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Job 15-26
New King James Version
Job 15-26
New King James Version
Eliphaz Accuses Job of Folly
15 Then (A)Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 “Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge,
And fill [a]himself with the east wind?
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk,
Or by speeches with which he can do no good?
4 Yes, you cast off fear,
And restrain [b]prayer before God.
5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
And you choose the tongue of the crafty.
6 (B)Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
Yes, your own lips testify against you.
7 “Are you the first man who was born?
(C)Or were you made before the hills?
8 (D)Have you heard the counsel of God?
Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
9 (E)What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not in us?
10 (F)Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Much older than your father.
11 Are the consolations of God too small for you,
And the word spoken [c]gently with you?
12 Why does your heart carry you away,
And [d]what do your eyes wink at,
13 That you turn your spirit against God,
And let such words go out of your mouth?
14 “What(G) is man, that he could be pure?
And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?
15 (H)If God puts no trust in His saints,
And the heavens are not pure in His sight,
16 (I)How much less man, who is abominable and filthy,
(J)Who drinks iniquity like water!
17 “I will tell you, hear me;
What I have seen I will declare,
18 What wise men have told,
Not hiding anything received (K)from their fathers,
19 To whom alone the [e]land was given,
And (L)no alien passed among them:
20 The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,
(M)And the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.
21 [f]Dreadful sounds are in his ears;
(N)In prosperity the destroyer comes upon him.
22 He does not believe that he will (O)return from darkness,
For a sword is waiting for him.
23 He (P)wanders about for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows (Q)that a day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Trouble and anguish make him afraid;
They overpower him, like a king ready for [g]battle.
25 For he stretches out his hand against God,
And acts defiantly against the Almighty,
26 Running stubbornly against Him
With his strong, embossed shield.
27 “Though(R) he has covered his face with his fatness,
And made his waist heavy with fat,
28 He dwells in desolate cities,
In houses which no one inhabits,
Which are destined to become ruins.
29 He will not be rich,
Nor will his wealth (S)continue,
Nor will his possessions overspread the earth.
30 He will not depart from darkness;
The flame will dry out his branches,
And (T)by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
31 Let him not (U)trust in futile things, deceiving himself,
For futility will be his reward.
32 It will be accomplished (V)before his time,
And his branch will not be green.
33 He will shake off his unripe grape like a vine,
And cast off his blossom like an olive tree.
34 For the company of hypocrites will be barren,
And fire will consume the tents of bribery.
35 (W)They conceive trouble and bring forth futility;
Their womb prepares deceit.”
Job Reproaches His Pitiless Friends
16 Then Job answered and said:
2 “I have heard many such things;
(X)Miserable[h] comforters are you all!
3 Shall [i]words of wind have an end?
Or what provokes you that you answer?
4 I also could speak as you do,
If your soul were in my soul’s place.
I could heap up words against you,
And (Y)shake my head at you;
5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth,
And the comfort of my lips would relieve your grief.
6 “Though I speak, my grief is not relieved;
And if I remain silent, how am I eased?
7 But now He has (Z)worn me out;
You (AA)have made desolate all my company.
8 You have shriveled me up,
And it is a (AB)witness against me;
My leanness rises up against me
And bears witness to my face.
9 (AC)He tears me in His wrath, and hates me;
He gnashes at me with His teeth;
(AD)My adversary sharpens His gaze on me.
10 They (AE)gape at me with their mouth,
They (AF)strike me reproachfully on the cheek,
They gather together against me.
11 God (AG)has delivered me to the ungodly,
And turned me over to the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, but He has (AH)shattered me;
He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces;
He has (AI)set me up for His target,
13 His archers surround me.
He pierces my [j]heart and does not pity;
He pours out my gall on the ground.
14 He breaks me with wound upon wound;
He runs at me like a [k]warrior.
15 “I have sewn sackcloth over my skin,
And (AJ)laid my [l]head in the dust.
16 My face is [m]flushed from weeping,
And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
17 Although no violence is in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.
18 “O earth, do not cover my blood,
And (AK)let my cry have no resting place!
19 Surely even now (AL)my witness is in heaven,
And my evidence is on high.
20 My friends scorn me;
My eyes pour out tears to God.
21 (AM)Oh, that one might plead for a man with God,
As a man pleads for his [n]neighbor!
22 For when a few years are finished,
I shall (AN)go the way of no return.
Job Prays for Relief
17 “My spirit is broken,
My days are extinguished,
(AO)The grave is ready for me.
2 Are not mockers with me?
And does not my eye [o]dwell on their (AP)provocation?
3 “Now put down a pledge for me with Yourself.
Who is he who (AQ)will shake hands with me?
4 For You have hidden their heart from (AR)understanding;
Therefore You will not exalt them.
5 He who speaks flattery to his friends,
Even the eyes of his children will (AS)fail.
6 “But He has made me (AT)a byword of the people,
And I have become one in whose face men spit.
7 (AU)My eye has also grown dim because of sorrow,
And all my members are like shadows.
8 Upright men are astonished at this,
And the innocent stirs himself up against the hypocrite.
9 Yet the righteous will hold to his (AV)way,
And he who has (AW)clean hands will be stronger and stronger.
10 “But please, (AX)come back again, [p]all of you,
For I shall not find one wise man among you.
11 (AY)My days are past,
My purposes are broken off,
Even the [q]thoughts of my heart.
12 They change the night into day;
‘The light is near,’ they say, in the face of darkness.
13 If I wait for the grave as my house,
If I make my bed in the darkness,
14 If I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’
And to the worm, ‘You are my mother and my sister,’
15 Where then is my (AZ)hope?
As for my hope, who can see it?
16 Will they go down (BA)to the gates of [r]Sheol?
Shall we have (BB)rest together in the dust?”
Bildad: The Wicked Are Punished
18 Then (BC)Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
2 “How long till you put an end to words?
Gain understanding, and afterward we will speak.
