*His possessions also were 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and very many servants; and that man was *the greatest of all the [1]men of the east.
4
His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
5
When the days of feasting had completed their cycle, Job would send and consecrate them, rising up early in the morning and offering *burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, «*Perhaps my sons have sinned and *cursed God in their hearts.» Thus Job did continually.
6
*Now there was a day when the *sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and [2]Satan also came among them.
7
The LORD said to Satan, «From where do you come?» Then Satan answered the LORD and said, «*From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.»
8
The LORD said to Satan, «Have you [3]considered *My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, *a blameless and upright man, [4]fearing God and turning away from evil.»
9
Then *Satan answered the [5]LORD, «Does Job fear God for nothing?
10
«*Have You not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? *You have blessed the work of his hands, and his *possessions have increased in the land.
11
«*But put forth Your hand now and *touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face.»
12
Then the LORD said to Satan, «Behold, all that he has is in your [6]power, only do not put forth your hand on him.» So Satan departed from the presence of the LORD.
13
Now on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house,
14
a messenger came to Job and said, «The oxen were plowing and the [7]donkeys feeding beside them,
15
and [8]the *Sabeans [9]attacked and took them. They also [10]slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and [11]I alone have escaped to tell you.»
16
While he was still speaking, another also came and said, «*The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.»
17
While he was still speaking, another also came and said, «The *Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and took them and [12]slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.»
18
While he was still speaking, another also came and said, «Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house,
19
and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.»
20
Then Job arose and *tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped.
21
He said, «*Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked I shall return there. The *LORD gave and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.»
22
*Through all this Job did not sin nor did he [13]blame God.
Job 2
1
AGAIN there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the LORD.
2
The LORD said to Satan, «Where have you come from?» Then Satan answered the LORD and said, «From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.»
3
The LORD said to Satan, «Have you [14]considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man [15]fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still *holds fast his integrity, although you incited Me against him to [16]ruin him without cause.»
4
Satan answered the LORD and said, «Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
5
«*However, put forth Your hand now, and *touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face.»
6
So the LORD said to Satan, «Behold, he is in your [17]power, only spare his life.»
7
Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and smote Job with *sore boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
8
And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while *he was sitting among the ashes.
9
Then his wife said to him, «Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!»
10
But he said to her, «You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. *Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?» *In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
11
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the *Temanite, Bildad the *Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to *sympathize with him and comfort him.
12
When they lifted up their eyes at a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of them *tore his robe and they *threw dust over their heads toward the sky.
13
*Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
Job 3
1
AFTERWARD Job opened his mouth and cursed [18]the day of his birth.
«*Oh that my grief were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my calamity!
3
«For then it would be *heavier than the sand of the seas; Therefore my words have been rash.
4
«For the *arrows of the Almighty are within me, [47]Their *poison my spirit drinks; The *terrors of God are arrayed against me.
5
«Does the *wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his fodder?
6
«Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the [48]white of an egg?
7
«My soul *refuses to touch them; They are like loathsome food to me.
8
«Oh that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my longing!
9
«Would that God were *willing to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off!
10
«But it is still my consolation, And I rejoice in unsparing pain, That I *have not [49]denied the words of the Holy One.
11
«What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should [50]*endure?
12
«Is my strength the strength of stones, Or is my flesh bronze?
13
«Is it that my *help is not within me, And that [51]*deliverance is driven from me?
14
«For the *despairing man there should be kindness from his friend; So that he does not *forsake the [52]fear of the Almighty.
15
«My brothers have acted *deceitfully like a [53]wadi, Like the torrents of [53]wadis which vanish,
16
Which are turbid because of ice And into which the snow [54]melts.
17
«When *they become waterless, they [55]are silent, When it is hot, they vanish from their place.
18
«The [56]paths of their course wind along, They go up into nothing and perish.
19
«The caravans of *Tema looked, The travelers of *Sheba hoped for them.
20
«They *were [57]disappointed for they had trusted, They came there and were confounded.
