Job 12-31
New American Standard Bible
Job Chides His Accusers
12 Then Job responded,
2 “Truly then (A)you are the people,
And with you wisdom will die!
3 But (B)I have intelligence as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
And [a]who does not know such things as these?
4 I am a (C)joke to [b]my friends,
The one who called on God and He answered him;
The just and (D)blameless man is a joke.
5 [c]He who is at ease holds disaster in contempt,
As prepared for those whose feet slip.
6 The (E)tents of the destroyers prosper,
And those who provoke God (F)are secure,
[d]Whom God brings (G)into their power.
7 “But just ask the animals, and have them teach you;
And the birds of the sky, and have them tell you.
8 Or speak to the earth, and have it teach you;
And have the fish of the sea tell you.
9 Who among all these does not know
That (H)the hand of the Lord has done this,
10 (I)In whose hand is the life of every living thing,
And (J)the breath of all mankind?
11 Does (K)the ear not put words to the test,
As the palate [e]tastes its food?
12 Wisdom is with the (L)aged,
And with [f]long life comes understanding.
Job Speaks of the Power of God
13 “(M)Wisdom and (N)might are with Him;
Advice and (O)understanding belong to Him.
14 Behold, He (P)tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt;
He [g](Q)imprisons a person, and [h]there is no release.
15 Behold, He (R)restrains the waters, and they dry up;
And He (S)sends them out, and they [i]inundate the earth.
16 Strength and sound wisdom are with Him.
One who (T)goes astray and one who leads astray belong to Him.
17 He makes (U)advisers walk [j]barefoot
And makes fools of (V)judges.
18 He (W)undoes the binding of kings,
And ties a loincloth around their waist.
19 He makes priests walk [k]barefoot,
And overthrows (X)the secure ones.
20 He deprives the trusted ones of speech,
And (Y)takes away the discernment of the elders.
21 He (Z)pours contempt on nobles,
And (AA)loosens the belt of the strong.
22 He (AB)reveals mysteries from the darkness,
And brings the deep darkness into light.
23 He (AC)makes the nations great, then destroys them;
He [l]enlarges the nations, then leads them away.
24 He (AD)deprives the leaders of the earth’s people of [m]intelligence
And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.
25 They (AE)grope in darkness with no light,
And He makes them (AF)stagger like a drunken person.
Job Says His Friends’ Proverbs Are Ashes
13 “(AG)Behold, my eye has seen all this,
My ear has heard and understood it.
2 (AH)What you know I also know;
I am not inferior to you.
3 “But (AI)I would speak to [n]the Almighty,
And I desire to (AJ)argue with God.
4 But you (AK)smear me with lies;
You are all (AL)worthless physicians.
5 Oh that you would (AM)be completely silent,
And that it would become your wisdom!
6 Please hear my argument,
And give your attention to the contentions of my lips.
7 Will you (AN)speak what is unjust for God,
And speak what is deceitful for Him?
8 Will you (AO)show partiality for Him?
Will you contend for God?
9 Will it go well when He examines you?
Or (AP)will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
10 He will certainly punish you
If you secretly (AQ)show partiality.
11 Will (AR)His [o]majesty not terrify you,
And the dread of Him fall upon you?
12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes,
Your defenses are defenses of clay.
Job Is Sure He Will Be Vindicated
13 “(AS)Be silent before me so that I may speak;
Then let come upon me what may.
14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth,
And (AT)put my life in my [p]hands?
15 (AU)Though He slay me,
I will [q]hope in Him.
Nevertheless I (AV)will argue my ways [r]before Him.
16 This also will be my (AW)salvation,
For (AX)a godless person cannot come before His presence.
17 Listen carefully to my speech,
And let my declaration fill your ears.
18 Behold now, I have (AY)prepared my case;
I know that (AZ)I will be vindicated.
19 (BA)Who could contend with me?
For then I would be silent and (BB)die.
20 “Only two things I ask that You do not do to me,
Then I will not hide from Your face:
21 (BC)Remove Your [s]hand from me,
And may the dread of You not terrify me.
22 Then call and (BD)I will answer;
Or let me speak, then reply to me.
23 (BE)How many are my guilty deeds and sins?
Make known to me my wrongdoing and my sin.
24 Why do You (BF)hide Your face
And consider me (BG)Your enemy?
25 Will You scare away a (BH)scattered leaf?
Or will You pursue the dry (BI)chaff?
26 For You write (BJ)bitter things against me
And (BK)make me inherit the guilty deeds of my youth.
27 You (BL)put my feet in the stocks
And watch all my paths;
You [t]set a limit for the soles of my feet,
28 While [u]I am decaying like a (BM)rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Job Speaks of the Finality of Death
14 “(BN)Man, who is born of woman,
Is [v]short-lived and (BO)full of turmoil.
2 (BP)Like a flower he comes out and withers.
He also flees like (BQ)a shadow and does not remain.
3 You also (BR)open Your eyes on him
And (BS)bring [w]him into judgment with Yourself.
4 (BT)Who can make the clean out of the unclean?
No one!
5 Since his days are determined,
The (BU)number of his months is with You;
And You have [x]set his limits so that he cannot pass.
6 (BV)Look away from him so that he may [y]rest,
Until he [z]fulfills his day like a hired worker.
7 “For there is hope for a tree,
When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And its shoots will not [aa]fail.
8 Though its roots grow old in the ground,
And its stump dies in the dry soil,
9 At the scent of water it will flourish
And produce sprigs like a plant.
10 But (BW)a man dies and lies prostrate.
A person (BX)passes away, and where is he?
11 As (BY)water [ab]evaporates from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dried up,
12 So (BZ)a man lies down and does not rise.
Until the heavens no longer exist,
[ac]He will not awake nor be woken from [ad]his sleep.
13 “Oh that You would hide me in [ae]Sheol,
That You would conceal me (CA)until Your wrath returns to You,
That You would set a limit for me and remember me!
14 If a man dies, will he live again?
All the days of my struggle I will wait
Until my relief comes.
15 You will call, and I will answer You;
You will long for (CB)the work of Your hands.
16 For now You (CC)number my steps,
You do not (CD)observe my sin.
17 My wrongdoing is (CE)sealed up in a bag,
And You cover over my [af]guilt.
18 “But the falling mountain [ag]crumbles away,
And the rock moves from its place;
19 Water wears away stones,
Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;
So You (CF)destroy a man’s hope.
20 You forever overpower him and he (CG)departs;
You change his appearance and send him away.
21 His sons achieve honor, but (CH)he does not know it;
Or they become insignificant, and he does not perceive it.
22 However, his [ah]body pains him,
And his soul mourns for himself.”
Eliphaz Says Job Presumes Much
15 Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,
2 “Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge,
(CI)And fill [ai]himself with the east wind?
3 Should he argue with useless talk,
Or with words which do not benefit?
