w covering|strong="H3682"\w* \w against the cold|strong="H7135"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \w They are soaked by mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w rains|strong="H2230"\w*  
\q1 \w and huddle|strong="H7372"\w* \w in the rocks|strong="H6697"\w* \w because|strong="H1097"\w* \w they lack shelter|strong="H4268"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \w The fatherless child|strong="H3490"\w* \w is snatched|strong="H1497"\w* \w from the breast|strong="H7699"\w*,  
\q1 \w the infant|strong="H5764"\w* \w of the poor|strong="H6041"\w* \w is taken as a pledge|strong="H2254"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \w They go|strong="H1980"\w* \w about naked|strong="H6174"\w*, \w without|strong="H1097"\w* \w clothing|strong="H3830"\w*,  
\q1 \w and go hungry|strong="H7456"\w* \w while they carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w the sheaves|strong="H6016"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \w They press out the olive oil|strong="H6671"\w* \w between|strong="H0996"\w* \w the rows|strong="H7791"\w* \w of olive trees;|strong="H1869"\w*  
\q1 \w they tread|strong="H1869"\w* \w the winepresses|strong="H3342"\w* \w while they are thirsty|strong="H6770"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12  \w From the city|strong="H5892"\w* \w the dying|strong="H4962"\w* \w groan|strong="H5008"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the wounded|strong="H2491"\w* \w cry out for help|strong="H7768"\w*,  
\q1 \w but God|strong="H0433"\w* \w charges|strong="H7760"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one with wrongdoing|strong="H8604"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13  \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w are those|strong="H1992"\w* \w who rebel|strong="H4775"\w* \w against the light|strong="H0216"\w*;  
\q1 \w they do not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H5234"\w* \w its ways|strong="H1870"\w*  
\q1 \w and they do not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w on its paths|strong="H5410"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14  \w Before daybreak|strong="H0216"\w* \w the murderer|strong="H7523"\w* \w rises|strong="H6965"\w* \w up;|strong="H6991"\w*  
\q1 \w he kills|strong="H6991"\w* \w the poor|strong="H6041"\w* \w and the needy|strong="H0034"\w*;  
\q1 \w in the night|strong="H3915"\w* \w he is|strong="H1590"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w thief|strong="H1590"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \w And the eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w of the adulterer|strong="H5003"\w* \w watches|strong="H8104"\w* \w for the twilight|strong="H5399"\w*,  
\q1 \w thinking|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w eye can see me|strong="H5869"\w*,’  
\q1 \w and covers|strong="H7789"\w* \w his face|strong="H6440"\w* \w with a mask|strong="H5643"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w In the dark|strong="H2822"\w* \w the robber|strong="H2864"\w* \w breaks into houses|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\q1 \w but by day|strong="H3119"\w* \w they shut|strong="H2856"\w* \w themselves in;|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w they do not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the light|strong="H0216"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3162"\w* \w of them,|strong="H1242"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w is to them|strong="H6757"\w*  
\q1 \w like deep darkness|strong="H6757"\w*;  
\q1 \w they are friends with the terrors|strong="H1091"\w* \w of darkness|strong="H6757"\w*.  
\v 18   
\q1 “\w You say,|strong="H1931"\w* ‘\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w foam|strong="H7031"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the face|strong="H6440"\w* \w of the waters|strong="H4325"\w*;  
\q1 \w their portion|strong="H2513"\w* \w of the land|strong="H0776"\w* \w is cursed|strong="H7043"\w*  
\q1 \w so that|strong="H6437"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one goes to their vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w The drought|strong="H6723"\w* \w as well|strong="H1571"\w* \w as the heat|strong="H2527"\w* \w carry away|strong="H4325"\w*  
\q1 \w the melted|strong="H4325"\w* \w snow|strong="H7950"\w*;  
\q1 \w so the grave|strong="H7585"\w* \w takes away those who|strong="H1497"\w* \w have sinned|strong="H2398"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20  \w The womb|strong="H7358"\w* \w forgets|strong="H7911"\w* \w him,|strong="H7415"\w*  
\q1 \w the worm|strong="H7415"\w* \w feasts|strong="H4988"\w* \w on him,|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w will he be remembered|strong="H2142"\w*.  
\q1 \w Like a tree|strong="H6086"\w*, \w wickedness|strong="H5766"\w* \w will be broken|strong="H7665"\w* \w down|strong="H7665"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21  \w He preys|strong="H7462"\w* \w on|strong="H6135"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w barren|strong="H6135"\w* \w and childless|strong="H3205"\w* \w woman,|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w and does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w treat the widow|strong="H0490"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w But God|strong="H4900"\w* \w drags|strong="H4900"\w* off \w the mighty|strong="H0047"\w* \w by his power|strong="H3581"\w*;  
\q1 \w when God|strong="H6965"\w* \w rises|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w against him, he has no|strong="H3808"\w* \w faith|strong="H0539"\w* \w in his life|strong="H2416"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23  \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w may|strong="H5414"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w them rest in a feeling|strong="H8172"\w* \w of security|strong="H0983"\w*,  
\q1 \w but he is constantly watching|strong="H5869"\w* \w all their ways|strong="H1870"\w*.   
\q1
\v 24  \w They are exalted|strong="H7426"\w* \w for a little|strong="H4592"\w* \w while,|strong="H0369"\w*  
\q1 \w and then they are gone|strong="H0369"\w*,  
\q1 \w they are brought low|strong="H4355"\w* \w like all|strong="H3605"\w* \w others,|strong="H7092"\w*  
\q1 \w and gathered in|strong="H7092"\w*,  
\q1 \w and like a head|strong="H7218"\w* \w of grain|strong="H7641"\w* \w they are cut off|strong="H5243"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 25 “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w this is not|strong="H3808"\w* \w so, who can|strong="H4310"\w* \w prove me a liar|strong="H3576"\w*  
\q1 \w and reduce|strong="H0408"\w* \w my words|strong="H4405"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w*?”   
\c 25  
\p
\v 1  \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Bildad|strong="H1085"\w* \w the Shuhite|strong="H7747"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w Dominion|strong="H4910"\w* \w and awesome might|strong="H6343"\w* \w belong to|strong="H6213"\w* God;  
\q1 \w he establishes|strong="H6213"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w in his heights|strong="H4791"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3  \w Can|strong="H3426"\w* \w his armies|strong="H1416"\w* \w be numbered|strong="H4557"\w*\w ?|strong="H5921"\w*  
\q1 \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w whom|strong="H4310"\w* \w does his light|strong="H0216"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w rise|strong="H6965"\w*?   
\q1
\v 4  \w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w then can a human|strong="H0582"\w* \w being be righteous|strong="H6663"\w* \w before God|strong="H0410"\w*\w ?|strong="H4100"\w*  
\q1 \w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w can one born|strong="H3205"\w* \w of a woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w be pure|strong="H2135"\w*?   
\q1
\v 5  \w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w even|strong="H2141"\w* \w the moon|strong="H3394"\w* \w is not|strong="H3808"\w* \w bright|strong="H0166"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the stars|strong="H3556"\w* \w are not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pure|strong="H2141"\w* \w as far as he is concerned|strong="H5869"\w*,   
\q1
\v 6  \w how much less|strong="H0637"\w* \w a mortal man|strong="H0582"\w*, \w who is but a maggot|strong="H7415"\w* –  
\q1 \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of man\w*, \w who is only a worm\w*!”   
\p  
\c 26  
\p
\v 1  \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w replied|strong="H0559"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w you have helped|strong="H5826"\w* \w the powerless|strong="H3581"\w*\w !|strong="H3581"\w*  
\q1 \w How you have|strong="H3581"\w* \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* \w the person|strong="H2220"\w* \w who has|strong="H2220"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w strength|strong="H5797"\w*!   
\q1
\v 3  \w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w you have advised|strong="H3289"\w* \w the one without|strong="H3808"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*,  
\q1 \w and abundantly|strong="H7230"\w* \w revealed|strong="H3045"\w* \w your insight|strong="H8454"\w*!   
\q1
\v 4  \w To whom|strong="H4310"\w* \w did you utter|strong="H5397"\w* \w these words|strong="H4405"\w*\w ?|strong="H4310"\w*  
\q1 \w And whose|strong="H4310"\w* \w spirit has|strong="H4310"\w* \w come forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w your|strong="H4480"\w* mouth?   
\s1 \w A|strong="H4480"\w* Better Description \w of|strong="H4480"\w* God’s Greatness  
\q1
\v 5 “\w The dead|strong="H7496"\w* \w tremble|strong="H2342"\w* –  
\q1 \w those beneath|strong="H8478"\w* \w the waters|strong="H4325"\w*  
\q1 \w and all that live|strong="H7931"\w* \w in|strong="H7931"\w* \w them|strong="H8478"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6  \w The underworld|strong="H7585"\w* \w is naked|strong="H6174"\w* \w before|strong="H5048"\w* \w God;|strong="H0011"\w*  
\q1 \w the place of destruction|strong="H0011"\w* \w lies uncovered|strong="H3682"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7  \w He spreads out|strong="H5186"\w* \w the northern|strong="H6828"\w* \w skies|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w empty|strong="H8414"\w* \w space;|strong="H0776"\w*  
\q1 \w he suspends the earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w nothing|strong="H1099"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \w He locks|strong="H6887"\w* \w the waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w in his clouds|strong="H5645"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the clouds|strong="H6051"\w* \w do not|strong="H3808"\w* \w burst|strong="H1234"\w* \w with the weight|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H8478"\w* \w them|strong="H8478"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \w He conceals|strong="H0270"\w* \w the face|strong="H6440"\w* \w of the full moon|strong="H3678"\w*,  
\q1 \w shrouding|strong="H6576"\w* \w it with|strong="H5921"\w* \w his clouds|strong="H6051"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \w He marks out|strong="H2328"\w* \w the horizon|strong="H2706"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the surface|strong="H6440"\w* \w of the waters|strong="H4325"\w*  
\q1 \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w a boundary|strong="H8503"\w* \w between|strong="H5973"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w* \w and darkness|strong="H2822"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \w The pillars|strong="H5982"\w* \w of the heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w tremble|strong="H7322"\w*  
\q1 \w and are amazed|strong="H8539"\w* \w at his rebuke|strong="H1606"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12  \w By his power|strong="H3581"\w* \w he stills|strong="H7280"\w* \w the sea|strong="H3220"\w*;  
\q1 \w by his wisdom|strong="H8394"\w* \w he cut|strong="H4272"\w* \w Rahab|strong="H7293"\w* \w the|strong="H4272"\w* great \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* monster \w to|strong="H3220"\w* pieces.   
\q1
\v 13  \w By his breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w the skies|strong="H8064"\w* \w became fair|strong="H8235"\w*;  
\q1 \w his hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w pierced|strong="H2490"\w* \w the fleeing|strong="H1281"\w* \w serpent|strong="H5175"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14  \w Indeed|strong="H2005"\w*, \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w are but the outer fringes|strong="H7098"\w* \w of his ways|strong="H1870"\w*\w !|strong="H4100"\w*  
\q1 \w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w faint is the whisper|strong="H8102"\w* \w we hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w of him!|strong="H4310"\w*  
\q1 \w But who can|strong="H4310"\w* \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* \w the thunder|strong="H7482"\w* \w of his power|strong="H1369"\w*?”   
\c 27  
\p
\v 1  \w And Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w took up|strong="H5375"\w* \w his discourse|strong="H4912"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w As surely|strong="H2416"\w* \w as God|strong="H0410"\w* \w lives,|strong="H5493"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w has|strong="H0410"\w* denied \w me justice|strong="H4941"\w*,  
\q1 \w the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*, \w who has made my life|strong="H5315"\w* \w bitter|strong="H4843"\w* –   
\q1
\v 3  \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w while|strong="H5397"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w in me,|strong="H7307"\w*  
\q1 \w and the breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w from God|strong="H0433"\w* \w is in my nostrils|strong="H0639"\w*,   
\q1
\v 4  \w my|strong="H8193"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w will not|strong="H0518"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H5766"\w*,  
\q1 \w and my tongue|strong="H3956"\w* \w will whisper|strong="H1897"\w* \w no deceit|strong="H7423"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \w I will never|strong="H2486"\w* \w declare that you three|strong="H6663"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w right|strong="H6663"\w*;  
\q1 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w I die|strong="H1478"\w*, \w I will not|strong="H3808"\w* \w set aside|strong="H5493"\w* \w my integrity|strong="H8538"\w*!   
\q1
\v 6  \w I will maintain|strong="H2388"\w* \w my righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*  
\q1 \w and never|strong="H3808"\w* \w let it go;|strong="H7503"\w*  
\q1 \w my conscience|strong="H7503"\w* \w will not|strong="H3808"\w* \w reproach|strong="H2778"\w* \w me|strong="H3824"\w*  
\q1 \w for as|strong="H3824"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3824"\w* \w I live|strong="H3824"\w*.   
\s1 \w The|strong="H3117"\w* Condition \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* Wicked  
\q1
\v 7 “\w May|strong="H1961"\w* \w my enemy|strong="H0341"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like the wicked|strong="H7563"\w*,  
\q1 \w my adversary|strong="H5767"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* unrighteous.   
\q1
\v 8  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w* \w does the godless|strong="H2611"\w* \w have when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he is cut off|strong="H1214"\w*,  
\q1 \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w takes away|strong="H7953"\w* \w his life|strong="H5315"\w*?   
\q1
\v 9  \w Does God|strong="H0410"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to his cry|strong="H6818"\w*  
\q1 \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w distress|strong="H6869"\w* \w overtakes|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*?   
\q1
\v 10  \w Will he find delight|strong="H6026"\w* \w in the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*\w ?|strong="H7121"\w*  
\q1 \w Will he call|strong="H7121"\w* \w out to God|strong="H0433"\w* \w at all|strong="H3605"\w* \w times|strong="H6256"\w*?   
\q1
\v 11  \w I will teach|strong="H3384"\w* \w you|strong="H3027"\w* about \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* \w of God|strong="H0410"\w*;  
\q1 \w What|strong="H0834"\w* \w is on|strong="H5973"\w* \w the Almighty’s|strong="H7706"\w* \w mind|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w conceal|strong="H3582"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12  \w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w you yourselves|strong="H0859"\w* \w have all|strong="H3605"\w* \w seen|strong="H2372"\w* \w this,|strong="H4100"\w*  
\q1 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w in the world|strong="H2088"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* continue \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w meaningless|strong="H1891"\w* talk?   
\q1
\v 13  \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is the portion|strong="H2506"\w* \w of the wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w*  
\q1 \w allotted|strong="H5973"\w* \w by God|strong="H0410"\w*,  
\q1 \w the inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w that evildoers|strong="H6184"\w* \w receive|strong="H3947"\w*  
\q1 \w from the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w his children|strong="H1121"\w* \w increase|strong="H7235"\w* \w – it is for|strong="H3926"\w* \w the sword|strong="H2719"\w*\w !|strong="H6631"\w*  
\q1 \w His offspring|strong="H6631"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w have enough|strong="H7646"\w* \w to eat|strong="H3899"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \w Those who survive|strong="H8300"\w* \w him are buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w by the plague,|strong="H0490"\w*  
\q1 \w and their|strong="H0490"\w* \w widows|strong="H0490"\w* \w do not|strong="H3808"\w* \w mourn|strong="H1058"\w* \w for|strong="H3808"\w* \w them|strong="H6912"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w he piles|strong="H6651"\w* \w up silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w like dust|strong="H6083"\w*  
\q1 \w and stores|strong="H3559"\w* \w up clothing|strong="H4403"\w* \w like mounds of clay|strong="H2563"\w*,   
\q1
\v 17  \w what|strong="H3559"\w* \w he stores|strong="H3559"\w* \w up|strong="H6662"\w* \w a|strong="H3559"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w man will wear|strong="H3847"\w*,  
\q1 \w and an innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w man will inherit|strong="H2505"\w* \w his silver|strong="H3701"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18  \w The house|strong="H1004"\w* \w he builds|strong="H1129"\w* \w is as fragile as a moth’s|strong="H6211"\w* \w cocoon|strong="H5341"\w*,  
\q1 \w like a hut|strong="H5521"\w* \w that a watchman has made|strong="H6213"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w He goes to bed|strong="H7901"\w* \w wealthy|strong="H6223"\w*, \w but will do so no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H0622"\w*.  
\q1 \w When he opens|strong="H6491"\w* \w his eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w it is all gone|strong="H0369"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20  \w Terrors|strong="H1091"\w* \w overwhelm|strong="H5381"\w* \w him like a flood|strong="H4325"\w*;  
\q1 \w at night|strong="H3915"\w* \w a whirlwind|strong="H5492"\w* \w carries|strong="H1589"\w* \w him|strong="H1589"\w* off.   