21
«Indeed, you have now become such, *You see a terror and are afraid.
22
«Have I said, "Give me something,' Or, "Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,'
23
Or, "Deliver me from the hand of the adversary,' Or, "Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants'?
24
«Teach me, and *I will be silent; And show me how I have erred.
25
«How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?
26
«Do you intend to reprove my words, When the *words of one in despair belong to the wind?
27
«You would even *cast lots for *the orphans And *barter over your friend. 28«Now please look at me, And see if I *lie to your face.
29
«Desist now, let there be no injustice; Even desist, *my righteousness is yet in it.
30
«Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot *my palate discern [58]calamities?
Job 7
1
«IS not man *forced to labor on earth, And are not his days like the days of *a hired man?
2
«As a slave who pants for the shade, And as a hired man who eagerly waits for his wages,
3
So am I allotted months of vanity, And *nights of trouble are appointed me.
4
«When I *lie down I say, "When shall I arise?' But the night continues, And I am [59]continually tossing until dawn.
5
«My *flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt, My skin hardens and runs.
6
«My days are *swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And come to an end *without hope.
7
«Remember that my life *is but breath; My eye will *not again see good.
8
«The *eye of him who sees me will behold me no longer; Your eyes will be on me, but *I will not be.
9
«When a *cloud vanishes, it is gone, So *he who goes down to *Sheol does not come up.
10
«He will not return again to his house, Nor will *his place know him anymore.
11
«Therefore *I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12
«Am I the sea, or *the sea monster, That You set a guard over me?
13
«If I say, "*My bed will comfort me, My couch will [60]ease my complaint,'
14
Then You frighten me with dreams And terrify me by visions;
15
So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my [61]pains.
16
«I [62]*waste away; I will not live forever. Leave me alone, *for my days are but a breath.
17
«*What is man that You magnify him, And that You [63]are concerned about him,
18
That *You examine him every morning And try him every moment?
19
«[64]*Will You never turn Your gaze away from me, Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?
20
«*Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O *watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, So that I am a burden to myself?
21
«Why then *do You not pardon my transgression And take away my iniquity? For now I will *lie down in the dust; And You will seek me, *but I will not be.»
«Truly then *you are the people, And with you wisdom will die!
3
«But *I have intelligence as well as you; I am not inferior to you. And [110]who does not know such things as these?
4
«I am a *joke to [111]my friends, The one who called on God and He answered him; The just and *blameless man is a joke.
5
«[112]He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt, As prepared for those whose feet slip.
6
«The *tents of the destroyers prosper, And those who provoke God *are secure, [113]Whom God brings *into their power.
7
«But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you; And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.
8
«Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you.
9
«Who among all these does not know That *the hand of the LORD has done this,
10
*In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And *the breath of all mankind?
11
«Does not *the ear test words, As the palate [114]tastes its food?
12
«Wisdom is with *aged men, With [115]long life is understanding.
13
«With Him are *wisdom and *might; To Him belong counsel and *understanding.
14
«Behold, He *tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He [116]*imprisons a man, and [117]there can be no release.
15
«Behold, He *restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He *sends them out, and they [118]inundate the earth.
16
«With Him are strength and sound wisdom, The *misled and the misleader belong to Him.
17
«He makes *counselors walk [119]barefoot And makes fools of *judges.
18
«He *loosens the [120]bond of kings And binds their loins with a girdle.
19
«He makes priests walk [121]barefoot And overthrows *the secure ones.
20
«He deprives the trusted ones of speech And *takes away the discernment of the elders.
21
«He *pours contempt on nobles And *loosens the belt of the strong.
22
«He reveals mysteries from the darkness And brings the deep darkness into light. 23«He makes the nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges the nations, then leads them away.
24
«He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth's people And makes them wander in a pathless waste.
25
«They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
Job 13
1
«BEHOLD, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it.
2
«What you know I also know; I am not inferior to you.
3
«But I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to argue with God.
4
«But you smear with lies; You are all worthless physicians.
