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Job 1:1-11:11
English Standard Version
Job 1:1-11:11
English Standard Version
Job's Character and Wealth
1 There was a man in the land of (A)Uz whose name was (B)Job, and that man was (C)blameless and upright, one who (D)feared God and (E)turned away from evil. 2 There were born to him (F)seven sons and three daughters. 3 He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and very many servants, so that this man was the greatest of all (G)the people of the east. 4 His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5 And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and (H)consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and (I)offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned, and (J)cursed[a] God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.
Satan Allowed to Test Job
6 Now there was a day when (K)the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and (L)Satan[b] also came among them. 7 The Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From (M)going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.” 8 And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you (N)considered my (O)servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, (P)a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?” 9 Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason? 10 Have you not put (Q)a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have (R)blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. 11 But (S)stretch out your hand and (T)touch all that he has, and he will (U)curse you (V)to your face.” 12 And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
Satan Takes Job's Property and Children
13 Now there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, 14 and there came a messenger to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, 15 and (W)the Sabeans fell upon them and took them and struck down the servants[c] with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” 16 While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, (X)“The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” 17 While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, (Y)“The Chaldeans formed (Z)three groups and made a raid on the camels and took them and struck down the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” 18 While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, (AA)“Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, 19 and behold, a great wind came across (AB)the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people, and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
20 Then Job arose and (AC)tore his (AD)robe and (AE)shaved his head (AF)and fell on the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said, (AG)“Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I (AH)return. The Lord (AI)gave, and the Lord has taken away; (AJ)blessed be the name of the Lord.”
22 (AK)In all this Job did not sin or charge God with (AL)wrong.
Satan Attacks Job's Health
2 Again (AM)there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord. 2 And the Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.” 3 And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still (AN)holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him (AO)without reason.” 4 Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life. 5 But (AP)stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will (AQ)curse you to your face.” 6 And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.”
7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with loathsome (AR)sores from (AS)the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. 8 And he took (AT)a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in (AU)the ashes.
9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still (AV)hold fast your integrity? (AW)Curse God and die.” 10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the (AX)foolish women would speak. (AY)Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?”[d] (AZ)In all this Job did not (BA)sin with his lips.
Job's Three Friends
11 Now when Job's three (BB)friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz (BC)the Temanite, Bildad (BD)the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to (BE)show him sympathy and comfort him. 12 And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and they (BF)tore their robes and sprinkled (BG)dust on their heads toward heaven. 13 And they sat with him on the ground (BH)seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.
Job Laments His Birth
3 After this Job (BI)opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2 And Job said:
3 (BJ)“Let the day perish on which I was born,
and the night that said,
‘A man is conceived.’
4 Let that day be darkness!
May God above not seek it,
nor light shine upon it.
5 Let gloom and (BK)deep darkness claim it.
Let clouds dwell upon it;
let the blackness of the day terrify it.
6 That night—let thick darkness seize it!
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
let it not come into the number of the months.
7 Behold, let that night be barren;
let no joyful cry enter it.
8 Let those curse it who curse the day,
who are ready to rouse up (BL)Leviathan.
9 Let the stars of its dawn be dark;
let it hope for light, but have none,
nor see (BM)the eyelids of the morning,
10 because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb,
nor hide trouble from my eyes.
11 “Why (BN)did I not die at birth,
come out from the womb and expire?
12 Why did (BO)the knees receive me?
Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?
13 For then I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept; then I would have been at rest,
14 with kings and counselors of the earth
who (BP)rebuilt ruins for themselves,
15 or with princes who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver.
16 Or why was I not as a hidden (BQ)stillborn child,
as infants who never see the light?
17 There the wicked cease from troubling,
and there the weary are at (BR)rest.
18 There the prisoners are at ease together;
they hear not the voice of (BS)the taskmaster.
19 The small and the great are there,
and the slave is free from his master.
20 “Why is light given to him who is in misery,
and life to (BT)the bitter in soul,
21 who (BU)long for death, but it comes not,
and dig for it more than for (BV)hidden treasures,
22 who rejoice exceedingly
and are glad when they find the grave?
23 Why is light given to a man whose (BW)way is hidden,
whom God has (BX)hedged in?
24 For my sighing comes (BY)instead of[e] my bread,
and my (BZ)groanings are poured out like water.
25 (CA)For the thing that I fear comes upon me,
and what I dread befalls me.
26 I am not at ease, nor am I quiet;
I have no rest, but trouble comes.”
Eliphaz Speaks: The Innocent Prosper
4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 “If one ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
Yet who can keep from speaking?
3 Behold, you have instructed many,
and you have (CB)strengthened the weak hands.
4 Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
and you have (CC)made firm the feeble knees.
5 But now it has come to you, and you are impatient;
it touches you, and you are dismayed.
6 (CD)Is not your fear of God[f] your (CE)confidence,
and the integrity of your ways your hope?
7 “Remember: (CF)who that was innocent ever perished?
Or where were the upright cut off?
8 As I have seen, those who (CG)plow iniquity
and sow trouble reap the same.
9 By (CH)the breath of God they perish,
and by (CI)the blast of his anger they are consumed.
10 The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion,
(CJ)the teeth of the young lions are broken.
