,this e,book was produced by ,david ,widger from etext #aeha prepared by ,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical ,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4 ,,the ,,holy ,,bible ,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate ,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 ,greek1 and ,other ,editions in ,divers ,languages ,,the ,,old ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,douay ,a4,d4 #afji #afaj and ,,the ,,new ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,rheims ,a4,d4 #aehb ,with ,annotations ,the ,whole ,revised and ,diligently ,compared with the ,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard ,challoner ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb ,,the ,,book ,,of ,,job ,this ,book takes its name from the holy man of whom it treats3 who1 according to the more probable opinion1 was of the race of ,esau2 and the same as ,jobab1 king of ,edom1 mentioned ,gen4 #cf4cc4 ,it is uncertain who was the writer of it4 ,some attribute it to ,job himself2 others to ,moses1 or some one of the prophets4 ,in the ,hebrew it is written in verse1 from the beginning of the third chapter to the forty-second chapter4 ,job ,chapter #a #a3a4 ,there was a man in the land of ,hus1 whose name was ,job1 and that man was simple and upright1 and fearing ,god1 and avoiding evil4 ,hus444 ,the land of ,hus was a part of ,edom2 as appears from ,lam4 #d4ba4 ,ibid4 ,simple444 ,that is1 innocent1 sincere1 and without guile4 #a3b4 ,and there were born to him seven sons and three daughters4 #a3c4 ,and his possession was seven thousand sheep1 and three thousand camels1 and five hundred yoke of oxen1 and five hundred she asses1 and a family exceedingly great3 and this man was great among all the people of the east4 #a3d4 ,and his sons went1 and made a feast by houses1 every one in his day4 ,and sending1 they called their three sisters1 to eat and drink with them4 ,and made a feast by houses444 ,that is1 each made a feast in his own house and had his day1 inviting the others1 and their sisters4 #a3e4 ,and when the days of their feasting were gone about1 ,job sent to them1 and sanctified them3 and rising up early1 offered holocausts for every one of them4 ,for he said3 ,lest perhaps my sons have sinned1 and have blessed ,god in their hearts4 ,so did ,job all days4 ,blessed444 ,for greater horror of the very thought of blasphemy1 the scripture both here and ver4 #aa1 and in the following chapter1 ver4 #e and #i1 uses the word bless to signify its contrary4 #a3f4 ,now on a certain day1 when the sons of ,god came to stand before the ,lord1 ,satan also was present among them4 ,the sons of ,god444 ,the angels4-,ibid4 ,satan also1 etc44 ,this passage represents to us in a figure1 accommodated to the ways and understandings of men1 #a4 ,the restless endeavours of ,satan against the servants of ,god2 #b4 ,that he can do nothing without ,god's permission2 #c4 ,that ,god doth not permit him to tempt them above their strength3 but assists them by his divine grace in such manner1 that the vain efforts of the enemy only serve to illustrate their virtue and increase their merit4 #a3g4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,whence comest thou8 ,and he answered and said3 ,i have gone round about the earth1 and walked through it4 #a3h4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,hast thou considered my servant1 ,job1 that there is none like him in the earth1 a simple and upright man1 and fearing ,god1 and avoiding evil8 #a3i4 ,and ,satan answering1 said3 ,doth ,job fear ,god in vain8 #a3aj4 ,hast thou not made a fence for him1 and his house1 and all his substance round about1 blessed the works of his hands1 and his possession hath increased on the earth8 #a3aa4 ,but stretch forth thy hand a little1 and touch all that he hath1 and see if he bless thee not to thy face4 #a3ab4 ,then the ,lord said to ,satan3 ,behold1 all that he hath is in thy hand3 only put not forth thy hand upon his person4 ,and ,satan went forth from the presence of the ,lord4 #a3ac4 ,now upon a certain day1 when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine1 in the house of their eldest brother1 #a3ad4 ,there came a messenger to ,job1 and said3 ,the oxen were ploughing1 and the asses feeding beside them1 #a3ae4 ,and the ,sabeans rushed in1 and took all away1 and slew the servants with the sword2 and ,i alone have escaped to tell thee4 #a3af4 ,and while he was yet speaking1 another came1 and said3 ,the fire of ,god fell from heaven1 and striking the sheep and the servants1 hath consumed them2 and ,i alone have escaped to tell thee4 #a3ag4 ,and while he also was yet speaking1 there came another1 and said3 ,the ,chaldeans made three troops1 and have fallen upon the camels1 and taken them2 moreover1 they have slain the servants with the sword3 and ,i alone have escaped to tell thee4 #a3ah4 ,he was yet speaking1 and behold another came in1 and said3 ,thy sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest brother1 #a3ai4 ,a violent wind came on a sudden from the side of the desert1 and shook the four corners of the house1 and it fell upon thy children1 and they are dead3 and ,i alone have escaped to tell thee4 #a3bj4 ,then ,job rose up1 and rent his garments1 and having shaven his head1 fell down upon the ground1 and worshipped1 #a3ba4 ,and said3 ,naked came ,i out of my mother's womb1 and naked shall ,i return thither3 the ,lord gave1 and the ,lord hath taken away3 as it hath pleased the ,lord1 so is it done3 blessed be the name of the ,lord4 #a3bb4 ,in all these things ,job sinned not by his lips1 nor spoke he any foolish thing against ,god4 ,job ,chapter #b #b3a4 ,and it came to pass1 when on a certain day the sons of ,god came1 and stood before the ,lord1 and ,satan came amongst them1 and stood in his sight1 #b3b4 ,that the ,lord said to ,satan3 ,whence comest thou8 ,and he answered1 and said3 ,i have gone round about the earth1 and walked through it4 #b3c4 ,and the ,lord said to ,satan3 ,hast thou considered my servant1 ,job1 that there is none like him in the earth1 a man simple and upright1 and fearing ,god1 and avoiding evil1 and still keeping his innocence8 ,but thou hast moved me against him1 that ,i should afflict him without cause4 #b3d4 ,and ,satan answered1 and said3 ,skin for skin2 and all that a man hath1 he will give for his life3 #b3e4 ,but put forth thy hand1 and touch his bone and his flesh1 and then thou shalt see that he will bless thee to thy face4 #b3f4 ,and the ,lord said to ,satan3 ,behold1 he is in thy hand1 but yet save his life4 #b3g4 ,so ,satan went forth from the presence of the ,lord1 and struck ,job with a very grievous ulcer1 from the sole of the foot even to the top of his head3 #b3h4 ,and he took a potsherd and scraped the corrupt matter1 sitting on a dunghill4 #b3i4 ,and his wife said to him3 ,dost thou still continue in thy simplicity8 bless ,god and die4 #b3aj4 ,and he said to her3 ,thou hast spoken like one of the foolish women3 ,if we have received good things at the hand of ,god1 why should we not receive evil8 ,in all these things ,job did not sin with his lips4 #b3aa4 ,now when ,job's three friends heard all the evil that had befallen him1 they came every one from his own place1 ,eliphaz1 the ,themanite1 and ,baldad1 the ,suhite1 and ,sophar1 the ,naamathite4 ,for they had made an appointment to come together and visit him1 and comfort him4 #b3ab4 ,and when they had lifted up their eyes afar off1 they knew him not1 and crying out1 they wept1 and rending their garments1 they sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven4 #b3ac4 ,and they sat with him on the ground seven day and seven nights and no man spoke to him a word3 for they saw that his grief was very great4 ,job ,chapter #c #c3a4 ,after this1 ,job opened his mouth1 and cursed his day1 ,cursed his day444 ,job cursed the day of his birth1 not by way of wishing evil to any thing of ,god's creation2 but only to express in a stronger manner his sense of human miseries in general1 and of his own calamities in particular4 #c3b4 ,and he said3 #c3c4 ,let the day perish wherein ,i was born1 and the night in which it was said3 ,a man child is conceived4 #c3d4 ,let that day be turned into darkness1 let not ,god regard it from above1 and let not the light shine upon it4 #c3e4 ,let darkness1 and the shadow of death1 cover it1 let a mist overspread it1 and let it be wrapped up in bitterness4 #c3f4 ,let a darksome whirlwind seize upon that night1 let it not be counted in the days of the year1 nor numbered in the months4 #c3g4 ,let that night be solitary1 and not worthy of praise4 #c3h4 ,let them curse it who curse the day1 who are ready to raise up a leviathan3 #c3i4 ,let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof3 let it expect light1 and not see it1 nor the rising of the dawning of the day3 #c3aj4 ,because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me1 nor took away evils from my eyes4 #c3aa4 ,why did ,i not die in the womb8 why did ,i not perish when ,i came out of the belly8 #c3ab4 ,why received upon the knees8 why suckled at the breasts8 #c3ac4 ,for now ,i should have been asleep and still1 and should have rest in my sleep3 #c3ad4 ,with kings and consuls of the earth1 who build themselves solitudes3 #c3ae4 ,or with princes1 that possess gold1 and fill their houses with silver3 #c3af4 ,or as a hidden untimely birth1 ,i should not be2 or as they that1 being conceived1 have not seen the light4 #c3ag4 ,there the wicked cease from tumult1 and there the wearied in strength are at rest4 #c3ah4 ,and they sometime bound together without disquiet1 have not heard the voice of the oppressor4 #c3ai4 ,the small and great are there1 and the servant is free from his master4 #c3bj4 ,why is light given to him that is in misery1 and life to them that are in bitterness of soul8 #c3ba4 ,that look for death1 and it cometh not1 as they that dig for a treasure3 #c3bb4 ,and they rejoice exceedingly when they have found the grave8 #c3bc4 ,to a man whose way is hidden1 and ,god hath surrounded him with darkness8 #c3bd4 ,before ,i eat ,i sigh3 and as overflowing waters1 so is my roaring3 #c3be4 ,for the fear which ,i feared1 hath come upon me3 and that which ,i was afraid of1 hath befallen me4 #c3bf4 ,have ,i not dissembled8 have ,i not kept silence8 have ,i not been quiet8 and indignation is come upon me4 ,job ,chapter #d #d3a4 ,then ,eliphaz1 the ,themanite1 answered1 and said3 #d3b4 ,if we begin to speak to thee1 perhaps thou wilt take it ill2 but who can withhold the words he hath conceived8 #d3c4 ,behold thou hast taught many1 and thou hast strengthened the weary hands3 #d3d4 ,thy words have confirmed them that were staggering1 and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees3 #d3e4 ,but now the scourge is come upon thee1 and thou faintest3 ,it hath touched thee1 and thou art troubled4 #d3f4 ,where is thy fear1 thy fortitude1 thy patience1 and the perfection of thy ways8 #d3g4 ,remember1 ,i pray thee1 who ever perished being innocent8 or when were the just destroyed8 #d3h4 ,on the contrary1 ,i have seen those who work iniquity1 and sow sorrows1 and reap them1 #d3i4 ,perishing by the blast of ,god1 and consumed by the spirit of his wrath4 #d3aj4 ,the roaring of the lion1 and the voice of the lioness1 and the teeth of the whelps of lions1 are broken3 #d3aa4 ,the tiger hath perished for want of prey1 and the young lions are scattered abroad4 #d3ab4 ,now there was a word spoken to me in private1 and my ears by stealth1 as it were1 received the veins of its whisper4 #d3ac4 ,in the horror of a vision by night1 when deep sleep is wont to hold men1 #d3ad4 ,fear seized upon me1 and trembling1 and all my bones were affrighted3 #d3ae4 ,and when a spirit passed before me1 the hair of my flesh stood up4 #d3af4 ,there stood one whose countenance ,i knew not1 an image before my eyes1 and ,i heard the voice1 as it were1 of a gentle wind4 #d3ag4 ,shall man be justified in comparison of ,god1 or shall a man be more pure than his maker8 ,shall man be justified in comparison of ,god1 etc444 ,these are the words which ,eliphaz had heard from an angel1 which1 ver4 #ae1 he calls a spirit4 #d3ah4 ,behold1 they that serve him are not steadfast1 and in his angels he found wickedness3 #d3ai4 ,how much more shall they that dwell in houses of clay1 who have an earthly foundation1 be consumed as with the moth8 #d3bj4 ,from morning till evening they shall be cut down3 and because no one understandeth1 they shall perish for ever4 #d3ba4 ,and they that shall be left1 shall be taken away from them3 they shall die1 and not in wisdom4 ,job ,chapter #e #e3a4 ,call now1 if there be any that will answer thee1 and turn to some of the saints4 #e3b4 ,anger indeed killeth the foolish1 and envy slayeth the little one4 #e3c4 ,i have seen a fool with a strong root1 and ,i cursed his beauty immediately4 #e3d4 ,his children shall be far from safety1 and shall be destroyed in the gate1 and there shall be none to deliver them4 #e3e4 ,whose harvest the hungry shall eat1 and the armed man shall take him by violence1 and the thirsty shall drink up his riches4 #e3f4 ,nothing upon earth is done without a cause1 and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground4 #e3g4 ,man is born to labour1 and the bird to fly4 #e3h4 ,wherefore ,i will pray to the ,lord1 and address my speech to ,god3 #e3i4 ,who doth great things1 and unsearchable and wonderful things without number3 #e3aj4 ,who giveth rain upon the face of the earth1 and watereth all things with waters3 #e3aa4 ,who setteth up the humble on high1 and comforteth with health those that mourn4 #e3ab4 ,who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant1 so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun3 #e3ac4 ,who catcheth the wise in their craftiness1 and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked3 #e3ad4 ,they shall meet with darkness in the day1 and grope at noonday as in the night4 #e3ae4 ,but he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth1 and the poor from the hand of the violent4 #e3af4 ,and to the needy there shall be hope1 but iniquity shall draw in her mouth4 #e3ag4 ,blessed is the man whom ,god correcteth3 refuse not1 therefore1 the chastising of the ,lord4 #e3ah4 ,for he woundeth1 and cureth3 he striketh1 and his hands shall heal4 #e3ai4 ,in six troubles he shall deliver thee1 and in the seventh1 evil shall not touch thee4 #e3bj4 ,in famine he shall deliver thee from death2 and in battle1 from the hand of the sword4 #e3ba4 ,thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue3 and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh4 #e3bb4 ,in destruction and famine thou shalt laugh3 and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth4 #e3bc4 ,but thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands1 and the