\q1
\v 21  \w The east wind|strong="H6921"\w* \w carries|strong="H5375"\w* \w him away, and he is gone|strong="H1980"\w*;  
\q1 \w it sweeps|strong="H8175"\w* \w him out of his place|strong="H4725"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w It hurls itself|strong="H1272"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him without|strong="H3808"\w* \w pity|strong="H2550"\w*  
\q1 \w as he flees|strong="H1272"\w* \w headlong|strong="H1272"\w* \w from its power|strong="H3027"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23  \w It claps|strong="H5606"\w* \w its hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w at him in derision|strong="H8319"\w*  
\q1 \w and hisses|strong="H8319"\w* \w him away from his place|strong="H4725"\w*.   
\c 28  
\p  
\q1
\v 1 “\w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w is a mine|strong="H4161"\w* \w for silver|strong="H3701"\w*,  
\q1 \w and a place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w is refined|strong="H2212"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2  \w Iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w is taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w from the ground|strong="H6083"\w*,  
\q1 \w and rock|strong="H0068"\w* \w is poured out|strong="H6694"\w* \w as copper|strong="H5154"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3  \w Man puts|strong="H7760"\w* \w an end|strong="H7093"\w* \w to the darkness|strong="H2822"\w*;  
\q1 \w he searches|strong="H2713"\w* \w the farthest|strong="H3605"\w* \w recesses|strong="H8503"\w*  
\q1 \w for the ore|strong="H0068"\w* \w in the deepest darkness|strong="H6757"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4  \w Far from where people live|strong="H6555"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w sinks|strong="H6555"\w* \w a shaft|strong="H5158"\w*,  
\q1 \w in places travelers|strong="H1481"\w* \w have long forgotten|strong="H7911"\w*,  
\q1 \w far from|strong="H4480"\w* \w other people|strong="H0582"\w* \w he dangles|strong="H1809"\w* \w and sways|strong="H5128"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \w The earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w which food|strong="H3899"\w* \w comes,|strong="H2015"\w*  
\q1 \w is overturned|strong="H2015"\w* \w below|strong="H8478"\w* \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w though by fire|strong="H0784"\w*;   
\q1
\v 6  \w a place|strong="H4725"\w* \w whose stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w are sapphires|strong="H5601"\w*  
\q1 \w and which contains dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w of gold|strong="H2091"\w*;   
\q1
\v 7  \w a hidden path|strong="H5410"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w bird of prey|strong="H5861"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w –|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w falcon’s|strong="H0344"\w* \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w has|strong="H5869"\w* spotted \w it|strong="H3045"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \w Proud|strong="H7830"\w* \w beasts|strong="H5710"\w* \w have not|strong="H3808"\w* \w set foot|strong="H1869"\w* \w on it,|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w and no|strong="H3808"\w* \w lion|strong="H7826"\w* \w has|strong="H1121"\w* passed \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \w On the flinty|strong="H2496"\w* \w rock man has set|strong="H7971"\w* \w to work|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*;  
\q1 \w he has overturned|strong="H2015"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w at their bases|strong="H8328"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \w He has cut out channels|strong="H1234"\w* \w through the rocks|strong="H6697"\w*;  
\q1 \w his eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w have spotted|strong="H7200"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w precious|strong="H3366"\w* \w thing|strong="H3605"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \w He has searched|strong="H5104"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* sources \w of|strong="H5104"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w*  
\q1 \w and what was hidden|strong="H8587"\w* \w he has brought into|strong="H3318"\w* \w the light|strong="H0216"\w*.   
\s1 No Price Can Buy Wisdom  
\q1
\v 12 “\w But wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w – where|strong="H0370"\w* \w can it be found|strong="H4672"\w*\w ?|strong="H0335"\w*  
\q1 \w Where|strong="H0335"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the place|strong="H4725"\w* \w of understanding|strong="H0998"\w*?   
\q1
\v 13  \w Mankind|strong="H0582"\w* \w does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w its place|strong="H6187"\w*;  
\q1 \w it cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in the land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of the living|strong="H2416"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14  \w The deep|strong="H8415"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, \w ‘It is|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H3220"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w*.’  
\q1 \w And the sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, \w ‘It is not|strong="H0369"\w* \w with me|strong="H5978"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 15  \w Fine gold|strong="H5458"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be given|strong="H5414"\w* \w in exchange|strong="H8478"\w* \w for it,|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w can its price|strong="H4242"\w* \w be weighed|strong="H8254"\w* \w out in silver|strong="H3701"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w It cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be measured out|strong="H5541"\w* \w for purchase|strong="H3800"\w* with \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w gold|strong="H3800"\w* \w of Ophir|strong="H0211"\w*,  
\q1 \w with precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w onyx|strong="H7718"\w* \w or sapphires|strong="H5601"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17  \w Neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w nor crystal|strong="H2137"\w* \w can be compared|strong="H6186"\w* \w with it,|strong="H3627"\w*  
\q1 \w nor can a vase|strong="H3627"\w* \w of gold|strong="H6337"\w* \w match|strong="H8545"\w* \w its|strong="H3808"\w* worth.   
\q1
\v 18  \w Of coral|strong="H7215"\w* \w and jasper|strong="H1378"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w mention|strong="H2142"\w* \w will be made;|strong="H4901"\w*  
\q1 \w the price|strong="H4901"\w* \w of wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w is more than pearls|strong="H6443"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w The topaz|strong="H6357"\w* \w of Cush|strong="H3568"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be compared|strong="H6186"\w* \w with it;|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w it cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be purchased|strong="H5541"\w* \w with pure|strong="H2889"\w* \w gold|strong="H3800"\w*.   
\s1 \w God|strong="H3808"\w* Alone \w Has|strong="H3800"\w* Wisdom  
\q1
\v 20 “\w But wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w – where|strong="H0370"\w* \w does it come|strong="H0935"\w* \w from?|strong="H0335"\w*  
\q1 \w Where|strong="H0335"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the place|strong="H4725"\w* \w of understanding|strong="H0998"\w*?   
\q1
\v 21  \w For|strong="H5956"\w* \w it|strong="H8064"\w* \w has|strong="H5869"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w hidden|strong="H5641"\w*  
\q1 \w from the eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w of every|strong="H3605"\w* \w living creature|strong="H2416"\w*,  
\q1 \w and from the birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w of the sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w it has been concealed|strong="H5641"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w Destruction|strong="H0011"\w* \w and Death|strong="H4194"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w With our ears|strong="H0241"\w* \w we have heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w a rumor|strong="H8088"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* where it can \w be|strong="H0241"\w* found.’   
\q1
\v 23  \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w understands|strong="H0995"\w* \w the way|strong="H1870"\w* \w to it,|strong="H3045"\w*  
\q1 \w and he alone knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w its place|strong="H4725"\w*.   
\q1
\v 24  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w looks|strong="H7200"\w* \w to the ends|strong="H7098"\w* \w of the earth|strong="H0776"\w*  
\q1 \w and observes|strong="H5027"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the heavens|strong="H8064"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25  \w When he made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the force|strong="H4948"\w* \w of the wind|strong="H7307"\w*  
\q1 \w and measured|strong="H4948"\w* \w the waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w with a gauge|strong="H8505"\w*.   
\q1
\v 26  \w When|strong="H6213"\w* \w he imposed|strong="H6213"\w* \w a limit|strong="H2706"\w* \w for the rain|strong="H4306"\w*,  
\q1 \w and a path|strong="H1870"\w* \w for the thunderstorm|strong="H2385"\w*,   
\q1
\v 27  \w then|strong="H0227"\w* \w he looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w at wisdom|strong="H5608"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* assessed \w its value;|strong="H3559"\w*  
\q1 \w he established|strong="H3559"\w* \w it and examined|strong="H1571"\w* \w it closely|strong="H2713"\w*.   
\q1
\v 28  \w And he said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to mankind|strong="H0120"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w The fear|strong="H3374"\w* \w of the \+nd Lord\+nd*|strong="H0136"\w* – \w that is|strong="H1931"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*,  
\q1 \w and to turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away from evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w is understanding|strong="H0998"\w*.’”   
\c 29  
\p
\v 1  \w Then|strong="H3254"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w continued|strong="H4912"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* speech:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w O|strong="H4310"\w* \w that I|strong="H5414"\w* \w could be|strong="H3391"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w*  
\q1 \w in the months|strong="H3391"\w* \w now gone|strong="H6924"\w*,  
\q1 \w in the days|strong="H3117"\w* \w when God|strong="H0433"\w* \w watched|strong="H8104"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*,   
\q1
\v 3  \w when|strong="H1984"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* caused \w his lamp|strong="H5216"\w*  
\q1 \w to shine upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w my head|strong="H7218"\w*,  
\q1 \w and by his light|strong="H0216"\w*  
\q1 \w I walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w through darkness|strong="H2822"\w*;   
\q1
\v 4  \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as I was|strong="H1961"\w* \w in my most productive|strong="H2779"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*,  
\q1 \w when God’s|strong="H0433"\w* \w intimate friendship|strong="H5475"\w* \w was experienced in|strong="H5921"\w* \w my tent|strong="H0168"\w*,   
\q1
\v 5  \w when the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w was still|strong="H5750"\w* \w with me|strong="H5978"\w*  
\q1 \w and my children|strong="H5288"\w* \w were|strong="H5439"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w*;   
\q1
\v 6  \w when my steps|strong="H1978"\w* \w were bathed|strong="H2529"\w* \w with|strong="H7364"\w* \w butter|strong="H2529"\w*  
\q1 \w and the rock|strong="H6697"\w* \w poured out for me|strong="H5978"\w* \w streams|strong="H6388"\w* \w of olive oil|strong="H8081"\w*!   
\q1
\v 7  \w When I went out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to the city gate|strong="H8179"\w*  
\q1 \w and secured|strong="H7176"\w* \w my seat|strong="H4186"\w* \w in the public|strong="H3559"\w* \w square|strong="H7339"\w*,   
\q1
\v 8  \w the young men|strong="H5288"\w* \w would see|strong="H7200"\w* \w me and step aside|strong="H2244"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the old men|strong="H3453"\w* \w would get up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and remain standing|strong="H5975"\w*;   
\q1
\v 9  \w the chief|strong="H8269"\w* \w men refrained|strong="H6113"\w* \w from talking|strong="H7760"\w*  
\q1 \w and covered their mouths|strong="H6310"\w* \w with their hands|strong="H3709"\w*;   
\q1
\v 10  \w the voices|strong="H2244"\w* \w of the nobles fell silent,|strong="H3956"\w*  
\q1 \w and their tongues|strong="H3956"\w* \w stuck|strong="H1692"\w* \w to the roof of their mouths|strong="H2441"\w*.   
\s1 Job’s Benevolence  
\q1
\v 11 “\w As soon as the ear|strong="H0241"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w these things,|strong="H0833"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w blessed|strong="H0833"\w* \w me,|strong="H5869"\w*  
\q1 \w and when the eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w them, it bore witness|strong="H5749"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*,   
\q1
\v 12  \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I rescued|strong="H4422"\w* \w the poor|strong="H6041"\w* \w who cried out for help|strong="H7768"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the orphan|strong="H3490"\w* \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one to assist|strong="H5826"\w* \w him|strong="H5826"\w*;   
\q1
\v 13  \w the blessing|strong="H1293"\w* \w of the dying man descended|strong="H0006"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H0935"\w*,  
\q1 \w and I made the widow’s|strong="H0490"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H7442"\w*;   
\q1
\v 14  \w I put on|strong="H3847"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w* \w and it clothed|strong="H3847"\w* \w me,|strong="H4941"\w*  
\q1 \w my just dealing|strong="H4941"\w* \w was like a robe|strong="H4598"\w* \w and a turban|strong="H6797"\w*;   
\q1
\v 15  \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w was eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w for the blind|strong="H5787"\w*  
\q1 \w and feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w for the lame|strong="H6455"\w*;   
\q1
\v 16  \w I was a father|strong="H0001"\w* \w to the needy|strong="H0034"\w*,  
\q1 \w and I|strong="H0595"\w* \w investigated|strong="H2713"\w* \w the case|strong="H7379"\w* \w of the person I did not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*;   
\q1
\v 17  \w I broke|strong="H7665"\w* \w the fangs|strong="H4973"\w* \w of the wicked|strong="H5767"\w*,  
\q1 \w and made him drop|strong="H7993"\w* \w his prey|strong="H2964"\w* \w from his teeth|strong="H8127"\w*.   
\s1 Job’s Confidence  
\q1
\v 18 “\w Then I thought|strong="H7064"\w*, \w ‘I will die|strong="H1478"\w* \w in my own home,|strong="H7064"\w*  
\q1 \w my|strong="H7064"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w as numerous|strong="H7235"\w* \w as the grains|strong="H7064"\w* \w of sand|strong="H2344"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w My roots|strong="H8328"\w* \w reach|strong="H6605"\w* \w the water|strong="H4325"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the dew|strong="H2919"\w* \w lies on my branches|strong="H7105"\w* \w all night|strong="H3885"\w* \w long|strong="H0413"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20  \w My glory|strong="H3519"\w* \w will always be fresh|strong="H2319"\w* \w in me|strong="H5978"\w*,  
\q1 \w and my bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w ever new|strong="H2498"\w* \w in my hand|strong="H3027"\w*.’   
\s1 Job’s Reputation  
\q1
\v 21 “\w People|strong="H8085"\w* \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w to me|strong="H8085"\w* \w and waited|strong="H3176"\w* \w silently|strong="H3926"\w*;  
\q1 \w they kept silent|strong="H1826"\w* \w for my advice|strong="H6098"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w I had|strong="H1697"\w* \w spoken|strong="H8138"\w*, \w they did not|strong="H3808"\w* \w respond;|strong="H4405"\w*  
\q1 \w my words|strong="H4405"\w* \w fell on them drop|strong="H8138"\w* \w by drop|strong="H5197"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23  \w They waited|strong="H3176"\w* \w for me as people wait|strong="H4306"\w* \w for|strong="H3176"\w* \w the|strong="H6310"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w*,  
\q1 \w and they opened|strong="H6473"\w* \w their mouths|strong="H6310"\w*  
\q1 \w as for|strong="H4456"\w* \w the|strong="H6310"\w* \w spring|strong="H4456"\w* rains.   
\q1
\v 24  \w If I smiled|strong="H7832"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w them, they hardly|strong="H3808"\w* \w believed|strong="H0539"\w* \w it;|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w and they did not|strong="H3808"\w* \w cause the light|strong="H0216"\w* \w of my face|strong="H6440"\w* \w to darken|strong="H5307"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25  \w I chose|strong="H0977"\w* \w the way|strong="H1870"\w* \w for them|strong="H3427"\w*  
\q1 \w and sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w as their chief|strong="H7218"\w*;  
\q1 \w I lived|strong="H7931"\w* \w like a king|strong="H4428"\w* \w among his troops|strong="H1416"\w*;  
\q1 \w I was like one who|strong="H0834"\w* \w comforts|strong="H5162"\w* \w mourners|strong="H0057"\w*.   
\c 30  
\p  
\q1
\v 1 “\w But now|strong="H6258"\w* \w they mock|strong="H7832"\w* \w me, those who are younger|strong="H6810"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H3988"\w*,  
\q1 \w whose|strong="H0834"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w I disdained|strong="H3988"\w* \w too much|strong="H5973"\w*  
\q1 \w to put with|strong="H5973"\w* \w my sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2  \w Moreover|strong="H1571"\w*, \w the strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w of their|strong="H3027"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w –|strong="H4100"\w*  
\q1 \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w use was it to me?|strong="H3624"\w*  
\q1 \w Men whose strength|strong="H3624"\w* \w had perished|strong="H0006"\w*;   
\q1
\v 3  \w gaunt|strong="H1565"\w* \w with want|strong="H2639"\w* \w and hunger|strong="H3720"\w*,  
\q1 \w they would gnaw|strong="H6207"\w* \w the parched land|strong="H6723"\w*,  
\q1 \w in former time|strong="H0570"\w* \w desolate|strong="H7722"\w* \w and waste|strong="H4875"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4  \w By the brush|strong="H6998"\w* \w they would gather|strong="H4408"\w* \w herbs|strong="H4408"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the salt marshes|strong="H7880"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the root|strong="H8328"\w* \w of the broom tree|strong="H7574"\w* \w was their food|strong="H3899"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \w They were banished|strong="H1644"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the community|strong="H1460"\w* –  
\q1 \w people|strong="H7321"\w* \w shouted|strong="H7321"\w* \w at them|strong="H7321"\w*  
\q1 \w like they would shout|strong="H7321"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w thieves|strong="H1590"\w* –   
\q1
\v 6  \w so that they had to live|strong="H7931"\w*  
\q1 \w in the dry stream|strong="H5158"\w* \w beds|strong="H6178"\w*,  
\q1 \w in the holes|strong="H2356"\w* \w of the ground|strong="H6083"\w*, \w and among the rocks|strong="H3710"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7  \w They brayed|strong="H0996"\w* \w like animals among the bushes|strong="H7880"\w*  
\q1 \w and were huddled|strong="H5101"\w* \w together|strong="H8478"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the nettles|strong="H2738"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \w Sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of senseless|strong="H5036"\w* \w and nameless|strong="H8034"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w*,  
\q1 \w they were driven out|strong="H5217"\w* \w of the land|strong="H0776"\w* \w with|strong="H0776"\w* whips.   