11 The strong lion perishes for lack of prey,
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12 “Now a word was brought to me stealthily;
my ear received (CK)the whisper of it.
13 Amid (CL)thoughts from (CM)visions of the night,
when (CN)deep sleep falls on men,
14 dread came upon me, and trembling,
which made all my bones shake.
15 A spirit glided past my face;
the hair of my flesh stood up.
16 It stood still,
but I could not discern its appearance.
(CO)A form was before my eyes;
there was silence, then I heard (CP)a voice:
17 (CQ)‘Can mortal man be in the right before[g] God?
Can a man be pure before his Maker?
18 Even in his servants (CR)he puts no trust,
and his angels he charges with error;
19 how much more those who dwell in houses of (CS)clay,
whose foundation is in (CT)the dust,
who are crushed like[h] (CU)the moth.
20 Between (CV)morning and evening they are beaten to pieces;
they perish forever (CW)without anyone regarding it.
21 Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them,
(CX)do they not die, and that without wisdom?’
5 “Call now; is there anyone who will answer you?
To which of (CY)the holy ones will you turn?
2 Surely vexation kills the fool,
and jealousy slays the simple.
3 (CZ)I have seen the fool taking root,
but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
4 His children are (DA)far from safety;
they are crushed in (DB)the gate,
and there is no one to deliver them.
5 The hungry eat his harvest,
and he takes it even out of thorns,[i]
and the thirsty pant[j] after his[k] wealth.
6 For affliction does not come from the dust,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
7 but man is (DC)born to trouble
as the sparks fly upward.
8 “As for me, I would seek God,
and to God would I commit my cause,
9 who (DD)does great things and (DE)unsearchable,
(DF)marvelous things without number:
10 he gives (DG)rain on the earth
and sends waters on the fields;
11 he (DH)sets on high those who are lowly,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12 He (DI)frustrates the devices of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.
13 He (DJ)catches the wise in their own craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime
and (DK)grope at noonday as in the night.
15 But he (DL)saves the needy from the sword of their mouth
and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor have hope,
and (DM)injustice shuts her mouth.
17 “Behold, (DN)blessed is the one whom God reproves;
therefore (DO)despise not the discipline of the (DP)Almighty.
18 For he wounds, but he (DQ)binds up;
he (DR)shatters, but his hands heal.
19 He will (DS)deliver you from six troubles;
in seven no (DT)evil[l] shall touch you.
20 (DU)In famine he will redeem you from death,
and in war from the power of the sword.
21 You shall be (DV)hidden from the lash of the tongue,
and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
22 At destruction and famine you shall laugh,
and shall not fear (DW)the beasts of the earth.
23 For you shall be in league with the stones of the field,
and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
24 You shall know that your (DX)tent is at peace,
and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.
25 You shall know also that your (DY)offspring shall be many,
and your descendants as (DZ)the grass of the earth.
26 You shall come to your grave in (EA)ripe old age,
like a sheaf gathered up in its season.
27 Behold, this we have (EB)searched out; it is true.
Hear, and know it for your good.”[m]
Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just
6 Then Job answered and said:
2 “Oh that my vexation were weighed,
and all my calamity laid in the balances!
3 For then it would be heavier than (EC)the sand of the sea;
therefore my words have been rash.
4 For (ED)the arrows of the Almighty are in me;
my spirit drinks their poison;
the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
5 Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass,
or the ox low over his fodder?
6 Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt,
or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow?[n]
7 My appetite refuses to touch them;
they are as food that is loathsome to me.[o]
8 “Oh that I might have my request,
and that God would fulfill my hope,
9 that it would (EE)please God to crush me,
that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
10 This would be my comfort;
I would even exult[p] in pain (EF)unsparing,
for I have not denied the words of (EG)the Holy One.
11 What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should be patient?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?
13 Have I any help in me,
when resource is driven from me?
14 “He who (EH)withholds[q] kindness from a (EI)friend
forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 My (EJ)brothers are (EK)treacherous as a torrent-bed,
as torrential (EL)streams that pass away,
16 which are dark with ice,
and where the snow hides itself.
17 When they melt, they disappear;
when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
18 The caravans turn aside from their course;
they go up into (EM)the waste and perish.
19 The caravans of (EN)Tema look,
the travelers of (EO)Sheba hope.
20 They are (EP)ashamed because they were confident;
they come there and are (EQ)disappointed.
21 For you have now become nothing;
you see my calamity and are afraid.
22 Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’?
Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?
23 Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary's hand’?
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of (ER)the ruthless’?
24 “Teach me, and I will be silent;
make me understand how I have gone astray.
25 How forceful are upright words!
But what does reproof from you reprove?
26 Do you think that you can reprove words,
when the speech of a despairing man is (ES)wind?
27 You would even (ET)cast lots over the fatherless,
and bargain over your friend.
28 “But now, be pleased to look at me,
for I will not lie to your face.
29 (EU)Please turn; let no injustice be done.
Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
30 Is there any injustice on my tongue?
Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity?
Job Continues: My Life Has No Hope
7 “Has not man (EV)a hard service on earth,
and are not his (EW)days like the days of a hired hand?
2 Like a slave who longs for (EX)the shadow,
and like (EY)a hired hand who looks for his (EZ)wages,
3 so I am allotted months of (FA)emptiness,
(FB)and nights of misery are apportioned to me.
