#Job

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint… My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul{weary…: or, cut off while I live} I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. {Is it} good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? [Read More]

Then Job answered and said,… Then Job answered and said, I know {it is} so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? {with God: or, before God?} If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand{He is} wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened {himself} against him, and hath prospered? Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. [Read More]

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,… Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, How long wilt thou speak these {things}? and {how long shall} the words of thy mouth {be like} a strong wind? Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; {for..: Heb. in the hand of their transgression} If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; If thou {wert} pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. [Read More]

{Is there} not an appointed time to man upon earth?… {Is there} not an appointed time to man upon earth? {are not} his days also like the days of an hireling? {an appointed..: or, a warfare} As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for {the reward of} his work: {earnestly…: Heb. gapeth after} So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. [Read More]

But Job answered and said,… But Job answered and said, Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! {laid: Heblifted up} For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. {my words…: that is, I want words to express my grief} 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. [Read More]

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and… Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? {turn: or, look?} For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one{envy: or, indignation} I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither {is there} any to deliver {them}. [Read More]

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,… Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, {If} we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? {to..: Heb. a word} {withhold…: Heb. refrain from words?} Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. [Read More]

After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day…. After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his dayAnd Job spake, and said, {spake: Heb. answered} Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night {in which} it was said, There is a man child conceived. Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. [Read More]

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to… Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORDAnd the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. [Read More]

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name {was}… There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name {was} Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evilAnd there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. [Read More]