\id JOB - Translation 4 Translators 1 \ide 65001 - Unicode (UTF-8) \h JOB \toc1 Job \toc2 Job \toc3 Job \mt2 This book contains the account of the intense suffering of Job and of God restoring him. We call this book \mt1 Job \c 1 \s1 Job and his family \p \v 1 \w In|strong="H3477"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* land \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Uz|strong="H5780"\w*, \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H7451"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* Job. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very \w godly|strong="H3477"\w*/\w righteous|strong="H3477"\w* [DOU] \w man|strong="H7451"\w*, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* greatly respected/revered God \w and|strong="H8034"\w* always avoided \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w*. \v 2 \w He|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H3205"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*. \v 3 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* owned 7,000 \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, 3,000 \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, 1,000 \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* 500 female donkeys. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w servants|strong="H5657"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* richest \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H7227"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* area \w east|strong="H6924"\w* \add of the Jordan River\add*. \p \v 4 \w Each|strong="H3117"\w* \w year|strong="H3117"\w*, Job’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w feasts|strong="H4960"\w* \add in their houses\add* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w celebrate|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* birthdays. \w Whenever|strong="H3117"\w* \w each|strong="H3117"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w feast|strong="H4960"\w*, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w invite|strong="H7121"\w* \add all his brothers and\add* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* sisters \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* eat \w together|strong="H5973"\w*. \v 5 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* celebration \w ended|strong="H1961"\w*, Job \w would|strong="H6213"\w* summon \w them|strong="H7971"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w get|strong="H6213"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w kill|strong="H5362"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w burn|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* altar \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H5930"\w*, \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w himself|strong="H3824"\w*, “\w Perhaps|strong="H3588"\w* \add one of\add* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* said \w something|strong="H3605"\w* \w evil|strong="H6213"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*.” \s1 Satan wanted to test Job \p \v 6 \w One|strong="H1121"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* angels \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* gathered \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* front \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w too|strong="H1571"\w*. \v 7 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* asked \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, “Where \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6030"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H1980"\w*?” \p \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* earth, where \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w traveling|strong="H1980"\w* \w back|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w forth|strong="H1980"\w*, seeing what \w is|strong="H3068"\w* happening.” \p \v 8 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, “\w Have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* ◄noticed/\w thought|strong="H3820"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w*► \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \add faithful\add* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* Job? \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* very \w godly|strong="H3477"\w*/\w righteous|strong="H3477"\w* [DOU], \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3820"\w* respects/reveres \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* always avoids \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w*. \w There|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H7760"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w else|strong="H3588"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* earth \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.” \v 9 \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, “\add What you say is true\add*, \w but|strong="H6030"\w* Job greatly respects \w you|strong="H3372"\w* \add only\add* \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3372"\w* \add you have done for him\add* [RHQ]. \v 10 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* [RHQ] protected [MET] \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* owns. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w made|strong="H4639"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w* very \w prosperous|strong="H6555"\w*/rich. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3027"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w this|strong="H3027"\w* land. \v 11 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w take|strong="H3027"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* [MTY] \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3027"\w*, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w curse|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* openly. [IDM]” \p \v 12 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* replied \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, “◄\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w right|strong="H3068"\w*/Okay►, \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* permit \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w take|strong="H3318"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w*. \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3318"\w* \w harm|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.” \p \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w*, \add and he prepared to cause many disastrous things to happen to Job\add*. \p \v 13 \w One|strong="H1121"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \add after that\add*, Job’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w feasting|strong="H8354"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w oldest|strong="H1060"\w* brother. \v 14 \w While|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w doing|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H4397"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* arrived \w at|strong="H5921"\w* Job’s home \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w said|strong="H2790"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w While|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w plowing|strong="H2790"\w* \add the fields\add* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* donkeys \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w grazing|strong="H7462"\w* nearby, \v 15 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* group \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \add the\add* \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* \add area\add* \w came|strong="H5307"\w* \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w us|strong="H5046"\w*. \w They|strong="H6310"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H6310"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* \add who were working in the fields\add* \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* oxen \w and|strong="H2719"\w* donkeys! \w I|strong="H5288"\w* am \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w one|strong="H6310"\w* \w who|strong="H5288"\w* \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \add come and\add* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* happened.” \p \v 16 \w While|strong="H5750"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w was|strong="H5288"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Job, \w another|strong="H2088"\w* \w messenger|strong="H5046"\w* arrived. \w He|strong="H4480"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Job, “Lightning \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* [MTY] \w struck|strong="H5307"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w killed|strong="H5307"\w* \w all|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w all|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w who|strong="H5288"\w* \w were|strong="H8064"\w* taking care \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*! \w I|strong="H2088"\w* am \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H5288"\w* \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \add come and\add* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \add what happened\add*.” \p \v 17 \w While|strong="H5750"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H5288"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Job, \w another|strong="H2088"\w* \w messenger|strong="H5046"\w* arrived. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Job, “\w Three|strong="H7969"\w* \w groups|strong="H7218"\w* \add of robbers/bandits\add* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Chaldea|strong="H3778"\w* \add land\add* \w came|strong="H7969"\w* \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w us|strong="H5046"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w stole|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w who|strong="H5288"\w* \w were|strong="H1581"\w* \w taking|strong="H3947"\w* \w care|strong="H7760"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* am \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H5288"\w* \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \add come and\add* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \add what happened\add*.” \p \v 18 \w While|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Job, \w another|strong="H2088"\w* messenger arrived \w and|strong="H1121"\w* reported \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Job: “\w Your|strong="H5704"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w feasting|strong="H8354"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H8354"\w* \w oldest|strong="H1060"\w* brother. \v 19 \w Suddenly|strong="H2009"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w strong|strong="H1419"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*/tornado► \w came|strong="H5060"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w struck|strong="H5060"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w collapsed|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* sons \w and|strong="H1419"\w* daughters \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H1419"\w*! \w I|strong="H2009"\w* am \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w one|strong="H1419"\w* \w who|strong="H5288"\w* \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \add come and\add* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \add what happened\add*.” \p \v 20 Job \w stood|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H7167"\w* \w robe|strong="H4598"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w shaved|strong="H1494"\w* \w his|strong="H7167"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \add because he was very sad/grieved\add*. \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* he \w prostrated|strong="H7812"\w* \w himself|strong="H7812"\w* \w on|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* ground \add to worship God\add*. \v 21 \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, \q1 “\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w born|strong="H3318"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H5414"\w* clothes \w on|strong="H3068"\w*. \q1 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* die, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w any|strong="H5414"\w* clothes \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*. \q1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \add everything that I possessed\add*, \q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add now\add* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w*. \q1 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w*/\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w*► always \w praise|strong="H1288"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add anyway\add*! [MTY]” \p \v 22 \w In|strong="H5414"\w* spite \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \add things that happened to \add* \w Job|strong="H3808"\w*, \add he \add* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \w by|strong="H5414"\w* saying \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H2063"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* \w done|strong="H2398"\w* \w was|strong="H5414"\w* \w wrong|strong="H2398"\w*. \c 2 \s1 Satan wanted to test Job again \p \v 1 \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w another|strong="H1571"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* angels \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w again|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* gathered \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* front \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w too|strong="H1571"\w*. \v 2 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* asked \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, “\w Where|strong="H2088"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6030"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H1980"\w*?” \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* earth, \w where|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w traveling|strong="H1980"\w* \w back|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w forth|strong="H1980"\w*, seeing \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* happening.” \p \v 3 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* asked \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, “\w Have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* ◄noticed/\w thought|strong="H3820"\w* about► \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \add faithful\add* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* Job? \p \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* very \w godly|strong="H3477"\w*/\w righteous|strong="H3477"\w* [DOU], \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3820"\w* respects/reveres \w me|strong="H7760"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \add always\add* avoids \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* acts \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very \w godly|strong="H3477"\w*/\w righteous|strong="H3477"\w* manner, \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w persuaded|strong="H5496"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add let you\add* \w cause|strong="H2600"\w* disastrous \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* happen \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7760"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H7760"\w* reason.” \p \v 4 \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w praises|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w only|strong="H3605"\w* \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* bless \w him|strong="H5414"\w* [IDM]. \w People|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w save|strong="H5315"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H5315"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*. \v 5 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w harm|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w body|strong="H1320"\w* [MTY], \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w surely|strong="H1288"\w* \w curse|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* openly [IDM]!” \p \v 6 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* replied \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, “◄\w All|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3068"\w*/Okay►, \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w* whatever \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*, \w but|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5315"\w* cause \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* die.” \p \v 7 \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* caused \w Job|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* afflicted \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* painful \w boils|strong="H7822"\w*, \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* top \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w head|strong="H6936"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w soles|strong="H3709"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*. \v 8 Job \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* piece \w of|strong="H3427"\w* broken pottery \w and|strong="H3427"\w* scraped \w the|strong="H3947"\w* boils \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* skin, \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* ashes \add as people did when they were mourning for those who had died\add*. \p \v 9 \w His|strong="H1288"\w* wife said \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w*, “Are \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* trying \w to|strong="H4191"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H4191"\w* loyal \w to|strong="H4191"\w*/faithfully trust \w in|strong="H4191"\w*► God? \w You|strong="H1288"\w* should \w curse|strong="H1288"\w* God, \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w then|strong="H4191"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w will|strong="H5750"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.” \p \v 10 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Job|strong="H3808"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* know \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w*. ◄\w Should|strong="H8193"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w accept|strong="H6901"\w* \w only|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \add does for us\add*?/\w We|strong="H3605"\w* \w should|strong="H8193"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w accept|strong="H6901"\w* \w only|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \add does for us\add*.► [RHQ] \w We|strong="H3605"\w* \w should|strong="H8193"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w accept|strong="H6901"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H1696"\w* spite \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \add things that happened to\add* \w Job|strong="H3808"\w*, \add he\add* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*. \s1 Job’s three friends came to comfort him \p \v 11 \w Among|strong="H5921"\w* Job’s \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w were|strong="H7969"\w* Eliphaz \w from|strong="H5921"\w* Teman \add town\add*, \w Bildad|strong="H1085"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* Shuah \add land\add* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w Zophar|strong="H6691"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* Naamah \add land\add*. \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w terrible|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H7969"\w* happened \w to|strong="H5921"\w* Job, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* left \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w home|strong="H4725"\w* areas \w and|strong="H8085"\w* went \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* Job \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w console|strong="H5162"\w*/\w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* [DOU]. \v 12 \w When|strong="H6963"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* saw \w Job|strong="H3808"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w distance|strong="H7350"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* almost \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w recognize|strong="H5234"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* wailed \w loudly|strong="H6963"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w robes|strong="H4598"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w threw|strong="H2236"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \add to show how sorry they were because of what had happened to Job\add*. \v 13 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* ground \w with|strong="H1696"\w* Job \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. None \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Job, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* suffering \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w*, \add and they did not think that anything that they said would lessen his pain\add*. \c 3 \s1 Job spoke \p \v 1 Finally, Job \w spoke|strong="H6310"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* born. \v 2 He \w said|strong="H6030"\w*, \q1 \v 3 “\w I|strong="H3117"\w* wish \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w could|strong="H3915"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* eradicated, \q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w also|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* conceived. \q1 \v 4 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* wish \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* born would \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* covered \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*. \q2 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* wish \w that|strong="H3117"\w* God \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w heaven|strong="H4605"\w* [MTY] would \w have|strong="H1961"\w* forgotten \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sun would \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w shone|strong="H3313"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*. \q1 \v 5 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* wish \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w thick|strong="H6757"\w*/intense \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* would \w have|strong="H3117"\w* filled \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \q1 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w black|strong="H6757"\w* \w cloud|strong="H6053"\w* would \w have|strong="H3117"\w* come \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* blotted \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* light \q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* caused people \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w terrified|strong="H1204"\w*. \q1 \v 6 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* wish \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* conceived would \w be|strong="H3117"\w* erased \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* calendar, \q2 \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* result \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* would never \w again|strong="H3947"\w* appear \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w any|strong="H3947"\w* \w month|strong="H3391"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* would \w not|strong="H3947"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* included \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w any|strong="H3947"\w* calendar. \q1 \v 7 \w I|strong="H2009"\w* wish \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w no|strong="H1961"\w* child would \w again|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* conceived \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w of|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* month [MET], \q2 \w and|strong="H3915"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w no|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* would \w again|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* happy \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*. \q1 \v 8 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* want those people who ◄\w curse|strong="H5344"\w*/put evil spells \w on|strong="H3117"\w*► \w days|strong="H3117"\w*—those who know how \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w arouse|strong="H5782"\w*/\w awaken|strong="H5782"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* great sea monster—\w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w curse|strong="H5344"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. \q1 \v 9 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* wish \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* shone \w early|strong="H7837"\w* \w in|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w morning|strong="H7837"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w day|strong="H7837"\w* \add after I was conceived\add* will \w not|strong="H7200"\w* shine again. \q2 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* want those \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* wished \w in|strong="H7200"\w* vain \w for|strong="H6960"\w* \w light|strong="H7837"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* shine; \q2 \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H7200"\w* would \w not|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* shone \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w day|strong="H7837"\w*. \q1 \v 10 \add That was an evil day\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H5641"\w* mother \w was|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H5869"\w* conceive; \q2 \w instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* \w born|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* experienced \w all|strong="H5999"\w* these terrible \w things|strong="H3808"\w*. \b \q1 \v 11 “\w I|strong="H3808"\w* wish \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H3808"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* [RHQ] \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* \w 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i|strong="H3588"\w*\add in the place where the dead people are\add*. \q1 \v 14 I \w would|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* resting \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* whose \add beautiful palaces\add* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H3289"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* \w now|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w ruins|strong="H2723"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \add palaces\add* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* previously been \w destroyed|strong="H2723"\w*), \q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* I \w would|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* resting \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w their|strong="H5973"\w* officials \add who have also died\add*. \q1 \v 15 \w I|strong="H1004"\w* would \w be|strong="H1004"\w* resting \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w who|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* wealthy, \q2 whose palaces \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*. \q1 \v 16 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* wish \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w buried|strong="H2934"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w child|strong="H5768"\w* \w who|strong="H3808"\w* died \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w its|strong="H1961"\w* mother’s womb \q2 \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* light. \q1 \v 17 After \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* die, \w they|strong="H8033"\w* do \w not|strong="H2308"\w* cause any \w more|strong="H3581"\w* troubles; \q2 those \w who|strong="H7563"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* very tired now \w will|strong="H7563"\w* \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*. \q1 \v 18 \w Those|strong="H8085"\w* \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H6963"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* prison \w rest|strong="H7599"\w* peacefully \add after they die\add*; \q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* slave-drivers \w who|strong="H3808"\w* curse \w them|strong="H8085"\w*. \q1 \v 19 \w Rich|strong="H1419"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* poor \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H5650"\w* alike after \w they|strong="H8033"\w* die, \q2 \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H5650"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w are|strong="H5650"\w* no longer controlled \w by|strong="H5650"\w* \w their|strong="H8033"\w* masters. \b \q1 \v 20 ◄“\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w does|strong="H4100"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* suffering \w greatly|strong="H4751"\w* \add like me\add* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* continue \w to|strong="H5414"\w* remain \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*?/\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* understand \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* allows \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* suffering \w greatly|strong="H4751"\w* \add like me\add* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* continue \w to|strong="H5414"\w* remain \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*.► [RHQ] \q2 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w does|strong="H4100"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* very miserable/\w distressed|strong="H4751"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* keep \w living|strong="H2416"\w* [RHQ]? \q1 \v 21 They \w long|strong="H2442"\w*/want \w to|strong="H2442"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w*, but they do not \w die|strong="H4194"\w*. \q2 They desire \w to|strong="H2442"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w* more than \w people|strong="H4194"\w* desire \w to|strong="H2442"\w* find \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hidden|strong="H4301"\w* \w treasure|strong="H4301"\w*. \q1 \v 22 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* finally die \w and|strong="H8055"\w* \w are|strong="H6913"\w* buried, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H6913"\w* \w very|strong="H8055"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w*. \q1 \v 23 Those \w who|strong="H1397"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* know where \w they|strong="H1870"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* \add eventually\add* going when \w they|strong="H1870"\w* die [RHQ], \q2 \w people|strong="H1397"\w* \w whom|strong="H1397"\w* God \w has|strong="H1157"\w* forced [MET] \w to|strong="H1870"\w* continue \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w live|strong="H1870"\w* \w in|strong="H1870"\w* misery, \q2 ◄it \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* right \w that|strong="H1397"\w* \w they|strong="H1870"\w* continue \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w live|strong="H1870"\w*./why \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w they|strong="H1870"\w* continue \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w live|strong="H1870"\w*?► [RHQ] \q1 \v 24 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* continually cry very much; \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* cannot \w eat|strong="H3899"\w*; \q2 \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* can never stop \w groaning|strong="H7581"\w*. \q1 \v 25 Things \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* always worried might happen \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H3588"\w*, \w have|strong="H3588"\w* happened \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H3588"\w*; \q2 things \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* always dreaded \w have|strong="H3588"\w* happened \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H3588"\w*. \q1 \v 26 Now \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w peace|strong="H5117"\w* \add in my inner being\add*, \q2 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w peace|strong="H5117"\w*; \q1 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*; \q2 \w instead|strong="H3808"\w*, \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* only troubles.” \c 4 \s1 Eliphaz replied to Job \p \v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Eliphaz, from Teman, \w replied|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H6030"\w* Job. He \w said|strong="H6030"\w*, \q1 \v 2 “\w Will|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H1697"\w* please let \w me|strong="H1697"\w* \w say|strong="H4405"\w* \w something|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w you|strong="H1697"\w*? \q2 \w I|strong="H1697"\w* am \w not|strong="H3201"\w* [RHQ] \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* remain silent \add any longer\add*. \q1 \v 3 \w In|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* past, \w you|strong="H3256"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w instructed|strong="H3256"\w*/\w taught|strong="H3256"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* people, \q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H3256"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w encouraged|strong="H2388"\w* \w those|strong="H2388"\w* \w who|strong="H7227"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w weak|strong="H7504"\w*. \q1 \v 4 \w By|strong="H6965"\w* \w what|strong="H4405"\w* \w you|strong="H6965"\w* \w said|strong="H4405"\w*, \w you|strong="H6965"\w* \w have|strong="H4405"\w* helped \w those|strong="H3782"\w* who ◄needed spiritual \w help|strong="H6965"\w*/almost quit trusting \w in|strong="H6965"\w* God► [MET], \q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H6965"\w* \w have|strong="H4405"\w* enabled them \w to|strong="H6965"\w* become spiritually strong \w again|strong="H6965"\w* [MET]. \q1 \v 5 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* experience disasters, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w become|strong="H3811"\w* discouraged. \q2 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* disasters hit \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* are stunned. \q1 \v 6 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* revere \w God|strong="H3808"\w*; ◄\w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* cause \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* trust \add in him\add*?/\w that|strong="H3808"\w* should cause \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* trust \add in him\add*.► [RHQ] \q2 If \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H1870"\w* guiltless, \w you|strong="H3808"\w* would [RHQ] \w be|strong="H3808"\w* confident \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \add God\add* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add have allowed\add* these disasters \add to\add* happen \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*! \b \q1 \v 7 \w Think|strong="H2142"\w* about \w this|strong="H1931"\w*: \w Do|strong="H4310"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w people|strong="H3582"\w* die \add while they are still young\add* [RHQ]? \q2 Does \w God|strong="H4310"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H2142"\w* \w godly|strong="H3477"\w* \w people|strong="H3582"\w* [RHQ]? \add No!\add* \q1 \v 8 \w What|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* experienced \w is|strong="H5999"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w*: \add Just as\add* [MET] farmers who \w plant|strong="H2232"\w* bad \add seeds\add* \w do|strong="H2790"\w* \w not|strong="H7200"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7114"\w* good \add crops\add*, \q2 \add just as those who start\add* \w trouble|strong="H5999"\w* \w for|strong="H5999"\w* others, later bring \w trouble|strong="H5999"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* themselves. \q1 \v 9 They die \w when|strong="H3615"\w* God angrily blows \w his|strong="H3615"\w* \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w on|strong="H7307"\w* \w them|strong="H3615"\w*, \q2 \w when|strong="H3615"\w* \w he|strong="H7307"\w* \w is|strong="H7307"\w* very angry \w with|strong="H3615"\w* \w them|strong="H3615"\w*. \q1 \v 10 \add Even though wicked people may be very powerful like\add* \w young|strong="H3715"\w* \w lions|strong="H3715"\w*, \q2 \add God\add* \w will|strong="H6963"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H6963"\w* them [MET]. \q1 \v 11 \add They will die like\add* fierce \w lions|strong="H3833"\w* \add that\add* starve \w to|strong="H1121"\w* death \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w there|strong="H1097"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H1097"\w* animals \w that|strong="H1121"\w* they \w can|strong="H1121"\w* kill \w and|strong="H1121"\w* eat, \q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add their children will be separated from each other like\add* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w lions|strong="H3833"\w* \w separate|strong="H6504"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* each other \add to find food\add*.” \s1 Eliphaz says that he learned a secret \q1 \v 12 “\w I|strong="H1697"\w* heard \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* someone \w came|strong="H1697"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H1697"\w* whispered \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*. \q1 \v 13 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* spoke \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w when|strong="H5307"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* was having \w a|strong="H3068"\w* bad dream \w that|strong="H5307"\w* disturbed/frightened \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \q2 \w while|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* was fast asleep. \q1 \v 14 It caused me \w to|strong="H7122"\w* \w be|strong="H6106"\w* \w afraid|strong="H6342"\w* \w and|strong="H6106"\w* \w tremble|strong="H6342"\w*; \q2 it caused \w all|strong="H7230"\w* \w my|strong="H7230"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w to|strong="H7122"\w* \w shake|strong="H6342"\w*. \q1 \v 15 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* ghost glided \w past|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* caused \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hair|strong="H8185"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \add on the back of\add* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* neck \w to|strong="H5921"\w* stand straight \w up|strong="H5921"\w*. \q1 \v 16 \w It|strong="H5234"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w could|strong="H5234"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H5869"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w form|strong="H8544"\w* \w it|strong="H5234"\w* \w had|strong="H5869"\w*. \q2 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \add I could sense that\add* \w there|strong="H5975"\w* \w was|strong="H6963"\w* some being \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w front|strong="H5048"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w*, \q1 \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w it|strong="H5234"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* quiet \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, \q1 \v 17 ‘◄\w Does|strong="H6213"\w* God consider anyone \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H1397"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w*?/\w No|strong="H6213"\w* human beings \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H1397"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* God’s sight!► [RHQ] \q1 ◄\w Their|strong="H6213"\w* creator cannot consider \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H1397"\w* \w pure|strong="H2891"\w*./\w Can|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H6213"\w* creator consider \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H1397"\w* \w pure|strong="H2891"\w*?