4 Indeed, you do away with [aj]reverence,
And hinder meditation before God.
5 For (CJ)your wrongdoing teaches your mouth,
And you choose the language of (CK)the cunning.
6 Your (CL)own mouth condemns you, and not I;
And your own lips testify against you.
7 “Were you the first person to be born,
Or (CM)were you brought forth before the hills?
8 Do you hear the (CN)secret discussion of God,
And limit wisdom to yourself?
9 (CO)What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that [ak]we do not?
10 Both the (CP)gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Older than your father.
11 Are (CQ)the consolations of God too little for you,
Or the (CR)word spoken gently to you?
12 Why does your (CS)heart take you away?
And why do your eyes wink,
13 That you can turn your spirit against God
And produce such words from your mouth?
14 What is man, that (CT)he would be pure,
Or (CU)he who is born of a woman, that he would be righteous?
15 Behold, He has no trust in His (CV)holy ones,
And the (CW)heavens are not pure in His sight;
16 How much less one who is (CX)detestable and corrupt:
A person who (CY)drinks [al]malice like water!
What Eliphaz Has Seen of Life
17 “I will tell you, listen to me;
And what I have seen I will also declare;
18 What wise people have told,
And have not concealed from (CZ)their fathers,
19 To whom alone the land was given,
And no stranger passed among them.
20 The wicked person writhes (DA)in pain all his days,
And the [am]years (DB)reserved for the ruthless are numbered.
21 [an]Sounds of (DC)terror are in his ears;
(DD)While he is at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
22 He does not believe that he will (DE)return from darkness,
And he is destined for (DF)the sword.
23 He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of (DG)darkness is [ao]at hand.
24 Distress and anguish terrify him,
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
25 Because he has reached out with his hand against God,
And is (DH)arrogant toward [ap]the Almighty.
26 He rushes [aq]headlong at Him
With his [ar]massive shield.
27 For he has (DI)covered his face with his fat,
And [as]put fat on his waist.
28 He has (DJ)lived in desolate cities,
In houses no one would inhabit,
Which are destined to become [at]ruins.
29 He (DK)will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;
And his property will not stretch out on the earth.
30 He will (DL)not [au]escape from darkness;
The (DM)flame will dry up his shoot,
And he will go away by (DN)the breath of His mouth.
31 Let him not (DO)trust in emptiness, deceiving himself;
For his [av]reward will be emptiness.
32 It will be accomplished (DP)before his time,
And his palm (DQ)branch will not be green.
33 He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine,
And will (DR)cast off his flower like the olive tree.
34 For the company of (DS)the godless is barren,
And fire consumes (DT)the tents of [aw]the corrupt.
35 They (DU)conceive [ax]harm and give birth to wrongdoing,
And their [ay]mind prepares deception.”
Job Says Friends Are Miserable Comforters
16 Then Job responded,
2 “I have heard many things like these;
[az](DV)Miserable comforters are you all!
3 Is there no end to (DW)windy words?
Or what provokes you that you answer?
4 I too could speak like you,
If only [ba]I were in your place.
I could compose words against you
And (DX)shake my head at you.
5 Or I could strengthen you with my mouth,
And the condolence of my lips could lessen your pain.
Job Says God Shattered Him
6 “If I speak, (DY)my pain is not lessened,
And if I refrain, what pain leaves me?
7 But now He has (DZ)exhausted me;
You have laid (EA)waste all my group of loved ones.
8 And You have shriveled me up,
[bb](EB)It has become a witness;
And my (EC)infirmity rises up against me,
It testifies to my face.
9 His anger has (ED)torn me and [bc]hunted me down,
He has (EE)gnashed at me with His teeth;
My (EF)enemy [bd]glares at me.
10 They have (EG)gaped at me with their mouths,
They have [be](EH)slapped me on the cheek with contempt;
They have (EI)massed themselves against me.
11 God hands me over to criminals,
And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, but (EJ)He shattered me,
And He has grasped me by my neck and shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His (EK)target.
13 His (EL)arrows surround me.
He splits my kidneys open without mercy;
He pours out (EM)my bile on the ground.
14 He (EN)breaks through me with breach after breach;
He (EO)runs at me like a warrior.
15 I have sewed (EP)sackcloth over my skin,
And (EQ)thrust my horn in the dust.
16 My face is flushed from (ER)weeping,
(ES)And deep darkness is on my eyelids,
17 Although there is no (ET)violence in my hands,
And (EU)my prayer is pure.
18 “Earth, do not cover my blood,
And may there be no resting place for my cry.
19 Even now, behold, (EV)my witness is in heaven,
And my [bf]advocate is (EW)on high.
20 My friends are my scoffers;
(EX)My eye weeps to God,
21 That one might plead for a man with God
As a son of man with his neighbor!
22 For when a few years are past,
I shall go the way (EY)of no return.
Job Says He Has Become a Proverb
17 “My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished,
The [bg](EZ)grave is ready for me.
2 (FA)Mockers are certainly with me,
And my eye [bh]gazes on their provocation.
3 “Make a pledge (FB)for me with Yourself;
Who is there that will [bi]be my guarantor?
4 For You have [bj](FC)kept their hearts away from understanding;
Therefore You will not exalt them.
5 He who (FD)informs against friends for a share of the spoils,
The (FE)eyes of his children also will perish.
6 “But He has made me a (FF)proverb among the people,
And I am [bk]one at whom people (FG)spit.
7 My eye has also become (FH)inexpressive because of grief,
And all my (FI)body parts are like a shadow.
8 The upright will be appalled at this,
And the (FJ)innocent will stir himself up against the godless.
9 Nevertheless (FK)the righteous will hold to his way,
And (FL)the one who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
10 But come again all of [bl]you now,
For I (FM)do not find a wise man among you.
11 My (FN)days are past, my plans are torn apart,
The wishes of my heart.
12 They make night into day, saying,
‘The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.
13 If I hope for [bm](FO)Sheol as my home,
I [bn]make my bed in the darkness;
14 If I call to the (FP)grave, ‘You are my father’;
To the (FQ)maggot, ‘my mother and my sister’;
15 Where then is (FR)my hope?
And who looks at my hope?
16 [bo]Will it go down with me to Sheol?
Shall we together (FS)go down into the dust?”
Bildad Speaks of the Wicked
18 Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,
2 “How long will you hunt for words?
Show understanding, and then we can talk.
3 Why are we (FT)regarded as animals,
As stupid in your eyes?
4 [bp]You who tear yourself in your anger—
Should the earth be abandoned for your sake,
Or the rock moved from its place?
5 “Indeed, the (FU)light of the wicked goes out,
And the spark from his fire does not shine.
6 The light in his tent is (FV)darkened,
And his lamp goes out above him.
7 His [bq]vigorous stride is shortened,
And his (FW)own plan brings him down.
8 For he is (FX)thrown into the net by his own feet,
And he steps on the webbing.