3 Why are we counted (BD)as beasts,
And regarded as stupid in your sight?
4 (BE)You[s] who tear yourself in anger,
Shall the earth be forsaken for you?
Or shall the rock be removed from its place?
5 “The(BF) light of the wicked indeed goes out,
And the flame of his fire does not shine.
6 The light is dark in his tent,
(BG)And his lamp beside him is put out.
7 The steps of his strength are shortened,
And (BH)his own counsel casts him down.
8 For (BI)he is cast into a net by his own feet,
And he walks into a snare.
9 The net takes him by the heel,
And (BJ)a snare lays hold of him.
10 A noose is hidden for him on the ground,
And a trap for him in the road.
11 (BK)Terrors frighten him on every side,
And drive him to his feet.
12 His strength is starved,
And (BL)destruction is ready at his side.
13 It devours patches of his skin;
The firstborn of death devours his [t]limbs.
14 He is uprooted from (BM)the shelter of his tent,
And they parade him before the king of terrors.
15 They dwell in his tent who are none of his;
Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.
16 (BN)His roots are dried out below,
And his branch withers above.
17 (BO)The memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name [u]among the renowned.
18 [v]He is driven from light into darkness,
And chased out of the world.
19 (BP)He has neither son nor posterity among his people,
Nor any remaining in his dwellings.
20 Those [w]in the west are astonished (BQ)at his day,
As those [x]in the east are frightened.
21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked,
And this is the place of him who (BR)does not know God.”
Job Trusts in His Redeemer
19 Then Job answered and said:
2 “How long will you torment my soul,
And break me in pieces with words?
3 These ten times you have [y]reproached me;
You are not ashamed that you [z]have wronged me.
4 And if indeed I have erred,
My error remains with me.
5 If indeed you (BS)exalt yourselves against me,
And plead my disgrace against me,
6 Know then that (BT)God has wronged me,
And has surrounded me with His net.
7 “If I cry out concerning [aa]wrong, I am not heard.
If I cry aloud, there is no justice.
8 (BU)He has [ab]fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass;
And He has set darkness in my paths.
9 (BV)He has stripped me of my glory,
And taken the crown from my head.
10 He breaks me down on every side,
And I am gone;
My (BW)hope He has uprooted like a tree.
11 He has also kindled His wrath against me,
And (BX)He counts me as one of His enemies.
12 His troops come together
And build up their road against me;
They encamp all around my tent.
13 “He(BY) has removed my brothers far from me,
And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
14 My relatives have failed,
And my close friends have forgotten me.
15 Those who dwell in my house, and my maidservants,
Count me as a stranger;
I am an alien in their sight.
16 I call my servant, but he gives no answer;
I beg him with my mouth.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife,
And I am [ac]repulsive to the children of my own body.
18 Even (BZ)young children despise me;
I arise, and they speak against me.
19 (CA)All my close friends abhor me,
And those whom I love have turned against me.
20 (CB)My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh,
And I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
21 “Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends,
For the hand of God has struck me!
22 Why do you (CC)persecute me as God does,
And are not satisfied with my flesh?
23 “Oh, that my words were written!
Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!
24 That they were engraved on a rock
With an iron pen and lead, forever!
25 For I know that my Redeemer lives,
And He shall stand at last on the earth;
26 And after my skin is [ad]destroyed, this I know,
That (CD)in my flesh I shall see God,
27 Whom I shall see for myself,
And my eyes shall behold, and not another.
How my [ae]heart yearns within me!
28 If you should say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’—
Since the root of the matter is found in me,
29 Be afraid of the sword for yourselves;
For wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
That you may know there is a judgment.”
Zophar’s Sermon on the Wicked Man
20 Then (CE)Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
2 “Therefore my anxious thoughts make me answer,
Because of the turmoil within me.
3 I have heard the rebuke [af]that reproaches me,
And the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.
4 “Do you not know this of (CF)old,
Since man was placed on earth,
5 (CG)That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the hypocrite is but for a (CH)moment?
6 (CI)Though his haughtiness mounts up to the heavens,
And his head reaches to the clouds,
7 Yet he will perish forever like his own refuse;
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
8 He will fly away (CJ)like a dream, and not be found;
Yes, he (CK)will be chased away like a vision of the night.
9 The eye that saw him will see him no more,
Nor will his place behold him anymore.
10 His children will seek the favor of the poor,
And his hands will restore his wealth.
11 His bones are full of (CL)his youthful vigor,
(CM)But it will lie down with him in the dust.
12 “Though evil is sweet in his mouth,
And he hides it under his tongue,
13 Though he spares it and does not forsake it,
But still keeps it in his [ag]mouth,
14 Yet his food in his stomach turns sour;
It becomes cobra venom within him.
15 He swallows down riches
And vomits them up again;
God casts them out of his belly.
16 He will suck the poison of cobras;
The viper’s tongue will slay him.
17 He will not see (CN)the streams,
The rivers flowing with honey and cream.
18 He will restore that for which he labored,
And will not swallow it down;
From the proceeds of business
He will get no enjoyment.
19 For he has [ah]oppressed and forsaken the poor,
He has violently seized a house which he did not build.
20 “Because(CO) he knows no quietness in his [ai]heart,
He will not save anything he desires.
21 Nothing is left for him to eat;
Therefore his well-being will not last.
22 In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress;
Every hand of [aj]misery will come against him.
23 When he is about to fill his stomach,
God will cast on him the fury of His wrath,
And will rain it on him while he is eating.
24 (CP)He will flee from the iron weapon;
A bronze bow will pierce him through.
25 It is drawn, and comes out of the body;
Yes, (CQ)the glittering point comes out of his [ak]gall.
(CR)Terrors come upon him;
26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures.
(CS)An unfanned fire will consume him;
It shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.
27 The heavens will reveal his iniquity,
And the earth will rise up against him.