beasts of the earth shall be at peace with thee4 #e3bd4 ,and thou shalt know that thy tabernacle is in peace1 and visiting thy beauty1 thou shalt not sin4 #e3be4 ,thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied1 and thy offspring like the grass of the earth4 #e3bf4 ,thou shalt enter into the grave in abundance1 as a heap of wheat is brought in in its season4 #e3bg4 ,behold1 this is even so1 as we have searched out3 which thou having heard1 consider it thoroughly in thy mind4 ,job ,chapter #f #f3a4 ,but ,job answered1 and said3 #f3b4 ,o that my sins1 whereby ,i have deserved wrath1 and the calamity that ,i suffer1 were weighed in a balance4 ,my sins1 etc444 ,he does not mean to compare his sufferings with his real sins3 but with the imaginary crimes which his friends imputed to him3 and especially with his wrath1 or grief1 expressed in the third chapter1 which they so much accused4 ,though1 as he tells them here1 it bore no proportion with the greatness of his calamity4 #f3c4 ,as the sand of the sea1 this would appear heavier3 therefore1 my words are full of sorrow3 #f3d4 ,for the arrows of the ,lord are in me1 the rage whereof drinketh up my spirit1 and the terrors of the ,lord war against me4 #f3e4 ,will the wild ass bray when he hath grass8 or will the ox low when he standeth before a full manger8 #f3f4 ,or can an unsavoury thing be eaten1 that is not seasoned with salt8 or can a man taste that which1 when tasted1 bringeth death8 #f3g4 ,the things which before my soul would not touch1 now1 through anguish1 are my meats4 #f3h4 ,who will grant that my request may come3 and that ,god may give me what ,i look for8 #f3i4 ,and that he that hath begun may destroy me1 that he may let loose his hand1 and cut me off8 #f3aj4 ,and that this may be my comfort1 that afflicting me with sorrow1 he spare not1 nor ,i contradict the words of the ,holy one4 #f3aa4 ,for what is my strength1 that ,i can hold out8 or what is my end1 that ,i should keep patience8 #f3ab4 ,my strength is not the strength of stones1 nor is my flesh of brass4 #f3ac4 ,behold there is no help for me in myself1 and my familiar friends also are departed from me4 #f3ad4 ,he that taketh away mercy from his friend1 for saketh the fear of the ,lord4 #f3ae4 ,my brethren have passed by me1 as the torrent that passeth swiftly in the valleys4 #f3af4 ,they that fear the hoary frost1 the snow shall fall upon them4 #f3ag4 ,at the time when they shall be scattered they shall perish3 and after it groweth hot1 they shall be melted out of their place4 #f3ah4 ,the paths of their steps are entangled3 they shall walk in vain1 and shall perish4 #f3ai4 ,consider the paths of ,thema1 the ways of ,saba1 and wait a little while4 #f3bj4 ,they arc confounded1 because ,i have hoped3 they are come also even unto me1 and are covered with shame4 #f3ba4 ,now you are come3 and now1 seeing my affliction1 you are afraid4 #f3bb4 ,did ,i say3 ,bring to me1 and give me of your substance8 #f3bc4 ,or deliver me from the hand of the enemy1 and rescue me out of the hand of the mighty8 #f3bd4 ,teach me1 and ,i will hold my peace3 and if ,i have been ignorant of any thing1 instruct me4 #f3be4 ,why have you detracted the words of truth1 whereas there is none of you that can reprove me8 #f3bf4 ,you dress up speeches only to rebuke1 and you utter words to the wind4 #f3bg4 ,you rush in upon the fatherless1 and you endeavour to overthrow your friend4 #f3bh4 ,however1 finish what you have begun3 give ear and see whether ,i lie4 #f3bi4 ,answer1 ,i beseech you1 without contention3 and speaking that which is just1 judge ye4 #f3cj4 ,and you shall not find iniquity in my tongue1 neither shall folly sound in my mouth4 ,job ,chapter #g #g3a4 ,the life of man upon earth is a warfare1 and his days are like the days of a hireling4 #g3b4 ,as a servant longeth for the shade1 as the hireling looketh for the end of his work2 #g3c4 ,so ,i also have had empty months1 and have numbered to myself wearisome nights4 #g3d4 ,if ,i lie down to sleep1 ,i shall say3 ,when shall ,i rise8 and again1 ,i shall look for the evening1 and shall be filled with sorrows even till darkness4 #g3e4 ,my flesh is clothed with rottenness and the filth of dust2 my skin is withered and drawn together4 #g3f4 ,my days have passed more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver1 and are consumed without any hope4 #g3g4 ,remember that my life is but wind1 and my eye shall not return to see good things4 #g3h4 ,nor shall the sight of man behold me3 thy eyes are upon me1 and ,i shall be no more4 #g3i4 ,as a cloud is consumed1 and passeth away3 so he that shall go down to hell shall not come up4 #g3aj4 ,nor shall he return any more into his house1 neither shall his place know him any more4 #g3aa4 ,wherefore1 ,i will not spare my month1 ,i will speak in the affliction of my spirit3 ,i will talk with the bitterness of my soul4 #g3ab4 ,am ,i a sea1 or a whale1 that thou hast inclosed me in a prison8 #g3ac4 ,if ,i say3 ,my bed shall comfort me1 and ,i shall be relieved1 speaking with myself on my couch3 #g3ad4 ,thou wilt frighten me with dreams1 and terrify me with visions4 #g3ae4 ,so that my soul rather chooseth hanging1 and my bones death4 #g3af4 ,i have done with hope1 ,i shall now live no longer3 spare me1 for my days are nothing4 #g3ag4 ,what is a man1 that thou shouldst magnify him or why dost thou set thy heart upon him8 #g3ah4 ,thou visitest him early in the morning1 and thou provest him suddenly4 #g3ai4 ,how long wilt thou not spare me1 nor suffer me to swallow down my spittle8 #g3bj4 ,i have sinned3 what shall ,i do to thee1 ,o keeper of men8 why hast thou set me opposite to thee and am ,i become burdensome to myself8 #g3ba4 ,why dost thou not remove my sin1 and why dost thou not take away my iniquity8 ,behold now ,i shall sleep in the dust3 and if thou seek me in the morning1 ,i shall not be4 ,job ,chapter #h #h3a4 ,then ,baldad1 the ,suhite1 answered1 and said3 #h3b4 ,how long wilt thou speak these things1 and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind8 #h3c4 ,doth ,god pervert judgment1 or doth the ,almighty overthrow that which is just8 #h3d4 ,although thy children have sinned against him1 and he hath left them in the hand of their iniquity3 #h3e4 ,yet if thou wilt arise early to ,god1 and wilt beseech the ,almighty3 #h3f4 ,if thou wilt walk clean and upright1 he will presently awake unto thee1 and will make the dwelling of thy justice peaceable3 #h3g4 ,in so much1 that if thy former things were small thy latter things would be multiplied exceedingly4 #h3h4 ,for inquire of the former generation1 and search diligently into the memory of the fathers3 #h3i4 7,for we are but of yesterday1 and are ignorant that our days upon earth are but a shadow47 #h3aj4 ,and they shall teach thee3 they shall speak to thee1 and utter words out of their hearts4 #h3aa4 ,can the rush be green without moisture8 or sedge bush grow without water8 #h3ab4 ,when it is yet in flower1 and is not plucked u with the hand1 it withereth before all herbs4 #h3ac4 ,even so are the ways of all that forget ,god1 an the hope of the hypocrite shall perish3 #h3ad4 ,his folly shall not please him1 and his trust shall be like the spider's web4 #h3ae4 ,he shall lean upon his house1 and it shall no stand3 he shall prop it up1 and it shall not rise3 #h3af4 ,he seemeth to have moisture before the sun cometh2 and at his rising1 his blossom shall shoot forth4 #h3ag4 ,his roots shall be thick upon a heap of stones2 and among the stones he shall abide4 #h3ah4 ,if one swallow him up out of his place1 he shall deny him1 and shall say3 ,i know thee not4 #h3ai4 ,for this is the joy of his way1 that others may spring again out of the earth4 #h3bj4 ,god will not cast away the simple1 nor reach out his hand to the evil doer3 #h3ba4 ,until thy mouth be filled with laughter1 and thy lips with rejoicing4 #h3bb4 ,they that hate thee1 shall be clothed with confusion3 and the dwelling of the wicked shall not stand4 ,job ,chapter #i #i3a4 ,and ,job answered1 and said3 #i3b4 ,indeed ,i know it is so1 and that man cannot be justified1 compared with ,god4 #i3c4 ,if he will contend with him1 he cannot answer him one for a thousand4 #i3d4 ,he is wise in heart1 and mighty in strength3 who hath resisted him1 and hath had peace8 #i3e4 ,who hath removed mountains1 and they whom he overthrew in his wrath1 knew it not4 #i3f4 ,who shaketh the earth out of her place1 and the pillars thereof tremble4 #i3g4 ,who commandeth the sun1 and it riseth not3 and shutteth up the stars1 as it were1 under a seal3 #i3h4 ,who alone spreadeth out the heavens1 and walketh upon the waves of the sea1 #i3i4 ,who maketh ,arcturus1 and ,orion1 and ,hyades1 and the inner parts of the south4 ,arcturus1 etc444 ,these are names of stars or constellations4 ,in ,hebrew1 ,ash1 ,cesil1 and ,cimah4 ,see note chap4 #ch1 ver4 #ca4 #i3aj4 ,who doth things great and incomprehensible1 and wonderful1 of which there is no number4 #i3aa4 ,if he come to me1 ,i shall not see him3 if he depart1 ,i shall not understand4 #i3ab4 ,if he examine on a sudden1 who shall answer him8 or who can say3 ,why dost thou so8 #i3ac4 ,god1 whose wrath no man can resist1 and under whom they stoop that bear up the world4 #i3ad4 ,what am ,i then1 that ,i should answer him1 and have words with him8 #i3ae4 ,i1 who although ,i should have any just thing1 would not answer1 but would make supplication to my judge4 #i3af4 ,and if he should hear me when ,i call1 ,i should not believe that he had heard my voice4 #i3ag4 ,for he shall crush me in a whirlwind1 and multiply my wounds even without cause4 ,without cause444 ,that is1 without my knowing the cause3 or without any crime of mine4 #i3ah4 ,he alloweth not my spirit to rest1 and he filleth me with bitterness4 #i3ai4 ,if strength be demanded1 he is most strong3 if equity of judgment1 no man dare bear witness for me4 #i3bj4 ,if ,i would justify myself1 my own mouth shall condemn me3 if ,i would shew myself innocent1 he shall prove me wicked4 #i3ba4 ,although ,i should be simple1 even this my soul shall be ignorant of1 and ,i shall be weary of my life4 #i3bb4 ,one thing there is that ,i have spoken1 both the innocent and the wicked he consumeth4 #i3bc4 ,if he scourge1 let him kill at once1 and not laugh at the pains of the innocent4 #i3bd4 ,the earth is given into the hand of the wicked1 he covereth the face of the judges thereof3 and if it be not he1 who is it then8 #i3be4 ,my days have been swifter than a post3 they have fled away and have not seen good4 #i3bf4 ,they have passed by as ships carrying fruits1 as an eagle flying to the prey4 #i3bg4 ,if ,i say3 ,i will not speak so3 ,i change my face1 and am tormented with sorrow4 #i3bh4 ,i feared all my works1 knowing that thou didst not spare the offender4 #i3bi4 ,but if so also ,i am wicked1 why have ,i laboured in vain8 #i3cj4 ,if ,i be washed1 as it were1 with snow waters1 and my hands shall shine ever #hj4 clean3 #i3ca4 ,yet thou shalt plunge me in filth1 and my garments shall abhor me4 #i3cb4 ,for ,i shall not answer a man that is like myself3 nor one that may be heard with me equally in judgment4 #i3cc4 ,there is none that may be able to reprove both1 and to put his hand between both4 #i3cd4 ,let him take his rod away from me1 and let not his fear terrify me4 #i3ce4 ,i will speak1 and will not fear him3 for ,i cannot answer while ,i am in fear4 ,job ,chapter #aj #aj3a4 ,my soul is weary of my life1 ,i will let go my speech against myself1 ,i will speak in the bitterness of my soul4 #aj3b4 ,i will say to ,god3 ,do not condemn me3 tell me why thou judgest me so8 #aj3c4 ,doth it seem good to thee that thou shouldst calumniate me1 and oppress me1 the work of thy own hands1 and help the counsel of the wicked8 #aj3d4 ,hast thou eyes of flesh3 or1 shalt thou see as man seeth8 #aj3e4 ,are thy days as the days of man1 and are thy years as the times of men3 #aj3f4 ,that thou shouldst inquire after my iniquity1 and search after my sin8 #aj3g4 ,and shouldst know that ,i have done no wicked thing1 whereas there is no man that can deliver out of thy hand8 #aj3h4 ,thy hands have made me1 and fashioned me wholly round about1 and dost thou thus cast me down headlong on a sudden8 #aj3i4 ,remember1 ,i beseech thee1 that thou hast made me as the clay1 and thou wilt bring me into dust4 #aj3aj4 ,hast thou not milked me as milk1 and curdled me like cheese8 #aj3aa4 ,thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh3 thou hast put me together with bones and sinews3 #aj3ab4 ,thou hast granted me life and mercy1 and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit4 #aj3ac4 ,although thou conceal these things in thy heart1 yet ,i know that thou rememberest all things4 #aj3ad4 ,if ,i have sinned1 and thou hast spared me for an hour3 why dost thou not suffer me to be clean from my iniquity8 #aj3ae4 ,and if ,i be wicked1 woe unto me3 and if just1 ,i shall not lift up my head1 being filled with affliction and misery4 #aj3af4 ,and for pride thou wilt take me as a lioness1 and returning1 thou tormentest me wonderfully4 #aj3ag4 ,thou renewest thy witnesses against me1 and multipliest thy wrath upon me1 and pains war against me4 #aj3ah4 ,why didst thou bring me forth out of the womb8 ,o that ,i had been consumed1 that eye might not see me6 #aj3ai4 ,i should have been as if ,i had not been1 carried from the womb to the grave4 #aj3bj4 ,shall not the fewness of my days be ended shortly8 ,suffer me1 therefore1 that ,i may lament my sorrow a little3 #aj3ba4 ,before ,i go and return no more1 to a land that is dark and covered with the mist of death3 #aj3bb4 ,a land of misery and darkness1 where the shadow of death1 and no order1 but everlasting horror dwelleth4 ,job ,chapter #aa ,sophar reproves ,job1 for justifying himself1 and invites him to repentance4 #aa3a4 ,then ,sophar the ,naamathite answered1 and said3 #aa3b4 ,shall not he that speaketh much1 hear also8 or shall a man full of talk be justified8 #aa3c4 ,shall men hold their peace to thee only8 and when thou hast mocked others1 shall no man confute thee8 #aa3d4 ,for thou hast said3 ,my word is pure1 and ,i am clean in thy sight4 #aa3e4 ,and ,i wish that ,god would speak with thee1 and would open his lips to thee1 #aa3f4 ,that he might shew thee the secrets of wisdom1 and that his law is manifold1 and thou mightest understand that he exacteth much less of thee1 than thy iniquity deserveth4 #aa3g4 ,peradventure thou wilt comprehend the steps of ,god1 and wilt find out the ,almighty perfectly8 #aa3h4 ,he is higher than heaven1 and what wilt thou do8 he is deeper than hell1 and how wilt thou know8 #aa3i4 ,the measure of him is longer than the earth1 and broader than the sea4 #aa3aj4 ,if he shall overturn all things1 or shall press them together1 who shall contradict him8 #aa3aa4 ,for he knoweth the vanity of men1 and when he seeth iniquity1 doth he