4 (FC)When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I arise?’
But the night is long,
and I am full of tossing till the dawn.
5 My flesh is clothed with (FD)worms and (FE)dirt;
my skin hardens, then (FF)breaks out afresh.
6 My days are (FG)swifter than (FH)a weaver's shuttle
and come to their end without hope.
7 “Remember that my life is a (FI)breath;
my eye will never again see good.
8 (FJ)The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more;
while your eyes are on me, (FK)I shall be gone.
9 As (FL)the cloud fades and vanishes,
so he who (FM)goes down to Sheol does not come up;
10 he (FN)returns no more to his house,
nor does his (FO)place know him anymore.
11 “Therefore I will not (FP)restrain my mouth;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I will (FQ)complain in (FR)the bitterness of my soul.
12 Am I the sea, or (FS)a sea monster,
that you set a guard over me?
13 (FT)When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
my couch will ease my complaint,’
14 then you scare me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,
15 so that I would choose strangling
and death rather than my (FU)bones.
16 I (FV)loathe my life; I would not live forever.
(FW)Leave me alone, for my days are (FX)a breath.
17 (FY)What is man, that you make so much of him,
and that you set your heart on him,
18 (FZ)visit him every morning
and (GA)test him every moment?
19 How long will you not (GB)look away from me,
nor leave me alone till I swallow my spit?
20 If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of mankind?
Why have you made me (GC)your mark?
Why have I become a burden to you?
21 Why do you not pardon my transgression
and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in (GD)the earth;
you will (GE)seek me, (GF)but I shall not be.”
Bildad Speaks: Job Should Repent
8 Then (GG)Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
2 “How long will you say these things,
and the words of your mouth be a (GH)great wind?
3 (GI)Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
4 If your (GJ)children have sinned against him,
he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
5 If you will seek God
and (GK)plead with the Almighty for mercy,
6 if you are pure and upright,
surely then he will (GL)rouse himself for you
and (GM)restore your rightful habitation.
7 And though your beginning was small,
(GN)your latter days will be very great.
8 “For (GO)inquire, please, of bygone ages,
and consider what (GP)the fathers have searched out.
9 For we are but of yesterday and know nothing,
for our days on earth are (GQ)a shadow.
10 Will they not teach you and tell you
and utter words out of their understanding?
11 “Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh?
Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
12 While yet in flower and not cut down,
they (GR)wither before any other plant.
13 Such are the paths of all who (GS)forget God;
(GT)the hope of (GU)the godless shall perish.
14 His confidence is severed,
and his trust is (GV)a spider's web.[r]
15 He leans against his (GW)house, but it does not stand;
he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.
16 He is a lush plant before the sun,
and his (GX)shoots spread over his garden.
17 His roots entwine the stone heap;
he looks upon a house of stones.
18 If he is destroyed from his (GY)place,
then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have never (GZ)seen you.’
19 Behold, this is the joy of his way,
and out of (HA)the soil others will spring.
20 “Behold, God will not reject a blameless man,
nor take the hand of evildoers.
21 He will yet (HB)fill your mouth with laughter,
and your lips with shouting.
22 Those who hate you will be (HC)clothed with shame,
and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
Job Replies: There Is No Arbiter
9 Then Job answered and said:
2 “Truly I know that it is so:
But how can a man be (HD)in the right before God?
3 If one wished to (HE)contend with him,
one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
4 He is (HF)wise in heart and mighty in strength
—who has (HG)hardened himself against him, and succeeded?—
5 he who removes mountains, and they know it not,
when he overturns them in his anger,
6 who (HH)shakes the earth out of its place,
and (HI)its pillars tremble;
7 who commands the sun, and it does not rise;
who seals up the stars;
8 who alone (HJ)stretched out the heavens
and trampled the waves of the sea;
9 who (HK)made (HL)the Bear and (HM)Orion,
the Pleiades (HN)and the chambers of the south;
10 who does (HO)great things beyond searching out,
and marvelous things beyond number.
11 Behold, he passes by me, and I (HP)see him not;
he moves on, but I do not perceive him.
12 Behold, he snatches away; (HQ)who can turn him back?
(HR)Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
13 “God will not turn back his anger;
beneath him bowed the helpers of (HS)Rahab.
14 (HT)How then can I (HU)answer him,
choosing my words with him?
15 (HV)Though I am in the right, I cannot answer him;
I must (HW)appeal for mercy to my accuser.[s]
16 If I summoned him and he answered me,
I would not believe that he was listening to my voice.
17 For he crushes me with a tempest
and multiplies my wounds (HX)without cause;
18 he will not let me get my breath,
but fills me with bitterness.
19 If it is a contest of (HY)strength, behold, he is mighty!
If it is a matter of justice, who can (HZ)summon him?[t]
20 Though I am in the right, (IA)my own mouth would condemn me;
though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.
21 I am (IB)blameless; I regard not myself;
I (IC)loathe my life.
22 It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He (ID)destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23 When (IE)disaster brings sudden death,
he mocks at the calamity[u] of the innocent.
24 (IF)The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
he (IG)covers the faces of its judges—
(IH)if it is not he, who then is it?
25 “My (II)days are swifter than (IJ)a runner;
they flee away; they see no good.