28 The increase of his house will depart,
And his goods will flow away in the day of His (CT)wrath.
29 (CU)This is the portion from God for a wicked man,
The heritage appointed to him by God.”
Job’s Discourse on the Wicked
21 Then Job answered and said:
2 “Listen carefully to my speech,
And let this be your [al]consolation.
3 Bear with me that I may speak,
And after I have spoken, keep (CV)mocking.
4 “As for me, is my complaint against man?
And if it were, why should I not be impatient?
5 Look at me and be astonished;
(CW)Put your hand over your mouth.
6 Even when I remember I am terrified,
And trembling takes hold of my flesh.
7 (CX)Why do the wicked live and become old,
Yes, become mighty in power?
8 Their descendants are established with them in their sight,
And their offspring before their eyes.
9 Their houses are safe from fear,
(CY)Neither is [am]the rod of God upon them.
10 Their bull breeds without failure;
Their cow calves (CZ)without miscarriage.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock,
And their children dance.
12 They sing to the tambourine and harp,
And rejoice to the sound of the flute.
13 They (DA)spend their days in wealth,
And [an]in a moment go down to the [ao]grave.
14 (DB)Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us,
For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
15 (DC)Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?
And (DD)what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’
16 Indeed [ap]their prosperity is not in their hand;
(DE)The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17 “How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
How often does their destruction come upon them,
The sorrows God (DF)distributes in His anger?
18 (DG)They are like straw before the wind,
And like chaff that a storm [aq]carries away.
19 They say, ‘God [ar]lays up [as]one’s iniquity (DH)for his children’;
Let Him recompense him, that he may know it.
20 Let his eyes see his destruction,
And (DI)let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21 For what does he care about his household after him,
When the number of his months is cut in half?
22 “Can(DJ) anyone teach God knowledge,
Since He judges those on high?
23 One dies in his full strength,
Being wholly at ease and secure;
24 His [at]pails are full of milk,
And the marrow of his bones is moist.
25 Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul,
Never having eaten with pleasure.
26 They (DK)lie down alike in the dust,
And worms cover them.
27 “Look, I know your thoughts,
And the schemes with which you would wrong me.
28 For you say,
‘Where is the house of the prince?
And where is [au]the tent,
The dwelling place of the wicked?’
29 Have you not asked those who travel the road?
And do you not know their signs?
30 (DL)For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom;
They shall be brought out on the day of wrath.
31 Who condemns his way to his face?
And who repays him for what he has done?
32 Yet he shall be brought to the grave,
And a vigil kept over the tomb.
33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him;
(DM)Everyone shall follow him,
As countless have gone before him.
34 How then can you comfort me with empty words,
Since [av]falsehood remains in your answers?”
Eliphaz Accuses Job of Wickedness
22 Then (DN)Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 “Can(DO) a man be profitable to God,
Though he who is wise may be profitable to himself?
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous?
Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways blameless?
4 “Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you,
And enters into judgment with you?
5 Is not your wickedness great,
And your iniquity without end?
6 For you have (DP)taken pledges from your brother for no reason,
And stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 You have not given the weary water to drink,
And you (DQ)have withheld bread from the hungry.
8 But the [aw]mighty man possessed the land,
And the honorable man dwelt in it.
9 You have sent widows away empty,
And the [ax]strength of the fatherless was crushed.
10 Therefore snares are all around you,
And sudden fear troubles you,
11 Or darkness so that you cannot see;
And an abundance of (DR)water covers you.
12 “Is not God in the height of heaven?
And see the highest stars, how lofty they are!
13 And you say, (DS)‘What does God know?
Can He judge through the deep darkness?
14 (DT)Thick clouds cover Him, so that He cannot see,
And He walks above the circle of heaven.’
15 Will you keep to the old way
Which wicked men have trod,
16 Who (DU)were cut down before their time,
Whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
17 (DV)They said to God, ‘Depart from us!
What can the Almighty do to [ay]them?’
18 Yet He filled their houses with good things;
But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 “The(DW) righteous see it and are glad,
And the innocent laugh at them:
20 ‘Surely our [az]adversaries are cut down,
And the fire consumes their remnant.’
21 “Now acquaint yourself with Him, and (DX)be at peace;
Thereby good will come to you.
22 Receive, please, (DY)instruction from His mouth,
And (DZ)lay up His words in your heart.
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up;
You will remove iniquity far from your tents.
24 Then you will (EA)lay your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
25 Yes, the Almighty will be your [ba]gold
And your precious silver;
26 For then you will have your (EB)delight in the Almighty,
And lift up your face to God.
27 (EC)You will make your prayer to Him,
He will hear you,
And you will pay your vows.
28 You will also declare a thing,
And it will be established for you;
So light will shine on your ways.
29 When they cast you down, and you say, ‘Exaltation will come!’
Then (ED)He will save the humble person.
30 He will even deliver one who is not innocent;
Yes, he will be delivered by the purity of your hands.”
Job Proclaims God’s Righteous Judgments
23 Then Job answered and said:
2 “Even today my (EE)complaint is bitter;
[bb]My hand is listless because of my groaning.
3 (EF)Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!
4 I would present my case before Him,
And fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know the words which He would answer me,
And understand what He would say to me.
6 (EG)Would He contend with me in His great power?
No! But He would take note of me.
7 There the upright could reason with Him,
And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
8 “Look,(EH) I go forward, but He is not there,
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
9 When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him;
When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.
10 But (EI)He knows the way that I take;
When (EJ)He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 (EK)My foot has held fast to His steps;
I have kept His way and not turned aside.
12 I have not departed from the (EL)commandment of His lips;
(EM)I have treasured the words of His mouth
More than my [bc]necessary food.
13 “But He is unique, and who can make Him change?
And whatever (EN)His soul desires, that He does.
14 For He performs what is (EO)appointed for me,
And many such things are with Him.
15 Therefore I am terrified at His presence;
When I consider this, I am afraid of Him.