not consider it8 #aa3ab4 ,a vain man is lifted up into pride1 and thinketh himself born free like a wild ass's colt4 #aa3ac4 ,but thou hast hardened thy heart1 and hast spread thy hands to him4 #aa3ad4 ,if thou wilt put away from thee the iniquity that is in thy hand1 and let not injustice remain in thy tabernacle3 #aa3ae4 ,then mayst thou lift up thy face without spot1 and thou shalt be steadfast1 and shalt not fear4 #aa3af4 ,thou shalt also forget misery1 and remember it only as waters that are passed away4 #aa3ag4 ,and brightness like that of the noonday1 shall arise to thee at evening3 and when thou shalt think thyself consumed1 thou shalt rise as the day star4 #aa3ah4 ,and thou shalt have confidence1 hope being set before thee1 and being buried thou shalt sleep secure4 #aa3ai4 ,thou shalt rest1 and there shall be none to make thee afraid3 and many shall entreat thy face4 #aa3bj4 ,but the eyes of the wicked shall decay1 and the way to escape shall fail them1 and their hope the abomination of the soul4 ,job ,chapter #ab ,job's reply to ,sophar4 ,he extols ,god's power and wisdom4 #ab3a4 ,then ,job answered1 and said3 #ab3b4 ,are you then men alone1 and shall wisdom die with you8 #ab3c4 ,i also have a heart as well as you3 for who is ignorant of these things1 which you know8 #ab3d4 ,he that is mocked by his friends as ,i1 shall call upon ,god and he will hear him3 for the simplicity of the just man is laughed to scorn4 #ab3e4 ,the lamp despised in the thoughts of the rich1 is ready for the time appointed4 #ab3f4 ,the tabernacles of robbers abound1 and they provoke ,god boldly2 whereas it is he that hath given all into their hands3 #ab3g4 ,but ask now the beasts1 and they shall teach thee3 and the birds of the air1 and they shall tell thee4 #ab3h4 ,speak to the earth1 and it shall answer thee3 and the fishes of the sea shall tell4 #ab3i4 ,who is ignorant that the hand of the ,lord hath made all these things8 #ab3aj4 ,in whose hand is the soul of every living thing1 and the spirit of all flesh of man4 #ab3aa4 ,doth not the ear discern words1 and the palate of him that eateth1 the taste8 #ab3ab4 ,in the ancient is wisdom1 and in length of days prudence4 #ab3ac4 ,with him is wisdom and strength1 he hath counsel and understanding4 #ab3ad4 ,if he pull down1 there is no man that can build up3 if he shut up a man1 there is none that can open4 #ab3ae4 ,if he withhold the waters1 all things shall be dried up3 and if he send them out1 they shall overturn the earth4 #ab3af4 ,with him is strength and wisdom3 he knoweth both the deceivers1 and him that is deceived4 #ab3ag4 ,he bringeth counsellors to a foolish end1 and judges to insensibility4 #ab3ah4 ,he looseth the belt of kings1 and girdeth their loins with a cord4 #ab3ai4 ,he leadeth away priests without glory1 and overthroweth nobles4 #ab3bj4 ,he changeth the speech of the true speakers1 and taketh away the doctrine of the aged4 #ab3ba4 ,he poureth contempt upon princes1 and relieveth them that were oppressed4 #ab3bb4 ,he discovereth deep things out of darkness1 and bringeth up to light the shadow of death4 #ab3bc4 ,he multiplieth nations1 and destroyeth them1 and restoreth them again after they were overthrown4 #ab3bd4 ,he changeth the heart of the princes of the people of the earth1 and deceiveth them that they walk in vain where there is no way4 #ab3be4 ,they shall grope as in the dark1 and not in the light1 and he shall make them stagger like men that are drunk4 ,job ,chapter #ac ,job persists in maintaining his innocence3 and reproves his friends4 #ac3a4 ,behold my eye hath seen all these things1 and my ear hath heard them1 and ,i have understood them all4 #ac3b4 ,according to your knowledge ,i also know3 neither am ,i inferior to you4 #ac3c4 ,but yet ,i will speak to the ,almighty1 and ,i desire to reason with ,god4 #ac3d4 ,having first shewn that you are forgers of lies1 and maintainers of perverse opinions4 #ac3e4 ,and ,i wish you would hold your peace1 that you might be thought to be wise men4 #ac3f4 ,hear ye therefore my reproof1 and attend to the judgment of my lips4 #ac3g4 ,hath ,god any need of your lie1 that you should speak deceitfully for him8 #ac3h4 ,do you accept this person1 and do you endeavour to judge for ,god8 #ac3i4 ,or shall it please him1 from whom nothing can be concealed8 or shall he be deceived as a man1 with your deceitful dealings8 #ac3aj4 ,he shall reprove you1 because in secret you accept his person4 #ac3aa4 ,as soon as he shall move himself1 he shall trouble you3 and his dread shall fall upon you4 #ac3ab4 ,your remembrance shall be compared to ashes1 and your necks shall be brought to clay4 #ac3ac4 ,hold your peace a little while1 that ,i may speak whatsoever my mind shall suggest to me4 #ac3ad4 ,why do ,i tear my flesh with my teeth1 and carry my soul in my hands8 #ac3ae4 ,although he should kill me1 ,i will trust in him3 but yet ,i will reprove my ways in his sight4 #ac3af4 ,and he shall be my saviour3 for no hypocrite shall come before his presence4 #ac3ag4 ,hear ye my speech1 and receive with your ears hidden truths4 #ac3ah4 ,if ,i shall be judged1 ,i know that ,i shall be found just4 #ac3ai4 ,who is he that will plead against me8 let him come3 why am ,i consumed holding my peace8 #ac3bj4 ,two things only do not to me1 and then from thy face ,i shall not be hid3 #ac3ba4 ,withdraw thy hand far from me1 and let not thy dread terrify me4 #ac3bb4 ,call me1 and ,i will answer thee3 or else ,i will speak1 and do thou answer me4 #ac3bc4 ,how many are my iniquities and sins8 make me know my crimes and offenses4 #ac3bd4 ,why hidest thou thy face1 and thinkest me thy enemy8 #ac3be4 ,against a leaf1 that is carried away with the wind1 thou shewest thy power1 and thou pursuest a dry straw4 #ac3bf4 ,for thou writest bitter things against me1 and wilt consume me for the sins of my youth4 #ac3bg4 ,thou hast put my feet in the stocks1 and hast observed all my paths1 and hast considered the steps of my feet3 #ac3bh4 ,who am to be consumed as rottenness1 and as a garment that is motheaten4 ,job ,chapter #ad ,job declares the shortness of man's days3 and professes his belief of a resurrection4 #ad3a4 ,man born of a woman1 living for a short time1 is filled with many miseries4 #ad3b4 ,who cometh forth like a flower1 and is destroyed1 and fleeth as a shadow1 and never continueth in the same state4 #ad3c4 ,and dost thou think it meet to open thy eyes upon such an one1 and to bring him into judgment with thee8 #ad3d4 ,who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed8 is it not thou who only art8 #ad3e4 ,the days of man are short1 and the number of his months is with thee3 thou hast appointed his bounds which cannot be passed4 #ad3f4 ,depart a little from him1 that he may rest until his wished for day come1 as that of the hireling4 #ad3g4 ,a tree hath hope3 if it be cut1 it growth green again1 and the boughs thereof sprout4 #ad3h4 ,if its roots be old in the earth1 and its stock be dead in the dust3 #ad3i4 ,at the scent of water1 it shall spring1 and bring forth leaves1 as when it was first planted4 #ad3aj4 ,but man when he shall be dead1 and stripped and consumed1 ,i pray you where is he8 #ad3aa4 ,as if the waters should depart out of the sea1 and an emptied river should be dried up2 #ad3ab4 ,so man when he is fallen asleep shall not rise again2 till the heavens be broken1 he shall not awake1 nor rise up out of his sleep4 #ad3ac4 ,who will grant me this1 that thou mayst protect me in hell1 and hide me till thy wrath pass1 and appoint me a time when thou wilt remember me8 ,that thou mayst protect me in hell444 ,that is1 in the state of the dead2 and in the place where the souls are kept waiting for their ,redeemer4 #ad3ad4 ,shall man that is dead1 thinkest thou1 live again8 all the days in which ,i am now in warfare1 ,i expect until my change come4 #ad3ae4 ,thou shalt call me1 and ,i will answer thee3 to the work of thy hands thou shalt reach out thy right hand4 #ad3af4 ,thou indeed hast numbered my steps1 but spare my sins4 #ad3ag4 ,thou hast sealed up my offences as it were in a bag1 but hast cured my iniquity4 #ad3ah4 ,a mountain falling cometh to nought1 and a rock is removed out of its place4 #ad3ai4 ,waters wear away the stones1 and with inundation the ground by little and little is washed away3 so in like manner thou shalt destroy man4 #ad3bj4 ,thou hast strengthened him for a little while1 that he may pass away for ever3 thou shalt change his face1 and shalt send him away4 #ad3ba4 ,whether his children come to honour or dishonour1 he shall not understand4 #ad3bb4 ,but yet his flesh1 while he shall live1 shall have pain1 and his soul shall mourn over him4 ,job ,chapter #ae ,eliphaz returns to the charge against ,job1 and describes the wretched state of the wicked4 #ae3a4 ,and ,eliphaz the ,themanite1 answered1 and said3 #ae3b4 ,will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind1 and fill his stomach with burning heat8 #ae3c4 ,thou reprovest him by words1 who is not equal to thee1 and thou speakest that which is not good for thee4 #ae3d4 ,as much as is in thee1 thou hast made void fear1 and hast taken away prayers from before ,god4 ,thou hast made void fear444 ,that is1 cast off the fear of offending ,god4 #ae3e4 ,for thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth1 and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers4 #ae3f4 ,thy own mouth shall condemn thee1 and not ,i3 and thy own lips shall answer thee4 #ae3g4 ,art thou the first man that was born1 or wast thou made before the hills8 #ae3h4 ,hast thou heard ,god's counsel1 and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee8 #ae3i4 ,what knowest thou that we are ignorant of8 what dost thou understand that we know not8 #ae3aj4 ,there are with us also aged and ancient men1 much elder than thy fathers4 #ae3aa4 ,is it a great matter that ,god should comfort thee8 but thy wicked words hinder this4 #ae3ab4 ,why doth thy heart elevate thee1 and why dost thou stare with thy eyes1 as if they were thinking great things8 #ae3ac4 ,why doth thy spirit swell against ,god1 to utter such words out of thy mouth8 #ae3ad4 ,what is man that he should be without spot1 and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just8 #ae3ae4 ,behold among his saints none is unchangeable1 and the heavens are not pure in his sight4 #ae3af4 ,how much more is man abominable1 and unprofitable1 who drinketh iniquity like water8 #ae3ag4 ,i will shew thee1 hear me3 and ,i will tell thee what ,i have seen4 #ae3ah4 ,wise men confess and hide not their fathers4 ,wise men confess and hide not their fathers444 ,that is1 the knowledge and documents they have received from their fathers they are not ashamed to own4 #ae3ai4 ,to whom alone the earth was given1 and no stranger hath passed among them4 #ae3bj4 ,the wicked man is proud all his days1 and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain4 #ae3ba4 ,the sound of dread is always in his ears3 and when there is peace1 he always suspecteth treason4 #ae3bb4 ,he believeth not that he may return from darkness to light1 looking round about for the sword on every side4 #ae3bc4 ,when he moveth himself to seek bread1 he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand4 #ae3bd4 ,tribulation shall terrify him1 and distress shall surround him1 as a king that is prepared for the battle4 #ae3be4 ,for he hath stretched out his hand against ,god1 and hath strengthened himself against the ,almighty4 #ae3bf4 ,he hath run against him with his neck raised up1 and is armed with a fat neck4 #ae3bg4 ,fatness hath covered his face1 and the fat hangeth down on his sides4 #ae3bh4 ,he hath dwelt in desolate cities1 and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps4 #ae3bi4 ,he shall not be enriched1 neither shall his substance continue1 neither shall he push his root in the earth4 #ae3cj4 ,he shall not depart out of darkness3 the flame shall dry up his branches1 and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own mouth4 #ae3ca4 ,he shall not believe1 being vainly deceived by error1 that he may be redeemed with any price4 #ae3cb4 ,before his days be full he shall perish3 and his hands shall wither away4 #ae3cc4 ,he shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower1 and as an olive tree that casteth its flower4 #ae3cd4 ,for the congregation of the hypocrite is barren1 and fire shall devour their tabernacles1 who love to take bribes4 #ae3ce4 ,he hath conceived sorrow1 and hath brought forth iniquity1 and his womb prepareth deceits4 ,job ,chapter #af ,job expostulates with his friends3 and appeals to the judgment of ,god4 #af3a4 ,then ,job answered1 and said3 #af3b4 ,i have often heard such things as these3 you are all troublesome comforters4 #af3c4 ,shall windy words have no end8 or is it any trouble to thee to speak8 #af3d4 ,i also could speak like you3 and would ,god your soul were for my soul4 #af3e4 ,i would comfort you also with words1 and would wag my head over you4 #af3f4 ,i would strengthen you with my mouth1 and would move my lips1 as sparing you4 #af3g4 ,but what shall ,i do8 ,if ,i speak1 my pain will not rest3 and if ,i hold my peace1 it will not depart from me4 #af3h4 ,but now my sorrow hath oppressed me1 and all my limbs are brought to nothing4 #af3i4 ,my wrinkles bear witness against me1 and a false speaker riseth up against my face1 contradicting me4 #af3aj4 ,he hath gathered together his fury against me1 and threatening me he hath gnashed with his teeth upon me3 my enemy hath beheld me with terrible eyes4 #af3aa4 ,they have opened their mouths upon me1 and reproaching me they have struck me on the cheek1 they are filled with my pains4 #af3ab4 ,god hath shut me up with the unjust man1 and hath delivered me into the hands of the wicked4 #af3ac4 ,i that was formerly so wealthy1 am all on a sudden broken to pieces3 he hath taken me by my neck1 he hath broken me1 and hath set me up to be his mark4 #af3ad4 ,he hath compassed me round about with his lances1 he hath wounded my loins1 he hath not spared1 and hath poured out my bowels on the earth1 #af3ae4 ,he hath torn me with wound upon wound1 he hath rushed in upon me like a giant4 #af3af4 ,i have sowed sackcloth upon my skin1 and have covered my flesh with ashes4 #af3ag4 ,my face is swollen with weeping1 and my eyelids are dim4 #af3ah4 ,these things have ,i suffered without the iniquity of my hand1 when ,i offered pure prayers to ,god4 #af3ai4 ,o earth1 cover not thou my blood1 neither let my cry find a hiding place in thee4 #af3bj4 ,for behold my witness is in heaven1 and he that knoweth my conscience is on high4 #af3ba4 ,my friends are full of words3 my eye poureth out tears to ,god4 #af3bb4 ,and ,o that a man might so be judged with ,god1 as the son of man is judged with his companion6 #af3bc4 ,for behold short years pass away1 and ,i am walking in a path by which ,i shall not return4 ,job ,chapter #ag ,job's hope in ,god3 he expects rest in death4 #ag3a4 ,my spirit shall be wasted1 my days shall be shortened and only the grave remaineth for me4 #ag3b4 ,i have not sinned1 and my eye abideth in bitterness4 ,not sinned444 ,that is1 ,i am not guilty of such sins as they charge me with4 #ag3c4 ,deliver me1 ,o ,lord1 and set me beside thee1 and let any man's hand fight against me4 #ag3d4 ,thou hast set their heart far from understanding1 therefore they shall not be exalted4 #ag3e4 ,he promiseth a prey to his companions1 and the eyes of his children shall fail4 #ag3f4 ,he hath made me as it were a byword of the people1 and ,i am an example before them4 #ag3g4 ,my eye is dim through indignation1 and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing4 #ag3h4 ,the just shall be astonished at this1 and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite4 #ag3i4 ,and the just man shall hold on his way1 and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger4 #ag3aj4 ,wherefore be you all converted1 and come1 and ,i shall not find among you any wise man4 #ag3aa4 ,my days have passed away1 my thoughts are dissipated1 tormenting my heart4 #ag3ab4 ,they have turned night into day1 and after darkness ,i hope for light again4 #ag3ac4 ,if ,i wait hell is my house1 and ,i have made my bed in darkness4 ,hell444 ,sheol4 ,the region of the dead4 #ag3ad4 ,i have said to rottenness3 ,thou art my father2 to worms1 my mother and my sister4 #ag3ae4 ,where is now then my expectation1 and who considereth my patience8 #ag3af4 ,all that ,i have shall go down into the deepest pit3 thinkest thou that there at least ,i shall have rest8 ,deepest pit444 ,literally1 hell4 ,job ,chapter #ah ,baldad again reproves ,job and describes the miseries of the wicked4 #ah3a4 ,then ,baldad the ,suhite answered1 and said3 #ah3b4 ,how long will you throw out words8 understand first1 and so let us speak4 #ah3c4 ,why are we reputed as beasts1 and counted vile before you8 #ah3d4 ,thou that destroyest thy soul in thy fury1 shall the earth be forsaken for thee1 and shall rocks be removed out of their place8 #ah3e4 ,shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished1 and the flame of his fire not shine8 #ah3f4 ,the light shall be dark in his tabernacle1 and the lamp that is over him1 shall be put out4 #ah3g4 ,the step of his strength shall be straitened1 and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong4 #ah3h4 ,for he hath thrust his feet into a net1 and walketh in its meshes4 #ah3i4 ,the sole of his foot shall be held in a snare1 and thirst shall burn against him4 #ah3aj4 ,a gin is hidden for him in the earth1 and his trap upon the path4 #ah3aa4 ,fears shall terrify him on every side1 and shall entangle his feet4 #ah3ab4 ,let his strength be wasted with famine1 and let hunger invade his ribs4 #ah3ac4 ,let it devour the beauty of his skin1 let the firstborn death consume his arms4 #ah3ad4 ,let his confidence be rooted out of his tabernacle1 and let destruction tread upon him like a king4 #ah3ae4 ,let the companions of him that is not1 dwell in his tabernacle1 let brimstone be sprinkled in his tent4 #ah3af4 ,let his roots be dried up beneath1 and his harvest destroyed above4 #ah3ag4 ,let the memory of him perish from the earth1 and let not his name be renowned in the streets4 #ah3ah4 ,he shall drive him out of light into darkness1 and shall remove him out of the world4 #ah3ai4 ,his seed shall not subsist1 nor his offspring among his people1 nor any remnants in his country4 #ah3bj4 ,they that come after him shall be astonished at his day1 and horror shall fall upon them that went before4 #ah3ba4 ,these then are the tabernacles of the wicked1 and this the place of him that knoweth not ,god4 ,job ,chapter #ai ,job complains of the cruelty of his friends2 he describes his own sufferings3 and his belief of a future resurrection4 #ai3a4 ,then ,job answered1 and said3 #ai3b4 ,how long do you afflict my soul1 and break me in pieces with words8 #ai3c4 ,behold1 these ten times you confound me1 and are not ashamed to oppress me4 #ai3d4 ,for if ,i have been ignorant1 my ignorance shall be with me4 #ai3e4 ,but you set yourselves up against me1 and reprove me with my reproaches4 #ai3f4 ,at least now understand1 that ,god hath not afflicted me with an equal judgment1 and compassed me with his scourges4 ,with an equal judgment444 ,st4 ,gregory explains these words thus3 ,job being a just man1 and truly considering his own life1 thought that his affliction was greater than his sins deserved3 and in that respect1 that the punishment was not equal1 yet it was just1 as coming from ,god1 who gives a crown of justice to those who suffer for righteousness' sake1 and proves the just with tribulations1 as gold is tried by fire4 #ai3g4 ,behold ,i shall cry suffering violence1 and no one will hear3 ,i shall cry aloud1 and there is none to judge4 #ai3h4 ,he hath hedged in my path round about1 and ,i cannot pass1 and in my way he hath set darkness4 #ai3i4 ,he hath stripped me of my glory1 and hath taken the crown from my head4 #ai3aj4 ,he hath destroyed me on every side1 and ,i am lost1 and he hath taken away my hope1 as from a tree that is plucked up4 #ai3aa4 ,his wrath is kindled against me1 and he hath counted me as his enemy4 #ai3ab4 ,his troops have come together1 and have made themselves a way by me1 and have besieged my tabernacle round about4 #ai3ac4 ,he hath put my brethren far from me1 and my acquaintance like strangers have departed from me4 #ai3ad4 ,my kinsmen have forsaken me1 and they that knew me1 have forgotten me4 #ai3ae4 ,they that dwell in my house1 and my maidservants have counted me as a stranger1 and ,i have been like an alien in their eyes4 #ai3af4 ,i called my servant1 and he gave me no answer1 ,i entreated him with my own mouth4 #ai3ag4 ,my wife hath abhorred my breath1 and ,i entreated the children of my womb4 #ai3ah4 ,even fools despised me1 and when ,i was gone from them1 they spoke against me4 #ai3ai4 ,they that were sometime my counsellors1 have abhorred me3 and he whom ,i loved most is turned against me4 #ai3bj4 ,the flesh being consumed1 my bone hath cleaved to my skin1 and nothing but lips are left about my teeth4 #ai3ba4 ,have pity on me1 have pity on me1 at least you my friends1 because the hand of the ,lord hath touched me4 #ai3bb4 ,why do you persecute me as ,god1 and glut yourselves with my flesh8 #ai3bc4 ,who will grant me that my words may be written8 who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book8 #ai3bd4 ,with an iron pen and in a plate of lead1 or else be graven with an instrument in flint stone8 #ai3be4 ,for ,i know that my ,redeemer liveth1 and in the last day ,i shall rise out of the earth4 ,ver4 #be1 #bf1 and #bg shew ,job's explicit belief in his ,redeemer1 and also of the resurrection of the flesh1 not as one tree riseth in place of another1 but that the selfsame flesh shall rise at the last day1 by the power of ,god1 changed in quality but not in substance1 every one to receive sentence according to his works in this life4 #ai3bf4 ,and ,i shall be clothed again with my skin1 and in my flesh ,i shall see my ,god4 #ai3bg4 ,whom ,i myself shall see1 and my eyes shall behold1 and not another3 this my hope is laid up in my bosom4 #ai3bh4 ,why then do you say now3 ,let us persecute him1 and let us find occasion of word against him8 #ai3bi4 ,flee then from the face of the sword1 for the sword is the revenger of iniquities3 and know ye that there is a judgment4 ,job ,chapter #bj ,sophar declares the shortness of the prosperity of the wicked3 and their sudden downfall4 #bj3a4 ,then ,sophar the ,naamathite answered1 and said3 #bj3b4 ,therefore various thoughts succeed one another in me1 and my mind is hurried away to different things4 #bj3c4 ,the doctrine with which thou reprovest me1 ,i will hear1 and the spirit of my understanding shall answer for me4 #bj3d4 ,this ,i know from the beginning1 since man was placed upon the earth1 #bj3e4 ,that the praise of the wicked is short1 and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment4 #bj3f4 ,if his pride mount up even to heaven1 and his head touch the clouds3 #bj3g4 ,in the end he shall be destroyed like a dunghill1 and they that had seen him1 shall say3 ,where is he8 #bj3h4 ,as a dream that fleeth away he shall not be found1 he shall pass as a vision of the night3 #bj3i4 ,the eyes that had seen him1 shall see him no more1 neither shall his place any more behold him4 #bj3aj4 ,his children shall be oppressed with want1 and his hands shall render to him his sorrow4 #bj3aa4 ,his bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth1 and they shall sleep with him in the dust4 #bj3ab4 ,for when evil shall be sweet in his mouth1 he will hide it under his tongue4 #bj3ac4 ,he will spare it1 and not leave it1 and will hide it in his throat4 #bj3ad4 ,his bread in his belly shall be turned into the gall of asps within him1 #bj3ae4 ,the riches which he hath swallowed1 he shall vomit up1 and ,god shall draw them out of his belly4 #bj3af4 ,he shall suck the head of asps1 and the viper's tongue shall kill him4 #bj3ag4 ,let him not see the streams of the river1 the brooks of honey and of butter4 #bj3ah4 ,he shall be punished for all that he did1 and yet shall not be consumed3 according to the multitude of his devices so also shall he suffer4 ,according to the multitude of his devices444 ,that is1 his stratagems to gratify his passions and to oppress and destroy the poor4 #bj3ai4 ,because he broke in and stripped the poor3 he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build4 #bj3bj4 ,and yet his belly was not filled3 and when he hath the things he coveted1 he shall not be able to possess them4 #bj3ba4 ,there was nothing left of his meat1 and therefore nothing shall continue of his goods3 #bj3bb4 ,when he shall be filled1 he shall be straitened1 he shall burn1 and every sorrow shall fall upon him4 #bj3bc4 ,may his belly be filled1 that ,god may send forth the wrath of his indignation upon him1 and rain down his war upon him4 #bj3bd4 ,he shall flee from weapons of iron1 and shall fall upon a bow of brass4 #bj3be4 ,the sword is drawn out1 and cometh forth from its scabbard1 and glittereth in his bitterness3 the terrible ones shall go and come upon him4 #bj3bf4 ,all darkness is hid in his secret places3 a fire that is not kindled shall devour him1 he shall be afflicted when left in his tabernacle4 #bj3bg4 ,the heavens shall reveal his iniquity1 and the earth shall rise up against him4 #bj3bh4 ,the offspring of his house shall be exposed1 he shall be pulled down in the day of ,god's wrath4 #bj3bi4 ,this is the portion of a wicked man from ,god1 and the inheritance of his doings from the ,lord4 ,job ,chapter #ba ,job shews that the wicked often prosper in this world1 even to the end of their life3 but that their judgment is in another world4 #ba3a4 ,then ,job answered1 and said3 #ba3b4 ,hear1 ,i beseech you1 my words1 and do penance4 #ba3c4 ,suffer me1 and ,i will speak1 and after1 if you please1 laugh at my words4 #ba3d4 ,is my debate against man1 that ,i should not have just reason to be troubled8 #ba3e4 ,hearken to me and be astonished1 and lay your finger on your mouth4 #ba3f4 ,as for me1 when ,i remember1 ,i am afraid1 and trembling taketh hold on my flesh4 #ba3g4 ,why then do the wicked live1 are they advanced1 and strengthened with riches8 #ba3h4 ,their seed continueth before them1 a multitude of kinsmen1 and of children's children in their sight4 #ba3i4 ,their houses are secure and peaceable1 and the rod of ,god is not upon them4 #ba3aj4 ,their cattle have conceived1 and failed not3 their cow has calved1 and is not deprived of her fruit4 #ba3aa4 ,their little ones go out like a flock1 and their children dance and play4 #ba3ab4 ,they take the timbrel1 and the harp1 and rejoice at the sound of the organ4 #ba3ac4 ,they spend their days in wealth1 and in a moment they go down to hell4 #ba3ad4 ,who have said to ,god3 ,depart from us1 we desire not the knowledge of thy ways4 #ba3ae4 ,who is the ,almighty1 that we should serve him8 and what doth it profit us if we pray to him8 #ba3af4 ,yet because their good things are not in their hand1 may the counsel of the wicked be far from me4 #ba3ag4 ,how often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out1 and a deluge come upon them1 and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath8 #ba3ah4 ,they shall be as chaff before the face of the wind1 and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth4 #ba3ai4 ,god shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children3 and when he shall repay1 then shall he know4 #ba3bj4 ,his eyes shall see his own destruction1 and he shall drink of the wrath of the ,almighty4 #ba3ba4 ,for what is it to him what befalleth his house after him3 and if the number of his months be diminished by one half8 #ba3bb4 ,shall any one teach ,god knowledge1 who judgeth those that are high8 #ba3bc4 ,one man dieth strong1 and hale1 rich and happy4 #ba3bd4 ,his bowels are full of fat1 and his bones are moistened with marrow4 #ba3be4 ,but another dieth in bitterness of soul without any riches3 #ba3bf4 ,and yet they shall sleep together in the dust1 and worms shall cover them4 #ba3bg4 ,surely ,i know your thoughts1 and your unjust judgments against me4 #ba3bh4 ,for you say3 ,where is the house of the prince8 and where are the dwelling places of the wicked8 #ba3bi4 ,ask any one of them that go by the way1 and you shall perceive that he knoweth these same things4 #ba3cj4 ,because the wicked man is reserved to the day of destruction1 and he shall be brought to the day of wrath4 #ba3ca4 ,who shall reprove his way to his face8 and who shall repay him what he hath done8 #ba3cb4 ,he shall be brought to the graves1 and shall watch in the heap of the dead4 #ba3cc4 ,he hath been acceptable to the gravel of ,cocytus1 and he shall draw every man after him1 and there are innumerable before him4 ,acceptable to the gravel of ,cocytus444 ,the ,hebrew word1 which ,st4 ,jerome has here rendered by the name ,cocytus1 7which the poets represent as a river in hell17 signifies a valley or a torrent3 and in this place1 is taken for the low region of death and hell3 which willingly1 as it were1 receives the wicked at their death3 who are ushered in by innumerable others that have gone before them2 and are followed by multitudes above number4 #ba3cd4 ,how then do ye comfort me in vain1 whereas your answer is shewn to be repugnant to truth8 ,job ,chapter #bb ,eliphaz falsely imputes many crimes to ,job1 but promises him prosperity if he will repent4 #bb3a4 ,then ,eliphaz the ,themanite answered1 and said3 #bb3b4 ,can man be compared with ,god1 even though he were of perfect knowledge8 #bb3c4 ,what doth it profit ,god if thou be just8 or what dost thou give him if thy way be unspotted8 #bb3d4 ,shall he reprove