26 They go by like (IK)skiffs of reed,
like (IL)an eagle swooping on the prey.
27 If I say, (IM)‘I will forget my complaint,
I will put off my sad face, and (IN)be of good cheer,’
28 I become (IO)afraid of all my suffering,
for I know you will not (IP)hold me innocent.
29 I shall be (IQ)condemned;
why then do I labor in vain?
30 If I wash myself with snow
and (IR)cleanse my hands with lye,
31 yet you will plunge me into a pit,
and my own clothes will (IS)abhor me.
32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him,
that we should (IT)come to trial together.
33 (IU)There is no[v] arbiter between us,
who might lay his hand on us both.
34 (IV)Let him take his (IW)rod away from me,
and let (IX)not dread of him terrify me.
35 Then I would speak without fear of him,
for I am not so in myself.
Job Continues: A Plea to God
10 “I (IY)loathe my life;
I will give free utterance to my (IZ)complaint;
I will speak in (JA)the bitterness of my soul.
2 I will say to God, Do not (JB)condemn me;
let me know why you (JC)contend against me.
3 (JD)Does it seem good to you to oppress,
to despise (JE)the work of your hands
(JF)and favor the designs of the wicked?
4 Have you (JG)eyes of flesh?
(JH)Do you see as man sees?
5 Are your days as the days of man,
or your (JI)years as a man's years,
6 that you (JJ)seek out my iniquity
and search for my sin,
7 although you (JK)know that I am not guilty,
and there is (JL)none to deliver out of your hand?
8 (JM)Your hands fashioned and made me,
and now you have destroyed me altogether.
9 Remember that you have made me like (JN)clay;
and will you return me to the (JO)dust?
10 Did you not pour me out like milk
and curdle me like cheese?
11 You clothed me with skin and flesh,
and knit me together with bones and sinews.
12 You have granted me life and steadfast love,
and your care has preserved my spirit.
13 Yet these things you hid in your heart;
I know that (JP)this was your purpose.
14 If I sin, you (JQ)watch me
and do not (JR)acquit me of my iniquity.
15 (JS)If I am guilty, woe to me!
If I am (JT)in the right, I cannot lift up my head,
for I am filled with disgrace
and (JU)look on my affliction.
16 And were my head lifted up,[w] you would hunt me like (JV)a lion
and again work (JW)wonders against me.
17 You renew your (JX)witnesses against me
and increase your vexation toward me;
you (JY)bring fresh troops against me.
18 (JZ)“Why did you bring me out from the womb?
Would that I had died before any eye had seen me
19 (KA)and were as though I had not been,
carried from the womb to the grave.
20 (KB)Are not my days few?
(KC)Then cease, and leave me alone, (KD)that I may find a little cheer
21 before I go—and (KE)I shall not return—
to the land of (KF)darkness and (KG)deep shadow,
22 the land of gloom like thick darkness,
like deep shadow without any order,
where light is as thick darkness.”
Zophar Speaks: You Deserve Worse
11 Then (KH)Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
2 “Should (KI)a multitude of words go unanswered,
and a man full of talk be judged right?
3 Should your babble silence men,
and when you mock, shall no one shame you?
4 For (KJ)you say, ‘My (KK)doctrine is pure,
and I am clean in God's[x] eyes.’
5 But oh, that God would speak
and open his lips to you,
6 and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!
For he is manifold in (KL)understanding.[y]
Know then that God (KM)exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
7 (KN)“Can you find out the deep things of God?
Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
8 It is (KO)higher than heaven[z]—what can you do?
Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
9 Its measure is longer than the earth
and broader than the sea.
10 If he (KP)passes through and (KQ)imprisons
and summons the court, who can (KR)turn him back?
11 For he knows (KS)worthless men;
when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?
Footnotes
- Job 1:5 The Hebrew word bless is used euphemistically for curse in 1:5, 11; 2:5, 9
- Job 1:6 Hebrew the Accuser or the Adversary; so throughout chapters 1–2
- Job 1:15 Hebrew the young men; also verses 16, 17
- Job 2:10 Or disaster; also verse 11
- Job 3:24 Or like; Hebrew before
- Job 4:6 Hebrew lacks of God
- Job 4:17 Or more than; twice in this verse
- Job 4:19 Or before
- Job 5:5 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- Job 5:5 Aquila, Symmachus, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew could be read as and the snare pants
- Job 5:5 Hebrew their
- Job 5:19 Or disaster
- Job 5:27 Hebrew for yourself
- Job 6:6 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
- Job 6:7 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- Job 6:10 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
- Job 6:14 Syriac, Vulgate (compare Targum); the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
- Job 8:14 Hebrew house
- Job 9:15 Or to my judge
- Job 9:19 Or who can grant me a hearing?
- Job 9:23 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
- Job 9:33 Or Would that there were an
- Job 10:16 Hebrew lacks my head
- Job 11:4 Hebrew your
- Job 11:6 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- Job 11:8 Hebrew The heights of heaven
Job 1:1-11:11
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Job 1:1-11:11
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Prologue
1 In the land of Uz(A) there lived a man whose name was Job.(B) This man was blameless(C) and upright;(D) he feared God(E) and shunned evil.(F) 2 He had seven sons(G) and three daughters,(H) 3 and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys,(I) and had a large number of servants.(J) He was the greatest man(K) among all the people of the East.(L)
4 His sons used to hold feasts(M) in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5 When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified.(N) Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering(O) for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned(P) and cursed God(Q) in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.
