1 Or, faithlessness Seeing in your answers there remaineth only 1falsehood? Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and 1 22 said, Can a man be profitable unto God? 2 Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself. Or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways 2 Or, for fear Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee, 4 That he entereth with thee into judgement? of thee 3 Heb. the man of arm. 4 Or, land 5 Heb. he whose person is accepted. Is not thy wickedness great? 5 Neither is there any end to thine iniquities. And stripped the naked of their clothing. Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, 7 And the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 6 Or, Or dost Or darkness, that thou canst not see, thou not see the darkness, and the flood of waters that covereth thee? And behold the 'height of the stars, how high they are! 7 Heb. head. 8 Or, on the vault 9 Or, Dost thou mark And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? 9 ΙΟ II 12 13 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth 14 not; And he walketh in the circuit of heaven. "Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden? 15 16 Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream: Who said unto God, Depart from us ; 17 And, What can the Almighty do 'for 'us? 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19 The righteous see it, and are glad ; 20 And the innocent laugh them to scorn: Saying, Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, 1 Or, to 2 Heb. them. 3 And the remnant of them the fire hath con- Or, that sumed. 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: "Thereby good shall come unto thee. 22 Receive, I pray thee, 'the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thine heart. 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt 24 built up; be "If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents. And lay thou thy "treasure in the dust, which remained to them Or, their abundance 4 Or, as otherwise read, Thereby shall thine increase be good. 5 Or, instruction 6 Or, Thou shalt put away...and And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the shalt lay up brooks; 25 And the Almighty shall be thy 'treasure, And 'precious silver unto thee. 7 Heb. ore. 9 Or, precious 26 For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Al- thine mighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God. 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows. 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be 10 Or, are established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways. made low 11 Heb. him that is lowly 29 When they 1ocast thee down, thou shalt say, There of eyes. is lifting up; And "the humble person he shall save. 12 Many ancient ver. sions read, him that is 30 He shall deliver "even him that is not innocent: innocent. 1 Or, bitter Or, accounted rebellion 2 Or, My hand is heavy upon (or because of) The Sept. and Syr. read, His hand. Or, he would only give heed Or, turneth himself to... him, but 5 Or, For 6 Heb. the way that is with me. 7 Or, more than my own law The Sept. and Vulgate have, in my bosom. 8 Or, portion See Prov. xxx. 8. 9 Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness Then Job answered and said, Even to-day is my complaint 'rebellious: I 23 2 3 4 I would know the words which he would answer 5 me, And understand what he would say unto me. Nay; but he would give heed unto me. He 'hideth himself on the right hand, that I But he knoweth "the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside. 7 8 9 ΙΟ I I I have not gone back from the commandment 12 I have treasured up the words of his mouth 'more But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? 13 me: ? Or, he is one. And many such things are with him. 15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence; 17 1Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face. 24 1 'Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they which know him see his days? Or, For I am because of the not dismayed darkness, nor because thick darkness cover eth my face 2 Or, Why is it, seeing times are not hidden from the 2 There are that remove the landmarks: 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, 4 They turn the needy out of the way: they which know him see not his days? 3 The 'poor of the earth hide themselves together. Or, meek 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently The wilderness yieldeth them food for their 6 They cut their provender in the field; 8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, 9 There are that pluck the fatherless from the And take a pledge of the poor: 10 So that they go about naked without clothing, 13 These are of them that rebel against the light; 4 Heb. prey. 5 Or, his 6 Or, take in pledge that which is on the poor 7 Heb. city of men. They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof. The murderer riseth with the light, he killeth 14 the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief. The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the 15 twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me : 1 Or, putteth And he 'disguiseth his face. a covering on his face marked for 8 2 In the dark they dig through houses: "They shut themselves up in the day-time; 16 For the morning is to all of them as the shadow 17 of death; For they know the terrors of the shadow of death. Or, Ye say, 'He is swift upon the face of the waters; He is &c. Heb. violent ly take away. Or, the grave Or, as a tree; devoureth &c. even he that 7 Or, Yet God by his power maketh the mighty to con tinue: they rise up, when they believed not that they should live 8 Or, But 9 Or, And when they are &c. 18 He turneth not by the way of the vineyards. He shall be no more remembered: And unrighteousness shall be broken ‘as a tree. 8 21 He draweth away the mighty also by his power: 22 God giveth them to be in security, and they rest 23 And his eyes are upon their ways. They are exalted; yet a little while, and they 24 are gone; 'Yea, they are brought low, they are "taken out of the way as all other, 10 Or, gathered And are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, 25 in |