thee for fear1 and come with thee into judgment3 #bb3e4 ,and not for thy manifold wickedness and thy infinite iniquities8 #bb3f4 ,for thou hast taken away the pledge of thy brethren without cause1 and stripped the naked of their clothing4 #bb3g4 ,thou hast not given water to the weary1 thou hast withdrawn bread from the hungry4 #bb3h4 ,in the strength of thy arm thou didst possess the land1 and being the most mighty thou holdest it4 #bb3i4 ,thou hast sent widows away empty1 and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces4 #bb3aj4 ,therefore art thou surrounded with shares1 and sudden fear troubleth thee4 #bb3aa4 ,and didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness1 and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters8 #bb3ab4 ,dost not thou think that ,god is higher than heaven1 and is elevated above the height of the stars8 #bb3ac4 ,and thou sayst3 ,what doth ,god know8 and he judgeth as it were through a mist4 #bb3ad4 ,the clouds are his covert1 and he doth not consider our things1 and he walketh about the poles of heaven4 #bb3ae4 ,dost thou desire to keep the path of ages1 which wicked men have trodden8 #bb3af4 ,who were taken away before their time1 and a flood hath overthrown their foundation4 #bb3ag4 ,who said to ,god3 ,depart from us3 and looked upon the ,almighty as if he could do nothing3 #bb3ah4 ,whereas he had filled their houses with good things3 whose way of thinking be far from me4 #bb3ai4 ,the just shall see1 and shall rejoice1 and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn4 #bb3bj4 ,is not their exaltation cut down1 and hath not fire devoured the remnants of them8 #bb3ba4 ,submit thyself then to him1 and be at peace3 and thereby thou shalt have the best fruits4 #bb3bb4 ,receive the law of his mouth1 and lay up his words in thy heart4 #bb3bc4 ,if thou wilt return to the ,almighty1 thou shalt be built up1 and shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacle4 #bb3bd4 ,he shall give for earth flint1 and for flint torrents of gold4 #bb3be4 ,and the ,almighty shall be against thy enemies1 and silver shall be heaped together for thee4 #bb3bf4 ,then shalt thou abound in delights in the ,almighty1 and shalt lift up thy face to ,god4 #bb3bg4 ,thou shalt pray to him1 and he will hear thee1 and thou shalt pay vows4 #bb3bh4 ,thou shalt decree a thing1 and it shall come to thee1 and light shall shine in thy ways4 #bb3bi4 ,for he that hath been humbled1 shall be in glory3 and he that shall bow down his eyes1 he shall be saved4 #bb3cj4 ,the innocent shall be saved1 and he shall be saved by the cleanness of his hands4 ,job ,chapter #bc ,job wishes to be tried at ,god's tribunal4 #bc3a4 ,then ,job answered1 and said3 #bc3b4 ,now also my words are in bitterness1 and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning4 #bc3c4 ,who will grant me that ,i might know and find him1 and come even to his throne8 #bc3d4 ,i would set judgment before him1 and would fill my mouth with complaints4 #bc3e4 ,that ,i might know the words that he would answer me1 and understand what he would say to me4 #bc3f4 ,i would not that he should contend with me with much strength1 nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness4 #bc3g4 ,let him propose equity against me1 and let my judgment come to victory4 #bc3h4 ,but if ,i go to the east1 he appeareth not2 if to the west1 ,i shall not understand him4 #bc3i4 ,if to the left hand1 what shall ,i do8 ,i shall not take hold on him3 if ,i turn myself to the right hand1 ,i shall not see him4 #bc3aj4 ,but he knoweth my way1 and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire3 #bc3aa4 ,my foot hath followed his steps1 ,i have kept his way1 and have not declined from it4 #bc3ab4 ,i have not departed from the commandments of his lips1 and the words of his mouth ,i have hid in my bosom4 #bc3ac4 ,for he is alone1 and no man can turn away his thought3 and whatsoever his soul hath desired1 that hath he done4 #bc3ad4 ,and when he shall have fulfilled his will in me1 many other like things are also at hand with him4 #bc3ae4 ,and therefore ,i am troubled at his presence1 and when ,i consider him ,i am made pensive with fear4 #bc3af4 ,god hath softened my heart1 and the ,almighty hath troubled me4 #bc3ag4 ,for ,i have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me1 neither hath the mist covered my face4 ,job ,chapter #bd ,god's providence often suffers the wicked to go on a long time in their sins3 but punisheth them in another life4 #bd3a4 ,times are not hid from the ,almighty3 but they that know him1 know not his days4 #bd3b4 ,some have removed landmarks1 have taken away flocks by force1 and fed them4 #bd3c4 ,they have driven away the ass of the fatherless1 and have taken away the widow's ox for a pledge4 #bd3d4 ,they have overturned the way of the poor1 and have oppressed together the meek of the earth4 #bd3e4 ,others like wild asses in the desert go forth to their work3 by watching for a prey they get bread for their children4 #bd3f4 ,they reap the field that is not their own1 and gather the vintage of his vineyard whom by violence they have oppressed4 #bd3g4 ,they send men away naked1 taking away their clothes who have no covering in the cold3 #bd3h4 ,who are wet1 with the showers of the mountains1 and having no covering embrace the stones4 #bd3i4 ,they have violently robbed the fatherless1 and stripped the poor common people4 #bd3aj4 ,from the naked and them that go without clothing1 and from the hungry they have taken away the ears of corn4 #bd3aa4 ,they have taken their rest at noon among the stores of them1 who after having trodden the winepresses suffer thirst4 #bd3ab4 ,out of the cities they have made men to groan1 and the soul of the wounded hath cried out1 and ,god doth not suffer it to pass unrevenged4 #bd3ac4 ,they have been rebellious to the light1 they have not known his ways1 neither have they returned by his paths4 #bd3ad4 ,the murderer riseth at the very break of day1 he killeth the needy1 and the poor man3 but in the night he will be as a thief4 #bd3ae4 ,the eye of the adulterer observeth darkness1 saying3 ,no eye shall see me3 and he will cover his face4 #bd3af4 ,he diggeth through houses in the dark1 as in the day they had appointed for themselves1 and they have not known the light4 #bd3ag4 ,if the morning suddenly appear1 it is to them the shadow of death3 and they walk in darkness as if it were in light4 #bd3ah4 ,he is light upon the face of the water3 cursed be his portion on the earth1 let him not walk by the way of the vineyards4 #bd3ai4 ,let him pass from the snow waters to excessive heat1 and his sin even to hell4 #bd3bj4 ,let mercy forget him3 may worms be his sweetness3 let him be remembered no more1 but be broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree4 #bd3ba4 ,for he hath fed the barren that beareth not1 and to the widow he hath done no good4 #bd3bb4 ,he hath pulled down the strong by his might3 and when he standeth up1 he shall not trust to his life4 #bd3bc4 ,god hath given him place for penance1 and he abuseth it unto pride3 but his eyes are upon his ways4 #bd3bd4 ,they are lifted up for a little while and shall not stand1 and shall be brought down as all things1 and shall be taken away1 and as the tops of the ears of corn they shall be broken4 #bd3be4 ,and if it be not so1 who can convince me that ,i have lied1 and set my words before ,god8 ,job ,chapter #be ,god's providence often suffers the wicked to go on a long time in their sins3 but punisheth them in another life4 #be3a4 ,then ,baldad the ,suhite answered1 and ,i said3 #be3b4 ,power and terror are with him1 who maketh peace in his high places4 #be3c4 ,is there any numbering of his soldiers8 and upon whom shall not his light arise8 #be3d4 ,can man be justified compared with ,god1 or he that is born of a woman appear clean8 #be3e4 ,behold even the moon doth not shine1 and the stars are not pure in his sight4 #be3f4 ,how much less man that is rottenness and the son of man who is a worm8 ,job ,chapter #bf ,job declares his sentiments of the wisdom and power of ,god4 #bf3a4 ,then ,job answered1 and said3 #bf3b4 ,whose helper art thou8 is it of him that is weak8 and dost thou hold up the arm of him that has no strength8 #bf3c4 ,to whom hast thou given counsel8 perhaps to him that hath no wisdom1 and thou hast shewn thy very great prudence4 #bf3d4 ,whom hast thou desired to teach8 was it not him that made life8 #bf3e4 ,behold the giants groan under the waters1 and they that dwell with them4 #bf3f4 ,hell is naked before him1 and there is no covering for destruction4 #bf3g4 ,he stretched out the north over the empty space1 and hangeth the earth upon nothing4 #bf3h4 ,he bindeth up the waters in his clouds1 so that they break not out and fall down together4 #bf3i4 ,he withholdeth the face of his throne1 and spreadeth his cloud over it4 #bf3aj4 ,he hath set bounds about the waters1 till light and darkness come to an end4 #bf3aa4 ,the pillars of heaven tremble1 and dread at his beck4 #bf3ab4 ,by his power the seas are suddenly gathered together1 and his wisdom has struck the proud one4 #bf3ac4 ,his spirit hath adorned the heavens1 and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent4 ,his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent444 ,that is1 the omnipotent power of ,god3 which brought forth all things created in time1 but conceived in the ,divine mind from all eternity4 ,the winding serpent1 a constellation of fixed stars winding round the north pole1 called ,draco4 ,this appears from the foregoing part of the same verse1 ,his spirit hath adorned the heavens4 #bf3ad4 ,lo1 these things are said in part of his ways3 and seeing we have heard scarce a little drop of his word1 who shall be able to behold the thunder of his greatness8 ,job ,chapter #bg ,job persists in asserting his own innocence1 and that hypocrites will be punished in the end4 #bg3a4 ,job also added1 taking up his parable1 and said3 #bg3b4 ,as ,god liveth1 who hath taken away my judgment1 and the ,almighty1 who hath brought my soul to bitterness1 #bg3c4 ,as long as breath remaineth in me1 and the spirit of ,god in my nostrils1 #bg3d4 ,my lips shall not speak iniquity1 neither shall my tongue contrive lying4 #bg3e4 ,god forbid that ,i should judge you to be just3 till ,i die ,i will not depart from my innocence4 #bg3f4 ,my justification1 which ,i have begun to hold1 ,i will not forsake3 for my heart doth not reprehend me in all my life4 #bg3g4 ,let my enemy be as the ungodly1 and my adversary as the wicked one4 #bg3h4 ,for what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence1 and ,god deliver not his soul8 #bg3i4 ,will ,god hear his cry1 when distress shall come upon him8 #bg3aj4 ,or can he delight himself in the ,almighty1 and call upon ,god at all times8 #bg3aa4 ,i will teach you by the hand of ,god1 what the ,almighty hath1 and ,i will not conceal it4 #bg3ab4 ,behold you all know it1 and why do you speak vain things without cause8 #bg3ac4 ,this is the portion of a wicked man with ,god1 and the inheritance of the violent1 which they shall receive of the ,almighty4 #bg3ad4 ,if his sons be multiplied1 they shall be for the sword1 and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread4 #bg3ae4 ,they that shall remain of him1 shall be buried in death1 and his widows shall not weep4 #bg3af4 ,if he shall heap together silver as earth1 and prepare raiment as clay1 #bg3ag4 ,he shall prepare indeed1 but the just man shall be clothed with it3 and the innocent shall divide the silver4 #bg3ah4 ,he hath built his house as a moth1 and as a keeper he hath made a booth4 #bg3ai4 ,the rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him3 he shall open his eyes and find nothing4 #bg3bj4 ,poverty like water shall take hold on him1 a tempest shall oppress him in the night3 #bg3ba4 ,a burning wind shall take him up1 and carry him away1 and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place4 #bg3bb4 ,and he shall cast upon him1 and shall not spare3 out of his hand he would willingly flee4 #bg3bc4 ,he shall clasp his hands upon him1 and shall hiss at him1 beholding his place4 ,job ,chapter #bh ,man's industry searcheth out many things3 true wisdom is taught by ,god alone4 #bh3a4 ,silver hath beginnings of its veins1 and gold hath a place wherein it is melted4 #bh3b4 ,iron is taken out of the earth1 and stone melted with heat is turned into brass4 #bh3c4 ,he hath set a time for darkness1 and the end of all things he considereth1 the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death4 #bh3d4 ,the flood divideth from the people that are on their journey1 those whom the food of the needy man hath forgotten1 and who cannot be come at4 #bh3e4 ,the land1 out of which bread grew in its place1 hath been overturned with fire4 #bh3f4 ,the stones of it are the place of sapphires1 and the clods of it are gold4 #bh3g4 ,the bird hath not known the path1 neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it4 #bh3h4 ,the children of the merchants have not trodden it1 neither hath the lioness passed by it4 #bh3i4 ,he hath stretched forth his hand to the flint1 he hath overturned mountains from the roots4 #bh3aj4 ,in the rocks he hath cut out rivers1 and his eye hath seen every precious thing4 #bh3aa4 ,the depths also of rivers he hath searched1 and hidden things he hath brought forth to light4 #bh3ab4 ,but where is wisdom to be found1 and where is the place of understanding8 #bh3ac4 ,man knoweth not the price thereof1 neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights4 #bh3ad4 ,the depth saith3 ,it is not in me3 and the sea saith3 ,it is not with me4 #bh3ae4 ,the finest gold shall not purchase it1 neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it4 #bh3af4 ,it shall not be compared with the dyed colours of ,india1 or with the most precious stone sardonyx1 or the sapphire4 #bh3ag4 ,gold or crystal cannot equal it1 neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it4 #bh3ah4 ,high and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it3 but wisdom is drawn out of secret places4 #bh3ai4 ,the topaz of ,ethiopia shall not be equal to it1 neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing4 #bh3bj4 ,whence then cometh wisdom8 and where is the place of understanding8 #bh3ba4 ,it is hid from the eyes of all living1 and the fowls of the air know it not4 #bh3bb4 ,destruction and death have said3 ,with our ears we have heard the fame thereof4 #bh3bc4 ,god understandeth the way of it1 and he knoweth the place thereof4 #bh3bd4 ,for he beholdeth the ends of the world3 and looketh on all things that are under heaven4 #bh3be4 ,who made a weight for the winds1 and weighed the waters by measure4 #bh3bf4 ,when he gave a law for the rain1 and a way for the sounding storms4 #bh3bg4 ,then he saw it1 and declared1 and prepared1 and searched it4 #bh3bh4 ,and