► [RHQ] \q1 \v 18 \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* sure \w that|strong="H4397"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* own \w angels|strong="H4397"\w* \add will always do what is right\add*; \q2 \w he|strong="H3808"\w* declares \w that|strong="H4397"\w* some \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w done|strong="H7760"\w* what \w is|strong="H5650"\w* wrong. \q1 \v 19 \w So|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* certainly cannot trust human beings who \w were|strong="H1004"\w* \w made|strong="H6083"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w clay|strong="H2563"\w*, \q2 who \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w crushed|strong="H1792"\w* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* easily \w as|strong="H6440"\w* moths \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w crushed|strong="H1792"\w*! \q1 \v 20 \w People|strong="H6153"\w* are sometimes \w well|strong="H7760"\w* \w in|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, but \w in|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w they|strong="H1242"\w* are dead. \q2 \w They|strong="H1242"\w* are gone \w forever|strong="H5331"\w* \w and|strong="H1242"\w* do \w not|strong="H7760"\w* \w even|strong="H6153"\w* know \w it|strong="H7760"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1242"\w* \w no|strong="H1097"\w* \w one|strong="H1097"\w* pays \w any|strong="H7760"\w* \w attention|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H1242"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w*). \q1 \v 21 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* [MET] tents \w that|strong="H3808"\w* collapse \add suddenly\add*: \q2 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \add suddenly\add* \w before|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* become \w wise|strong="H4191"\w*.’” \c 5 \s1 Eliphaz continued replying to Job \q1 \v 1 “Job, \add it is okay that you\add* continue \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H6437"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w someone|strong="H4310"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w help|strong="H6030"\w* \w you|strong="H6030"\w*, \q2 \w but|strong="H6030"\w* \add I am certain that\add* [RHQ] \w no|strong="H4310"\w* angel \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w come|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w help|strong="H6030"\w* \w you|strong="H6030"\w*! \q1 \v 2 Foolish people \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H4191"\w* being ◄resentful/very \w angry|strong="H3708"\w* \w at|strong="H4191"\w* \w someone|strong="H4191"\w*►; \q2 people \w who|strong="H3588"\w* are easily \w deceived|strong="H6601"\w* are \w destroyed|strong="H2026"\w* \w by|strong="H4191"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* being jealous \add of others\add*. \q1 \v 3 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* foolish \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w who|strong="H5116"\w* \w seemed|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* be successful/prosperous, \q2 \w but|strong="H7200"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w* \add they experienced disaster/trouble because\add* someone \w 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take|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w wealth|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H2428"\w* foolish people. \q1 \v 6 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* evil circumstances/sufferings \w are|strong="H5999"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w produced|strong="H3318"\w* \w by|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w soil|strong="H6083"\w*; \q2 troubles \w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w grow|strong="H6779"\w* \w up|strong="H6779"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w ground|strong="H6083"\w*. \q1 \v 7 \w People|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* troubles \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* time \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \q2 just \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w sparks|strong="H1121"\w* shoot \w up|strong="H1361"\w* \add from a fire\add*. \b \q1 \v 8 \add “If I were suffering like you 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5 Just \w like|strong="H6501"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wild|strong="H6501"\w* \w donkey|strong="H6501"\w* does not \add complain by\add* braying \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* has plenty \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w grass|strong="H1877"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* eat, \q2 \w and|strong="H7794"\w* \w an|strong="H5921"\w* \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* does not \add complain by\add* bellowing \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* has food \w to|strong="H5921"\w* eat [MET], \q1 \add I would not complain if you were really helping/comforting me\add*. \q1 \v 6 People complain [RHQ] when they must eat food \w which|strong="H3426"\w* \w has|strong="H3426"\w* \w no|strong="H1097"\w* \w salt|strong="H4417"\w* \q2 or other \w tasteless|strong="H8602"\w* food [MET], \q1 \add and that is what your words are like, Eliphaz\add*. \q1 \v 7 Just \w like|strong="H5315"\w* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* do \w not|strong="H5315"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H3985"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \add like that\add*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* loathe/detests \w that|strong="H5315"\w* kind \w of|strong="H3899"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* [MET], \q1 \add I do not appreciate what you have said to me\add*. \b \q1 \v 8 “\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w wish|strong="H4310"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* \w do|strong="H4310"\w* \w for|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w what|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* requested \w from|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* [DOU]. \q1 \v 9 \w I|strong="H3027"\w* wish \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w would|strong="H2974"\w* \w crush|strong="H1792"\w* \w me|strong="H3027"\w* \add and let me die\add*. \q2 \w I|strong="H3027"\w* wish \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w would|strong="H2974"\w* reach \w out|strong="H5425"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w take|strong="H3027"\w* away \w my|strong="H3027"\w* life. \q1 \v 10 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* would do \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* would \w be|strong="H1961"\w* comforted \w by|strong="H1961"\w* knowing \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H5750"\w* spite \w of|strong="H6918"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* great \w pain|strong="H2427"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* suffered, \q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* always obeyed \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \add God,\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w One|strong="H6918"\w*, \w has|strong="H1961"\w* commanded. \b \q1 \v 11 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] enough \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* endure all these things. \q2 \w And|strong="H5315"\w* \w since|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w nothing|strong="H4100"\w* \add to hope for\add* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* ◄\w the|strong="H3588"\w* future/\w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*►, \q2 \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* difficult \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* patient \w now|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ]. \q1 \v 12 \w I|strong="H1320"\w* am not [RHQ] \w strong|strong="H3581"\w* like rocks \w are|strong="H1320"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H1320"\w* \w my|strong="H3581"\w* \w body|strong="H1320"\w* \w is|strong="H1320"\w* not made \w of|strong="H1320"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5153"\w*. \q1 \v 13 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H4480"\w* am \w not|strong="H4480"\w* able \w to|strong="H4480"\w* \w help|strong="H5833"\w* myself, \q2 \w and|strong="H5080"\w* \add it seems that\add* \w there|strong="H4480"\w* \w is|strong="H8454"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H4480"\w* rescue \w me|strong="H4480"\w*.” \b \s1 Job’s friends were not helping him \q1 \v 14 “When \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H4523"\w* \w has|strong="H7706"\w* many troubles, \w his|strong="H5800"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* should \w be|strong="H2617"\w* \w kind|strong="H7453"\w* \w to|strong="H2617"\w* \w him|strong="H5800"\w*, \q2 \w even|strong="H7453"\w* if he stops revering \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \add God\add*. \q1 \v 15 But \add you,\add* \w my|strong="H5674"\w* friends, are \w not|strong="H5674"\w* dependable. \q2 \w You|strong="H3644"\w* are \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w streams|strong="H5158"\w*: \w They|strong="H3644"\w* spill \w over|strong="H5674"\w* their banks \add in the spring\add* \q1 \v 16 \w when|strong="H4480"\w* \add the melting\add* \w ice|strong="H7140"\w* \w and|strong="H4480"\w* \w snow|strong="H7950"\w* \w make|strong="H6937"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* streams overflow, \q1 \v 17 but \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H6256"\w* dry \w season|strong="H6256"\w* comes, there \w is|strong="H4725"\w* no water flowing \add in those streams\add*, \q2 \w and|strong="H4725"\w* \w the|strong="H6256"\w* channels dry up. \q1 \v 18 \add The caravans of merchants\add* turn \w off|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w* \add to search for some water\add*, \q2 \w but|strong="H1870"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w no|strong="H5927"\w* water, \q2 \w so|strong="H5927"\w* \w they|strong="H1870"\w* die \add in the desert\add*. \q1 \v 19 \w The|strong="H5027"\w* men in those caravans search \add for some water\add* \q2 because they \w are|strong="H1979"\w* sure \w that|strong="H6960"\w* they \w will|strong="H7614"\w* find some. \q1 \v 20 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* find \w any|strong="H3588"\w*, \q2 \w so|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* are \w very|strong="H5704"\w* disappointed. \q1 \v 21 Similarly, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* friends \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* helped \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w*! \q1 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w terrible|strong="H3372"\w* \w things|strong="H3372"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \add that God might do similar things to you\add*. \q1 \v 22 \add After I lost all my wealth,\add* did \w I|strong="H3588"\w* ask \w any|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3581"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* money? [RHQ] \q2 Did \w I|strong="H3588"\w* plead \w with|strong="H3588"\w* \w any|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3581"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3581"\w* spend some \w of|strong="H3581"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* money \w to|strong="H3581"\w* help \w me|strong="H1157"\w* [RHQ]? \q1 \v 23 \w Have|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H3027"\w* asked \w any|strong="H4422"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w rescue|strong="H6299"\w* \w me|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H6299"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w* [RHQ]? \q2 \w Have|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H3027"\w* asked \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w save|strong="H4422"\w* \w me|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* those \w who|strong="H6862"\w* ◄oppressed \w me|strong="H3027"\w*/treated \w me|strong="H3027"\w* badly► [RHQ]? \add No!\add*” \s1 Job insisted he had done no wrong \q1 \v 24 “Answer \w me|strong="H4100"\w* \add now, and then\add* \w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* be \w quiet|strong="H2790"\w*; \q2 tell \w me|strong="H4100"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* wrong things \w I|strong="H4100"\w* have done! \q1 \v 25 \w When|strong="H4480"\w* people speak \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* true, \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H4480"\w* hurt \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w person|strong="H3198"\w* \w who|strong="H4100"\w* hears \w it|strong="H4100"\w*, \q2 \w but|strong="H4100"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* say, criticizing \w me|strong="H4480"\w*, \add is not true, so your saying it\add* \w proves|strong="H4480"\w* \w nothing|strong="H4100"\w* [RHQ]! \q1 \v 26 I am \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man \w who|strong="H3198"\w* \w has|strong="H7307"\w* \w nothing|strong="H4405"\w* \w to|strong="H2803"\w* \w hope|strong="H2976"\w* \w for|strong="H3198"\w*, \q2 \w but|strong="H3198"\w* \w you|strong="H3198"\w* try \w to|strong="H2803"\w* \w correct|strong="H3198"\w* \w me|strong="H2803"\w*, \w and|strong="H7307"\w* \w you|strong="H3198"\w* \w think|strong="H2803"\w* \w what|strong="H4405"\w* I \w say|strong="H4405"\w* \w is|strong="H7307"\w* \w nothing|strong="H4405"\w* \w but|strong="H3198"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* [RHQ]! \q1 \v 27 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* do \w not|strong="H5307"\w* sympathize \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \add for all that I am suffering\add*. \q2 \add You are heartless!\add* \w You|strong="H5921"\w* would \w even|strong="H7453"\w* gamble \w to|strong="H5921"\w* see who gets \w an|strong="H5307"\w* \w orphan|strong="H3490"\w* \add as a prize\add*! \b \q1 \v 28 \w Please|strong="H2974"\w* \w look|strong="H6437"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*! \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H6440"\w* \w not|strong="H6440"\w* [RHQ] \w lie|strong="H3576"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \q1 \v 29 Stop \add saying that I have sinned, and\add* stop criticizing \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w unjustly|strong="H5766"\w*! \q2 \w You|strong="H7725"\w* should realize \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* \w wrong|strong="H5766"\w*. \q1 \v 30 \w Do|strong="H1942"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* think \w that|strong="H3426"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w am|strong="H3426"\w* lying? \q2 \w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w am|strong="H3426"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* lying, because \w I|strong="H3808"\w* know what \w is|strong="H3426"\w* right \w and|strong="H5766"\w* what \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w wrong|strong="H5766"\w* [RHQ].” \c 7 \s1 Job complains to God \q1 \v 1 “\w People|strong="H3808"\w* need \w to|strong="H5921"\w* work hard \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H3117"\w* earth, \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H6635"\w* do; \q1 \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* alive, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* work hard [RHQ], \w like|strong="H3808"\w* laborers/servants do. \q1 \v 2 We \w are|strong="H5650"\w* \w like|strong="H6738"\w* [SIM] \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* keep wanting \w to|strong="H5650"\w* \w be|strong="H5650"\w* \w in|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* cool \w shade|strong="H6738"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5650"\w* \w like|strong="H6738"\w* [SIM] \w workers|strong="H7916"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w are|strong="H5650"\w* waiting \w to|strong="H5650"\w* \w be|strong="H5650"\w* paid. \q1 \v 3 God has given me many \w months|strong="H3391"\w* \add in which I think that it is\add* useless \add to remain alive\add*; \q1 \w he|strong="H3651"\w* has \w allotted|strong="H5157"\w*/given \w to|strong="H3915"\w* me many \w nights|strong="H3915"\w* during which \w I|strong="H3651"\w* feel \w miserable|strong="H5999"\w*. \q1 \v 4 \w When|strong="H4970"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \add at night\add* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* say, ‘\w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H5399"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w morning|strong="H5399"\w*?’ \q2 But nights are \w long|strong="H5704"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* ◄toss/turn \w over|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w over|strong="H6965"\w*► \add on my bed\add* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w dawn|strong="H5399"\w*. \q1 \v 5 \w My|strong="H3988"\w* \w body|strong="H1320"\w* \w is|strong="H1320"\w* covered \w with|strong="H3847"\w* \w maggots|strong="H7415"\w* \w and|strong="H6083"\w* \w scabs|strong="H6083"\w*; 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\q1 \v 10 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w among|strong="H3808"\w* whom \w they|strong="H3808"\w* lived do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* remember \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w*. \b \q1 \v 11 \w So|strong="H3808"\w*, \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w silent|strong="H6310"\w*; \q2 \w while|strong="H5315"\w* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* am suffering \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*; \q1 \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w complain|strong="H7878"\w* \add to God about what has happened to me\add* \q2 because \w I|strong="H5315"\w* [SYN] am \w very|strong="H1571"\w* \w angry|strong="H4751"\w*. \q1 \v 12 \add God,\add* \w why|strong="H5921"\w* do \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w watch|strong="H4929"\w* closely \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am doing? \q2 \add Do you think that\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add dangerous\add* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w monster|strong="H8577"\w*? \q1 \v 13 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \add I lie down at night,\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w think|strong="H5162"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H5375"\w* \w comforted|strong="H5162"\w* here \w on|strong="H5375"\w* \w my|strong="H5375"\w* \w bed|strong="H4904"\w*; \q2 \w my|strong="H5375"\w* pain \w will|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H5375"\w* \w less|strong="H3588"\w* \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H5162"\w* \w sleeping|strong="H4904"\w*.’ \q1 \v 14 But then \w you|strong="H2865"\w* give \w me|strong="H2472"\w* \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w* that cause \w me|strong="H2472"\w* \w to|strong="H2472"\w* be \w afraid|strong="H1204"\w*; \q2 \w you|strong="H2865"\w* give \w me|strong="H2472"\w* \w visions|strong="H2384"\w* that \w terrify|strong="H1204"\w* \w me|strong="H2472"\w*, \q1 \v 15 \w with|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H4194"\w* result \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w would|strong="H5315"\w* prefer \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* strangled \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \q2 \w than|strong="H6106"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* continue \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \add be alive\add* \w being|strong="H5315"\w* only \w a|strong="H3068"\w* bunch \w of|strong="H4194"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*. \q1 \v 16 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* detest continuing \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w* [HYP]. \q2 Allow \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w alone|strong="H2308"\w*, \add because I will be alive\add* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very short remaining \w time|strong="H3117"\w* [HYP]. \b \q1 \v 17 “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* human beings \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \add very important\add*; \q2 \w so|strong="H3588"\w*, \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w pay|strong="H7896"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H3820"\w* \w attention|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* [DOU]? \q1 \v 18 \w You|strong="H6485"\w* \w look|strong="H6485"\w* at us \w every|strong="H1242"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \add to see what we are doing\add*, \q2 \w and|strong="H1242"\w* \w examine|strong="H6485"\w* us \w every|strong="H1242"\w* \w moment|strong="H7281"\w* \add to see if we are doing what is right\add*. \q1 \v 19 ◄\w When|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* looking \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w and|strong="H4480"\w* \w leave|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w alone|strong="H7503"\w* \add for a little time\add*, \w long|strong="H5704"\w* enough \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w swallow|strong="H1104"\w* \w my|strong="H4480"\w* \w spit|strong="H7536"\w*?/Please \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* looking \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w and|strong="H4480"\w* \w leave|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w alone|strong="H7503"\w* \add for a little time\add*, \w long|strong="H5704"\w* enough \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w swallow|strong="H1104"\w* \w my|strong="H4480"\w* \w spit|strong="H7536"\w*.► [RHQ] \q1 \v 20 \add Why do\add* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w watch|strong="H5341"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* constantly? \q2 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, \w that|strong="H1961"\w* certainly \w does|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w harm|strong="H2398"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*! \q1 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w up|strong="H7760"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w target|strong="H4645"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* shoot \w at|strong="H5921"\w*? \q2 \w Do|strong="H6466"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w consider|strong="H7760"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* heavy \w load|strong="H4853"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* forced \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w carry|strong="H4853"\w*? \q1 \v 21 \add If I have sinned,\add* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H5674"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5375"\w* \w me|strong="H5674"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H5375"\w* \w sins|strong="H6588"\w*— \q2 \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* done \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w wrong|strong="H5771"\w*? \q1 \w Soon|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w in|strong="H7901"\w* \w my|strong="H5375"\w* grave; \q2 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* search \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H5674"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \add you will not find me because\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \add dead and\add* \w gone|strong="H5674"\w*.” \c 8 \s1 Bildad’s first speech to Job \p \v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Bildad|strong="H1085"\w*, from \add the\add* Shuah \add area\add*, \w spoke|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H6030"\w* Job. He \w said|strong="H6030"\w*, \q1 \v 2 “Job, \w how|strong="H5704"\w* \w much|strong="H6310"\w* longer \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w talk|strong="H6310"\w* \w like|strong="H5704"\w* this? \q2 \w What|strong="H6310"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w is|strong="H7307"\w* \add only\add* hot \w air|strong="H7307"\w*. \q1 \v 3 \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* God certainly never does [RHQ] \w what|strong="H6664"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* unfair/unjust. \q2 He always does [LIT] \w what|strong="H6664"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w*/fair. \q1 \v 4 \w So|strong="H7971"\w*, \w it|strong="H7971"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* evident \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H7971"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, \q2 \w therefore|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w has|strong="H3027"\w* caused \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* punished \w for|strong="H3027"\w* evil things \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w done|strong="H2398"\w*. \q1 \v 5 But, \w if|strong="H2603"\w* \w you|strong="H7836"\w* will \add now\add* \w earnestly|strong="H7836"\w* request [DOU] \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \add God\add* \w to|strong="H2603"\w* help \w you|strong="H7836"\w*, \q1 \v 6 \w and|strong="H6664"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3477"\w* \w pure|strong="H2134"\w* \w and|strong="H6664"\w* \w honest|strong="H6664"\w*/\w righteous|strong="H6664"\w*, \q2 \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3477"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H7999"\w* something \w good|strong="H7999"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H6664"\w* \w reward|strong="H7999"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* giving \w your|strong="H5921"\w* family \w back|strong="H7999"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H6664"\w* enabling \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* prosper. \q1 \v 7 \w And|strong="H3966"\w* even though \w you|strong="H1961"\w* \add think that you\add* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* prosperous/wealthy \w before|strong="H1961"\w*, \q2 \w during|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* last \w part|strong="H7225"\w* \w of|strong="H7225"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* life \w you|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* wealthy. \b \q1 \v 8 “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w request|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1755"\w* think about \w what|strong="H3559"\w* happened long ago \q2 \w and|strong="H7223"\w* \w consider|strong="H3559"\w* \w what|strong="H3559"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H7223"\w* found \w out|strong="H2714"\w*. \q1 \v 9 \add It seems as though\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w born|strong="H3808"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w yesterday|strong="H8543"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w very|strong="H3045"\w* little [HYP]; \q1 \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w here|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* earth \add disappears quickly, like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* [MET]. \q1 \v 10 \w So|strong="H3808"\w*, \w why|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allow \w your|strong="H3808"\w* ancestors \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H3318"\w* tell \w you|strong="H3808"\w* something? \q2 Allow \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* tell \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w what|strong="H4405"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* learned! \q1 \v 11 \w Papyrus|strong="H1573"\w* \w can|strong="H7685"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w grow|strong="H7685"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w places|strong="H1207"\w* \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H1097"\w* \w is|strong="H4325"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w marsh|strong="H1207"\w*/swamp; \q2 reeds \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w flourish|strong="H7685"\w*/\w grow|strong="H7685"\w* \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H1097"\w* \w is|strong="H4325"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. \q1 \v 12 \add If they do not have enough water\add*, \w while|strong="H5750"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* blossoming, \q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w wither|strong="H3001"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* quickly \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w other|strong="H5750"\w* plants \w wither|strong="H3001"\w*. \q1 \v 13 \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* not pay attention \w to|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H3651"\w* God says are \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \add reeds\add*; \q2 \w godless|strong="H2611"\w* people stop confidently expecting \add that good things will happen to them\add*. \q1 \v 14 \w The|strong="H1004"\w* things \w they|strong="H4009"\w* confidently expect \w to|strong="H1004"\w* happen do not happen; 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\q2 \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w shoots|strong="H3127"\w* \w spread|strong="H3318"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w gardens|strong="H1593"\w*. \q1 \v 17 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* plants twist \w around|strong="H5921"\w* piles \w of|strong="H1004"\w* stones \q2 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* cling tightly \w to|strong="H5921"\w* rocks. \q1 \v 18 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H7200"\w* those plants \w are|strong="H3808"\w* pulled \w out|strong="H7200"\w*, \q2 \add it is as though\add* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H7200"\w* planted says ‘\w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H7200"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w here|strong="H4725"\w*!’ \q2 \add And that is what happens to wicked people who do not heed what God says\add*. \q1 \v 19 Truly, evil \w people|strong="H1931"\w* [MET] \w are|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* \w joyful|strong="H4885"\w* [IRO] \w for|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* long time; \q2 other \w people|strong="H1931"\w* come \w and|strong="H1870"\w* take \w their|strong="H1870"\w* places. \b \q1 \v 20 :\w So|strong="H3808"\w*, \add I tell you, Job\add*, \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w reject|strong="H3988"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H2005"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* truly godly/righteous, \q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w help|strong="H2388"\w* [IDM] \w evil|strong="H7489"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*. \q1 \v 21 \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5704"\w* [MTY] \w to|strong="H5704"\w* continually laugh \q2 \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* always \w shout|strong="H8643"\w* \add joyfully\add*. \q1 \v 22 \w But|strong="H7563"\w* \w those|strong="H8130"\w* \w who|strong="H7563"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w you|strong="H8130"\w* \w will|strong="H7563"\w* \w be|strong="H7563"\w* very \w ashamed|strong="H1322"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H1322"\w* \w the|strong="H8130"\w* homes \w of|strong="H1322"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w will|strong="H7563"\w* disappear.” \c 9 \s1 Job replied to Bildad \p \v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Job \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, \q1 \v 2 “\w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add much of\add* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w true|strong="H3651"\w*. \q2 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* ◄\w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* say \w to|strong="H3045"\w* God, ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w prove|strong="H3045"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*?’/\w no|strong="H3045"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* say \w to|strong="H3045"\w* God ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w prove|strong="H3045"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.’► [RHQ] \q1 \v 3 If someone \w wanted|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w argue|strong="H7378"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \add about that\add*, \q2 \w God|strong="H3808"\w* could ask \w him|strong="H5973"\w* 1,000 questions, \q2 \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w that|strong="H4480"\w* person \w would|strong="H2654"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w any|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w them|strong="H4480"\w*! \q1 \v 4 \w God|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* very \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* [IDM] \w and|strong="H3824"\w* very \w powerful|strong="H3581"\w*; \q2 \w no|strong="H4310"\w* \w one|strong="H4310"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* tried \w to|strong="H3824"\w* challenge \w God|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* been \w able|strong="H3581"\w* \w to|strong="H3824"\w* win. \q1 \v 5 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w moves|strong="H6275"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w them|strong="H3045"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, anyone) \w knowing|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H3045"\w* \w it|strong="H3045"\w*. \q2 \w When|strong="H3045"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* angry, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w turns|strong="H2015"\w* \w them|strong="H3045"\w* upside down. \q1 \v 6 He sends earthquakes \w that|strong="H4725"\w* \w shake|strong="H7264"\w* \w the|strong="H4725"\w* \w ground|strong="H4725"\w*; \q2 he causes \w the|strong="H4725"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* \w that|strong="H4725"\w* support \w the|strong="H4725"\w* earth \w to|strong="H4725"\w* \w tremble|strong="H7264"\w*. \q1 \v 7 \add Some days\add* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* speaks \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w 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 rise|strong="H2224"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3808"\w* \add some nights\add* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* prevents \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* \w from|strong="H3808"\w* shining. \q1 \v 8 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* alone ◄\w stretched|strong="H5186"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w*/\w put|strong="H5186"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H1116"\w*► \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*; \q2 \w he|strong="H5921"\w* alone puts \w his|strong="H5921"\w* feet \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w waves|strong="H1116"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* huge \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* monster). \q1 \v 9 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w put|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H6213"\w* places \add the clusters/groups of stars that are called\add* \w The|strong="H6213"\w* Dipper/\w Bear|strong="H6213"\w*, \w Orion|strong="H3685"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Pleiades|strong="H3598"\w*, \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w stars|strong="H3598"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* southern sky. \q1 \v 10 \w Only|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* cannot understand; \q2 \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w more|strong="H1419"\w* \w marvelous|strong="H6381"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w than|strong="H1419"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* able \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w count|strong="H4557"\w*. \q1 \v 11 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w passes|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H2005"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*; \q2 \w he|strong="H3808"\w* moves further \w on|strong="H5921"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w*. \q1 \v 12 \w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \add wants to\add* \w snatch|strong="H2862"\w* something \w away|strong="H7725"\w*, \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* [RHQ] \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w hinder|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*; \q2 \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* dares \w to|strong="H7725"\w* ask \w him|strong="H7725"\w*, ‘\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H6213"\w*?’ [RHQ] \q1 \v 13 \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* very easily \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* being angry; \q2 \w he|strong="H3808"\w* defeated [MTY] those \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \add tried to\add* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w Rahab|strong="H7293"\w*, \add the great sea monster\add*. \b \q1 \v 14 “\w So|strong="H3588"\w*, \add if God took me to court\add*, \q2 \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w could|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* [MTY] \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*? \q1 \v 15 \w Even|strong="H3808"\w* though \w I|strong="H3808"\w* ◄would \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w innocent|strong="H6663"\w*/would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* done what \w is|strong="H3808"\w* wrong►, \w I|strong="H3808"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H6030"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w him|strong="H6030"\w*. \q2 \w All|strong="H6030"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* could \w do|strong="H6663"\w* would \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H6030"\w* request \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \w my|strong="H3808"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w*/accuser, \w to|strong="H6030"\w* act mercifully toward \w me|strong="H6030"\w*. \q1 \v 16 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \add come to the courtroom\add* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* would come, \q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* believe \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* would pay attention \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* would \w say|strong="H6963"\w*. \q1 \v 17 \w He|strong="H7235"\w* sends storms \w to|strong="H7235"\w* batter \w me|strong="H7235"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H7235"\w* \w he|strong="H7235"\w* \w bruises|strong="H7779"\w* \w me|strong="H7235"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* times ◄\w without|strong="H2600"\w* any reason \w to|strong="H7235"\w* do that/even though I am \w innocent|strong="H2600"\w*►. \q1 \v 18 \add It is as though\add* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w get|strong="H7725"\w*/catch \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w breath|strong="H7307"\w*, \q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w causes|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w suffer|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* time. \q1 \v 19 \w If|strong="H2009"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* try \w to|strong="H4941"\w* ◄wrestle \w with|strong="H4941"\w*/fight against► him, \add there is no way that I could defeat him,\add* \q2 \add because\add* \w he|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* stronger than \w I|strong="H2009"\w* am. \q1 \w If|strong="H2009"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* request him \w to|strong="H4941"\w* appear \w in|strong="H4941"\w* \w court|strong="H4941"\w*, \q2 \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w no|strong="H4310"\w* \w one|strong="H4310"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w could|strong="H4310"\w* [RHQ] \w force|strong="H3581"\w* him \w to|strong="H4941"\w* \w go|strong="H2009"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w*. \q1 \v 20 Even though I \w was|strong="H6310"\w* \w innocent|strong="H6663"\w*, \w what|strong="H6310"\w* I would \w say|strong="H6310"\w* would \w cause|strong="H6310"\w* \w him|strong="H6663"\w* \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w that|strong="H6310"\w* I must \w be|strong="H6310"\w* punished [MTY]; \q2 even though I had not done anything wrong, \w he|strong="H6310"\w* would prove \w that|strong="H6310"\w* I am \w guilty|strong="H7561"\w*. \b \q1 \v 21 “\w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* done \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* wrong, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* important. \q2 \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w despise|strong="H3988"\w* continuing \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w remain|strong="H3808"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*. \q1 \v 22 \w But|strong="H7563"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* doesn’t matter, \q2 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* God \w will|strong="H7563"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \add all of us,\add* \w both|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* innocent \w and|strong="H3651"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*. \q1 \v 23 When people experience disaster \w and|strong="H4191"\w* \w it|strong="H4191"\w* causes \w them|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \q2 God laughs \w at|strong="H4191"\w* \w it|strong="H4191"\w*, even if \w they|strong="H6597"\w* are \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w*. \q1 \v 24 \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w control|strong="H3027"\w* \add what happens in\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* world. \q2 \add It is as though\add* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* blindfolded, \add with the result that they cannot judge fairly\add*. \q1 \w If|strong="H1931"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w control|strong="H3027"\w*, \q2 \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w done|strong="H3027"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*? \b \q1 \v 25 “\w My|strong="H7200"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* go \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* \w quickly|strong="H7323"\w*, \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fast \w runner|strong="H7323"\w*; \q2 \add it is as though\add* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w away|strong="H1272"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w happens|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. \q1 \v 26 \w My|strong="H5921"\w* life goes \w by|strong="H5921"\w* very rapidly, \w like|strong="H5973"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* boat made \w from|strong="H5921"\w* reeds sailing swiftly, \q2 or \w like|strong="H5973"\w* \w an|strong="H5921"\w* \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w* \w that|strong="H5404"\w* \w swoops|strong="H2907"\w* \w down|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* seize \w a|strong="H3068"\w* small animal. \q1 \v 27 If \w I|strong="H6440"\w* \w smile|strong="H1082"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* say \add to God\add*, ‘\w I|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H5800"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* what \w I|strong="H6440"\w* am \w complaining|strong="H7879"\w* about; \q2 \w I|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H5800"\w* stop looking sad \w and|strong="H6440"\w* try \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w be|strong="H6440"\w* \w cheerful|strong="H1082"\w*/happy,’ \q1 \v 28 \w then|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* become \w afraid|strong="H3025"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am suffering, \q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w consider|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w innocent|strong="H5352"\w*. \q1 \v 29 \w He|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* ◄\w condemn|strong="H7561"\w* \w me|strong="H7561"\w*/declare \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* be punished►, \q2 \w so|strong="H2088"\w* \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* keep trying \w in|strong="H3021"\w* \w vain|strong="H1892"\w* \add to defend myself\add*? \q1 \v 30 If I \w washed|strong="H7364"\w* \w myself|strong="H7364"\w* \w with|strong="H7364"\w* \w snow|strong="H7950"\w* \q2 or cleansed \w my|strong="H7364"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w with|strong="H7364"\w* \w lye|strong="H1253"\w*/soap \q2 \add to get rid of my guilt\add*, \q1 \v 31 he \w would|strong="H8008"\w* still throw \w me|strong="H8581"\w* into \w a|strong="H3068"\w* filthy \w pit|strong="H7845"\w*; \q2 as \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \add it would be as though\add* even my \w clothes|strong="H8008"\w* \w would|strong="H8008"\w* \w detest|strong="H8581"\w* \w me|strong="H8581"\w*. \b \q1 \v 32 “\w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* human, \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am, \q2 \w so|strong="H3808"\w* there \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w way|strong="H4941"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w could|strong="H4941"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w him|strong="H6030"\w* \add to prove that I am innocent\add* \q2 \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* went \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w to|strong="H6030"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w trial|strong="H4941"\w* \add in a courtroom\add*. \q1 \v 33 \w There|strong="H3426"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w no|strong="H3426"\w* \w one|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* ◄mediate/hear \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w decide|strong="H3198"\w* \w who|strong="H3426"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* right►, \q2 \w no|strong="H3426"\w* \w one|strong="H3027"\w* \w who|strong="H3426"\w* \w has|strong="H3027"\w* \w authority|strong="H3027"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* [IDM]. \q1 \v 34 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* wish/desire \w that|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w would|strong="H5493"\w* \w stop|strong="H5493"\w* punishing [MTY] \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H7626"\w* \w that|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w would|strong="H5493"\w* not continue \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w terrify|strong="H1204"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. \q1 \v 35 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H5978"\w* \w declare|strong="H1696"\w* \add that I am innocent\add* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* being \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3372"\w* \w him|strong="H1696"\w*, \q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* know \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* really \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add done what is wrong like God thinks that I have\add*.” \c 10 \s1 Job again complained to God \q1 \v 1 “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* am tired \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w*. \q1 \w And|strong="H5315"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* silent \w and|strong="H5315"\w* stop \w saying|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* am \w complaining|strong="H7879"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w*. \q2 \w Instead|strong="H5921"\w*, \w being|strong="H5315"\w* very unhappy, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* [IDM]. \q1 \v 2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* say \w to|strong="H5921"\w* God, ‘\w Do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* say \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* must be punished; \q2 \w instead|strong="H5921"\w*, \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* wrong \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* saying \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* done. \q1 \v 3 Does \w it|strong="H5921"\w* seem \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H7563"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w oppress|strong="H6231"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \q2 \w to|strong="H5921"\w* abandon \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* created, \q2 \w and|strong="H2896"\w* \w instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* help \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H3709"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* do \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w plan|strong="H6098"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* do? \q1 \v 4 \w Do|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w understand|strong="H7200"\w* things \w the|strong="H7200"\w* way \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* humans \w do|strong="H5869"\w*? \q1 \v 5 ◄Do \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* only \w a|strong="H3068"\w* few \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w like|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* do?/\w You|strong="H3117"\w* certainly do not \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* only \w a|strong="H3068"\w* few \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w like|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* do.