Job 25-28
1599 Geneva Bible
25 Bildad proveth that no man is clean nor without sin before God.
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 [a]Power and fear is with him, that maketh peace in his places.
3 Is there any number in his armies? [b]and upon whom shall not his light arise?
4 And how may a man [c]be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of woman?
5 Behold, he will give no light to the Moon, [d]and the Stars are unclean in his sight.
6 How much more man, a worm, even the son of man, which is but a worm?
26 Job showeth that man cannot help God, and proveth it by his miracles.
1 But Job answered, and said,
2 [e]Whom helpest thou? him that hath no power? savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
3 Whom counselest thou? him that hath no wisdom? [f]thou showest right well as the thing is.
4 To whom dost thou declare these words? or whose spirit [g]cometh out of thee?
5 The [h]dead things are formed under the waters, and near unto them.
6 The grave is [i]naked before him, and there is no covering for [j]destruction.
7 He stretcheth out the [k]North over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8 He bindeth the waters in his clouds, and the cloud is not broken under them.
9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
10 He hath set bounds [l]about the waters, until the [m]day and night come to an end.
11 The [n]pillars of heaven tremble and quake at his reproof.
12 The sea is calm by his power, and by his understanding he smiteth the pride thereof.
13 His Spirit hath garnished the heavens, and his hand hath formed the crooked [o]serpent.
14 Lo, these are part of his ways: but [p]how little a portion hear we of him? and who can understand his fearful power?
27 3 The constancy and perfectness of Job. 13 The reward of the wicked and of the tyrants.
1 Moreover Job proceeded and continued his parable, saying,
2 The living God hath taken away my [q]judgment: for the Almighty hath put my soul in bitterness.
3 Yet so long as my breath is in me, and the Spirit of God in my nostrils,
4 [r]My lips surely shall speak no wickedness, and my tongue shall utter no deceit.
5 God forbid, that I should [s]justify you: until I die, I will never take away mine [t]innocency from myself.
6 I will keep my righteousness, and will not forsake it: mine heart shall not reprove me of my [u]days.
7 Mine enemy shall be as the wicked, and he that riseth against me, as the unrighteous.
8 For what [v]hope hath the hypocrite when he hath heaped up riches, if God take away his soul?
9 Will God hear his cry, when trouble cometh upon him?
10 Will he set his delight on the Almighty? will he call upon God at all times?
11 I will teach you what is in the hand of [w]God, and I will not conceal that which is with the Almighty.
12 Behold, all ye yourselves [x]have seen it: why then do you thus vanish [y]vanity?
13 This is the [z]portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of tyrants, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
14 If his children be in great number, the sword shall destroy them, and his posterity shall not be satisfied with bread.
15 His remnant shall be buried in death, and his widows [aa]shall not weep.
16 Though he should heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay,
17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18 He buildeth his house as the [ab]moth, and as a lodge that the watchman maketh.
19 When the rich man sleepeth, [ac]he shall not be gathered to his fathers: they opened their eyes, and he was gone.
20 Terrors shall take him as waters, and a tempest shall carry him away by night.
21 The East wind shall take him away, and he shall depart: and it shall hurl him out of his place.
22 And God shall cast upon him and not spare, though he would fain flee out of his hand.
23 Every man shall clap their hands at him, and hiss at him out of their place.
28 Job showeth that the wisdom of God is unsearchable.
1 The silver surely hath his vein, [ad]and the gold his palace, where they take it.
2 Iron is taken out of the dust, and brass is molten out of the stone.
3 God putteth an end to darkness, [ae]and he trieth the perfection of all things: he setteth a bond of darkness, and of the shadow of death.
4 The flood breaketh out against the [af]inhabitant, and the waters [ag]forgotten of the foot, being higher than man, are gone away.
5 Out of the same earth cometh [ah]bread, and under it, as it were fire is turned up.
6 The stones thereof are a place [ai]of Sapphires, and the dust of it is gold.
7 There is a path which no fowl hath known, neither hath the kite’s eye seen it.
8 The Lion’s whelps have not walked it, nor the Lion passed thereby.
9 He putteth his hand upon the [aj]rocks, and overthroweth the mountains by the roots.
10 He breaketh rivers in the roots, and his eye seeth every precious thing.
11 He bindeth the floods, that they do not overflow, and the thing that is hid, bringeth he to light.
12 But where is wisdom found? [ak]and where is the place of understanding?
13 Man knoweth not [al]the price thereof: for it is not found in the land of the living.
14 The depth saith, It is not in me: the Sea also saith, It is not with me.
15 [am]Gold shall not be given for it, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
16 It shall not be valued with the wedge of gold of Ophir, nor with the precious onyx, nor the sapphire.
17 The gold nor the crystal shall be equal unto it, nor the exchange shall be for plate of fine gold.
18 No mention shall be made of coral, nor of the [an]gabish: for wisdom is more precious than pearls.
19 The Topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal unto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure gold.