he said to man3 ,behold the fear of the ,lord1 that is wisdom3 and to depart from evil1 is understanding4 ,job ,chapter #bi ,job relates his former happiness1 and the respect that all men shewed him4 #bi3a4 ,job also added1 taking up his parable1 and said3 #bi3b4 ,who will grant me1 that ,i might be according to the months past1 according to the days in which ,god kept me8 #bi3c4 ,when his lamp shined over my head1 and ,i walked by his light in darkness8 #bi3d4 ,as ,i was in the days of my youth1 when ,god was secretly in my tabernacle8 #bi3e4 ,when the ,almighty was with me3 and my servants round about me8 #bi3f4 ,when ,i washed my feet with butter1 and the rock poured me out rivers of oil8 #bi3g4 ,when ,i went out to the gate of the city1 and in the street they prepared me a chair8 #bi3h4 ,the young men saw me1 and hid themselves3 and the old men rose up and stood4 #bi3i4 ,the princes ceased to speak1 and laid the finger on their mouth4 #bi3aj4 ,the rulers held their peace1 and their tongue cleaved to their throat4 #bi3aa4 ,the ear that heard me blessed me1 and the eye that saw me gave witness to me3 #bi3ab4 ,because ,i had delivered the poor man that cried out2 and the fatherless1 that had no helper4 #bi3ac4 ,the blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me1 and ,i comforted the heart of the widow4 #bi3ad4 ,i was clad with justice3 and ,i clothed myself with my judgment1 as with a robe and a diadem4 #bi3ae4 ,i was an eye to the blind1 and a foot to the lame4 #bi3af4 ,i was the father of the poor3 and the cause which ,i knew not1 ,i searched out most diligently4 #bi3ag4 ,i broke the jaws of the wicked man1 and out of his teeth ,i took away the prey4 #bi3ah4 ,and ,i said3 ,i shall die in my nest1 and as a palm tree shall multiply my days4 #bi3ai4 ,my root is opened beside the waters1 and dew shall continue in my harvest4 #bi3bj4 ,my glory shall always be renewed1 and my bow in my hand shall be repaired4 #bi3ba4 ,they that heard me1 waited for my sentence1 and being attentive held their peace at my counsel4 #bi3bb4 ,to my words they durst add nothing1 and my speech dropped upon them4 #bi3bc4 ,they waited for me as for rain1 and they opened their mouth as for a latter shower4 #bi3bd4 ,if at any time ,i laughed on them1 they believed not1 and the light of my countenance fell not on earth4 #bi3be4 ,if ,i had a mind to go to them1 ,i sat first1 and when ,i sat as a king1 with his army standing about him1 yet ,i was a comforter of them that mourned4 ,job ,chapter #cj ,job shews the wonderful change of his temporal estate1 from welfare to great calamity4 #cj3a4 ,but now the younger in time scorn me1 whose fathers ,i would not have set with the dogs of my flock3 ,but now the younger in time444 ,that is1 younger than ,i am1 and as it were obscure1 when ,i was conspicuous and in magnificence2 they now look down on me4 #cj3b4 ,the strength of whose hands was to me as nothing1 and they were thought unworthy of life itself4 #cj3c4 ,barren with want and hunger1 who gnawed in the wilderness1 disfigured with calamity and misery4 #cj3d4 ,and they ate grass1 and barks of trees1 and the root of junipers was their food4 #cj3e4 ,who snatched up these things out of the valleys1 and when they had found any of them1 they ran to them with a cry4 #cj3f4 ,they dwelt in the desert places of torrents1 and in caves of earth1 or upon the gravel4 #cj3g4 ,they pleased themselves among these kind of things1 and counted it delightful to be under the briers4 #cj3h4 ,the children of foolish and base men1 and not appearing at all upon the earth4 #cj3i4 ,now ,i am turned into their song1 and am become their byword4 #cj3aj4 ,they abhor me1 and flee far from me1 and are not afraid to spit in my face4 #cj3aa4 ,for he hath opened his quiver1 and hath afflicted me1 and hath put a bridle into my mouth4 #cj3ab4 ,at the right hand of my rising1 my calamities forthwith arose3 they have overthrown my feet1 and have overwhelmed me with their paths as with waves4 #cj3ac4 ,they have destroyed my ways1 they have lain in wait against me1 and they have prevailed1 and there was none to help4 #cj3ad4 ,they have rushed in upon me1 as when a wall is broken1 and a gate opened1 and have rolled themselves down to my miseries4 #cj3ae4 ,i am brought to nothing3 as a wind thou hast taken away my desire3 and my prosperity hath passed away like a cloud4 #cj3af4 ,and now my soul fadeth within myself1 and the days of affliction possess me4 #cj3ag4 ,in the night my bone is pierced with sorrows3 and they that feed upon me1 do not sleep4 #cj3ah4 ,with the multitude of them my garment is consumed1 and they have girded me about1 as with the collar of my coat4 #cj3ai4 ,i am compared to dirt1 and am likened to embers and ashes4 #cj3bj4 ,i cry to thee1 and thou hearest me not3 ,i stand up1 and thou dost not regard me4 #cj3ba4 ,thou art changed to be cruel toward me1 and in the hardness of thy hand thou art against me4 #cj3bb4 ,thou hast lifted me up1 and set me as it were upon the wind1 and thou hast mightily dashed me4 #cj3bc4 ,i know that thou wilt deliver me to death1 where a house is appointed for every one that liveth4 #cj3bd4 ,but yet thou stretchest not forth thy hand to their consumption3 and if they shall fall down thou wilt save4 #cj3be4 ,i wept heretofore for him that was afflicted1 and my soul had compassion on the poor4 #cj3bf4 ,i expected good things1 and evils are come upon me3 ,i waited for light1 and darkness broke out4 #cj3bg4 ,my inner parts have boiled without any rest1 the days of affliction have prevented me4 #cj3bh4 ,i went mourning without indignation2 ,i rose up1 and cried in the crowd4 #cj3bi4 ,i was the brother of dragons1 and companion of ostriches4 ,brother of dragons1 etc444 ,imitating these creatures in their lamentable noise4 #cj3cj4 ,my skin is become black upon me1 and my bones are dried up with heat4 #cj3ca4 ,my harp is turned to mourning1 and my organ into the voice of those that weep4 ,job ,chapter #ca ,job1 to defend himself from the unjust judgments of his friends1 gives a sincere account of his own virtues4 #ca3a4 ,i made a covenant with my eyes1 that ,i would not so much as think upon a virgin4 #ca3b4 ,for what part should ,god from above have in me1 and what inheritance the ,almighty from on high8 #ca3c4 ,is not destruction to the wicked1 and aversion to them that work iniquity8 #ca3d4 ,doth not he consider my ways1 and number all my steps8 #ca3e4 ,if ,i have walked in vanity1 and my foot hath made haste to deceit3 #ca3f4 ,let him weigh me in a just balance1 and let ,god know my simplicity4 #ca3g4 ,if my step hath turned out of the way1 and if my heart hath followed my eyes1 and if a spot hath cleaved to my hands3 #ca3h4 ,then let me sow and let another reap3 and let my offspring be rooted out4 #ca3i4 ,if my heart hath been deceived upon a woman1 and if ,i have laid wait at my friend's door3 #ca3aj4 ,let my wife be the harlot of another1 and let other men lie with her4 #ca3aa4 ,for this is a heinous crime1 and a most grievous iniquity4 #ca3ab4 ,it is a fire that devoureth even to destruction1 and rooteth up all things that spring4 #ca3ac4 ,if ,i have despised to abide judgment with my manservant1 or my maidservant1 when they had any controversy against me3 #ca3ad4 ,for what shall ,i do when ,god shall rise to judge8 and when he shall examine1 what shall ,i answer him8 #ca3ae4 ,did not he that made me in the womb make him also3 and did not one and the same form me in the womb8 #ca3af4 ,if ,i have denied to the poor what they desired1 and have made the eyes of the widow wait3 #ca3ag4 ,if ,i have eaten my morsel alone1 and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof3 #ca3ah4 7,for from my infancy mercy grew up with me3 and it came out with me from my mother's womb37 #ca3ai4 ,if ,i have despised him that was perishing for want of clothing1 and the poor man that had no covering3 #ca3bj4 ,if his sides have not blessed me1 and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep3 #ca3ba4 ,if ,i have lifted up my hand against the fatherless1 even when ,i saw myself superior in the gate3 #ca3bb4 ,let my shoulder fall from its joint1 and let my arm with its bones be broken4 #ca3bc4 ,for ,i have always feared ,god as waves swelling over me1 and his weight ,i was unable to bear4 #ca3bd4 ,if ,i have thought gold my strength1 and have said to fine gold3 ,my confidence3 #ca3be4 ,if ,i have rejoiced over my great riches1 and because my hand had gotten much4 #ca3bf4 ,if ,i beheld the sun when it shined and the moon going in brightness3 ,if ,i beheld the sun1 etc444 ,if ,i behold the sun and moon with admiration1 knowing them to be created and governed by the power of ,god1 ,i call on my adversaries to produce any thing against me1 whereby ,i could be charged with worshipping the sun or moon4 #ca3bg4 ,and my heart in secret hath rejoiced1 and ,i have kissed my hand with1 my mouth3 #ca3bh4 ,which is a very great iniquity1 and a denial against the most high ,god4 #ca3bi4 ,if ,i have been glad at the downfall of him that hated me1 and have rejoiced that evil had found him4 #ca3cj4 ,for ,i have not given my mouth to sin1 by wishing a curse to his soul4 #ca3ca4 ,if the men of my tabernacle have not said3 ,who will give us of his flesh that we may be filled8 #ca3cb4 ,the stranger did not stay without1 my door was open to the traveller4 #ca3cc4 ,if as a man ,i have hid my sin1 and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom4 #ca3cd4 ,if ,i have been afraid at a very great multitude1 and the contempt of kinsmen hath terrified me3 and have not rather held my peace1 and not gone out of the door4 #ca3ce4 ,who would grant me a hearing1 that the ,almighty may hear my desire3 and that he himself that judgeth would write a book1 #ca3cf4 ,that ,i may carry it on my shoulder1 and put it about me as a crown8 #ca3cg4 ,at every step of mine ,i would pronounce it1 and offer it as to a prince4 #ca3ch4 ,if my land cry against me1 and with it the furrows thereof mourn3 #ca3ci4 ,if ,i have eaten the fruits thereof without money1 and have afflicted the son of the tillers thereof3 #ca3dj4 ,let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat1 and thorns instead of barley4 ,the words of ,job are ended4 ,job ,chapter #cb ,eliu is angry with ,job and his friends4 ,he boasts of himself4 #cb3a4 ,so these three men ceased to answer ,job1 because he seemed just to himself4 #cb3b4 ,and ,eliu the son of ,barachel the ,buzite of the kindred of ,ram1 was angry and was moved to indignation3 now he was angry against ,job1 because he said he was just before ,god4 #cb3c4 ,and he was angry with his friends1 because they had not found a reasonable answer1 but only had condemned ,job4 #cb3d4 ,so ,eliu waited while ,job was speaking because they were his elders that were speaking4 #cb3e4 ,but when he saw that the three were not able to answer1 he was exceedingly angry4 #cb3f4 ,then ,eliu the son of ,barachel the ,buzite answered1 and said3 ,i am younger in days1 and you are more ancient1 therefore hanging down my head1 ,i was afraid to shew you my opinion4 #cb3g4 ,for ,i hoped that greater age would speak1 and that a multitude of years would teach wisdom4 #cb3h4 ,but1 as ,i see1 there is a spirit in men1 and the inspiration of the ,almighty giveth understanding4 #cb3i4 ,they that are aged are not the wise men1 neither do the ancients understand judgment4 #cb3aj4 ,therefore ,i will speak3 ,hearken to me1 ,i also will shew you my wisdom4 #cb3aa4 ,for ,i have waited for your words1 ,i have given ear to your wisdom1 as long as you were disputing in words4 #cb3ab4 ,and as long as ,i thought you said some thing1 ,i considered3 but1 as ,i see1 there is none of you that can convince ,job1 and answer his words4 #cb3ac4 ,lest you should say3 ,we have found wisdom1 ,god hath cast him down1 not man4 #cb3ad4 ,he hath spoken nothing to me1 and ,i will not answer him according to your words4 #cb3ae4 ,they were afraid1 and answered no more1 and they left off speaking4 #cb3af4 ,therefore because ,i have waited1 and they have not spoken3 they stood1 and answered no more3 #cb3ag4 ,i also will answer my part1 and will shew my knowledge4 #cb3ah4 ,for ,i am full of matter to speak of1 and the spirit of my bowels straiteneth me4 #cb3ai4 ,behold1 my belly is as new wine which wanteth vent1 which bursteth the new vessels4 #cb3bj4 ,i will speak and take breath a little3 ,i will open my lips1 and will answer4 #cb3ba4 ,i will not accept the person of man1 and ,i will not level ,god with man4 ,i will not level ,god with man444 ,here ,eliu considers that ,job hath put himself on a level with ,god1 by the manner he assumed to justify his own life in speaking to ,god as if he spoke to an equal3 ,eliu expresses in the following ver4 #bb his fear of punishment hereafter for such an attempt4 #cb3bb4 ,for ,i know not how long ,i shall continue1 and whether after a while my ,maker may take me away4 ,job ,chapter #cc ,eliu blames ,job for asserting his own innocence4 #cc3a4 ,hear therefore1 ,o ,job1 my speeches1 and hearken to all my words4 #cc3b4 ,behold now ,i have opened my mouth1 let my tongue speak within my jaws4 #cc3c4 ,my words are from my upright heart1 and my lips shall speak a pure sentence4 #cc3d4 ,the spirit of ,god made me1 and the breath of the ,almighty gave me life4 #cc3e4 ,if thou canst1 answer me1 and stand up against my face4 #cc3f4 ,behold ,god hath made me as well as thee1 and of the same clay ,i also was formed4 #cc3g4 ,but yet let not my wonder terrify thee1 and let not my eloquence be burdensome to thee4 #cc3h4 ,now thou hast said in my hearing1 and ,i have heard the voice of thy words3 #cc3i4 ,i am clean1 and without sin3 ,i am unspotted1 and there is no iniquity in me4 #cc3aj4 ,because he hath found complaints against me1 therefore he hath counted me for his enemy4 #cc3aa4 ,he hath put my feet in the stocks1 he hath observed all my paths4 #cc3ab4 ,now this is the thing in which thou art not justified3 ,i will answer thee1 that ,god is greater than man4 #cc3ac4 ,dost thou strive against him1 because he hath not answered thee to all words8 #cc3ad4 ,god speaketh once1 and repeateth not the selfsame thing the second time4 #cc3ae4 ,by a dream in a vision by night1 when deep sleep falleth upon men1 and they are sleeping in their beds3 #cc3af4 ,then he openeth the ears of men1 and teaching instructeth them in what they are to learn4 #cc3ag4 ,that he may withdraw a man from the things he is doing1 and may deliver him from pride4 #cc3ah4 ,rescuing his soul from corruption3 and his life from passing to the sword4 #cc3ai4 ,he rebuketh also by sorrow in the bed1 and he maketh all his bones to wither4 #cc3bj4 ,bread becometh abominable to him in his life1 and to his soul the meat which before he desired4 #cc3ba4 ,his flesh shall be consumed away1 and his bones that were covered shall be made bare4 #cc3bb4 ,his