9 A snare seizes him by the heel,
And a trap snaps shut on him.
10 A noose for him is hidden in the ground,
And a trap for him on the pathway.
11 All around (FY)sudden terrors frighten him,
And (FZ)harass him at every step.
12 His strength is (GA)famished,
And disaster is ready at his side.
13 [br]It devours parts of his skin,
The firstborn of death (GB)devours his [bs]limbs.
14 He is (GC)torn from [bt]the security of his tent,
And [bu]they march him before the king of (GD)terrors.
15 [bv]Nothing of his dwells in his tent;
(GE)Brimstone is scattered on his home.
16 His (GF)roots are dried below,
And his (GG)branch withers above.
17 (GH)The memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name abroad.
18 [bw]He is driven from light (GI)into darkness,
And (GJ)chased from the inhabited world.
19 He has no (GK)offspring or descendants among his people,
Nor any survivor where he resided.
20 Those in the west are appalled at (GL)his [bx]fate,
And those in the east are seized with horror.
21 Certainly these are the (GM)dwellings of the wicked,
And this is the place of him who does not know God.”
Job Feels Insulted
19 Then Job responded,
2 “How long will you torment [by]me
And crush me with words?
3 These ten times you have insulted me;
You are not ashamed to wrong me.
4 Even if I have truly done wrong,
My error stays with me.
5 If indeed you (GN)exalt yourselves against me
And prove my disgrace to me,
6 Know then that (GO)God has wronged me
And has surrounded me with (GP)His net.
Everything Is Against Him
7 “Behold, (GQ)I cry, ‘Violence!’ but I get no answer;
I shout for help, but there is no justice.
8 He has (GR)blocked my way so that I cannot pass,
And He has put (GS)darkness on my paths.
9 He has (GT)stripped my honor from me
And removed the (GU)crown from my head.
10 He (GV)breaks me down on every side, and I am gone;
And He has uprooted my (GW)hope (GX)like a tree.
11 He has also (GY)kindled His anger against me
And (GZ)considered me as His enemy.
12 His (HA)troops come together
And (HB)build up their [bz]way against me
And camp around my tent.
13 “He has (HC)removed my brothers far from me,
And my (HD)acquaintances have completely turned away from me.
14 My relatives have failed,
And my (HE)close friends have forgotten me.
15 Those who live in my house and my servant women consider me a stranger.
I am a foreigner in their sight.
16 I call to my servant, but he does not answer;
I have to implore his favor with my mouth.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife,
And I am loathsome to my own brothers.
18 Even young children despise me;
I stand up and they speak against me.
19 All [ca]my (HF)associates loathe me,
And those I love have turned against me.
20 My (HG)bone clings to my skin and my flesh,
And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
21 Pity me, pity me, you friends of mine,
For the (HH)hand of God has struck me.
22 Why do you (HI)persecute me as God does,
And are not satisfied with my flesh?
Job Says My Redeemer Lives
23 “Oh that my words were written!
Oh that they were (HJ)recorded in a book!
24 That with an iron stylus and lead
They were engraved in the rock forever!
25 Yet as for me, I know that (HK)my Redeemer lives,
And at the last, He will take His stand on the [cb]earth.
26 Even after my skin [cc]is destroyed,
Yet from my flesh I will (HL)see God,
27 Whom I, on my part, shall behold for myself,
And whom my eyes will see, and not another.
My [cd]heart (HM)faints [ce]within me!
28 If you say, ‘How shall we (HN)persecute him?’
And ‘[cf]What pretext for a case against him can we find?’
29 Then be afraid of (HO)the sword for yourselves,
For wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
So that you may know (HP)there is judgment.”
Zophar Says the Rejoicing of the Wicked Is Short
20 Then Zophar the Naamathite responded,
2 “Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me [cg]respond,
Even because of my [ch]inward agitation.
3 I listened to (HQ)the reprimand which insults me,
And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.
4 Do you know this from (HR)ancient times,
From the establishment of mankind on earth,
5 That the (HS)rejoicing of the wicked is short,
And (HT)the joy of the godless momentary?
6 Though his arrogance [ci](HU)reaches the heavens,
And his head touches the clouds,
7 He (HV)perishes forever like his refuse;
Those who have seen him (HW)will say, ‘Where is he?’
8 He flies away like a (HX)dream, and they cannot find him;
Like a vision of the night he is (HY)chased away.
9 The (HZ)eye which saw him sees him no longer,
And (IA)his place no longer beholds him.
10 His (IB)sons [cj]favor the poor,
And his hands (IC)give back his wealth.
11 His (ID)bones are full of his youthful strength,
But it lies down with him [ck]in the dust.
12 “Though (IE)evil tastes sweet in his mouth
And he hides it under his tongue,
13 Though he [cl]desires it and will not let it go,
But holds it (IF)in his [cm]mouth,
14 Yet his food in his stomach is changed
To the [cn]venom of cobras within him.
15 He swallows riches,
But will (IG)vomit them up;
God will expel them from his belly.
16 He sucks (IH)the poison of cobras;
The viper’s tongue kills him.
17 He does not look at (II)the streams,
The rivers flowing with honey and curds.
18 He (IJ)returns the product of his labor
And cannot swallow it;
As to the riches of his trading,
He cannot even enjoy them.
19 For he has (IK)oppressed and neglected the poor;
He has seized a house which he has not built.
20 “Because he knew no quiet [co]within him,
He does (IL)not retain anything he desires.
21 Nothing remains [cp]for him to devour,
Therefore (IM)his prosperity does not endure.
22 In the fullness of his excess he will be cramped;
The (IN)hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.
23 When he (IO)fills his belly,
God will send His fierce anger on him
And (IP)rain it on him [cq]while he is eating.
24 He may (IQ)flee from the iron weapon,
But the bronze bow will pierce him.
25 It is drawn and comes out of his back,
Even the flashing point from (IR)his gallbladder;
(IS)Terrors come upon him,
26 Complete (IT)darkness is held in reserve for his treasures,
And unfanned (IU)fire will devour him;
It will consume the survivor in his tent.
27 The (IV)heavens will reveal his guilt,
And the earth will rise up against him.
28 The (IW)increase of his house will disappear;
His possessions will flow away (IX)on the day of His anger.
29 This is a wicked person’s (IY)portion from God,
The inheritance decreed to him by God.”
Job Says God Will Deal with the Wicked
21 Then Job responded,
2 “Listen carefully to my speech,
And let this be your way of consolation.
3 Bear with me that I may speak;
Then after I have spoken, you may (IZ)mock me.
4 As for me, is (JA)my complaint [cr]to a mortal?
Or (JB)why should [cs]I not be impatient?
5 Look at me, and be astonished,
And (JC)put your hand over your mouth.
6 Even when I remember, I am disturbed,
And (JD)horror takes hold of my flesh.