6 One day the angels[a](R) came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan[b](S) also came with them.(T) 7 The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”(U)
8 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job?(V) There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God(W) and shuns evil.”(X)
9 “Does Job fear God for nothing?”(Y) Satan replied. 10 “Have you not put a hedge(Z) around him and his household and everything he has?(AA) You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.(AB) 11 But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has,(AC) and he will surely curse you to your face.”(AD)
12 The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has(AE) is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.”(AF)
Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
13 One day when Job’s sons and daughters(AG) were feasting(AH) and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house, 14 a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing(AI) nearby, 15 and the Sabeans(AJ) attacked and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”
16 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “The fire of God fell from the heavens(AK) and burned up the sheep and the servants,(AL) and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”
17 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “The Chaldeans(AM) formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”
18 While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, “Your sons and daughters(AN) were feasting(AO) and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house, 19 when suddenly a mighty wind(AP) swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead,(AQ) and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!(AR)”
20 At this, Job got up and tore his robe(AS) and shaved his head.(AT) Then he fell to the ground in worship(AU) 21 and said:
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
and naked I will depart.[c](AV)
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;(AW)
may the name of the Lord be praised.”(AX)
22 In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.(AY)
2 On another day the angels[d](AZ) came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them(BA) to present himself before him. 2 And the Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”(BB)
3 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.(BC) And he still maintains his integrity,(BD) though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”(BE)
4 “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has(BF) for his own life. 5 But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones,(BG) and he will surely curse you to your face.”(BH)
6 The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands;(BI) but you must spare his life.”(BJ)
7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.(BK) 8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.(BL)
9 His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity?(BM) Curse God and die!”(BN)
10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish[e] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”(BO)
In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.(BP)
11 When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite,(BQ) Bildad the Shuhite(BR) and Zophar the Naamathite,(BS) heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.(BT) 12 When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him;(BU) they began to weep aloud,(BV) and they tore their robes(BW) and sprinkled dust on their heads.(BX) 13 Then they sat on the ground(BY) with him for seven days and seven nights.(BZ) No one said a word to him,(CA) because they saw how great his suffering was.
Job Speaks
3 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.(CB) 2 He said:
3 “May the day of my birth perish,
and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’(CC)
4 That day—may it turn to darkness;
may God above not care about it;
may no light shine on it.
5 May gloom and utter darkness(CD) claim it once more;
may a cloud settle over it;
may blackness overwhelm it.
6 That night—may thick darkness(CE) seize it;
may it not be included among the days of the year
nor be entered in any of the months.
7 May that night be barren;
may no shout of joy(CF) be heard in it.
8 May those who curse days[f] curse that day,(CG)
those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.(CH)
9 May its morning stars become dark;
may it wait for daylight in vain
and not see the first rays of dawn,(CI)
10 for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me
to hide trouble from my eyes.
11 “Why did I not perish at birth,
and die as I came from the womb?(CJ)
12 Why were there knees to receive me(CK)
and breasts that I might be nursed?
13 For now I would be lying down(CL) in peace;
I would be asleep and at rest(CM)
14 with kings and rulers of the earth,(CN)
who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,(CO)
15 with princes(CP) who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver.(CQ)
16 Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,(CR)
like an infant who never saw the light of day?(CS)
17 There the wicked cease from turmoil,(CT)
and there the weary are at rest.(CU)
18 Captives(CV) also enjoy their ease;
they no longer hear the slave driver’s(CW) shout.(CX)
19 The small and the great are there,(CY)
and the slaves are freed from their owners.
20 “Why is light given to those in misery,
and life to the bitter of soul,(CZ)
21 to those who long for death that does not come,(DA)
who search for it more than for hidden treasure,(DB)
22 who are filled with gladness
and rejoice when they reach the grave?(DC)
23 Why is life given to a man
whose way is hidden,(DD)
whom God has hedged in?(DE)
24 For sighing(DF) has become my daily food;(DG)
my groans(DH) pour out like water.(DI)
25 What I feared has come upon me;
what I dreaded(DJ) has happened to me.(DK)
26 I have no peace,(DL) no quietness;
I have no rest,(DM) but only turmoil.”(DN)
Eliphaz
4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite(DO) replied:
2 “If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
But who can keep from speaking?(DP)
3 Think how you have instructed many,(DQ)
how you have strengthened feeble hands.(DR)
4 Your words have supported those who stumbled;(DS)
you have strengthened faltering knees.(DT)
5 But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged;(DU)
it strikes(DV) you, and you are dismayed.(DW)
6 Should not your piety be your confidence(DX)
and your blameless(DY) ways your hope?
7 “Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished?(DZ)
Where were the upright ever destroyed?(EA)
8 As I have observed,(EB) those who plow evil(EC)
and those who sow trouble reap it.(ED)
9 At the breath of God(EE) they perish;
at the blast of his anger they are no more.(EF)
10 The lions may roar(EG) and growl,
yet the teeth of the great lions(EH) are broken.(EI)
11 The lion perishes for lack of prey,(EJ)
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.(EK)
12 “A word(EL) was secretly brought to me,
my ears caught a whisper(EM) of it.(EN)
13 Amid disquieting dreams in the night,
when deep sleep falls on people,(EO)
14 fear and trembling(EP) seized me
and made all my bones shake.(EQ)
15 A spirit glided past my face,
and the hair on my body stood on end.(ER)
16 It stopped,
but I could not tell what it was.