16 For God (EP)made my heart weak,
And the Almighty terrifies me;
17 Because I was not (EQ)cut off [bd]from the presence of darkness,
And He did not hide deep darkness from my face.
Job Complains of Violence on the Earth
24 “Since (ER)times are not hidden from the Almighty,
Why do those who know Him see not His (ES)days?
2 “Some remove (ET)landmarks;
They seize flocks violently and feed on them;
3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;
They (EU)take the widow’s ox as a pledge.
4 They push the needy off the road;
All the (EV)poor of the land are forced to hide.
5 Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert,
They go out to their work, searching for food.
The wilderness yields food for them and for their children.
6 They gather their fodder in the field
And glean in the vineyard of the wicked.
7 They (EW)spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering in the cold.
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains,
And (EX)huddle around the rock for want of shelter.
9 “Some snatch the fatherless from the breast,
And take a pledge from the poor.
10 They cause the poor to go naked, without (EY)clothing;
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
11 They press out oil within their walls,
And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
12 The dying groan in the city,
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God does not charge them with wrong.
13 “There are those who rebel against the light;
They do not know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.
14 (EZ)The murderer rises with the light;
He kills the poor and needy;
And in the night he is like a thief.
15 (FA)The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
(FB)Saying, ‘No eye will see me’;
And he [be]disguises his face.
16 In the dark they break into houses
Which they marked for themselves in the daytime;
(FC)They do not know the light.
17 For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death;
If someone recognizes them,
They are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
18 “They should be swift on the face of the waters,
Their portion should be cursed in the earth,
So that no one would turn into the way of their vineyards.
19 As drought and heat [bf]consume the snow waters,
So [bg]the grave consumes those who have sinned.
20 The womb should forget him,
The worm should feed sweetly on him;
(FD)He should be remembered no more,
And wickedness should be broken like a tree.
21 For he [bh]preys on the barren who do not bear,
And does no good for the widow.
22 “But God draws the mighty away with His power;
He rises up, but no man is sure of life.
23 He gives them security, and they rely on it;
Yet (FE)His eyes are on their ways.
24 They are exalted for a little while,
Then they are gone.
They are brought low;
They are [bi]taken out of the way like all others;
They dry out like the heads of grain.
25 “Now if it is not so, who will prove me a liar,
And make my speech worth nothing?”
Bildad: How Can Man Be Righteous?
25 Then (FF)Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
2 “Dominion and fear belong to Him;
He makes peace in His high places.
3 [bj]Is there any number to His armies?
Upon whom does (FG)His light not rise?
4 (FH)How then can man be righteous before God?
Or how can he be (FI)pure who is born of a woman?
5 If even the moon does not shine,
And the stars are not pure in His (FJ)sight,
6 How much less man, who is (FK)a maggot,
And a son of man, who is a worm?”
Job: Man’s Frailty and God’s Majesty
26 But Job answered and said:
2 “How have you helped him who is without power?
How have you saved the arm that has no strength?
3 How have you counseled one who has no wisdom?
And how have you declared sound advice to many?
4 To whom have you uttered words?
And whose spirit came from you?
5 “The dead tremble,
Those under the waters and those inhabiting them.
6 (FL)Sheol is naked before Him,
And Destruction has no covering.
7 (FM)He stretches out the north over empty space;
He hangs the earth on nothing.
8 (FN)He binds up the water in His thick clouds,
Yet the clouds [bk]are not broken under it.
9 He covers the face of His throne,
And spreads His cloud over it.
10 (FO)He drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters,
At the boundary of light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble,
And are [bl]astonished at His rebuke.
12 (FP)He stirs up the sea with His power,
And by His understanding He breaks up [bm]the storm.
13 (FQ)By His Spirit He adorned the heavens;
His hand pierced (FR)the fleeing serpent.
14 Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways,
And how small a whisper we hear of Him!
But the thunder of His power who can understand?”
Footnotes
- Job 15:2 Lit. his belly
- Job 15:4 meditation or complaint
- Job 15:11 Or a secret thing
- Job 15:12 Or why do your eyes flash
- Job 15:19 Or earth
- Job 15:21 Terrifying
- Job 15:24 attack
- Job 16:2 Troublesome
- Job 16:3 Empty words
- Job 16:13 Lit. kidneys
- Job 16:14 Vg. giant
- Job 16:15 Lit. horn
- Job 16:16 Lit. red
- Job 16:21 friend
- Job 17:2 Lit. lodge
- Job 17:10 So with some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg.; MT, Tg. all of them
- Job 17:11 desires
- Job 17:16 The abode of the dead
- Job 18:4 Lit. one who tears his soul
- Job 18:13 parts
- Job 18:17 Lit. before the outside, i.e., the distinguished or famous
- Job 18:18 Or They drive him
- Job 18:20 Lit. who came after
- Job 18:20 Lit. who have gone before
- Job 19:3 shamed or disgraced
- Job 19:3 A Jewish tradition make yourselves strange to me
- Job 19:7 violence
- Job 19:8 walled off my way
- Job 19:17 Lit. strange
- Job 19:26 Lit. struck off
- Job 19:27 Lit. kidneys
- Job 20:3 Lit. of my insulting correction
- Job 20:13 Lit. palate
- Job 20:19 crushed
- Job 20:20 Lit. belly
- Job 20:22 Or the wretched or sufferer
- Job 20:25 Gallbladder
- Job 21:2 comfort
- Job 21:9 The rod of God’s chastisement
- Job 21:13 Without lingering
- Job 21:13 Or Sheol
- Job 21:16 Lit. their goal
- Job 21:18 steals away
- Job 21:19 stores up
- Job 21:19 Lit. his
- Job 21:24 LXX, Vg. bowels; Syr. sides; Tg. breasts
- Job 21:28 Vg. omits the tent
- Job 21:34 faithlessness
- Job 22:8 Lit. man of arm
- Job 22:9 Lit. arms
- Job 22:17 LXX, Syr. us
- Job 22:20 LXX substance is
- Job 22:25 Ancient vss. suggest defense; MT gold, as in v. 24
- Job 23:2 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX, Syr. His
- Job 23:12 Lit. appointed portion
- Job 23:17 Or by or before
- Job 24:15 Lit. puts a covering on his face
- Job 24:19 Lit. seize
- Job 24:19 Or Sheol
- Job 24:21 Lit. feeds on
- Job 24:24 Lit. gathered up
- Job 25:3 Can His armies be counted?