\s1 Job’s Indignities  
\q1
\v 9 “\w And now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I have become their taunt song|strong="H5058"\w*;  
\q1 \w I have become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a byword|strong="H4405"\w* \w among them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \w They detest|strong="H8581"\w* \w me|strong="H7368"\w* \w and maintain their distance|strong="H7368"\w*;  
\q1 \w they do not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hesitate|strong="H2820"\w* \w to spit|strong="H7536"\w* \w in my face|strong="H6440"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w God has untied|strong="H3499"\w* \w my tent cord|strong="H6605"\w* \w and afflicted|strong="H6031"\w* \w me,|strong="H7971"\w*  
\q1 \w people throw off|strong="H7971"\w* \w all restraint|strong="H7448"\w* \w in my presence|strong="H6440"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12  \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w my right|strong="H3225"\w* \w the young rabble|strong="H6526"\w* \w rise up|strong="H6965"\w*;  
\q1 \w they drive|strong="H7971"\w* \w me from place to place|strong="H7272"\w*,  
\q1 \w and build up|strong="H5549"\w* \w siege ramps|strong="H0343"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13  \w They destroy|strong="H5410"\w* \w my|strong="H3808"\w* \w path|strong="H5410"\w*;  
\q1 \w they succeed in destroying me|strong="H5826"\w*  
\q1 \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w anyone assisting|strong="H5420"\w* \w them|strong="H3276"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14  \w They come|strong="H0857"\w* \w in as through a wide|strong="H7342"\w* \w breach|strong="H6556"\w*;  
\q1 \w amid|strong="H8478"\w* \w the crash|strong="H7722"\w* \w they come rolling|strong="H1556"\w* \w in|strong="H8478"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \w Terrors|strong="H1091"\w* \w are turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w loose|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w me;|strong="H7291"\w*  
\q1 \w they drive|strong="H7291"\w* \w away|strong="H5082"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w honor|strong="H5082"\w* \w like the wind|strong="H7307"\w*,  
\q1 \w and like a cloud|strong="H5645"\w* \w my deliverance|strong="H3444"\w* \w has passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w away|strong="H2015"\w*.   
\s1 Job’s Despondency  
\q1
\v 16 “\w And now|strong="H6258"\w* \w my soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w pours|strong="H8210"\w* \w itself out within me;|strong="H3117"\w*  
\q1 \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of suffering|strong="H6040"\w* \w take hold|strong="H0270"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17  \w Night|strong="H3915"\w* \w pierces|strong="H6106"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*;  
\q1 \w my gnawing|strong="H6207"\w* \w pains|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* cease.   
\q1
\v 18  \w With great|strong="H7227"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* \w God|strong="H2664"\w* \w grasps|strong="H2664"\w* \w my clothing|strong="H3830"\w*;  
\q1 \w he binds|strong="H0247"\w* \w me like the collar|strong="H6310"\w* \w of my tunic|strong="H3801"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w He|strong="H3384"\w* \w has flung|strong="H3384"\w* \w me into the mud|strong="H2563"\w*,  
\q1 \w and I have come to resemble|strong="H4911"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w and ashes|strong="H0665"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20  \w I cry out|strong="H7768"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you,|strong="H3808"\w* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w me;|strong="H5975"\w*  
\q1 \w I stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w up,|strong="H0995"\w* \w and|strong="H5975"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* only \w look at me|strong="H0995"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21  \w You have become|strong="H2015"\w* \w cruel|strong="H0393"\w* \w to me;|strong="H6108"\w*  
\q1 \w with the strength|strong="H6108"\w* \w of your hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w you attack|strong="H7852"\w* \w me|strong="H7852"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w You pick|strong="H5375"\w* \w me up on the wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w and make me ride|strong="H7392"\w* \w on it;|strong="H4127"\w*  
\q1 \w you toss|strong="H4127"\w* \w me about|strong="H7738"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* storm.   
\q1
\v 23  \w I know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that you are bringing|strong="H1004"\w* \w me to death|strong="H4194"\w*,  
\q1 \w to the meeting|strong="H4150"\w* \w place for all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the living|strong="H2416"\w*.   
\s1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Contrast \w With|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Past  
\q1
\v 24 “\w Surely|strong="H0389"\w* \w one does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stretch out|strong="H7971"\w* \w his hand|strong="H3027"\w*  
\q1 \w against a broken|strong="H0518"\w* \w man|strong="H3861"\w*  
\q1 \w when|strong="H3861"\w* \w he cries for help|strong="H7769"\w* \w in his distress|strong="H6365"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25  \w Have I not|strong="H3808"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w for the unfortunate|strong="H7186"\w*\w ?|strong="H5315"\w*  
\q1 \w Was not my soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w grieved|strong="H5701"\w* \w for the poor|strong="H0034"\w*?   
\q1
\v 26  \w But when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I hoped|strong="H6960"\w* \w for good|strong="H2896"\w*, \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w* \w came;|strong="H3176"\w*  
\q1 \w when I expected|strong="H3176"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w*, \w then darkness|strong="H0652"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*.   
\q1
\v 27  \w My heart|strong="H4578"\w* \w is in turmoil|strong="H7570"\w* unceasingly;  
\q1 \w the days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of my affliction|strong="H6040"\w* \w confront|strong="H6923"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\q1
\v 28  \w I|strong="H6937"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w about blackened,|strong="H3808"\w* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w by the sun|strong="H2535"\w*;  
\q1 \w in the assembly|strong="H6951"\w* \w I stand|strong="H6965"\w* \w up and cry for help|strong="H7768"\w*.   
\q1
\v 29  \w I have become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w to jackals|strong="H8577"\w*  
\q1 \w and a companion|strong="H7453"\w* \w of ostriches|strong="H3284"\w*.   
\q1
\v 30  \w My skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w has turned dark|strong="H7835"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w me;|strong="H6106"\w*  
\q1 \w my body|strong="H6106"\w* \w is hot|strong="H2787"\w* \w with|strong="H4480"\w* \w fever|strong="H2721"\w*.   
\q1
\v 31  \w My harp|strong="H3658"\w* \w is used for|strong="H0060"\w* \w mourning|strong="H0060"\w*  
\q1 \w and my flute|strong="H5748"\w* \w for the sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of weeping|strong="H1058"\w*.   
\c 31  
\p  
\q1
\v 1 “\w I made|strong="H3772"\w* \w a covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H5869"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*;  
\q1 \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w then could|strong="H0995"\w* \w I entertain|strong="H0995"\w* \w thoughts against|strong="H5921"\w* \w a virgin|strong="H1330"\w*?   
\q1
\v 2  \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w then|strong="H2506"\w* \w would be one’s lot|strong="H2506"\w* \w from God|strong="H0433"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w*,  
\q1 \w one’s heritage|strong="H5159"\w* \w from the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w on high|strong="H4791"\w*?   
\q1
\v 3  \w Is it not|strong="H3808"\w* \w misfortune|strong="H0343"\w* \w for the unjust|strong="H5767"\w*,  
\q1 \w and disaster|strong="H5235"\w* \w for those who work|strong="H6466"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w*?   
\q1
\v 4  \w Does he not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w my ways|strong="H1870"\w*  
\q1 \w and count|strong="H5608"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my steps|strong="H6806"\w*?   
\q1
\v 5  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w I have walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w in falsehood|strong="H7723"\w*,  
\q1 \w and if|strong="H7272"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* \w has hastened|strong="H2363"\w* \w to deceit|strong="H4820"\w* –   
\q1
\v 6  \w let him|strong="H8254"\w* \w weigh|strong="H8254"\w* \w me with honest|strong="H6664"\w* \w scales|strong="H3976"\w*;  
\q1 \w then God|strong="H0433"\w* \w will discover|strong="H3045"\w* \w my integrity|strong="H8538"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w my footsteps have strayed|strong="H0838"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the way|strong="H1870"\w*,  
\q1 \w if my heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w has gone|strong="H1980"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w my eyes|strong="H5869"\w*,  
\q1 \w or if anything|strong="H3971"\w* \w has defiled my hands|strong="H3709"\w*,   
\q1
\v 8  \w then let me sow|strong="H2232"\w* \w and let another|strong="H0312"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*,  
\q1 \w and let my crops|strong="H6631"\w* \w be uprooted|strong="H8327"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w my heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w has been enticed|strong="H6601"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w a woman|strong="H0802"\w*,  
\q1 \w and I have lain in wait|strong="H0693"\w* \w at my neighbor’s|strong="H7453"\w* \w door|strong="H6607"\w*,   
\q1
\v 10  \w then let my wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w turn the millstone|strong="H2912"\w* \w for another|strong="H0312"\w* \w man,|strong="H0312"\w*  
\q1 \w and may other|strong="H0312"\w* men \w have|strong="H5921"\w* sexual relations \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I would have committed|strong="H2154"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* shameful \w act,|strong="H5771"\w*  
\q1 \w an iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w to be judged|strong="H6414"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w it is a fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w devours|strong="H0398"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w to Destruction|strong="H0011"\w*,  
\q1 \w and it would uproot|strong="H8327"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my harvest|strong="H8393"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13 “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w I have disregarded|strong="H3988"\w* \w the right|strong="H4941"\w* \w of my male servants|strong="H5650"\w*  
\q1 \w or my female servants|strong="H0519"\w*  
\q1 \w when|strong="H7378"\w* \w they disputed|strong="H5978"\w* \w with|strong="H7378"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w*,   
\q1
\v 14  \w then|strong="H6965"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will I do|strong="H6213"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w confronts|strong="H6965"\w* \w me in judgment;|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q1 \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he intervenes|strong="H6485"\w*,  
\q1 \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w will I respond|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*?   
\q1
\v 15  \w Did not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the one who made|strong="H6213"\w* \w me in the womb|strong="H0990"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w them?|strong="H6213"\w*  
\q1 \w Did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not the same|strong="H0259"\w* \w one form|strong="H3559"\w* \w us in the womb|strong="H7358"\w*?   
\q1
\v 16  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w I have refused|strong="H4513"\w* \w to give the poor|strong="H1800"\w* \w what they desired|strong="H2656"\w*,  
\q1 \w or caused the eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w of the widow|strong="H0490"\w* \w to fail|strong="H3615"\w*,   
\q1
\v 17  \w If I ate|strong="H0398"\w* \w my morsel|strong="H6595"\w* \w of bread myself|strong="H0905"\w*,  
\q1 \w and did not|strong="H3808"\w* \w share|strong="H0398"\w* \w any of it with|strong="H4480"\w* \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w* –   
\q1
\v 18  \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w from my youth|strong="H5271"\w* \w I raised|strong="H1431"\w* \w the orphan|strong="H0001"\w* \w like|strong="H0001"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*,  
\q1 \w and from my mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w womb|strong="H0990"\w*  
\q1 \w I guided|strong="H5148"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* widow!   
\q1
\v 19  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w I have seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w anyone about to perish|strong="H0006"\w* \w for lack|strong="H1097"\w* \w of clothing|strong="H3830"\w*,  
\q1 \w or a poor|strong="H0034"\w* \w man without|strong="H0369"\w* \w a coat|strong="H3682"\w*,   
\q1
\v 20  \w whose|strong="H0518"\w* \w heart did not|strong="H3808"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w me|strong="H2552"\w*  
\q1 \w as he warmed|strong="H2552"\w* \w himself with the fleece|strong="H1488"\w* \w of my sheep|strong="H3532"\w*,   
\q1
\v 21  \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w I have raised my hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w to vote|strong="H5130"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the orphan|strong="H3490"\w*,  
\q1 \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w my support|strong="H5833"\w* \w in the court|strong="H8179"\w*,   
\q1
\v 22  \w then|strong="H3802"\w* let \w my|strong="H7665"\w* \w arm|strong="H0248"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w from the shoulder|strong="H7929"\w*,  
\q1 \w let my arm|strong="H0248"\w* \w be broken|strong="H7665"\w* \w off at the socket|strong="H7070"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the calamity|strong="H0343"\w* \w from God|strong="H0410"\w* \w was a terror|strong="H6343"\w* \w to me|strong="H0413"\w*,  
\q1 \w and by reason of his majesty|strong="H7613"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3201"\w* powerless.   
\q1
\v 24 “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w I have put|strong="H7760"\w* \w my confidence|strong="H3689"\w* \w in gold|strong="H2091"\w*  
\q1 \w or said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to pure gold|strong="H3800"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w You are my security|strong="H4009"\w*!’   
\q1
\v 25  \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w I have rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of the extent|strong="H3524"\w* \w of my wealth|strong="H4672"\w*,  
\q1 \w or because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of the great|strong="H7227"\w* \w wealth|strong="H2428"\w* \w my hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* gained,   
\q1
\v 26  \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w I looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w at the sun|strong="H0216"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w it was shining,|strong="H3394"\w*  
\q1 \w and the moon|strong="H3394"\w* \w advancing|strong="H1980"\w* \w as a precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w thing|strong="H3588"\w*,   
\q1
\v 27  \w so that my heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w was secretly|strong="H5643"\w* \w enticed|strong="H6601"\w*,  
\q1 \w and my hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w threw them a kiss|strong="H5401"\w* \w from my mouth|strong="H6310"\w*,   
\q1
\v 28  \w then this|strong="H1571"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w would be iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w to be judged|strong="H6416"\w*,  
\q1 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I would have been false|strong="H3584"\w* \w to God|strong="H0410"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w*.   
\q1
\v 29  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w I have rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w* \w over the misfortune|strong="H6365"\w* \w of my enemy|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q1 \w or exulted|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w calamity|strong="H7451"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w* –   
\q1
\v 30  \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even permitted|strong="H5414"\w* \w my mouth|strong="H2441"\w* \w to sin|strong="H2398"\w*  
\q1 \w by asking|strong="H7592"\w* \w for his life|strong="H5315"\w* \w through a curse|strong="H0423"\w* –   
\q1
\v 31  \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w the members|strong="H4962"\w* \w of my household|strong="H0168"\w* \w have never|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\q1 \w ‘If only there were|strong="H5414"\w* \w someone|strong="H4310"\w*  
\q1 \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been satisfied|strong="H7646"\w* \w from Job’s|strong="H1320"\w* \w meat|strong="H1320"\w*!’ –   
\q1
\v 32  \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w stranger|strong="H1616"\w* \w had to spend|strong="H3885"\w* \w the night outside|strong="H2351"\w*,  
\q1 \w for I opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w my doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w to the traveler|strong="H0734"\w* –   
\q1
\v 33  \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w I have covered|strong="H3680"\w* \w my transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* \w as men|strong="H0121"\w* \w do,|strong="H2934"\w*  
\q1 \w by hiding|strong="H2934"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w in my heart|strong="H2243"\w*,   
\q1
\v 34  \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I was terrified|strong="H6206"\w* \w of the great|strong="H7227"\w* \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the contempt|strong="H0937"\w* \w of families|strong="H4940"\w* \w terrified|strong="H2865"\w* \w me,|strong="H1826"\w*  
\q1 \w so that I remained silent|strong="H1826"\w*  
\q1 \w and would not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w outdoors|strong="H6607"\w* –   
\s1 Job’s Appeal  
\q1
\v 35 “\w If only|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* \w someone|strong="H0376"\w* \w to hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w me!|strong="H2005"\w*  
\q1 \w Here|strong="H2005"\w* \w is my signature|strong="H8420"\w* –  
\q1 \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*!  
\q1 \w If|strong="H2005"\w* only \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w had|strong="H0376"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w indictment|strong="H5612"\w*  
\q1 \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* accuser \w had|strong="H0376"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w*.   
\q1
\v 36  \w Surely|strong="H0518"\w* \w I would wear it proudly|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my shoulder|strong="H7926"\w*,  
\q1 \w I would bind|strong="H6029"\w* \w it on me like a crown|strong="H5850"\w*;   
\q1
\v 37  \w I would give|strong="H5046"\w* \w him an accounting|strong="H4557"\w* \w of my steps|strong="H6806"\w*;  
\q1 \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w a prince|strong="H5057"\w* \w I would approach|strong="H7126"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w*.   