► [RHQ] \q1 \v 6 \w So|strong="H3588"\w*, \w why|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H2403"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] continue \w to|strong="H1245"\w* \w search|strong="H1875"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H1245"\w* faults? \q2 \w Why|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H2403"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* hunt \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H1245"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*? \q1 \v 7 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w guilty|strong="H7561"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* [MTY]. \b \q1 \v 8 “'\w With|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w created|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* shaped/formed \w my|strong="H6213"\w* body; \q2 \w but|strong="H1104"\w* \w now|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \add deciding that you should not have done that, and you are\add* \w destroying|strong="H1104"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*. \q1 \v 9 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* forget \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \add a piece of\add* \w clay|strong="H2563"\w*; \q2 \w are|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w going|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w become|strong="H6213"\w* \w dirt|strong="H6083"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* [RHQ]? \q1 \v 10 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] directed/controlled \w it|strong="H3808"\w* when \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* conceived, \q2 \w and|strong="H2461"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* formed \w me|strong="H3808"\w* inside \w my|strong="H3808"\w* mother’s womb [MET]. \q1 \v 11 \w You|strong="H1320"\w* fastened \w my|strong="H6106"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w together|strong="H5526"\w* \w with|strong="H3847"\w* \w sinews|strong="H1517"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H1320"\w* \add then\add* \w you|strong="H1320"\w* \w covered|strong="H5526"\w* \w them|strong="H3847"\w* \w with|strong="H3847"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* inside \w my|strong="H6106"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w*. \q1 \v 12 \w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H6486"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H7307"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, \w and|strong="H2617"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H6486"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* loved \w me|strong="H5978"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H2617"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H6486"\w* \w carefully|strong="H6213"\w* ◄\w preserved|strong="H8104"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w*/\w kept|strong="H8104"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*►. \b \q1 \v 13 “'\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* ◄\w kept|strong="H6845"\w* \w secret|strong="H6845"\w*/\w did|strong="H3824"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w reveal|strong="H3045"\w*► \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \add you were planning to do to me\add*; \q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w certain|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* were planning \add to do\add* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \add things to me\add*. \q1 \v 14 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* were \w watching|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* see \w if|strong="H2398"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* would \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, \q2 \w in|strong="H3808"\w* order \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \add if I sinned,\add* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* would \w refuse|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* forgive \w me|strong="H8104"\w*. \q1 \v 15 If \w I|strong="H3808"\w* am \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7561"\w* \w man|strong="H5375"\w*, \w I|strong="H3808"\w* hope/wish \w that|strong="H3808"\w* terrible \w things|strong="H7218"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* happen \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*. \q1 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* if \w I|strong="H3808"\w* am \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w*, \w I|strong="H3808"\w* still \w must|strong="H5375"\w* bow \w my|strong="H5375"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \add and feel ashamed\add*, \q2 because \w I|strong="H3808"\w* am very disgraced \w and|strong="H7218"\w* feel miserable. \q1 \v 16 \w And|strong="H7725"\w* \w if|strong="H1342"\w* I am proud, \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w hunt|strong="H6679"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w like|strong="H7725"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lion|strong="H7826"\w* \w hunts|strong="H6679"\w* \add for some animal to kill\add*, \q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* act powerfully \w to|strong="H7725"\w* injure \w me|strong="H7725"\w*. \q1 \v 17 \w You|strong="H5973"\w* constantly find \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w* \add to testify that I have done what is wrong\add*, \q2 \w and|strong="H7235"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* continually become \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w angry|strong="H3708"\w*/perturbed \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w*. \q2 \add It is as though\add* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w are|strong="H5973"\w* always bringing new \w troops|strong="H6635"\w* \w to|strong="H5973"\w* attack \w me|strong="H5978"\w*. \b \q1 \v 18 “'\w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* allow \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w born|strong="H3318"\w*? \q2 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* wish/desire \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w had|strong="H5869"\w* \w died|strong="H1478"\w* \w before|strong="H5869"\w* \w anyone|strong="H7200"\w* [SYN] \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*. \q1 \v 19 \add I consider that\add* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* would \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* better \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w carried|strong="H2986"\w* directly \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* mother’s womb \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w grave|strong="H6913"\w* \q2 \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3808"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* live. \q1 \v 20 \add I think that\add* [RHQ] \w there|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* only \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w few|strong="H4592"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w remain|strong="H3808"\w* alive; \q2 \w so|strong="H4480"\w* ◄allow \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w alone|strong="H2308"\w*/\w stop|strong="H2308"\w* attacking \w me|strong="H4480"\w*►, \w in|strong="H3117"\w* order \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w may|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w cheerful|strong="H1082"\w* \q1 \v 21 \w before|strong="H2962"\w* \w I|strong="H2962"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* place \w from|strong="H7725"\w* which \w I|strong="H2962"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, \q2 \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w is|strong="H2822"\w* always gloomy \w and|strong="H7725"\w* very \w dark|strong="H2822"\w* [DOU], \q1 \v 22 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* place \w of|strong="H3808"\w* \w darkness|strong="H6757"\w* \w and|strong="H3808"\w* \w dark|strong="H6757"\w* shadows, \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \add everything\add* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* confused/disordered, \q2 \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \add even a small amount of\add* \w light|strong="H3313"\w* there \w is|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w darkness|strong="H6757"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, there \w is|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w light|strong="H3313"\w*, only \w darkness|strong="H6757"\w*).’” \c 11 \s1 Zophar’s first speech to Job \p \v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Zophar|strong="H6691"\w*, from \add the\add* Naamah \add area\add*, \w said|strong="H6030"\w* this \w to|strong="H6030"\w* Job: \q1 \v 2 “◄\w Should|strong="H8193"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w all|strong="H7230"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*?/Someone \w should|strong="H8193"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w all|strong="H7230"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*.► [RHQ] \q2 \w Just|strong="H1697"\w* \w because|strong="H7230"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w talk|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot, ◄\w should|strong="H8193"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* \w us|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w declare|strong="H6663"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* <\w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w innocent|strong="H6663"\w*/\w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w done|strong="H1697"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* wrong>?/\w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w should|strong="H8193"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* \w us|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w declare|strong="H6663"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* <\w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w innocent|strong="H6663"\w*/\w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w done|strong="H1697"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* wrong>.► [RHQ] \q1 \v 3 Job, ◄should \w your|strong="H4962"\w* babbling cause us \w to|strong="H2790"\w* \w be|strong="H4962"\w* \w silent|strong="H2790"\w*?/\w your|strong="H4962"\w* babbling should certainly \w not|strong="H2790"\w* cause us \w to|strong="H2790"\w* \w be|strong="H4962"\w* \w silent|strong="H2790"\w*.► [RHQ] \q2 When you \w make|strong="H2790"\w* fun \w of|strong="H4962"\w* us, \w shall|strong="H4962"\w* no one \add rebuke you and\add* cause you \w to|strong="H2790"\w* \w be|strong="H4962"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w*? \q1 \v 4 \w You|strong="H5869"\w* say, ‘What \w I|strong="H1961"\w* say \w is|strong="H1961"\w* true; \q2 God knows \w that|strong="H5869"\w* \w I|strong="H1961"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w innocent|strong="H1249"\w*/\w without|strong="H2134"\w* guilt►.’ \q1 \v 5 \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w wish|strong="H4310"\w*/desire \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* something [MTY] \w to|strong="H1696"\w* answer \w you|strong="H5414"\w*! \q1 \v 6 \w God|strong="H2451"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* everything \w about|strong="H3045"\w* everything, \q2 \w so|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* wish/desire \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* would \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w secrets|strong="H8587"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H5771"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*. \q1 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* need \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H2451"\w* \w is|strong="H5771"\w* punishing \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w less|strong="H3588"\w* \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* deserve! \b \q1 \v 7 \add “Tell me\add*, \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* ever be able \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w out|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w things|strong="H2714"\w* about God \w that|strong="H5704"\w* \w are|strong="H7706"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* difficult \w to|strong="H5704"\w* understand? \q2 \w Will|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* be able \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w out|strong="H4672"\w* everything \w that|strong="H5704"\w* \w there|strong="H4672"\w* \w is|strong="H4672"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* know about \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* God? \q1 \v 8 \add What there is to know about God\add* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* greater \w than|strong="H6013"\w* \add the distance from earth to\add* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*; \q2 so \w there|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w no|strong="H3045"\w* way [RHQ] \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \add understand it all\add*. \q1 \w It|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* greater \w than|strong="H6013"\w* \add the distance from here to\add* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* place \w of|strong="H6466"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* dead; \q2 so \w it|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* impossible \w for|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* [RHQ] \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w it|strong="H3045"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w*. \q1 \v 9 What \w there|strong="H4480"\w* \w is|strong="H4055"\w* \w to|strong="H3220"\w* know \w about|strong="H4480"\w* God \w is|strong="H4055"\w* wider \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* earth \q2 \w and|strong="H3220"\w* wider \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* ocean. \b \q1 \v 10 “\w If|strong="H2498"\w* \w God|strong="H4310"\w* comes \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* puts \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H7725"\w* prison \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w then|strong="H7725"\w* brings \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* court, \q2 ◄\w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w stop|strong="H5462"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*?/\w no|strong="H4310"\w* \w one|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w stop|strong="H5462"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*.► [RHQ] \q1 \v 11 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3045"\w* \w worthless|strong="H7723"\w*; \q2 \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w sees|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* doing wicked \w things|strong="H3808"\w*, ◄\w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* ignore \w it|strong="H1931"\w*?/\w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* ignore \w it|strong="H1931"\w*!► [RHQ] \q1 \v 12 Stupid people \add like you\add* will start \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w become|strong="H3205"\w* \w wise|strong="H3823"\w* [SAR] \q2 when \w wild|strong="H6501"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H5895"\w* \add stop giving birth to wild donkeys and\add* start \w giving|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* tame \w donkeys|strong="H5895"\w*. \b \q1 \v 13 “Job, repent [IDM]; \q2 reach \w out|strong="H6566"\w* \w your|strong="H3559"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* seek God’s help. \q1 \v 14 If \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w done|strong="H3027"\w* \w evil|strong="H5766"\w* things, stop \w doing|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*; \q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H7368"\w* allow any people \w in|strong="H7931"\w* \w your|strong="H3027"\w* house \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w wicked|strong="H5766"\w* things. \q1 \v 15 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* do \w what|strong="H3372"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* said, \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w lift|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w your|strong="H5375"\w* \w head|strong="H6440"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* ashamed; \q2 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* strong, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \add of anything\add*. \q1 \v 16 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4325"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w all|strong="H5999"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* troubles; \q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4325"\w* \w be|strong="H4325"\w* like \add the\add* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \add of a flood\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H5999"\w* disappeared. \q1 \v 17 \add Your troubles will be ended, like the darkness ends\add* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w dawn|strong="H1242"\w*; \q2 \add it will be as though\add* [MET] \w the|strong="H6965"\w* sun \w is|strong="H1961"\w* shining brightly \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6965"\w*, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \add it shines\add* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*. \q1 \v 18 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3426"\w* feel safe/secure, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3426"\w* confidently expect \add that good things will happen to you\add*; \q2 God \w will|strong="H3426"\w* protect \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H7901"\w* enable \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w rest|strong="H7901"\w* safely \add each night\add*. \q1 \v 19 \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H7227"\w* \w lie|strong="H7257"\w* \w down|strong="H7257"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w no|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H7227"\w* \w will|strong="H7227"\w* cause \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w be|strong="H6440"\w* \w afraid|strong="H2729"\w*. \q2 \w And|strong="H6440"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* people \w will|strong="H7227"\w* \w come|strong="H2729"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w request|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* do \w things|strong="H7227"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*. \q1 \v 20 \w But|strong="H7563"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* [SYN] \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* able \w to|strong="H5315"\w* understand \add why bad things are happening to them\add*; \q2 \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H5315"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w any|strong="H4480"\w* \w way|strong="H4498"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w escape|strong="H4498"\w* \add from their troubles\add*. \q2 \w The|strong="H4480"\w* only \w thing|strong="H5315"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* die. [EUP]” \c 12 \s1 Job replied to his three friends \p \v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Job \w said|strong="H6030"\w* \add to his three friends\add*, \q1 \v 2 “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* ◄talk \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w*/\w You|strong="H3588"\w* think► [SAR] \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add whom everyone should listen to\add*, \q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, there \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* no \w more|strong="H3588"\w* \w wise|strong="H4191"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \q1 \v 3 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w as|strong="H3644"\w* much good sense \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H4310"\w*; \q2 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* am ◄\w not|strong="H3808"\w* less wise \w than|strong="H4480"\w*/\w certainly|strong="H1571"\w* \w as|strong="H3644"\w* wise \w as|strong="H3644"\w* [LIT]► \w you|strong="H3808"\w*. \q2 \w Certainly|strong="H1571"\w* everyone knows [RHQ] \w all|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* said. \b \q1 \v 4 \w My|strong="H1961"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w all|strong="H7121"\w* laugh \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w*. \q2 Previously \w I|strong="H1961"\w* habitually requested God \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w help|strong="H6030"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w he|strong="H7121"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*/helped \w me|strong="H7121"\w*. \q1 \w I|strong="H1961"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very \w godly|strong="H6662"\w* \w man|strong="H6662"\w* [DOU], \w but|strong="H1961"\w* everyone laughs \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*. \q1 \v 5 \w Those|strong="H7600"\w* \add like you\add* \w who|strong="H7600"\w* \w have|strong="H7272"\w* no troubles \w make|strong="H3559"\w* fun \w of|strong="H7272"\w* \w me|strong="H3559"\w*; \q2 \w they|strong="H7272"\w* cause \w those|strong="H7600"\w* \add like me\add* \w who|strong="H7600"\w* \w are|strong="H7272"\w* already suffering \w to|strong="H3559"\w* \w have|strong="H7272"\w* more troubles. \q1 \v 6 Bandits live peacefully, \q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* no \w one|strong="H3027"\w* threatens those \w who|strong="H7951"\w* cause \w God|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w become|strong="H3027"\w* angry; \q2 \w their|strong="H7703"\w* \w own|strong="H3027"\w* \w strength|strong="H3027"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w god|strong="H3027"\w* \add that they worship\add*. \b \q1 \v 7 “But \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* wild animals \add what they know about God\add*, \q2 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \add if they could speak\add* they would \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w*. \q1 \add If you could\add* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w*, \q2 they would \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w*. \q1 \v 8 \add If you could\add* ask \w the|strong="H5608"\w* creatures \add that crawl\add* \w on|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H5608"\w* ground, \w or|strong="H5608"\w* \w the|strong="H5608"\w* \w fish|strong="H1709"\w* \w in|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H5608"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \q2 \w they|strong="H5608"\w* would \w tell|strong="H5608"\w* \w you|strong="H3384"\w* \add about God\add*. \q1 \v 9 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* [RHQ] \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*. \q1 \v 10 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* directs \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w*; \q2 \w he|strong="H3605"\w* gives \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \add us\add* humans \add to enable us to remain alive\add*. \q1 \v 11 \w And|strong="H3808"\w* when \w we|strong="H3068"\w* [SYN] hear \w what|strong="H4405"\w* other \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \add like you\add* \w say|strong="H4405"\w*, \q2 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* [RHQ] think \w carefully|strong="H3808"\w* about \w what|strong="H4405"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H4405"\w* \add to determine what is good and what is bad\add*, \q2 \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* [SYN] \w taste|strong="H2938"\w* food \add to determine what is good and what is bad\add*. \q1 \v 12 \w Old|strong="H3453"\w* people \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \add often\add* very \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w because|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* having lived many \w years|strong="H3117"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w understand|strong="H8394"\w* much, \q1 \v 13 \w but|strong="H5973"\w* \w God|strong="H2451"\w* \w is|strong="H2451"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w and|strong="H2451"\w* very powerful; \q2 \w he|strong="H8394"\w* \w has|strong="H5973"\w* good sense \w and|strong="H2451"\w* understands \add everything\add*. \q1 \v 14 \w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w tears|strong="H2040"\w* \add something\add* \w down|strong="H2040"\w*, \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w rebuild|strong="H1129"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*; \q2 \w if|strong="H2005"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* puts someone \w in|strong="H5921"\w* prison, \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \add the prison doors to allow that person to escape\add*. \q1 \v 15 \w When|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H7971"\w* prevents \w rain|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H7971"\w* falling, everything \w dries|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w*. \q2 \w When|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H7971"\w* causes \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w rain|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* fall, \add the result is that\add* there \w are|strong="H4325"\w* floods. \q1 \v 16 \w He|strong="H5797"\w* \w is|strong="H8454"\w* \w the|strong="H5973"\w* one who \w is|strong="H8454"\w* truly \w strong|strong="H5797"\w* \w and|strong="H5797"\w* wise; \q2 \w he|strong="H5797"\w* rules over \w those|strong="H5973"\w* who deceive others \w and|strong="H5797"\w* \w those|strong="H5973"\w* whom they deceive. \q1 \v 17 \w He|strong="H3212"\w* \add sometimes\add* causes \add the king’s\add* officials \w to|strong="H3212"\w* no longer \w be|strong="H8199"\w* wise, \q2 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w he|strong="H3212"\w* causes \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* become \w foolish|strong="H1984"\w*. \q1 \v 18 \w He|strong="H4428"\w* \w takes|strong="H6605"\w* \w from|strong="H4428"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6605"\w* robes \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H4428"\w* wear \q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* puts loincloths around their waists, \add causing them to become slaves\add*. \q1 \v 19 \w He|strong="H3212"\w* takes \w from|strong="H3212"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* sacred clothes \w that|strong="H3548"\w* \w they|strong="H3548"\w* wear, \add with the result that they no longer can do their work\add*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* takes power \w from|strong="H3212"\w* those \w who|strong="H3548"\w* rule others. \q1 \v 20 \w He|strong="H8193"\w* \add sometimes\add* causes those whom others trust \w to|strong="H5493"\w* \w be|strong="H8193"\w* unable \w to|strong="H5493"\w* \w speak|strong="H8193"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H2205"\w* \w he|strong="H8193"\w* causes \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w to|strong="H5493"\w* \w no|strong="H3947"\w* \w longer|strong="H5493"\w* \w have|strong="H8193"\w* good sense. \q1 \v 21 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* causes \w those|strong="H5921"\w* who \w have|strong="H5921"\w* \w authority|strong="H8210"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* be despised, \q2 \w and|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* causes \w those|strong="H5921"\w* who are powerful \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w no|strong="H8210"\w* longer \w have|strong="H5921"\w* any power/\w strength|strong="H4206"\w*. \q1 \v 22 \w He|strong="H4480"\w* \w causes|strong="H3318"\w* \w things|strong="H1540"\w* \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w are|strong="H4480"\w* hidden \w in|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H2822"\w* \w revealed|strong="H1540"\w*. \q1 \v 23 He causes some \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H1471"\w* become very \w great|strong="H7679"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \add later\add* he destroys \w them|strong="H5148"\w*; \q1 he causes \w the|strong="H5148"\w* territory \w of|strong="H1471"\w* some \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H1471"\w* become much larger, \q2 \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \add later\add* he causes \w them|strong="H5148"\w* \w to|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* defeated \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w their|strong="H1471"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w scattered|strong="H7849"\w*. \q1 \v 24 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* causes \add some\add* \w rulers|strong="H7218"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* become foolish/stupid, \q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w then|strong="H7218"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* causes \w them|strong="H8582"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w wander|strong="H8582"\w* around, lost, \w in|strong="H5493"\w* \w an|strong="H7218"\w* barren desert. \q1 \v 25 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w grope|strong="H4959"\w* around \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*, \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w any|strong="H3808"\w* light, \q2 \w and|strong="H2822"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* causes \w them|strong="H8582"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w stagger|strong="H8582"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* [SIM] \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w drunk|strong="H7910"\w*.” \c 13 \s1 Job continued his reply \q1 \v 1 “Hey, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* [SYN] \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \add that you have seen\add*, \q2 \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w understood|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \add that you have said\add*. \q1 \v 2 \w What|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*, \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*; \q2 \w I|strong="H3045"\w* do ◄\w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* less \w than|strong="H4480"\w*/\w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* much \w as|strong="H1571"\w*► \w you|strong="H3045"\w*. \q1 \v 3 \w But|strong="H1696"\w* I \w would|strong="H7706"\w* \w like|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* God, \add not to you\add*; \q2 I \w would|strong="H7706"\w* \w like|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w argue|strong="H3198"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H1696"\w* \add and prove that I ◄am innocent/have not done things that are wrong\add*►. \q1 \v 4 \w As|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H8267"\w* not allow people \w to|strong="H7495"\w* know \w the|strong="H3605"\w* truth \w about|strong="H3605"\w* \w me|strong="H8267"\w*, \q2 like someone covers \add up a bad surface of a wall\add* \w with|strong="H3605"\w* whitewash [MET]. \q1 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H8267"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* like doctors [MET] \add that give people\add* \w useless|strong="H8267"\w* \add medicines\add*. \q1 \v 5 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w wish|strong="H4310"\w*/desire \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w silent|strong="H2790"\w*; \q2 \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* wisest thing \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add could do\add*. \q1 \v 6 \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* say \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H8085"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*; \q2 \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w while|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* am saying \add what is true about myself\add*. \q1 \v 7 Are \w you|strong="H1696"\w* \w telling|strong="H1696"\w* lies \w about|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* prove God \add is just in causing me to suffer\add*? \q2 Are \w you|strong="H1696"\w* \w saying|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H1696"\w* \w is|strong="H1696"\w* \w deceitful|strong="H7423"\w* \w in|strong="H1696"\w* order \w to|strong="H1696"\w* benefit \w him|strong="H1696"\w*? \q1 \v 8 \w Are|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* trying \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w defend|strong="H7378"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*? \q2 \w Are|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* trying \w to|strong="H6440"\w* prove \add as you would\add* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* court \w that|strong="H5375"\w* \w he|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* innocent? \q1 \v 9 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* looks closely, \w will|strong="H2896"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w find|strong="H2713"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* everything \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* done \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*? \q2 \w Or|strong="H2896"\w* can \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w deceive|strong="H2048"\w* \w him|strong="H2896"\w*, \w like|strong="H2896"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w deceive|strong="H2048"\w* other people? \q1 \v 10 If \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w secretly|strong="H5643"\w* say/do things \w to|strong="H6440"\w* cause God \w to|strong="H6440"\w* act favorably \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \q2 \w he|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H6440"\w* \w surely|strong="H3198"\w* \w rebuke|strong="H3198"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \q1 \v 11 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] cause \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w terrified|strong="H1204"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* power/greatness; \q2 \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* become extremely \w afraid|strong="H1204"\w*. \q1 \v 12 \w The|strong="H4911"\w* things that you say \add that you think are\add* wise \w are|strong="H2146"\w* \add as useless as\add* [MET] as ashes; \q2 what you say \w to|strong="H1354"\w* defend your opinions is no better than [MET] \w clay|strong="H2563"\w* \add that quickly crumbles\add*. \b \q1 \v 13 “\w So|strong="H4480"\w*, \w be|strong="H4480"\w* \w quiet|strong="H2790"\w* \w and|strong="H1696"\w* allow \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H1696"\w* \w then|strong="H1696"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* matter \w what|strong="H4100"\w* happens \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. \q1 \v 14 \w I|strong="H7760"\w* am ready \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w endure|strong="H5375"\w* \w anything|strong="H4100"\w*; \q2 \w I|strong="H7760"\w* am \add even\add* willing \w to|strong="H5921"\w* risk \w being|strong="H5315"\w* executed [IDM, DOU] \add for what I will say\add*. \q1 \v 15 \w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w kills|strong="H6991"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w then|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w anyone|strong="H2005"\w* \w else|strong="H3808"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* confidently expect \w to|strong="H6440"\w* help \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H2005"\w* \w going|strong="H2005"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w defend|strong="H3198"\w* \w my|strong="H6440"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \add anyway\add*. \q1 \v 16 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* wicked/\w godless|strong="H2611"\w* \w person|strong="H6440"\w* would dare \w to|strong="H6440"\w* stand \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \q1 \add but because I say that I have not done things that are wrong\add*, \q2 \w perhaps|strong="H3588"\w*, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* prove \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w save|strong="H3444"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.” \s1 Job asks God to tell him what his charges are \q1 \v 17 “God, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* very \w carefully|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w say|strong="H4405"\w* [DOU]. \q1 \v 18 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w ready|strong="H6186"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w prove|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w innocent|strong="H6663"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H4941"\w* \w declare|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w not|strong="H3045"\w* guilty. \q1 \v 19 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H4310"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* think [RHQ] \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add you or anyone else\add* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* say \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* say \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* true; \q2 \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* did \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H1931"\w* \w silent|strong="H2790"\w*/stop talking► \w and|strong="H1478"\w* \w die|strong="H1478"\w*. \b \q1 \v 20 “\w I|strong="H3808"\w* am requesting \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w things|strong="H8147"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*; \q2 if \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*/come \w and|strong="H6440"\w* stand \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*► [LIT]. \q1 \v 21 \add The first thing that I request is that you\add* stop punishing [IDM] \w me|strong="H5921"\w*; \q2 \w and|strong="H3709"\w* \add the second thing that I request is that you\add* stop causing \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* be \w very|strong="H7368"\w* \w terrified|strong="H1204"\w*. \q1 \v 22 \w You|strong="H7725"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \add first\add*, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w then|strong="H6030"\w* \w I|strong="H7121"\w* \w will|strong="H7725"\w* \w reply|strong="H7725"\w*; \q2 \w or|strong="H6030"\w* allow \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* first, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \add then\add* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w reply|strong="H7725"\w*. \q1 \v 23 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* done \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w wrong|strong="H5771"\w*? \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* committed? \q2 \w Show|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H4100"\w* \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* disobeyed \w you|strong="H3045"\w*. \q1 \v 24 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* ◄\w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* refuse \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w be|strong="H6440"\w* friendly \w with|strong="H6440"\w*/\w have|strong="H2803"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* abandoned► \w me|strong="H6440"\w* [IDM]? \q2 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* ◄act \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w 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\q2 \w like|strong="H6211"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* piece \w of|strong="H1931"\w* cloth \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* eaten by \add larvae of\add* moths.” \c 14 \s1 Job prayed to God \q1 \v 1 “\w We|strong="H3117"\w* humans \w are|strong="H3117"\w* very frail. \q2 \w We|strong="H3117"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* only \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w short|strong="H7116"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* experience \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7267"\w*. \q1 \v 2 We disappear quickly, \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w flowers|strong="H6731"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w grow|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* ground quickly \w and|strong="H5975"\w* \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w wither|strong="H5243"\w* \w and|strong="H5975"\w* die [SIM]. \q2 We \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w shadows|strong="H6738"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* disappear 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allow \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w alone|strong="H2308"\w*, \q2 \w until|strong="H5704"\w*/\w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* finish \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \add here on earth\add*, \w like|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H7916"\w* finishes \w his|strong="H5921"\w* work \add at the end of the day\add*. \s1 Job said that we all die \q1 \v 7 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* someone \w cuts|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w down|strong="H3772"\w*, \q2 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w sprout|strong="H2498"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* grow \w new|strong="H2498"\w* \w branches|strong="H3127"\w*. \q1 \v 8 Its \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H4191"\w* \w ground|strong="H6083"\w* may \w 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the|strong="H4480"\w* \w ocean|strong="H4325"\w*, \q2 \w or|strong="H4480"\w* \w like|strong="H3001"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* riverbed \w dries|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w*, \q1 \v 12 \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \add lie down and die and\add* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w again|strong="H6965"\w*. \q1 \w Until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* disappear, \q2 \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3808"\w* die [EUP] do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w wake|strong="H6974"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w wake|strong="H6974"\w* \w them|strong="H5704"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*. \b \q1 \v 13 \add “Yahweh,\add* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w wish|strong="H4310"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* safely 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down|strong="H5307"\w* \w from|strong="H5307"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* cliff, \q1 \v 19 \w and|strong="H4325"\w* just like \w water|strong="H4325"\w* slowly \w wears|strong="H7833"\w* \w away|strong="H7857"\w* \w the|strong="H7857"\w* stones, \w and|strong="H4325"\w* just like floods \w wash|strong="H7857"\w* \w away|strong="H7857"\w* \w soil|strong="H6083"\w*, \q2 \add you eventually destroy us\add*; \w you|strong="H4325"\w* do \w not|strong="H4325"\w* allow us \w to|strong="H4325"\w* continue \w to|strong="H4325"\w* ◄\w hope|strong="H8615"\w*/confidently expect► \add that we will keep on living\add*. \q1 \v 20 \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w always|strong="H5331"\w* defeat \w us|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w then|strong="H1980"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H1980"\w* [EUP]. \q2 \w You|strong="H6440"\w* cause \w our|strong="H6440"\w* \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w look|strong="H6440"\w* ugly \w after|strong="H1980"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H1980"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w*. \q1 \v 21 \add When we die\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H3513"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* grow \w up|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add do things that will cause them to\add* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w honored|strong="H3513"\w*. \q2 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w become|strong="H6819"\w* disgraced, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w*, \add either\add*. \q1 \v 22 \w We|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* feel \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H5315"\w* \w pains|strong="H3510"\w*; \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H5315"\w* feel anything else; \q2 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* sorry \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w ourselves|strong="H5315"\w*, \w not|strong="H5315"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w anyone|strong="H5315"\w* else.” \c 15 \s1 Eliphaz rebuked Job again \p \v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Eliphaz \w replied|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H6030"\w* Job: \q1 \v 2 “If \w you|strong="H6030"\w* \w were|strong="H4390"\w* truly \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* [RHQ], \w you|strong="H6030"\w* \w would|strong="H7307"\w* not \w have|strong="H2450"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H6030"\w* \w us|strong="H6030"\w* \w by|strong="H6030"\w* claiming \w that|strong="H7307"\w* \w you|strong="H6030"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot; \q2 \w what|strong="H1847"\w* \w you|strong="H6030"\w* \w are|strong="H2450"\w* saying \w is|strong="H7307"\w* just \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H7307"\w* hot \w air|strong="H7307"\w* [MET]. \q1 \v 3 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* should \w not|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w do|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w benefit|strong="H3276"\w* anyone, \q2 using \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w do|strong="H1697"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w any|strong="H1697"\w* \w good|strong="H3276"\w*. \q1 \v 4 \add By what you say,\add* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* show that \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w do|strong="H6565"\w* \w not|strong="H6440"\w* revere God, \q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* hindering people \w from|strong="H6440"\w* meditating/thinking about God. \q1 \v 5 \add It is as though\add* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w sins|strong="H5771"\w* \w are|strong="H6310"\w* telling \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w*; \q2 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w talk|strong="H6310"\w* like people \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H6310"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* admit \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H6310"\w* wicked. \q1 \v 6 Everything \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY] shows \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w should|strong="H8193"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* punished; \q2 \w so|strong="H3808"\w*, \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H6310"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* necessary \w for|strong="H3808"\w* \w me|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H6310"\w* show \w that|strong="H3808"\w*. \b \q1 \v 7 \add “Tell me do you know more than everyone else because you think that\add* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w person|strong="H6440"\w* \w who|strong="H3205"\w* \w was|strong="H3205"\w* ever \w born|strong="H3205"\w*? [SAR, RHQ] \q2 \w Were|strong="H3205"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* \add were created\add*? \q1 \v 8 Were \w you|strong="H8085"\w* \w listening|strong="H8085"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H2451"\w* \w made|strong="H8085"\w* all \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w plans|strong="H5475"\w*? [SAR, RHQ] \q2 \w Or|strong="H8085"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H8085"\w* think \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H8085"\w* are \w the|strong="H8085"\w* only person who \w is|strong="H2451"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*? \q1 \v 9 ◄\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*?