7 Why (JE)do the wicked still live,
Grow old, and also become very [ct](JF)powerful?
8 Their [cu](JG)descendants endure with them in their sight,
And their offspring before their eyes,
9 Their houses (JH)are safe from fear,
And the [cv]rod of God is not on them.
10 His ox mates [cw]without fail;
His cow calves and does not miscarry.
11 They send out their boys like the flock,
And their children dance.
12 They [cx]sing with the tambourine and harp,
And rejoice at the sound of the flute.
13 They (JI)spend their days in prosperity,
And [cy]suddenly they go down to [cz]Sheol.
14 Yet they say to God, ‘(JJ)Go away from us!
We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.
15 [da]Who is [db]the Almighty, that we should serve Him,
And (JK)what would we gain if we plead with Him?’
16 Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand;
The (JL)advice of the wicked is far from me.
17 “How often is (JM)the lamp of the wicked put out,
Or does their (JN)disaster fall on them?
Does [dc]God apportion destruction in His anger?
18 Are they as (JO)straw before the wind,
And like (JP)chaff which the storm carries away?
19 You say, ‘(JQ)God saves up [dd]a person’s [de]wrongdoing for his sons.’
Let [df]God repay him so that he may know it.
20 Let his (JR)own eyes see his destruction,
And let him (JS)drink of the wrath of [dg]the Almighty.
21 For what does he care about his household [dh]after him,
When the number of his months is at an end?
22 Can anyone (JT)teach God knowledge,
In that He (JU)judges those on high?
23 One (JV)dies in his full strength,
Being wholly undisturbed and at ease;
24 His [di]sides are filled with fat,
And the (JW)marrow of his bones is wet,
25 While another dies with a bitter soul,
Never even [dj]tasting anything good.
26 Together they (JX)lie down in the dust,
And (JY)maggots cover them.
27 “Behold, I know your thoughts,
And the plots you devise against me.
28 For you say, ‘Where is the house of (JZ)the nobleman,
And where is the (KA)tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?’
29 Have you not asked travelers,
And do you not examine their [dk]evidence?
30 For the (KB)wicked person is spared [dl]a day of disaster;
They [dm]are led away from (KC)a day of fury.
31 Who [dn]confronts him with his actions,
And who repays him for what he has done?
32 When he is carried to the grave,
People will keep watch over his tomb.
33 The (KD)clods of the valley will [do]gently cover him;
Moreover, (KE)all mankind will [dp]follow after him,
While countless others go before him.
34 So how dare you give me empty (KF)comfort?
For your answers remain nothing but falsehood!”
Eliphaz Accuses and Exhorts Job
22 Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,
2 “Can a strong (KG)man be of use to God,
Or a wise one be useful to himself?
3 Is it any pleasure to [dq]the Almighty if you are righteous,
Or gain if you make your ways blameless?
4 Is it because of your [dr]reverence that He punishes you,
That He (KH)enters into judgment against you?
5 Is (KI)your wickedness not abundant,
And is there no end to your guilty deeds?
6 For you have (KJ)seized pledges from your brothers without cause,
And [ds](KK)stripped people naked.
7 You have (KL)given the weary no water to drink,
And you have (KM)withheld bread from the hungry.
8 But the earth (KN)belongs to the (KO)powerful man,
And (KP)the one who is honorable dwells on it.
9 You have sent (KQ)widows away empty,
And the [dt]strength of (KR)orphans has been crushed.
10 Therefore (KS)traps surround you,
And sudden (KT)dread terrifies you,
11 Or (KU)darkness, so that you cannot see,
And a (KV)flood of water covers you.
12 “Is God not (KW)in the height of heaven?
Look also at the [du]highest stars, how high they are!
13 But you say, ‘(KX)What does God know?
Can He judge through the thick darkness?
14 (KY)Clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see;
And He walks on the [dv]vault of heaven.’
15 Will you keep to the ancient path
Which (KZ)wicked people have walked,
16 Who were snatched away (LA)before their time,
Whose (LB)foundations were [dw]washed away by a river?
17 They (LC)said to God, ‘Go away from us!’
And ‘What can [dx]the Almighty do to them?’
18 Yet He (LD)filled their houses with good things;
But (LE)the advice of the wicked is far from me.
19 The (LF)righteous see and are glad,
And the innocent mock them, saying,
20 ‘Truly our enemies are eliminated,
And (LG)fire has consumed their [dy]abundance.’
21 “(LH)Be reconciled with Him, and be at peace;
Thereby good will come to you.
22 Please receive [dz](LI)instruction from His mouth,
And put His words in your heart.
23 If you (LJ)return to [ea]the Almighty, you will be [eb]restored;
If you (LK)remove injustice far from your tent,
24 And (LL)put your [ec]gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,
25 Then [ed]the Almighty will be your [ee]gold
And abundant silver to you.
26 For then you will (LM)take pleasure in [ef]the Almighty
And lift up your face to God.
27 You will (LN)pray to Him, and (LO)He will hear you;
And you will pay your vows.
28 You will also decide something, and it will be established for you;
And (LP)light will shine on your ways.
29 When [eg]they have brought you low, you will speak with [eh]confidence,
And He will save the [ei](LQ)humble person.
30 He will rescue one who is not innocent,
And he will be (LR)rescued due to the cleanness of your hands.”
Job Says He Longs for God
23 Then Job responded,
2 “Even today my (LS)complaint is rebellion;
[ej]His hand is (LT)heavy despite my groaning.
3 Oh that I knew how to find Him,
That I might come to His home!
4 I would (LU)present my case before Him
And fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would learn the words which He would [ek]answer,
And perceive what He would tell me.
6 Would He contend with me by (LV)the greatness of His power?
No, surely He would pay attention to me.
7 There the upright would (LW)argue with Him;
And I [el]would be (LX)free of my Judge forever.
8 “Behold, I go forward but He is not there,
And backward, but I (LY)cannot perceive Him;
9 When He acts on the left, I cannot see Him;
He turns to the right, but I cannot see Him.
10 But He knows the [em]way I take;
When He has (LZ)put me to the test, I will come out as gold.
11 My foot has (MA)held on to His path;
I have kept His way and not turned aside.
12 I have not [en]failed the command of His lips;
I have treasured the (MB)words of His mouth [eo]more than my [ep]necessary food.
13 But He is unique, and who can [eq]make Him turn?
Whatever His soul desires, He does it.
14 For He carries out what is destined for me,
And many such destinies are with Him.
15 Therefore, I would be terrified at His presence;
When I consider this, I am frightened of Him.
16 It is God who has made my (MC)heart faint,
And the Almighty who has terrified me,
17 But I (MD)am not destroyed by darkness,
Nor by (ME)deep gloom which covers me.
Job Says God Seems to Ignore Wrongs
24 “(MF)Why are [er]times not stored up by the Almighty,
And why do those who know Him not see (MG)His [es]days?