\s1 Job’s Final Solemn Oath  
\q1
\v 38 “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w my land|strong="H0127"\w* \w cried out|strong="H2199"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H8525"\w*  
\q1 \w and all its furrows|strong="H8525"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*,   
\q1
\v 39  \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w I have|strong="H3581"\w* \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* \w its|strong="H1167"\w* \w produce without|strong="H1097"\w* \w paying|strong="H3701"\w*,  
\q1 \w or caused the death|strong="H5301"\w* \w of|strong="H1167"\w* \w its|strong="H0398"\w* \w owners|strong="H1167"\w*,   
\q1
\v 40  \w then let thorns|strong="H2336"\w* \w sprout up in place|strong="H8478"\w* \w of wheat|strong="H2406"\w*,  
\q1 \w and in place|strong="H8478"\w* \w of barley|strong="H8184"\w*, \w weeds|strong="H0890"\w*!”  
\p \w The words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w ended|strong="H8552"\w*.   
\c 32  
\p
\v 1  \w So|strong="H7673"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w refused|strong="H7673"\w* \w to answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w further, because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he was|strong="H1931"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w in his|strong="H5869"\w* \w own|strong="H0376"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\v 2  \w Then Elihu|strong="H0453"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of Barakel|strong="H1292"\w* \w the Buzite|strong="H0940"\w*, \w of the family|strong="H4940"\w* \w of Ram|strong="H7410"\w*, \w became very angry|strong="H0639"\w*. \w He was angry|strong="H0639"\w* \w with Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w justifying|strong="H6663"\w* \w himself|strong="H5315"\w* \w rather than God|strong="H0430"\w*.  
\v 3  \w With Job’s|strong="H7969"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w he was also angry|strong="H0639"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they could not|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w an answer, and so declared|strong="H4617"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w guilty|strong="H7561"\w*.  
\v 4  \w Now Elihu|strong="H0453"\w* \w had waited|strong="H2442"\w* \w before speaking|strong="H1697"\w* \w to Job|strong="H0347"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the others|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w older|strong="H2205"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 5  \w But when Elihu|strong="H0453"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the three|strong="H7969"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w had no|strong="H0369"\w* \w further|strong="H4617"\w* \w reply|strong="H6310"\w*, \w he became very angry|strong="H0639"\w*.   
\s1 \w Elihu|strong="H0453"\w* Claims Wisdom  
\p
\v 6  \w So Elihu|strong="H0453"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of Barakel|strong="H1292"\w* \w the Buzite|strong="H0940"\w* \w spoke up|strong="H6030"\w*\w :|strong="H0589"\w*  
\q1 \w “I am|strong="H0589"\w* \w young|strong="H3117"\w*, \w but you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are elderly|strong="H3453"\w*;  
\q1 \w that is why|strong="H3651"\w* \w I was fearful|strong="H2119"\w*,  
\q1 \w and afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w to explain|strong="H2331"\w* \w to you what I know|strong="H1843"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7  \w I said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to myself, ‘Age|strong="H3117"\w* \w should speak|strong="H1696"\w*,  
\q1 \w and length|strong="H7230"\w* \w of years|strong="H8141"\w* \w should make wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w known|strong="H3045"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 8  \w But|strong="H0403"\w* \w it is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w in people|strong="H0582"\w*,  
\q1 \w the breath|strong="H5397"\w* \w of the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*,  
\q1 \w that makes them understand|strong="H0995"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \w It is not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the aged|strong="H7227"\w* \w who are wise|strong="H2449"\w*,  
\q1 \w nor old men|strong="H2205"\w* \w who understand|strong="H0995"\w* \w what is right|strong="H4941"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w I say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w ‘Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to me.|strong="H2331"\w*  
\q1 \w I, even I, will explain|strong="H2331"\w* \w what I|strong="H0589"\w* \w know|strong="H1843"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 11  \w Look|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I waited|strong="H3176"\w* \w for you to speak|strong="H1697"\w*;  
\q1 \w I listened|strong="H0238"\w* \w closely to your wise thoughts,|strong="H8394"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w were searching for|strong="H2713"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12  \w Now I|strong="H2009"\w* \w was paying|strong="H5704"\w* \w you close attention,|strong="H3198"\w*  
\q1 \w yet|strong="H3198"\w* \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w one|strong="H0369"\w* proving \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w wrong,|strong="H0369"\w*  
\q1 \w not|strong="H0369"\w* \w one of you was answering|strong="H6030"\w* \w his statements|strong="H0561"\w*!   
\q1
\v 13  \w So do not|strong="H6435"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w We have found|strong="H4672"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*\w !|strong="H0410"\w*  
\q1 \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w will refute|strong="H5086"\w* \w him, not|strong="H3808"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*!’   
\q1
\v 14  \w Job|strong="H3808"\w* has \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w directed|strong="H6186"\w* \w his words|strong="H0561"\w* \w to me,|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w and so I will not|strong="H3808"\w* \w reply|strong="H6186"\w* \w to him|strong="H0413"\w* \w with your arguments|strong="H6186"\w*.   
\s1 Job’s Friends \w Failed|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Answer|strong="H7725"\w*  
\q1
\v 15 “\w They are|strong="H1992"\w* \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w* \w and cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w any more|strong="H5750"\w*;  
\q1 \w they have nothing left|strong="H6275"\w* \w to say|strong="H4405"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w And I have waited|strong="H3176"\w*. \w But because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they do not|strong="H3808"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w there and answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w*,   
\q1
\v 17  \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w too will answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w my part|strong="H0637"\w*,  
\q1 \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w too will explain|strong="H2331"\w* \w what I|strong="H0589"\w* \w know|strong="H1843"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I am full|strong="H4390"\w* \w of words|strong="H4405"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w within me|strong="H6693"\w* \w constrains|strong="H6693"\w* \w me|strong="H0990"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w Inside|strong="H0990"\w* \w I am like wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w which has no|strong="H3808"\w* \w outlet|strong="H6605"\w*,  
\q1 \w like new|strong="H2319"\w* \w wineskins|strong="H0178"\w* \w ready to burst|strong="H1234"\w*!   
\q1
\v 20  \w I will speak|strong="H1696"\w*, \w so that I may find relief|strong="H7304"\w*;  
\q1 \w I will open|strong="H6605"\w* \w my lips|strong="H8193"\w*, \w so that I may answer|strong="H6030"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21  \w I will not|strong="H0408"\w* \w show|strong="H4994"\w* \w partiality|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w anyone|strong="H0376"\w*,  
\q1 \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w will I confer a title|strong="H3655"\w* \w on any man|strong="H0120"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I do not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w how to give honorary|strong="H3655"\w* \w titles|strong="H5375"\w*,  
\q1 \w if I did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w my Creator|strong="H6213"\w* \w would quickly do|strong="H6213"\w* \w away|strong="H5375"\w* \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\c 33  
\p  
\q1
\v 1 “\w But now|strong="H0199"\w*, \w O|strong="H4994"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to my words|strong="H4405"\w*,  
\q1 \w and hear|strong="H0238"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w I have to say|strong="H1697"\w*!   
\q1
\v 2  \w See|strong="H2009"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w I have opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w my mouth|strong="H6310"\w*;  
\q1 \w my tongue|strong="H3956"\w* \w in my mouth|strong="H2441"\w* \w has spoken|strong="H1696"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3  \w My words|strong="H0561"\w* \w come from the uprightness|strong="H3476"\w* \w of my heart|strong="H3820"\w*,  
\q1 \w and my lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w will utter knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* \w sincerely|strong="H4448"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4  \w The Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of God|strong="H0410"\w* \w has made|strong="H6213"\w* \w me,|strong="H5397"\w*  
\q1 \w and the breath|strong="H5397"\w* \w of the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w gives me life|strong="H2421"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \w Reply to me, if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you can|strong="H3201"\w*;  
\q1 \w set your arguments|strong="H6186"\w* \w in order before|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H3320"\w*  
\q1 \w and take your stand|strong="H3320"\w*!   
\q1
\v 6  \w Look|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I am|strong="H0589"\w* \w just like you in relation|strong="H6310"\w* \w to God|strong="H0410"\w*;  
\q1 \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w too|strong="H1571"\w* \w have been molded|strong="H7169"\w* \w from clay|strong="H2563"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7  \w Therefore no|strong="H3808"\w* \w fear|strong="H0367"\w* \w of me should terrify|strong="H1204"\w* \w you,|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w should my pressure|strong="H0405"\w* \w be heavy|strong="H3513"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\s1 Elihu Rejects Job’s Plea \w of|strong="H5921"\w* Innocence  
\q1
\v 8 “\w Indeed|strong="H0389"\w*, \w you have said|strong="H0559"\w* \w in my hearing|strong="H0241"\w*  
\q1 \w (I heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of the words|strong="H4405"\w*!):  
\v 9   
\q1 ‘\w I am|strong="H0589"\w* \w pure|strong="H2134"\w*, \w without|strong="H1097"\w* \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w*;  
\q1 \w I am|strong="H0595"\w* \w clean|strong="H2643"\w* \w and have no|strong="H3808"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*.  
\v 10   
\q1 \w Yet God|strong="H4672"\w* \w finds|strong="H4672"\w* \w occasions|strong="H8569"\w* \w with me;|strong="H2803"\w*  
\q1 \w he regards|strong="H2803"\w* \w me as his enemy|strong="H0341"\w*!  
\v 11   
\q1 \w He puts|strong="H7760"\w* \w my feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w in shackles|strong="H5465"\w*;  
\q1 \w he watches|strong="H8104"\w* \w closely all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my paths|strong="H0734"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 12  \w Now|strong="H2005"\w* \w in this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w you are not|strong="H3808"\w* \w right|strong="H6663"\w* \w – I answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w you,|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q1 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w is greater than|strong="H7235"\w* \w a human|strong="H0582"\w* being.   
\q1
\v 13  \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w do you contend|strong="H7378"\w* \w against him,|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q1 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w a person’s|strong="H1697"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*?   
\s1 Elihu Disagrees \w With|strong="H0413"\w* Job’s View \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1
\v 14 “\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w speaks|strong="H1696"\w*, \w the first|strong="H0259"\w* \w time in one way,|strong="H8147"\w*  
\q1 \w the second|strong="H8147"\w* \w time in another,|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w though a person does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w perceive|strong="H7789"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \w In a dream|strong="H2472"\w*, \w a night|strong="H3915"\w* \w vision|strong="H2384"\w*,  
\q1 \w when deep sleep|strong="H8639"\w* \w falls|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w*  
\q1 \w as they sleep|strong="H8572"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their beds|strong="H4904"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w Then|strong="H0227"\w* \w he gives a revelation|strong="H0582"\w* \w to people,|strong="H2856"\w*  
\q1 \w and terrifies them with warnings|strong="H2856"\w*,   
\q1
\v 17  \w to turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w a person|strong="H0120"\w* \w from his sin,|strong="H3680"\w*  
\q1 \w and to cover|strong="H3680"\w* \w a person’s|strong="H1397"\w* \w pride|strong="H1466"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18  \w He spares|strong="H2820"\w* \w a person’s life|strong="H5315"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w corruption|strong="H7845"\w*,  
\q1 \w his very life|strong="H2416"\w* \w from crossing over|strong="H5674"\w* \w the river|strong="H7973"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w Or|strong="H3198"\w* \w a person is chastened|strong="H3198"\w* \w by pain|strong="H4341"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his bed|strong="H4904"\w*,  
\q1 \w and with the continual|strong="H0386"\w* \w strife|strong="H7379"\w* \w of his bones|strong="H6106"\w*,   
\q1
\v 20  \w so that his life|strong="H2416"\w* \w loathes|strong="H2092"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*,  
\q1 \w and his soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w rejects appetizing|strong="H8378"\w* \w fare|strong="H3978"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21  \w His flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w wastes away|strong="H3615"\w* \w from sight|strong="H7210"\w*,  
\q1 \w and his bones|strong="H6106"\w*, \w which were not|strong="H3808"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w*,  
\q1 \w are easily visible|strong="H8205"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w He|strong="H7126"\w* \w draws|strong="H7126"\w* \w near|strong="H7126"\w* \w to the place of corruption|strong="H7845"\w*,  
\q1 \w and his life|strong="H5315"\w* \w to the messengers of death|strong="H4191"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w there is|strong="H3426"\w* \w an angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w beside|strong="H5921"\w* \w him,|strong="H0259"\w*  
\q1 \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w mediator|strong="H3887"\w* \w out of a thousand|strong="H0505"\w*,  
\q1 \w to tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w a person|strong="H0120"\w* \w what constitutes his uprightness|strong="H3476"\w*;   
\q1
\v 24  \w and if|strong="H2603"\w* \w God|strong="H0559"\w* \w is|strong="H4672"\w* gracious \w to him and says|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w Spare|strong="H6308"\w* \w him from going down|strong="H3381"\w*  
\q1 \w to the place of corruption|strong="H7845"\w*,  
\q1 \w I have found|strong="H4672"\w* \w a ransom|strong="H3724"\w* \w for|strong="H3381"\w* \w him|strong="H3381"\w*,’   
\q1
\v 25  \w then his flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w is restored|strong="H7375"\w* \w like a youth’s|strong="H5290"\w*;  
\q1 \w he returns|strong="H7725"\w* \w to the days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of his youthful|strong="H5934"\w* \w vigor|strong="H5934"\w*.   
\q1
\v 26  \w He entreats|strong="H6279"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w*, \w and God|strong="H7521"\w* \w delights|strong="H7521"\w* \w in him,|strong="H7200"\w*  
\q1 \w he sees|strong="H7200"\w* \w God’s face|strong="H6440"\w* \w with rejoicing|strong="H8643"\w*,  
\q1 \w and God|strong="H7725"\w* \w restores|strong="H7725"\w* \w to him his righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*.   
\q1
\v 27  \w That person sings|strong="H7789"\w* \w to others,|strong="H0559"\w* \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*\w :|strong="H2398"\w*  
\q1 \w ‘I have sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w and falsified|strong="H5753"\w* \w what is right,|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w but I was not|strong="H3808"\w* \w punished according to what I deserved|strong="H7737"\w*.   
\q1
\v 28  \w He redeemed|strong="H6299"\w* \w my life|strong="H5315"\w*  
\q1 \w from going down|strong="H5674"\w* \w to the place of corruption|strong="H7845"\w*,  
\q1 \w and my life|strong="H2416"\w* \w sees|strong="H7200"\w* \w the light|strong="H0216"\w*!’   
\s1 Elihu’s Appeal \w to|strong="H7200"\w* Job  
\q1
\v 29 “\w Indeed|strong="H2005"\w*, \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w does|strong="H6466"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w things,|strong="H6471"\w*  
\q1 \w twice|strong="H6471"\w*, \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times, in his dealings|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w a person|strong="H1397"\w*,   
\q1
\v 30  \w to turn back|strong="H7725"\w* \w his life|strong="H5315"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the place of corruption|strong="H7845"\w*,  
\q1 \w that he may be enlightened|strong="H0215"\w* \w with the light|strong="H0216"\w* \w of life|strong="H2416"\w*.   
\q1
\v 31  \w Pay attention|strong="H7181"\w*, \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w – listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to me;|strong="H2790"\w*  
\q1 \w be silent|strong="H2790"\w*, \w and I|strong="H0595"\w* \w will speak|strong="H1696"\w*.   
\q1
\v 32  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w you have|strong="H3426"\w* \w any words|strong="H4405"\w*, \w reply|strong="H7725"\w* \w to me|strong="H7725"\w*;  
\q1 \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I want|strong="H2654"\w* \w to justify|strong="H6663"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 33  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w not|strong="H0369"\w*, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to me;|strong="H2790"\w*  
\q1 \w be silent|strong="H2790"\w*, \w and I will teach|strong="H0502"\w* \w you wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*.”   
\c 34  
\p
\v 1  \w Elihu|strong="H0453"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to my words|strong="H4405"\w*, \w you wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w men;|strong="H0238"\w*  
\q1 \w hear|strong="H0238"\w* \w me, you learned|strong="H3045"\w* \w men|strong="H2450"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the ear|strong="H0241"\w* \w assesses|strong="H0974"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w*  
\q1 \w as the mouth|strong="H2441"\w* \w tastes|strong="H2938"\w* \w food|strong="H0398"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4  \w Let us evaluate|strong="H0977"\w* \w for ourselves what is right|strong="H4941"\w*;  
\q1 \w let us come to know|strong="H3045"\w* \w among|strong="H0996"\w* \w ourselves what|strong="H4100"\w* \w is good|strong="H2896"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, \w ‘I am innocent|strong="H6663"\w*,  
\q1 \w but God|strong="H0410"\w* \w turns|strong="H5493"\w* \w away my right|strong="H4941"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6  \w Concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w my right|strong="H4941"\w*, \w should I lie|strong="H3576"\w*\w ?|strong="H2671"\w*  
\q1 \w My wound|strong="H2671"\w* \w is incurable|strong="H0605"\w*,  
\q1 \w although I am without|strong="H1097"\w* \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 7  \w What|strong="H4310"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w is like Job|strong="H0347"\w*,  
\q1 \w who|strong="H8354"\w* \w drinks|strong="H8354"\w* \w derision|strong="H3933"\w* \w like water|strong="H4325"\w*!   
