Job 15 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Job 16

¹Then Job answered,

KJVThen Job^H347 answered^H6030^(H8799) and said^H559^(H8799),

² “I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!

KJVI have heard^H8085^(H8804) many such things^H7227: miserable^H5999 comforters^H5162^(H8764) are ye all.

³ Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?

KJVShall vain^H7307 words^H1697 have an end^H7093? or what emboldeneth^H4834^(H8686) thee that thou answerest^H6030^(H8799)?

⁴ I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul’s place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you,

KJVI also could speak^H1696^(H8762) as ye do: if^H3863 your soul^H5315 were^H3426 in my soul's^H5315 stead, I could heap up^H2266^(H8686) words^H4405 against you, and shake^H5128^(H8686) mine head^H7218 at^H1119 you.

⁵ but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.

KJVBut I would strengthen^H553^(H8762) you with^H1119 my mouth^H6310, and the moving^H5205 of my lips^H8193 should asswage^H2820^(H8799) your grief.

⁶ “Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?

KJVThough I speak^H1696^(H8762), my grief^H3511 is not asswaged^H2820^(H8735): and though I forbear^H2308^(H8799), what am I eased^H1980^(H8799)?

⁷ But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made all my company desolate.

KJVBut now he hath made me weary^H3811^(H8689): thou hast made desolate^H8074^(H8689) all my company^H5712.

⁸ You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.

KJVAnd thou hast filled me with wrinkles^H7059^(H8799), which is a witness^H5707 against me: and my leanness^H3585 rising up^H6965^(H8799) in me beareth witness^H6030^(H8799) to my face^H6440.

⁹ He has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.

KJVHe teareth^H2963^(H8804) me in his wrath^H639, who hateth^H7852^(H8799) me: he gnasheth^H2786^(H8804) upon me with his teeth^H8127; mine enemy^H6862 sharpeneth^H3913^(H8799) his eyes^H5869 upon me.

¹⁰ They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

KJVThey have gaped^H6473^(H8804) upon me with their mouth^H6310; they have smitten^H5221^(H8689) me upon the cheek^H3895 reproachfully^H2781; they have gathered^H4390^(H8691) themselves together^H3162 against me.

¹¹ God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.

KJVGod^H410 hath delivered^H5462^(H8686) me to the ungodly^H5760, and turned me over^H3399^(H8804) into the hands^H3027 of the wicked^H7563.

¹² I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.

KJVI was at ease^H7961, but he hath broken me asunder^H6565^(H8770): he hath also taken^H270^(H8804) me by my neck^H6203, and shaken me to pieces^H6327^(H8770), and set me up^H6965^(H8686) for his mark^H4307.

¹³ His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my bile on the ground.

KJVHis archers^H7228 compass me round about^H5437^(H8799), he cleaveth^H6398 my reins^H3629 asunder^H6398^(H8762), and doth not spare^H2550^(H8799); he poureth out^H8210^(H8799) my gall^H4845 upon the ground^H776.

¹⁴ He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs at me like a giant.

KJVHe breaketh^H6555^(H8799) me with breach^H6556 upon^H6440 breach^H6556, he runneth^H7323^(H8799) upon me like a giant^H1368.

¹⁵ I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.

KJVI have sewed^H8609^(H8804) sackcloth^H8242 upon my skin^H1539, and defiled^H5953^(H8782) my horn^H7161 in the dust^H6083.

¹⁶ My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids,

KJVMy face^H6440 is foul^H2560^(H8777) with weeping^H1065, and on my eyelids^H6079 is the shadow of death^H6757;

¹⁷ although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

KJVNot for any injustice^H2555 in mine hands^H3709: also my prayer^H8605 is pure^H2134.

¹⁸ “Earth, don’t cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.

KJVO earth^H776, cover^H3680^(H8762) not thou my blood^H1818, and let my cry^H2201 have no place^H4725.

¹⁹ Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.