A form stood before my eyes,
and I heard a hushed voice:(ES)
17 ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?(ET)
Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?(EU)
18 If God places no trust in his servants,(EV)
if he charges his angels with error,(EW)
19 how much more those who live in houses of clay,(EX)
whose foundations(EY) are in the dust,(EZ)
who are crushed(FA) more readily than a moth!(FB)
20 Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces;
unnoticed, they perish forever.(FC)
21 Are not the cords of their tent pulled up,(FD)
so that they die(FE) without wisdom?’(FF)
5 “Call if you will, but who will answer you?(FG)
To which of the holy ones(FH) will you turn?
2 Resentment(FI) kills a fool,
and envy slays the simple.(FJ)
3 I myself have seen(FK) a fool taking root,(FL)
but suddenly(FM) his house was cursed.(FN)
4 His children(FO) are far from safety,(FP)
crushed in court(FQ) without a defender.(FR)
5 The hungry consume his harvest,(FS)
taking it even from among thorns,
and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6 For hardship does not spring from the soil,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground.(FT)
7 Yet man is born to trouble(FU)
as surely as sparks fly upward.
8 “But if I were you, I would appeal to God;
I would lay my cause before him.(FV)
9 He performs wonders(FW) that cannot be fathomed,(FX)
miracles that cannot be counted.(FY)
10 He provides rain for the earth;(FZ)
he sends water on the countryside.(GA)
11 The lowly he sets on high,(GB)
and those who mourn(GC) are lifted(GD) to safety.
12 He thwarts the plans(GE) of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.(GF)
13 He catches the wise(GG) in their craftiness,(GH)
and the schemes of the wily are swept away.(GI)
14 Darkness(GJ) comes upon them in the daytime;
at noon they grope as in the night.(GK)
15 He saves the needy(GL) from the sword in their mouth;
he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.(GM)
16 So the poor(GN) have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.(GO)
17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects;(GP)
so do not despise the discipline(GQ) of the Almighty.[g](GR)
18 For he wounds, but he also binds up;(GS)
he injures, but his hands also heal.(GT)
19 From six calamities he will rescue(GU) you;
in seven no harm will touch you.(GV)
20 In famine(GW) he will deliver you from death,
and in battle from the stroke of the sword.(GX)
21 You will be protected from the lash of the tongue,(GY)
and need not fear(GZ) when destruction comes.(HA)
22 You will laugh(HB) at destruction and famine,(HC)
and need not fear the wild animals.(HD)
23 For you will have a covenant(HE) with the stones(HF) of the field,
and the wild animals will be at peace with you.(HG)
24 You will know that your tent is secure;(HH)
you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.(HI)
25 You will know that your children will be many,(HJ)
and your descendants like the grass of the earth.(HK)
26 You will come to the grave in full vigor,(HL)
like sheaves gathered in season.(HM)
Job
6 Then Job replied:
2 “If only my anguish could be weighed
and all my misery be placed on the scales!(HP)
3 It would surely outweigh the sand(HQ) of the seas—
no wonder my words have been impetuous.(HR)
4 The arrows(HS) of the Almighty(HT) are in me,(HU)
my spirit drinks(HV) in their poison;(HW)
God’s terrors(HX) are marshaled against me.(HY)
5 Does a wild donkey(HZ) bray(IA) when it has grass,
or an ox bellow when it has fodder?(IB)
6 Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow[h]?(IC)
7 I refuse to touch it;
such food makes me ill.(ID)
8 “Oh, that I might have my request,
that God would grant what I hope for,(IE)
9 that God would be willing to crush(IF) me,
to let loose his hand and cut off my life!(IG)
10 Then I would still have this consolation(IH)—
my joy in unrelenting pain(II)—
that I had not denied the words(IJ) of the Holy One.(IK)
11 “What strength do I have, that I should still hope?
What prospects, that I should be patient?(IL)
12 Do I have the strength of stone?
Is my flesh bronze?(IM)
13 Do I have any power to help myself,(IN)
now that success has been driven from me?
14 “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend(IO)
forsakes the fear of the Almighty.(IP)
15 But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,(IQ)
as the streams that overflow
16 when darkened by thawing ice
and swollen with melting snow,(IR)
17 but that stop flowing in the dry season,
and in the heat(IS) vanish from their channels.
18 Caravans turn aside from their routes;
they go off into the wasteland and perish.
19 The caravans of Tema(IT) look for water,
the traveling merchants of Sheba(IU) look in hope.
20 They are distressed, because they had been confident;
they arrive there, only to be disappointed.(IV)
21 Now you too have proved to be of no help;
you see something dreadful and are afraid.(IW)
22 Have I ever said, ‘Give something on my behalf,
pay a ransom(IX) for me from your wealth,(IY)
23 deliver me from the hand of the enemy,
rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’?(IZ)
24 “Teach me, and I will be quiet;(JA)
show me where I have been wrong.(JB)
25 How painful are honest words!(JC)
But what do your arguments prove?