\q1
\v 8  \w He goes about|strong="H0732"\w* \w in company|strong="H2274"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w evildoers|strong="H0205"\w*,  
\q1 \w he goes along|strong="H1980"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7562"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he says|strong="H0559"\w*, \w ‘It does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w profit|strong="H5532"\w* \w a man|strong="H1397"\w*  
\q1 \w when he makes his delight|strong="H7521"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.’   
\s1 \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w is|strong="H0430"\w* \w Not|strong="H3808"\w* Unjust  
\q1
\v 10 “\w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to me, you men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of understanding|strong="H3824"\w*.  
\q1 \w Far be it|strong="H2486"\w* \w from|strong="H0410"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w to do wickedness|strong="H7562"\w*,  
\q1 \w from the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w to do evil|strong="H5766"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he repays|strong="H7999"\w* \w a person|strong="H0120"\w* \w for his work|strong="H6467"\w*,  
\q1 \w and according to the conduct of a person|strong="H0376"\w*,  
\q1 \w he causes the consequences|strong="H0734"\w* \w to find|strong="H4672"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12  \w Indeed|strong="H0637"\w*, \w in truth|strong="H0551"\w*, \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w act wickedly|strong="H7561"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pervert|strong="H5791"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13  \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w entrusted|strong="H6485"\w* \w to him|strong="H5921"\w* \w the earth|strong="H0776"\w*\w ?|strong="H4310"\w*  
\q1 \w And who|strong="H4310"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w him over|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w world|strong="H8398"\w*?   
\q1
\v 14  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w God|strong="H0413"\w* were \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w his heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w on it,|strong="H0622"\w*  
\q1 \w and gather|strong="H0622"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w his spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w and his breath|strong="H5397"\w*,   
\q1
\v 15  \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w would perish|strong="H1478"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*  
\q1 \w and human|strong="H0120"\w* \w beings would return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to dust|strong="H6083"\w*.   
\s1 God \w Is|strong="H3605"\w* Impartial \w and|strong="H7725"\w* Omniscient  
\q1
\v 16 “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w you have|strong="H0998"\w* \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to this|strong="H2063"\w*,  
\q1 \w hear|strong="H0238"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w I have to say|strong="H4405"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17  \w Do|strong="H0637"\w* \w you really|strong="H0637"\w* \w think|strong="H8130"\w*  
\q1 \w that one who hates|strong="H8130"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w can govern?|strong="H7561"\w*  
\q1 \w And will you declare guilty|strong="H7561"\w*  
\q1 \w the supremely|strong="H3524"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w One|strong="H6662"\w*,   
\q1
\v 18  \w who says|strong="H0559"\w* \w to a king|strong="H4428"\w*, ‘\w Worthless|strong="H1100"\w* \w man’|strong="H5081"\w*  
\q1 \w and to nobles|strong="H5081"\w*, \w ‘Wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w men|strong="H7563"\w*,’   
\q1
\v 19  \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w shows no|strong="H3808"\w* \w partiality|strong="H7771"\w* \w to princes|strong="H8269"\w*,  
\q1 \w and does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w take note of|strong="H1800"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rich \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of them are the work|strong="H4639"\w* \w of his hands|strong="H3027"\w*?   
\q1
\v 20  \w In a moment|strong="H7281"\w* \w they die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w in the middle|strong="H2676"\w* \w of the night|strong="H3915"\w*,  
\q1 \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are shaken|strong="H1607"\w* \w and they pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w*.  
\q1 \w The mighty|strong="H0047"\w* \w are removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w effortlessly|strong="H3027"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w his eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w are on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w of an individual|strong="H0376"\w*,  
\q1 \w he observes|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w a person’s|strong="H6806"\w* \w steps|strong="H6806"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w There is no|strong="H0369"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*, \w and no|strong="H0369"\w* \w deep darkness|strong="H6757"\w*,  
\q1 \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w evildoers|strong="H6466"\w* \w can hide|strong="H5641"\w* \w themselves|strong="H0205"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w consider|strong="H7760"\w* \w a person|strong="H0376"\w*,  
\q1 \w that he should come|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H0413"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w in judgment|strong="H4941"\w*.   
\q1
\v 24  \w He shatters|strong="H3524"\w* \w the great|strong="H3524"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w inquiry|strong="H2714"\w*,  
\q1 \w and sets up|strong="H5975"\w* \w others|strong="H0312"\w* \w in their place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25  \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w he knows|strong="H5234"\w* \w their deeds|strong="H4566"\w*,  
\q1 \w he overthrows|strong="H2015"\w* \w them|strong="H3915"\w* \w in|strong="H3915"\w* \w the|strong="H3651"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*  
\q1 \w and they are crushed|strong="H1792"\w*.   
\q1
\v 26  \w He strikes|strong="H5606"\w* \w them for their wickedness|strong="H7563"\w*,  
\q1 \w in a place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where people can see|strong="H7200"\w*,   
\q1
\v 27  \w because|strong="H3651"\w* \w they have turned|strong="H5493"\w* \w away from following|strong="H0310"\w* \w him,|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w and have not|strong="H3808"\w* \w understood|strong="H7919"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of his ways|strong="H1870"\w*,   
\q1
\v 28  \w so that they caused|strong="H6818"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cry|strong="H6818"\w* \w of the poor|strong="H1800"\w*  
\q1 \w to come|strong="H0935"\w* \w before him,|strong="H8085"\w*  
\q1 \w so that he hears|strong="H8085"\w* \w the cry|strong="H6818"\w* \w of the needy|strong="H6041"\w*.   
\q1
\v 29  \w But if God|strong="H8252"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w*, \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can condemn|strong="H7561"\w* \w him?|strong="H5641"\w*  
\q1 \w If he hides|strong="H5641"\w* \w his face|strong="H6440"\w*, \w then who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can see|strong="H7789"\w* \w him?|strong="H5921"\w*  
\q1 \w Yet|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the individual|strong="H0120"\w* \w and the nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w alike|strong="H3162"\w*,   
\q1
\v 30  \w so that the godless|strong="H2611"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w should not rule|strong="H4427"\w*,  
\q1 \w and not lay snares|strong="H4170"\w* \w for the people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
\s1 Job \w Is|strong="H0120"\w* Foolish \w to|strong="H0120"\w* Rebel  
\q1
\v 31 “\w Has anyone said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w I have endured chastisement|strong="H5375"\w*,  
\q1 \w but I will not|strong="H3808"\w* \w act wrongly|strong="H2254"\w* \w any|strong="H3588"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\q1
\v 32  \w Teach|strong="H3384"\w* \w me what|strong="H1107"\w* \w I cannot|strong="H1107"\w* \w see|strong="H2372"\w*.  
\q1 \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w I have done|strong="H6466"\w* \w evil|strong="H5766"\w*, \w I will do so no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 33  \w Is it|strong="H7999"\w* \w your opinion|strong="H5973"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H7999"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* recompense \w it,|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you reject|strong="H3988"\w* \w this?|strong="H0859"\w*  
\q1 \w But you|strong="H0859"\w* \w must choose|strong="H0977"\w*, \w and not|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w*,  
\q1 \w so tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w us what|strong="H4100"\w* \w you know|strong="H3045"\w*.   
\q1
\v 34  \w Men|strong="H0582"\w* \w of understanding|strong="H3824"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H3824"\w* –  
\q1 \w any|strong="H0376"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w listening|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H3824"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w* –   
\q1
\v 35  \w that|strong="H0347"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w speaks|strong="H1696"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*  
\q1 \w and his words|strong="H1697"\w* \w are without|strong="H3808"\w* \w understanding|strong="H7919"\w*.   
\q1
\v 36  \w But|strong="H0347"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w will be tested|strong="H0974"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the end|strong="H5331"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w his answers|strong="H8666"\w* \w are like those of wicked|strong="H0205"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.   
\q1
\v 37  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he adds|strong="H3254"\w* \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w* \w to his sin|strong="H2403"\w*;  
\q1 \w in our midst he claps|strong="H5606"\w* \w his hands,|strong="H7235"\w*  
\q1 \w and multiplies|strong="H7235"\w* \w his words|strong="H0561"\w* \w against God|strong="H0410"\w*.”   
\c 35  
\p
\v 1  \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Elihu|strong="H0453"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w Do you think|strong="H2803"\w* \w this to be|strong="H4941"\w* \w just|strong="H6664"\w*\w :|strong="H0559"\w*  
\q1 \w when|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H6664"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w ‘My right|strong="H6664"\w* \w before God|strong="H0410"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 3  \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w ‘What|strong="H4100"\w* \w will it profit|strong="H5532"\w* \w you,’|strong="H4100"\w*  
\q1 \w and, ‘What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do I gain|strong="H3276"\w* \w by not sinning|strong="H2403"\w*?’   
\q1
\v 4  \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will reply|strong="H4405"\w* \w to you,|strong="H7453"\w*  
\q1 \w and to your friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \w Gaze|strong="H5027"\w* \w at the heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w and see|strong="H7200"\w*;  
\q1 \w consider|strong="H7789"\w* \w the clouds|strong="H7834"\w*, \w which are higher|strong="H1361"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w*!   
\q1
\v 6  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w you sin|strong="H2398"\w*, \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w does|strong="H6466"\w* \w it affect God?|strong="H6588"\w*  
\q1 \w If your transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* \w are many|strong="H7231"\w*,  
\q1 \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w does it do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H0518"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*?   
\q1
\v 7  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w you are righteous|strong="H6663"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w do you give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to God,|strong="H0176"\w*  
\q1 \w or|strong="H0176"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w does he receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w from your hand|strong="H3027"\w*?   
\q1
\v 8  \w Your wickedness|strong="H7562"\w* \w affects only|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H3644"\w* \w person|strong="H0376"\w* \w like yourself,|strong="H6666"\w*  
\q1 \w and your righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* \w only other people|strong="H0120"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 “\w People|strong="H2199"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w*  
\q1 \w because of the excess|strong="H7230"\w* \w of oppression|strong="H6217"\w*;  
\q1 \w they cry out for help|strong="H7768"\w*  
\q1 \w because of the power|strong="H2220"\w* \w of the mighty|strong="H7227"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \w But no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one says|strong="H0559"\w*, \w ‘Where|strong="H0335"\w* \w is God|strong="H0433"\w*, \w my Creator|strong="H6213"\w*,  
\q1 \w who gives|strong="H5414"\w* \w songs|strong="H2158"\w* \w in the night|strong="H3915"\w*,   
\q1
\v 11  \w who teaches|strong="H0502"\w* \w us|strong="H0929"\w* more than \w the|strong="H0776"\w* \w wild|strong="H0776"\w* \w animals|strong="H0929"\w* \w of the earth|strong="H0776"\w*,  
\q1 \w and makes us wiser|strong="H2449"\w* \w than the birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w of the sky|strong="H8064"\w*?’   
\q1
\v 12  \w Then|strong="H6817"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w cry|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w – but he does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w –|strong="H6440"\w*  
\q1 \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of the arrogance|strong="H1347"\w* \w of the wicked|strong="H7451"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13  \w Surely|strong="H0389"\w* \w it is an empty cry|strong="H7723"\w* – \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w it;|strong="H7706"\w*  
\q1 \w the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w take notice|strong="H7789"\w* \w of|strong="H0410"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14  \w How much|strong="H0637"\w* \w less|strong="H3588"\w*, \w then,|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q1 \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you say|strong="H0559"\w* \w that you do not|strong="H3808"\w* \w perceive|strong="H7789"\w* \w him,|strong="H6440"\w*  
\q1 \w that the case is before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H2342"\w*  
\q1 \w and you are waiting|strong="H2342"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*!   
\q1
\v 15  \w And further|strong="H6258"\w*, \w when you say|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q1 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w his anger|strong="H0639"\w* \w does not|strong="H0369"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w*,  
\q1 \w and that he does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w transgression|strong="H6580"\w*!   
\q1
\v 16  \w So Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w opens|strong="H6475"\w* \w his mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w to no purpose|strong="H1892"\w*;  
\q1 \w without|strong="H1097"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* \w he multiplies|strong="H3527"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w*.”   
\c 36  
\p
\v 1  \w Elihu|strong="H0453"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w further|strong="H3254"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w Be patient|strong="H3803"\w* \w with me a little longer|strong="H5750"\w*  
\q1 \w and I|strong="H2331"\w* \w will instruct|strong="H2331"\w* \w you,|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q1 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I still|strong="H5750"\w* \w have words|strong="H4405"\w* \w to speak on God’s|strong="H0433"\w* behalf.   
\q1
\v 3  \w With my knowledge I will speak comprehensively|strong="H1843"\w*,  
\q1 \w and to my Creator I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will ascribe righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w in truth|strong="H0551"\w*, \w my words|strong="H4405"\w* \w are not|strong="H3808"\w* \w false|strong="H8267"\w*;  
\q1 \w it is one complete|strong="H8549"\w* \w in knowledge|strong="H1844"\w*  
\q1 \w who is with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \w Indeed|strong="H2005"\w*, \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w is mighty|strong="H3524"\w*; \w and he does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w despise|strong="H3988"\w* \w people,|strong="H3524"\w*  
\q1 \w he|strong="H3524"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w mighty|strong="H3524"\w*, \w and firm|strong="H3820"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* intent.   
\q1
\v 6  \w He does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w allow the wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w to live|strong="H2421"\w*,  
\q1 \w but he gives|strong="H5414"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w to the poor|strong="H6041"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7  \w He does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H1639"\w* \w his eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w off|strong="H1639"\w* \w the righteous|strong="H6662"\w*;  
\q1 \w but with|strong="H0854"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w on the throne|strong="H3678"\w*  
\q1 \w he seats|strong="H1361"\w* \w the righteous|strong="H5331"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* exalts \w them|strong="H0854"\w* \w forever|strong="H5331"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \w But if|strong="H0518"\w* \w they are bound|strong="H0631"\w* \w in chains|strong="H2131"\w*,  
\q1 \w and held captive|strong="H3920"\w* \w by the cords|strong="H2256"\w* \w of affliction|strong="H6040"\w*,   
\q1
\v 9  \w then he reveals|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H5046"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w what|strong="H6467"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have done|strong="H6467"\w*,  
\q1 \w and their transgressions|strong="H6588"\w*,  
\q1 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they were|strong="H1992"\w* \w behaving|strong="H1396"\w* proudly.   
\q1
\v 10  \w And he reveals|strong="H0241"\w* \w this|strong="H4148"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w correction|strong="H4148"\w*,  
\q1 \w and says|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they must turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w from evil|strong="H0205"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w they obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w and serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w him,|strong="H3615"\w*  
\q1 \w they live|strong="H3615"\w* \w out their days|strong="H3117"\w* \w in prosperity|strong="H2896"\w*  
\q1 \w and their years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in pleasantness|strong="H5273"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12  \w But if|strong="H0518"\w* \w they refuse to listen|strong="H8085"\w*,  
\q1 \w they pass over|strong="H5674"\w* \w the river of death|strong="H7973"\w*,  
\q1 \w and expire|strong="H1478"\w* \w without|strong="H1097"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13  \w The godless|strong="H2611"\w* \w at heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w nourish|strong="H7760"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*,  
\q1 \w they do not|strong="H3808"\w* \w cry out|strong="H7768"\w* \w even when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he binds|strong="H0631"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14  \w They die|strong="H4191"\w* \w in their youth|strong="H5290"\w*,  
\q1 \w and their life|strong="H2416"\w* \w ends among the male cultic prostitutes|strong="H6945"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \w He delivers|strong="H2502"\w* \w the afflicted|strong="H6041"\w* \w by|strong="H6040"\w* \w their|strong="H1540"\w* afflictions,  
\q1 \w he reveals|strong="H1540"\w* \w himself to them|strong="H0241"\w* \w by their suffering|strong="H3906"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w And surely|strong="H0637"\w*, \w he drew|strong="H5496"\w* \w you|strong="H6310"\w* \w from|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w of distress|strong="H6862"\w*,  
\q1 \w to a wide place|strong="H7338"\w*, \w unrestricted|strong="H4164"\w*,  
\q1 \w and to|strong="H8478"\w* \w the comfort|strong="H5183"\w* \w of your table|strong="H7979"\w*  
\q1 \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w with rich food|strong="H1880"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17  \w But now you are preoccupied|strong="H1779"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w the judgment due the wicked|strong="H7563"\w*,  
\q1 \w judgment|strong="H1779"\w* \w and justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w take hold|strong="H8551"\w* \w of|strong="H4390"\w* you.   