5
«O that you would be completely silent, And that it would become your wisdom!
6
«Please hear my argument And listen to the contentions of my lips.
7
«Will you speak what is unjust for God, And speak what is deceitful for Him?
8
«Will you show partiality for Him? Will you contend for God?
9
«Will it be well when He examines you? Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
10
«He will surely reprove you If you secretly show partiality.
11
«Will not His majesty terrify you, And the dread of Him fall on you?
12
«Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay.
13
«Be silent before me so that I may speak; Then let come on me what may.
14
«Why should I take my flesh in my teeth And put my life in my hands?
15
«Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.
16
«This also will be my salvation, For a godless man may not come before His presence.
17
«Listen carefully to my speech, And let my declaration fill your ears.
18
«Behold now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
19
«Who will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.
20
«Only two things do not do to me, Then I will not hide from Your face:
21
Remove Your hand from me, And let not the dread of You terrify me.
22
«Then call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, then reply to me.
23
«How many are my iniquities and sins? Make known to me my rebellion and my sin.
24
«Why do You hide Your face And consider me Your enemy?
25
«Will You cause a driven leaf to tremble? Or will You pursue the dry chaff?
26
«For You write bitter things against me And make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.
27
«You put my feet in the stocks And watch all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet,
28
While I am decaying like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Job 14
1
«MAN, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
2
«Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
3
«You also open Your eyes on him And bring him into judgment with Yourself.
4
«Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one!
5
«Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass.
6
«Turn Your gaze from him that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired man.
7
«For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not 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 put forth sprigs like a plant.
10
«But man dies and lies prostrate. Man expires, and where is he?
11
«As water evaporates from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dried up,
12
So man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no longer, He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.
13
«Oh that You would hide me in Sheol, That You would conceal me 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 change comes.
15
«You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for the work of Your hands.
16
«For now You number my steps, You do not observe my sin.
17
«My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You wrap up my iniquity.
18
«But the falling mountain 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 destroy man's hope.
20
«You forever overpower him and he departs; You change his appearance and send him away.
21
«His sons achieve honor, but he does not know it; Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.
22
«But his body pains him, And he mourns only for himself.»
Job 15
1
THEN Eliphaz the Temanite responded,
2
«Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge And fill himself with the east wind?
3
«Should he argue with useless talk, Or with words which are not profitable?
4
«Indeed, you do away with reverence And hinder meditation before God.
5
«For your guilt teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the crafty.
6
«Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; And your own lips testify against you.
7
«Were you the first man to be born, Or were you brought forth before the hills?
8
«Do you hear the secret counsel of God, And limit wisdom to yourself?
9
«What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that we do not?
10
«Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Older than your father.
11
«Are the consolations of God too small for you, Even the word spoken gently with you?
12
«Why does your heart carry you away? And why do your eyes flash,
13
That you should turn your spirit against God And allow such words to go out of your mouth?
14
«What is man, that he should be pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15
«Behold, He puts no trust in His holy ones, And the heavens are not pure in His sight;
16
How much less one who is detestable and corrupt, Man, who drinks iniquity like water!
17
«I will tell you, listen to me; And what I have seen I will also declare;
18
What wise men have told, And have not concealed from their fathers,
19
To whom alone the land was given, And no alien passed among them.
20
«The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.
21
«Sounds of terror are in his ears; While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
22
«He does not believe that he will return from darkness, And he is destined for the sword.
23
«He wanders about for food, saying, "Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is at hand.
24
«Distress and anguish terrify him, They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
25
Because he has stretched out his hand against God And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty.
26
«He rushes headlong at Him With his massive shield.
27
«For he has covered his face with his fat And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
28
«He has lived in desolate cities, In houses no one would inhabit, Which are destined to become ruins.
29
«He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure; And his grain will not bend down to the ground.
30
«He will not escape from darkness; The flame will wither his shoots, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
31
«Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; For emptiness will be his reward.
32
«It will be accomplished before his time, And his palm branch will not be green.
