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a Ps. xli. 9. & Iv. 13, 14, 20. * Heb. the men of my

secret.

+ Or, as.

† Heb. Who will give, &c.

Or, After I shall awake, though this body be destroyed, yet out of my flesh shall I see God.

|| Heb. a stranger. * Or, my reins within

me are con

sumed with

earnest desire

19 * All * my inward friends abhorred me: and they

whom I loved are turned against me.

20 My bone cleaveth to my skin tand to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

26 § And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God :

27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not || another; * though my reins be consumed + within me.

28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, I seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the [for that day.] punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a

bo Heb. in my judgment.

bosom.

b ver. 22.

‡ Or, and

what root of

matter is

found in mc?

* Heb. my

haste is in me.

a Ps. xxxvii.

35, 36.

+ Heb. from

near.

SECTION XV.

Zophar replies to Job.

JOB XX.

Zophar sheweth the state and portion of the wicked.

1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for

this

I make haste.

3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

5 a That the triumphing of the wicked is † short, and

the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment ?

6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and

+ Heb. cloud. his head reach unto the ‡ clouds;

7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they

which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found :

yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

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neither shall his place any more behold him.

10 * His children shall seek to please the poor, and his Or, The

hands shall restore their goods.

11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still + within his mouth :

poor shall oppress his

children.

+ Heb. in the midst of his

14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of parate. asps within him.

15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue

shall slay him.

ing brooks.

17 He shall not see the rivers, ‡ the floods, the brooks #or, streamof honey and butter.

18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: §according to his substance shall the Heb. acrestitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

19 Because he hath || oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

cording to the substance of

Heb.

herchange. crushed.

20 Surely he shall not * feel quietness in his belly, he b Eccles. v. shall not save of that which he desired.

21 + There shall none of his meat be left; therefore

shall no man look for his goods.

22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the ‡ wicked shall come upon him.

23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.

25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and

the heritage § appointed unto him by God.

13, 14.
• Heb. know.

+ Or, There

shall be none left for his meat.

‡ Or, trouble

some.

Heb. of his decree from God.

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SECTION XVI.

Reply of Job to Zophar.

JOB XXI.

1 Job sheweth that even in the judgment of man he hath reason to be grieved. 7 Sometimes the wicked do so prosper, as they despise God. 16 Sometimes their destruction is manifest. 22 The happy and unhappy are alike in death. 27 The judgment of the wicked is in another world.

1 But Job answered and said,

2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your con

solations.

3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so,

* Heb. short- why should not my spirit be * troubled ?

ened.

+ Heb. look

unto me.

a Ps. xvii. 10.

14. & lxxiii. 3.

5 + Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon

your mouth.

6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

7 a Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are

12. Jer. xii. 1. mighty in power?

Hab. i. 16.

‡ Heb. are peace from fear.

Or, in mirth.

b Ch. xxii. 17.

|| Or, lamp.

8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

9 Their houses ‡ are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

13 They spend their days § in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him ?

16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

17 How oft is the || candle of the wicked put out? and how oft cometh their destruction upon them? God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that

* Heb. steal the storm * carrieth away. + That is, the 19 God layeth up + his

eth away.

his iniquity for his children: he re

passiquity.of wardeth him, and he shall know it.

20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink A. C. 2130. of the wrath of the Almighty.

21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

23 One dieth * in his full strength, being wholly at ease Heb. in his and quiet.

24 His +breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? where are ‡ the dwelling places of the wicked?

and

very perfec. tion, or, in the strength of his perfection. + Or, milk pails.

† Heb. the tent of the ta

29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do bernacles of

ye not know their tokens,

the wicked.

30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruc-e Prov. xvi. 4. tion? they shall be brought forth to $the day of wrath.

31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall

repay him what he hath done?

Heb. the day of wraths.

32 Yet shall he be brought to the || grave, and shall || Heb. graves * remain in the tomb.

33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth + falsehood?

SECTION XVII.

The Third Controversy between Job and his Friends-begun by

Eliphaz.

JOB XXII.

1 Eliphaz sheweth that man's goodness profiteth not God. 5 He accuseth Job of divers sins. 21 He exhorteth him to repentance, with promises of mercy.

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

*Heb. watch in the heap,

+ Heb. transgression.

2 Can a man be profitable unto God, ‡ as he that is wise Or, if he may

may be profitable unto himself?

3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways per

fect?

4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

be profitable, doth his good success de

pend thereon?

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5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infi

nite?

6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for

* Heb. strip- nought, and * stripped the naked of their clothing.

ped the clothes of the naked.

+ Het. the

man of arm. + Heb. eminent, or, accepted for countenance.

Heb. the head of the stars.

|| Or, what.

* Heb. a flood

was poured

upon their

foundation.

d Ch. xxi. 14.

7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

8 But as for + the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold § the height of the stars, how high they are!

13 And thou sayest, || How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

16 Which were cut down out of time, * whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what

+ Or, to them. can the Almighty do + for them?

e Ch. xxi. 16.

f Ps. cvii. 42.

+ Or, estate.

Or, their

excellency.

|| That is, with God.

g Ch. viii. 5, 6.

* Or, on the dust.

+ Or, gold.

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 : and the innocent augh them to scorn.

20 Whereas our ‡ substance is not cut down, but § the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

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 shall be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

24 Then shalt thou lay up gold *

of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

as dust, and the gold

25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy + defence, and thou

+ Heb. silver shalt have ‡ plenty of silver.

of strength.

26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty,

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 esta

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