\q1
\v 18  \w Be careful|strong="H2534"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w no one entices|strong="H5496"\w* \w you with riches|strong="H5607"\w*;  
\q1 \w do not|strong="H0408"\w* \w let a large|strong="H7227"\w* \w bribe|strong="H3724"\w* \w turn you aside|strong="H5186"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w Would your wealth|strong="H7769"\w* \w sustain|strong="H6186"\w* \w you,|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w so that you would not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be in distress,|strong="H3605"\w*  
\q1 \w even all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your mighty|strong="H3581"\w* \w efforts|strong="H3981"\w*?   
\q1
\v 20  \w Do not|strong="H0408"\w* \w long for the cover|strong="H7602"\w* \w of night|strong="H3915"\w*  
\q1 \w to drag|strong="H5927"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w away from their homes|strong="H8478"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21  \w Take heed|strong="H8104"\w*, \w do not|strong="H0408"\w* \w turn|strong="H6437"\w* \w to evil|strong="H0205"\w*,  
\q1 \w for because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of this|strong="H2088"\w* \w you have|strong="H0977"\w* \w been tested|strong="H0977"\w* \w by affliction|strong="H6040"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w Indeed|strong="H2005"\w*, \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w is exalted|strong="H7682"\w* \w in his power|strong="H3581"\w*;  
\q1 \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is a teacher|strong="H3384"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w him|strong="H3384"\w*?   
\q1
\v 23  \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has prescribed|strong="H6485"\w* \w his ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w for him?|strong="H4310"\w*  
\q1 \w Or|strong="H4310"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to him, ‘You have done|strong="H6466"\w* \w what is wicked|strong="H5766"\w*’?   
\q1
\v 24  \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w to extol|strong="H7679"\w* \w his work|strong="H6467"\w*,  
\q1 \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w people have|strong="H0834"\w* \w praised|strong="H7891"\w* \w in|strong="H0376"\w* \w song|strong="H7891"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25  \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w humanity|strong="H0120"\w* \w has seen|strong="H2372"\w* \w it;|strong="H0582"\w*  
\q1 \w people|strong="H0582"\w* \w gaze on|strong="H5027"\w* \w it from afar|strong="H7350"\w*.   
\s1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Work \w and|strong="H0120"\w* Wisdom \w of|strong="H3605"\w* God  
\q1
\v 26 “\w Yes|strong="H2005"\w*, \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w is great|strong="H7689"\w* \w – beyond|strong="H3808"\w* \w our knowledge|strong="H3045"\w*\w !|strong="H4557"\w*  
\q1 \w The number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of his years|strong="H8141"\w* \w is unsearchable|strong="H2714"\w*.   
\q1
\v 27  \w He draws|strong="H1639"\w* \w up drops|strong="H5198"\w* \w of water|strong="H4325"\w*;  
\q1 \w they distill|strong="H2212"\w* \w the rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w into its mist|strong="H0108"\w*,   
\q1
\v 28  \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w the clouds|strong="H7834"\w* \w pour|strong="H5140"\w* \w down|strong="H7491"\w*  
\q1 \w and shower|strong="H7491"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w humankind|strong="H0120"\w* \w abundantly|strong="H7227"\w*.   
\q1
\v 29  \w Who can understand|strong="H0995"\w* \w the spreading|strong="H4666"\w* \w of the clouds|strong="H5645"\w*,  
\q1 \w the thunderings|strong="H8663"\w* \w of his pavilion|strong="H5521"\w*?   
\q1
\v 30  \w See|strong="H2005"\w* \w how he scattered|strong="H6566"\w* \w his lightning|strong="H0216"\w* \w about him;|strong="H3680"\w*  
\q1 \w he has covered|strong="H3680"\w* \w the depths|strong="H8328"\w* \w of the sea|strong="H3220"\w*.   
\q1
\v 31  \w It is by these that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he judges|strong="H1777"\w* \w the nations|strong="H5971"\w*  
\q1 \w and supplies|strong="H5414"\w* \w food|strong="H0400"\w* \w in abundance|strong="H4342"\w*.   
\q1
\v 32  \w With his hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w he covers|strong="H3680"\w* \w the lightning|strong="H0216"\w*,  
\q1 \w and directs|strong="H6680"\w* \w it against its target|strong="H6293"\w*.  
\v 33   
\q1 \w His thunder|strong="H7452"\w* \w announces|strong="H5046"\w* \w the coming storm,|strong="H4735"\w*  
\q1 \w the cattle|strong="H4735"\w* \w also, concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* storm’s \w approach|strong="H5927"\w*.   
\c 37  
\p  
\q1
\v 1  \w At|strong="H0637"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w also|strong="H0637"\w* \w my heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w pounds|strong="H2729"\w*  
\q1 \w and leaps|strong="H5425"\w* \w from its place|strong="H4725"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2  \w Listen carefully|strong="H8085"\w* \w to the thunder|strong="H7267"\w* \w of his voice|strong="H6963"\w*,  
\q1 \w to the rumbling|strong="H1899"\w* \w that proceeds|strong="H3318"\w* \w from his mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3  \w Under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w he lets|strong="H3474"\w* \w it go,|strong="H0216"\w*  
\q1 \w even his lightning|strong="H0216"\w* \w to the far corners|strong="H3671"\w* \w of the earth|strong="H0776"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4  \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w that a voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w roars|strong="H7580"\w*;  
\q1 \w he thunders|strong="H7481"\w* \w with an exalted|strong="H1347"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*,  
\q1 \w and he does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hold back his lightning bolts|strong="H6117"\w*  
\q1 \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w his voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w is heard|strong="H8085"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w thunders|strong="H7481"\w* \w with his voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w in marvelous|strong="H6381"\w* \w ways;|strong="H6213"\w*  
\q1 \w he does|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w things|strong="H6381"\w* \w beyond our understanding|strong="H3045"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w to the snow|strong="H7950"\w* \w he says|strong="H0559"\w*, \w ‘Fall|strong="H1933"\w* \w to earth|strong="H0776"\w*,’  
\q1 \w and to the torrential rains|strong="H4306"\w*, ‘\w Pour down|strong="H5797"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 7  \w He causes|strong="H3027"\w* \w everyone|strong="H0120"\w* \w to stop working|strong="H2856"\w*,  
\q1 \w so that all|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w may know|strong="H3045"\w* \w his work|strong="H4639"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \w The wild animals|strong="H2416"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w to their lairs|strong="H0695"\w*,  
\q1 \w and in their dens|strong="H4585"\w* \w they remain|strong="H7931"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \w A tempest|strong="H5492"\w* \w blows out|strong="H0935"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w its chamber|strong="H2315"\w*,  
\q1 \w icy|strong="H4215"\w* \w cold|strong="H7135"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* driving winds.   
\q1
\v 10  \w The breath|strong="H5397"\w* \w of God|strong="H0410"\w* \w produces|strong="H5414"\w* \w ice|strong="H7140"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the breadth|strong="H7341"\w* \w of the waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w freeze|strong="H4164"\w* solid.   
\q1
\v 11  \w He loads|strong="H0637"\w* \w the clouds|strong="H5645"\w* \w with moisture|strong="H7377"\w*;  
\q1 \w he scatters|strong="H6327"\w* \w his lightning|strong="H0216"\w* \w through|strong="H2959"\w* \w the clouds|strong="H6051"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12  \w The clouds|strong="H2015"\w* go \w round|strong="H4524"\w* \w in circles,|strong="H4524"\w*  
\q1 \w wheeling about|strong="H4524"\w* \w according to his plans|strong="H8458"\w*,  
\q1 \w to carry out|strong="H6467"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*  
\q1 \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the face|strong="H6440"\w* \w of the whole inhabited world|strong="H0776"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13  \w Whether|strong="H0518"\w* \w it is for punishment|strong="H7626"\w* \w for his land|strong="H0776"\w*,  
\q1 \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w whether|strong="H0518"\w* \w it is for mercy|strong="H2617"\w*,  
\q1 \w he causes it to find|strong="H4672"\w* \w its|strong="H0518"\w* mark.   
\q1
\v 14 “\w Pay attention|strong="H0238"\w* \w to this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w Job|strong="H0347"\w*\w !|strong="H5975"\w*  
\q1 \w Stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w still and consider|strong="H0995"\w* \w the wonders|strong="H6381"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w works|strong="H6381"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \w Do you know|strong="H3045"\w* \w how God|strong="H0433"\w* \w commands them,|strong="H7760"\w*  
\q1 \w how he makes|strong="H7760"\w* \w lightning|strong="H0216"\w* \w flash|strong="H3313"\w* \w in his storm cloud|strong="H6051"\w*?   
\q1
\v 16  \w Do you know|strong="H3045"\w* \w about the balancing|strong="H4657"\w* \w of the clouds|strong="H5645"\w*,  
\q1 \w that wondrous activity|strong="H4652"\w* \w of him who is perfect|strong="H8549"\w* \w in knowledge|strong="H1843"\w*?   
\q1
\v 17  \w You, whose|strong="H0834"\w* \w garments|strong="H0899"\w* \w are hot|strong="H2525"\w*  
\q1 \w when the earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w is still because of the south|strong="H1864"\w* wind,   
\q1
\v 18  \w will you, with him|strong="H5973"\w*, \w spread|strong="H7554"\w* \w out|strong="H7834"\w* \w the|strong="H5973"\w* \w clouds|strong="H7834"\w*,  
\q1 \w solid|strong="H2389"\w* \w as a mirror|strong="H7209"\w* \w of molten|strong="H3332"\w* metal?   
\q1
\v 19  \w Tell|strong="H3045"\w* \w us what|strong="H4100"\w* \w we should|strong="H0559"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w to him.|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w We cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w prepare|strong="H6186"\w* \w a case|strong="H6440"\w*  
\q1 \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of the darkness|strong="H2822"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20  \w Should|strong="H5608"\w* \w he be informed|strong="H5608"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I want|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*\w ?|strong="H0518"\w*  
\q1 \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w a man|strong="H0376"\w* \w speaks, surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w he would be swallowed|strong="H1104"\w* \w up|strong="H1104"\w*!   
\q1
\v 21  \w But now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w the sun|strong="H0216"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* –  
\q1 \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w bright|strong="H0925"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w skies|strong="H7834"\w* –  
\q1 after \w a|strong="H7200"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* swept \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w clouds|strong="H7834"\w* \w away|strong="H5674"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w From the north|strong="H6828"\w* \w he comes|strong="H0857"\w* \w in golden splendor|strong="H2091"\w*;  
\q1 \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w is awesome|strong="H3372"\w* \w majesty|strong="H1935"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23  \w As for the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*, \w we cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w attain|strong="H7689"\w* \w to him!|strong="H3581"\w*  
\q1 \w He is great in power|strong="H3581"\w*,  
\q1 \w but justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w and abundant|strong="H7230"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* \w he does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w oppress|strong="H6031"\w*.   
\q1
\v 24  \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w people|strong="H0582"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w him,|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w for he does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w regard|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w in heart|strong="H3820"\w*.”   
\c 38  
\p
\v 1  \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w out of the whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is this|strong="H2088"\w* \w who darkens|strong="H2821"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w*  
\q1 \w with words|strong="H4405"\w* \w without|strong="H1097"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*?   
\q1
\v 3  \w Get ready|strong="H0247"\w* \w for a difficult|strong="H2504"\w* \w task|strong="H1397"\w* like \w a|strong="H3045"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w*;  
\q1 \w I will question|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w*  
\q1 \w and you will inform|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*!   
\s1 God’s questions \w to|strong="H3045"\w* Job  
\q1
\v 4 “\w Where|strong="H0375"\w* \w were you|strong="H1961"\w*  
\q1 \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w I laid the foundation|strong="H3245"\w* \w of the earth|strong="H0776"\w*\w ?|strong="H5046"\w*  
\q1 \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w me,|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you possess|strong="H3045"\w* \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w*!   
\q1
\v 5  \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w its measurements|strong="H4461"\w* \w – if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you know|strong="H3045"\w* \w –|strong="H0176"\w*  
\q1 \w or|strong="H0176"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w stretched|strong="H5186"\w* \w a measuring line|strong="H6957"\w* \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w*?   
\q1
\v 6  \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w were its bases|strong="H0134"\w* \w set|strong="H2883"\w*,  
\q1 \w or|strong="H0176"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w laid its cornerstone|strong="H6438"\w* –   
\q1
\v 7  \w when|strong="H7442"\w* \w the morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* \w sang|strong="H7321"\w* \w in chorus|strong="H7321"\w*,  
\q1 \w and all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of God|strong="H0430"\w* \w shouted for joy|strong="H7321"\w*?   
\q1
\v 8 “\w Who shut|strong="H5526"\w* \w up|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w with|strong="H5526"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w*  
\q1 \w when it burst|strong="H1518"\w* \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, \w coming out of the womb|strong="H7358"\w*,   
\q1
\v 9  \w when I made|strong="H7760"\w* \w the storm clouds|strong="H6051"\w* \w its garment|strong="H3830"\w*,  
\q1 \w and thick darkness|strong="H6205"\w* \w its swaddling band|strong="H2854"\w*,   
\q1
\v 10  \w when|strong="H7665"\w* \w I prescribed|strong="H7665"\w* \w its limits|strong="H2706"\w*,  
\q1 \w and set|strong="H7760"\w* \w in place its bolts|strong="H1280"\w* \w and doors|strong="H1817"\w*,   
\q1
\v 11  \w when I said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w ‘To|strong="H5704"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w* \w you may come|strong="H0935"\w*  
\q1 \w and no|strong="H3808"\w* \w farther|strong="H3254"\w*,  
\q1 \w here|strong="H6311"\w* \w your proud|strong="H1347"\w* \w waves|strong="H1530"\w* \w will be confined|strong="H7896"\w*’?   
\q1
\v 12  \w Have you ever in your life|strong="H3117"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w the morning|strong="H1242"\w*,  
\q1 \w or made the dawn|strong="H7837"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w its place|strong="H4725"\w*,   
\q1
\v 13  \w that it might seize|strong="H0270"\w* \w the corners|strong="H3671"\w* \w of the earth|strong="H0776"\w*,  
\q1 \w and shake|strong="H5287"\w* \w the wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* it?   
\q1
\v 14  \w The earth takes shape|strong="H2015"\w* \w like clay|strong="H2563"\w* \w under a seal|strong="H2368"\w*;  
\q1 \w its features|strong="H3320"\w* \w are dyed|strong="H3644"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w a garment|strong="H3830"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \w Then from the wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w the light|strong="H0216"\w* \w is withheld|strong="H4513"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the arm|strong="H2220"\w* \w raised|strong="H7311"\w* \w in violence|strong="H7665"\w* \w is|strong="H0216"\w* \w broken|strong="H7665"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w Have you gone|strong="H0935"\w* \w to the springs|strong="H5033"\w* \w that fill the sea|strong="H3220"\w*,  
\q1 \w or walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w about in the recesses|strong="H2714"\w* \w of the deep|strong="H8415"\w*?   
\q1
\v 17  \w Have the gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of death|strong="H4194"\w* \w been revealed|strong="H1540"\w* \w to you?|strong="H7200"\w*  
\q1 \w Have you seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w the gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of deepest darkness|strong="H6757"\w*?   
\q1
\v 18  \w Have you considered the vast expanses|strong="H7338"\w* \w of the earth|strong="H0776"\w*\w ?|strong="H5046"\w*  
\q1 \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w me, if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you know|strong="H3045"\w* \w it all|strong="H3605"\w*!   
\q1
\v 19 “\w In what direction|strong="H0335"\w* \w does light|strong="H0216"\w* \w reside|strong="H7931"\w*,  
\q1 \w and darkness|strong="H2822"\w*, \w where|strong="H0335"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w its place|strong="H4725"\w*,   
\q1
\v 20  \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you may take|strong="H3947"\w* \w them to|strong="H0413"\w* \w their borders|strong="H1366"\w*  
\q1 \w and perceive|strong="H0995"\w* \w the pathways|strong="H5410"\w* \w to their homes|strong="H1004"\w*?   
\q1
\v 21  \w You know|strong="H3045"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you were born|strong="H3205"\w* \w before|strong="H0227"\w* \w them;|strong="H4557"\w*  
\q1 \w and the number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of your days|strong="H3117"\w* \w is great|strong="H7227"\w*!   
\q1
\v 22  \w Have you entered|strong="H0935"\w* \w the storehouse|strong="H0214"\w* \w of the snow|strong="H7950"\w*,  
\q1 \w or seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w the armory|strong="H0214"\w* \w of the hail|strong="H1259"\w*,   
\q1
\v 23  \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w I reserve|strong="H2820"\w* \w for the time|strong="H6256"\w* \w of trouble|strong="H6862"\w*,  
\q1 \w for|strong="H7128"\w* \w the day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of war|strong="H7128"\w* \w and battle|strong="H4421"\w*?   
\q1
\v 24  \w In what direction|strong="H0335"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w lightning|strong="H0216"\w* \w dispersed|strong="H6327"\w*,  
\q1 \w or the east winds|strong="H6921"\w* \w scattered|strong="H2505"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the earth|strong="H0776"\w*?   