26 Do you mean to correct what I say,
and treat my desperate words as wind?(JD)
27 You would even cast lots(JE) for the fatherless(JF)
and barter away your friend.
28 “But now be so kind as to look at me.
Would I lie to your face?(JG)
29 Relent, do not be unjust;(JH)
reconsider, for my integrity(JI) is at stake.[i](JJ)
30 Is there any wickedness on my lips?(JK)
Can my mouth not discern(JL) malice?
7 “Do not mortals have hard service(JM) on earth?(JN)
Are not their days like those of hired laborers?(JO)
2 Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,(JP)
or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,(JQ)
3 so I have been allotted months of futility,
and nights of misery have been assigned to me.(JR)
4 When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’(JS)
The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.(JT)
5 My body is clothed with worms(JU) and scabs,
my skin is broken and festering.(JV)
6 “My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,(JW)
and they come to an end without hope.(JX)
7 Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath;(JY)
my eyes will never see happiness again.(JZ)
8 The eye that now sees me will see me no longer;
you will look for me, but I will be no more.(KA)
9 As a cloud vanishes(KB) and is gone,
so one who goes down to the grave(KC) does not return.(KD)
10 He will never come to his house again;
his place(KE) will know him no more.(KF)
11 “Therefore I will not keep silent;(KG)
I will speak out in the anguish(KH) of my spirit,
I will complain(KI) in the bitterness of my soul.(KJ)
12 Am I the sea,(KK) or the monster of the deep,(KL)
that you put me under guard?(KM)
13 When I think my bed will comfort me
and my couch will ease my complaint,(KN)
14 even then you frighten me with dreams
and terrify(KO) me with visions,(KP)
15 so that I prefer strangling and death,(KQ)
rather than this body of mine.(KR)
16 I despise my life;(KS) I would not live forever.(KT)
Let me alone;(KU) my days have no meaning.(KV)
17 “What is mankind that you make so much of them,
that you give them so much attention,(KW)
18 that you examine them every morning(KX)
and test them(KY) every moment?(KZ)
19 Will you never look away from me,(LA)
or let me alone even for an instant?(LB)
20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you,(LC)
you who see everything we do?
Why have you made me your target?(LD)
Have I become a burden to you?[j](LE)
21 Why do you not pardon my offenses
and forgive my sins?(LF)
For I will soon lie down in the dust;(LG)
you will search for me, but I will be no more.”(LH)
Bildad
8 Then Bildad the Shuhite(LI) replied:
2 “How long will you say such things?(LJ)
Your words are a blustering wind.(LK)
3 Does God pervert justice?(LL)
Does the Almighty pervert what is right?(LM)
4 When your children sinned against him,
he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.(LN)
5 But if you will seek God earnestly
and plead(LO) with the Almighty,(LP)
6 if you are pure and upright,
even now he will rouse himself on your behalf(LQ)
and restore you to your prosperous state.(LR)
7 Your beginnings will seem humble,
so prosperous(LS) will your future be.(LT)
8 “Ask the former generation(LU)
and find out what their ancestors learned,
9 for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,(LV)
and our days on earth are but a shadow.(LW)
10 Will they not instruct(LX) you and tell you?
Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?(LY)
11 Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh?(LZ)
Can reeds(MA) thrive without water?
12 While still growing and uncut,
they wither more quickly than grass.(MB)
13 Such is the destiny(MC) of all who forget God;(MD)
so perishes the hope of the godless.(ME)
14 What they trust in is fragile[k];
what they rely on is a spider’s web.(MF)
15 They lean on the web,(MG) but it gives way;
they cling to it, but it does not hold.(MH)
16 They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine,
spreading its shoots(MI) over the garden;(MJ)
17 it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks
and looks for a place among the stones.
18 But when it is torn from its spot,
that place disowns(MK) it and says, ‘I never saw you.’(ML)
19 Surely its life withers(MM) away,
and[l] from the soil other plants grow.(MN)
20 “Surely God does not reject one who is blameless(MO)
or strengthen the hands of evildoers.(MP)
21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter(MQ)
and your lips with shouts of joy.(MR)
22 Your enemies will be clothed in shame,(MS)
and the tents(MT) of the wicked will be no more.”(MU)
Job
9 Then Job replied:
2 “Indeed, I know that this is true.
But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?(MV)
3 Though they wished to dispute with him,(MW)
they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.(MX)
4 His wisdom(MY) is profound, his power is vast.(MZ)
Who has resisted(NA) him and come out unscathed?(NB)
5 He moves mountains(NC) without their knowing it
and overturns them in his anger.(ND)
6 He shakes the earth(NE) from its place
and makes its pillars tremble.(NF)
7 He speaks to the sun and it does not shine;(NG)
he seals off the light of the stars.(NH)
8 He alone stretches out the heavens(NI)
and treads on the waves of the sea.(NJ)
9 He is the Maker(NK) of the Bear[m] and Orion,
the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.(NL)
10 He performs wonders(NM) that cannot be fathomed,
miracles that cannot be counted.(NN)
11 When he passes me, I cannot see him;
when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.(NO)
12 If he snatches away, who can stop him?(NP)
Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’(NQ)
13 God does not restrain his anger;(NR)
even the cohorts of Rahab(NS) cowered at his feet.
