CHAPTER XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX. CHAPTER XVI. Job maintaineth his innocence. THEN Job answered and said, THE a 2 I have heard many such things: miserable ch. 13,4 comforters are ye all. LIL 1, 15. 3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? 4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were Pet. 3, 9. in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake my head at you. d 5 But I, would strengthen you with my mouth, Co. and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief. al. 6, 1. Mat. 11, ho 16, 53. 6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased? 7 But now he hath made Ps. 88, 15. made desolate all my company. 105, 18. :cl. 7, 7. me weary: thou hast 8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which Prov. 17, is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. 16 My face is Pfoul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; 17 Not for any injustice in my hands: also my prayer is pure. 18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let 'my cry have no place. 19 Also now, behold, "my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. 20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. 21 Oh that one might plead for a man with God, as a man "pleadeth for his neighbour! 22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return. MY CHAPTER XVII. Job appealeth from men to God. X Y breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the 2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not Ban, mine eye continue in their "provocation? 12 They change the night into day: the light is m1 eat 28, short because of darkness. 13 If I "wait, the grave is my house: I have made n ch. 14. 14 my bed in the darkness. 14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. 15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, och. 5, 16. who shall see it? 16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our Prest together is in the dust. CHAPTER XVIII. Bildad reproveth Job of presumption and rmpatience. a THEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, d c 4 He teareth himself in his anger. shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? e 5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, 9. and the spark of his fire shall not shine. 20, 20: 6 The light shall be 'dark in his tabernacle, and 12 Kings his candle shall be put out with him. 7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. h 8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, he walketh upon a snare. 13,5. g ch. 5, 12, 13. and Esth. 8, 9 i 9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and robber shall prevail against him. the k 10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and * a trap for him in the way. h Prov. 5, 22. & 29, 6. i chap. 5, 5 k 2 Pet. 2, 12. 11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, 1 Ps. 55, 17. and shall drive him to his feet. 12 His strength shall be hunger-bitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side. m m Ps. 7, 12. o Heb. 2,15 13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the first-born of death shall devour his strength. 14 "His confidence shall be rooted out of his taber-n ch. 8, 14 nacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. 15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is PIs.13,19 none of his brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. . 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above q Ps. 37, 35 shall his branch be cut off. 17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, Prov. 10, and he shall have no name in the street. 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. 19 He shall neither have 'son nor nephew among 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee: his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understand-" at his day, as they that went before were affrighted. “P. 57,. & ing; therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 7. Cor. 2, 6, f FB. 44, 11. g Jer. 20, 8. ل 5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach: 6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. h 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: Jam. 3,8. I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. James 3,7, k ch. 29, 14, 20. & 30, 11. Ich. 13, 15. & 17, 15. 7. Ps. 34, 19. 8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. 10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and my hope hath he removed like a tree. 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and m Heb. 12, he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. 12 His troops come "together,and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle. 13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. o Ps. 88, 18. P Mic 7 5 qch $1 13. r Titus 2, 9, 10 s ch. 17 1. 12 Kings 2, 23. a Fa. 4: 9 1 Pr. 102, 5. y O. 3, 12. Heb 13 2. 2 Ps. 09, 28. a Rom. 8, 38. 14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. 9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. 10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his 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 n Jer 13 keep it still within his mouth: 16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's q tongue shall slay him. 15 They that dwell in my house, and my maids, 17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the 17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children's sake of mine own body. 18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me. 19 All my "inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me. 20 * My bone cleaveth to my skin and 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 b Dan. 12.1. he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 26 And though after my skin worms destroy this Ma. 22, body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: 25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, bisa 24.10 the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors & Deut. 52, are upon him. go ill 26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: 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. CHAPTER XXI. The judgment of the wicked is in another world. BU 2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. b 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, why should not my spirit be troubled? 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. 41. 22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. 23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease 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. b 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? 40, 11. and where are the dwelling-places of the wicked? 29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? h. 20, 7, and do ye not know their tokens, ch. 36, 6. Pet. 2, 0. 30 That the wicked is 'reserved to the day of destruction? 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? 32 Yet shall he be brought to the "grave, and shall 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?" 12. 01 Cor. 10. 5. 2 Pet. 2, 6. p Mat. 21, $8. q Psal. 4, Jer. 44, 16. r 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? 18 Yet he 'filled their houses with good things: P.17 14 but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. s Ps. 59 10 Rev 19, 1 t Acts 17 31. 2 Pet. 2, 6, 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at 7. peace: thereby "good shall come unto thee. 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart. a u Mat. €,33 1 Tim. 4, 8 x Ps. 119, 11. Prov. 4, 2 z 2 Chr. 1, i5. a Prov. 1, 4 23 Ifthou return to the Almighty,thou shalt be built up,thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. Y s. 28, 5. 24 Then shalt thou lay up "gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. 26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the b Song 2,3. 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 established unto thee: and the light shall shine ePsal. 