25 I And make my speech nothing worth? Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 Dominion and fear are with him; He maketh peace in his high places. 3 Is there any number of his armies? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? 5 Behold, even the moon hath no brightness, 26 I Then Job answered and said, 2 How hast thou helped him that is without power! 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no And plentifully declared sound knowledge! 4 To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose 'spirit came forth from thee? 5 'They that are deceased tremble 1 Or, before 2 Heb. breath. 3 Or, The shades Heb. The Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof. Rephaim. 6 'Sheol is naked before him, And 'Abaddon hath no covering. 7 He stretcheth out the north over empty space, 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; 9 He closeth in the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it. IO He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness. II The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke. 4 Or, The grave 5 Or, Destruction 6 Or, over 1 Or, stilleth 2 See ch.ix. 13. 4 Or, fleeing Or, gliding He 'stirreth up the sea with his power, 3 Heb. beauty. By his spirit the heavens are 'garnished; 5 Or, how little a portion 6 Or, is heard 7 Or, mighty deeds 13 Or, when God cutteth him off, when 12 13 14 And Job again took up his parable, and said, 1 27 9 And the spirit of God is in my nostrils ;) 3 Surely my lips "shall not speak unrighteousness, 4 Till I die I will not put away mine integrity 5 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it 6 My heart "shall not reproach me so long as I live. And let him that riseth up against me be as 7 For what is the hope of the godless, "though he 8 get him gain, he taketh &c. When God taketh away his soul? Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him? Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times? I will teach you concerning the hand of God; Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain? 9 IO II 12 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty. 14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation. 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, 17 And prepare raiment as the clay; He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, 18 He buildeth his house as the 'moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh. 1 Some ancient versions 19 He lieth down rich, but he 'shall not be gathered; have, spider. He openeth his eyes, and he is not. 20 Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night. 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place. 22 For God shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand. 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place. And a place for gold which they refine. 2 Iron is taken out of the 'earth, And brass is molten out of the stone. 3 Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out to the furthest bound The stones of thick darkness and of the shadow 4 'He breaketh open a shaft away from where men They are forgotten of the foot that passeth by; They hang afar from men, they 'swing to and fro. 5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread : 2 Some ancient versions have, shall do so no more. 3 Or, For 4 Or, dust breaketh out even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are minished, they are gone away from man 6 Or, flit of gold 1Or, And he winneth lumps And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire. That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it: 2 Heb. sons of The 'proud beasts have not trodden it, 6 7 8 He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; 9 Or, passages He cutteth out 'channels among the rocks; 4 Heb. He bindeth the streams 'that they trickle not; from weeping. And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? Neither is it found in the land of the living. And the sea saith, It is not with me. * Or, treasure It cannot be gotten for 'gold, 6 Or, beryl 7 Or, vessels 8 Or, red coral Or, pearls 9 Heb. Abaddon. Neither shall silver be weighed for the price It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, Neither shall the exchange thereof be 'jewels of ΙΟ II 12 13 14 15 16. 17 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: 18 And where is the place of understanding? 9 We have heard a rumour thereof with our ears. 19 20 21 22 23 God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof. 24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven; 25 1To make a weight for the wind; Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure. 26 When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder: 27 Then did he see it, and 'declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out. 28 And unto man he said, 29 I Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And Job again took up his parable, and said, 2 Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me; 3 When his lamp shined 'upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness; 4 As I was in 'the ripeness of my days, When the 'secret of God was upon my tent; 5 When the Almighty was yet with me, And children were about me; my 6 When my steps were washed with butter, 9 The princes refrained talking, And laid their hand on their mouth; 10 The voice of the nobles was 'hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their II For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; me: 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, 1 Or, When he maketh 2 Or, recount 3 Or, above 4 Heb. my days of autumn. Or, counsel Or, friendship 6 Or, broad place 7 Heb. hid. |