soul hath drawn near to corruption1 and his life to the destroyers4 #cc3bc4 ,if there shall be an angel speaking for him1 one among thousands1 to declare man's uprightness1 #cc3bd4 ,he shall have mercy on him1 and shall say3 ,deliver him1 that he may not go down to corruption3 ,i have found wherein ,i may be merciful to him4 #cc3be4 ,his flesh is consumed with punishments1 let him return to the days of his youth4 #cc3bf4 ,he shall pray to ,god1 and he will be gracious to him3 and he shall see his face with joy1 and he will render to man his justice4 #cc3bg4 ,he shall look upon men1 and shall say3 ,i have sinned1 and indeed ,i have offended1 and ,i have not received what ,i have deserved4 #cc3bh4 ,he hath delivered his soul from going into destruction1 that it may live and see the light4 #cc3bi4 ,behold1 all these things ,god worketh three times within every one4 #cc3cj4 ,that he may withdraw their souls from corruption1 and enlighten them with the light of the living4 #cc3ca4 ,attend1 ,job1 and hearken to me1 and hold thy peace1 whilst ,i speak4 #cc3cb4 ,but if thou hast any thing to say1 answer me1 speak3 for ,i would have thee to appear just4 #cc3cc4 ,and if thou have not1 hear me3 hold thy peace1 and ,i will teach thee wisdom4 ,job ,chapter #cd ,eliu charges ,job with blasphemy3 and sets forth the power and justice of ,god4 #cd3a4 ,and ,eliu continued his discourse1 and said3 #cd3b4 ,hear ye1 wise men1 my words1 and ye learned1 hearken to me3 #cd3c4 ,for the ear trieth words1 and the mouth discerneth meats by the taste4 #cd3d4 ,let us choose to us judgment1 and let us see among ourselves what is the best4 #cd3e4 ,for ,job hath said3 ,i am just1 and ,god hath overthrown my judgment4 #cd3f4 ,for in judging me there is a lie3 my arrow is violent without any sin4 #cd3g4 ,what man is there like ,job1 who drinketh up scorning like water8 #cd3h4 ,who goeth in company with them that work iniquity1 and walketh with wicked men8 #cd3i4 ,for he hath said3 ,man shall not please ,god1 although he run with him4 #cd3aj4 ,therefore1 ye men of understanding1 hear me3 far from ,god be wickedness1 and iniquity from the ,almighty4 #cd3aa4 ,for he will render to a man his work1 and according to the ways of every one he will reward them4 #cd3ab4 ,for in very deed ,god will not condemn without cause1 neither will the ,almighty pervert judgment4 #cd3ac4 ,what other hath he appointed over the earth8 or whom hath he set over the world which he made8 #cd3ad4 ,if he turn his heart to him1 he shall draw his spirit and breath unto himself4 #cd3ae4 ,all flesh shall perish together1 and man shall return into ashes4 #cd3af4 ,if then thou hast understanding1 hear what is said1 and hearken to the voice of my words4 #cd3ag4 ,can he be healed that loveth not judgment8 and how dost thou so far condemn him that is just8 #cd3ah4 ,who saith to the king3 ,thou art an apostate3 who calleth rulers ungodly3 #cd3ai4 ,who accepteth not the persons of princes3 nor hath regarded the tyrant1 when he contended against the poor man3 for all are the work of his hands4 #cd3bj4 ,they shall suddenly die1 and the people shall be troubled at midnight1 and they shall pass1 and take away the violent without hand4 #cd3ba4 ,for his eyes are upon the ways of men1 and he considereth all their steps4 #cd3bb4 ,there is no darkness1 and there is no shadow of death1 where they may be hid who work iniquity4 #cd3bc4 ,for it is no longer in the power of man to enter into judgment with ,god4 #cd3bd4 ,he shall break in pieces many and innumerable1 and shall make others to stand in their stead4 #cd3be4 ,for he knoweth their works3 and therefore he shall bring night on them1 and they shall be destroyed4 #cd3bf4 ,he hath struck them1 as being wicked1 in open sight4 #cd3bg4 ,who as it were on purpose have revolted from him1 and would not understand all his ways3 #cd3bh4 ,so that they caused the cry of the needy to come to him1 and he heard the voice of the poor4 #cd3bi4 ,for when he granteth peace1 who is there that can condemn8 ,when he hideth his countenance1 who is there that can behold him1 whether it regard nations1 or all men8 #cd3cj4 ,who maketh a man that is a hypocrite to reign for the sins of the people8 #cd3ca4 ,seeing then ,i have spoken of ,god1 ,i will not hinder thee in thy turn4 #cd3cb4 ,if ,i have erred1 teach thou me3 if ,i have spoken iniquity1 ,i will add no more4 #cd3cc4 ,doth ,god require it of thee1 because it hath displeased thee8 for thou begannest to speak1 and not ,i3 but if thou know any thing better1 speak4 #cd3cd4 ,let men of understanding speak to me1 and let a wise man hearken to me4 #cd3ce4 ,but ,job hath spoken foolishly1 and his words sound not discipline4 #cd3cf4 ,my father1 let ,job be tried even to the end3 cease not from the man of iniquity4 #cd3cg4 ,because he addeth blasphemy upon his sins1 let him be tied fast in the mean time amongst us3 and then let him provoke ,god to judgment with his speeches4 ,job ,chapter #ce ,eliu declares that the good or evil done by man cannot reach ,god4 #ce3a4 ,moreover ,eliu spoke these words3 #ce3b4 ,doth thy thought seem right to thee1 that thou shouldst say3 ,i am more just than ,god8 #ce3c4 ,for thou saidst3 ,that which is right doth not please thee3 or what will it profit thee if ,i sin8 #ce3d4 ,therefore ,i will answer thy words1 and thy friends with thee4 #ce3e4 ,look up to heaven and see1 and behold the sky1 that it is higher than thee4 #ce3f4 ,if thou sin1 what shalt thou hurt him8 and if thy iniquities be multiplied1 what shalt thou do against him8 #ce3g4 ,and if thou do justly1 what shalt thou give him1 or what shall he receive of thy hand8 #ce3h4 ,thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee3 and thy justice may help the son of man4 #ce3i4 ,by reason of the multitude of oppressors they shall cry out3 and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants4 #ce3aj4 ,and he hath not said3 ,where is ,god1 who made me1 who hath given songs in the night8 #ce3aa4 ,who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth1 and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air4 #ce3ab4 ,there shall they cry1 and he will not hear1 because of the pride of evil men4 #ce3ac4 ,god therefore will not hear in vain1 and the ,almighty will look into the causes of every one4 #ce3ad4 ,yea1 when thou shalt say3 ,he considereth not3 be judged before him1 and expect him4 #ce3ae4 ,for he doth not now bring on his fury1 neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly4 #ce3af4 ,therefore ,job openeth his mouth in vain1 and multiplieth words without knowledge4 ,job ,chapter #cf ,eliu proceeds in setting forth the justice and power of ,god4 #cf3a4 ,eliu also proceeded1 and said3 #cf3b4 ,suffer me a little1 and ,i will shew thee3 for ,i have yet somewhat to speak in ,god's behalf4 #cf3c4 ,i will repeat my knowledge from the beginning1 and ,i will prove my ,maker just4 #cf3d4 ,for indeed my words are without a lie1 and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee4 #cf3e4 ,god doth not cast away the mighty1 whereas he himself also is mighty4 #cf3f4 ,but he saveth not the wicked1 and he giveth judgment to the poor4 #cf3g4 ,he will not take away his eyes from the just1 and he placeth kings on the throne for ever1 and they are exalted4 #cf3h4 ,and if they shall be in chains1 and be bound with the cords of poverty3 #cf3i4 ,he shall shew them their works1 and their wicked deeds1 because they have been violent4 #cf3aj4 ,he also shall open their ear1 to correct them3 and shall speak1 that they may return from iniquity4 #cf3aa4 ,if they shall hear and observe1 they shall accomplish their days in good1 and their years in glory4 #cf3ab4 ,but if they hear not1 they shall pass by the sword1 and shall be consumed in folly4 #cf3ac4 ,dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of ,god1 neither shall they cry when they are bound4 #cf3ad4 ,their soul shall die in a storm1 and their life among the effeminate4 #cf3ae4 ,he shall deliver the poor out of his distress1 and shall open his ear in affliction4 #cf3af4 ,therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth1 and which hath no foundation under it3 and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness4 ,out of the narrow mouth444 ,that is1 out of hell1 whose entrance is narrow1 and its depth bottomless2 but figuratively meant here1 that is1 from his miseries and calamity to be restored to his former state of happiness4 #cf3ag4 ,thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked1 cause and judgment thou shalt recover4 #cf3ah4 ,therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man3 neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside4 #cf3ai4 ,lay down thy greatness without tribulation1 and all the mighty of strength4 #cf3bj4 ,prolong not the night that people may come up for them4 #cf3ba4 ,beware thou turn not aside to iniquity3 for this thou hast begun to follow after misery4 ,for this thou hast begun to follow after misery444 ,eliu charges ,job1 that notwithstanding his misery1 he does not fear ,god as he ought3 but in his judgment1 falls into iniquity4 #cf3bb4 ,behold1 ,god is high in his strength1 and none is like him among the lawgivers4 #cf3bc4 ,who can search out his ways8 or who can say to him3 ,thou hast wrought iniquity8 #cf3bd4 ,remember that thou knowest not his work1 concerning which men have sung4 #cf3be4 ,all men see him1 every one beholdeth afar off4 #cf3bf4 ,behold1 ,god is great1 exceeding our knowledge3 the number of his years is inestimable4 #cf3bg4 ,he lifteth up the drops of rain1 and poureth out showers like floods3 #cf3bh4 ,which flow from the clouds that cover all above4 #cf3bi4 ,if he will spread out clouds as his tent1 #cf3cj4 ,and lighten with his light from above1 he shall cover also the ends of the sea4 #cf3ca4 ,for by these he judgeth people1 and giveth food to many mortals4 #cf3cb4 ,in his hands he hideth the light1 and commandeth it to come again4 #cf3cc4 ,he sheweth his friend concerning it1 that it is his possession1 and that he may come up to it4 ,job ,chapter #cg ,eliu goes on in his discourse1 shewing ,god's wisdom and power1 by his wonderful works4 #cg3a4 ,at this my heart trembleth1 and is moved out of its place4 #cg3b4 ,hear ye attentively the terror of his voice1 and the sound that cometh out of his mouth4 #cg3c4 ,he beholdeth under all the heavens1 and his light is upon the ends of the earth4 #cg3d4 ,after it a noise shall roar1 he shall thunder with the voice of his majesty1 and shall not be found out1 when his voice shall be heard4 #cg3e4 ,god shall thunder wonderfully with his voice1 he that doth great and unsearchable things4 #cg3f4 ,he commandeth the snow to go down upon the earth1 and the winter rain1 and the shower of his strength4 #cg3g4 ,he sealeth up the hand of all men1 that every one may know his works4 ,he sealeth up1 etc444 ,when he sends those showers of his strength1 that is1 those storms of rain1 he seals up1 that is1 he shuts up the hands of men from their usual works abroad1 and confines them within doors1 to consider his works2 or to forecast their works1 that is1 what they themselves are to do4 #cg3h4 ,then the beast shall go into his covert1 and shall abide in his den4 #cg3i4 ,out of the inner parts shall a tempest come1 and cold out of the north4 #cg3aj4 ,when ,god bloweth there cometh frost1 and again the waters are poured out abundantly4 #cg3aa4 ,corn desireth clouds1 and the clouds spread their light3 #cg3ab4 ,which go round about1 whithersoever the will of him that governeth them shall lead them1 to whatsoever he shall command them upon the face of the whole earth3 #cg3ac4 ,whether in one tribe1 or in his own land1 or in what place soever of his mercy he shall command them to be found4 #cg3ad4 ,hearken to these things1 ,job3 ,stand1 and consider the wondrous works of ,god4 #cg3ae4 ,dost thou know when ,god commanded the rains1 to shew his light of his clouds8 #cg3af4 ,knowest thou the great paths of the clouds1 and the perfect knowledges8 #cg3ag4 ,are not thy garments hot1 when the south wind blows upon the earth8 #cg3ah4 ,thou perhaps hast made the heavens with him1 which are most strong1 as if they were of molten brass4 #cg3ai4 ,shew us what we may say to him3 or we are wrapped up in darkness4 #cg3bj4 ,who shall tell him the things ,i speak8 even if a man shall speak1 he shall be swallowed up4 ,he shall be swallowed up444 ,all that man can say when he speaks of ,god1 is so little and inconsiderable in comparison with the subject1 that man is lost1 and as it were swallowed up in so immense an ocean4 #cg3ba4 ,but now they see not the light3 the air on a sudden shall be thickened into clouds1 and the wind shall pass and drive them away4 #cg3bb4 ,cold cometh out of the north1 and to ,god praise with fear4 #cg3bc4 ,we cannot find him worthily3 he is great in strength1 and in judgment1 and in justice1 and he is ineffable4 #cg3bd4 ,therefore men shall fear him1 and all that seem to themselves to be wise1 shall not dare to behold him4 ,job ,chapter #ch ,god interposes and shews from the things he hath made1 that man cannot comprehend his power and wisdom4 #ch3a4 ,then the ,lord answered ,job out of a whirlwind1 and said3 ,the ,lord44 ,that is1 an angel speaking in the name of the ,lord4 #ch3b4 ,who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskilful words8 #ch3c4 ,gird up thy loins like a man3 ,i will ask thee1 and answer thou me4 #ch3d4 ,where wast thou when ,i laid the foundations of the earth8 tell me if thou hast understanding4 #ch3e4 ,who hath laid the measures thereof1 if thou knowest or who hath stretched the line upon it8 #ch3f4 ,upon what are its bases grounded8 or who laid the corner stone thereof1 #ch3g4 ,when the morning stars praised me together1 and all the sons of ,god made a joyful melody8 #ch3h4 ,who shut up the sea with doors1 when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb3 #ch3i4 ,when ,i made a cloud the garment thereof1 and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands8 #ch3aj4 ,i set my bounds around it1 and made it bars and doors3 #ch3aa4 ,and ,i said3 ,hitherto thou shalt come1 and shalt go no further1 and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves4 #ch3ab4 ,didst thou since thy birth command the morning1 and shew the dawning of the day its place8 #ch3ac4 ,and didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them1 and hast thou shaken the ungodly out of it8 #ch3ad4 ,the seal shall be restored as clay1 and shall stand as a garment4 #ch3ae4 ,from the wicked their light shall be taken away1 and the high arm shall be broken4 #ch3af4 ,hast thou entered into the depths of the sea1 and walked in the lowest parts of the deep8 #ch3ag4 ,have the gates of death been opened to thee1 and hast thou seen the darksome doors8 #ch3ah4 ,hast thou considered the breadth of the earth8 tell me1 if thou knowest all