/\w You|strong="H3045"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w anything|strong="H4100"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*.► [RHQ] \q2 \w You|strong="H3045"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w* [RHQ] \w anything|strong="H4100"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w also|strong="H3045"\w* clear \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w us|strong="H3045"\w*. \q1 \v 10 \w My|strong="H1571"\w* friends \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* wise; \q2 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* acquired \add wisdom\add* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w old|strong="H3453"\w* \w gray-haired|strong="H7867"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w*, \q2 \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w* who \w were|strong="H3117"\w* born \w before|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H1571"\w* father \w was|strong="H3117"\w* born. \q1 \v 11 God wants \w to|strong="H1697"\w* comfort \w you|strong="H5973"\w*, \q1 \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w speak|strong="H1697"\w* gently/kindly \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w*; \q2 ◄\w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H4480"\w* \w enough|strong="H4592"\w* \w for|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w*/\w do|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w need|strong="H1697"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w*►? \q1 \v 12 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* allow \w yourself|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* ◄\w carried|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w*/excited► \w by|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* emotions? \q2 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \add you very angry, with the result that\add* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w flash|strong="H7335"\w*? \q1 \v 13 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H6310"\w* angry [IDM] \w with|strong="H3318"\w* God, \q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w so|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* [MTY] \w are|strong="H6310"\w* criticizing/denouncing \w him|strong="H7725"\w*. \b \q1 \v 14 “◄\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w any|strong="H3588"\w* person, \add including you,\add* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* sinless?/No person, \add including you\add*, \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* sinless.► [RHQ] \q2 ◄\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w on|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* earth \w be|strong="H3588"\w* \add completely\add* \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w*?/No \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w on|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* earth \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* \add completely\add* \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w*.► [RHQ] \q1 \v 15 Hey, \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* trust \w his|strong="H3808"\w* angels; \q2 \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w consider|strong="H5869"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* them \w to|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \add completely\add* \w pure|strong="H2141"\w*. \q1 \v 16 \w So|strong="H3588"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* does \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \add trust\add* \w abominable|strong="H8581"\w*/disgusting \w and|strong="H4325"\w* depraved/corrupt people \q2 \w who|strong="H3588"\w* do \w evil|strong="H5766"\w* things \add as easily \add* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* [MET]. \b \q1 \v 17 Job, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w tell|strong="H5608"\w* \w you|strong="H2331"\w*. \q2 \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w declare|strong="H5608"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H2331"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* know, \q1 \v 18 \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w men|strong="H2450"\w* \w have|strong="H2450"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w*, \q2 truths \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* ancestors \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* keep \w hidden|strong="H3582"\w*. \q1 \v 19 \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* land \w to|strong="H5414"\w* those ancestors, \w who|strong="H2114"\w* \w were|strong="H5414"\w* truly wise; \q2 \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w from|strong="H5674"\w* \w another|strong="H2114"\w* country \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* think wrongly [IDM]. \q1 \v 20 \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* suffer \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w great|strong="H2342"\w* \w pain|strong="H2342"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* alive; \q2 \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* what \w happens|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* ◄oppress/act violently toward► others. \q1 \v 21 \w They|strong="H7965"\w* constantly \w hear|strong="H6963"\w* \w sounds|strong="H6963"\w* that terrify them; \q2 while \w they|strong="H7965"\w* \w are|strong="H7703"\w* prospering, bandits \w attack|strong="H7703"\w* them. \q1 \v 22 Wicked \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w surely|strong="H7725"\w* know \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* escape \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*/death, \q2 \w because|strong="H4480"\w* \add they are sure that someone\add* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* waiting \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w kill|strong="H2719"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w with|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*. \q1 \v 23 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w wander|strong="H5074"\w* \w around|strong="H3027"\w*, searching \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*, saying ‘\w Where|strong="H3027"\w* \w can|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w find|strong="H3045"\w* \w some|strong="H3027"\w*?’ \q2 \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w soon|strong="H3588"\w* \w experience|strong="H3045"\w* disasters. \q1 \v 24 Because \w they|strong="H6862"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* \w afraid|strong="H1204"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* those \w things|strong="H6264"\w* happening \w to|strong="H4428"\w* them, \w they|strong="H6862"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* \w afraid|strong="H1204"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* worry \q2 \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w these|strong="H4428"\w* \w things|strong="H6264"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w come|strong="H6264"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* them like \add the army of\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* comes \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w attack|strong="H3593"\w* \add their enemies and cause them to suffer\add* [SIM]. \q1 \v 25 \add Those things happen to them\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* ◄shook \w their|strong="H3588"\w* fists/dared \w to|strong="H3027"\w* fight► \w against|strong="H3027"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w God|strong="H3027"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* thought \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* strong \w enough|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* defeat \w him|strong="H3027"\w*. \q1 \v 26 \w They|strong="H7323"\w* stubbornly [IDM] rush \w to|strong="H7323"\w* attack God \q2 \add as though they were carrying\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w strong|strong="H1354"\w* \w shield|strong="H4043"\w* \add to protect themselves\add*. \q1 \v 27 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* \add that they are unable to fight\add*. \q1 \v 28 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w have|strong="H1004"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* abandoned, \q2 \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w which|strong="H1004"\w* \w have|strong="H1004"\w* become \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w heap|strong="H1530"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w ruins|strong="H5892"\w*. \q1 \v 29 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w remain|strong="H6965"\w* \w rich|strong="H6238"\w* \w very|strong="H2428"\w* long; \q2 Everything \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* own \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w taken|strong="H6965"\w* \w from|strong="H6965"\w* them; \q2 \w their|strong="H5186"\w* possessions \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H6965"\w* disappear. \q1 \v 30 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w escape|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \add of death\add*; \q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* trees whose \w branches|strong="H3127"\w* \w are|strong="H6310"\w* burned \w by|strong="H3808"\w* \w fire|strong="H7957"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H6310"\w* whose blossoms \w are|strong="H6310"\w* blown \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w by|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*. \q1 \v 31 \w Since|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* very foolish, \w with|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* result \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* trust \w in|strong="H1961"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* really \w worthless|strong="H7723"\w*, \q2 \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* \w worthless|strong="H7723"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* all \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* get. \q1 \v 32 \w Before|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w old|strong="H3117"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* wither; \q2 \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* [MET] branches \w that|strong="H3117"\w* wither \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w become|strong="H4390"\w* \w green|strong="H7488"\w* again. \q1 \v 33 They \w will|strong="H1612"\w* be like [SIM] \w vines|strong="H1612"\w* whose grapes fall \w off|strong="H7993"\w* before they are ripe, \q2 like \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w trees|strong="H2132"\w* whose blossoms fall \w off|strong="H7993"\w* before they produce any fruit. \q1 \v 34 Wicked/\w godless|strong="H2611"\w* \w people|strong="H5712"\w* \w will|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w any|strong="H3588"\w* descendants, \q2 \w and|strong="H5712"\w* fires \w will|strong="H3588"\w* completely burn up \w the|strong="H3588"\w* homes \w of|strong="H5712"\w* \add those who built those homes using\add* money \w they|strong="H3588"\w* received from \w bribes|strong="H7810"\w*. \q1 \v 35 \w They|strong="H4820"\w* plan \w to|strong="H3205"\w* cause \w trouble|strong="H5999"\w* \w and|strong="H5999"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* do evil things, \q2 \w and|strong="H5999"\w* \w they|strong="H4820"\w* \w are|strong="H5999"\w* always preparing \w to|strong="H3205"\w* deceive people.” \c 16 \s1 Job replied to the three friends again \p \v 1 Job \w replied|strong="H6030"\w* \add to Eliphaz and the others:\add* \q1 \v 2 “\w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H7227"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* before; \q2 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \add instead of helping me,\add* \w are|strong="H7227"\w* \w only|strong="H3605"\w* causing \w me|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* feel \w more|strong="H7227"\w* \w miserable|strong="H5999"\w*. \q1 \v 3 \w Will|strong="H1697"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* speeches, \w which|strong="H1697"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* hot \w air|strong="H7307"\w*, never \w end|strong="H7093"\w* [RHQ]? \q2 Eliphaz, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* bothers/irritates \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w so|strong="H1697"\w* \w much|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* continue replying \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w me|strong="H6030"\w*? \q1 \v 4 \w If|strong="H3863"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H3426"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \add three and not I\add* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w were|strong="H3426"\w* suffering, \q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w could|strong="H1571"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w things|strong="H7218"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w* \w saying|strong="H1696"\w*; \q1 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w could|strong="H1571"\w* make great \w speeches|strong="H4405"\w* \add to criticize/condemn you\add*, \q2 \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w could|strong="H1571"\w* \w shake|strong="H5128"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \add to ridicule you\add*. \q1 \v 5 \w But|strong="H8193"\w*, \add unlike all of you,\add* \w with|strong="H6310"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* I \w said|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY] I would encourage \w you|strong="H6310"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H6310"\w* try \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w cause|strong="H6310"\w* \w your|strong="H2820"\w* pain \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w be|strong="H6310"\w* less. \b \q1 \v 6 “\w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w now|strong="H1696"\w*, if \w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w*, \w my|strong="H1696"\w* \w pain|strong="H3511"\w* \w does|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* decrease, \q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* if \w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w am|strong="H1980"\w* silent, \w my|strong="H1696"\w* \w pain|strong="H3511"\w* \w still|strong="H1980"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w away|strong="H1980"\w*. \q1 \v 7 God \w has|strong="H3605"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* taken \w away|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* strength, \q2 \w and|strong="H8074"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3605"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8074"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* family. \q1 \v 8 \w He|strong="H6440"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w shriveled|strong="H7059"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* people think \w that|strong="H1961"\w* shows \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H6965"\w* \add am a sinner\add*. \q1 \w And|strong="H6965"\w* people see \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H6965"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* only skin \w and|strong="H6965"\w* bones, \q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H6440"\w* think \w that|strong="H1961"\w* proves \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H6965"\w* \add am guilty\add*. \q1 \v 9 \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* God \w is|strong="H5869"\w* very angry \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* hates \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \q2 \add it is as though he is a wild animal that\add* [MET] \w has|strong="H5869"\w* \w gnashed|strong="H2786"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \q2 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H5869"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w enemy|strong="H6862"\w*. \q1 \v 10 \w People|strong="H6473"\w* gape/stare \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w their|strong="H4390"\w* \w mouths|strong="H6310"\w* open \add to sneer at me\add*; \q2 \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w face|strong="H6310"\w*/\w cheek|strong="H3895"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* ridicule \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* crowd \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* threaten \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. \q1 \v 11 \add It is as though\add* \w God|strong="H3027"\w* \w has|strong="H3027"\w* \w handed|strong="H3027"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w ungodly|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* turned \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* [DOU]. \q1 \v 12 Previously, \w I|strong="H6965"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* living peacefully, \q2 \w but|strong="H1961"\w* he crushed \w me|strong="H1961"\w*; \q1 \add it is as though\add* he grabbed \w my|strong="H6965"\w* \w neck|strong="H6203"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* smashed \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w pieces|strong="H6327"\w*. \q2 \add It is as though\add* [MET] he \w set|strong="H6965"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w target|strong="H4307"\w*; \q1 \v 13 \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H5437"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \add and shooting arrows at me\add*. \q1 \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w arrows|strong="H7228"\w* pierce \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w kidneys|strong="H3629"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H5437"\w* cause \w the|strong="H5921"\w* bile \add from my liver\add* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* spill \w onto|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground, \q2 \w and|strong="H5437"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pity|strong="H2550"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H5437"\w*. \q1 \v 14 \add It is as though\add* [MET] \w I|strong="H5921"\w* am \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wall \w that|strong="H7323"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w breaking|strong="H6556"\w* \w through|strong="H5921"\w*; \q2 \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w rushes|strong="H7323"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w like|strong="H7323"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* soldier \add attacking his enemies\add*. \b \q1 \v 15 \add “Because I am mourning,\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* wear pieces \w of|strong="H5921"\w* rough cloth \w that|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* \w sewed|strong="H8609"\w* \w together|strong="H8609"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H8242"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* sit \add here\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dirt|strong="H6083"\w*, very depressed/discouraged. \q1 \v 16 \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w red|strong="H2560"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* cried very \w much|strong="H5921"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w there|strong="H4480"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w dark|strong="H6757"\w* circles \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* eyes. \q1 \v 17 \add All this has happened to me\add* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* though \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* acted violently \add toward anyone\add*, \q2 \w and|strong="H2555"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \add always\add* \w pray|strong="H8605"\w* sincerely/honestly \add to God\add*. \b \q1 \v 18 \add When I die,\add* \w I|strong="H1961"\w* want \w the|strong="H3680"\w* \w ground|strong="H4725"\w* [APO] \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \add act as though I had been murdered and\add* \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* \w out|strong="H4725"\w* against \w those|strong="H1961"\w* who killed \w me|strong="H1961"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H1818"\w* \w I|strong="H1961"\w* do \w not|strong="H1961"\w* want anyone \w to|strong="H1961"\w* stop \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H1961"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* demanding \add that God act justly toward\add* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*. \q1 \v 19 \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \add I know that\add* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* someone \w in|strong="H8064"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w who|strong="H5707"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* testify \w for|strong="H8064"\w* \w me|strong="H1571"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w he|strong="H8064"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* say \w that|strong="H2009"\w* \w what|strong="H1571"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* done \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w right|strong="H2009"\w*. \q1 \v 20 My \add three\add* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w scorn|strong="H3887"\w*/ridicule \w me|strong="H5869"\w*, \q2 but my \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* full \w of|strong="H5869"\w* tears \add while I cry out\add* \w to|strong="H5869"\w* God. \q1 \v 21 \w I|strong="H1121"\w* pray \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \add the\add* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \add who knows what I have done\add* would come \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w plead|strong="H3198"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* God \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w me|strong="H5973"\w* \q2 \w like|strong="H5973"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w plead|strong="H3198"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H5973"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*. \q1 \v 22 \add I say this because \add* within \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w few|strong="H4557"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \add I will die\add*; \q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w along|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w road|strong="H1980"\w*\add to the grave\add* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w which|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*.” \c 17 \s1 Job continued his reply \q1 \v 1 “\w My|strong="H3117"\w* ◄\w life|strong="H3117"\w*/\w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w*► \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w almost|strong="H3117"\w* ended; \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* no \w strength|strong="H7307"\w* left; \q2 \w my|strong="H3117"\w* \w grave|strong="H6913"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* waiting \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w me|strong="H3117"\w*. \q1 \v 2 Those \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* around \w me|strong="H5978"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w making|strong="H3885"\w* fun \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w*; \q2 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* [SYN] \w watch|strong="H5869"\w* them \w while|strong="H5869"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* ◄taunt/make fun \w of|strong="H5869"\w*► \w me|strong="H5978"\w*.” \s1 Job pleads with God \q1 \v 3 “\w God|strong="H4310"\w*, \add it is as though I am in prison;\add* \q1 \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w pay|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* money \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w order|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w may|strong="H4994"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* released, \q2 \w because|strong="H3027"\w* there \w is|strong="H1931"\w* certainly \w no|strong="H7760"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w else|strong="H3027"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w help|strong="H6148"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*. \q1 \v 4 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* prevented \w my|strong="H5921"\w* friends \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w understanding|strong="H3820"\w* \add what is true about me\add*; \q2 do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allow \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* triumph \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \add saying that I have done things that are wrong\add*. \q1 \v 5 \add Our ancestors often said, ‘It often happens that\add* \w when|strong="H3615"\w* someone betrays \w his|strong="H5046"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* order \w to|strong="H1121"\w* get some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H5046"\w* \w property|strong="H2506"\w*, \q2 \w it|strong="H3615"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w person|strong="H5869"\w*’s \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* punished \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H3615"\w*;’ \q1 \add so I desire/hope that will be true of these friends of mine who are lying about me\add*. \b \q1 \v 6 “\w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w use|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* saying \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w our|strong="H1961"\w* ancestors \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* talk \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*; \q2 \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w spit|strong="H8611"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \add to insult me\add*. \q1 \v 7 ◄\w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w has|strong="H5869"\w* become \w dim|strong="H3543"\w*/\w I|strong="H3605"\w* cannot \w see|strong="H5869"\w* \w well|strong="H5869"\w*► \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3605"\w* am extremely sad, \q2 \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* arms \w and|strong="H5869"\w* legs \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \add very thin, with the result that they almost do not cast\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w*. \q1 \v 8 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3477"\w* \add say that they\add* \w are|strong="H8074"\w* good/\w righteous|strong="H3477"\w* \w are|strong="H8074"\w* \w shocked|strong="H8074"\w* \add when they see what has happened to me\add*, \q2 \w and|strong="H8074"\w* people \w who|strong="H3477"\w* \add say that they\add* ◄\w are|strong="H8074"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w*/\w have|strong="H5921"\w* \w not|strong="H5782"\w* done anything \w that|strong="H8074"\w* \w is|strong="H3477"\w* wrong► say \w that|strong="H8074"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* am wicked/\w godless|strong="H2611"\w* \w and|strong="H8074"\w* should be punished. \q1 \v 9 Those \w who|strong="H6662"\w* \add claim that they\add* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w continue|strong="H3254"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w do|strong="H3254"\w* \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \add they think\add* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w right|strong="H6662"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* those \add who say\add* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3254"\w* sinned \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w continue|strong="H3254"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w become|strong="H2891"\w* stronger. \b \q1 \v 10 “\w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* if \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w came|strong="H7725"\w* \add and stood in front of me\add*, \q2 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w among|strong="H4672"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*. \q1 \v 11 \w My|strong="H5674"\w* ◄\w life|strong="H3117"\w*/\w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w*► \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w almost|strong="H3117"\w* ended; \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H5674"\w* \w been|strong="H5674"\w* able \w to|strong="H3117"\w* do \w the|strong="H3117"\w* things \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* confidently expected \w to|strong="H3117"\w* do; \q2 \add I have not been able to accomplish \add* anything \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* [SYN] desired. \q1 \v 12 \w My|strong="H7760"\w* friends do \w not|strong="H7760"\w* know \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; \q2 \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* claim \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w daylight|strong="H3117"\w*; \q2 \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* becoming \w dark|strong="H2822"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* claim \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* becoming \w light|strong="H7760"\w*. \q1 \v 13 If \w my|strong="H7502"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H1004"\w* \w place|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* dead people \w are|strong="H1004"\w*, \q2 \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H7585"\w* sleep \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H1004"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*? \q1 \v 14 \w I|strong="H7121"\w* may say \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w grave|strong="H7845"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H7121"\w* \w will|strong="H7845"\w* \w be|strong="H7845"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* father \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*,’ \q2 \w and|strong="H7121"\w* say \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w maggots|strong="H7415"\w* \add that will eat my body\add*, ‘\w You|strong="H7121"\w* \w will|strong="H7845"\w* \w be|strong="H7845"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* mother or younger sisters \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \add because you will be where I will always be\add*.’ \q1 \v 15 But if I say those things, ◄\w will|strong="H4310"\w* there be anything good \w that|strong="H4310"\w* I \w can|strong="H4310"\w* confidently expect \w to|strong="H4310"\w* happen \w to|strong="H4310"\w* \w me|strong="H7789"\w*?/there \w will|strong="H4310"\w* be nothing good \w that|strong="H4310"\w* I \w can|strong="H4310"\w* confidently expect \w to|strong="H4310"\w* happen \w to|strong="H4310"\w* \w me|strong="H7789"\w*.► [RHQ] \q2 ◄\w Is|strong="H4310"\w* there anyone \w who|strong="H4310"\w* knows anything good \w that|strong="H4310"\w* I \w can|strong="H4310"\w* expect when I am \w in|strong="H7789"\w* \w the|strong="H4310"\w* grave?/\w No|strong="H4310"\w* \w one|strong="H4310"\w* knows anything good \w that|strong="H4310"\w* I \w can|strong="H4310"\w* expect when I am \w in|strong="H7789"\w* \w the|strong="H4310"\w* grave.► [RHQ] \q1 \v 16 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w descend|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* place \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* dead \w are|strong="H7585"\w*, ◄\w will|strong="H6083"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3162"\w* able \w to|strong="H3381"\w* confidently expect anything good there?/\w I|strong="H5921"\w* certainly \w will|strong="H6083"\w* not \w be|strong="H3162"\w* able \w to|strong="H3381"\w* confidently expect anything good there.► [RHQ] \q2 \add It will be as though\add* [RHQ] \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* things \w I|strong="H5921"\w* hope \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H6083"\w* \w descend|strong="H3381"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \add where the dead are\add*.” \c 18 \s1 Bildad’s second reply \p \v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Bildad|strong="H1085"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w* \add again\add*: \q1 \v 2 “\w When|strong="H5704"\w* are \w you|strong="H5704"\w* going \w to|strong="H1696"\w* stop \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* [RHQ]? \q2 \w If|strong="H7760"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* would stop \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w and|strong="H1696"\w* listen, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* could \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* something. \q1 \v 3 \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H5869"\w* \w think|strong="H2803"\w* \w that|strong="H5869"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \add as stupid\add* \w as|strong="H2803"\w* cattle? [DOU, RHQ] \q1 \v 4 By \w being|strong="H5315"\w* \add very\add* angry \w and|strong="H4725"\w* hurting \w yourself|strong="H5315"\w*, \q2 do \w you|strong="H5800"\w* think \w that|strong="H5315"\w* doing \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* shake \w the|strong="H5800"\w* earth, \q2 or cause \w the|strong="H5800"\w* \w rocks|strong="H6697"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H5800"\w* mountains \w to|strong="H4616"\w* move? [RHQ]? \b \q1 \v 5 “\w What|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* happen \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H1571"\w* lives \w of|strong="H3808"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \add like you\add* end \q2 \add as quickly as we can\add* \w put|strong="H1846"\w* \w out|strong="H1846"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w light|strong="H5050"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* extinguish \w the|strong="H1571"\w* \w flame|strong="H7632"\w* \w of|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire. \q1 \v 6 \w And|strong="H5921"\w* \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w lamps|strong="H5216"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \add in their tents\add* are \w extinguished|strong="H1846"\w*, \q2 there \w will|strong="H5216"\w* be no \w light|strong="H5216"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* tents. \q1 \v 7 \add For many years\add* they walked confidently, \q2 but later \add in life it was as though\add* they stumbled \w and|strong="H6098"\w* fell, \q1 \w because|strong="H6098"\w* \add they themselves did not heed\add* \w the|strong="H7993"\w* \w advice|strong="H6098"\w* \add that they gave to others\add*. \q1 \v 8 \add It was as though\add* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w into|strong="H1980"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* own \w net|strong="H7568"\w* \q2 \w or|strong="H3588"\w* \w fell|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H1980"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* pit \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H7272"\w* dug. \q1 \v 9 \add It was as though\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w trap|strong="H6341"\w* \w grabbed|strong="H2388"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w heels|strong="H6119"\w* \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w held|strong="H2388"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w fast|strong="H2388"\w* [DOU], \q1 \v 10 \add as though the noose of\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w rope|strong="H2256"\w* \w that|strong="H5921"\w* was \w hidden|strong="H2934"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground, \add whose other end was fastened to the limb of a tree\add*, \q2 seized \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* walked \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \q1 \v 11 \w Everywhere|strong="H5439"\w* \w they|strong="H7272"\w* went, there \w were|strong="H7272"\w* things \w that|strong="H7272"\w* caused \w them|strong="H5439"\w* \w to|strong="H7272"\w* be \w terrified|strong="H1204"\w*; \q2 \add it was as though\add* those things \w were|strong="H7272"\w* pursuing \w them|strong="H5439"\w* \w and|strong="H7272"\w* biting at \w their|strong="H5439"\w* \w heels|strong="H7272"\w*. \q1 \v 12 They \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w*, \w with|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* result \w that|strong="H1961"\w* they \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H1961"\w* strength. \q2 They experienced disasters [PRS] constantly. \q1 \v 13 Diseases spread all over their \w skin|strong="H5785"\w*/bodies; \q2 diseases \w that|strong="H1060"\w* ◄caused their bodies \w to|strong="H5785"\w* decay/destroyed their arms \w and|strong="H5785"\w* legs►. \q1 \v 14 \add When they died,\add* \w they|strong="H4009"\w* \w were|strong="H4428"\w* snatched \w away|strong="H5423"\w* \w from|strong="H5423"\w* \w their|strong="H5423"\w* tents \q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w brought|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5423"\w* \w one|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w rules|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5423"\w* dead. \q1 \v 15 \w Now|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* tents will burn \w down|strong="H7931"\w*, \q2 \w when|strong="H5921"\w* burning \w sulfur|strong="H1614"\w* rains \w down|strong="H7931"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* tents! \q1 \v 16 \add Because those who died had no descendants\add*, \q2 \w they|strong="H8478"\w* \w were|strong="H4605"\w* \add like trees whose\add* \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* have \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w* \w and|strong="H4605"\w* whose \w branches|strong="H7105"\w* have all \w withered|strong="H3001"\w* [MET]. \q1 \v 17 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* earth \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w remember|strong="H2143"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w any|strong="H4480"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w*; \q2 \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \add one on any\add* \w street|strong="H2351"\w* \add will even remember\add* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w* [MTY]. \q1 \v 18 \w They|strong="H2822"\w* \w will|strong="H2822"\w* \w be|strong="H2822"\w* expelled \w from|strong="H1920"\w* \w the|strong="H1920"\w* earth where there \w is|strong="H2822"\w* light, \q2 \w and|strong="H2822"\w* \w they|strong="H2822"\w* \w will|strong="H2822"\w* \w be|strong="H2822"\w* sent into \w the|strong="H1920"\w* place where \w it|strong="H2822"\w* \w is|strong="H2822"\w* \w dark|strong="H2822"\w*. \q1 \v 19 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w children|strong="H5209"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* grandchildren, \q2 \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w descendants|strong="H5220"\w* \w where|strong="H4033"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w previously|strong="H3808"\w* lived. \q1 \v 20 People \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w east|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* west \add who hear about what happened to them\add*, \q2 \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w shocked|strong="H8074"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w horrified|strong="H8074"\w*. \q1 \v 21 \w And|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* happens \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w ungodly|strong="H3808"\w*/sinful \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \add like you\add*, \q2 \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H2088"\w* ◄\w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* interest \w in|strong="H4725"\w*/\w have|strong="H3045"\w* rejected► \w God|strong="H3808"\w*.” \c 19 \s1 Job replied again \p \v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Job \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*,: \q1 \v 2 “\w How|strong="H5704"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \add three\add* \w torment|strong="H3013"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w crush|strong="H1792"\w* \w my|strong="H1792"\w* \w spirit|strong="H5315"\w* \w by|strong="H5704"\w* saying \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \add that I am wicked\add*? \q1 \v 3 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* already \w insulted|strong="H3637"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* [HYP] \w times|strong="H6471"\w*; 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\q2 \w I|strong="H1320"\w* am barely \w alive|strong="H5785"\w* [IDM]. \b \q1 \v 21 \add “I plead with\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \add three\add* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*, \w pity|strong="H2603"\w* \w me|strong="H3027"\w*, \q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3027"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* ◄\w struck|strong="H5060"\w* [EUP] \w me|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*/caused \w me|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w suffer|strong="H5060"\w* greatly►. \q1 \v 22 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* cause \w me|strong="H7291"\w* \w to|strong="H1320"\w* suffer \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H4100"\w*? \q2 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* continue \w to|strong="H1320"\w* slander [MET] \w me|strong="H7291"\w*? \b \q1 \v 23 “\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w wish|strong="H4310"\w*/desire \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w someone|strong="H4310"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* \w take|strong="H5414"\w* \w these|strong="H3789"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w* \w of|strong="H5612"\w* \w mine|strong="H5414"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H5612"\w* \w write|strong="H3789"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* permanently \w in|strong="H3789"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \add in order that people can read them\add*. \q1 \v 24 Or else, \w I|strong="H6697"\w* wish that he would carve \w them|strong="H1270"\w* on \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* with ◄\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w chisel|strong="H5842"\w*/an \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* tool► \q2 \w in|strong="H1270"\w* order that \w they|strong="H5777"\w* would last \w forever|strong="H5703"\w*. \q1 \v 25 \w But|strong="H1350"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H2416"\w* \w who|strong="H3045"\w* vindicates/defends \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* court \w is|strong="H1350"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* some day \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1350"\w* \w stand|strong="H6965"\w* \add here\add* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth|strong="H6083"\w* \add and make the final decision about whether I deserve to be punished\add*. \q1 \v 26 \w And|strong="H1320"\w* even after diseases have eaten away \w my|strong="H1320"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w*, \q2 while \w I|strong="H1320"\w* still have \w my|strong="H1320"\w* \w body|strong="H1320"\w*, \w I|strong="H1320"\w* \w will|strong="H1320"\w* \w see|strong="H2372"\w* God. \q1 \v 27 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* myself; \q2 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w with|strong="H5869"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w own|strong="H5869"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*! \q2 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* am overwhelmed \add as I think about that\add*! \b \q1 \v 28 “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* three men \w say|strong="H1697"\w*, ‘\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* Job \w to|strong="H1697"\w* suffer?’ \q2 \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w*, ‘\w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H4100"\w* \w caused|strong="H1697"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* own \add troubles\add*,’ \q1 \v 29 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H2719"\w* \w afraid|strong="H1481"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* God \w will|strong="H2719"\w* punish [MTY] \w you|strong="H3588"\w*; \q1 \w he|strong="H3588"\w* punishes \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \add like you\add* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H5771"\w* \w angry|strong="H2534"\w*; \q2 \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* happens, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H5771"\w* \add someone who\add* judges \add people\add*.” \c 20 \s1 Zophar replied again \p \v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Zophar|strong="H6691"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, \q1 \v 2 “\w I|strong="H3651"\w* am \w very|strong="H3651"\w* perturbed \w about|strong="H7725"\w* \w what|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w have|strong="H2363"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w*, \q2 \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* want \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w reply|strong="H7725"\w* \w very|strong="H3651"\w* \w quickly|strong="H2363"\w*. \q1 \v 3 \w By|strong="H6030"\w* saying \w these|strong="H8085"\w* things \w you|strong="H6030"\w* \w have|strong="H8085"\w* insulted \w me|strong="H6030"\w*, \q2 \w but|strong="H6030"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* know \w how|strong="H8085"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, because \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w understand|strong="H8085"\w* very much) \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w can|strong="H7307"\w* \w reply|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6030"\w*. \b \q1 \v 4 “Do \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w long|strong="H5921"\w* ago, \q2 \w ever|strong="H5703"\w* \w since|strong="H4480"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w were|strong="H4480"\w* first \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* earth, \q1 \v 5 \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \add like you\add* do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* continue \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8057"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w time|strong="H5704"\w*, \q2 \w ungodly|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w happy|strong="H8057"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w moment|strong="H7281"\w*/\w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w short|strong="H7138"\w* \w time|strong="H5704"\w*► [HYP]? \q1 \v 6 \add Even\add* though \w their|strong="H5060"\w* reputation/pride \w reaches|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w their|strong="H5060"\w* fame \w goes|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w as|strong="H5927"\w* \w high|strong="H7218"\w* \w as|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w*, \q1 \v 7 \w they|strong="H7200"\w* will disappear \w forever|strong="H5331"\w*, like \w their|strong="H7200"\w* own \w dung|strong="H1561"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H7200"\w* those who knew \w them|strong="H7200"\w* will ask, ‘◄Where \w did|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H7200"\w* \w go|strong="H5331"\w*/\w What|strong="H7200"\w* happened \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w*►?’ \q1 \v 8 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* forgotten \w like|strong="H3808"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3915"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* exist \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w*. \q1 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* vanish, \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w visions|strong="H2384"\w* \add that people see\add* during \w the|strong="H4672"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*. \q1 \v 9 Those \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w saw|strong="H7805"\w* those \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w previously|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H5869"\w* \w them|strong="H5750"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*; 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\q2 \w the|strong="H5921"\w* punishment \add that he gives them\add* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [MET] \w rain|strong="H4305"\w* falling \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \q1 \v 24 They \w will|strong="H7198"\w* try \w to|strong="H1272"\w* \w escape|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H1272"\w* \add being killed by\add* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w weapons|strong="H5402"\w*, \q2 but \w arrows|strong="H7198"\w* \w with|strong="H7198"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5154"\w* points \w will|strong="H7198"\w* \w pierce|strong="H2498"\w* \w them|strong="H1270"\w*. \q1 \v 25 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* arrows will \add go completely through their bodies and\add* stick \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* backs; \q2 \w the|strong="H5921"\w* shiny points \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* arrows will \w have|strong="H1980"\w* blood dripping \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w those|strong="H3318"\w* wicked people will \w be|strong="H3318"\w* terrified. \q1 \v 26 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* valuable possessions \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* destroyed; \q2 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* lit \w by|strong="H3605"\w* humans, \add but by God,\add* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* burn \w them|strong="H2934"\w* \w up|strong="H6845"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H2822"\w* also \w destroy|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w left|strong="H8300"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* tents. \q1 \v 27 \w The|strong="H6965"\w* \add angels in\add* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* [MTY] \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w reveal|strong="H1540"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w sins|strong="H5771"\w* \w that|strong="H6965"\w* those wicked people \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w committed|strong="H1540"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \add people on\add* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w stand|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w testify|strong="H6965"\w* \w against|strong="H6965"\w* \w them|strong="H1540"\w*. \q1 \v 28 \w When|strong="H3117"\w* God punishes [MTY] \add people\add*, \q2 \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* possessions \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* wicked people’s \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* flood. \q1 \v 29 \w That|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H7563"\w* happen \w to|strong="H5159"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \add like you\add*; \q2 \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* God \w has|strong="H2088"\w* decided \w will|strong="H7563"\w* happen \w to|strong="H5159"\w* \w them|strong="H2088"\w*.” \c 21 \s1 Job replied again \p \v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Job \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, \q1 \v 2 “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w say|strong="H4405"\w*, all \add three\add* \w of|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H8085"\w*; \q2 \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* only \w thing|strong="H2063"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H8085"\w* can \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* comfort \w me|strong="H1961"\w*. \q1 \v 3 \w Be|strong="H5375"\w* patient \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w*, \w and|strong="H1696"\w* allow \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*. \q2 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w*, after I am finished \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w*, \w you|strong="H5375"\w* can continue \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w make|strong="H5375"\w* fun \w of|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w*. \b \q1 \v 4 “\w It|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H7307"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w against|strong="H7307"\w* whom \w I|strong="H3808"\w* am \w complaining|strong="H7879"\w*, \add but God\add* \q2 \w And|strong="H7307"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H7307"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] right \w for|strong="H3808"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H7307"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w impatient|strong="H7114"\w*! \q1 \v 5 \w Look|strong="H6437"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*! Does \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* see \w not|strong="H7760"\w* \w cause|strong="H6310"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w appalled|strong="H8074"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w mouths|strong="H6310"\w* \add and say no more\add*? \q1 \v 6 \w When|strong="H2142"\w* \w I|strong="H2142"\w* \w think|strong="H2142"\w* about \add what has happened to me\add*, \q2 \w I|strong="H2142"\w* am frightened \w and|strong="H1320"\w* \w my|strong="H2142"\w* entire \w body|strong="H1320"\w* shakes. \b \q1 \v 7 “\add But let me ask this:\add* ‘\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* do \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w continue|strong="H6275"\w* \w to|strong="H2421"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H2428"\w* \w become|strong="H6275"\w* prosperous, \w and|strong="H2428"\w* \w not|strong="H1571"\w* die until \w they|strong="H1571"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w very|strong="H1571"\w* \w old|strong="H6275"\w*?’ \q1 \v 8 \w They|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w children|strong="H2233"\w* \w around|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w they|strong="H6440"\w* \w watch|strong="H5869"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w while|strong="H5973"\w* \w they|strong="H6440"\w* \add grow up and\add* start \w to|strong="H6440"\w* live \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w own|strong="H5973"\w* houses, \q2 \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w they|strong="H6440"\w* enjoy \w their|strong="H6440"\w* grandchildren. \q1 \v 9 Wicked \w people|strong="H3808"\w* live \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* own \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w being|strong="H1004"\w* \w afraid|strong="H6343"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* punish [MTY] \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \q1 \v 10 \w Their|strong="H3808"\w* \w bulls|strong="H7794"\w* always mate \w with|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w cows|strong="H6510"\w* successfully, \q2 \w and|strong="H7794"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w cows|strong="H6510"\w* give \w birth|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5674"\w* \w calves|strong="H6403"\w* \w and|strong="H7794"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w miscarry|strong="H7921"\w*. \q1 \v 11 Wicked people \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \w young|strong="H3206"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w* outside \add to play\add*, \q2 \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w* play \add happily\add* \w like|strong="H7540"\w* [SIM] \w lambs|strong="H6629"\w* \add in a pasture\add*. \q1 \v 12 Some children dance \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w sing|strong="H5375"\w*, while others shake \w tambourines|strong="H8596"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* play \w lyres|strong="H3658"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w they|strong="H5375"\w* are \w happy|strong="H8055"\w* \w when|strong="H5375"\w* \w they|strong="H5375"\w* \w hear|strong="H6963"\w* people playing flutes. \q1 \v 13 Wicked people \w enjoy|strong="H1086"\w* having \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* alive, \q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* die quietly/peacefully \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w go|strong="H7281"\w* \w down|strong="H5181"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* place \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* dead. \q1 \v 14 While \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* alive, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* say \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, ‘\w Do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* bother \w us|strong="H4480"\w*; \q2 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \w how|strong="H1870"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H2654"\w* \w us|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w conduct|strong="H1870"\w* \w our|strong="H4480"\w* lives! \q1 \v 15 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* God, think \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*? \q2 ◄\w What|strong="H4100"\w* advantage \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* get \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w pray|strong="H6293"\w* \w to|strong="H6293"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*?/\w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* useless \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H6293"\w* \w pray|strong="H6293"\w* \w to|strong="H6293"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.► [RHQ]’ \q1 \v 16 Think \w about|strong="H4480"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w*: \w Wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* think \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w because|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* what \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w done|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w become|strong="H3027"\w* prosperous, \q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* understand \w why|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* think \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H4480"\w*. \b \q1 \v 17 ◄“\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w often|strong="H4100"\w* \w does|strong="H4100"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* happen \w that|strong="H5921"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* die [MET] \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* old?/Very seldom \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* die [MET] \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* old.► [RHQ] \q2 ◄\w Do|strong="H4100"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* ever experience disasters?/\w They|strong="H5921"\w* seldom experience disasters.► [RHQ] \q2 ◄\w Does|strong="H4100"\w* God ever punish \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* being very angry \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*?/God never punishes \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* being very angry \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.► [RHQ] \q1 \v 18 \add He does not blow\add* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w away|strong="H1589"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* blows \w away|strong="H1589"\w* \w straw|strong="H8401"\w*; \q2 \w they|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* never carried \w off|strong="H6440"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5492"\w*. \q1 \v 19 \w You|strong="H3045"\w* say, ‘\w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* committed sins, \q2 \w God|strong="H7999"\w* waits \w and|strong="H1121"\w* punishes \w their|strong="H3045"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* because \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* sins;’ \q1 \w but|strong="H7999"\w* \add I say that\add* \w God|strong="H7999"\w* \w should|strong="H7999"\w* punish \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* sin, \add not their children,\add* \q2 \w in|strong="H1121"\w* order \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* sinners \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \add that it is because of their own sins that they are being punished\add*. \q1 \v 20 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* hope/wish \w that|strong="H7200"\w* wicked \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w experience|strong="H7200"\w* themselves being destroyed, \q2 \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H7200"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w experience|strong="H7200"\w* being punished \w by|strong="H7200"\w* \w an|strong="H7200"\w* \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* God. \q1 \v 21 \w After|strong="H3588"\w* wicked people \w are|strong="H4100"\w* dead, \q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H4557"\w* concerned [RHQ] \w about|strong="H1004"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* happens \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w families|strong="H1004"\w* [MTY]. \b \q1 \v 22 “\w Since|strong="H8199"\w* God \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* \add everyone,\add* even \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H8199"\w* \w in|strong="H3925"\w* heaven, \q2 ◄\w who|strong="H1931"\w* can \w teach|strong="H3925"\w* God anything?/certainly no \w one|strong="H1931"\w* can \w teach|strong="H3925"\w* God anything.► [RHQ] \q1 \v 23 \w Some|strong="H3605"\w* people \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w while|strong="H2088"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H6106"\w* \w very|strong="H6106"\w* healthy, \q2 \w while|strong="H2088"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H6106"\w* \w peaceful|strong="H7961"\w*, when \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H6106"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* afraid \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w*. \q1 \v 24 \w Their|strong="H4390"\w* bodies \w are|strong="H6106"\w* fat; \q2 \w their|strong="H4390"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w are|strong="H6106"\w* strong. \q1 \v 25 \w Other|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w being|strong="H5315"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* miserable; \q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w experienced|strong="H2088"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* happening \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w them|strong="H2088"\w*. \q1 \v 26 \w But|strong="H5921"\w* \w both|strong="H3162"\w* rich \w and|strong="H6083"\w* poor people die \w and|strong="H6083"\w* \w are|strong="H7415"\w* buried, \q2 \w and|strong="H6083"\w* \w maggots|strong="H7415"\w* eat \w their|strong="H5921"\w* bodies. \q1 \add Everyone dies, so it is clear that dying is not always the punishment for being wicked\add*. \b \q1 \v 27 “\w Listen|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \add three\add* \w are|strong="H4284"\w* thinking. \q2 \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w evil|strong="H4209"\w* things \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w plan|strong="H4284"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H2554"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. \q1 \v 28 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* say, ‘\w What|strong="H3588"\w* happened \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w tents|strong="H4908"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w which|strong="H1004"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w were|strong="H1004"\w* living? \q2 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w evil|strong="H7563"\w* rulers \w have|strong="H7563"\w* been destroyed!’ \q1 \v 29 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w inquired|strong="H7592"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w travel|strong="H5674"\w* much? \q2 \w Do|strong="H1870"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* believe \w their|strong="H3808"\w* reports \w about|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* seen, \q1 \v 30 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* people usually do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* suffer \w 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the|strong="H6440"\w* punishment \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* deserve► \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w evil|strong="H6213"\w* things \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. \q1 \v 32 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* corpses \w of|strong="H5921"\w* wicked \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H6913"\w* \w carried|strong="H2986"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w graves|strong="H6913"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H6913"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H6913"\w* put there \w to|strong="H5921"\w* guard \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w graves|strong="H6913"\w*. \q1 \v 33 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* huge \w number|strong="H4557"\w* [HYP] \w of|strong="H6440"\w* people \w go|strong="H4900"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* grave site. \q2 \w Some|strong="H3605"\w* \w go|strong="H4900"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* procession \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* come behind. \q2 \w And|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w clods|strong="H7263"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* dirt thrown \w on|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* graves \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* wicked people \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* died \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w like|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* nice blanket. \b \q1 \v 34 “So how can \w you|strong="H5162"\w* \w console|strong="H5162"\w* \w me|strong="H5162"\w* by talking nonsense? \q2 Every reply \w that|strong="H7604"\w* \w you|strong="H5162"\w* make is full \w of|strong="H1892"\w* lies!” \c 22 \s1 Eliphaz replied again \p \v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Eliphaz \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, \q1 \v 2 “◄\w Can|strong="H1397"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H1397"\w* \w useful|strong="H5532"\w* \w 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\w is|strong="H1870"\w* wrong►, \w would|strong="H7706"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* help \w him|strong="H3588"\w*? \b \q1 \v 4 “\w Is|strong="H4941"\w* \w it|strong="H5973"\w* \w because|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w have|strong="H5973"\w* an \w awesome|strong="H3374"\w* respect \w for|strong="H4941"\w* God that he punishes \w you|strong="H5973"\w*? \q2 \w Is|strong="H4941"\w* that \w the|strong="H5973"\w* \w reason|strong="H3198"\w* that he puts \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w on|strong="H5973"\w* \w trial|strong="H4941"\w*? \q1 \v 5 \w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w because|strong="H5771"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H7227"\w* extremely \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w*. \q2 \w It|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H7451"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w done|strong="H7451"\w* \w are|strong="H7227"\w* \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w that|strong="H7451"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* count them! \q1 \v 6 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* must \w have|strong="H3588"\w* lent money \w to|strong="H3588"\w* others \w and|strong="H6174"\w* wrongly forced \w them|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3588"\w* give \w you|strong="H3588"\w* things \w to|strong="H3588"\w* guarantee \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* would \w pay|strong="H2600"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* money back \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*; \q2 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* must \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w taken|strong="H2254"\w* \w all|strong="H2254"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* clothes \w and|strong="H6174"\w* left \w them|strong="H3588"\w* \w with|strong="H3588"\w* \w nothing|strong="H2600"\w* \w to|strong="H3588"\w* wear. \q1 \v 7 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w given|strong="H8248"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* those \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H4325"\w* \w thirsty|strong="H5889"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w give|strong="H8248"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* those \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H4325"\w* \w hungry|strong="H7456"\w*. \q1 \v 8 \w Because|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w were|strong="H3427"\w* very powerful, \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \add must have\add* \w taken|strong="H5375"\w* \w over|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w*’s \w land|strong="H6440"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w then|strong="H5375"\w*, being very 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suddenly|strong="H6597"\w* there \w are|strong="H6341"\w* things \w that|strong="H3651"\w* terrify \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H5439"\w* \w cause|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* tremble. \q1 \v 11 \add It is as though\add* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* has \w become|strong="H7200"\w* very \w dark|strong="H2822"\w*, \w with|strong="H3680"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* result \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \add it is as though\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flood|strong="H4325"\w* \w covers|strong="H3680"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*. \b \q1 \v 12 “\add But consider this, Job\add*: \w God|strong="H3808"\w* lives [RHQ] \w high|strong="H7311"\w* \w up|strong="H7311"\w* \w in|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*. \q2 \w From|strong="H8064"\w* \w there|strong="H7200"\w* \w 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\w not|strong="H4480"\w* bother \w us|strong="H4480"\w*,’ \q2 \w and|strong="H5493"\w* \w they|strong="H4100"\w* also said \add defiantly\add*, ‘\w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \add God\add* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6466"\w* \w nothing|strong="H4100"\w* [RHQ] \w to|strong="H4480"\w* \add harm\add* \w us|strong="H4480"\w*!’ \q1 \v 18 \w But|strong="H7563"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* God \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w their|strong="H4390"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w*, \q2 \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H4480"\w* \w cannot|strong="H4480"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H4480"\w* understand why \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* think \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* do. \b \q1 \v 19 “\w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w when|strong="H7200"\w* God punishes wicked \w people|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w*, \w they|strong="H7200"\w* \w are|strong="H6662"\w* \w glad|strong="H8055"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H7200"\w* \w laugh|strong="H3932"\w*, ridiculing \w the|strong="H7200"\w* wicked \w people|strong="H7200"\w*. \q1 \v 20 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* say, ‘Now our enemies \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H3582"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3808"\w* all \add their possessions\add* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* were \w left|strong="H3499"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* burned \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire.’ \b \q1 \v 21 “\w So|strong="H4994"\w*, \add Job,\add* \w be|strong="H4994"\w* reconciled \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w God|strong="H7999"\w* \w and|strong="H2896"\w* \w make|strong="H7999"\w* \w peace|strong="H7999"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w 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will|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H5375"\w* able \w to|strong="H5921"\w* approach \w him|strong="H6440"\w* [IDM] \add confidently\add*. \q1 \v 27 \w You|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w pray|strong="H6279"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H8085"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* he \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w do|strong="H6279"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H8085"\w* request \w him|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w do|strong="H6279"\w*; \q2 \w you|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w do|strong="H6279"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* things \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H8085"\w* promised \w him|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H8085"\w* would \w do|strong="H6279"\w*. \q1 \v 28 Everything \w that|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* decide \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w will|strong="H1870"\w* \w be|strong="H1870"\w* successful; \q2 \add it\add* \w will|strong="H1870"\w* \add be as though\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w light|strong="H5050"\w* \add is\add* shining \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* front \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*. \q1 \v 29 God \w humbles|strong="H8213"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w proud|strong="H5869"\w*, \q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w saves|strong="H3467"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* downcast/discouraged. \q1 \v 30 God rescues those who ◄\w are|strong="H3709"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w*/have not done things \w that|strong="H4422"\w* \w are|strong="H3709"\w* wrong►, \q2 \w so|strong="H1252"\w* \w he|strong="H3709"\w* \w will|strong="H5355"\w* \w rescue|strong="H4422"\w* \w you|strong="H3709"\w* if \w you|strong="H3709"\w* ◄start doing things \w that|strong="H4422"\w* \w are|strong="H3709"\w* right/\w are|strong="H3709"\w* not guilty [IDM] \w of|strong="H3709"\w* doing things \w that|strong="H4422"\w* \w are|strong="H3709"\w* wrong►.” \c 23 \s1 Job replied again \p \v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Job \w replied|strong="H6030"\w* \w again|strong="H6030"\w*, \q1 \v 2 “\w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am \w again|strong="H1571"\w* \w complaining|strong="H7879"\w* \w bitterly|strong="H1571"\w*/strongly \add to God\add*; \q2 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \add continue\add* groaning, \w but|strong="H3513"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* [SYN] \add continues to\add* ◄punish \w me|strong="H5921"\w*/cause \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* suffer►. \q1 \v 3 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* ◄\w wish|strong="H4310"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w*/want \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*► where \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w could|strong="H4310"\w* \w meet|strong="H4672"\w*/talk \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \q2 \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w could|strong="H4310"\w* go \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w place|strong="H5414"\w* where \w he|strong="H5704"\w* lives. \q1 \v 4 If \w I|strong="H6440"\w* \w could|strong="H4941"\w* do \w that|strong="H6310"\w*, \w I|strong="H6440"\w* would tell \w him|strong="H6440"\w* why \add I know that\add* \w I|strong="H6440"\w* am innocent; \q2 \w I|strong="H6440"\w* would tell [MTY] \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H6440"\w* ◄\w arguments|strong="H8433"\w*/\w evidence|strong="H6310"\w* \add to show that I have not done what is evil\add*►. \q1 \v 5 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w find|strong="H3045"\w* \w out|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w he|strong="H3045"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w reply|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H6030"\w* [DOU]. \q1 \v 6 \w Would|strong="H7227"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w use|strong="H1931"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w argue|strong="H7378"\w* \w with|strong="H7378"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w*? \q2 \w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w would|strong="H7227"\w* listen \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w* \w carefully|strong="H3808"\w*. \q1 \v 7 \w I|strong="H8033"\w* am ◄\w an|strong="H8033"\w* honest/\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w righteous|strong="H3477"\w*► man; \w so|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H8033"\w* \w would|strong="H3477"\w* \w be|strong="H5331"\w* able \w to|strong="H8033"\w* discuss \w things|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \add fairly\add*, \q2 \w and|strong="H8033"\w* then \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w would|strong="H3477"\w* declare \w that|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H8033"\w* am innocent, \add and that decision would endure\add* \w forever|strong="H5331"\w*. \b \q1 \v 8 “\w But|strong="H3808"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H1980"\w* \w east|strong="H6924"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H6924"\w*; \q2 \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H1980"\w* west, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* found \w him|strong="H1980"\w* \w there|strong="H6924"\w*. \q1 \v 9 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w gone|strong="H3808"\w* \w north|strong="H8040"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w gone|strong="H3808"\w* \w south|strong="H3225"\w*, \q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* anywhere. \q1 \v 10 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* conducted \w my|strong="H3045"\w* life; \q2 \w and|strong="H2091"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3318"\w* finished testing \w me|strong="H5978"\w*, \add he\add* \w will|strong="H1870"\w* \add see that\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \add am\add* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* pure \w as|strong="H3588"\w* [SIM] \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \add whose impurities have all been burned out\add*. \q1 \v 11 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* [SYN] \w have|strong="H3808"\w* faithfully walked \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* showed \w me|strong="H8104"\w*; \q2 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* stopped \add obeying\add* \w him|strong="H5186"\w*. \q1 \v 12 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H8193"\w* always obeyed \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* [SYN] \w commanded|strong="H4687"\w*; \q2 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H8193"\w* \w treasured|strong="H6845"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w words|strong="H8193"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H6310"\w* \w spoken|strong="H6310"\w*. \b \q1 \v 13 “\w He|strong="H1931"\w* never changes. \w There|strong="H7725"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* [RHQ] stop \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \add from doing what he desires\add*. \q2 Whatever \w he|strong="H1931"\w* wants \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w*. \q1 \v 14 \w And|strong="H2706"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7227"\w* finish doing \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w things|strong="H5973"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* planned \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H5973"\w*; \q2 \add and I am sure that\add* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* thought about doing \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w things|strong="H5973"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H5973"\w*. \q1 \v 15 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* am \w terrified|strong="H6342"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*; \q2 \w when|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* think \add about what he can do\add*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* am \w very|strong="H3651"\w* \w afraid|strong="H6342"\w* [DOU]. \q1 \v 16 \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* God \w has|strong="H3820"\w* caused \w me|strong="H3820"\w* [SYN] \w to|strong="H3820"\w* feel terrified [DOU]. \q1 \v 17 \add It is as though\add* \w there|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* thick \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am afraid \w of|strong="H6440"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*.” \c 24 \s1 Job continued his reply \q1 \v 1 “◄\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \add God\add* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w set|strong="H6845"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* judge \add evil people\add*?/\w I|strong="H3117"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w* \w why|strong="H4069"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \add God does\add* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w set|strong="H6845"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* judge \add evil people\add*.► [RHQ] \q2 Those \w who|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w him|strong="H3045"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w see|strong="H2372"\w* \w him|strong="H3045"\w* do \w that|strong="H3045"\w*! \q1 \v 2 \add Some evil people\add* \w remove|strong="H5381"\w* \w the|strong="H7462"\w* markers \w of|strong="H5739"\w* \w boundaries|strong="H1367"\w* \w of|strong="H5739"\w* \add other people’s\add* land, \add in order to steal their land\add*; \q2 they \w seize|strong="H1497"\w*/\w steal|strong="H1497"\w* \add other people’s\add* sheep \w and|strong="H7462"\w* \w put|strong="H5381"\w* \w them|strong="H7462"\w* \w in|strong="H7462"\w* \w their|strong="H1497"\w* own \w pastures|strong="H7462"\w*. \q1 \v 3 \add Some\add* ◄\w take|strong="H2254"\w* \w away|strong="H5090"\w*/steal► \w the|strong="H5090"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w* \w that|strong="H7794"\w* belong to \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H7794"\w* \w they|strong="H2254"\w* \w take|strong="H2254"\w* widow’s \w oxen|strong="H7794"\w* to guarantee \w that|strong="H7794"\w* \w the|strong="H5090"\w* widows will pay back \w the|strong="H5090"\w* money \w that|strong="H7794"\w* \w they|strong="H2254"\w* loaned to those widows. \q1 \v 4 \add Some\add* shove \w poor|strong="H6035"\w* people off \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, prevent \w poor|strong="H6035"\w* people \w from|strong="H5186"\w* ◄obtaining \w their|strong="H5186"\w* rights/being treated justly►), \q2 \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w they|strong="H1870"\w* force \w poor|strong="H6035"\w* people \w to|strong="H1870"\w* find places \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w hide|strong="H2244"\w* \w from|strong="H5186"\w* \w them|strong="H1870"\w*. \q1 \v 5 \w The|strong="H3318"\w* result \w is|strong="H3899"\w* \w that|strong="H5288"\w* poor \w people|strong="H5288"\w* \w have|strong="H5288"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* search \w for|strong="H3318"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w in|strong="H3899"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w desert|strong="H6160"\w* \q2 \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w wild|strong="H6501"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H6501"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w*. \q1 \v 6 \w The|strong="H7114"\w* poor \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7114"\w* left-over grain \w in|strong="H7114"\w* other \w people|strong="H7563"\w*’s \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w gather|strong="H7114"\w* grapes \w from|strong="H7704"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w that|strong="H7704"\w* belong \w to|strong="H7704"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w men|strong="H7563"\w*. \q1 \v 7 During \w the|strong="H3885"\w* \w night|strong="H3885"\w* \w they|strong="H3830"\w* have \w nothing|strong="H1097"\w* \w to|strong="H6174"\w* \w cover|strong="H3682"\w* their bodies, \q2 \w nothing|strong="H1097"\w* \w to|strong="H6174"\w* keep them warm. \q1 \v 8 When it \w rains|strong="H2230"\w* \w on|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, \w the|strong="H2022"\w* poor people become very \w wet|strong="H7372"\w*, \q2 \w so|strong="H1097"\w* they huddle under \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* ledges \w to|strong="H2022"\w* \w be|strong="H2022"\w* protected \add from the rain\add*. \q1 \v 9 \add Some evil men\add* \w snatch|strong="H1497"\w* infants \w away|strong="H1497"\w* from \w their|strong="H1497"\w* widowed mothers [SYN], \q2 \w and|strong="H6041"\w* \w they|strong="H6041"\w* say ‘I will return \w your|strong="H1497"\w* babies \w to|strong="H7699"\w* you when you repay \w the|strong="H1497"\w* money \w that|strong="H6041"\w* I lent \w to|strong="H7699"\w* you.’ \q1 \v 10 But \w the|strong="H5375"\w* poor people \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w around|strong="H1980"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w no|strong="H1097"\w* \w clothes|strong="H3830"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w*; \q2 \w they|strong="H5375"\w* are \w hungry|strong="H7456"\w* while \w they|strong="H5375"\w* are working \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \add other people’s\add* bundles \w of|strong="H1097"\w* grain \add to the places where their grain will be threshed\add*. \q1 \v 11 Poor people \w press|strong="H3342"\w* olives \w to|strong="H3342"\w* make \add olive\add* \w oil|strong="H6671"\w*; \q2 \w they|strong="H7791"\w* \w tread|strong="H1869"\w* \w on|strong="H1869"\w* grapes \add to make juice for wine\add*, \q2 \w but|strong="H3342"\w* \add they are not allowed to drink any of it when\add* \w they|strong="H7791"\w* become \w thirsty|strong="H6770"\w*. \q1 \v 12 \w In|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w wounded|strong="H2491"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* dying \w cry|strong="H7768"\w* \w out|strong="H7768"\w* \add to God for help\add*, \q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* heed \w their|strong="H7760"\w* prayers. \b \q1 \v 13 \w Some|strong="H1992"\w* wicked \w people|strong="H3427"\w* avoid \w the|strong="H1870"\w* light \add because they do evil things in the dark\add*; \q2 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w walk|strong="H1870"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w roads|strong="H1870"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* lighted. \q1 \v 14 \w Murderers|strong="H7523"\w* steal \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w during|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3915"\w* \w arise|strong="H6965"\w* \w before|strong="H6965"\w* dawn \w in|strong="H6965"\w* order \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3915"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \add go out again and\add* \w kill|strong="H7523"\w* \w needy|strong="H6041"\w* [DOU] people. \q1 \v 15 Those \w who|strong="H8104"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w commit|strong="H5003"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w* \w wait|strong="H8104"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w twilight|strong="H5399"\w*/\w evening|strong="H5399"\w*; \q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* say ‘\w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* anyone \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w see|strong="H5869"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*,’ \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w their|strong="H7760"\w* \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* covered. \q1 \v 16 \w It|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H1004"\w* during \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w night|strong="H2822"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* robbers break \w into|strong="H2864"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \add to steal things\add*, \q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* during \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* hide because \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* avoid \add being seen in\add* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* light. \q1 \v 17 \w All|strong="H3162"\w* \w of|strong="H6757"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \add people\add* want \w to|strong="H1242"\w* do \w their|strong="H3588"\w* evil things at night, \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3162"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \add when it is light\add*, \q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1091"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* afraid \w of|strong="H6757"\w* \add the things that happen during the\add* night \w that|strong="H3588"\w* terrify others.” \s1 (Final speech by Zophar) \q1 \v 18 “\add But it is wicked people\add* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* swept/\w carried|strong="H5921"\w* \w away|strong="H6437"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* floods, \q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w curses|strong="H7043"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H2513"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H6440"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w goes|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* work \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*. \q1 \v 19 \w Just|strong="H1571"\w* \w like|strong="H7950"\w* \w the|strong="H1571"\w* \w snow|strong="H7950"\w* melts \w away|strong="H1497"\w* \w when|strong="H1571"\w* \w it|strong="H4325"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w hot|strong="H2527"\w* \w and|strong="H4325"\w* there \w is|strong="H1571"\w* no \w rain|strong="H4325"\w*, \q2 those who \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* disappear \w into|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H1571"\w* \w place|strong="H6723"\w* where dead \w people|strong="H1571"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w*. \q1 \v 20 \w Not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H5750"\w* \w their|strong="H7665"\w* \w mothers|strong="H7911"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w them|strong="H7665"\w* now; \q2 \w wicked|strong="H5766"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H7415"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7665"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w that|strong="H6086"\w* \w are|strong="H7415"\w* cut \w down|strong="H7665"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w maggots|strong="H7415"\w* eat \w their|strong="H7665"\w* corpses. \q1 \v 21 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* mistreat women \w who|strong="H7462"\w* \w have|strong="H7462"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w unable|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w children|strong="H3205"\w* \w and|strong="H3205"\w* women \w who|strong="H7462"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H7462"\w* \w children|strong="H3205"\w* \add to take care of them\add*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3205"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \w good|strong="H3190"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3205"\w* widows. \q1 \v 22 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \w by|strong="H6965"\w* \w his|strong="H6965"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w*, \w gets|strong="H6965"\w* rid \w of|strong="H2416"\w* \w mighty|strong="H3581"\w*/influential \w people|strong="H3808"\w*. \q2 \w God|strong="H3808"\w* acts \w and|strong="H6965"\w* causes \w the|strong="H6965"\w* wicked \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H6965"\w* die. \q1 \v 23 \w God|strong="H5414"\w* allows \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* secure \w and|strong="H5869"\w* safe, \q2 \w but|strong="H1870"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w watching|strong="H5869"\w* [MTY] \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H5921"\w*. \q1 \v 24 \w They|strong="H3605"\w* prosper \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w while|strong="H4592"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w then|strong="H3605"\w* \add suddenly\add* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H7641"\w* gone; \q2 \w they|strong="H3605"\w* disappear \w like|strong="H7218"\w* weeds \w wither|strong="H5243"\w* \w and|strong="H7218"\w* die; \q2 \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H7641"\w* \w like|strong="H7218"\w* [SIM] stalks \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w grain|strong="H7641"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H4592"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* cut \w off|strong="H5243"\w*. \q1 \v 25 \w If|strong="H7760"\w* \w this|strong="H7760"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* true, \w is|strong="H4310"\w* there [RHQ] anyone \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w show|strong="H7760"\w* \w that|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* am \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w liar|strong="H3576"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H3808"\w* \w prove|strong="H3576"\w* \w that|strong="H4310"\w* \w what|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w have|strong="H4405"\w* \w said|strong="H4405"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* true?” \c 25 \s1 Bildad’s final reply \p \v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Bildad|strong="H1085"\w* \add also\add* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, \q1 \v 2 “God \w is|strong="H6213"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* powerful; everyone \w should|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H7965"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* awesome \w respect|strong="H6343"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*; \q2 \w he|strong="H6213"\w* causes everything \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H7965"\w* \w peaceful|strong="H7965"\w* \w high|strong="H4791"\w* \w up|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w heaven|strong="H4791"\w*. \q1 \v 3 ◄\w Can|strong="H4310"\w* anyone \w count|strong="H4557"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* angels \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H1416"\w* \add in heaven\add*?/\w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w count|strong="H4557"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* angels \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H1416"\w* \add in heaven\add*.► [RHQ] \q2 ◄\w Is|strong="H3426"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w any|strong="H3426"\w* place \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* light \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* shine?/\w There|strong="H3426"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* place \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* light \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* shine.► [RHQ] \q1 \v 4 So, ◄\w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* God consider anyone \w to|strong="H3205"\w* be \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w*?/God certainly cannot consider anyone \w to|strong="H3205"\w* be \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w*.► [RHQ] \q2 ◄\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* any human being be truly \w pure|strong="H2135"\w*?/No human being \w can|strong="H4100"\w* be truly \w pure|strong="H2135"\w*.► [RHQ] \q1 \v 5 \w Consider|strong="H5869"\w* \w this|strong="H5869"\w*: \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w consider|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* full \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* bright, \q2 \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w consider|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* spotless. \q1 \v 6 \w So|strong="H3588"\w*, ◄\w what|strong="H3588"\w* about humans?/\w he|strong="H3588"\w* does \w not|strong="H3588"\w* consider humans \add to be important\add*.► [RHQ] \q2 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \add as insignificant as\add* [MET] \w maggots|strong="H7415"\w*. \q2 \add God does not think more highly of\add* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \add than he thinks of\add* \w worms|strong="H8438"\w*.” \c 26 \s1 Job replied to Bildad again \p \v 1 Job \w replied|strong="H6030"\w* \add to Bildad\add*, saying this \add sarcastically\add*: \q1 \v 2 “\w I|strong="H3808"\w* am \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very \w weak|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H5797"\w* \w helpless|strong="H3581"\w* man; \q2 \w and|strong="H5797"\w* ◄\w you|strong="H3808"\w* \add certainly\add* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w helped|strong="H5826"\w* \w me|strong="H3467"\w* [SAR] very \w much|strong="H4100"\w*!/\add do you think that\add* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w helped|strong="H5826"\w* \w me|strong="H3467"\w* [SAR] very \w much|strong="H4100"\w*?► [RHQ] \q1 \v 3 ◄\w You|strong="H3045"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w counseled|strong="H3289"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w well|strong="H3045"\w*—\w I|strong="H3045"\w*, \w who|strong="H4100"\w* am \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w*./\add Do you think that\add* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w counseled|strong="H3289"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w well|strong="H3045"\w*—\w I|strong="H3045"\w*, \w who|strong="H4100"\w* am \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w*?► [RHQ] \q1 ◄\add I’m sure you think that\add* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w given|strong="H3289"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H7230"\w* \w very|strong="H3045"\w* \w good|strong="H4100"\w* \w advice|strong="H3289"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*. [RHQ] \q1 \v 4 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* helped \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w say|strong="H4405"\w* \w all|strong="H4480"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \add great/wise\add* things? \q2 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* inspired \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w speak|strong="H4405"\w* \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* did?” \s1 Bildad replied \q1 \v 5 “\add Because\add* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w spirits|strong="H7496"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w dead|strong="H7496"\w* people \add are afraid\add*, \q2 \add they\add* \w tremble|strong="H2342"\w* \w in|strong="H7931"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w* deep \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* earth. \q1 \v 6 God knows all \w about|strong="H5048"\w* \add those who are in\add* \w the|strong="H5048"\w* place \w of|strong="H5048"\w* \w the|strong="H5048"\w* dead; \q2 \w there|strong="H6174"\w* \w is|strong="H6174"\w* nothing down \w there|strong="H6174"\w* that prevents God \w from|strong="H5048"\w* seeing what \w is|strong="H6174"\w* \w there|strong="H6174"\w*. \q1 \v 7 God \w stretched|strong="H5186"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* earth \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* huge \w empty|strong="H8414"\w* \w space|strong="H8414"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H6828"\w* caused \w the|strong="H5921"\w* earth \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* \w nothing|strong="H8414"\w* \add to support it\add*. \q1 \v 8 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* fills \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w thick|strong="H5645"\w*/dense \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* \w with|strong="H4325"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H4325"\w* prevents \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H8478"\w* bursting \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w*. \q1 \v 9 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* causes \w clouds|strong="H6051"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* ◄obscure/prevent \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* seeing► \w the|strong="H6440"\w* moon. \q1 \v 10 \w He|strong="H5704"\w* separated \w the|strong="H6440"\w* light \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* put \w the|strong="H6440"\w* horizon \w to|strong="H5704"\w* mark \w the|strong="H6440"\w* place \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w night|strong="H2822"\w* \w ends|strong="H5704"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* daytime begins. \q1 \v 11 When \add he is angry, it is as though\add* \w he|strong="H8064"\w* rebukes \w the|strong="H8064"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* \w that|strong="H8064"\w* hold up \w the|strong="H8064"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*. \q2 \w They|strong="H1606"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w* ◄\w shocked|strong="H8539"\w*/very fearful►, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w they|strong="H1606"\w* \w tremble|strong="H7322"\w*. \q1 \v 12 \w With|strong="H3220"\w* \w his|strong="H3220"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* \w he|strong="H8394"\w* calmed \w the|strong="H4272"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*; \q2 \w with|strong="H3220"\w* \w his|strong="H3220"\w* \w skill|strong="H8394"\w*/\w wisdom|strong="H8394"\w* \w he|strong="H8394"\w* destroyed \w Rahab|strong="H7293"\w*, \w the|strong="H4272"\w* huge \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* monster. \q1 \v 13 \w With|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* caused \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* bright/clear; \q2 \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w killed|strong="H2490"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* great dragon \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* sea. \q1 \v 14 \w But|strong="H8085"\w* \w those|strong="H8085"\w* \w events|strong="H1697"\w* \w show|strong="H8085"\w* only \w a|strong="H3068"\w* small \w amount|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w power|strong="H1369"\w*; \q2 \add it is as though\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w hearing|strong="H8085"\w* only whispers \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* powerful voice. \q2 \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w thunder|strong="H7482"\w*, \add we say,\add* ‘◄\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* really \w understand|strong="H8085"\w* \add how great\add* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w power|strong="H1369"\w* \add is\add*/\w No|strong="H4310"\w* \w one|strong="H1697"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \add really\add* \w understand|strong="H8085"\w* \add how great\add* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w power|strong="H1369"\w* \add is\add*!► [RHQ]’” \c 27 \s1 Job replied one more time \p \v 1 Job replied \w again|strong="H3254"\w* \add to his three friends\add*, \q1 \v 2 “\w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* God \w has|strong="H5315"\w* refused \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w treat|strong="H4941"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w justly|strong="H4941"\w*/\w fairly|strong="H4941"\w*. \q2 \w He|strong="H5315"\w* \w has|strong="H5315"\w* caused \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* feel \w bitter|strong="H4843"\w*/resentful. \q2 But \add just as surely\add* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w he|strong="H5315"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \q1 \v 3 \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w long|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* God’s \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* enables \w me|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H7307"\w* \w breathe|strong="H5397"\w*, \q1 \v 4 I \w will|strong="H3956"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* lie; \q2 I [SYN] \w will|strong="H3956"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* anything \w to|strong="H1696"\w* deceive anyone. \q1 \v 5 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* admit \w that|strong="H4480"\w* what \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \add three\add* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* said \w is|strong="H3808"\w* true; \q2 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* day \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w die|strong="H1478"\w*, \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* insist \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* done \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w are|strong="H4480"\w* wrong. \q1 \v 6 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* say \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am \w innocent|strong="H6666"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* ◄say \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* different/change what \w I|strong="H3117"\w* say►; \q2 \w my|strong="H2388"\w* conscience \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w reproach|strong="H2778"\w* \w me|strong="H2388"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w*. \b \q1 \v 7 “\w I|strong="H6965"\w* want \w my|strong="H6965"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \add punished\add* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H6965"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people are punished\add*; \q2 \w I|strong="H6965"\w* want \add God to punish\add* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w who|strong="H7563"\w* oppose \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \add he punishes all\add* \w unrighteous|strong="H5767"\w* \add people\add*. \q1 \v 8 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \add it is time for\add* God \add to\add* \w get|strong="H1214"\w* rid \w of|strong="H5315"\w* \w godless|strong="H2611"\w*/wicked \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \add to\add* cause \w them|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* die, \q2 there \w is|strong="H4100"\w* absolutely \w nothing|strong="H4100"\w* \w good|strong="H4100"\w* [RHQ] \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* confidently expect \add to happen to them\add*. \q1 \v 9 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* experience \w troubles|strong="H6869"\w*, ◄\w will|strong="H8085"\w* God \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w call|strong="H8085"\w* \add out to him for help\add*?/God \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w call|strong="H8085"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \add to him for help\add*.► [RHQ] \q1 \v 10 ◄\w Will|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3605"\w* happy \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \add God\add* does?/\w They|strong="H5921"\w* certainly \w will|strong="H7121"\w* \w not|strong="H6256"\w* \w be|strong="H3605"\w* happy \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \add God\add* does.► [RHQ] \q2 ◄\w Will|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \add begin to\add* \w pray|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* frequently?/\w They|strong="H5921"\w* certainly \w will|strong="H7121"\w* \w not|strong="H6256"\w* \add begin to\add* \w pray|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* frequently.► [RHQ] \q2 \add Certainly not!\add* \b \q1 \v 11 “\w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \add three\add* something \w about|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* [MTY]; \q2 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* reveal what \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* thinking. \q1 \v 12 \w But|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \add three\add* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w seen|strong="H2372"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3605"\w* \add what God has done\add*; \q2 \w so|strong="H2088"\w* ◄\w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* saying \w such|strong="H2088"\w* nonsense?/\w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w be|strong="H3605"\w* saying \w such|strong="H2088"\w* nonsense.► [RHQ] \b \q1 \v 13 “\add I will tell you\add* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* God \w does|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w*, \q2 \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w things|strong="H5973"\w* \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w he|strong="H2088"\w* \w does|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w who|strong="H2088"\w* oppress others. \q1 \v 14 \add Even\add* \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \add many of\add* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w die|strong="H2719"\w* \w 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clothes \w like|strong="H3701"\w* [SIM] those clothes \w were|strong="H3701"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* pile \w of|strong="H6083"\w* \w clay|strong="H2563"\w*, \q1 \v 17 \w but|strong="H6662"\w* \add those wicked people will die, and then\add* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* people \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w wear|strong="H3847"\w* those \w clothes|strong="H3847"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3701"\w* honest/\w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* people \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w get|strong="H3559"\w* \w their|strong="H3559"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w divide|strong="H2505"\w* \w it|strong="H3559"\w* \add among themselves\add*. \q1 \v 18 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \add as frail/fragile\add* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* [SIM] spider webs, \q2 \w or|strong="H1004"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* flimsy huts \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w watchmen|strong="H5341"\w* live \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \add while they guard people’s fields\add*. \q1 \v 19 Wicked \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* \w when|strong="H7901"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \add at night\add*, \q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w when|strong="H7901"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* wake up \add in the morning, they find out that\add* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* money \w has|strong="H5869"\w* \w disappeared|strong="H5869"\w*. \b \q1 \v 20 “Things \w that|strong="H4325"\w* terrify \w them|strong="H5381"\w* [PRS] strike \w them|strong="H5381"\w* like \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flood|strong="H4325"\w* [SIM]; \q2 during \w the|strong="H3915"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5492"\w* \w carries|strong="H1589"\w* \w them|strong="H5381"\w* \w away|strong="H1589"\w*. \q1 \v 21 \add It is as though\add* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w wind|strong="H6921"\w* \w from|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w east|strong="H6921"\w* \w picks|strong="H5375"\w* \w them|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w carries|strong="H5375"\w* \w them|strong="H5375"\w* \w away|strong="H5375"\w* \w from|strong="H3212"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* homes, \q2 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w they|strong="H5375"\w* disappear. \q1 \v 22 \w That|strong="H3027"\w* wind strikes \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* pitying \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \q2 \w while|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* running \w away|strong="H7993"\w*, trying \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w escape|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w force|strong="H3027"\w*/\w power|strong="H3027"\w* [MTY]. \q1 \v 23 \w That|strong="H4725"\w* wind \add is like someone\add* clapping \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* [MET] \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \add to ridicule them\add*, \q2 howling \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w wherever|strong="H4725"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* run \w to|strong="H5921"\w*.” \c 28 \s1 Job states some general truths about God’s wisdom \q1 \v 1 “\w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* true \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w* \w places|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* men dig \w to|strong="H4725"\w* find \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w* \w places|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* people \w refine|strong="H2212"\w*/purify \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \add that they have dug\add*. \q1 \v 2 People dig \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \add ore\add* \w out|strong="H3947"\w* \w of|strong="H6083"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w ground|strong="H6083"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3947"\w* \w they|strong="H3947"\w* ◄smelt \w copper|strong="H5154"\w* ore/heat \w copper|strong="H5154"\w* ore \w to|strong="H3947"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w copper|strong="H5154"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H3947"\w*►. \q1 \v 3 \w Men|strong="H3605"\w* \w use|strong="H1931"\w* lamps \w while|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w work|strong="H7760"\w* \w far|strong="H3605"\w* \w down|strong="H7760"\w* \w under|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground \q2 \w to|strong="H7093"\w* \w search|strong="H2713"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ore inside \w the|strong="H3605"\w* mines \q2 where \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* very \w dark|strong="H2822"\w*. \q1 \v 4 \w They|strong="H7272"\w* dig ◄shafts/narrow holes very deep \w down|strong="H6555"\w* \w into|strong="H6555"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* ground► \w in|strong="H1481"\w* places \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w are|strong="H7272"\w* \w far|strong="H4480"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w where|strong="H4480"\w* \w people|strong="H5128"\w* \w live|strong="H1481"\w*, \q2 \w where|strong="H4480"\w* travelers do \w not|strong="H4480"\w* \w go|strong="H7272"\w*. \q1 \w They|strong="H7272"\w* work \w far|strong="H4480"\w* \w away|strong="H4480"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \add other\add* \w people|strong="H5128"\w*, \q2 swinging back \w and|strong="H7272"\w* \w forth|strong="H6555"\w* \w on|strong="H5973"\w* ropes \add as they descend into the mine shafts\add*. \q1 \v 5 \w Food|strong="H3899"\w* \w grows|strong="H3318"\w* \w on|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* surface \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* ground, \q2 but down \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* ground, \add where there is no food,\add* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* miners \w make|strong="H2015"\w* fires \w to|strong="H3318"\w* break apart \w the|strong="H4480"\w* rocks. \q1 \v 6 \w The|strong="H4725"\w* stones \add that are dug from under the ground\add* contain ◄\w sapphires|strong="H5601"\w*/very valuable blue stones►, \q2 \w and|strong="H2091"\w* \w the|strong="H4725"\w* \w dirt|strong="H6083"\w* contains bits \w of|strong="H4725"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. \q1 \v 7 \add Some birds have very good eyes,\add* \q1 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* hawks \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \add where the mines are\add*, \q2 \w and|strong="H5869"\w* falcons/vultures \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w seen|strong="H5869"\w* those places. \q1 \v 8 Lions \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \add other\add* \w proud|strong="H7830"\w* wild animals \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w walked|strong="H1869"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* roads \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* mines. \q1 \v 9 Miners tear apart [MTY] very hard \w rock|strong="H2496"\w*; \q2 \add it is as though\add* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* \w turn|strong="H2015"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* upside \w down|strong="H7971"\w* \add to get the ore\add*. \q1 \v 10 \w They|strong="H3605"\w* cut tunnels \w through|strong="H1234"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rocks|strong="H6697"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w find|strong="H7200"\w* ◄\w precious|strong="H3366"\w*/very valuable► \w things|strong="H3605"\w*. \q1 \v 11 \w They|strong="H3318"\w* dam \w up|strong="H2280"\w* small \w streams|strong="H5104"\w* \w in|strong="H3318"\w* order \w that|strong="H5104"\w* water does \w not|strong="H3318"\w* \w flow|strong="H3318"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H3318"\w* \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H2280"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* light valuable things \w that|strong="H5104"\w* \w are|strong="H5104"\w* \w hidden|strong="H8587"\w* \add in the ground and in the streams\add*. \b \q1 \v 12 “But \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*: \w Where|strong="H4725"\w* can people \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w that|strong="H2088"\w*? \q2 \w Where|strong="H4725"\w* can \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w out|strong="H4672"\w* how \w to|strong="H4725"\w* truly understand things? \q1 \v 13 Humans do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w it|strong="H3045"\w*; \q2 \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H3045"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w it|strong="H3045"\w* \add here on this earth\add* \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3045"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w*. \q1 \v 14 \add It is as though\add* water \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w deep|strong="H8415"\w* \add inside the earth\add* \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \add water that is in\add* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w seas|strong="H3220"\w* say [PRS], \q2 ‘Wisdom \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* here!’ \q1 \v 15 \add People\add* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* buy wisdom \q2 \w by|strong="H5414"\w* \w paying|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H8478"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H5414"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w gold|strong="H5458"\w*. \q1 \v 16 Wisdom \w is|strong="H3808"\w* worth much \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w fine|strong="H3800"\w* \w gold|strong="H3800"\w* \w from|strong="H3808"\w* Ophir \add land\add* \q2 \w or|strong="H3808"\w* other very \w valuable|strong="H3368"\w* stones. \q1 \v 17 \w It|strong="H6186"\w* \w is|strong="H2091"\w* worth much \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* beautiful \w glass|strong="H2137"\w*, \q2 worth \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* vases \w made|strong="H3627"\w* \w from|strong="H2091"\w* \w fine|strong="H6337"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. \q1 \v 18 \w Wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w is|strong="H2451"\w* worth \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w coral|strong="H7215"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w crystal|strong="H1378"\w*/pure quartz; \q2 \w the|strong="H2142"\w* \w price|strong="H4901"\w* \w of|strong="H2451"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w is|strong="H2451"\w* higher/\w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H2142"\w* \w price|strong="H4901"\w* \w of|strong="H2451"\w* \w pearls|strong="H6443"\w*. \q1 \v 19 \w The|strong="H3808"\w* prices \w of|strong="H3800"\w* ◄\w topaz|strong="H6357"\w*/very valuable yellow stones► \w from|strong="H6186"\w* \w Ethiopia|strong="H3568"\w* \w and|strong="H3568"\w* \w of|strong="H3800"\w* \w pure|strong="H2889"\w* \w gold|strong="H3800"\w* \q2 \w are|strong="H3808"\w* lower/less \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* price \w of|strong="H3800"\w* wisdom. \b \q1 \v 20 “\w So|strong="H2088"\w*, \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w does|strong="H2088"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* come \w from|strong="H4725"\w*? \q2 \w Where|strong="H4725"\w* can \w we|strong="H3068"\w* find \w out|strong="H4725"\w* how \w to|strong="H4725"\w* truly understand things? \q1 \v 21 \w No|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* humans \w can|strong="H5869"\w* \w see|strong="H5869"\w* \w it|strong="H5869"\w* [MTY]; \q2 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w cannot|strong="H8064"\w* \w see|strong="H5869"\w* \w it|strong="H5869"\w* \w while|strong="H5869"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w flying|strong="H5775"\w* [MTY]. \q1 \v 22 \add It is as though\add* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* places where \w people|strong="H4194"\w* go after \w they|strong="H8085"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w* say [PRS], \q2 ‘\w We|strong="H8085"\w* \w have|strong="H4194"\w* only \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* rumors \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \add where to find wisdom\add*.’ \q1 \v 23 God \add is the only one who\add* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w find|strong="H3045"\w* wisdom; \q2 \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w*, \q1 \v 24 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* most remote/distant \w places|strong="H8478"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*; \q2 \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w below|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*. \q1 \v 25 \w When|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* decided \w how|strong="H6213"\w* strongly \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w winds|strong="H7307"\w* \w should|strong="H6213"\w* blow, \q2 \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w how|strong="H6213"\w* \w much|strong="H6213"\w* \w rain|strong="H4325"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H7307"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* clouds, \q1 \v 26 \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w when|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* decided where \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \add should fall\add*, \q2 \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w* \w lightning|strong="H2385"\w* \w should|strong="H6213"\w* \w take|strong="H6213"\w* \add from the clouds down to the ground\add*, \q1 \v 27 \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* time \w he|strong="H7200"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* wisdom \w and|strong="H7200"\w* decided \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* extremely valuable. \q2 \w He|strong="H7200"\w* \w examined|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* ◄approved \w it|strong="H7200"\w*/said \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H1571"\w* \w very|strong="H1571"\w* good►. \q1 \v 28 \w And|strong="H2451"\w* \add then\add* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* said \w to|strong="H5493"\w* humans, ‘\w Listen|strong="H2005"\w*! \w To|strong="H5493"\w* \w have|strong="H7451"\w* an \w awesome|strong="H3374"\w* respect \w for|strong="H7451"\w* \w me|strong="H5493"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \add what will enable you to become\add* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*; \q2 \w and|strong="H2451"\w* \w to|strong="H5493"\w* truly understand everything, \w you|strong="H5493"\w* must first \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.’” \c 29 \s1 Job’s final speech \p \v 1 Job spoke \w again|strong="H3254"\w*, \q1 \v 2 “\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w wish|strong="H4310"\w*/desire \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w could|strong="H4310"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w like|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* previously, \q2 \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w took|strong="H5414"\w* \w care|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*. \q1 \v 3 During \w those|strong="H5921"\w* years, \add it was as though\add* God’s \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w* [MET] \w shone|strong="H1984"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* gave \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w light|strong="H5216"\w* \w while|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*. \q1 \v 4 \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w young|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* strong, \q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* God \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* friend, \add he protected\add* [PRS] \w my|strong="H5921"\w* tent. \q1 \v 5 \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \add God\add* \w was|strong="H5288"\w* \w with|strong="H5750"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w* during those years \q2 \w when|strong="H5750"\w* \w all|strong="H5439"\w* \w my|strong="H5439"\w* \w children|strong="H5288"\w* \w were|strong="H5288"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w*. \q1 \v 6 \add My herds\add* provided \w me|strong="H5978"\w* \w with|strong="H7364"\w* plenty \w of|strong="H6388"\w* milk, \q2 \w and|strong="H8081"\w* \w streams|strong="H6388"\w* \w of|strong="H6388"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* flowed \w from|strong="H6694"\w* \w the|strong="H7364"\w* \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* where \w my|strong="H7364"\w* olives \w were|strong="H1978"\w* pressed. \b \q1 \v 7 “Whenever \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \add the place where the elders gathered at\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H7176"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* sat \w down|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \q1 \v 8 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w when|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, \w they|strong="H7200"\w* stepped aside \add respectfully\add*, \q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w old|strong="H3453"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \add also\add* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \add respectfully\add*. \q1 \v 9 \w The|strong="H7760"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w people|strong="H3709"\w* \w stopped|strong="H6113"\w* \w talking|strong="H4405"\w* [DOU], \q1 \v 10 \w and|strong="H6963"\w* even \w the|strong="H6963"\w* most important men became quiet \q2 \w and|strong="H6963"\w* ceased talking [MTY] \add in order to hear me speak to them\add*. \q1 \v 11 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* [SYN] \w all|strong="H7200"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add what I told them\add*, \q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w good|strong="H5869"\w* things \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*. \q1 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* [SYN] \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* done), \w they|strong="H3588"\w* commended \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, \q1 \v 12 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w helped|strong="H5826"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w cried|strong="H7768"\w* \w out|strong="H4422"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H6041"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* aided/\w helped|strong="H5826"\w* \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w* \w who|strong="H6041"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w else|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*. \q1 \v 13 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* who \w were|strong="H5921"\w* suffering \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* die praised [PRS] \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* caused widows [SYN] \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w sing|strong="H7442"\w* \w joyfully|strong="H7442"\w*, \add because of my helping them\add*. \q1 \v 14 I always acted \w justly|strong="H4941"\w*; \q2 \w my|strong="H4941"\w* continually doing \w that|strong="H4598"\w* \w was|strong="H4598"\w* \w like|strong="H4941"\w* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w robe|strong="H4598"\w* \w that|strong="H4598"\w* I \w wore|strong="H3847"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w turban|strong="H6797"\w* \add that was wrapped around my head\add*. \q1 \v 15 \add It was as though\add* [MET] \w I|strong="H5869"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w for|strong="H5869"\w* \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w for|strong="H5869"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w who|strong="H5787"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w lame|strong="H6455"\w*. \q1 \v 16 \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* father \w to|strong="H3045"\w* poor \w people|strong="H3808"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* courts \w I|strong="H3045"\w* defended those \w who|strong="H3045"\w* were strangers. \q1 \v 17 \w My|strong="H7993"\w* causing \w wicked|strong="H5767"\w* people \add to be unable to continue oppressing others was like\add* [MET] \w breaking|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* \w fangs|strong="H4973"\w* \add of fierce wild animals\add* \q2 \w and|strong="H7665"\w* forcing \w them|strong="H7993"\w* \w to|strong="H7993"\w* drop \w from|strong="H7993"\w* \w their|strong="H7665"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w*/mouths \w the|strong="H7665"\w* animals that they had caught/seized. \b \q1 \v 18 “\w At|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* thought, ‘Surely \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* securely, \w until|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am \w very|strong="H7235"\w* \w old|strong="H3117"\w* [SIM], \q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w die|strong="H1478"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* home \add with my family\add*.’ \q1 \v 19 I \w was|strong="H4325"\w* \add like a tree\add* [MET] whose \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* \w reach|strong="H6605"\w* down \w into|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H3885"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H4325"\w* whose \w 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more|strong="H3808"\w*; \q2 \add it was as though\add* [MET] \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w fell|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* ears \add like refreshing drops of rain\add*. \q1 \v 23 \w They|strong="H6310"\w* \w waited|strong="H3176"\w* \w for|strong="H3176"\w* me \add to speak\add* like \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w wait|strong="H3176"\w* \w for|strong="H3176"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w*; \q2 \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \add appreciated what I said\add* like [MET] \add farmers appreciate\add* \w the|strong="H6310"\w* final \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w in|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H6310"\w* \w spring|strong="H4456"\w* \add before the dry season\add*. \q1 \v 24 \w When|strong="H5307"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H6440"\w* discouraged, \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w smiled|strong="H7832"\w* \w at|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \add to encourage them\add*; \q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* became encouraged \w when|strong="H5307"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* saw \w that|strong="H5307"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* approved \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*. \q1 \v 25 \w I|strong="H1870"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H1870"\w* \w leader|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w I|strong="H1870"\w* \w decided|strong="H5162"\w* \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w things|strong="H7218"\w* \add would be good for them to do\add*; \q2 \w I|strong="H1870"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H3427"\w* \w like|strong="H1870"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H5162"\w* \w troops|strong="H1416"\w*; \q2 \w I|strong="H1870"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w like|strong="H1870"\w* someone \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w comforts|strong="H5162"\w* \add others\add* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* \w mourning|strong="H5162"\w*.” \c 30 \s1 Job ridicules the fathers of young men \q1 \v 1 “\w But|strong="H6258"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* men who \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w younger|strong="H6810"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am \w make|strong="H7896"\w* fun \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*— \q2 men whose fathers \w I|strong="H3117"\w* greatly \w despised|strong="H3988"\w*, \q2 \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w result|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* would \w not|strong="H3988"\w* \w even|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* allowed \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w help|strong="H4480"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* guard \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*. \q1 \v 2 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* men \w who|strong="H4100"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* old \w and|strong="H3027"\w* ◄weak/worn \w out|strong="H5921"\w*►; \q2 \w so|strong="H1571"\w* ◄\w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w could|strong="H1571"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* gain \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* working \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*?/\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* gained \w nothing|strong="H4100"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* working \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.