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19 Drought and heat

consume the snow waters: so A.C. 2130. doth the grave those which have sinned.

* Heb. vio

20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed tently take. sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, † and no man is sure of life.

23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their

ways.

and

24 They are exalted for a little while, but ‡ are gone brought low; they are § taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

SECTION XIX.

Bildad again takes up the Argument.

JOB XXV.

Bildad sheweth that man cannot be justified before God.

1 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? and upon whom

doth not his light arise?

+ Or, he trusteth not his

own life.

k Ps. xi. 4. Prov. xv 3.

Heb. are Heb. closed

not.

up.

4 'How then can man be justified with God? or how can 1 Chap. iv. 17,

he be clean that is born of a woman?

5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the

stars are not pure in his sight.

&c. & xv. 14.

&c.

6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of m Ps. xxii. 6. man, which is a worm?

SECTION XX.

Job again asserts his Integrity, and contrasts his former Prosperity with his present Adversity.

JOB XXVI.

1 Job, reproving the uncharitable spirit of Bildad, 5 acknowledgeth the power of God to be infinite and unsearchable.

1 But Job answered and said,

2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?

3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

A.C. 2130.

* Or, with the inhabitants.

n Prov. xv. 11.

+ Heb. until the end of light

4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, * and the inhabitants thereof.

n

6" Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.

10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, † until with darkness. the day and night come to an end.

11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his underHeb. pride. standing he smiteth through the proud.

Heb. added to take up.

|| Heb. made

my soul bitter. That is, the breath which

13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

JOB XXVII.

1 Job protesteth his sincerity. 8 The hypocrite is without hope. 11 The blessings which the wicked have are turned into curses.

1 Moreover Job & continued his parable, and said, 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath || vexed my soul;

3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God gave him. God is in my nostrils;

4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: Heb. from my heart shall not reproach me + so long as I live.

my days.

o Matt. xvi. 26.

p Prov. i. 28.
Ezek. viii. 18.
John ix. 31.
James iv. 3.

+ Or, being in

the hand, &c.

7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

9 P Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are A.C. 2130. ye thus altogether vain?

13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of 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 not weep.

16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be ga

thered he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

61.

Ps. lxxviii.

20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest steal- rch. xviii. 11.

eth him away in the night.

21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth:

and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: *he Heb. in would fain flee out of his hand.

23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

JOB XXVIII.

1 There is a knowledge of natural things. 12 But wisdom is an excellent gift

of God.

fleeing he would flee.

1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for † Or, a mine. gold where they fine it.

2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten; or, dust. out of the stone.

3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread and under it is turned up as it were fire.

6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath & dust of gold.

7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:

8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.

Or, gold ore.

A. C. 2130.

* Or, flint.

+ Heb. from weeping.

s ver. 22.

Rom. xi. 33, 31.

+ Heb. Fine gold shall not

*

9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.

10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.

11 He bindeth the floods + from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.

t

15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be be given for it. Weighed for the price thereof.

t Prov. iii. 13, 14, 15. & viii.

16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the 10, 11, 19. & precious onyx, or the sapphire.

xvi. 16.

17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the Or, vessels of exchange of it shall not be for § jewels of fine gold.

fine gold.

Or, Ramoth.

u ver. 12.

18 No mention shall be made of || coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept * Or, heaven. close from the fowls of the

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22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

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 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way the lightning of the thunder:

for

27 Then did he see it, and + declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

28 And unto man he said, Behold, * the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

JOB XXIX.

Job bemoaneth himself of his former prosperity and honour.

1 Moreover Job * continued his parable, and said, 2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by A.C. 2130. his light I walked through darkness;

*Or, lamp.

4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;

6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

+ Heb with

7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I me. prepared my seat in the street!

8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue + Heb. The cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me :

12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. 16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

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17 And I brake § the jaws of the wicked, and || plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

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19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the lay all night upon my branch.

20 My glory was † fresh in me, and my bow was newed in my hand.

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21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

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