things8 #ch3ai4 ,where is the way where light dwelleth1 and where is the place of darkness8 #ch3bj4 ,that thou mayst bring every thing to its own bounds1 and understand the paths of the house thereof4 #ch3ba4 ,didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born8 and didst thou know the number of thy days8 #ch3bb4 ,hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow1 or hast thou beheld the treasures of the hail3 #ch3bc4 ,which ,i have prepared for the time of the enemy1 against the day of battle and war8 #ch3bd4 ,by what way is the light spread1 and heat divided upon the earth8 #ch3be4 ,who gave a course to violent showers1 or a way for noisy thunder3 #ch3bf4 ,that it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness1 where no mortal dwelleth3 #ch3bg4 ,that it should fill the desert and desolate land1 and should bring forth green grass8 #ch3bh4 ,who is the father of rain8 or who begot the drops of dew8 #ch3bi4 ,out of whose womb came the ice8 and the frost from heaven who hath gendered it8 #ch3cj4 ,the waters are hardened like a stone1 and the surface of the deep is congealed4 #ch3ca4 ,shalt thou be able to join together the shining stars the ,pleiades1 or canst thou stop the turning about of ,arcturus8 ,pleiades444 ,hebrew1 ,cimah4 ,a cluster of seven stars in the constellation ,taurus or the ,bull4 ,arcturus1 a bright star in the constellation ,bootes4 ,the ,hebrew name ,cesil1 is variously interpreted2 by some1 ,orion2 by others1 the ,great ,bear is understood4 #ch3cb4 ,canst thou bring forth the day star in its time1 and make the evening star to rise upon the children of the earth8 #ch3cc4 ,dost thou know the order of heaven1 and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth8 #ch3cd4 ,canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds1 that an abundance of waters may cover thee8 #ch3ce4 ,canst thou send lightnings1 and will they go1 and will they return and say to thee3 ,here we are8 #ch3cf4 ,who hath put wisdom in the heart of man8 or who gave the cock understanding8 ,understanding444 ,that instinct by which he distinguishes the times of crowing in the night4 #ch3cg4 ,who can declare the order of the heavens1 or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep8 #ch3ch4 ,when was the dust poured on the earth1 and the clods fastened together8 #ch3ci4 ,wilt thou take the prey for the lioness1 and satisfy the appetite of her whelps1 #ch3dj4 ,when they couch in the dens and lie in wait in holes8 #ch3da4 ,who provideth food for the raven1 when her young ones cry to ,god1 wandering about1 because they have no meat8 ,job ,chapter #ci ,the wonders of the power and providence of ,god in many of his creatures4 #ci3a4 ,knowest thou the time when the wild goats bring forth among the rocks1 or hast thou observed the hinds when they fawn8 #ci3b4 ,hast thou numbered the months of their conceiving1 or knowest thou the time when they bring forth8 #ci3c4 ,they bow themselves to bring forth young1 and they cast them1 and send forth roarings4 #ci3d4 ,their young are weaned and go to feed3 they go forth1 and return not to them4 #ci3e4 ,who hath sent out the wild ass free1 and who hath loosed his bonds8 #ci3f4 ,to whom ,i have given a house in the wilderness1 and his dwellings in the barren land4 #ci3g4 ,he scorneth the multitude of the city1 he heareth not the cry of the driver4 #ci3h4 ,he looketh round about the mountains of his pasture1 and seeketh for every green thing1 #ci3i4 ,shall the rhinoceros be willing to serve thee1 or will he stay at thy crib8 #ci3aj4 ,canst thou bind the rhinoceros with thy thong to plough1 or will he break the clods of the valleys after thee8 #ci3aa4 ,wilt thou have confidence in his great strength1 and leave thy labours to him8 #ci3ab4 ,wilt thou trust him that he will render thee the seed1 and gather it into thy barnfloor8 #ci3ac4 ,the wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron1 and of the hawk4 #ci3ad4 ,when she leaveth her eggs on the earth1 thou perhaps wilt warm them in the dust4 #ci3ae4 ,she forgetteth that the foot may tread upon them1 or that the beasts of the field may break them4 #ci3af4 ,she is hardened against her young ones1 as though they were not hers1 she hath laboured in vain1 no fear constraining her4 #ci3ag4 ,for ,god hath deprived her of wisdom1 neither hath he given her understanding4 #ci3ah4 ,when time shall be1 she setteth up her wings on high3 she scorneth the horse and his rider4 #ci3ai4 ,wilt thou give strength to the horse or clothe his neck with neighing8 #ci3bj4 ,wilt thou lift him up like the locusts8 the glory of his nostrils is terror4 #ci3ba4 ,he breaketh up the earth with his hoof1 he pranceth boldly1 he goeth forward to meet armed men4 #ci3bb4 ,he despiseth fear1 he turneth not his back to the sword4 #ci3bc4 ,above him shall the quiver rattle1 the spear and shield shall glitter4 #ci3bd4 ,chasing and raging he swalloweth the ground1 neither doth he make account when the noise of the trumpet soundeth4 #ci3be4 ,when he heareth the trumpet he saith3 ,ha1 ha3 he smelleth the battle afar off1 the encouraging of the captains1 and the shouting of the army4 #ci3bf4 ,doth the hawk wax feathered by thy wisdom1 spreading her wings to the south8 #ci3bg4 ,will the eagle mount up at thy command1 and make her nest in high places8 #ci3bh4 ,she abideth among the rocks1 and dwelleth among cragged flints1 and stony hills1 where there is no access4 #ci3bi4 ,from thence she looketh for the prey1 and her eyes behold afar off4 #ci3cj4 ,her young ones shall suck up blood3 and wheresoever the carcass shall be1 she is immediately there4 #ci3ca4 ,and the ,lord went on1 and said to ,job3 #ci3cb4 ,shall he that contendeth with ,god be so easily silenced8 surely he that reproveth ,god1 ought to answer him4 #ci3cc4 ,then ,job answered the ,lord1 and said3 #ci3cd4 ,what can ,i answer1 who hath spoken inconsiderately8 ,i will lay my hand upon my mouth4 ,spoken inconsiderately444 ,if we discuss all ,job's words 7saith ,st4 ,gregory71 we shall find nothing impiously spoken2 as may be gathered from the words of the ,lord himself1 chap4 #db1 ver4 #g1 #h2 but what was reprehensible in him1 was the manner of expressing himself at times1 speaking too much of his own affliction1 and too little of ,god's goodness towards him1 which here he acknowledges as inconsiderate4 #ci3ce4 ,one thing ,i have spoken1 which ,i wish ,i had not said3 and another1 to which ,i will add no more4 ,job ,chapter #dj ,of the power of ,god in the behemoth and the leviathan4 #dj3a4 ,and the ,lord answering ,job out of the whirlwind1 said3 #dj3b4 ,gird up thy loins like a man3 ,i will ask thee1 and do thou tell me4 #dj3c4 ,wilt thou make void my judgment3 and condemn me1 that thou mayst be justified8 #dj3d4 ,and hast thou an arm like ,god1 and canst thou thunder with a voice like him8 #dj3e4 ,clothe thyself with beauty1 and set thyself up on high1 and be glorious1 and put on goodly garments4 #dj3f4 ,scatter the proud in thy indignation1 and behold every arrogant man1 and humble him4 #dj3g4 ,look on all that are proud1 and confound them1 and crush the wicked in their place1 #dj3h4 ,hide them in the dust together1 and plunge their faces into the pit4 #dj3i4 ,then ,i will confess that thy right hand is able to save thee4 #dj3aj4 ,behold behemoth whom ,i made with thee1 he eateth grass like an ox4 ,behemoth444 ,in ,hebrew1 behema1 which signifies in general an animal2 but many authors explain1 that here it is put for the elephant4 #dj3aa4 ,his strength is in his loins1 and his force in the navel of his belly4 #dj3ab4 ,he setteth up his tail like a cedar1 the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together4 #dj3ac4 ,his bones are like pipes of brass1 his gristle like plates of iron4 #dj3ad4 ,he is the beginning of the ways of ,god1 who made him1 he will apply his sword4 ,he will apply his sword444 ,this text is variously explained3 some explain the sword1 the horn given to the animal for his defence3 others1 the power that ,god hath given to the animal for his defence3 others1 the power that ,god hath given to man to slay him1 notwithstanding his great size and strength4 #dj3ae4 ,to him the mountains bring forth grass3 there all the beasts of the field shall play4 #dj3af4 ,he sleepeth under the shadow1 in the covert of the reed1 and in moist places4 #dj3ag4 ,the shades cover his shadow1 the willows of the brook shall compass him about4 #dj3ah4 ,behold1 he will drink up a river1 and not wonder3 and he trusteth that the ,jordan may run into his mouth4 #dj3ai4 ,in his eyes as with a hook he shall take him1 and bore through his nostrils with stakes4 #dj3bj4 ,canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook1 or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord8 ,leviathan444 ,the whale or some sea monster4 #dj3ba4 ,canst thou put a ring in his nose1 or bore through his jaw with a buckle8 #dj3bb4 ,will he make many supplications to thee1 or speak soft words to thee8 #dj3bc4 ,will he make a covenant with thee1 and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever1 #dj3bd4 ,shalt thou play with him as with a bird1 or tie him up for thy handmaids8 #dj3be4 ,shall friends cut him in pieces1 shall merchants divide him8 #dj3bf4 ,wilt thou fill nets with his skin1 and the cabins of fishes with his head8 #dj3bg4 ,lay thy hand upon him3 remember the battle1 and speak no more4 #dj3bh4 ,behold his hope shall fail him1 and in the sight of all he shall be cast down4 ,job ,chapter #da ,a further description of the leviathan4 #da3a4 ,i will not stir him up1 like one that is cruel1 for who can resist my countenance8 #da3b4 ,who hath given me before that ,i should repay him8 ,all things that are under heaven are mine4 #da3c4 ,i will not spare him1 nor his mighty words1 and framed to make supplication4 #da3d4 ,who can discover the face of his garment8 or who can go into the midst of his mouth8 #da3e4 ,who can open the doors of his face8 his teeth are terrible round about4 #da3f4 ,his body is like molten shields1 shut close up with scales pressing upon one another4 #da3g4 ,one is joined to another1 and not so much as any air can come between them3 #da3h4 ,they stick one to another and they hold one another fast1 and shall not be separated4 #da3i4 ,his sneezing is like the shining of fire1 and his eyes like the eyelids of the morning4 #da3aj4 ,out of his mouth go forth lamps1 like torches of lighted fire4 #da3aa4 ,out of his nostrils goeth smoke1 like that of a pot heated and boiling4 #da3ab4 ,his breath kindleth coals1 and a flame cometh forth out of his mouth4 #da3ac4 ,in his neck strength shall dwell1 and want goeth before his face4 #da3ad4 ,the members of his flesh cleave one to another3 he shall send lightnings against him1 and they shall not be carried to another place4 #da3ae4 ,his heart shall be as hard as a stone1 and as firm as a smith's anvil1 #da3af4 ,when he shall raise him up1 the angels shall fear1 and being affrighted shall purify themselves4 ,angels444 ,elim1 ,hebrew3 which signifies here1 the mighty1 the most valiant1 shall fear this monstrous fish1 and in their fear shall seek to be purified4 #da3ag4 ,when a sword shall lay at him1 it shall not be able to hold1 nor a spear1 nor a breastplate4 #da3ah4 ,for he shall esteem iron as straw1 and brass as rotten wood4 #da3ai4 ,the archer shall not put him to flight1 the stones of the sling are to him like stubble4 #da3bj4 ,as stubble will he esteem the hammer1 and he will laugh him to scorn who shaketh the spear4 #da3ba4 ,the beams of the sun shall be under him1 and he shall strew gold under him like mire4 ,under him444 ,he shall not value the beams of the sun2 and gold to him shall be like mire4 #da3bb4 ,he shall make the deep sea to boil like a pot1 and shall make it as when ointments boil4 #da3bc4 ,a path shall shine after him1 he shall esteem the deep as growing old4 ,the deep as growing old444 ,growing hoary1 as it were with the froth which he leaves behind him4 #da3bd4 ,there is no power upon earth that can be compared with him who was made to fear no one1 #da3be4 ,he beholdeth every high thing1 he is king over all the children of pride4 ,he is king1 etc444 ,he is superior in strength to all that are great and strong amongst living creatures3 mystically it is understood of the devil1 who is king over all the proud4 ,job ,chapter #db ,job submits himself4 ,god pronounces in his favour4 ,job offers sacrifice for his friends4 ,he is blessed with riches and children1 and dies happily1 #db3a4 ,then ,job answered the ,lord1 and said3 #db3b4 ,i know that thou canst do all things1 and no thought is hid from thee4 #db3c4 ,who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge8 ,therefore ,i have spoken unwisely1 and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge4 #db3d4 ,hear1 and ,i will speak3 ,i will ask thee1 and do thou tell me4 #db3e4 ,with the hearing of the ear1 ,i have heard thee1 but now my eye seeth thee4 #db3f4 ,therefore ,i reprehend myself1 and do penance in dust and ashes4 #db3g4 ,and after the ,lord had spoken these words to ,job1 he said to ,eliphaz the ,themanite3 ,my wrath is kindled against thee1 and against thy two friends1 because you have not spoken the thing that is right before me1 as my servant ,job hath4 #db3h4 ,take unto you therefore seven oxen and seven rams1 and go to my servant ,job1 and offer for yourselves a holocaust1 and my servant ,job shall pray for you3 his face ,i will accept1 that folly be not imputed to you3 for you have not spoken right things before me1 as my servant ,job hath4 #db3i4 ,so ,eliphaz the ,themanite1 and ,baldad the ,suhite1 and ,sophar the ,naamathite went1 and did as the ,lord had spoken to them1 and the ,lord accepted the face of ,job4 #db3aj4 ,the ,lord also was turned at the penance of ,job1 when he prayed for his friends4 ,and the ,lord gave ,job twice as much as he had before4 #db3aa4 ,and all his brethren came to him1 and all his sisters1 and all that knew him before1 and they ate bread with him in his house3 and bemoaned him1 and comforted him upon all the evil that ,god had brought upon him4 ,and every man gave him one ewe1 and one earring of gold4 #db3ab4 ,and the ,lord blessed the latter end of ,job more than his beginning4 ,and he had fourteen thousand sheep1 and six thousand camels1 and a thousand yoke of oxen1 and a thousand she asses4 #db3ac4 ,and he had seven sons1 and three daughters4 #db3ad4 ,and he called the name of one ,dies1 and the name of the second ,cassia1 and the name of the third ,cornustibii4 #db3ae4 ,and there were not found in all the earth women so beautiful as the daughters of ,job3 and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren4 #db3af4 ,and ,job lived after these things1 a hundred and forty years1 and he saw his children1 and his children's children1 unto the fourth generation1 and he died an old man1 and full of days4