Job 27:1–28:28
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Job 27:1–28:28 · Psalm 96 (MT: 97) · Proverbs 23:13–14 · Romans 16:1–27
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1And Job further continued and said in his parable,
1Job again took up his parable, and said,
2[As] God lives, who has thus judged me; and the Almighty, who has embittered my soul;
2“As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter
3verily, while my breath is yet in [me], and the breath of God which remains to me is in my nostrils,
3(for the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
4my lips shall not speak evil words, neither shall my soul meditate unrighteous thoughts.
4surely my lips will not speak unrighteousness, neither will my tongue utter deceit.
5Far be it from me that I should justify you till I die; for I will not let go my innocence,
5Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
6but keeping fast to [my] righteousness I will by no means let it go: for I am not conscious to myself of having done any thing amiss.
6I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart will not reproach me so long as I live.
7Nay rather, but let mine enemies be as the overthrow of the ungodly, and they that rise up against me, as the destruction of transgressors.
7“Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
8For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? will he indeed trust in the Lord [and] be saved?
8For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
9Will God hear his prayer? or, when distress has come upon him,
9Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?
10has he any confidence before him? or will [God] hear him as he calls upon him?
10Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?
11Yet now I will tell you what is in the hand of the Lord: I will not lie concerning the things which are with the Almighty.
11I will teach you about the hand of God. I will not conceal that which is with the Almighty.
12Behold, ye all know that ye are adding vanity to vanity.
12Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
13This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of oppressors shall come upon them from the Almighty.
13“This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
14And if their children be many, they shall be for slaughter: and if they grow up, they shall beg.
14If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring will not be satisfied with bread.
15And they that survive of him shall utterly perish, and no one shall pity their widows .
15Those who remain of him will be buried in death. His widows will make no lamentation.
16Even if he should gather silver as earth, and prepare gold as clay;
16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
17all these things shall the righteous gain, and the truehearted shall possess his wealth.
17he may prepare it, but the just will put it on, and the innocent will divide the silver.
18And his house is gone like moths, and like a spider's web.
18He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.
19The rich man shall lie down , and shall not continue: he has opened his eyes, and he is not.
19He lies down rich, but he will not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
20Pains have come upon him as water, and darkness has carried him away by night.
20Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.
21And a burning wind shall catch him , and he shall depart, and it shall utterly drive him out of his place.
21The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place.
22And [God] shall cast [trouble] upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
22For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.
23He shall cause [men] to clap their hands against them, and shall hiss him out of his place.
23Men will clap their hands at him, and will hiss him out of his place.
1For there is a place for the silver, whence it comes, and a place for the gold, whence it is refined.
1“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
2For iron comes out of the earth, and brass is hewn out like stone.
2Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
3He has set a bound to darkness, and he searches out every limit: a stone [is] darkness, and the shadow of death.
3Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
4There is a cutting off of the torrent by reason of dust: so they that forget the right way are weakened; they are removed from [among] men.
4He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.
5[As for] the earth, out of it shall come bread: under it has been turned up as it were fire.
5As for the earth, out of it comes bread. Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
6Her stones are the place of the sapphire: and [her] dust [supplies] man with gold.
6Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
7[There is] a path , the fowl has not known it, neither has the eye of the vulture seen it:
7That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
8neither have the sons of the proud trodden it, a lion has not passed upon it.
8The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
9He has stretched forth his hand on the sharp [rock], and turned up mountains by the roots:
9He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
10and he has interrupted the whirlpools of rivers, and mine eye has seen every precious thing.
10He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
11And he has laid bare the depths of rivers, and has brought his power to light.
11He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
12But whence has wisdom been discovered? and what is the place of knowledge?
12“But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
13A mortal has not known its way, neither indeed has it been discovered among men.
13Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
14The depth said, It is not in me: and the sea said, It is not with me.
14The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
15One shall not give fine gold instead of it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.
15It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.
16Neither shall it be compared with gold of Sophir, with the precious onyx and sapphire.
16It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17Gold and crystal shall not be equalled to it, neither shall vessels of gold be its exchange.
17Gold and glass can’t equal it, neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
18Coral and fine pearl shall not be mentioned: but do thou esteem wisdom above the most precious things.
18No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equalled to it; it shall not be compared with pure gold.
19The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.
20Whence then is wisdom found? and of what kind is the place of understanding?
20Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
21It has escaped the notice of every man, and has been hidden from the birds of the sky.
21Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
22Destruction and Death said, We have heard the report of it .
22Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
23God has well ordered the way of it, and he knows the place of it.
23“God understands its way, and he knows its place.
24For he surveys the whole [earth] under heaven, knowing the things in the earth:
24For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.
25all that he has made; the weight of the winds, the measures of the water.
25He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
26When he made [them], thus he saw and numbered them, and made a way for the pealing of the thunder.
26When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
27Then he saw it, and declared it: he prepared it [and] traced it out.
27then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
28And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom; and to abstain from evil is understanding.
28To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”