1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.

2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

<>I am not inferior unto you.

3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

<>I desire to reason with God.

4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

<>ye are forgers of lies, <>physicians of no value

5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

<>v. 5

6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

9 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?

<>Is it good that he should search you out?, <>one man mocketh another, <>do ye so mock him?

10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

<>v. 10

11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

<>your bodies … bodies of clay

13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

<>Hold your peace, <>let come on me what will

14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

<>take my flesh in my teeth

15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

<>Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him, <>trust in him, <>I will maintain mine own ways before him., <>maintain

16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

<>He also shall be my salvation

17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.

<>I have ordered my cause, <>I know that I shall be justified.

19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

<>give up the ghost

20 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.

21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

<>v. 22

23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

<>How many are mine iniquities and sins?, <>make me to know my transgression and my sin, <>transgression

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

<>Wherefore hidest thou thy face, <>Wherefore … holdest me for thine enemy?

25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

<>makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth

27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

<>a garment that is moth eaten

1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

<>Man that is born of a woman is of few days, <>is born

2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

<>He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down, <>he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not

3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

<>bringest me into judgment with thee?

4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

<>v. 4

5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

<>thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass

6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

<>he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day, <>he shall accomplish … his day

7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

<>vv. 7-9, <>there is hope

8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

<>vv. 7-9

9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

<>vv. 7-9

10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

<>man dieth, <>man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?, <>giveth up the ghost

11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

<>man … riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not … be raised, <>till the heavens be no more

13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

<>the grave, <>thy wrath

14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

<>If a man die, shall he live again?, <>appointed time, <>my change

15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

<>Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee, <>thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands

16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

<>vv. 16-17, <>thou numberest my steps, <>dost thou not watch over my sin?

17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

<>vv. 16-17, <>transgression

18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.

19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

<>The waters wear the stones, <>thou destroyest the hope of man

20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

<>sons, <>honour, <>they are brought low

22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

<>east wind

3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

<>unprofitable talk

4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

<>thou castest off fear, <>restrainest prayer

5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

<>Thine own mouth condemneth thee

7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

<>Art thou the first man that was born?, <>was born, <>wast thou made before the hills?

8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

<>Hast thou heard the secret of God?

9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

10 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

<>very aged

11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

<>is there any secret thing with thee?

12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

<>Why doth thine heart carry thee away?, <>what do thy eyes wink at

13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

<>lettest such words go out of thy mouth

14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

<>v. 14

15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

<>he putteth no trust in his saints

16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

<>filthy, <>drinketh iniquity like water

17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

<>that which I have seen I will declare

18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

<>vv. 18-19

19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

<>vv. 18-19, <>stranger

20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

<>vv. 20,23, <>the number of years is hidden to the oppressor, <>the number of years is hidden

21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

<>in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him, <>prosperity

22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

<>He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, <>he is waited for of the sword

23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

<>vv. 20,23, <>the day of darkness is ready at his hand

24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

<>he stretcheth out his hand against God

26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

<>cities, <>inhabiteth

29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

<>He shall not be rich, <>neither shall his substance continue, <>his substance

30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

<>He shall not depart out of darkness, <>by the breath of his mouth shall he go away

31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

<>It shall be accomplished before his time, <>his time, <>his branch shall not be green

33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

<>He shall shake off his unripe grape, <>He … shall cast off his flower

34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

<>congregation, <>fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery, <>fire shall consume

35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

<>They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity

1 Then Job answered and said,

2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

<>miserable comforters are ye all

3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

<>vv. 4-5, <>I also could speak as ye do

5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.

<>vv. 4-5

6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?

7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

<>he hath made me weary

8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

<>thou hast filled me with wrinkles

9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

<>his wrath

10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

<>they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully, <>they have gathered themselves together against me, <>gathered themselves together

11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

<>into the hands

12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

<>set me up for his mark

13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

<>he … doth not spare, <>he poureth out my gall upon the ground

14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.

<>he runneth upon me like a giant

15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

<>on my eyelids is the shadow of death, <>the shadow of death, <>death

17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

<>Not for any injustice in mine hands, <>my prayer is pure

18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

<>O earth, cover not thou my blood

19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.

<>my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high

20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

<>My friends scorn me

21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

<>O that one might plead for a man with God

22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

<>v. 22