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding,
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all the living, and is hid from the [ao]fowls of the heaven?
22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
23 But God understandeth the [ap]way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24 For he beholdeth the ends of the world, and seeth all that is under heaven,
25 To make the weight of the winds and to weigh the waters by measure.
26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunders,
27 Then did he see it, and counted it: he prepared it, and also considered it.
28 And unto man he said, Behold, (A)the [aq]fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.
Footnotes
- Job 25:2 His purpose is to prove that albeit God try and afflict the just, yet soon after he sendeth prosperity, and because he did not so to Job he concludeth that he is wicked.
- Job 25:3 Who can hide him from his presence?
- Job 25:4 That is, be just in respect of God?
- Job 25:5 If God show his power, the Moon and Stars cannot have that light which is given them, much less can man have any excellency, but of God.
- Job 26:2 Thou concludest nothing: for neither thou helpest me, which am destitute of all help, neither yet speakest sufficiently on God’s behalf, who hath no need of thy defense.
- Job 26:3 But thou dost not apply it to the purpose.
- Job 26:4 That is, moveth thee to speak this?
- Job 26:5 Job beginneth to declare the force of God’s power and providence in the mines and metals in the deep places of the earth.
- Job 26:6 There is nothing hid in the bottom of the earth but he seeth it.
- Job 26:6 Meaning, the grave wherein things putrify.
- Job 26:7 He causeth the whole heaven to turn about the North pole.
- Job 26:10 That is, he hid the heavens which are called his throne.
- Job 26:10 So long as this world endureth.
- Job 26:11 Not that heaven hath pillars to uphold it, but he speaketh by a similitude, as though he would say, The heaven itself is not able to abide his reproach.
- Job 26:13 Which is a figure of stars fashioned like a serpent, because of the crookedness.
- Job 26:14 If these few things, which we see daily with our eyes, declare his great power and providence, how much more would they appear, if we were to comprehend all his works?
- Job 27:2 He hath so sore afflicted me, that men cannot judge of mine uprightness: for they judge only by outward signs.
- Job 27:4 However men judge of me, yet will I not speak contrary to that which I have said, and so do wickedly in betraying the truth.
- Job 27:5 Which condemns me as a wicked man, because the hand of God is upon me.
- Job 27:5 I will not confess that God doth thus punish me for my sins.
- Job 27:6 Of my life past.
- Job 27:8 What advantage hath the dissembler to gain never so much, seeing he shall lose his own soul?
- Job 27:11 That is, what God reserveth to himself, and whereof he giveth not the knowledge to all.
- Job 27:12 That is, these secret judgments of God, and yet do not understand them.
- Job 27:12 Why maintain you then this error?
- Job 27:13 Thus will God order the wicked, and punish him even unto his posterity.
- Job 27:15 None shall lament him.
- Job 27:18 Which breedeth in another man’s possession or garment, but is soon shaken out.
- Job 27:19 He meaneth, that the wicked tyrants shall not have a quiet death, nor be buried honorably.
- Job 28:1 His purpose is to declare that man may attain in this world to divers secrets of nature, but man is never able to comprehend the wisdom of God.
- Job 28:3 There is nothing but it is compassed within certain limits, and hath an end, but God’s wisdom.
- Job 28:4 Meaning, him that dwelleth thereby.
- Job 28:4 Which a man cannot wade through.
- Job 28:5 That is, come, and underneath is brimstone or coal, which easily conceiveth fire.
- Job 28:6 He alludeth to the mines and secrets of nature, which are under the earth, whereinto neither fowls nor beasts can enter.
- Job 28:9 After that he hath declared the wisdom of God in the secrets of nature he describeth his power.
- Job 28:12 Though God’s power and wisdom may be understood in earthly things, yet his heavenly wisdom cannot be attained unto.
- Job 28:13 It is too high a thing for man to attain unto in this world.
- Job 28:15 It can neither be bought for gold nor precious stones, but is only the gift of God.
- Job 28:18 Which is thought to be a kind of precious stone.
- Job 28:21 Meaning, that there is no natural means whereby man might attain to the heavenly wisdom: which he meaneth by the souls that fly high.
- Job 28:23 He maketh God only the author of this wisdom, and the giver thereof.
- Job 28:28 He declareth that man hath so much of this heavenly wisdom, as he showeth by fearing God, and departing from evil.
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