The Book of Job
Job:5:1: Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
Job:5:2: For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Job:5:3: I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Job:5:4: His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither [is there] any to deliver [them].
Job:5:5: Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
Job:5:6: Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
Job:5:7: Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Job:5:8: I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Job:5:9: Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
Job:5:10: Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
Job:5:11: To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
Job:5:12: He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform [their] enterprise.
Job:5:13: He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Job:5:14: They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
Job:5:15: But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Job:5:16: So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Job:5:17: Behold, happy [is] the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
Job:5:18: For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Job:5:19: He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Job:5:20: In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
Job:5:21: Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
Job:5:22: At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
Job:5:23: For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
Job:5:24: And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle [shall be] in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
Job:5:25: Thou shalt know also that thy seed [shall be] great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
Job:5:26: Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Job:5:27: Lo this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good.
The Book of Job
Job:6:1: But Job answered and said,
Job:6:2: Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
Job:6:3: For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
Job:6:4: For the arrows of the Almighty [are] within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Job:6:5: Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Job:6:6: Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there [any] taste in the white of an egg?
Job:6:7: The things [that] my soul refused to touch [are] as my sorrowful meat.
Job:6:8: Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!
Job:6:9: Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Job:6:10: Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
Job:6:11: What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] mine end, that I should prolong my life?
Job:6:12: [Is] my strength the strength of stones? or [is] my flesh of brass?
Job:6:13: [Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
Job:6:14: To him that is afflicted pity [should be showed] from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
Job:6:15: My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, [and] as the stream of brooks they pass away;
Job:6:16: Which are blackish by reason of the ice, [and] wherein the snow is hid:
Job:6:17: What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
Job:6:18: The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
Job:6:19: The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
Job:6:20: They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
Job:6:21: For now ye are nothing; ye see [my] casting down, and are afraid.
Job:6:22: Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
Job:6:23: Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
Job:6:24: Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Job:6:25: How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
Job:6:26: Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, [which are] as wind?
Job:6:27: Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig [a pit] for your friend.
Job:6:28: Now therefore be content, look upon me; for [it is] evident unto you if I lie.
Job:6:29: Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness [is] in it.
Job:6:30: Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
The Book of Job
Job:7:1: [Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of an hireling?
Job:7:2: As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work:
Job:7:3: So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Job:7:4: When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
Job:7:5: My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
Job:7:6: My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Job:7:7: O remember that my life [is] wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
Job:7:8: The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no [more]: thine eyes [are] upon me, and I [am] not.
Job:7:9: [As] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more].
Job:7:10: He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Job:7:11: Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job:7:12: [Am] I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
Job:7:13: When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
Job:7:14: Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
Job:7:15: So that my soul chooseth strangling, [and] death rather than my life.
Job:7:16: I loathe [it]; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days [are] vanity.
Job:7:17: What [is] man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
Job:7:18: And [that] thou shouldest visit him every morning, [and] try him every moment?
Job:7:19: How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Job:7:20: I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
Job:7:21: And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].
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