► [RHQ] \q1 \v 3 \w They|strong="H7722"\w* were very poor \w and|strong="H6723"\w* hungry, \q2 with \w the|strong="H6207"\w* result that \w they|strong="H7722"\w* chewed on roots \add at night\add* \q2 in \w dry|strong="H6723"\w* \w and|strong="H6723"\w* \w desolate|strong="H7722"\w* \w places|strong="H6723"\w*. \q1 \v 4 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* pulled \w up|strong="H5921"\w* plants \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* desert \add and ate them\add* \q2 \w and|strong="H3899"\w* warmed \w themselves|strong="H5921"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \add burning\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w broom|strong="H7574"\w* trees. \q1 \v 5 Everyone \w shouted|strong="H7321"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w as|strong="H5921"\w* though \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H4480"\w* \w thieves|strong="H1590"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H4480"\w* \w expelled|strong="H1644"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \add from their areas\add*. \q1 \v 6 They \w were|strong="H5158"\w* forced \w to|strong="H6083"\w* \w live|strong="H7931"\w* \w in|strong="H7931"\w* \w caves|strong="H2356"\w* \w in|strong="H7931"\w* \w the|strong="H7931"\w* hills, \q2 \w in|strong="H7931"\w* \w holes|strong="H2356"\w* \w in|strong="H7931"\w* \w the|strong="H7931"\w* \w ground|strong="H6083"\w*, \w and|strong="H6083"\w* \w in|strong="H7931"\w* \w the|strong="H7931"\w* sides \w of|strong="H5158"\w* \w cliffs|strong="H6083"\w*. \q1 \v 7 \w In|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w bushes|strong="H7880"\w* \w they|strong="H7880"\w* howled \add like animals because they were hungry\add*, \q2 \w and|strong="H8478"\w* \w they|strong="H7880"\w* huddled \w together|strong="H5596"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* thornbushes. \q1 \v 8 \w They|strong="H1571"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w without|strong="H1097"\w* good sense, \q2 \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* knows; \q1 \w they|strong="H1571"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* been expelled \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* land \add where they were born\add*. \s1 Job stated how he was despised \q1 \v 9 “\w And|strong="H6258"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \add children\add* sing \w songs|strong="H5058"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* make fun \w of|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*. \q2 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* tell jokes \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*. \q1 \v 10 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w disgusted|strong="H8581"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \add usually\add* stay \w away|strong="H7368"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \q2 \add but when they see me,\add* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* happy \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w spit|strong="H7536"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H4480"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*. \q1 \v 11 \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \add it is as though\add* [MET] \w God|strong="H7971"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* cut \w my|strong="H7971"\w* \w bowstring|strong="H3499"\w*, \add he has caused me to be unable to defend myself,\add* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w humbled|strong="H6031"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w my|strong="H7971"\w* enemies \w have|strong="H3588"\w* done \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* whatever \w they|strong="H3588"\w* wanted. \q1 \v 12 ◄Gangs/Groups \w of|strong="H5921"\w* violent youths► \w attack|strong="H6965"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* force \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* run \w away|strong="H7971"\w*; \q2 \w they|strong="H5921"\w* prepare \w to|strong="H7971"\w* destroy \w me|strong="H7971"\w*. \q1 \v 13 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* prevent \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w from|strong="H3808"\w* escaping, \q2 \w and|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \add do\add* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add need\add* anyone \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w them|strong="H3276"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, there \w is|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*). \q1 \v 14 \add It is as though I am a city wall and\add* [SIM] \w they|strong="H8478"\w* have broken through \w the|strong="H8478"\w* wall, \q2 \w and|strong="H7342"\w* \w they|strong="H8478"\w* have come crashing \w down|strong="H1556"\w* \w on|strong="H8478"\w* \w me|strong="H8478"\w*. \q1 \v 15 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* am very \w terrified|strong="H1091"\w*; \q2 \w My|strong="H5921"\w* dignity/\w honor|strong="H5082"\w* \w has|strong="H7307"\w* \w been|strong="H5674"\w* \w taken|strong="H5674"\w* \w away|strong="H5674"\w* \w as|strong="H7291"\w* though [SIM] \add it has been\add* blown \w away|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H5674"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w prosperity|strong="H3444"\w* \w has|strong="H7307"\w* disappeared \w like|strong="H7307"\w* [SIM] \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* disappear. \s1 Job stated that God also mistreated him \q1 \v 16 “\w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* [SYN] am \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* die [IDM]; \q2 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* suffer \w every|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. \q1 \v 17 \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* ache during \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3915"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* pain \w that|strong="H3808"\w* torments \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* stops. \q1 \v 18 \add It is as though God\add* seizes \w my|strong="H3581"\w* \w clothes|strong="H3830"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H6310"\w* chokes me \w with|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H6310"\w* \w collar|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w my|strong="H3581"\w* \w coat|strong="H3801"\w*. \q1 \v 19 \w He|strong="H3384"\w* has thrown me \w into|strong="H6083"\w* \w the|strong="H3384"\w* \w mud|strong="H2563"\w*; \q2 I am \add not worth anything more than\add* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w and|strong="H6083"\w* \w ashes|strong="H6083"\w*. \b \q1 \v 20 “\w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w cry|strong="H7768"\w* \w out|strong="H7768"\w* \w to|strong="H5975"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*/\w help|strong="H7768"\w* \w me|strong="H6030"\w*; \q2 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \add and pray\add*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* pay \w any|strong="H3808"\w* attention. \q1 \v 21 \w He|strong="H3027"\w* acts very cruelly \w toward|strong="H3027"\w* \w me|strong="H3027"\w*; \q2 \w with|strong="H3027"\w* all \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* [MTY] \w he|strong="H3027"\w* causes \w me|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* suffer. \q1 \v 22 \w He|strong="H7307"\w* \add allows\add* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w to|strong="H7307"\w* \w lift|strong="H5375"\w* me \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H7307"\w* blow me \w away|strong="H5375"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H7307"\w* \w he|strong="H7307"\w* tosses me \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H7307"\w* down \w in|strong="H7392"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* violent storm. \q1 \v 23 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w*, \q2 \w which|strong="H1004"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* happens \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* [MTY] \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*. \b \q1 \v 24 “\w When|strong="H7971"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* experience disasters, \q2 \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* sit \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* pile \w of|strong="H3027"\w* ruins \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w cry|strong="H7769"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w help|strong="H7769"\w*, \q2 others \w surely|strong="H7971"\w* [RHQ] \w reach|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w help|strong="H7769"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*. \q1 \v 25 \add That is what I did previously\add*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* experiencing troubles, \q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* felt sorry \w for|strong="H3117"\w* poor/needy \w people|strong="H5315"\w*. \q1 \v 26 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w expected|strong="H6960"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \add to happen to me\add*, \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* happened; \q2 \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w waited|strong="H3176"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* light/\w happiness|strong="H2896"\w*, all \w I|strong="H3588"\w* experienced \w was|strong="H7451"\w* darkness/unhappiness [MET]. \q1 \v 27 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am very distressed [IDM], \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*; \q2 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* suffer \w every|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. \q1 \v 28 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w about|strong="H1980"\w* \w very|strong="H1980"\w* discouraged; \q2 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w stand|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* plead \w for|strong="H7768"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w help|strong="H7768"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*. \q1 \v 29 \w My|strong="H1961"\w* wailing sounds \w as|strong="H1961"\w* sad \w as|strong="H1961"\w* [MET] \w the|strong="H1961"\w* cries \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w jackals|strong="H8577"\w*/foxes \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w ostriches|strong="H3284"\w*. \q1 \v 30 \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w has|strong="H6106"\w* become dark/\w black|strong="H7835"\w* \w and|strong="H5785"\w* \w is|strong="H5785"\w* peeling \w off|strong="H5921"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H5785"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fever|strong="H2721"\w* \add which causes my body to feel like it is\add* burning. \q1 \v 31 Previously, \w I|strong="H1961"\w* \w played|strong="H1961"\w* joyful music \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w harp|strong="H3658"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w with|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w flute|strong="H5748"\w*, \q2 \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H1961"\w* play only \w the|strong="H1961"\w* sad music \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* who \w mourn|strong="H1058"\w*.” \c 31 \s1 Job stated his innocence \q1 \v 1 “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* solemnly promised myself \q2 \w that|strong="H5869"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H5869"\w* \w look|strong="H5869"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* young woman \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* desire \add to have sex with her\add*. \q1 \v 2 \add If I did not do what I promised,\add* \q2 \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* God \w who|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w in|strong="H2506"\w* \w heaven|strong="H4605"\w* [MTY] \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w to|strong="H5159"\w* \w me|strong="H4100"\w* [RHQ]? \q2 \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \add God\add* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* certainly not [RHQ] \w give|strong="H5159"\w* \w me|strong="H4100"\w* any \w reward|strong="H2506"\w*! \q1 \v 3 \add Previously I thought that\add* \w surely|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* \w unrighteous|strong="H5767"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3808"\w* would experience calamities, \q2 \w and|strong="H6466"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* those \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6466"\w* \w what|strong="H5767"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* \w wrong|strong="H5767"\w* \w who|strong="H3808"\w* would experience disasters. \q1 \v 4 \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* \w sees|strong="H7200"\w* [RHQ] \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w*, \q2 \add so why is he causing me to suffer?\add* \q2 \add It is as though\add* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w counts|strong="H5608"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* step \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w take|strong="H7200"\w*. \b \q1 \v 5 \add “I solemnly declare that\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H7272"\w* never acted wickedly \q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w have|strong="H7272"\w* never tried \w to|strong="H1980"\w* deceive people. \q1 \v 6 \w I|strong="H3045"\w* request only \w that|strong="H3045"\w* God judge \w me|strong="H3045"\w* \w fairly|strong="H6664"\w* [MET], \q2 \w and|strong="H3045"\w* if \w he|strong="H3045"\w* does \w that|strong="H3045"\w*, \w he|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H6664"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* ◄am innocent/\w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* done \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H6664"\w* wrong►. \q1 \v 7 If \add it were true that\add* \w I|strong="H4480"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* stopped \w living|strong="H1870"\w* righteously, \q2 \w or|strong="H4480"\w* \add that\add* \w I|strong="H4480"\w* [SYN] \w have|strong="H5869"\w* desired \w the|strong="H4480"\w* things \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H4480"\w* \w look|strong="H5869"\w* \w at|strong="H5869"\w* [MTY], \q2 \w or|strong="H4480"\w* \add that\add* \w I|strong="H4480"\w* \w am|strong="H1980"\w* guilty \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w any|strong="H4480"\w* other sin, \q1 \v 8 then I hope/wish \w that|strong="H2232"\w* when I \w plant|strong="H2232"\w* \add seeds\add*, someone else will \add harvest the crops and\add* eat \add them\add* \q2 \w and|strong="H2232"\w* \w that|strong="H2232"\w* others will \w uproot|strong="H8327"\w* \w the|strong="H2232"\w* \add fruit trees\add* \w that|strong="H2232"\w* I \w planted|strong="H2232"\w*. \b \q1 \v 9 “If \add it were true that\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* [SYN] \w have|strong="H5921"\w* been attracted \w by|strong="H5921"\w* some \w other|strong="H7453"\w* \w man|strong="H3820"\w*’s wife, \q2 \w or|strong="H7453"\w* \add that\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* hidden \w myself|strong="H3820"\w* \w and|strong="H3820"\w* waited \w outside|strong="H5921"\w* \add the\add* \w door|strong="H6607"\w* \add to\add* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \add house\add*, \q1 \v 10 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* hope/desire \w that|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* wife will become \w the|strong="H5921"\w* servant/slave \w of|strong="H5921"\w* another man \q2 \w and|strong="H3766"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* sex [EUP] \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \q1 \v 11 \add For me to do\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* would \w be|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* terrible \w sin|strong="H5771"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H5771"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w judges|strong="H6414"\w* would decide \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* punished. \q1 \v 12 \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \add committing adultery\add* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \add produce in me a fire like\add* [MET] \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fire \w that|strong="H3588"\w* burns \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w in|strong="H1931"\w* hell, \q2 \w and|strong="H3605"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* burn \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* own. \b \q1 \v 13 “\w And|strong="H4941"\w*, if \add it were true that\add* \w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w ever|strong="H7378"\w* \w refused|strong="H3988"\w* \w to|strong="H5650"\w* listen \w to|strong="H5650"\w* one \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w my|strong="H7378"\w* \w male|strong="H5650"\w* \w or|strong="H4941"\w* female \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \q2 \w when|strong="H7378"\w* \w they|strong="H3988"\w* complained \w to|strong="H5650"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w* about something, \q1 \v 14 God \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w arise|strong="H6965"\w* \add and declare that he would punish me\add*; \q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*? \q2 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* ask \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \add about what I have done\add*, ◄\w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w*?/\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H7725"\w* able \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w*.► [RHQ] \q1 \v 15 \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w created|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*, \w certainly|strong="H6213"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w created|strong="H6213"\w* \w my|strong="H6213"\w* servants [RHQ]; \q2 \w surely|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w formed|strong="H3559"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w our|strong="H6213"\w* mothers’ \w wombs|strong="H7358"\w* [RHQ]; \q2 \add so we all should behave toward each other equally\add*. \b \q1 \v 16-18 “I have guided orphans from the time that they were born; \q2 I have taken care of them since they were young. \q1 So, if \add it were true that\add* I ate all my food myself and did not share some of it with orphans, \q2 or \add that\add* I refused to give poor people the things that they wanted, \q2 or \add that\add* I caused widows to live ◄in despair/without hope \add that they would receive any help from anyone\add*►, \q1 \v 19 \w or|strong="H7200"\w* \add that\add* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* had \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* die \add from cold\add* \w because|strong="H1097"\w* \w they|strong="H7200"\w* had \w no|strong="H1097"\w* \w clothes|strong="H3830"\w*, \q2 \w or|strong="H7200"\w* \add that\add* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* had \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* poor \w people|strong="H7200"\w* who \w did|strong="H7200"\w* \w not|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w clothes|strong="H3830"\w* \add to keep them warm\add*, \q1 \v 20 \w and|strong="H3532"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* were \w not|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w become|strong="H2552"\w* \w warm|strong="H2552"\w* \add from clothes made\add* \w from|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H1288"\w* wool \w of|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H3808"\w* \w sheep|strong="H3532"\w* \q2 \w with|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H1288"\w* result \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w thanked|strong="H1288"\w* \w me|strong="H1288"\w* \w for|strong="H3808"\w* \add giving them clothes,\add* \q1 \v 21 \w or|strong="H7200"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \add it were true that\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* threatened \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w strike|strong="H3027"\w* \w any|strong="H7200"\w* \w orphan|strong="H3490"\w* \q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* knew \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* elders \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* would ◄\w decide|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* favor►; \q1 \v 22 \add if those things were true about me\add*, \w I|strong="H7665"\w* hope/desire \w that|strong="H5307"\w* \w my|strong="H7665"\w* \w shoulder|strong="H3802"\w* \w blade|strong="H7929"\w* would \w be|strong="H7665"\w* \w torn|strong="H7665"\w* \w out|strong="H5307"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H5307"\w* \w my|strong="H7665"\w* \w arm|strong="H3802"\w* \w be|strong="H7665"\w* \w torn|strong="H7665"\w* \w from|strong="H5307"\w* \w my|strong="H7665"\w* \w shoulder|strong="H3802"\w*. \q1 \v 23 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* always \w feared|strong="H6343"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* would cause \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* experience \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H6343"\w* \w disaster|strong="H6343"\w* \add if I did any of those evil things\add*, \q2 \w and|strong="H6343"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w endure|strong="H3201"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* powerful \add things that he would do to punish me\add*. \b \q1 \v 24 “\w If|strong="H7760"\w* \add it were true that\add* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* trusted \w in|strong="H7760"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*/money [DOU], \q1 \v 25 \w or|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* acquired \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w things|strong="H7227"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w become|strong="H3027"\w* \w very|strong="H7227"\w* rich, \q1 \v 26 \w or|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* sun \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* was shining \q2 \w or|strong="H7200"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* beautiful \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* \q1 \v 27 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H3027"\w* [SYN] \w had|strong="H3027"\w* been tempted \add to worship them\add* \q2 \w by|strong="H3027"\w* kissing \w my|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* revere \w them|strong="H3027"\w*, \q1 \v 28 \w those|strong="H1931"\w* things \w also|strong="H1571"\w* would \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w sins|strong="H5771"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* judges would say \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* punished, \q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* would \w have|strong="H1571"\w* been rejecting God \add by doing those things\add*. \b \q1 \v 29-30 “\add It is not true that\add* I [SYN] sinned by requesting God to curse people who hated me \q2 with the result that God would cause them to die. \q1 It is also not true that I was glad when they were ruined \q2 or that I rejoiced when they experienced disasters [DOU]. \q1 \v 31-32 \add It is also not true that\add* I never welcomed travelers to stay in my tent \q2 or that I did not open my doors to them, but \add forced them to\add* sleep in the streets. \q2 \add All\add* the men who work for me certainly know that [RHQ]! \q1 \v 33 Some people try \w to|strong="H5771"\w* \w hide|strong="H2934"\w* \w their|strong="H3680"\w* \w sins|strong="H6588"\w*, \q2 but \w I|strong="H5771"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* never done \w that|strong="H6588"\w*; \q1 \v 34 \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* remained \w silent|strong="H1826"\w* \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w outside|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4940"\w* \w my|strong="H3318"\w* home \q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H4940"\w* \w very|strong="H7227"\w* ◄\w afraid|strong="H2865"\w* \w of|strong="H4940"\w*/worried \w about|strong="H3318"\w*► \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w 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land, \q2 \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* result \w that|strong="H3162"\w* \add it was as though\add* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w furrows|strong="H8525"\w* \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* accuse \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* stealing; \q1 \v 39 \w or|strong="H3701"\w* \add if it were true that\add* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w have|strong="H1167"\w* eaten \w the|strong="H5301"\w* crops \w that|strong="H5315"\w* grew \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w someone|strong="H5315"\w* else’s fields \q2 \w without|strong="H1097"\w* \w paying|strong="H3701"\w* \add for those crops\add*, \q2 \w with|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H5301"\w* result \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w those|strong="H5315"\w* farmers \w who|strong="H5315"\w* grew \w those|strong="H5315"\w* crops died \add from hunger\add*; \q1 \v 40 \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w wish|strong="H1697"\w*/desire \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w thorns|strong="H2336"\w* \w would|strong="H1697"\w* \w grow|strong="H3318"\w* \add in my fields\add* \w instead|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w*. \q2 May bad weeds \w grow|strong="H3318"\w* \w instead|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w*!” \b \q1 \w That|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w end|strong="H8552"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* Job \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \add to his three friends\add*. \c 32 \s1 Elihu replied to Job and his three friends \p \v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w men|strong="H6662"\w* \w stopped|strong="H7673"\w* \w answering|strong="H6030"\w* Job, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add they could not convince Job that he was wrong in claiming that\add* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* done anything \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* wrong. \v 2 \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* Elihu, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Barachel|strong="H1292"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendant|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Buz, \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w clan|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ram|strong="H7410"\w*, \w became|strong="H2734"\w* \w very|strong="H2734"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* Job. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H5315"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* Job continued \w to|strong="H5921"\w* claim \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H5315"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w*/\w innocent|strong="H6663"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* God \w was|strong="H5315"\w* wrong \add to punish him\add*. \v 3 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* also \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w Job|strong="H3808"\w*’s \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H4672"\w* declared \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w Job|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* done \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w things|strong="H7969"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H7969"\w* wrong, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H7969"\w* \w unable|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* convince \w Job|strong="H3808"\w* \add that what they said was true\add*. \w As|strong="H7453"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \add it seemed to Elihu that\add* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* wrong \w by|strong="H5921"\w* punishing \w Job|strong="H3808"\w*. \v 4 Elihu \w was|strong="H1697"\w* younger \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w others|strong="H1992"\w*, \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w 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\w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* cried \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \add to him\add*. \q1 \v 29 \w But|strong="H5921"\w* \w if|strong="H1931"\w* \w God|strong="H4310"\w* decides \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H4310"\w* nothing \add to punish wicked people\add*, \q2 \w no|strong="H4310"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* criticize/\w condemn|strong="H7561"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. \q1 \w If|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* godless/\w wicked|strong="H7561"\w* \w man|strong="H6440"\w* rules \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, \q2 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H6440"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* tricks/deceives \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w*, \q1 \v 30 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w if|strong="H4170"\w* \add God\add* hides \w his|strong="H4427"\w* face \add with the result that he does not see that ruler or punish him\add*, \q2 no \w one|strong="H4427"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H5971"\w* able \w to|strong="H5971"\w* prevent \w that|strong="H5971"\w* ruler \add from doing those things\add*. \b \q1 \v 31 “\w Job|strong="H3808"\w*, \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w else|strong="H3808"\w* \w ever|strong="H2254"\w* said \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* punished \add for my sins\add*, \q2 \w and|strong="H5375"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* sin \w any|strong="H5375"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w*; \q1 \v 32 \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w teach|strong="H3384"\w*/show \w me|strong="H3254"\w* what \add sins I have committed\add*; \q1 if \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w done|strong="H6466"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* \w evil|strong="H5766"\w*, \q2 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6466"\w* \w it|strong="H3254"\w* \w any|strong="H3254"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w*’? \q1 \v 33 \add Job,\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* object \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H4100"\w* done \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* think \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w*? \q1 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H4100"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* choose \add what you say to God\add*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w*; \q2 \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* thinking \w about|strong="H3045"\w* \w this|strong="H1696"\w*. \b \q1 \v 34 “\w People|strong="H1397"\w* \w who|strong="H1397"\w* \w have|strong="H2450"\w* good sense, \w those|strong="H8085"\w* \w who|strong="H1397"\w* \w are|strong="H2450"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w who|strong="H1397"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* say, \q2 \w will|strong="H3824"\w* say \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H3824"\w*, \q1 \v 35 ‘\w Job|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* ignorantly; \q2 \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w says|strong="H1696"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* nonsense.’ \q1 \v 36 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* think \w that|strong="H5704"\w* Job should \w be|strong="H5331"\w* taken \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* court \w and|strong="H5704"\w* ◄put \w on|strong="H5921"\w* trial/judged►, \q2 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w answers|strong="H8666"\w* \add us his friends\add* \w like|strong="H5704"\w* wicked men would answer. \q1 \v 37 \w To|strong="H5921"\w* \w add|strong="H3254"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add other\add* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w committed|strong="H5921"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H6588"\w* rebelling \add against God\add*; \q2 \w he|strong="H3588"\w* shows \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* does \w not|strong="H3254"\w* \w respect|strong="H5921"\w* God [IDM], \q2 making \w long|strong="H7235"\w* speeches \add saying that God has punished him unjustly\add*.” \c 35 \s1 Elihu continued his challenge \p \v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Elihu also \w said|strong="H6030"\w* this: \q1 \v 2 “\add Job,\add* do \w you|strong="H6664"\w* \w think|strong="H2803"\w* \w that|strong="H2063"\w* \w what|strong="H6664"\w* \w you|strong="H6664"\w* said \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w*/correct? \q1 \w You|strong="H6664"\w* say, ‘God knows \w that|strong="H2063"\w* I am innocent,’ \q1 \v 3 \w and|strong="H2403"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* say \add to God\add*, ‘\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w good|strong="H3276"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* received \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w sinning|strong="H2403"\w*? \q2 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w benefit|strong="H3276"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* received \w from|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*?’ [DOU, RHQ] \q1 \v 4 \add Well,\add* I \w will|strong="H7725"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* I \w will|strong="H7725"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* three \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*, too. \b \q1 \v 5 “\add Job\add*, \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w up|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*; \q2 \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w clouds|strong="H7834"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w* \w high|strong="H1361"\w* \w above|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w realize|strong="H7200"\w* \add that God is far above everything\add*. \q1 \v 6 \w If|strong="H2398"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* [RHQ] \w harm|strong="H2398"\w* God \w at|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w*. \q2 \w If|strong="H2398"\w* \w many|strong="H7231"\w* times \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* things \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w wrong|strong="H6466"\w*, \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w certainly|strong="H6213"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* [RHQ] affect \w him|strong="H6213"\w* [DOU]. \q1 \v 7 \w And|strong="H3027"\w* if \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w*, \w does|strong="H4100"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* help \w God|strong="H5414"\w*? \q2 \w No|strong="H5414"\w*, \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* benefited \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w anything|strong="H4100"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* [DOU]. \q1 \v 8 \w It|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* other \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* suffer because \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7562"\w* \w things|strong="H3644"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3644"\w* \w do|strong="H7562"\w*, \q2 but \w by|strong="H1121"\w* doing good \w things|strong="H3644"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w*, \w you|strong="H3644"\w* help \w them|strong="H1121"\w*. \b \q1 \v 9 “\w People|strong="H2199"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w because|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H7230"\w* \w the|strong="H7230"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w things|strong="H7227"\w* \w that|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H2199"\w* do \w to|strong="H2199"\w* \w others|strong="H7227"\w* \w to|strong="H2199"\w* ◄oppress them/treat them cruelly►; \q2 \w they|strong="H6217"\w* \w call|strong="H2199"\w* \w for|strong="H7768"\w* \w help|strong="H7768"\w* \w because|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H7230"\w* \w the|strong="H7230"\w* \w things|strong="H7227"\w* \w that|strong="H7227"\w* \w powerful|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H2199"\w* do [MTY] \w to|strong="H2199"\w* them. \q1 \v 10 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w*/\w none|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*► calls \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \add to God\add*, \q2 saying ‘\w Why|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w*, \w my|strong="H5414"\w* creator, \add not help me\add*? \q2 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \add should\add* enable \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w sing|strong="H5414"\w* \add joyful\add* \w songs|strong="H2158"\w*, \add instead of very sad songs,\add* during \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*. \q1 \v 11 \w He|strong="H8064"\w* \add should be able to\add* \w teach|strong="H2449"\w* \w us|strong="H2449"\w* more than all \w the|strong="H8064"\w* wild animals do; \q2 \w he|strong="H8064"\w* \add should\add* enable \w us|strong="H2449"\w* \w to|strong="H8064"\w* become \w wiser|strong="H2449"\w* than \add all\add* \w the|strong="H8064"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w*!’ \q1 \v 12 \w People|strong="H3808"\w* \w cry|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \add for help\add*, \q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, \q2 \w because|strong="H6440"\w* those \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w cry|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H8033"\w* \w proud|strong="H1347"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*. \q1 \v 13 \w It|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H8085"\w* \w useless|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3808"\w* \w them|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* cry \w out|strong="H3808"\w*, \q2 because \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w One|strong="H3808"\w*, \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w any|strong="H3808"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* say. \q1 \v 14 \w So|strong="H3808"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* complain \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7789"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* tell \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w waiting|strong="H2342"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \add to decide whether or not you should be punished for what you have done\add*, \q2 \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* listen \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w either|strong="H3588"\w*! \q1 \v 15 \w Furthermore|strong="H6258"\w*, \add you say that\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H3045"\w* \w attention|strong="H3045"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w commit|strong="H6485"\w* sins, \q2 \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* become angry \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w them|strong="H6485"\w*. \q1 \v 16 \w You|strong="H6310"\w* \w say|strong="H4405"\w* things \w that|strong="H6310"\w* \w are|strong="H6310"\w* \w useless|strong="H1892"\w*; \q2 \w you|strong="H6310"\w* \w say|strong="H4405"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H6310"\w* things \w without|strong="H1097"\w* knowing \add what you are talking about\add*.” \c 36 \s1 Elihu’s final speech \p \v 1 Elihu \add finished by\add* saying this: \q1 \v 2 “\add Job,\add* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* patient \w with|strong="H3803"\w* \w me|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w little|strong="H2191"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w*, \q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H4405"\w* something \w else|strong="H5750"\w* \w to|strong="H3588"\w* teach \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H4405"\w* something \w else|strong="H5750"\w* \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H4405"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* God \add wants you to know\add*. \q1 \v 3 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* tell \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w what|strong="H6664"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* learned \w from|strong="H7350"\w* many sources, \q2 \w in|strong="H5414"\w* order \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w show|strong="H5375"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w*, \w my|strong="H5414"\w* creator, \w is|strong="H6664"\w* \w just|strong="H6664"\w*/fair. \q1 \v 4 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w not|strong="H3808"\w* saying \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* \w false|strong="H8267"\w*; \q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w who|strong="H3588"\w* am standing \w in|strong="H8549"\w* front \w of|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, am someone \w who|strong="H3588"\w* understands \w things|strong="H5973"\w* ◄very \w well|strong="H5973"\w*/perfectly► [HYP]. \b \q1 \v 5 “Hey, \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \add very\add* \w powerful|strong="H3581"\w*, \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w despise|strong="H3988"\w* \w anyone|strong="H2005"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* understands everything. \q1 \v 6 \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w remain|strong="H3808"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* always \w acts|strong="H7563"\w* \w justly|strong="H4941"\w* toward those \w who|strong="H6041"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w poor|strong="H6041"\w*. \q1 \v 7 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w always|strong="H5331"\w* watches \w over|strong="H4428"\w* [MTY] \w those|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*; \q2 \w he|strong="H3808"\w* allows \w them|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w thrones|strong="H3678"\w* \add and rule\add* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* honored \w forever|strong="H5331"\w*. \q1 \v 8 But if people \add who commit crimes\add* \w are|strong="H2256"\w* \w caught|strong="H3920"\w*, \q2 \w they|strong="H3920"\w* \add are thrown into prison and\add* \w are|strong="H2256"\w* caused \w to|strong="H2256"\w* suffer \w by|strong="H3920"\w* being fastened with \w chains|strong="H2131"\w*. \q1 \v 9 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* happens, God shows \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w what|strong="H6467"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w done|strong="H6467"\w*; \q2 \w he|strong="H3588"\w* shows \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sins|strong="H6588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* committed, \q2 \w and|strong="H5046"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* shows \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w been|strong="H5046"\w* proud/arrogant. \q1 \v 10 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* causes \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* listen [MTY] \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3588"\w* \w warning|strong="H4148"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* commands \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \add doing what is\add* evil. \q1 \v 11 If \w they|strong="H3117"\w* ◄\w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w*/\w heed|strong="H8085"\w*► \w him|strong="H5647"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H5647"\w*, \add after they get out of prison\add* \q2 \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* prosper \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* alive \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* peaceful/\w happy|strong="H2896"\w*. \q1 \v 12 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* if \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w listen|strong="H8085"\w*/\w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w*► \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H8085"\w*, \q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H1478"\w* violently, \q2 \w not|strong="H3808"\w* knowing \add why God is causing them to die\add*. \b \q1 \v 13 “\w Godless|strong="H2611"\w*/Wicked \w people|strong="H3808"\w* continue being angry, \q2 \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w cry|strong="H7768"\w* \w out|strong="H7768"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w help|strong="H7768"\w*, \q2 \add even\add* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* punishing \w them|strong="H7760"\w*. \q1 \v 14 \w They|strong="H5315"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w while|strong="H5315"\w* \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* still young, \q2 disgraced because \w of|strong="H5315"\w* \w their|strong="H4191"\w* very immoral behavior [EUP]. \q1 \v 15 But God teaches people \w by|strong="H1540"\w* causing \w them|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H1540"\w* suffer; \q2 \w by|strong="H1540"\w* afflicting \w them|strong="H1540"\w*, he causes \w them|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H1540"\w* listen \w to|strong="H1540"\w* [MTY] what he \w is|strong="H6041"\w* telling \w them|strong="H1540"\w*. \b \q1 \v 16 “\w And|strong="H6310"\w* \w Job|strong="H3808"\w*, \add I think that\add* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \add wants to\add* bring \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w out|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4390"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* troubles \q2 \w and|strong="H6310"\w* allow \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w live|strong="H4390"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w distress|strong="H6862"\w*; \q2 \w he|strong="H3808"\w* wants \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w* \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w* \w of|strong="H4390"\w* very nice \w food|strong="H1880"\w*. \q1 \v 17 \w But|strong="H7563"\w* now, you \w are|strong="H7563"\w* being punished [MTY] \w as|strong="H4390"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* punished; \q2 \add God\add* [PRS] \w has|strong="H4941"\w* \w been|strong="H4390"\w* punishing you ◄\w justly|strong="H4941"\w*/\w as|strong="H4390"\w* you \w deserve|strong="H4941"\w*►. \q1 \v 18 \w So|strong="H6435"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* careful \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H7227"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* deceived \w by|strong="H3588"\w* \add desiring to acquire\add* \w money|strong="H3724"\w* \q2 \w or|strong="H6435"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H7227"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* ruined \w by|strong="H3588"\w* \add accepting\add* \w large|strong="H7227"\w* \w bribes|strong="H3724"\w*. \q1 \v 19 \add If you are deceived by those things,\add* \w it|strong="H6186"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w help|strong="H7769"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w cry|strong="H7769"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w* when \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* distressed; \q2 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w help|strong="H7769"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. \q1 \v 20 Do \w not|strong="H5971"\w* wish \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w it|strong="H5927"\w* \w would|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H3915"\w* nighttime \add in order that God will not see you and punish you\add*, \q2 \w because|strong="H8478"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w is|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* time \w when|strong="H5927"\w* \add even\add* people-groups \w are|strong="H5971"\w* destroyed! \q1 \v 21 \w Be|strong="H3588"\w* \w careful|strong="H8104"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \add begin doing\add* evil things, \q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* caused \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* suffer \w to|strong="H5921"\w* prevent \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* doing evil. \b \q1 \v 22 “Hey, \w God|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* extremely \w powerful|strong="H3581"\w*; \q2 there \w is|strong="H4310"\w* certainly [RHQ] \w no|strong="H4310"\w* \w teacher|strong="H3384"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w teaches|strong="H3384"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w he|strong="H2005"\w* does. \q1 \v 23 \w No|strong="H4310"\w* \w one|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* [RHQ] told \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H4310"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w should|strong="H4310"\w* \w do|strong="H6466"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w no|strong="H4310"\w* \w one|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* [RHQ] said \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* \w done|strong="H6466"\w* \w what|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w wrong|strong="H5766"\w*!’ \q1 \v 24 People \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \add always\add* \w sung|strong="H7891"\w* \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w praise|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H2142"\w*, \q2 \w so|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* never forget \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w praise|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H2142"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H6467"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w done|strong="H6467"\w*. \q1 \v 25 \w Everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3605"\w* \w seen|strong="H2372"\w* \add what he has done\add*, \q2 \w but|strong="H3605"\w* \add sometimes\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* can \w see|strong="H2372"\w* \w it|strong="H3605"\w* \w only|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H7350"\w* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w away|strong="H3605"\w*. \b \q1 \v 26 “Hey, \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H8141"\w* \w very|strong="H3045"\w* \w great|strong="H7689"\w*, \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H8141"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3045"\w* \w great|strong="H7689"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H8141"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3045"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H8141"\w*. \q1 \v 27 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w draws|strong="H1639"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* up \add from the earth and puts it in clouds\add* \q2 \w and|strong="H4325"\w* causes \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* become \w rain|strong="H4306"\w*. \q1 \v 28 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w rain|strong="H7491"\w* pours \w down|strong="H7491"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sky|strong="H7834"\w*/\w clouds|strong="H7834"\w*; \q2 God causes \w abundant|strong="H7227"\w* showers \w to|strong="H5921"\w* fall \w on|strong="H5921"\w* everyone. \q1 \v 29 No one can [RHQ] understand how the \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* move \add across the sky\add* \q2 or how it thunders in the sky where God lives. \q1 \v 30 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* causes lightning \w to|strong="H5921"\w* flash \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \q2 \w but|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* causes \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bottom|strong="H8328"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* oceans \w to|strong="H5921"\w* remain dark. \q1 \v 31 \w By|strong="H5414"\w* providing plenty \w of|strong="H5971"\w* rain \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*, \q2 \w he|strong="H3588"\w* enables \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* abundant food. \q1 \v 32 \add It is as though\add* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* holds \w the|strong="H5921"\w* lightning \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3709"\w* \add then\add* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w strike|strong="H6293"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* wants \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w*. \q1 \v 33 \w When|strong="H5927"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w hear|strong="H5046"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* thunder, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H5046"\w* \w that|strong="H5927"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w will|strong="H4735"\w* be \w a|strong="H3068"\w* storm, \q2 \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w* \w know|strong="H5046"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w too|strong="H5921"\w*.” \c 37 \s1 Elihu continued his final speech \q1 \v 1 “\w My|strong="H4725"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w pounds|strong="H2729"\w* [DOU] when \add I think about\add* \w that|strong="H4725"\w*. \q1 \v 2 \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w*, \w all|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w you|strong="H6963"\w*, \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w thunder|strong="H6963"\w*, \q2 \w which|strong="H8085"\w* \w is|strong="H6963"\w* \w like|strong="H3318"\w* God’s \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* [DOU]. \q1 \v 3 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* causes thunder \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H8064"\w* heard \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* causes lighting \w to|strong="H5921"\w* flash \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* most distant \w places|strong="H8478"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*. \q1 \v 4 \w After|strong="H3588"\w* \add the lightning flashes\add*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w thunder|strong="H6963"\w* \q2 \w which|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H6963"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* [MET] \w God|strong="H3808"\w*’s \w majestic|strong="H1347"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*; \q2 \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w restrain|strong="H6117"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* lightning \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w speaks|strong="H6963"\w*. \q1 \v 5 \w When|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w speaks|strong="H6963"\w*, \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H6963"\w* \w awesome|strong="H1419"\w*, \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w thunder|strong="H6963"\w*; \q2 \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w amazing|strong="H6381"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* which \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \add fully\add* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w*. \q1 \v 6 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* commands \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w snow|strong="H7950"\w* \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w fall|strong="H1933"\w* on \w the|strong="H3588"\w* ground, \q2 \w and|strong="H5797"\w* \add sometimes\add* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* causes \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* very hard. \q1 \v 7 \w And|strong="H3027"\w* \add when God does that,\add* \w it|strong="H3045"\w* prevents \w people|strong="H3045"\w* [SYN] \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w working|strong="H4639"\w*, \q2 \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w order|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w* may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3027"\w* \w done|strong="H4639"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w what|strong="H4639"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w can|strong="H3045"\w* \w do|strong="H4639"\w*). \q1 \v 8 \add When it rains,\add* \w animals|strong="H2416"\w* go \w into|strong="H2416"\w* their hiding \w places|strong="H4585"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H2416"\w* they \w remain|strong="H7931"\w* there \add until the rain stops\add*. \q1 \v 9 \w The|strong="H4480"\w* storms/hurricanes come \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* place \add in the south where they start\add*, \q2 \w and|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w cold|strong="H7135"\w* wind comes \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w north|strong="H4215"\w*. \q1 \v 10 \add In the ◄winter/cold season►, the cold north wind is like\add* \w God|strong="H5414"\w*’s \w 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\w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H6680"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w world|strong="H8398"\w*. \q1 \v 13 Sometimes God sends rain \w to|strong="H2617"\w* punish \w us|strong="H4672"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H2617"\w* sometimes he sends rain \w to|strong="H2617"\w* show \w us|strong="H4672"\w* \w that|strong="H7626"\w* he acts \w kindly|strong="H2617"\w* toward \w us|strong="H4672"\w*. \b \q1 \v 14 “Job, listen \w to|strong="H5975"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*; \q2 \w stop|strong="H5975"\w* \w and|strong="H5975"\w* think about \w the|strong="H5975"\w* \w wonderful|strong="H6381"\w* \w things|strong="H6381"\w* \w that|strong="H2063"\w* God does. \q1 \v 15 ◄Do \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3045"\w* God commands \w the|strong="H5921"\w* lightning \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w flash|strong="H3313"\w* \w down|strong="H7760"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w clouds|strong="H6051"\w*?/We do \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3045"\w* God commands \w the|strong="H5921"\w* lightning \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w flash|strong="H3313"\w* \w down|strong="H7760"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w clouds|strong="H6051"\w*.► [RHQ] \q1 \v 16 Only God \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* everything perfectly; \q2 \w so|strong="H5921"\w* ◄do \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3045"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* causes \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sky?/\w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3045"\w* do \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3045"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* causes \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sky!► [RHQ] \q1 \v 17 No, you just sweat there in your clothes; \q2 \add it is very oppressive\add* when \w the|strong="H8252"\w* \add hot\add* wind stops blowing \w from|strong="H8252"\w* \w the|strong="H8252"\w* \w south|strong="H1864"\w* \w and|strong="H8252"\w* \add all the leaves on the trees\add* ◄become \w still|strong="H8252"\w*/do not move►. \q1 \v 18 ◄Can \w you|strong="H5973"\w* stretch \w out|strong="H3332"\w* \w the|strong="H5973"\w* \w skies|strong="H7834"\w* \w like|strong="H5973"\w* God does \w and|strong="H5973"\w* make \w them|strong="H2389"\w* \w as|strong="H5973"\w* \w hard|strong="H3332"\w* \w as|strong="H5973"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sheet \w of|strong="H5973"\w* polished brass?/\w You|strong="H5973"\w* certainly cannot stretch \w out|strong="H3332"\w* \w the|strong="H5973"\w* \w skies|strong="H7834"\w* \w like|strong="H5973"\w* God does \w and|strong="H5973"\w* make \w them|strong="H2389"\w* \w as|strong="H5973"\w* \w hard|strong="H3332"\w* \w as|strong="H5973"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sheet \w of|strong="H5973"\w* polished brass!► [RHQ] \b \q1 \v 19 “\w Job|strong="H3808"\w*, \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w*(exc) \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* say \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*; \q2 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w anything|strong="H4100"\w* [IDM]. \q2 \w As|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* say \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* defend ourselves. \q1 \v 20 \w Should|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* God \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* want \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w 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a|strong="H3068"\w* light \add that shines like\add* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*; \q2 \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w glory|strong="H1935"\w* causes \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3372"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*. \q1 \v 23 \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w very|strong="H6031"\w* \w powerful|strong="H3581"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H4672"\w* \w near|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H4941"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w*. \q1 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* always \w acts|strong="H6666"\w* \w righteously|strong="H6666"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w oppress|strong="H6031"\w* \w us|strong="H6031"\w*. \q1 \v 24 \w That|strong="H7200"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w reason|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w an|strong="H7200"\w* \w awesome|strong="H3372"\w* \w respect|strong="H7200"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*; \q2 \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* pay \w attention|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* proudly, \add but wrongly\add*, \w think|strong="H3820"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w are|strong="H2450"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*.” \c 38 \s1 Yahweh replied to Job \p \v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Job \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w inside|strong="H4480"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* great windstorm. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H6030"\w*, \q1 \v 2 “◄\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H4310"\w* \w to|strong="H2088"\w* question \w what|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w plan|strong="H6098"\w* \w to|strong="H2088"\w* \w do|strong="H4310"\w*?/\w You|strong="H4310"\w* \w have|strong="H4405"\w* \w no|strong="H1097"\w* right/authority \w to|strong="H2088"\w* question \w what|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w plan|strong="H6098"\w* \w to|strong="H2088"\w* \w do|strong="H4310"\w*.► [RHQ] \q2 \w You|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H4310"\w* \w speaking|strong="H4405"\w* \w ignorantly|strong="H1097"\w*! \q1 \v 3 \w I|strong="H3045"\w* want \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \add some\add* questions, \q2 \w so|strong="H4994"\w*, just like \w men|strong="H1397"\w* prepare \w themselves|strong="H3045"\w* \w for|strong="H7592"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* difficult \w task|strong="H1397"\w* [MET], \q2 prepare \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w answer|strong="H3045"\w* \w my|strong="H3045"\w* questions. \b \q1 \v 4 ◄“Where \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w*/\w Were|strong="H1961"\w* \w 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earth? \q2 \w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \add since you think that you know so much,\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*! \q1 \v 6-7 What supports the pillars on which the earth rests? \q1 When the stars \add that shine early\add* in the morning sang together, \q2 and someone put in place the stone that causes the earth to stay in its place, \q2 and all the angels shouted joyfully \add when they saw that happening\add*, \q1 who laid that cornerstone? \add Did you?\add* \b \q1 \v 8 “\w When|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w seas|strong="H3220"\w* poured \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* inside \w the|strong="H3318"\w* earth, \q2 who prevented \w the|strong="H3318"\w* water \w from|strong="H3318"\w* flooding \w over|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* land? \q1 \v 9 \w It|strong="H7760"\w* \w was|strong="H6051"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w*, \add not you,\add* who caused \w 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Can|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w guide|strong="H5148"\w* \add the stars in the groups in the northern sky whose names are\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Big \w Bear|strong="H5906"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Little \w Bear|strong="H5906"\w*? \q1 \v 33 Do \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* laws \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* stars must \w obey|strong="H3045"\w*? \q2 \w Can|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* cause those same laws \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w rule|strong="H4896"\w* \add everything here\add* \w on|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*? \b \q1 \v 34 “Can \w you|strong="H6963"\w* \w shout|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H3680"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* cause \w rain|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* pour down \w on|strong="H6963"\w* \w you|strong="H6963"\w*? \q1 \v 35 Can \w 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flowing ◄manes/long hair► \w on|strong="H3847"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w necks|strong="H6677"\w*? \q1 \v 20 Are you \w the|strong="H7493"\w* one who enabled them \w to|strong="H1935"\w* \w leap|strong="H7493"\w* forward \w like|strong="H7493"\w* locusts? \q2 When they ◄snort/blow loudly through their noses►, they cause people \w to|strong="H1935"\w* be \w afraid|strong="H7493"\w*. \q1 \v 21 \w They|strong="H6010"\w* paw \w the|strong="H3318"\w* ground, rejoicing \w about|strong="H3318"\w* being very \w strong|strong="H3581"\w*, \q2 \w as|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H6010"\w* prepare \w to|strong="H3318"\w* rush \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w battle|strong="H5402"\w*. \q1 \v 22 \add It is as if\add* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w laugh|strong="H7832"\w* \w at|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* thought \w of|strong="H6440"\w* being \w afraid|strong="H2865"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w 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They|strong="H7482"\w* neigh \add joyfully\add* \w when|strong="H1767"\w* \w they|strong="H7482"\w* hear someone \w blowing|strong="H8643"\w* \w the|strong="H1767"\w* \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*. \q2 \w They|strong="H7482"\w* can \w smell|strong="H7306"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* even \w when|strong="H1767"\w* \w they|strong="H7482"\w* \w are|strong="H7350"\w* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w away|strong="H7350"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H8269"\w* \w they|strong="H7482"\w* understand \w what|strong="H1767"\w* it means \w when|strong="H1767"\w* \w the|strong="H1767"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w shout|strong="H8643"\w* \w their|strong="H7350"\w* commands \add to their soldiers\add*. \b \q1 \v 26 “\add And think about big birds.\add* Are you \w the|strong="H6566"\w* \w one|strong="H3671"\w* who enabled hawks \w to|strong="H6566"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w their|strong="H6566"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H3671"\w* fly \w to|strong="H6566"\w* \w the|strong="H6566"\w* \w south|strong="H8486"\w* \add for the winter\add*? \q1 \v 27 Do \w eagles|strong="H5404"\w* fly \w high|strong="H7311"\w* \w up|strong="H7311"\w* \add into the cliffs\add* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w make|strong="H7311"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* nests \q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6310"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* do \w that|strong="H3588"\w*? \q1 \v 28 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w live|strong="H7931"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \add holes in\add* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w cliffs|strong="H5553"\w*. \q2 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H8127"\w* safe \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* high pointed \w rocks|strong="H5553"\w* \add because no animals can reach them there\add*. \q1 \v 29 \w As|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w watch|strong="H5027"\w* carefully \w from|strong="H7350"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \q2 \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w see|strong="H5027"\w* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w away|strong="H7350"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* animals \w that|strong="H5869"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w can|strong="H5869"\w* kill (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, dead bodies \w of|strong="H5869"\w* animals). \q1 \v 30 After \w an|strong="H8033"\w* eagle kills \w an|strong="H8033"\w* animal, \q2 \w the|strong="H8033"\w* baby eagles drink \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H1818"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* animal.” \c 40 \s1 Yahweh continued his reply to Job \p \v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Job, \q1 \v 2 “Do \w you|strong="H5973"\w* still want \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w argue|strong="H3198"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H6030"\w*, \w the|strong="H5973"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* One? \q2 Since \w you|strong="H5973"\w* criticize \w me|strong="H6030"\w*, ◄\w you|strong="H5973"\w* should be able \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w my|strong="H7378"\w* questions!/why \w are|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* not able \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w my|strong="H7378"\w* questions?► [RHQ]” \s1 Job replied to Yahweh \p \v 3 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Job \w replied|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \q1 \v 4 “\add Now I realize that\add* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H2005"\w* completely worthless. \w So|strong="H7725"\w* ◄\w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w could|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \add those questions\add*?/\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w could|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H7760"\w* possibly \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \add those questions\add*!► [RHQ] \q2 \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \add and not say anything\add*. \q1 \v 5 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* already \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* should \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, \q2 \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w now|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w*.” \s1 Yahweh challenged Job \p \v 6 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add again\add* \w spoke|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Job \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w inside|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* great windstorm. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w*, \q1 \v 7 “\w I|strong="H3045"\w* want \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* some \add more\add* questions. \q2 \w So|strong="H4994"\w* as \w men|strong="H1397"\w* prepare \w 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I|strong="H6963"\w* am? \q2 \w Can|strong="H2220"\w* your \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \add as loud\add* \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w thunder|strong="H6963"\w*, \w as|strong="H3644"\w* mine \w can|strong="H2220"\w*? \q1 \v 10 \add If you can do that\add*, \w put|strong="H3847"\w* \w on|strong="H3847"\w* \w the|strong="H3847"\w* robes \q2 that \w show|strong="H4994"\w* that \w you|strong="H3847"\w* \w are|strong="H1926"\w* \w glorious|strong="H1935"\w* \w and|strong="H1935"\w* \w are|strong="H1926"\w* greatly honored! \q1 \v 11 \w Show|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* are very \w angry|strong="H5678"\w*; \q2 \w show|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* right/authority \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w humble|strong="H8213"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* are \add very\add* \w proud|strong="H1343"\w*! \q1 \v 12 \w Humble|strong="H3665"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w proud|strong="H1343"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \add just\add* \w by|strong="H3605"\w* \w looking|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \add angrily\add* \q2 \w Crush|strong="H1915"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* quickly! \q1 \v 13 \w Bury|strong="H2934"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H6083"\w*! \q2 Send \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* place where dead people \w are|strong="H6440"\w*, \q2 where \w they|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H6083"\w* \w not|strong="H6440"\w* \w be|strong="H3162"\w* able \w to|strong="H6440"\w* get \w out|strong="H6440"\w*! \q1 \v 14 \w After|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* do \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* congratulate/\w praise|strong="H3034"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H3034"\w* say \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add truly\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H3225"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* yourself \w by|strong="H1571"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* own ability/power. \b \q1 \v 15 “Think \add also\add* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* huge animals \w that|strong="H6213"\w* live \w near|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* water. \q2 \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H1241"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w*. \q2 \w They|strong="H6213"\w* eat \w grass|strong="H2682"\w*, \w like|strong="H5973"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \q1 \v 16 Their legs/thighs \w are|strong="H4975"\w* \add very\add* \w strong|strong="H3581"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H4975"\w* \w the|strong="H2009"\w* \w muscles|strong="H8306"\w* \w of|strong="H3581"\w* their bellies \w are|strong="H4975"\w* 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No|strong="H3947"\w* one \w can|strong="H3947"\w* [RHQ] catch \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w by|strong="H5344"\w* blinding \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \q2 or \w by|strong="H5344"\w* piercing \w their|strong="H3947"\w* noses \w with|strong="H5869"\w* \add the teeth of\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w trap|strong="H4170"\w*!” \c 41 \s1 Yahweh challenged Job to try to capture a crocodile \q1 \v 1 “\add Think also about\add* ◄crocodiles/great sea dragons►. \q2 \w Can|strong="H4758"\w* \w you|strong="H1571"\w* catch them \w with|strong="H1571"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fishhook \q2 \w or|strong="H1571"\w* fasten \w their|strong="H1571"\w* jaws \w with|strong="H1571"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* rope? \q1 \v 2 \w Can|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* put ropes \w through|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* noses \add to control them\add* \q2 \w or|strong="H3808"\w* thrust hooks \w through|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* jaws? \q1 \v 3 \w Will|strong="H4310"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* plead \w with|strong="H8064"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H8064"\w* act mercifully toward \w them|strong="H8478"\w* \q2 \w or|strong="H4310"\w* ◄\w use|strong="H1931"\w* sweet talk/speak \w to|strong="H8064"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* nicely► \add in order that you will not harm them\add*? \q1 \v 4 \w Will|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w make|strong="H2790"\w* an \w agreement|strong="H1697"\w* \w with|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w work|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*, \q2 \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* slaves \w as|strong="H1697"\w* long \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* live? \q1 \v 5 \w Can|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* cause \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* become pets \w like|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* cause birds \w to|strong="H6440"\w* become \w your|strong="H6440"\w* pets? \q2 \w Can|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* put \w a|strong="H3068"\w* leash/rope \w around|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \add necks\add* \w so|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H4310"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* servant girls \add can play with them\add*? \q1 \v 6 \w Will|strong="H4310"\w* merchants try \w to|strong="H6440"\w* buy \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \add in the market\add*? \q2 \w Will|strong="H4310"\w* \w they|strong="H6440"\w* cut \w them|strong="H6440"\w* up into pieces \w and|strong="H6440"\w* sell \w the|strong="H6440"\w* meat? \q1 \v 7 Can you pierce \w their|strong="H5462"\w* skins by throwing fishing spears at them? \q2 Can you pierce \w their|strong="H5462"\w* heads with \w a|strong="H3068"\w* harpoon? \q1 \v 8 If \w you|strong="H3808"\w* grab \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w them|strong="H5066"\w* \w with|strong="H5066"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* hands, \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* fight \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* way \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* forget, \q2 \w and|strong="H5066"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* try \w to|strong="H5066"\w* do \w it|strong="H3808"\w* again! \q1 \v 9 \w It|strong="H3920"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* \w useless|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* try \w to|strong="H3808"\w* subdue \w them|strong="H1692"\w*. \q2 Anyone \w who|strong="H3808"\w* tries \w to|strong="H3808"\w* subdue \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3808"\w* \w them|strong="H1692"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* lose \w his|strong="H3808"\w* courage. \q1 \v 10 No one dares/tries \w to|strong="H5869"\w* ◄arouse them/cause them \w to|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H5869"\w* angry►. \q2 So, \add since I am much more powerful than they are,\add* ◄who would dare \w to|strong="H5869"\w* cause \w me|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H5869"\w* angry?/no one would dare \w to|strong="H5869"\w* cause \w me|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H5869"\w* angry!► [RHQ] \q1 \v 11 Also, everything \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H1980"\w* earth \w is|strong="H6310"\w* mine. \q2 Therefore, \w no|strong="H1980"\w* \w one|strong="H6310"\w* [RHQ] \w is|strong="H6310"\w* able \w to|strong="H1980"\w* give anything \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w me|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* require \w me|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* pay \add money\add* \w for|strong="H6310"\w* \w it|strong="H1980"\w*! \b \q1 \v 12 \w I|strong="H3318"\w* \w will|strong="H6227"\w* tell \w you|strong="H3318"\w* \w about|strong="H3318"\w* \add how strong\add* crocodiles' legs \add are\add* \q2 \w and|strong="H3318"\w* how strong \w their|strong="H3318"\w* well-formed bodies are. \q1 \v 13 ◄Can \w anyone|strong="H5315"\w* strip \w off|strong="H3318"\w* \w their|strong="H3318"\w* hides?/\w No|strong="H6310"\w* \w one|strong="H6310"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* able \w to|strong="H3318"\w* strip \w off|strong="H3318"\w* \w their|strong="H3318"\w* hides.► [RHQ] \q2 ◄Can \w anyone|strong="H5315"\w* try \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w put|strong="H3318"\w* bridles \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*?/\w No|strong="H6310"\w* \w one|strong="H6310"\w* can try \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w put|strong="H3318"\w* bridles \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*.► [RHQ] (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, Can \w anyone|strong="H5315"\w* pierce \w their|strong="H3318"\w* very thick hides?) \q1 \v 14 ◄Can anyone pry \w open|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* jaws, which have terrible teeth \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*?/\w No|strong="H6440"\w* one can pry \w open|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* jaws, which have terrible teeth \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*!► [RHQ] \q1 \v 15 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* rows \w of|strong="H5921"\w* scales \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* back \q2 which \w are|strong="H1320"\w* \w as|strong="H5921"\w* \w hard|strong="H1692"\w* \w as|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* rock (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, tightly fastened \w together|strong="H1692"\w*). \q1 \v 16 \w The|strong="H3332"\w* scales \w are|strong="H3820"\w* very close together, \q2 \w with|strong="H3820"\w* \w the|strong="H3332"\w* result \w that|strong="H3820"\w* not even air can get between them. \q1 \v 17 \w The|strong="H2398"\w* scales are joined very closely \w to|strong="H1481"\w* each other, \q2 \w and|strong="H2398"\w* \w they|strong="H7667"\w* cannot be separated. \q1 \v 18 \w When|strong="H6965"\w* crocodiles sneeze, \add the tiny drops of water that come out of their noses\add* sparkle \w in|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* sunlight. \q2 \w Their|strong="H6965"\w* eyes \w are|strong="H2719"\w* red like \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w rising|strong="H6965"\w* sun. \q1 \v 19 \add It is as though\add* sparks \w of|strong="H6086"\w* fire pour \w out|strong="H2803"\w* \w of|strong="H6086"\w* their mouths [DOU]. \q1 \v 20 Smoke pours \w out|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H2015"\w* nostrils/noses \q2 \w like|strong="H3808"\w* steam comes \w out|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* pot \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w put|strong="H1272"\w* \w over|strong="H2015"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire made \w from|strong="H1121"\w* dry reeds. \q1 \v 21 Their breath can cause coals \w to|strong="H2803"\w* blaze, \q2 \w and|strong="H7494"\w* flames shoot \w out|strong="H2803"\w* from their mouths. \q1 \v 22 \w Their|strong="H5921"\w* necks \w are|strong="H8478"\w* very strong; \q2 \w wherever|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* go, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* cause people \w to|strong="H5921"\w* be very afraid. \q1 \v 23 \w The|strong="H7760"\w* folds \w in|strong="H3220"\w* \w their|strong="H7760"\w* flesh are very close \w together|strong="H3220"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H3220"\w* are very hard/firm. \q1 \v 24 \add They are fearless, because\add* \q2 \w the|strong="H2803"\w* inner parts \w of|strong="H2803"\w* their bodies \w are|strong="H5410"\w* \w as|strong="H2803"\w* hard \w as|strong="H2803"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* rock, \q2 \w as|strong="H2803"\w* hard \w as|strong="H2803"\w* \w the|strong="H2803"\w* lower millstone \add on which grain is ground\add*. \q1 \v 25 \w When|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* rise \w up|strong="H5921"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \add even\add* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* strong people \w to|strong="H6213"\w* be \w terrified|strong="H2844"\w*. \q2 \w As|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, people ◄fall back/run away► \w when|strong="H6213"\w* crocodiles thrash \w around|strong="H5921"\w*. \q1 \v 26 \add People\add* [PRS] cannot injure \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* swords, \q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* spears \w or|strong="H1121"\w* darts \w or|strong="H1121"\w* javelins cannot injure \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, either. \q1 \v 27 They \add certainly are not afraid of weapons made of\add* straw or rotten wood, \q2 but \add they are not even afraid of weapons made of\add* iron or bronze! \q1 \v 28 \add Shooting\add* arrows \add at them\add* does not cause them to run away. \q2 \add Hurling\add* stones at them from \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sling is like \add hurling\add* bits of chaff at them. \q1 \v 29 They are not afraid of clubs \add any more than they would be afraid of men throwing\add* bits of straw \add at them\add*, \q2 and they laugh when they hear the whirl/sound of javelins \add being thrown at them\add* . \q1 \v 30 Their bellies are covered with scales that are as sharp as broken pieces of pottery. \q2 When they drag themselves through the mud, \q2 their bellies tear up the ground like \w a|strong="H3068"\w* plow. \q1 \v 31 They stir up the water and cause it to foam \q2 \add as they churn/swim through it\add*. \q1 \v 32 As they go through the water, the ◄wakes/trails in the water behind them► glisten. \q2 People \add who see it\add* would think that the foam in those wakes had become white hair. \q1 \v 33 There are no creatures on earth that are as fearless as crocodiles. \q1 \v 34 They are the proudest of all the creatures; \q2 \add it is as though\add* they \add rule like\add* kings over all the other wild animals.” \c 42 \s1 Job replied to Yahweh \p \v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Job \w replied|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \add He said\add*, \q1 \v 2 “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H3201"\w* \w do|strong="H3201"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \q2 \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w can|strong="H3201"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w doing|strong="H4480"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w do|strong="H3201"\w*. \q1 \v 3 \add You asked me\add*, ‘◄\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w*, \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w by|strong="H3808"\w* speaking \w ignorantly|strong="H1097"\w*, question \w what|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w plan|strong="H6098"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w do|strong="H4310"\w*?/\w You|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w right|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w* question \w what|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w plan|strong="H6098"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w do|strong="H4310"\w* \w by|strong="H3808"\w* speaking \w ignorantly|strong="H1097"\w*.►’ [RHQ] \q2 \w It|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w true|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* spoke \w about|strong="H4480"\w* \w things|strong="H6381"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w did|strong="H3651"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w*, \q2 \w things|strong="H6381"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w are|strong="H4310"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w wonderful|strong="H6381"\w*/\w marvelous|strong="H6381"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* am \w not|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w them|strong="H5046"\w*. \q1 \v 4 \w You|strong="H3045"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, ‘\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w while|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w*. \q2 \w I|strong="H3045"\w* want \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* some questions, \q2 \w so|strong="H8085"\w* prepare \w yourself|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w answer|strong="H3045"\w* \w them|strong="H8085"\w*.’ \q1 \v 5 \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w had|strong="H5869"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* previously, \q2 \w but|strong="H7200"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \add it is as though\add* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w with|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w own|strong="H5869"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*. \q1 \v 6 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* ◄\w am|strong="H5162"\w* ashamed \w of|strong="H5921"\w*/withdraw► \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H6083"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* sit \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w and|strong="H6083"\w* \w ashes|strong="H6083"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* show \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w am|strong="H5162"\w* \w sorry|strong="H5162"\w* \add for what I said\add*.” \s1 Yahweh said he disapproved of what Job’s three friends said \p \v 7 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Job|strong="H3808"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Eliphaz, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*, \add Bildad and Zophar\add*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Job|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3559"\w*/\w true|strong="H3068"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w right|strong="H3559"\w*/\w true|strong="H3068"\w*. \v 8 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Job|strong="H3808"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w young|strong="H6499"\w* \w bulls|strong="H6499"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* rams \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \add kill them and\add* \w burn|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* altar \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H5930"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H5375"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w Job|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* requests \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, \add and I will forgive you for speaking wrongly about me\add*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w punish|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* deserve \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* punished, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w was|strong="H5650"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w right|strong="H3559"\w*/true, \w 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