2 People (MH)remove landmarks;
They seize and [et]devour flocks.
3 They drive away the donkeys of (MI)orphans;
They seize the (MJ)widow’s ox as a pledge.
4 They push (MK)the needy aside from the road;
The (ML)poor of the land have to hide themselves together.
5 Behold, like (MM)wild donkeys in the wilderness
They (MN)go out scavenging for food in their activity,
As [eu]bread for their children in the desert.
6 They harvest their feed in the field
And glean the vineyard of the wicked.
7 (MO)They spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering against the cold.
8 They are wet from the mountain rains,
And they hug the rock for lack of a shelter.
9 Others snatch an (MP)orphan from the breast,
And they seize it as a pledge against the poor.
10 The poor move about naked without clothing,
And they carry sheaves, while going hungry.
11 Within the walls they produce oil;
They tread wine presses but go thirsty.
12 From the city people groan,
And the souls of the wounded cry for help;
Yet God (MQ)does not pay attention to the offensiveness.
13 “[ev]Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor stay in its paths.
14 The murderer (MR)arises at dawn;
He (MS)kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he is like a thief.
15 The eye of the (MT)adulterer watches for [ew]twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’
And he [ex]disguises his face.
16 In the darkness they (MU)dig into houses,
They (MV)shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light.
17 For the morning is the same to him as thick darkness,
For he is familiar with the (MW)terrors of thick darkness.
18 “They are [ey](MX)insignificant on the surface of the water;
Their plot of land on the earth is (MY)cursed.
They do not turn [ez]toward the (MZ)vineyards.
19 Dryness and heat (NA)snatch away the snow waters,
As [fa](NB)Sheol snatches those who have sinned.
20 A [fb](NC)mother will forget him;
The (ND)maggot feeds sweetly until he is (NE)no longer remembered.
And injustice will be broken (NF)like a tree.
21 He wrongs the [fc]infertile woman,
And does no good for (NG)the widow.
22 But He drags off the mighty by (NH)His power;
He rises, but (NI)no one has assurance of life.
23 He provides them (NJ)with security, and they are supported;
And His (NK)eyes are on their ways.
24 They are exalted a (NL)little while, then they are gone;
Moreover, they are (NM)brought low, and like everything they are gathered up;
Like the heads of grain they wither.
25 Now if it is not so, (NN)who can prove me a liar,
And make my speech worthless?”
Bildad Says Mankind Is Inferior
25 Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,
2 “(NO)Dominion and awe [fd]belong to Him
Who makes peace in (NP)His heights.
3 Is there any number to (NQ)His troops?
And upon whom does His light not rise?
4 How then can mankind be (NR)righteous with God?
Or how can anyone who is born of woman be (NS)pure?
5 If even (NT)the moon has no brightness
And the (NU)stars are not pure in His sight,
6 How much less (NV)man, that (NW)maggot,
And a son of man, that worm!”
Job Rebukes Bildad
26 Then Job responded,
2 “What a help you are to [fe](NX)the weak!
You have saved the arm (NY)without strength!
3 What advice you have given to one without wisdom!
What helpful insight you have abundantly [ff]provided!
4 To whom have you uttered words?
And whose [fg]spirit was expressed through you?
The Greatness of God
5 “The [fh](NZ)departed spirits are made to tremble
Under the waters and their inhabitants.
6 [fi](OA)Sheol is naked before Him,
And [fj](OB)Abaddon has no covering.
7 He (OC)stretches out the north over empty space
And hangs the earth on nothing.
8 He (OD)wraps up the waters in His clouds,
And the cloud does not burst under them.
9 He [fk](OE)obscures the face of the [fl]full moon
And spreads His cloud over it.
10 He has inscribed a (OF)circle on the surface of the waters
At the (OG)boundary of light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble
And are amazed at His rebuke.
12 With His power He (OH)quieted the sea,
And by His (OI)understanding He shattered [fm](OJ)Rahab.
13 By His breath the (OK)heavens are [fn]cleared;
His hand has pierced (OL)the fleeing serpent.
14 Behold, these are the fringes of His ways;
And how faint (OM)a word we hear of Him!
But His mighty (ON)thunder, who can understand?”
Job Affirms His Righteousness
27 Job again took up his (OO)discourse and said,
2 “As God lives, (OP)who has taken away my right,
And the Almighty, (OQ)who has embittered my soul,
3 For as long as [fo]life is in me,
And the [fp](OR)breath of God is in my nostrils,
4 My lips certainly will not speak unjustly,
Nor will (OS)my tongue mutter deceit.
5 Far be it from me that I should declare you right;
Until I die, (OT)I will not [fq]give up my integrity.
6 I have (OU)kept hold of my righteousness and will not let it go.
My heart does not rebuke any of my days.
The State of the Godless
7 “May my enemy be as the wicked,
And [fr]my opponent as the criminal.
8 For what is (OV)the hope of the godless when he makes an end of life,
When God requires (OW)his [fs]life?
9 Will God (OX)hear his cry
When (OY)distress comes upon him?
10 Or will he take (OZ)pleasure in the Almighty?
Will he call on God at all times?
11 I will instruct you in the [ft]power of God;
What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
12 Behold, all of you have seen it;
Why then do you talk of nothing?
13 “This is (PA)the portion of a wicked person from God,
And the inheritance which (PB)tyrants receive from the Almighty:
14 Though his sons are many, [fu]they are destined (PC)for the sword;
And his (PD)descendants will not be satisfied with bread.
15 His survivors will be buried because of the plague,
And [fv]their (PE)widows will not be able to weep.
16 Though he piles up silver like dust,
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,
17 He may prepare it, (PF)but the righteous will wear it
And the innocent will divide the silver.
18 He has built his (PG)house like the [fw]spider’s web,
Or a hut which the watchman has made.
19 He lies down rich, but never [fx]again;
He opens his eyes, and (PH)it no longer exists.
20 (PI)Terrors overtake him like a flood;
A storm steals him away (PJ)in the night.
21 The east (PK)wind carries him away, and he is gone;
For it sweeps him (PL)away from his place.
22 For it will hurl at him (PM)without mercy;
He will certainly try to (PN)flee from its [fy]power.
23 People will [fz]clap their hands at him,
And will (PO)whistle at him from their places.
Job Tells of Earth’s Treasures
28 “Certainly there is a [ga]mine for silver
And a place [gb]for refining gold.
2 Iron is taken from the dust,
And copper is smelted from rock.
3 Man puts an end to darkness,
And (PP)to the farthest limit he searches out
The rock in gloom and deep shadow.
4 He [gc]sinks a shaft away from [gd]inhabited areas,
Forgotten by the foot;
They hang and swing, away from people.
5 [ge]From the earth comes food,
And underneath, it is turned over like fire.
6 Its rocks are the [gf]source of sapphires,
And its dust contains gold.
7 No bird of prey knows the path,
Nor has the falcon’s eye caught sight of it.