- Job 26:8 do not break
- Job 26:11 amazed
- Job 26:12 Heb. rahab
Job 15-24
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Job 15-24
New International Version
Eliphaz
15 Then Eliphaz the Temanite(A) replied:
2 “Would a wise person answer with empty notions
or fill their belly with the hot east wind?(B)
3 Would they argue with useless words,
with speeches that have no value?(C)
4 But you even undermine piety
and hinder devotion to God.(D)
5 Your sin(E) prompts your mouth;(F)
you adopt the tongue of the crafty.(G)
6 Your own mouth condemns you, not mine;
your own lips testify against you.(H)
7 “Are you the first man ever born?(I)
Were you brought forth before the hills?(J)
8 Do you listen in on God’s council?(K)
Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?(L)
9 What do you know that we do not know?
What insights do you have that we do not have?(M)
10 The gray-haired and the aged(N) are on our side,
men even older than your father.(O)
11 Are God’s consolations(P) not enough for you,
words(Q) spoken gently to you?(R)
12 Why has your heart(S) carried you away,
and why do your eyes flash,
13 so that you vent your rage(T) against God
and pour out such words(U) from your mouth?(V)
14 “What are mortals, that they could be pure,
or those born of woman,(W) that they could be righteous?(X)
15 If God places no trust in his holy ones,(Y)
if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,(Z)
16 how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,(AA)
who drink up evil(AB) like water!(AC)
17 “Listen to me and I will explain to you;
let me tell you what I have seen,(AD)
18 what the wise have declared,
hiding nothing received from their ancestors(AE)
19 (to whom alone the land(AF) was given
when no foreigners moved among them):
20 All his days the wicked man suffers torment,(AG)
the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.(AH)
21 Terrifying sounds fill his ears;(AI)
when all seems well, marauders attack him.(AJ)
22 He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness;(AK)
he is marked for the sword.(AL)
23 He wanders about(AM) for food like a vulture;(AN)
he knows the day of darkness(AO) is at hand.(AP)
24 Distress and anguish(AQ) fill him with terror;(AR)
troubles overwhelm him, like a king(AS) poised to attack,
25 because he shakes his fist(AT) at God
and vaunts himself against the Almighty,(AU)
26 defiantly charging against him
with a thick, strong shield.(AV)
27 “Though his face is covered with fat
and his waist bulges with flesh,(AW)
28 he will inhabit ruined towns
and houses where no one lives,(AX)
houses crumbling to rubble.(AY)
29 He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure,(AZ)
nor will his possessions spread over the land.(BA)
30 He will not escape the darkness;(BB)
a flame(BC) will wither his shoots,(BD)
and the breath of God’s mouth(BE) will carry him away.(BF)
31 Let him not deceive(BG) himself by trusting what is worthless,(BH)
for he will get nothing in return.(BI)
32 Before his time(BJ) he will wither,(BK)
and his branches will not flourish.(BL)
33 He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,(BM)
like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.(BN)
34 For the company of the godless(BO) will be barren,
and fire will consume(BP) the tents of those who love bribes.(BQ)
35 They conceive trouble(BR) and give birth to evil;(BS)
their womb fashions deceit.”
Job
16 Then Job replied:
2 “I have heard many things like these;
you are miserable comforters,(BT) all of you!(BU)
3 Will your long-winded speeches never end?(BV)
What ails you that you keep on arguing?(BW)
4 I also could speak like you,
if you were in my place;
I could make fine speeches against you
and shake my head(BX) at you.
5 But my mouth would encourage you;
comfort(BY) from my lips would bring you relief.(BZ)
6 “Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;
and if I refrain, it does not go away.(CA)
7 Surely, God, you have worn me out;(CB)
you have devastated my entire household.(CC)
8 You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness;
my gauntness(CD) rises up and testifies against me.(CE)
9 God assails me and tears(CF) me in his anger(CG)
and gnashes his teeth at me;(CH)
my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.(CI)
10 People open their mouths(CJ) to jeer at me;(CK)
they strike my cheek(CL) in scorn
and unite together against me.(CM)
11 God has turned me over to the ungodly
and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.(CN)
12 All was well with me, but he shattered me;
he seized me by the neck and crushed me.(CO)
He has made me his target;(CP)
13 his archers surround me.(CQ)
Without pity, he pierces(CR) my kidneys
and spills my gall on the ground.
14 Again and again(CS) he bursts upon me;
he rushes at me like a warrior.(CT)
15 “I have sewed sackcloth(CU) over my skin
and buried my brow in the dust.(CV)
16 My face is red with weeping,(CW)
dark shadows ring my eyes;(CX)
17 yet my hands have been free of violence(CY)
and my prayer is pure.(CZ)
18 “Earth, do not cover my blood;(DA)
may my cry(DB) never be laid to rest!(DC)
19 Even now my witness(DD) is in heaven;(DE)
my advocate is on high.(DF)
20 My intercessor(DG) is my friend[a](DH)
as my eyes pour out(DI) tears(DJ) to God;
21 on behalf of a man he pleads(DK) with God
as one pleads for a friend.
22 “Only a few years will pass
before I take the path of no return.(DL)
17 1 My spirit(DM) is broken,
my days are cut short,(DN)
the grave awaits me.(DO)
2 Surely mockers(DP) surround me;(DQ)
my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
3 “Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.(DR)
Who else will put up security(DS) for me?(DT)
4 You have closed their minds to understanding;(DU)
therefore you will not let them triumph.