\q1
\v 25  \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w carves|strong="H6385"\w* \w out a channel|strong="H8585"\w* \w for the heavy rains|strong="H7858"\w*,  
\q1 \w and a path|strong="H1870"\w* \w for the rumble|strong="H6963"\w* \w of thunder|strong="H2385"\w*,   
\q1
\v 26  \w to cause it to rain|strong="H4305"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w an uninhabited land|strong="H0776"\w*,  
\q1 \w a desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w where there are no|strong="H3808"\w* \w human|strong="H0120"\w* \w beings|strong="H0376"\w*,   
\q1
\v 27  \w to satisfy|strong="H7646"\w* \w a devastated|strong="H7722"\w* \w and desolate|strong="H4875"\w* \w land,|strong="H4161"\w*  
\q1 \w and to cause it to sprout|strong="H4161"\w* \w with vegetation|strong="H1877"\w*?   
\q1
\v 28  \w Does|strong="H3426"\w* \w the rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w have a father|strong="H0001"\w*,  
\q1 \w or|strong="H0176"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has fathered|strong="H3205"\w* \w the drops|strong="H0096"\w* \w of the dew|strong="H2919"\w*?   
\q1
\v 29  \w From whose|strong="H4310"\w* \w womb|strong="H0990"\w* \w does the ice|strong="H7140"\w* \w emerge|strong="H3318"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the frost|strong="H3713"\w* \w from the sky|strong="H8064"\w*, \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w gives birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w it|strong="H3205"\w*,   
\q1
\v 30  \w when the waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w become hard|strong="H2244"\w* \w like stone|strong="H0068"\w*,  
\q1 \w when the surface|strong="H6440"\w* \w of the deep|strong="H8415"\w* \w is frozen|strong="H2244"\w* \w solid|strong="H3920"\w*?   
\q1
\v 31  \w Can you tie|strong="H7194"\w* \w the bands|strong="H4575"\w* \w of the Pleiades|strong="H3598"\w*,  
\q1 \w or|strong="H0176"\w* \w release the cords|strong="H4189"\w* \w of Orion|strong="H3685"\w*?   
\q1
\v 32  \w Can you lead out|strong="H3318"\w*  
\q1 \w the constellations|strong="H4216"\w* \w in their seasons|strong="H6256"\w*,  
\q1 \w or guide|strong="H5148"\w* \w the Bear|strong="H5906"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w its cubs|strong="H1121"\w*?   
\q1
\v 33  \w Do you know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the laws|strong="H2708"\w* \w of the heavens|strong="H8064"\w*,  
\q1 \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w can you set|strong="H7760"\w* \w up their rule|strong="H4896"\w* \w over the earth|strong="H0776"\w*?   
\q1
\v 34  \w Can you raise|strong="H7311"\w* \w your voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w to the clouds|strong="H5645"\w*  
\q1 \w so that a flood|strong="H8229"\w* \w of water|strong="H4325"\w* \w covers|strong="H3680"\w* \w you|strong="H6963"\w*?   
\q1
\v 35  \w Can you send|strong="H7971"\w* \w out lightning|strong="H1300"\w* \w bolts, and they go|strong="H1980"\w*\w ?|strong="H0559"\w*  
\q1 \w Will they say|strong="H0559"\w* \w to you, ‘Here|strong="H2005"\w* \w we|strong="H2005"\w* are’?   
\q1
\v 36  \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has put wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w in the heart|strong="H7907"\w*,  
\q1 \w or|strong="H0176"\w* \w has imparted|strong="H2910"\w* \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w mind|strong="H7907"\w*?   
\q1
\v 37  \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w by wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w can count|strong="H5608"\w* \w the clouds|strong="H7834"\w*,  
\q1 \w and who can|strong="H4310"\w* \w tip|strong="H7901"\w* \w over|strong="H5035"\w* \w the|strong="H5608"\w* water jars \w of heaven|strong="H8064"\w*,   
\q1
\v 38  \w when the dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w hardens|strong="H3332"\w* \w into|strong="H6083"\w* \w a mass|strong="H4165"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the clumps of earth|strong="H7263"\w* \w stick together|strong="H1692"\w*?   
\q1
\v 39 “\w Do you hunt|strong="H6679"\w* \w prey|strong="H2964"\w* \w for the lioness|strong="H3833"\w*,  
\q1 \w and satisfy the appetite|strong="H4390"\w* \w of the lions|strong="H3715"\w*,   
\q1
\v 40  \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they crouch|strong="H7817"\w* \w in their dens|strong="H4585"\w*,  
\q1 \w when they wait in|strong="H0695"\w* \w ambush in the thicket|strong="H5521"\w*?   
\q1
\v 41  \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w prepares|strong="H3559"\w* \w prey|strong="H6718"\w* \w for the raven|strong="H6158"\w*,  
\q1 \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w its young|strong="H3206"\w* \w cry out|strong="H7768"\w* \w to God|strong="H0410"\w*  
\q1 \w and wander|strong="H8582"\w* \w about|strong="H1097"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w lack|strong="H1097"\w* \w of food|strong="H0400"\w*?   
\c 39  
\p  
\q1
\v 1 “\w Are you acquainted|strong="H3045"\w* \w with the way|strong="H6256"\w*  
\q1 \w the mountain|strong="H5553"\w* \w goats|strong="H3277"\w* \w give birth|strong="H3205"\w*\w ?|strong="H8104"\w*  
\q1 \w Do you watch|strong="H8104"\w* \w as the wild deer|strong="H0355"\w* \w give birth|strong="H2342"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w their|strong="H3045"\w* young?   
\q1
\v 2  \w Do you count|strong="H5608"\w* \w the months|strong="H3391"\w* \w they must fulfill|strong="H4390"\w*,  
\q1 \w and do you know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the time|strong="H6256"\w* \w they give birth|strong="H3205"\w*?   
\q1
\v 3  \w They crouch|strong="H3766"\w*, \w they bear|strong="H6398"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \w young|strong="H3206"\w*,  
\q1 \w they bring forth|strong="H6398"\w* \w the offspring they|strong="H6398"\w* \w have carried|strong="H2256"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4  \w Their young|strong="H1121"\w* \w grow|strong="H2492"\w* \w strong, and grow up in the open|strong="H1250"\w*;  
\q1 \w they go|strong="H3318"\w* \w off, and do not|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w the wild donkey|strong="H6501"\w* \w go free|strong="H2670"\w*\w ?|strong="H4310"\w*  
\q1 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w released|strong="H6605"\w* \w the bonds|strong="H4147"\w* \w of the donkey|strong="H6171"\w*,   
\q1
\v 6  \w to whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w I appointed|strong="H7760"\w* \w the steppe|strong="H6160"\w* \w for its home|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\q1 \w the salt wastes|strong="H4420"\w* \w as its dwelling place|strong="H4908"\w*?   
\q1
\v 7  \w It scorns|strong="H7832"\w* \w the tumult|strong="H1995"\w* \w in the town|strong="H7151"\w*;  
\q1 \w it does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the shouts|strong="H8663"\w* \w of|strong="H1995"\w* \w a|strong="H8085"\w* \w driver|strong="H5065"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \w It ranges|strong="H3491"\w* \w the hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w as its pasture|strong="H4829"\w*,  
\q1 \w and searches|strong="H1875"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w green plant|strong="H3387"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \w Is the wild ox|strong="H7214"\w* \w willing|strong="H0014"\w* \w to be your servant|strong="H5647"\w*\w ?|strong="H3885"\w*  
\q1 \w Will it spend|strong="H3885"\w* \w the night at|strong="H5921"\w* \w your feeding trough|strong="H0018"\w*?   
\q1
\v 10  \w Can you bind|strong="H7194"\w* \w the wild ox|strong="H7214"\w* \w to a furrow|strong="H8525"\w* \w with its rope|strong="H5688"\w*,  
\q1 \w will it till the valleys|strong="H6010"\w*, \w following after|strong="H0310"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*?   
\q1
\v 11  \w Will you rely|strong="H0982"\w* \w on it because|strong="H3588"\w* \w its strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w is great|strong="H7227"\w*\w ?|strong="H5800"\w*  
\q1 \w Will you commit|strong="H5800"\w* \w your labor|strong="H3018"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*?   
\q1
\v 12  \w Can you count on|strong="H0539"\w* \w it to bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H2233"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w grain|strong="H2233"\w*,  
\q1 \w and gather|strong="H0622"\w* \w the grain|strong="H1637"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w*?  
\v 13   
\q1 “\w The wings|strong="H3671"\w* \w of the ostrich|strong="H7443"\w* \w flap|strong="H5965"\w* \w with joy,|strong="H0084"\w*  
\q1 \w but are they the pinions|strong="H0084"\w* \w and plumage|strong="H5133"\w* \w of a stork|strong="H2624"\w*?   
\q1
\v 14  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w she leaves|strong="H5800"\w* \w her eggs|strong="H1000"\w* \w on the ground|strong="H0776"\w*,  
\q1 \w and lets them be warmed|strong="H2552"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the soil|strong="H6083"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \w She forgets|strong="H7911"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w a foot|strong="H7272"\w* \w might crush|strong="H2115"\w* \w them,|strong="H7704"\w*  
\q1 \w or that a wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w animal|strong="H2416"\w* \w might trample|strong="H1758"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w She is harsh|strong="H7188"\w* \w with her young|strong="H1121"\w*,  
\q1 \w as if they were not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hers;|strong="H6343"\w*  
\q1 \w she is unconcerned|strong="H6343"\w*  
\q1 \w about|strong="H6343"\w* \w the uselessness|strong="H6343"\w* \w of her labor|strong="H3018"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w deprived|strong="H5382"\w* \w her of wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*,  
\q1 \w and did not|strong="H3808"\w* \w impart|strong="H2505"\w* \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w her|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18  \w But as soon as she springs up,|strong="H4754"\w*  
\q1 \w she|strong="H4754"\w* \w laughs|strong="H7832"\w* \w at the horse|strong="H5483"\w* \w and its|strong="H4754"\w* \w rider|strong="H7392"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19 “\w Do you give|strong="H5414"\w* \w the horse|strong="H5483"\w* \w its strength|strong="H1369"\w*\w ?|strong="H3847"\w*  
\q1 \w Do you clothe|strong="H3847"\w* \w its neck|strong="H6677"\w* \w with a mane|strong="H7483"\w*?   
\q1
\v 20  \w Do you make it leap|strong="H7493"\w* \w like a locust|strong="H0697"\w*\w ?|strong="H1935"\w*  
\q1 \w Its proud|strong="H1935"\w* \w neighing|strong="H5170"\w* \w is terrifying|strong="H0367"\w*!   
\q1
\v 21  \w It|strong="H2658"\w* \w paws|strong="H2658"\w* \w the ground in the valley|strong="H6010"\w*,  
\q1 \w exulting|strong="H7797"\w* \w mightily|strong="H3581"\w*,  
\q1 \w it goes out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w the weapons|strong="H5402"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w It laughs|strong="H7832"\w* \w at fear|strong="H6343"\w* \w and is not|strong="H3808"\w* \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w*;  
\q1 \w it does not|strong="H3808"\w* \w shy away from the sword|strong="H2719"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23  \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w it the quiver|strong="H0827"\w* \w rattles|strong="H7439"\w*;  
\q1 \w the lance|strong="H2595"\w* \w and javelin|strong="H3591"\w* \w flash|strong="H3851"\w*.   
\q1
\v 24  \w In excitement|strong="H7494"\w* \w and impatience|strong="H7267"\w* \w it consumes|strong="H1572"\w* \w the ground|strong="H0776"\w*;  
\q1 \w it cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w stand still|strong="H0539"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w the trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* \w is blown|strong="H6963"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25  \w At the sound of the trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, \w it says|strong="H0559"\w*, \w ‘Aha|strong="H1889"\w*\w !’|strong="H7350"\w*  
\q1 \w And from a distance|strong="H7350"\w* \w it catches the scent|strong="H7306"\w* \w of battle|strong="H4421"\w*,  
\q1 \w the thunderous|strong="H7482"\w* \w shouting of commanders|strong="H8269"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the battle cries|strong="H8643"\w*.   
\q1
\v 26 “\w Is it by your understanding|strong="H0998"\w* \w that the hawk|strong="H5322"\w* \w soars|strong="H0082"\w*,  
\q1 \w and spreads|strong="H6566"\w* \w its wings|strong="H3671"\w* \w toward the south|strong="H8486"\w*?   
\q1
\v 27  \w Is it at your command|strong="H6310"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the eagle|strong="H5404"\w* \w soars|strong="H1361"\w*,  
\q1 \w and builds|strong="H7311"\w* \w its nest|strong="H7064"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w high|strong="H7311"\w*?   
\q1
\v 28  \w It lives|strong="H7931"\w* \w on a rock|strong="H5553"\w* \w and spends the night|strong="H3885"\w* \w there,|strong="H5921"\w*  
\q1 \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a rocky|strong="H5553"\w* \w crag|strong="H8127"\w* \w and a fortress|strong="H4686"\w*.   
\q1
\v 29  \w From there|strong="H8033"\w* \w it spots|strong="H2658"\w* \w its prey|strong="H0400"\w*,  
\q1 \w its eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w gaze|strong="H5027"\w* \w intently from a distance|strong="H7350"\w*.   
\q1
\v 30  \w And its young|strong="H0667"\w* \w ones devour the blood|strong="H1818"\w*,  
\q1 \w and where|strong="H0834"\w* \w the dead|strong="H2491"\w* \w carcasses|strong="H5966"\w* \w are,|strong="H8033"\w*  
\q1 \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w*.”   
\c 40  
\p
\v 1  \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w Will the one who contends|strong="H7378"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w correct|strong="H3250"\w* \w him?|strong="H3198"\w*  
\q1 \w Let the person who accuses|strong="H3198"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w give him an answer|strong="H6030"\w*!”   
\q1
\v 3  \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*:   
\q1
\v 4 “\w Indeed|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I am completely unworthy|strong="H7043"\w* – \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w could I reply|strong="H7725"\w* \w to you?|strong="H7760"\w*  
\q1 \w I put|strong="H7760"\w* \w my hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w over my mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w to silence|strong="H3926"\w* myself.   
\q1
\v 5  \w I have spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w once|strong="H0259"\w*, \w but I cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*;  
\q1 \w twice|strong="H8147"\w*, \w but I will say no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w*.”   
\s1 \w The|strong="H1696"\w* Lord’s \w Second|strong="H8147"\w* \w Speech|strong="H1696"\w*  
\p
\v 6  \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w from the whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w*:   
\q1
\v 7 “\w Get ready|strong="H0247"\w* \w for a difficult|strong="H2504"\w* \w task|strong="H1397"\w* like \w a|strong="H3045"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w*.  
\q1 \w I will question|strong="H7592"\w* \w you and you will inform|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*!   
\q1
\v 8  \w Would you indeed|strong="H0637"\w* \w annul|strong="H6565"\w* \w my justice|strong="H4941"\w*\w ?|strong="H7561"\w*  
\q1 \w Would you declare me guilty|strong="H7561"\w* \w so that you might|strong="H4616"\w* \w be right|strong="H6663"\w*?   
\q1
\v 9  \w Do you have an arm|strong="H2220"\w* \w as powerful as God’s|strong="H0410"\w*,  
\q1 \w and can you thunder|strong="H7481"\w* \w with a voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w his|strong="H0518"\w*?   
\q1
\v 10  \w Adorn|strong="H5710"\w* \w yourself, then, with majesty|strong="H1347"\w* \w and excellency|strong="H1926"\w*,  
\q1 \w and clothe|strong="H3847"\w* \w yourself with glory|strong="H1935"\w* \w and honor|strong="H1926"\w*!   
\q1
\v 11  \w Scatter|strong="H6327"\w* \w abroad|strong="H5678"\w* \w the abundance|strong="H5678"\w* \w of your anger|strong="H0639"\w*.  
\q1 \w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at every|strong="H3605"\w* \w proud|strong="H1343"\w* \w man|strong="H8213"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w bring|strong="H8213"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w low|strong="H8213"\w*;   
\q1
\v 12  \w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at every|strong="H3605"\w* \w proud|strong="H1343"\w* \w man and abase|strong="H3665"\w* \w him;|strong="H1915"\w*  
\q1 \w crush|strong="H1915"\w* \w the wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w on the spot|strong="H8478"\w*!   
\q1
\v 13  \w Hide|strong="H2934"\w* \w them in the dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*,  
\q1 \w imprison|strong="H2934"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* grave.   