8 The [gg]proud animals have not trodden it,
Nor has the lion passed over it.
9 He puts his hand on the flint;
He overturns the mountains at the [gh]base.
10 He carves out channels through the rocks,
And his eye sees anything precious.
11 He dams up the streams from [gi]flowing,
And brings to light what is hidden.
The Search for Wisdom Is Harder
12 “But (PQ)where can wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?
13 (PR)Mankind does not know its value,
Nor is it found in the land of the living.
14 The ocean depth says, ‘It is not in me’;
And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
15 (PS)Pure gold cannot be given in exchange for it,
Nor can silver be weighed as its price.
16 It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
In precious onyx, or sapphire.
17 (PT)Gold or glass cannot equal it,
Nor can it be exchanged for articles of pure gold.
18 Coral and crystal are not to be mentioned;
And the acquisition of (PU)wisdom is more valuable than pearls.
19 The topaz of [gj]Cush cannot equal it,
Nor can it be valued in (PV)pure gold.
20 (PW)Where then does wisdom come from?
And where is this place of understanding?
21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living creature,
And concealed from the birds of the sky.
22 [gk](PX)Abaddon and Death say,
‘With our ears we have heard a report of it.’
23 “(PY)God understands its way,
And He knows its place.
24 For He (PZ)looks to the ends of the earth;
He sees everything under the heavens.
25 When He imparted (QA)weight to the wind,
And (QB)assessed the waters by measure,
26 When He made a (QC)limit for the rain,
And a course for the (QD)thunderbolt,
27 Then He saw it and declared it;
He established it and also searched it out.
28 And to mankind He said, ‘Behold, the (QE)fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
Job’s Past Was Glorious
29 Job again took up his (QF)discourse and said,
2 “Oh that I were as in months gone by,
As in the days when God (QG)watched over me;
3 When (QH)His lamp shone over my head,
And (QI)by His light I walked through darkness;
4 Just as I was in the days of my youth,
When the (QJ)protection of God was over my tent;
5 When [gl]the Almighty was still with me,
And my children were around me;
6 When my steps were bathed in (QK)cream,
And the (QL)rock poured out streams of oil for me!
7 When I went out to (QM)the gate of the city,
When I [gm]took my seat in the public square,
8 The young men saw me and hid themselves,
And the old men arose and stood.
9 The leaders (QN)stopped talking
And (QO)put their hands on their mouths;
10 The voices of the prominent people were [gn](QP)hushed,
And their (QQ)tongues stuck to their palates.
11 For when (QR)an ear heard, it called me blessed,
And when an eye saw, it testified in support of me,
12 Because I saved (QS)the poor who cried for help,
And the (QT)orphan who had no helper.
13 The blessing of the one who (QU)was about to perish came upon me,
And I made the (QV)widow’s heart sing for joy.
14 I (QW)put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
My justice was like a robe and a headband.
15 I was (QX)eyes to those who were blind,
And feet to those who [go]could not walk.
16 I was a father to (QY)the poor,
And I investigated the case which I did not know.
17 I (QZ)broke the jaws of the wicked
And rescued the prey from his teeth.
18 Then I [gp]thought, ‘I will die with my [gq]family,
And I will multiply my days as the sand.
19 My (RA)root is spread out to the waters,
And (RB)dew lies on my branch all night.
20 My glory is ever new with me,
And my (RC)bow is renewed in my hand.’
21 “To me (RD)they listened and waited,
And they kept silent for my advice.
22 After my words (RE)they did not speak again,
And (RF)my speech dropped on them.
23 They waited for me as for the rain,
And opened their mouths as for the late rain.
24 I smiled at them when they did not believe,
And they did not look at [gr]my kindness ungraciously.
25 I chose a way for them and sat as (RG)chief,
And lived as a king among the troops,
As one who (RH)comforted the mourners.
Job’s Present State Is Humiliating
30 “But now those who are younger than I (RI)mock me,
Whose fathers I refused to put with the dogs of my flock.
2 Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me?
Vigor had perished from them.
3 From poverty and famine they are gaunt,
They who gnaw at the dry ground by night in waste and desolation,
4 Who pluck saltweed by the bushes,
And whose food is the root of the broom shrub.
5 They are driven from the community;
They shout against them as against a thief,
6 So that they live on the slopes of ravines,
In holes in the ground and among the rocks.
7 Among the bushes they [gs]cry out;
Under the weeds they are gathered together.
8 Worthless [gt]fellows, even [gu]those without a name,
They were cast out from the land.
9 “And now I have become their [gv](RJ)taunt,
And I have become a [gw](RK)byword to them.
10 They loathe me and stand aloof from me,
And they do not [gx]refrain from (RL)spitting in my face.
11 Because He has undone [gy]my [gz]bowstring and (RM)afflicted me,
They have cast off (RN)the bridle before me.
12 On the right hand their [ha]mob arises;
They (RO)push aside my feet (RP)and pile up their ways of destruction against me.
13 They (RQ)break up my path,
They promote my destruction;
No one restrains them.
14 As through a wide gap they come,
[hb]Amid the storm they roll on.
15 (RR)Sudden terrors are turned upon me;
They chase away my dignity like the wind,
And my [hc]prosperity has passed away (RS)like a cloud.
16 “And now (RT)my soul is poured out [hd]within me;
Days of misery have seized me.
17 At night it pierces (RU)my bones [he]within me,
And my gnawing pains do not rest.
18 By a great force my garment is (RV)distorted;
It ties me up like the collar of my coat.
19 He has thrown me into the (RW)mire,
And I have become like dust and ashes.
20 I (RX)cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;
I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.
21 You have [hf]become cruel to me;
With the strength of Your hand You (RY)persecute me.
22 You (RZ)lift me up to the wind and make me ride it;
And You dissolve me in a storm.
23 For I know that You (SA)will bring me to death,
And to the (SB)house of meeting for all living.
24 “Yet does one in a heap of ruins not reach out with his hand,
Or in his disaster does he not (SC)cry out for help?
25 Have I not (SD)wept for the [hg]one whose life is hard?
Was my soul not grieved for (SE)the needy?
26 When I (SF)expected good, evil came;
When I waited for light, (SG)darkness came.
27 [hh]I am seething (SH)within and cannot rest;
Days of misery confront me.
28 I go about [hi](SI)mourning without comfort;
I stand up in the assembly and (SJ)cry out for help.
29 I have become a brother to (SK)jackals,
And a companion of ostriches.
30 My (SL)skin turns black [hj]on me,
And my (SM)bones burn with [hk]fever.
31 Therefore my (SN)harp [hl]is turned to mourning,
And my flute to the sound of those who weep.
Job Asserts His Integrity
31 “I have made a covenant with my (SO)eyes;
How then could I look at a virgin?
2 And what is (SP)the portion of God from above,
Or the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
3 Is it not (SQ)disaster to the criminal,
And misfortune to (SR)those who practice injustice?