5 If anyone denounces their friends for reward,(DV)
the eyes of their children will fail.(DW)
6 “God has made me a byword(DX) to everyone,(DY)
a man in whose face people spit.(DZ)
7 My eyes have grown dim with grief;(EA)
my whole frame is but a shadow.(EB)
8 The upright are appalled at this;
the innocent are aroused(EC) against the ungodly.
9 Nevertheless, the righteous(ED) will hold to their ways,
and those with clean hands(EE) will grow stronger.(EF)
10 “But come on, all of you, try again!
I will not find a wise man among you.(EG)
11 My days have passed,(EH) my plans are shattered.
Yet the desires of my heart(EI)
12 turn night into day;(EJ)
in the face of the darkness light is near.(EK)
13 If the only home I hope for is the grave,(EL)
if I spread out my bed(EM) in the realm of darkness,(EN)
14 if I say to corruption,(EO) ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm,(EP) ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’
15 where then is my hope—(EQ)
who can see any hope for me?(ER)
16 Will it go down to the gates of death?(ES)
Will we descend together into the dust?”(ET)
Bildad
18 Then Bildad the Shuhite(EU) replied:
2 “When will you end these speeches?(EV)
Be sensible, and then we can talk.
3 Why are we regarded as cattle(EW)
and considered stupid in your sight?(EX)
4 You who tear yourself(EY) to pieces in your anger,(EZ)
is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?
Or must the rocks be moved from their place?(FA)
5 “The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out;(FB)
the flame of his fire stops burning.(FC)
6 The light in his tent(FD) becomes dark;(FE)
the lamp beside him goes out.(FF)
7 The vigor(FG) of his step is weakened;(FH)
his own schemes(FI) throw him down.(FJ)
8 His feet thrust him into a net;(FK)
he wanders into its mesh.
9 A trap seizes him by the heel;
a snare(FL) holds him fast.(FM)
10 A noose(FN) is hidden for him on the ground;
a trap(FO) lies in his path.(FP)
11 Terrors(FQ) startle him on every side(FR)
and dog(FS) his every step.
12 Calamity(FT) is hungry(FU) for him;
disaster(FV) is ready for him when he falls.(FW)
13 It eats away parts of his skin;(FX)
death’s firstborn devours his limbs.(FY)
14 He is torn from the security of his tent(FZ)
and marched off to the king(GA) of terrors.(GB)
15 Fire resides[b] in his tent;(GC)
burning sulfur(GD) is scattered over his dwelling.
16 His roots dry up below(GE)
and his branches wither above.(GF)
17 The memory of him perishes from the earth;(GG)
he has no name(GH) in the land.(GI)
18 He is driven from light into the realm of darkness(GJ)
and is banished(GK) from the world.(GL)
19 He has no offspring(GM) or descendants(GN) among his people,
no survivor(GO) where once he lived.(GP)
20 People of the west are appalled(GQ) at his fate;(GR)
those of the east are seized with horror.
21 Surely such is the dwelling(GS) of an evil man;(GT)
such is the place(GU) of one who does not know God.”(GV)
Job
19 Then Job replied:
2 “How long will you torment(GW) me
and crush(GX) me with words?
3 Ten times(GY) now you have reproached(GZ) me;
shamelessly you attack me.
4 If it is true that I have gone astray,
my error(HA) remains my concern alone.
5 If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me(HB)
and use my humiliation against me,
6 then know that God has wronged me(HC)
and drawn his net(HD) around me.(HE)
7 “Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;(HF)
though I call for help,(HG) there is no justice.(HH)
8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;(HI)
he has shrouded my paths in darkness.(HJ)
9 He has stripped(HK) me of my honor(HL)
and removed the crown from my head.(HM)
10 He tears me down(HN) on every side till I am gone;
he uproots my hope(HO) like a tree.(HP)
11 His anger(HQ) burns against me;
he counts me among his enemies.(HR)
12 His troops advance in force;(HS)
they build a siege ramp(HT) against me
and encamp around my tent.(HU)
13 “He has alienated my family(HV) from me;
my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.(HW)
14 My relatives have gone away;
my closest friends(HX) have forgotten me.
15 My guests(HY) and my female servants(HZ) count me a foreigner;
they look on me as on a stranger.
16 I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
though I beg him with my own mouth.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife;
I am loathsome(IA) to my own family.
18 Even the little boys(IB) scorn me;
when I appear, they ridicule me.(IC)
19 All my intimate friends(ID) detest me;(IE)
those I love have turned against me.(IF)
20 I am nothing but skin and bones;(IG)
I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.[c]
21 “Have pity on me, my friends,(IH) have pity,
for the hand of God has struck(II) me.
22 Why do you pursue(IJ) me as God does?(IK)
Will you never get enough of my flesh?(IL)
23 “Oh, that my words were recorded,
that they were written on a scroll,(IM)
24 that they were inscribed with an iron tool(IN) on[d] lead,
or engraved in rock forever!(IO)
25 I know that my redeemer[e](IP) lives,(IQ)
and that in the end he will stand on the earth.[f]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
yet[g] in[h] my flesh I will see God;(IR)
27 I myself will see him
with my own eyes(IS)—I, and not another.
How my heart yearns(IT) within me!
28 “If you say, ‘How we will hound(IU) him,
since the root of the trouble lies in him,[i]’
29 you should fear the sword yourselves;
for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,(IV)
and then you will know that there is judgment.[j]”(IW)
Zophar
20 Then Zophar the Naamathite(IX) replied:
2 “My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer
because I am greatly disturbed.(IY)
3 I hear a rebuke(IZ) that dishonors me,
and my understanding inspires me to reply.