\q1
\v 14  \w Then|strong="H1571"\w* \w I myself|strong="H0589"\w* \w will acknowledge|strong="H3034"\w* \w to you|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q1 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your own right hand|strong="H3225"\w* \w can save|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\s1 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* Description \w of|strong="H3225"\w* Behemoth  
\q1
\v 15 “\w Look|strong="H2009"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w at Behemoth|strong="H0930"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w I made|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H0398"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*;  
\q1 \w it eats|strong="H0398"\w* \w grass|strong="H2682"\w* \w like the ox|strong="H1241"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \w Look|strong="H2009"\w* \w at its strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w in its loins|strong="H4975"\w*,  
\q1 \w and its power|strong="H0202"\w* \w in the muscles|strong="H8306"\w* \w of its belly|strong="H0990"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17  \w It|strong="H2654"\w* \w makes its tail|strong="H2180"\w* \w stiff|strong="H2654"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w a cedar|strong="H0730"\w*,  
\q1 \w the sinews|strong="H1517"\w* \w of its thighs|strong="H6344"\w* \w are tightly|strong="H8276"\w* wound.   
\q1
\v 18  \w Its bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w are tubes|strong="H0650"\w* \w of bronze|strong="H5154"\w*,  
\q1 \w its limbs|strong="H1634"\w* \w like bars of|strong="H4300"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w It ranks first|strong="H7225"\w* \w among the works|strong="H1870"\w* \w of God|strong="H0410"\w*,  
\q1 \w the One who made|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H2719"\w*  
\q1 \w has furnished it with a sword|strong="H2719"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w bring|strong="H5375"\w* \w it food|strong="H0944"\w*,  
\q1 \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w animals|strong="H2416"\w* \w play|strong="H7832"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21  \w Under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the lotus trees|strong="H6628"\w* \w it lies|strong="H7901"\w*,  
\q1 \w in the secrecy|strong="H5643"\w* \w of the reeds|strong="H7070"\w* \w and the marsh|strong="H1207"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w The lotus trees|strong="H6628"\w* \w conceal|strong="H5437"\w* \w it in their|strong="H6752"\w* shadow;  
\q1 \w the poplars|strong="H6155"\w* \w by the stream|strong="H5158"\w* \w conceal|strong="H5437"\w* \w it|strong="H5437"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23  \w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w the river|strong="H5104"\w* \w rages|strong="H6231"\w*, \w it is not|strong="H3808"\w* \w disturbed|strong="H2648"\w*,  
\q1 \w it is secure|strong="H0982"\w*, \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w the Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*  
\q1 \w should surge|strong="H1518"\w* \w up to|strong="H0413"\w* \w its mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.   
\q1
\v 24  \w Can anyone catch|strong="H3947"\w* \w it by its eyes|strong="H5869"\w*,  
\q1 \w or pierce|strong="H5344"\w* \w its nose|strong="H0639"\w* \w with a snare|strong="H4170"\w*?   
\c 41  
\p  
\q1
\v 1  “\w Can|strong="H4758"\w* \w you|strong="H1571"\w* pull \w in|strong="H3882"\w* Leviathan \w with a hook|strong="H2443"\w*,  
\q1 \w and tie down|strong="H8257"\w* \w its tongue|strong="H3956"\w* \w with a rope|strong="H2256"\w*?   
\q1
\v 2  \w Can you put|strong="H7760"\w* \w a cord|strong="H0100"\w* \w through its nose|strong="H0639"\w*,  
\q1 \w or pierce|strong="H5344"\w* \w its jaw|strong="H3895"\w* \w with a hook|strong="H2336"\w*?   
\q1
\v 3  \w Will it make numerous|strong="H7235"\w* \w supplications|strong="H8469"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*,  
\q1 \w will it speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you with tender|strong="H7390"\w* words?   
\q1
\v 4  \w Will it make|strong="H3772"\w* \w a pact|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you,|strong="H3947"\w*  
\q1 \w so you could take|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H5650"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* slave \w for life|strong="H5769"\w*?   
\q1
\v 5  \w Can you play|strong="H7832"\w* \w with it, like a bird|strong="H6833"\w*,  
\q1 \w or tie it on a leash|strong="H7194"\w* \w for your girls|strong="H5291"\w*?   
\q1
\v 6  \w Will partners|strong="H2271"\w* \w bargain|strong="H2673"\w* \w for|strong="H8127"\w* \w it|strong="H5439"\w*?  
\q1 \w Will they divide|strong="H2673"\w* \w it up|strong="H0996"\w* \w among|strong="H4310"\w* \w the merchants|strong="H3669"\w*?   
\q1
\v 7  \w Can you fill|strong="H4390"\w* \w its hide|strong="H5785"\w* \w with harpoons|strong="H7905"\w*  
\q1 \w or its head|strong="H7218"\w* \w with fishing spears|strong="H6767"\w*?   
\q1
\v 8  \w If|strong="H7760"\w* \w you lay|strong="H7760"\w* \w your hand|strong="H3709"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w*,  
\q1 \w you will remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w the fight|strong="H4421"\w*,  
\q1 \w and you will never do|strong="H0408"\w* \w it again|strong="H3254"\w*!   
\q1
\v 9  \w See, his expectation|strong="H8431"\w* \w is wrong,|strong="H1571"\w*  
\q1 \w he is laid low even|strong="H1571"\w* \w at|strong="H4758"\w* \w the sight|strong="H2904"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \w Is it not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fierce|strong="H0393"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w it is awakened|strong="H5782"\w*\w ?|strong="H1931"\w*  
\q1 \w Who is he|strong="H1931"\w*, \w then, who can|strong="H4310"\w* \w stand|strong="H3320"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* it?   
\q1
\v 11  \w (Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has confronted|strong="H6923"\w* \w me that I should repay|strong="H7999"\w*\w ?|strong="H3605"\w*  
\q1 \w Everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* belongs \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w me|strong="H1980"\w*!)   
\q1
\v 12  \w I will not|strong="H3808"\w* \w keep silent|strong="H2790"\w* \w about its limbs|strong="H0905"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the extent|strong="H1697"\w* \w of its might|strong="H1369"\w*,  
\q1 \w and the grace|strong="H2433"\w* \w of its arrangement|strong="H6187"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13  \w Who can|strong="H4310"\w* \w uncover|strong="H1540"\w* \w its outer|strong="H6440"\w* \w covering|strong="H3830"\w*\w ?|strong="H4310"\w*  
\q1 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can penetrate|strong="H0935"\w* \w to the inside|strong="H3718"\w* \w of its armor|strong="H7448"\w*?   
\q1
\v 14  \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can open|strong="H6605"\w* \w the doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w of its mouth|strong="H6440"\w*\w ?|strong="H8127"\w*  
\q1 \w Its teeth|strong="H8127"\w* \w all around|strong="H5439"\w* \w are fearsome|strong="H0367"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \w Its back|strong="H1346"\w* \w has rows|strong="H0650"\w* \w of shields|strong="H4043"\w*,  
\q1 \w shut up|strong="H5462"\w* \w closely|strong="H2368"\w* \w together|strong="H5921"\w* as \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* seal;   
\q1
\v 16  \w each|strong="H0259"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w is so close|strong="H5066"\w* \w to the next|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w that no|strong="H3808"\w* \w air|strong="H7307"\w* \w can come|strong="H0935"\w* \w between|strong="H0996"\w* them.   
\q1
\v 17  \w They lock tightly|strong="H1692"\w* \w together, one to the next|strong="H0251"\w*;  
\q1 \w they cling|strong="H3920"\w* \w together and cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be separated|strong="H6504"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18  \w Its snorting|strong="H5846"\w* \w throws out flashes|strong="H1984"\w* \w of light|strong="H0216"\w*;  
\q1 \w its eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H6079"\w* \w like the red glow|strong="H6079"\w* \w of dawn|strong="H7837"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w Out of its mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w flames|strong="H3940"\w*,  
\q1 \w sparks|strong="H3590"\w* \w of fire|strong="H0784"\w* shoot forth!   
\q1
\v 20  \w Smoke|strong="H6227"\w* \w streams from its nostrils|strong="H5156"\w*  
\q1 \w as from a boiling|strong="H5301"\w* \w pot|strong="H1731"\w* \w over burning|strong="H0100"\w* rushes.   
\q1
\v 21  \w Its breath|strong="H5315"\w* \w sets|strong="H3857"\w* \w coals|strong="H1513"\w* \w ablaze|strong="H3857"\w*  
\q1 \w and a flame|strong="H3851"\w* \w shoots|strong="H3318"\w* \w from its mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \w Strength|strong="H5797"\w* \w lodges|strong="H1750"\w* \w in its neck|strong="H6677"\w*,  
\q1 \w and despair|strong="H1670"\w* \w runs before|strong="H6440"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23  \w The folds|strong="H4651"\w* \w of its flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w are tightly|strong="H1692"\w* \w joined;|strong="H5921"\w*  
\q1 \w they are firm on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it, immovable|strong="H4131"\w*.   
\q1
\v 24  \w Its|strong="H3332"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w is hard as rock|strong="H0068"\w*,  
\q1 \w hard as a lower|strong="H8482"\w* \w millstone|strong="H6400"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25  \w When it rises up|strong="H7613"\w*, \w the mighty|strong="H0410"\w* \w are terrified|strong="H1481"\w*,  
\q1 \w at its thrashing|strong="H7667"\w* \w about they withdraw|strong="H2398"\w*.   
\q1
\v 26  \w Whoever strikes|strong="H5381"\w* \w it with a sword|strong="H2719"\w*  
\q1 \w will have no|strong="H1097"\w* \w effect|strong="H6965"\w*,  
\q1 \w nor with the spear|strong="H2595"\w*, \w arrow, or dart|strong="H4551"\w*.   
\q1
\v 27  \w It regards|strong="H2803"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w as|strong="H2803"\w* \w straw|strong="H8401"\w*  
\q1 \w and bronze|strong="H5154"\w* \w as rotten|strong="H7539"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*.   
\q1
\v 28  \w Arrows|strong="H7198"\w* \w do not|strong="H3808"\w* \w make it flee|strong="H1272"\w*;  
\q1 \w slingstones|strong="H7050"\w* \w become like|strong="H2015"\w* \w chaff|strong="H7179"\w* to it.   
\q1
\v 29  \w A club|strong="H7179"\w* \w is counted|strong="H2803"\w* \w as a piece of straw|strong="H8455"\w*;  
\q1 \w it laughs|strong="H7832"\w* \w at the rattling|strong="H7494"\w* \w of the lance|strong="H3591"\w*.   
\q1
\v 30  \w Its underparts|strong="H8478"\w* \w are the sharp|strong="H2303"\w* \w points of potsherds|strong="H2789"\w*,  
\q1 \w it leaves its mark|strong="H7502"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the mud|strong="H2916"\w*  
\q1 \w like a threshing sledge|strong="H2742"\w*.   
\q1
\v 31  \w It makes the deep|strong="H4688"\w* \w boil|strong="H7570"\w* \w like a cauldron|strong="H5518"\w*  
\q1 \w and stirs up|strong="H7760"\w* \w the sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w like a pot of ointment|strong="H4841"\w*,   
\q1
\v 32  \w It leaves a glistening wake|strong="H5410"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* \w it;|strong="H2803"\w*  
\q1 \w one would think|strong="H2803"\w* \w the deep|strong="H8415"\w* \w had a head of white hair|strong="H7872"\w*.   
\q1
\v 33  \w The likes|strong="H4915"\w* \w of it is|strong="H1097"\w* \w not|strong="H0369"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth,|strong="H1097"\w*  
\q1 \w a creature|strong="H1097"\w* without \w fear|strong="H2844"\w*.   
\q1
\v 34  \w It looks|strong="H7200"\w* \w on every|strong="H3605"\w* \w haughty|strong="H1364"\w* \w being;|strong="H1931"\w*  
\q1 \w it is|strong="H1931"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that are proud|strong="H7830"\w*.”   
\c 42  
\p
\v 1  \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*:   
\q1
\v 2 “\w I know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you can do|strong="H3201"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w things;|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q1 \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w purpose|strong="H3201"\w* \w of yours can be thwarted|strong="H4209"\w*;   
\q1
\v 3  \w you asked,|strong="H4310"\w*  
\q1 \w ‘Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is this|strong="H2088"\w* \w who darkens|strong="H5956"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w*  
\q1 \w without|strong="H1097"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*\w ?’|strong="H3651"\w*  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w declared|strong="H5046"\w* \w without understanding|strong="H0995"\w*  
\q1 \w things too wonderful|strong="H6381"\w* \w for me|strong="H4480"\w* \w to know|strong="H3045"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4  \w You said,|strong="H8085"\w*  
\q1 \w ‘Pay attention|strong="H8085"\w*, \w and I|strong="H0595"\w* \w will speak|strong="H1696"\w*;  
\q1 \w I will question|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* answer \w me|strong="H4994"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 5  \w I had heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w of you by the hearing|strong="H8088"\w* \w of the ear,|strong="H6258"\w*  
\q1 \w but now|strong="H6258"\w* \w my eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w has seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6  \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w I despise|strong="H3988"\w* \w myself|strong="H5162"\w*,  
\q1 \w and I repent|strong="H5162"\w* \w in dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w and ashes|strong="H0665"\w*!   
\s1  
\ms1 VII. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* Epilogue (42:7-17)  
\p
\v 7  \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w had|strong="H1697"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w*, \w he|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Eliphaz|strong="H0464"\w* \w the Temanite|strong="H8489"\w*, \w “My anger|strong="H0639"\w* \w is stirred up|strong="H2734"\w* \w against you and your two|strong="H8147"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you have not|strong="H3808"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w about me|strong="H0413"\w* \w what|strong="H3559"\w* \w is right|strong="H3559"\w*, \w as my servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 8  \w So now|strong="H6258"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w bulls|strong="H6499"\w* \w and seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w rams|strong="H0352"\w* \w and go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w my servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w and offer|strong="H5927"\w* \w a burnt offering|strong="H5930"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w yourselves. And my servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w will intercede|strong="H6419"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you, and I will respect him,|strong="H6213"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w deal|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5039"\w* \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w folly|strong="H5039"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you have not|strong="H3808"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w about me|strong="H0413"\w* \w what|strong="H3559"\w* \w is right|strong="H3559"\w*, \w as my servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w has|strong="H5650"\w*.”   
\p
\v 9  \w So they went|strong="H1980"\w*, \w Eliphaz|strong="H0464"\w* \w the Temanite|strong="H8489"\w*, \w Bildad|strong="H1085"\w* \w the Shuhite|strong="H7747"\w*, \w and Zophar|strong="H6691"\w* \w the Naamathite|strong="H5284"\w*, \w and did|strong="H6213"\w* \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w had told|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w had respect|strong="H5375"\w* \w for Job|strong="H0347"\w*.   
\p
\v 10  \w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w restored|strong="H7622"\w* \w what Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w had lost|strong="H6419"\w* \w after|strong="H7453"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w his friends|strong="H7453"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w doubled|strong="H3254"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that had belonged|strong="H0834"\w* \w to Job|strong="H0347"\w*.  
\v 11  \w So they came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him, all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his brothers|strong="H0251"\w* \w and sisters|strong="H0269"\w* \w and all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who had known|strong="H3045"\w* \w him before|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and they dined|strong="H3899"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him in his house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w They comforted|strong="H5110"\w* \w him and consoled|strong="H5162"\w* \w him for all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the trouble|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him, and each|strong="H0376"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him a piece of silver|strong="H7192"\w* \w and a|strong="H0259"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w ring|strong="H5141"\w*.   
\p
\v 12  \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w the second part|strong="H0319"\w* \w of Job’s|strong="H0347"\w* \w life more than the first|strong="H7225"\w*. \w He had 14,000|strong="H0505"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, \w 6,000|strong="H0505"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, \w 1,000|strong="H0505"\w* \w yoke|strong="H6776"\w* \w of oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, \w and 1,000|strong="H0505"\w* \w female donkeys|strong="H0860"\w*.  
\v 13  \w And he also had seven|strong="H7658"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and three|strong="H7969"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 14  \w The first|strong="H0259"\w* \w daughter he named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jemimah|strong="H8034"\w*, \w the second|strong="H8145"\w* \w Keziah|strong="H8034"\w*, \w and the third|strong="H7992"\w* \w Keren-Happuch|strong="H7163"\w*.  
\v 15  \w Nowhere in all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the land|strong="H0776"\w* \w could women|strong="H0802"\w* \w be found|strong="H4672"\w* \w who were as beautiful|strong="H3303"\w* \w as Job’s|strong="H0347"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, \w and their father|strong="H0001"\w* \w granted|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w an inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w alongside|strong="H8432"\w* \w their brothers|strong="H0251"\w*.   
\p
\v 16  \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* \w 140|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*; \w he saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w his children|strong="H1121"\w* \w and their children|strong="H1121"\w* \w to the fourth|strong="H0702"\w* \w generation|strong="H1755"\w*.  
\v 17  \w And so Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w and full|strong="H7649"\w* \w of days|strong="H3117"\w*.