KJVAlso now, behold, my witness^H5707 is in heaven^H8064, and my record^H7717 is on high^H4791.

²⁰ My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,

KJVMy friends^H7453 scorn^H3887^(H8688) me: but mine eye^H5869 poureth out^H1811^(H8804) tears unto God^H433.

²¹ that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!

KJVO that one might plead^H3198^(H8686) for a man^H1397 with God^H433, as a man^H120 pleadeth for his neighbour^H1121^H7453!

²² For when a few years have come, I will go the way of no return.

KJVWhen a few^H4557 years^H8141 are come^H857^(H8799), then I shall go^H1980^(H8799) the way^H734 whence I shall not return^H7725^(H8799).

WEB·Job 15

¹Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

KJVThen answered^H6030^(H8799) Eliphaz^H464 the Temanite^H8489, and said^H559^(H8799),

² “Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?

KJVShould a wise man^H2450 utter^H6030^(H8799) vain^H7307 knowledge^H1847, and fill^H4390^(H8762) his belly^H990 with the east wind^H6921?

³ Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?

KJVShould he reason^H3198^(H8687) with unprofitable^H5532^(H8799) talk^H1697? or with speeches^H4405 wherewith he can do no good^H3276^(H8686)?

⁴ Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.

KJVYea, thou castest off^H6565^(H8686) fear^H3374, and restrainest^H1639^(H8799) prayer^H7881 before^H6440 God^H410.

⁵ For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

KJVFor thy mouth^H6310 uttereth^H502^(H8762) thine iniquity^H5771, and thou choosest^H977^(H8799) the tongue^H3956 of the crafty^H6175.

⁶ Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.

KJVThine own mouth^H6310 condemneth^H7561^(H8686) thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips^H8193 testify^H6030^(H8799) against thee.

⁷ “Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought out before the hills?

KJVArt thou the first^H7223^(H8675)^H7223 man^H120 that was born^H3205^(H8735)? or wast thou made^H2342^(H8797) before^H6440 the hills^H1389?

⁸ Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

KJVHast thou heard^H8085^(H8799) the secret^H5475 of God^H433? and dost thou restrain^H1639^(H8799) wisdom^H2451 to thyself?

⁹ What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand which is not in us?

KJVWhat knowest^H3045^(H8804) thou, that we know^H3045^(H8799) not? what understandest^H995^(H8799) thou, which is not in us?

¹⁰ With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than your father.

KJVWith us are both the grayheaded^H7867^(H8802) and very aged^H3453 men, much^H3524 elder^H3117 than thy father^H1.

¹¹ Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you?

KJVAre the consolations^H8575 of God^H410 small^H4592 with thee? is there any secret^H328 thing^H1697 with thee?

¹² Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,

KJVWhy doth thine heart^H3820 carry thee away^H3947^(H8799)? and what do thy eyes^H5869 wink at^H7335^(H8799),

¹³ that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

KJVThat thou turnest^H7725^(H8686) thy spirit^H7307 against God^H410, and lettest such words^H4405 go out^H3318^(H8689) of thy mouth^H6310?

¹⁴ What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

KJVWhat is man^H582, that he should be clean^H2135^(H8799)? and he which is born^H3205^(H8803) of a woman^H802, that he should be righteous^H6663^(H8799)?

¹⁵ Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;

KJVBehold, he putteth no trust^H539^(H8686) in his saints^H6918; yea, the heavens^H8064 are not clean^H2141^(H8804) in his sight^H5869.

¹⁶ how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!

KJVHow much more abominable^H8581^(H8737) and filthy^H444^(H8737) is man^H376, which drinketh^H8354^(H8802) iniquity^H5766^(H8675)^H5766 like water^H4325?

¹⁷ “I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare

KJVI will shew^H2331^(H8762) thee, hear^H8085^(H8798) me; and that which I have seen^H2372^(H8804) I will declare^H5608^(H8762);

¹⁸ (which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;

KJVWhich wise^H2450 men have told^H5046^(H8686) from their fathers^H1, and have not hid^H3582^(H8765) it:

¹⁹ to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them):

KJVUnto whom alone the earth^H776 was given^H5414^(H8738), and no stranger^H2114^(H8801) passed^H5674^(H8804) among^H8432 them.

