1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

<>Call now, if there be any that will answer thee, <>answer, <>to which of the saints wilt thou turn?, <>saints

2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

<>envy slayeth, <>envy

3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

<>vv. 3-5, <>habitation

4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

<>vv. 3-5, <>His children, <>they are crushed in the gate, <>the gate

5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

<>vv. 3-5, <>harvest, <>the robber swalloweth up their substance, <>robber, <>substance

6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

<>affliction cometh not forth of the dust, <>affliction

7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

<>is born

8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

<>vv. 8-9, <>unto God would I commit my cause, <>my cause

9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

<>vv. 8-9, <>doeth great things, <>doeth … things … unsearchable, <>doeth great … and … marvellous things

10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

<>giveth rain upon the earth, <>rain

11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

<>v. 11

12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

<>devices

13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

<>vv. 13-14, <>counsel, <>froward

14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

<>vv. 13-14

15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

<>the poor, <>the mighty

16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

<>the poor hath hope, <>hope, <>iniquity stoppeth her mouth

17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

<>God correcteth, <>despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty, <>despise, <>the Almighty

18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

<>troubles … in seven there shall no evil touch thee

20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

<>famine, <>redeem, <>death, <>in war from the power of the sword, <>in war

21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

<>neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth

23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

<>thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, <>stones, <>the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee, <>peace

24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

<>vv. 24,26

25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

<>thy seed shall be great

26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

<>vv. 24,26, <>Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, <>Thou shalt come to thy grave … like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season., <>grave, <>corn, <>in his season

27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

<>searched

1 But Job answered and said,

<>vv. 1-3, <>answered

2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

<>vv. 2-3, <>vv. 1-3, <>balances

3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

<>vv. 2-3, <>vv. 1-3

4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

<>the Almighty, <>the terrors of God

5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

<>Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt?

7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

<>meat

8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

<>v. 8, <>Oh that I might have my request

9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

<>please God

10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

<>I have not concealed the words of the Holy One., <>the words

11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

<>What is my strength, <>hope, <>what is mine end

12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

<>stones, <>is my flesh of brass?

13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

<>Is not my help in me?

14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

<>To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend, <>afflicted

15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

<>brook … brooks, <>as the stream of brooks they pass away

16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:

17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

<>What time they wax warm, they vanish, <>wax, <>when it is hot, they are consumed

18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

<>perish

19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.

22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?

<>v. 22, <>substance

23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

<>Deliver me, <>Redeem, <>the mighty

24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

<>Teach, <>cause me to understand wherein I have erred

25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

<>vv. 25-26, <>right words

26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

<>vv. 25-26, <>imagine

27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

<>ye overwhelm the fatherless, <>the fatherless, <>ye dig a pit for your friend

28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.

<>be content, <>it is evident unto you if I lie

29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

<>Return, I pray you

30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?

<>perverse

1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

<>Is there not an appointed time to man, <>like the days of an hireling

2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

<>a servant

3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

<>wearisome

4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

<>When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone?, <>the dawning of the day

5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

<>worms

6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

<>My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, <>hope

7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

<>my life is wind, <>mine eye shall no more see good

8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

<>he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more, <>the grave

10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

<>neither shall his place know him any more

11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

<>Am I a sea, <>settest a watch

13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

<>When I say, My bed shall comfort me, <>couch

14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

<>v. 14

15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

<>vv. 15-16, <>death

16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

<>vv. 15-16

17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

<>vv. 17-18, <>v. 17

18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

<>vv. 17-18, <>try him

19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

<>v. 20, <>I have sinned, <>thou preserver of men, <>burden

21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

<>transgression

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

<>answered

2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

<>the words of thy mouth … wind

3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

<>v. 3, <>Doth God pervert judgment?, <>pervert … pervert, <>the Almighty

4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

<>children, <>transgression

5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

<>betimes, <>make thy supplication to the Almighty

6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

<>upright, <>habitation

7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

<>v. 7

8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

<>v. 8, <>inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, <>search

9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

<>our days upon earth are a shadow

10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

<>Shall not they teach thee, <>Shall not they … utter words out of their heart?

11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

<>flag

12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

<>herb

13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

<>vv. 13-14, <>vv. 13-15, <>vv. 13,16-17, <>the hypocrite's hope shall perish, <>hope, <>perish

14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.

<>vv. 13-14, <>vv. 13-15

15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

<>vv. 13-15

16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

<>vv. 13,16-17, <>before the sun, <>the sun

17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.

<>vv. 13,16-17, <>stones

18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.

19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

<>out of the earth shall others grow

20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:

<>a perfect man, <>perfect

21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.

<>nought