4 Does He not (SS)see my ways,
And (ST)count all my steps?
5 “If I have (SU)walked with deception,
And my foot has hurried after deceit,
6 Let Him (SV)weigh me with [hm]accurate scales,
And let God know (SW)my integrity.
7 If my step has (SX)turned from the way,
Or my heart [hn]followed my eyes,
Or if any (SY)spot has stuck to my hands,
8 Let me (SZ)sow and another eat,
And let my [ho](TA)crops be uprooted.
9 “If my heart has been (TB)enticed by a woman,
Or I have lurked at my neighbor’s doorway,
10 May my wife (TC)grind grain for another,
And let (TD)others [hp]kneel down over her.
11 For that would be a (TE)lustful crime;
Moreover, it would be (TF)wrongdoing punishable by judges.
12 For it would be (TG)fire that consumes to [hq](TH)Abaddon,
And would (TI)uproot all my [hr]increase.
13 “If I have (TJ)rejected the claim of my male or female slaves
When they filed a complaint against me,
14 What then could I do when God arises?
And when He calls me to account, how am I to answer Him?
15 Did (TK)He who made me in the womb not make him,
And the same one create us in the womb?
16 “If I have kept (TL)the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of (TM)the widow to fail,
17 Or have (TN)eaten my morsel alone,
And (TO)the orphan has not [hs]shared it
18 (But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,
And from [ht]my infancy I guided her),
19 If I have seen anyone perish (TP)for lack of clothing,
Or that (TQ)the needy had no covering,
20 If his waist has not [hu]thanked me,
And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
21 If I have lifted up my hand against (TR)the orphan,
Because I saw [hv]I had support (TS)in the gate,
22 May my shoulder fall from its [hw]socket,
And my (TT)arm be broken off [hx]at the elbow.
23 For (TU)disaster from God is a terror to me,
And because of (TV)His majesty I can do nothing.
24 “If I have put my confidence in (TW)gold,
And called fine gold my trust,
25 If I have (TX)gloated because my wealth was great,
And because my hand had obtained so much;
26 If I have (TY)looked at the [hy]sun when it shone,
Or the moon going in splendor,
27 And my heart was secretly enticed,
And my hand [hz]threw a kiss from my mouth,
28 That too would have been (TZ)a guilty deed calling for [ia]judgment,
For I would have (UA)denied God above.
29 “Have I (UB)rejoiced at the misfortune of my enemy,
Or become excited when evil found him?
30 [ib]No, (UC)I have not [ic]allowed my mouth to sin
By asking for his life in (UD)a curse.
31 Have the people of my tent not said,
‘Who can [id]find one who has not been (UE)satisfied with his meat’?
32 The stranger has not spent the night outside,
For I have opened my doors to the [ie]traveler.
33 Have I (UF)covered my wrongdoings like a man,
By hiding my guilt in my shirt pocket,
34 Because I (UG)feared the great multitude
And the contempt of families terrified me,
And I kept silent and did not go out of doors?
35 Oh that I had one to hear me!
Here is my [if]signature;
(UH)Let the Almighty answer me!
And the indictment which my (UI)adversary has written,
36 I would certainly carry it on my shoulder,
I would tie it to myself like a garland.
37 I would declare to Him (UJ)the number of my steps;
Like (UK)a prince, I would approach Him.
38 “If my (UL)land cries out against me,
And its furrows weep together;
39 If I have (UM)eaten its [ig]fruit without money,
Or have (UN)caused [ih]its owners to lose their lives,
40 May the (UO)thorn-bush [ii]grow instead of wheat,
And stinkweed instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.
Footnotes
- Job 12:3 Lit with whom is there not like these?
- Job 12:4 Lit his
- Job 12:5 Lit Contempt for calamity is the thought of him who is at ease
- Job 12:6 Or He who brings God into his hand.
- Job 12:11 Lit tastes food for itself
- Job 12:12 Lit length of days
- Job 12:14 Lit shuts against
- Job 12:14 Lit it is not opened
- Job 12:15 Lit overturn
- Job 12:17 Or stripped
- Job 12:19 Or stripped
- Job 12:23 Or spreads out
- Job 12:24 Lit heart
- Job 13:3 Heb Shaddai
- Job 13:11 Lit exaltation
- Job 13:14 Lit palm
- Job 13:15 Lit wait for
- Job 13:15 Lit to His face
- Job 13:21 Lit palm
- Job 13:27 Lit carve for
- Job 13:28 Lit he is
- Job 14:1 Lit short of days
- Job 14:3 As in some ancient versions; MT me
- Job 14:5 Lit made
- Job 14:6 Lit cease
- Job 14:6 Lit makes acceptable
- Job 14:7 Or cease
- Job 14:11 Lit disappears
- Job 14:12 Lit They
- Job 14:12 Lit their
- Job 14:13 I.e., the netherworld
- Job 14:17 Or unjust deed
- Job 14:18 Lit withers
- Job 14:22 Lit flesh
- Job 15:2 Lit his belly
- Job 15:4 Lit fear
- Job 15:9 Lit is not within us?
- Job 15:16 Or injustice
- Job 15:20 Lit number of years are reserved for
- Job 15:21 Lit A sound of terrors is
- Job 15:23 Lit ready at his hand
- Job 15:25 Heb Shaddai
- Job 15:26 Lit with a stiff neck
- Job 15:26 Lit thick-bossed shields
- Job 15:27 Lit made
- Job 15:28 Or heaps
- Job 15:30 Lit turn aside
- Job 15:31 Lit exchange
- Job 15:34 Lit a bribe
- Job 15:35 Or pain
- Job 15:35 Lit belly
- Job 16:2 Lit Comforters of trouble
- Job 16:4 Lit your soul were in place of my soul
- Job 16:8 I.e., Job’s condition
- Job 16:9 Lit borne a grudge against me
- Job 16:9 Lit sharpens his eyes
- Job 16:10 Lit struck
- Job 16:19 Or witness
- Job 17:1 Lit graves are
- Job 17:2 Lit dwells
- Job 17:3 Lit strike hands with me
- Job 17:4 Lit hidden
- Job 17:6 Lit a spitting to the faces
- Job 17:10 As in some mss and ancient versions; MT them
- Job 17:13 I.e., the netherworld
- Job 17:13 Lit spread out
- Job 17:16 As in LXX; Heb possibly Let my limbs sink down to Sheol, since there is rest in the dust for all.
