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8 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite and said:
2 “How long wilt thou speak these things? And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
3 Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
4 If thy children have sinned against Him and He have cast them away for their transgression,
5 if thou wouldest seek unto God speedily and make thy supplication to the Almighty,
6 if thou wert pure and upright, surely now He would awake for thee and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
8 “For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself for the searching of their fathers;
9 for we are but of yesterday and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow.
10 Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11 Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the reed grow without water?
12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish,
14 whose hope shall be cut off and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.
15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen thee.’
19 Behold, this is the joy of His way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
20 “Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will He help the evildoers,
21 till He fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with rejoicing.
22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.”
9 Then Job answered and said:
2 “I know in truth it is so, but how should man be just before God?
3 If he will contend with Him, he cannot answer Him one in a thousand.
4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against Him and hath prospered—
5 Who removeth the mountains, and they know not; Who overturneth them in His anger;
6 Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble;
7 Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and sealeth up the stars;
8 Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea;
9 Who maketh Arcturus, Orion and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;
10 Who doeth great things past finding out, yea, and wonders without number?
11 Lo, He goeth by me, and I see Him not; He passeth on also, but I perceive Him not.
12 Behold, He taketh away. Who can hinder Him? Who will say unto him, ‘What doest Thou?’
13 “If God will not withdraw His anger, the proud helpers do stoop under Him.
14 How much less shall I answer Him, and choose out my words to reason with Him—
15 whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my Judge?
16 If I had called and He had answered me, yet would I not believe that He had hearkened unto my voice.
17 For He breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
19 If I speak of strength, lo, He is strong; and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me; if I say, ‘I am perfect,’ it shall also prove me perverse.
21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul; I would despise my life.
22 This is all one thing. Therefore I said it: ‘He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.’
23 If the scourge slay suddenly, He will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covereth the faces of the judges thereof. If not, where and who is He?
25 “Now my days are swifter than a courier; they flee away, they see no good.
26 They are passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that hasteneth to the prey.
27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness and comfort myself,’
28 I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that Thou wilt not hold me innocent.
29 If I be wicked, why then labor I in vain?
30 If I wash myself with snow water and make my hands never so clean,
31 yet shalt Thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
32 For He is not a man as I am, that I should answer Him and we should come together in judgment.
33 Neither is there any mediator between us who might lay his hand upon us both.
34 Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not fear of Him terrify me.
35 Then would I speak and not fear Him, but it is not so with me.
10 “My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 I will say unto God: ‘Do not condemn me; show me why Thou contendest with me.
3 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?
4 Hast Thou eyes of flesh, or seest Thou as man seeth?
5 Are Thy days as the days of man? Are Thy years as man’s days,
6 that Thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked, and there is none that can deliver out of Thine hand.
8 “‘Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet Thou dost destroy me.
9 Remember, I beseech Thee, that Thou hast made me as the clay. And wilt Thou bring me into dust again?
10 Hast Thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast protected me with bones and sinews.
12 Thou hast granted me life and favor, and Thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
13 “‘And these things hast Thou hid in Thine heart; I know that this is with Thee:
14 If I sin, then Thou markest me, and Thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
15 If I be wicked, woe unto me! And if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see Thou mine affliction,
16 for it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion, and again Thou showest Thyself marvelous upon me.
17 Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, and increasest Thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
18 Why then hast Thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
20 Are not my days few? Cease then and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little
21 before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death”
22 a land of darkness, as darkness itself, and of the shadow of death without any order, and where the light is as darkness.’”
11 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite and said:
2 “Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
4 For thou hast said, ‘My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.’
5 But oh, that God would speak and open His lips against thee,
6 and that He would show thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
7 “Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
8 It is as high as heaven: What canst thou do? Deeper than hell: What canst thou know?
9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10 If He cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder Him?
11 For He knoweth vain men; He seeth wickedness also. Will He not then consider it?
12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
13 “If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward Him,
14 if iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be steadfast and shalt not fear,
16 because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away.
17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape; and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.”
15 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which you also have received, and wherein ye stand,
2 by which ye also are saved if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you— unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received: how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
4 and that He was buried, and that He arose again the third day according to the Scriptures,
5 and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve,
6 and that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some have fallen asleep.
7 After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles.
8 And last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
9 For I am the least of the apostles, not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all — yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
12 Now if Christ is preached, that He rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
14 and if Christ be not risen, then our preaching is vain, and your faith is also vain.
15 Yea, and we are found to be false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up, if so it be that the dead rise not.
16 For if the dead rise not, then is Christ not raised;
17 and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of those who slept.
21 For since by man came death, by Man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive;
23 but every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming.
24 Then cometh the end when He shall have delivered up the Kingdom to God, even the Father, when He shall have put down all rule, and all authority and power.
25 For He must reign until He hath put all enemies under His feet.
26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death,
27 for “He hath put all things under His feet.” But when He saith “all things” are put under Him, it is manifest that He is excepted, who did put all things under Him.
28 And when all things shall be subdued unto Him, then shall the Son Himself also be subject unto Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.
38 O Lord, rebuke me not in Thy wrath, neither chasten me in Thy hot displeasure!
2 For Thine arrows stick fast in me, and Thy hand presseth me sorely.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh, because of Thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones, because of my sin.
4 For mine iniquities have gone over mine head; as a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds are foul and corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and sorely broken; I have groaned because of the disquiet of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desires are known to Thee; and my groaning is not hidden from Thee.
10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me; as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
11 My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my sore, and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and devise deceits all the day long.
13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For in Thee, O Lord, do I hope; Thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me; when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.”
17 For I am ready for halting, and my sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19 But mine enemies are alive and they are strong; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries, because I follow the thing that is good.
21 Forsake me not, O Lord; O my God, be not far from me!
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
28 A false witness shall perish, but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
29 A wicked man hardeneth his face, but as for the upright, he considereth his ways.
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