4 “Surely you know how it has been from of old,(JA)
ever since mankind[k] was placed on the earth,
5 that the mirth of the wicked(JB) is brief,
the joy of the godless(JC) lasts but a moment.(JD)
6 Though the pride(JE) of the godless person reaches to the heavens(JF)
and his head touches the clouds,(JG)
7 he will perish forever,(JH) like his own dung;
those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’(JI)
8 Like a dream(JJ) he flies away,(JK) no more to be found,
banished(JL) like a vision of the night.(JM)
9 The eye that saw him will not see him again;
his place will look on him no more.(JN)
10 His children(JO) must make amends to the poor;
his own hands must give back his wealth.(JP)
11 The youthful vigor(JQ) that fills his bones(JR)
will lie with him in the dust.(JS)
12 “Though evil(JT) is sweet in his mouth
and he hides it under his tongue,(JU)
13 though he cannot bear to let it go
and lets it linger in his mouth,(JV)
14 yet his food will turn sour in his stomach;(JW)
it will become the venom of serpents(JX) within him.
15 He will spit out the riches(JY) he swallowed;
God will make his stomach vomit(JZ) them up.
16 He will suck the poison(KA) of serpents;
the fangs of an adder will kill him.(KB)
17 He will not enjoy the streams,
the rivers(KC) flowing with honey(KD) and cream.(KE)
18 What he toiled for he must give back uneaten;(KF)
he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.(KG)
19 For he has oppressed the poor(KH) and left them destitute;(KI)
he has seized houses(KJ) he did not build.
20 “Surely he will have no respite from his craving;(KK)
he cannot save himself by his treasure.(KL)
21 Nothing is left for him to devour;
his prosperity will not endure.(KM)
22 In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him;(KN)
the full force of misery will come upon him.(KO)
23 When he has filled his belly,(KP)
God will vent his burning anger(KQ) against him
and rain down his blows on him.(KR)
24 Though he flees(KS) from an iron weapon,
a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.(KT)
25 He pulls it out of his back,
the gleaming point out of his liver.
Terrors(KU) will come over him;(KV)
26 total darkness(KW) lies in wait for his treasures.
A fire(KX) unfanned will consume him(KY)
and devour what is left in his tent.(KZ)
27 The heavens will expose his guilt;
the earth will rise up against him.(LA)
28 A flood will carry off his house,(LB)
rushing waters[l] on the day of God’s wrath.(LC)
29 Such is the fate God allots the wicked,
the heritage appointed for them by God.”(LD)
Job
21 Then Job replied:
2 “Listen carefully to my words;(LE)
let this be the consolation you give me.(LF)
3 Bear with me while I speak,
and after I have spoken, mock on.(LG)
4 “Is my complaint(LH) directed to a human being?
Why should I not be impatient?(LI)
5 Look at me and be appalled;
clap your hand over your mouth.(LJ)
6 When I think about this, I am terrified;(LK)
trembling seizes my body.(LL)
7 Why do the wicked live on,
growing old and increasing in power?(LM)
8 They see their children established around them,
their offspring before their eyes.(LN)
9 Their homes are safe and free from fear;(LO)
the rod of God is not on them.(LP)
10 Their bulls never fail to breed;
their cows calve and do not miscarry.(LQ)
11 They send forth their children as a flock;(LR)
their little ones dance about.
12 They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre;(LS)
they make merry to the sound of the pipe.(LT)
13 They spend their years in prosperity(LU)
and go down to the grave(LV) in peace.[m](LW)
14 Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!(LX)
We have no desire to know your ways.(LY)
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
What would we gain by praying to him?’(LZ)
16 But their prosperity is not in their own hands,
so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.(MA)
17 “Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out?(MB)
How often does calamity(MC) come upon them,
the fate God allots in his anger?(MD)
18 How often are they like straw before the wind,
like chaff(ME) swept away(MF) by a gale?(MG)
19 It is said, ‘God stores up the punishment of the wicked for their children.’(MH)
Let him repay the wicked, so that they themselves will experience it!(MI)
20 Let their own eyes see their destruction;(MJ)
let them drink(MK) the cup of the wrath of the Almighty.(ML)
21 For what do they care about the families they leave behind(MM)
when their allotted months(MN) come to an end?(MO)
22 “Can anyone teach knowledge to God,(MP)
since he judges even the highest?(MQ)
23 One person dies in full vigor,(MR)
completely secure and at ease,(MS)
24 well nourished(MT) in body,[n]
bones(MU) rich with marrow.(MV)
25 Another dies in bitterness of soul,(MW)
never having enjoyed anything good.
26 Side by side they lie in the dust,(MX)
and worms(MY) cover them both.(MZ)
27 “I know full well what you are thinking,
the schemes by which you would wrong me.
28 You say, ‘Where now is the house of the great,(NA)
the tents where the wicked lived?’(NB)
29 Have you never questioned those who travel?
Have you paid no regard to their accounts—
30 that the wicked are spared from the day of calamity,(NC)
that they are delivered from[o] the day of wrath?(ND)
31 Who denounces their conduct to their face?
Who repays them for what they have done?(NE)
32 They are carried to the grave,
and watch is kept over their tombs.(NF)
33 The soil in the valley is sweet to them;(NG)
everyone follows after them,
and a countless throng goes[p] before them.(NH)
34 “So how can you console me(NI) with your nonsense?
Nothing is left of your answers but falsehood!”(NJ)
Eliphaz
22 Then Eliphaz the Temanite(NK) replied:
2 “Can a man be of benefit to God?(NL)
Can even a wise person benefit him?(NM)
3 What pleasure(NN) would it give the Almighty if you were righteous?(NO)
What would he gain if your ways were blameless?(NP)
4 “Is it for your piety that he rebukes you
and brings charges against you?(NQ)
5 Is not your wickedness great?
Are not your sins(NR) endless?(NS)
6 You demanded security(NT) from your relatives for no reason;(NU)
you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.(NV)
7 You gave no water(NW) to the weary
and you withheld food from the hungry,(NX)
8 though you were a powerful man, owning land(NY)—
an honored man,(NZ) living on it.(OA)
9 And you sent widows(OB) away empty-handed(OC)
and broke the strength of the fatherless.(OD)
10 That is why snares(OE) are all around you,(OF)
why sudden peril terrifies you,(OG)
11 why it is so dark(OH) you cannot see,
and why a flood of water covers you.(OI)
12 “Is not God in the heights of heaven?(OJ)
And see how lofty are the highest stars!