²⁰ the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

KJVThe wicked^H7563 man travaileth^H2342^(H8711) with pain all his days^H3117, and the number^H4557 of years^H8141 is hidden^H6845^(H8738) to the oppressor^H6184.

²¹ A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.

KJVA dreadful^H6343 sound^H6963 is in his ears^H241: in prosperity^H7965 the destroyer^H7703^(H8802) shall come^H935^(H8799) upon him.

²² He doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.

KJVHe believeth^H539^(H8686) not that he shall return^H7725^(H8800) out of darkness^H2822, and he is waited^H6822^(H8803) for of the sword^H2719.

²³ He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

KJVHe wandereth abroad^H5074^(H8802) for bread^H3899, saying, Where is it? he knoweth^H3045^(H8804) that the day^H3117 of darkness^H2822 is ready^H3559^(H8737) at his hand^H3027.

²⁴ Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

KJVTrouble^H6862 and anguish^H4691 shall make him afraid^H1204^(H8762); they shall prevail^H8630^(H8799) against him, as a king^H4428 ready^H6264 to the battle^H3593.

²⁵ Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty,

KJVFor he stretcheth out^H5186^(H8804) his hand^H3027 against God^H410, and strengtheneth^H1396^(H8691) himself against the Almighty^H7706.

²⁶ he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers,

KJVHe runneth^H7323^(H8799) upon him, even on his neck^H6677, upon the thick^H5672 bosses^H1354 of his bucklers^H4043:

²⁷ because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.

KJVBecause he covereth^H3680^(H8765) his face^H6440 with his fatness^H2459, and maketh^H6213^(H8799) collops of fat^H6371 on his flanks^H3689.

²⁸ He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.

KJVAnd he dwelleth^H7931^(H8799) in desolate^H3582^(H8737) cities^H5892, and in houses^H1004 which no man inhabiteth^H3427^(H8799), which are ready^H6257^(H8694) to become heaps^H1530.

²⁹ He will not be rich, neither will his substance continue, neither will their possessions be extended on the earth.

KJVHe shall not be rich^H6238^(H8799), neither shall his substance^H2428 continue^H6965^(H8799), neither shall he prolong^H5186^(H8799) the perfection^H4512 thereof upon the earth^H776.

³⁰ He will not depart out of darkness. The flame will dry up his branches. He will go away by the breath of God’s mouth.

KJVHe shall not depart^H5493^(H8799) out of darkness^H2822; the flame^H7957 shall dry up^H3001^(H8762) his branches^H3127, and by the breath^H7307 of his mouth^H6310 shall he go away^H5493^(H8799).

³¹ Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his reward.

KJVLet not him that is deceived^H8582^(H8738) trust^H539^(H8686) in vanity^H7723: for vanity^H7723 shall be his recompence^H8545.

³² It will be accomplished before his time. His branch will not be green.

KJVIt shall be accomplished^H4390^(H8735) before^H3808 his time^H3117, and his branch^H3712 shall not be green^H7488.

³³ He will shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and will cast off his flower as the olive tree.

KJVHe shall shake off^H2554^(H8799) his unripe grape^H1154 as the vine^H1612, and shall cast off^H7993^(H8686) his flower^H5328 as the olive^H2132.

³⁴ For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

KJVFor the congregation^H5712 of hypocrites^H2611 shall be desolate^H1565, and fire^H784 shall consume^H398^(H8804) the tabernacles^H168 of bribery^H7810.

³⁵ They conceive mischief and produce iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit.”

KJVThey conceive^H2029^(H8800) mischief^H5999, and bring forth^H3205^(H8800) vanity^H205, and their belly^H990 prepareth^H3559^(H8686) deceit^H4820.

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