33
«He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine, And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.
34
«For the company of the godless is barren, And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.
35
«They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity, And their mind prepares deception.»
Job 16
1
THEN Job answered,
2
«I have heard many such things; Sorry comforters are you all.
3
«Is there no limit to windy words? Or what plagues you that you answer?
4
«I too could speak like you, If I were in your place. I could compose words against you And shake my head at you.
5
«I could strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain.
6
«If I speak, my pain is not lessened, And if I hold back, what has left me?
7
«But now He has exhausted me; You have laid waste all my company.
8
«You have shriveled me up, It has become a witness; And my leanness rises up against me, It testifies to my face.
9
«His anger has torn me and hunted me down, He has gnashed at me with His teeth; My adversary glares at me.
10
«They have gaped at me with their mouth, They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt; They have massed themselves against me.
11
«God hands me over to ruffians And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.
12
«I was at ease, but He shattered me, And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces; He has also set me up as His target.
13
«His arrows surround me. Without mercy He splits my kidneys open; He pours out my gall on the ground.
14
«He breaks through me with breach after breach; He runs at me like a warrior.
15
«I have sewed sackcloth over my skin And thrust my horn in the dust.
16
«My face is flushed from weeping, And deep darkness is on my eyelids,
17
Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
18
«O earth, do not cover my blood, And let there be no resting place for my cry.
19
«Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And my advocate is on high.
20
«My friends are my scoffers; My eye weeps to God.
21
«O that a man might plead with God As a man with his neighbor!
22
«For when a few years are past, I shall go the way of no return.
Job 17
1
«MY spirit is broken, my days are extinguished, The grave is ready for me.
2
«Surely mockers are with me, And my eye gazes on their provocation.
3
«Lay down, now, a pledge for me with Yourself; Who is there that will be my guarantor?
4
«For You have kept their heart from understanding, Therefore You will not exalt them.
5
«He who informs against friends for a share of the spoil, The eyes of his children also will languish.
6
«But He has made me a byword of the people, And I am one at whom men spit.
7
«My eye has also grown dim because of grief, And all my members are as a shadow.
8
«The upright will be appalled at this, And the innocent will stir up himself against the godless.
9
«Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way, And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
10
«But come again all of you now, For I do not find a wise man among you.
11
«My days are past, my plans are torn apart, Even the wishes of my heart.
12
«They make night into day, saying, "The light is near,' in the presence of darkness.
13
«If I look for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness;
14
If I call to the pit, "You are my father'; To the worm, "my mother and my sister';
15
Where now is my hope? And who regards my hope?
16
«Will it go down with me to Sheol? Shall we together go down into the dust?»
Job 18
1
THEN Bildad the Shuhite responded,
2
«How long will you hunt for words? Show understanding and then we can talk.
3
«Why are we regarded as beasts, As stupid in your eyes?
4
«O you who tear yourself in your anger -- For your sake is the earth to be abandoned, Or the rock to be moved from its place?
5
«Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the flame of his fire gives no light.
6
«The light in his tent is darkened, And his lamp goes out above him.
7
«His vigorous stride is shortened, And his own scheme brings him down.
8
«For he is 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 path.
11
«All around terrors frighten him, And harry him at every step.
12
«His strength is famished, And calamity is ready at his side.
13
«His skin is devoured by disease, The firstborn of death devours his limbs.
14
«He is torn from the security of his tent, And they march him before the king of terrors.
15
«There dwells in his tent nothing of his; Brimstone is scattered on his habitation.
16
«His roots are dried below, And his branch is cut off above.
17
«Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad.
18
«He is driven from light into darkness, And chased from the inhabited world.
19
«He has no offspring or posterity among his people, Nor any survivor where he sojourned.
20
«Those in the west are appalled at his fate, And those in the east are seized with horror.
21
«Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know God.»
Job 19
1
THEN Job responded,
2
«How long will you torment 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 erred, My error lodges with me.