13 Yet you say, ‘What does God know?(OK)
Does he judge through such darkness?(OL)
14 Thick clouds(OM) veil him, so he does not see us(ON)
as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’(OO)
15 Will you keep to the old path
that the wicked(OP) have trod?(OQ)
16 They were carried off before their time,(OR)
their foundations(OS) washed away by a flood.(OT)
17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
What can the Almighty do to us?’(OU)
18 Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things,(OV)
so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.(OW)
19 The righteous see their ruin and rejoice;(OX)
the innocent mock(OY) them, saying,
20 ‘Surely our foes are destroyed,(OZ)
and fire(PA) devours their wealth.’
21 “Submit to God and be at peace(PB) with him;(PC)
in this way prosperity will come to you.(PD)
22 Accept instruction from his mouth(PE)
and lay up his words(PF) in your heart.(PG)
23 If you return(PH) to the Almighty, you will be restored:(PI)
If you remove wickedness far from your tent(PJ)
24 and assign your nuggets(PK) to the dust,
your gold(PL) of Ophir(PM) to the rocks in the ravines,(PN)
25 then the Almighty will be your gold,(PO)
the choicest silver for you.(PP)
26 Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty(PQ)
and will lift up your face(PR) to God.(PS)
27 You will pray to him,(PT) and he will hear you,(PU)
and you will fulfill your vows.(PV)
28 What you decide on will be done,(PW)
and light(PX) will shine on your ways.(PY)
29 When people are brought low(PZ) and you say, ‘Lift them up!’
then he will save the downcast.(QA)
30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent,(QB)
who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”(QC)
Job
23 Then Job replied:
2 “Even today my complaint(QD) is bitter;(QE)
his hand[q] is heavy in spite of[r] my groaning.(QF)
3 If only I knew where to find him;
if only I could go to his dwelling!(QG)
4 I would state my case(QH) before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.(QI)
5 I would find out what he would answer me,(QJ)
and consider what he would say to me.
6 Would he vigorously oppose me?(QK)
No, he would not press charges against me.(QL)
7 There the upright(QM) can establish their innocence before him,(QN)
and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.(QO)
8 “But if I go to the east, he is not there;
if I go to the west, I do not find him.
9 When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.(QP)
10 But he knows the way that I take;(QQ)
when he has tested me,(QR) I will come forth as gold.(QS)
11 My feet have closely followed his steps;(QT)
I have kept to his way without turning aside.(QU)
12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips;(QV)
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.(QW)
13 “But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?(QX)
He does whatever he pleases.(QY)
14 He carries out his decree against me,
and many such plans he still has in store.(QZ)
15 That is why I am terrified before him;(RA)
when I think of all this, I fear him.(RB)
16 God has made my heart faint;(RC)
the Almighty(RD) has terrified me.(RE)
17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,(RF)
by the thick darkness that covers my face.
24 “Why does the Almighty not set times(RG) for judgment?(RH)
Why must those who know him look in vain for such days?(RI)
2 There are those who move boundary stones;(RJ)
they pasture flocks they have stolen.(RK)
3 They drive away the orphan’s donkey
and take the widow’s ox in pledge.(RL)
4 They thrust the needy(RM) from the path
and force all the poor(RN) of the land into hiding.(RO)
5 Like wild donkeys(RP) in the desert,
the poor go about their labor(RQ) of foraging food;
the wasteland(RR) provides food for their children.
6 They gather fodder(RS) in the fields
and glean in the vineyards(RT) of the wicked.(RU)
7 Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;
they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.(RV)
8 They are drenched(RW) by mountain rains
and hug(RX) the rocks for lack of shelter.(RY)
9 The fatherless(RZ) child is snatched(SA) from the breast;
the infant of the poor is seized(SB) for a debt.(SC)
10 Lacking clothes, they go about naked;(SD)
they carry the sheaves,(SE) but still go hungry.
11 They crush olives among the terraces[s];
they tread the winepresses,(SF) yet suffer thirst.(SG)
12 The groans of the dying rise from the city,
and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.(SH)
But God charges no one with wrongdoing.(SI)
13 “There are those who rebel against the light,(SJ)
who do not know its ways
or stay in its paths.(SK)
14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
kills(SL) the poor and needy,(SM)
and in the night steals forth like a thief.(SN)
15 The eye of the adulterer(SO) watches for dusk;(SP)
he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’(SQ)
and he keeps his face concealed.
16 In the dark, thieves break into houses,(SR)
but by day they shut themselves in;
they want nothing to do with the light.(SS)
17 For all of them, midnight is their morning;
they make friends with the terrors(ST) of darkness.(SU)
Footnotes
- Job 16:20 Or My friends treat me with scorn
- Job 18:15 Or Nothing he had remains
- Job 19:20 Or only by my gums
- Job 19:24 Or and
- Job 19:25 Or vindicator
- Job 19:25 Or on my grave
- Job 19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then
- Job 19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from
- Job 19:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts me
- Job 19:29 Or sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty
- Job 20:4 Or Adam
- Job 20:28 Or The possessions in his house will be carried off, / washed away
- Job 21:13 Or in an instant
- Job 21:24 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Job 21:30 Or wicked are reserved for the day of calamity, / that they are brought forth to
- Job 21:33 Or them, / as a countless throng went
- Job 23:2 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew / the hand on me
- Job 23:2 Or heavy on me in
- Job 24:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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