Job 25-27

New King James Version

² “Dominion and fear belong to Him;
He makes peace in His high places.
^3 [a]Is there any number to His armies?
Upon whom does ^(B)His light not rise?
^4 (C)How then can man be righteous before God?
Or how can he be ^(D)pure who is born of a woman?
⁵ If even the moon does not shine,
And the stars are not pure in His ^(E)sight,
⁶ How much less man, who is ^(F)a maggot,
And a son of man, who is a worm?”

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 (G)Sheol is naked before Him,
And Destruction has no covering.
^7 (H)He stretches out the north over empty space;
He hangs the earth on nothing.
^8 (I)He binds up the water in His thick clouds,
Yet the clouds ^[b]are not broken under it.
⁹ He covers the face of His throne,
And spreads His cloud over it.
^10 (J)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 ^[c]astonished at His rebuke.
^12 (K)He stirs up the sea with His power,
And by His understanding He breaks up ^[d]the storm.
^13 (L)By His Spirit He adorned the heavens;
His hand pierced ^(M)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?”

² “As God lives, ^(N)who has taken away my justice,
And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
³ As long as my breath is in me,
And the breath of God in my nostrils,
⁴ My lips will not speak wickedness,
Nor my tongue utter deceit.
⁵ Far be it from me
That I should say you are right;
Till I die ^(O)I will not put away my integrity from me.
⁶ My righteousness I ^(P)hold fast, and will not let it go;
^(Q)My heart shall not ^[e]reproach me as long as I live.

⁷ “May my enemy be like the wicked,
And he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.
^8 (R)For what is the hope of the hypocrite,
Though he may gain much,
If God takes away his life?
^9 (S)Will God hear his cry
When trouble comes upon him?
^10 (T)Will he delight himself in the Almighty?
Will he always call on God?

¹¹ “I will teach you ^[f]about the hand of God;
What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
¹² Surely all of you have seen it;
Why then do you behave with complete nonsense?

¹³ “This^(U) is the portion of a wicked man with God,
And the heritage of oppressors, received from the Almighty:
^14 (V)If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword;
And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
¹⁵ Those who survive him shall be buried in death,
And ^(W)their^[g] widows shall not weep,
¹⁶ Though he heaps up silver like dust,
And piles up clothing like clay—
¹⁷ He may pile it up, but ^(X)the just will wear it,
And the innocent will divide the silver.
¹⁸ He builds his house like a ^[h]moth,
^(Y)Like a ^[i]booth which a watchman makes.
¹⁹ The rich man will lie down,
^[j]But not be gathered up;
He opens his eyes,
And he is ^(Z)no more.
^20 (AA)Terrors overtake him like a flood;
A tempest steals him away in the night.
²¹ The east wind carries him away, and he is gone;
It sweeps him out of his place.
²² It hurls against him and does not ^(AB)spare;
He flees desperately from its ^[k]power.
²³ Men shall clap their hands at him,
And shall hiss him out of his place.