1,3. upon thy ways. 30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: 14. and it is delivered by the pureness of thy "hands. CHAPTER XXIII. God, who is invisible, observeth our ways. THEN Job answered and said, 2 Even to-day is my complaint bitter: my a stroke is heavier than my groaning. a Neb. 5,18 chap. 6, 2 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that b Song 3, 1, I might come even to his seat! 2 Psal. 5, 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my Luke, 4 mouth with arguments. 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right ■ Ps. 44, 24. hand, that I cannot see him: 10 But he know th the way that I take: when he hath 'tried me, I shall come forth as gold. 11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I m2 Tim. 4, kept, and "not declined. 10. Rev. 2, 10. Bildad asserteth God's sovereignty Bef they had marked for themselves in the day-time: CHRIS they know not the light. cir. 1520 q Jer. &, 1. 17 For the morning is to them even as the 'shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors Gen 31 of the shadow of death. r 22 18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: 'he beholdeth not the way of the 1 lagy vineyards. 19 Drought and heat consume the snow-waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned. 20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed 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. 21, 1. t Ps. 49. 11 u Ps. 57,38 & 104, 35 Prov. 10, 6. 1 Sam. 5 Obadiah verse 12. Rev. 15, 14 22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: y Esth.34 12 Neither have I gone back from the command-he riseth up, and no man is sure of life. ment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth "more than my necessary food. 13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. 14 For he performeth the thing that is Pappointed for me and many such things are with him. 15 Therefore am I 'troubled at his presence: when|| I consider, I am afraid of him. 16 For God maketh my heart 'soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. CHAPTER XXIV 3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon 1 Wickedness goeth often unpunished....17 There is a secret judg-whom doth not his light arise? ment for the wicked. WHY, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? 2 Some remove the land-marks; they violently Pr. take away flocks, and feed thereof. Hosaa 5, 10. c 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. 4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth Prov. 4, to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. 6 They reap every one his 'corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. Jam. 5, 4. Deut. 24, 2, 13. 31. 7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. 8 They are wet with the showers of the mounh Heb. 11, tains, and embrace the "rock for want of a shelter. 9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and 1 Tim. 6, 10. take a pledge of the poor. I Hosea 10, 14. 4. 10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, Deut. 25, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry; 11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread 1 Jer. 22, 18. their wine-presses, and 'suffer thirst. 12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul m Ps. 50,21. of the wounded crieth out: "yet God layeth not folly Mal 2 17. to them. Eccl. 8, 11. 18. BUT Johast thou helped him that is without & Prov. 25 power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? Eccl. 12, 10 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the 2 thing as it is? d b chap. 11 c Acts 29, 20. 4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose 2 Tim. 8, 15 spirit came from thee? 5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. 4. d ch. 12, Ezek.18,19 11. 6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hathe Prov. 15 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. h 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. 10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until 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 understanding he smiteth through the "proud. 13 By his Spirit he hath garnished the heavens ; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. f P. 24, 2 g Pr. 30, h Isa. 66, i Ps. 104, k ch. Sa, Rev. 21: m 2 Pet. 5 10. n Jer. 9,9 o Isa. 27, 12 14 Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how lit- P.John 10 tle a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of q2Cor.4 2 Sam. 18, Luke 12, Prov. 1,28 live. h Wisdom the gift of God. 8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the Before fierce lion passed by it. 9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. h 10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing. CHRIST cir. 1520 Prov. 19 4.& 3.23. i Pr. 24. 4. Phil. 1, 9, 10. k Ps. 118, 14. 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 Prov. 18, is the place of understanding? m Rom. 11 SS. 13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is 1 Cor. 2,14 it found in the "land of the living. 14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the saith, It is not with me. 15 It cannot be gotten for P gold, neither shall 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that||ver be weighed for the price thereof. 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 Will God hear his cry when 'trouble cometh upon him? 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will s. 73, he always call upon God? Luke 12, m 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 4,2 then are ye thus altogether vain? 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, ev.6, 17. and the heritage of Poppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. Esther 9, 10, 7. 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 78, 64. death: and his widows shall not weep. Tab. 2, 6. 16 Though he 'heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; ke 12, 18, Prov. 28, dat. 7,27. !Kings 20. 17 He may prepare it, but "the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. X 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 gathered: "he openeth his eyes, and he is not. 20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest x. 12,29. stealeth him away in the night. 's. 57, S6. Dan. 4, 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: x.14,25. he would fain c flee out of his hand. dg. 4, 17. 108 2, 14. 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall les. 18, hiss him out of his place. & 19, 1, Pr. 23, 4. Ex. S6, 1. sa. 29, 15. lor. 1, 5. 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. 3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth Kings out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. 33. 28,18 Ex. 24, 10. ch: 22, 25. Al. 20, 10. 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 under it is turned up as it were fire. bread: and 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: 2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the b Heb. 18, days when God preserved me; 3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; d 4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; c Ps. 23, 4 d Ps. 25, 14 12. 5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when Judg. 6, my children were about me; 6 When I 'washed my steps with butter, and rock poured me out rivers of oil; 7 When I went out to the gate through the when I prepared my seat in the street! the fGen. 48, 11. g Deut. 32, city, 13. L Deut. 28, e. 8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: i Mat. e, and the aged arose, and stood up. k 9 The princes refrained talking, and 'laid therr hand on their mouth. 10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 19. James 1, 11 When the ear heard me, then it " blessed m Prov. me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness Mark 7, to me: 2. n 37. John 18, 57. |