- Job 18:4 Lit The one who tears himself in his
- Job 18:7 Lit steps of his strength
- Job 18:13 Another reading is His skin is devoured by illness
- Job 18:13 Or parts
- Job 18:14 Lit his tent his trust
- Job 18:14 Lit you march or she marches
- Job 18:15 Another reading is Fire dwells in his tent
- Job 18:18 Lit They drive him...And chase him
- Job 18:20 Lit day
- Job 19:2 Lit my soul
- Job 19:12 I.e., siege ramp
- Job 19:19 Lit the men of my council
- Job 19:25 Lit dust
- Job 19:26 Lit which they have cut off
- Job 19:27 Lit kidneys
- Job 19:27 Lit in my loins
- Job 19:28 Or the root of the matter is found in him
- Job 20:2 Lit return
- Job 20:2 Lit haste within me
- Job 20:6 Lit goes up to
- Job 20:10 Or seek the favor of
- Job 20:11 Lit on
- Job 20:13 Lit spares it
- Job 20:13 Lit palate
- Job 20:14 Lit gall
- Job 20:20 Lit in his belly
- Job 20:21 Or of what he devours
- Job 20:23 Or as his food
- Job 21:4 Or against
- Job 21:4 Lit my spirit
- Job 21:7 Or superior
- Job 21:8 Lit seed
- Job 21:9 I.e., punishment
- Job 21:10 Lit and does not fail
- Job 21:12 Lit lifted up the voice
- Job 21:13 Or in peacefulness
- Job 21:13 I.e., the netherworld
- Job 21:15 Lit What
- Job 21:15 Heb Shaddai
- Job 21:17 Lit He
- Job 21:19 Lit his
- Job 21:19 Or disaster
- Job 21:19 Lit Him
- Job 21:20 Heb Shaddai
- Job 21:21 I.e., after he dies
- Job 21:24 As in Syriac; Heb uncertain. Some render as his pails are full of milk
- Job 21:25 Lit eating
- Job 21:29 Lit signs
- Job 21:30 Or for the day
- Job 21:30 Or will be led to the day
- Job 21:31 Lit declares his way to his face
- Job 21:33 Lit be sweet to him
- Job 21:33 Lit draw
- Job 22:3 Heb Shaddai
- Job 22:4 Or fear
- Job 22:6 Lit stripped clothing of the naked
- Job 22:9 Lit arms
- Job 22:12 Lit head, top-most
- Job 22:14 Lit circle
- Job 22:16 Lit poured out
- Job 22:17 Heb Shaddai
- Job 22:20 Or excess
- Job 22:22 Or law
- Job 22:23 Heb Shaddai
- Job 22:23 Lit built up
- Job 22:24 Lit ore
- Job 22:25 Heb Shaddai
- Job 22:25 Lit ore
- Job 22:26 Heb Shaddai
- Job 22:29 Lit they cast you down
- Job 22:29 Lit pride
- Job 22:29 Lit lowly of eyes
- Job 23:2 As in LXX and Syriac; MT My
- Job 23:5 Lit answer me
- Job 23:7 Or bring forth my justice forever
- Job 23:10 Lit way with me
- Job 23:12 Lit ceased from
- Job 23:12 Or with some ancient versions, in my breast
- Job 23:12 Lit prescribed portion
- Job 23:13 Or deprive Him of anything
- Job 24:1 I.e., of judgment for the wicked
- Job 24:1 I.e., of judgment for the wicked
- Job 24:2 Or pasture
- Job 24:5 Lit his bread
- Job 24:13 Lit They
- Job 24:15 Lit the twilight
- Job 24:15 Or puts a covering on his face
- Job 24:18 Or light; or swift
- Job 24:18 Lit to the path of
- Job 24:19 I.e., the netherworld
- Job 24:20 Lit womb
- Job 24:21 Lit infertile who does not bear
- Job 25:2 Lit are with Him
- Job 26:2 Lit no strength
- Job 26:3 Lit made known
- Job 26:4 Lit breath has gone forth
- Job 26:5 Or shades; Heb Rephaim
- Job 26:6 I.e., the netherworld
- Job 26:6 I.e., the place of destruction
- Job 26:9 Lit covers
- Job 26:9 Or throne
- Job 26:12 I.e., a sea monster, not to be confused with Rahab in Joshua 2
- Job 26:13 Lit beauty
- Job 27:3 Lit breath
- Job 27:3 Or spirit
- Job 27:5 Lit remove from me
- Job 27:7 Lit one who rises up against me
- Job 27:8 Or soul
- Job 27:11 Lit hand
- Job 27:14 Lit the sword is for them
- Job 27:15 As in ancient versions; Heb his
- Job 27:18 As in ancient versions; Heb moth
- Job 27:19 As in ancient versions; Heb will be gathered
- Job 27:22 Lit hand
- Job 27:23 I.e., mock and ridicule him
- Job 28:1 Lit source
- Job 28:1 Lit for gold they refine
- Job 28:4 Lit breaks open
- Job 28:4 Lit sojourning
- Job 28:5 Lit Earth, from it
- Job 28:6 Or place
- Job 28:8 Lit sons of pride
- Job 28:9 Lit root
- Job 28:11 Lit weeping
- Job 28:19 Or Ethiopia
- Job 28:22 I.e., Destruction
- Job 29:5 Heb Shaddai
- Job 29:7 Lit set up
- Job 29:10 Lit hidden
- Job 29:15 Or limped
- Job 29:18 Lit said
- Job 29:18 Lit nest
- Job 29:24 Lit the light of my face
- Job 30:7 Or bray
- Job 30:8 Lit sons
- Job 30:8 Lit sons
- Job 30:9 Lit song
- Job 30:9 I.e., prob. a word of insult
- Job 30:10 Lit withhold spit from my face
- Job 30:11 Some mss His
- Job 30:11 Or cord
- Job 30:12 Or youth arise
- Job 30:14 Lit Under
- Job 30:15 Or welfare
- Job 30:16 Lit upon
- Job 30:17 Lit from upon
- Job 30:21 Lit turned to be
- Job 30:25 Lit hard of day
- Job 30:27 Lit My inward parts are boiling
- Job 30:28 Or blackened, but not by the heat of the sun
- Job 30:30 Lit from upon
- Job 30:30 Lit heat
- Job 30:31 Lit becomes
- Job 31:6 Lit just
- Job 31:7 Lit walked after
- Job 31:8 Or offspring
- Job 31:10 I.e., have sexual relations with her
- Job 31:12 I.e., the place of destruction
- Job 31:12 Or yield
- Job 31:17 Lit eaten from it
- Job 31:18 Lit my mother’s womb
- Job 31:20 Lit blessed; i.e., for clothing
- Job 31:21 Lit my help
- Job 31:22 Lit neck-joint
- Job 31:22 Lit from the bone of the upper arm
- Job 31:26 Lit light
- Job 31:27 Lit kissed my mouth
- Job 31:28 Lit judges
- Job 31:30 Lit And
- Job 31:30 Lit given my palate
- Job 31:31 Lit give
- Job 31:32 MT way
- Job 31:35 Lit mark
- Job 31:39 Lit strength
- Job 31:39 Lit the soul of its owners to expire
- Job 31:40 Lit come forth
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