Anonymous

“ Book 18 Job 18:001:001 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 evil.
18:001:002 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
18:001:003 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. ”

“ God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
18:021:018 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the
storm carrieth away.
18:021:019 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him,
and he shall know it.
18:021:020 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the
wrath of the Almighty.
18:021:021 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the
number of his months is cut off in the midst?
18:021:022 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that
are high.
18:021:023 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and
quiet. ”

“ What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
18:035:004 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
18:035:005 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which
are higher than thou.
18:035:006 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy
transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
18:035:007 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth
he of thine hand?
18:035:008 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy
righteousness may profit the son of man. ”

“ I will demand of thee, and
declare thou unto me.
18:040:008 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me,
that thou mayest be righteous?
18:040:009 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice
like him?
18:040:010 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array
thyself with glory and beauty.
18:040:011 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that
is proud, and abase him.
18:040:012 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread
down the wicked in their place.
18:040:013 Hide them in the dust together ”

“ Almighty pervert judgment.
18:034:013 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath
disposed the whole world?
18:034:014 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his
spirit and his breath;
18:034:015 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto
dust.
18:034:016 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the
voice of my words.
18:034:017 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn
him that is most just?
18:034:018 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes,
Ye are ungodly? ”

“ I stood up, and I cried in
the congregation.
18:030:029 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
18:030:030 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
18:030:031 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the
voice of them that weep.
18:031:001 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon
a maid?
18:031:002 For what portion of God is there from above? and what
inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
18:031:003 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to
the workers of iniquity? ”

“ I should have
been carried from the womb to the grave.
18:010:020 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may
take comfort a little,
18:010:021 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of
darkness and the shadow of death;
18:010:022 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of
death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
18:011:001 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
18:011:002 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a
man full of talk be justified? ”

“ The words of Job are ended.
18:032:001 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was
righteous in his own eyes.
18:032:002 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. ”

“ Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
18:002:008 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he
sat down among the ashes.
18:002:009 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine
integrity? curse God, and die.
18:002:010 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? ”

“ I also am
formed out of the clay.
18:033:007 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my
hand be heavy upon thee.
18:033:008 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the
voice of thy words, saying,
18:033:009 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is
there iniquity in me.
18:033:010 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for
his enemy,
18:033:011 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. ”