14 “How then can I dispute with him?
How can I find words to argue with him?(NT)
15 Though I were innocent, I could not answer him;(NU)
I could only plead(NV) with my Judge(NW) for mercy.(NX)
16 Even if I summoned him and he responded,
I do not believe he would give me a hearing.(NY)
17 He would crush me(NZ) with a storm(OA)
and multiply(OB) my wounds for no reason.(OC)
18 He would not let me catch my breath
but would overwhelm me with misery.(OD)
19 If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty!(OE)
And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him[n]?(OF)
20 Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;
if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.(OG)
21 “Although I am blameless,(OH)
I have no concern for myself;(OI)
I despise my own life.(OJ)
22 It is all the same; that is why I say,
‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’(OK)
23 When a scourge(OL) brings sudden death,
he mocks the despair of the innocent.(OM)
24 When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,(ON)
he blindfolds its judges.(OO)
If it is not he, then who is it?(OP)
25 “My days are swifter than a runner;(OQ)
they fly away without a glimpse of joy.(OR)
26 They skim past(OS) like boats of papyrus,(OT)
like eagles swooping down on their prey.(OU)
27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,(OV)
I will change my expression, and smile,’
28 I still dread(OW) all my sufferings,
for I know you will not hold me innocent.(OX)
29 Since I am already found guilty,
why should I struggle in vain?(OY)
30 Even if I washed myself with soap(OZ)
and my hands(PA) with cleansing powder,(PB)
31 you would plunge me into a slime pit(PC)
so that even my clothes would detest me.(PD)
32 “He is not a mere mortal(PE) like me that I might answer him,(PF)
that we might confront each other in court.(PG)
33 If only there were someone to mediate between us,(PH)
someone to bring us together,(PI)
34 someone to remove God’s rod from me,(PJ)
so that his terror would frighten me no more.(PK)
35 Then I would speak up without fear of him,(PL)
but as it now stands with me, I cannot.(PM)
10 “I loathe my very life;(PN)
therefore I will give free rein to my complaint
and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.(PO)
2 I say to God:(PP) Do not declare me guilty,
but tell me what charges(PQ) you have against me.(PR)
3 Does it please you to oppress me,(PS)
to spurn the work of your hands,(PT)
while you smile on the plans of the wicked?(PU)
4 Do you have eyes of flesh?
Do you see as a mortal sees?(PV)
5 Are your days like those of a mortal
or your years like those of a strong man,(PW)
6 that you must search out my faults
and probe after my sin(PX)—
7 though you know that I am not guilty(PY)
and that no one can rescue me from your hand?(PZ)
8 “Your hands shaped(QA) me and made me.
Will you now turn and destroy me?(QB)
9 Remember that you molded me like clay.(QC)
Will you now turn me to dust again?(QD)
10 Did you not pour me out like milk
and curdle me like cheese,
11 clothe me with skin and flesh
and knit me together(QE) with bones and sinews?
12 You gave me life(QF) and showed me kindness,(QG)
and in your providence(QH) watched over(QI) my spirit.
13 “But this is what you concealed in your heart,
and I know that this was in your mind:(QJ)
14 If I sinned, you would be watching me(QK)
and would not let my offense go unpunished.(QL)
15 If I am guilty(QM)—woe to me!(QN)
Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head,(QO)
for I am full of shame
and drowned in[o] my affliction.(QP)
16 If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion(QQ)
and again display your awesome power against me.(QR)
17 You bring new witnesses against me(QS)
and increase your anger toward me;(QT)
your forces come against me wave upon wave.(QU)
18 “Why then did you bring me out of the womb?(QV)
I wish I had died before any eye saw me.(QW)
19 If only I had never come into being,
or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!(QX)
20 Are not my few days(QY) almost over?(QZ)
Turn away from me(RA) so I can have a moment’s joy(RB)
21 before I go to the place of no return,(RC)
to the land of gloom and utter darkness,(RD)
22 to the land of deepest night,
of utter darkness(RE) and disorder,
where even the light is like darkness.”(RF)
Zophar
11 Then Zophar the Naamathite(RG) replied:
2 “Are all these words to go unanswered?(RH)
Is this talker to be vindicated?(RI)
3 Will your idle talk(RJ) reduce others to silence?
Will no one rebuke you when you mock?(RK)
4 You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless(RL)
and I am pure(RM) in your sight.’
5 Oh, how I wish that God would speak,(RN)
that he would open his lips against you
6 and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,(RO)
for true wisdom has two sides.
Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.(RP)
Footnotes
- Job 1:6 Hebrew the sons of God
- Job 1:6 Hebrew satan means adversary.
- Job 1:21 Or will return there
- Job 2:1 Hebrew the sons of God
- Job 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.
- Job 3:8 Or curse the sea
- Job 5:17 Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job
- Job 6:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
- Job 6:29 Or my righteousness still stands
- Job 7:20 A few manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition and Septuagint; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text I have become a burden to myself.
- Job 8:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Job 8:19 Or Surely all the joy it has / is that
- Job 9:9 Or of Leo
- Job 9:19 See Septuagint; Hebrew me.
- Job 10:15 Or and aware of
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