5
«If indeed you vaunt yourselves against me And prove my disgrace to me,
6
Know then that God has wronged me And has closed His net around me.
7
«Behold, I cry, "Violence!' but I get no answer; I shout for help, but there is no justice.
8
«He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass, And He has put darkness on my paths.
9
«He has stripped my honor from me And removed the crown from my head.
10
«He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; And He has uprooted my hope like a tree.
11
«He has also kindled His anger against me And considered me as His enemy.
12
«His troops come together, And build up their way against me And camp around my tent.
13
«He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
14
«My relatives have failed, And my intimate friends have forgotten me.
15
«Those who live in my house and my maids 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 him 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 rise up and they speak against me.
19
«All my associates abhor me, And those I love have turned against me.
20
«My bone clings to my skin and my flesh, And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
21
«Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me.
22
«Why do you 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 with an iron stylus and lead They were engraved in the rock forever!
25
«As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.
26
«Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall see God;
27
Whom I myself shall behold, And whom my eyes will see and not another. My heart faints within me!
28
«If you say, "How shall we persecute him?' And "What pretext for a case against him can we find?'
29
«Then be afraid of the sword for yourselves, For wrath brings the punishment of the sword, So that you may know there is judgment.»
Job 20
1
THEN Zophar the Naamathite answered,
2
«Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me respond, Even because of my inward agitation.
3
«I listened to the reproof which insults me, And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.
4
«Do you know this from of old, From the establishment of man on earth,
5
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless momentary?
6
«Though his loftiness reaches the heavens, And his head touches the clouds,
7
He perishes forever like his refuse; Those who have seen him will say, "Where is he?'
8
«He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him; Even like a vision of the night he is chased away.
9
«The eye which saw him sees him no longer, And his place no longer beholds him.
10
«His sons favor the poor, And his hands give back his wealth.
11
«His bones are full of his youthful vigor, But it lies down with him in the dust.
12
«Though evil is sweet in his mouth And he hides it under his tongue,
13
Though he desires it and will not let it go, But holds it in his mouth,
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Yet his food in his stomach is changed To the venom of cobras within him.
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«He swallows riches, But will vomit them up; God will expel them from his belly.
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«He sucks the poison of cobras; The viper's tongue slays him.
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«He does not look at the streams, The rivers flowing with honey and curds.
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«He returns what he has attained And cannot swallow it; As to the riches of his trading, He cannot even enjoy them.
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«For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; He has seized a house which he has not built.
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«Because he knew no quiet within him, He does not retain anything he desires.
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«Nothing remains for him to devour, Therefore his prosperity does not endure.
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«In the fullness of his plenty he will be cramped; The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.
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«When he fills his belly, God will send His fierce anger on him And will rain it on him while he is eating.
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«He may flee from the iron weapon, But the bronze bow will pierce him.
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«It is drawn forth and comes out of his back, Even the glittering point from his gall. Terrors come upon him,
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Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasures, And unfanned fire will devour him; It will consume the survivor in his tent.
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«The heavens will reveal his iniquity, And the earth will rise up against him.
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«The increase of his house will depart; His possessions will flow away in the day of His anger.
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«This is the wicked man's portion from God, Even the heritage decreed to him by God.»
Job 21
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THEN Job answered,
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«Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your way of consolation.
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«Bear with me that I may speak; Then after I have spoken, you may mock.
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«As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
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«Look at me, and be astonished, And put your hand over your mouth.
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«Even when I remember, I am disturbed, And horror takes hold of my flesh.
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«Why do the wicked still live, Continue on, also become very powerful?
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«Their descendants are established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes,
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Their houses are safe from fear, And the rod of God is not on them.
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«His ox mates without fail; His cow calves and does not abort.
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«They send forth their little ones like the flock, And their children skip about.
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«They sing to the timbrel and harp And rejoice at the sound of the flute.
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«They spend their days in prosperity, And suddenly they go down to Sheol.
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«They say to God, "Depart from us! We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.
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"Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we gain if we entreat Him?'
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