5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach; 6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and 2.Cor. 2, 6, hath compassed me with his net. The portion of the wicked. 6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds: 7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? Before CHRIST cir. 1520. flsa. 14, 13, 11 g Ps. 37, 36. 8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not he found; yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of & 33, 10. the night. 9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no b 2 Thes. 2, 8. 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard:more; neither shall his place any more behold him. 1 Rev. 12, 8. 7. f Ps. 44, 11. I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. and he hath set darkness in my paths. g Jer. 20, 8. h Jam. 3, 8. 1 James 3,7, 9. 8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken k ch. 28, 14, the crown from my head. 20. & 30, 11. 10 He hath destroyed ine on every side,and I am 1 ch. 13, 15. gone: and my I hope hath he removed like a tree. & 17, 15. 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and m Heb. 12, he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. 7. n Ps. 34, 19. a Ps. 88, 18. p Mic. 7, 5. q ch. 31, 13. 12 His troops come together, and raise up their way } gall of asps within him. against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle. 14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends 15 They that dwell in my house, and my maids, 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. 16 He shall suck the poison of asps : theviper's tongue shall slay him. 17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the r Titus 2,9, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. { brooks of honey and butter. 16 I called my 'servant, and he gave me no answer: I entreated him with my mouth. 17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children's sake of mine own body. 18 Yea, 'ycung 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, * Ps. 102,5. and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. y Col. 3, 12. Ileb. 13, 2. 2. Ps. 69, 26. a Rom. 8, 38. 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: 1 Ezek. 24, 13. m Prov. 9, 17. n Jer. 13,23. o Rev. 18,7 p Prov. 23. Mat. 27, 3, 4 Prov. 23, 32 r 2 Kings s Deut. 28, 18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his sub- 1. stance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice Ps. 109, u therein. 19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken Mat. 25, the poor; because he hath violently taken away a James 2,13 house which he builded not; 20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. 21 There shall none of his meat beleft; therefore shall no man look for his goods. 22 In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. 25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, . the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. 27 Whom I shall seed for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins bed consumed within me. 28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him ? seeing the root of the matter is found in me. 29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there f Eco 11,9. is a judgment. a ch. 29, 9. CHAPTER XX. Zophar sheweth the state and portion of the wicked. a THEN answered Zophar the Naamathite, and 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, b Gal. 4, 18. and for this I make haste. c ch. 19, 29. 2 Tim. 4, 3. d Ps. 77, 11. 3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and 26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places; d Heb. 12, a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill 2 with him that is left in his tabernacle. 27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. e Rom. 1,18 TIsa. 26, 21. g Rev. 18, 17. h Mat. 24, 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, St. and the heritage appointed unto him by God. CHAPTER XXI. The judgment of the wicked is in anotner world. BUT Job answered and said, Hear diligently my speech; and let this be your consolations. 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. { have spoken, mock on. 4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was e Dan. 4, $1. Da placed upon earth, Rev. 17, 7, 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment ? a James 1, 22. bheb. 15, 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it 6, 26. were so, why should not my spirit be troubled ? d Ps. 119, 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand 120. upon your mouth. 16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counProv. 1, 10. sel of the wicked is far from me. 46. Luke 12, In. 17,13. Zeph. 2,1, 2 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out ? and how oft cometh their destruction upon them? God distributeth sorrows in his anger. 18 They are as 'stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. Job exhorted to repent. 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou art righteous or is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect ? 4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment? 5 Is not thy wickedness great ? and thine iniquities infinite? 6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother Acts 28, 4. for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. e ch. 31, 3 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, f Prov. 25, 21. and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; Jam. 2,15 and the honourable man dwelt in it. h 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty; and the arms of the fatherless have been broken: g Ps. 12, 8. h ch. 31, 21. 1 Cor. 13,5, 10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and 6. sudden fear troubleth thee ; 11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. 12 Is not God in the height of heaven ? and, behold, the height of the stars, how high they are! 13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? i 1 Sam. 28, 20. k Ps. 32, 6 1 Ps. 115, 3 m Zech. 1, n Ps. 199, 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he 12 seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked &. men have trodden; 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foun 19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: * hedation was overflown with a flood; * Rev. 18,5. rewardeth him, and he shall know it. 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. 26 They shall lie down balike 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? and where are the dwelling-places of the wicked? 29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, 30 That the wicked is 'reserved to the day of 2 Pet. 2, 9. destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of 26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he d Isa. 58, 9. 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 Psal. 1, 3. upon thy ways. 29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, James 4,6. There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. 30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent; 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 stroke is heavier than my groaning. 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! Sin often goeth unpunished. Before CHRIST JOB. Bildad asserteth God's sovereignty. 5 I would know the words which he would had marked for themselves in the day-time: they Before cir. 1520. answer me, and understand what he would say unto 6, 7. h Acts 17, 27. 16. 1 Tim. 6, k Ps. 44, 24. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my & judge. 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: know not the light. CHRIST cir 1520. 17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of 9 Jer. 3, 7. the shadow of death. r Gen. 3, 4, 23. 18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vine-1 Kings yards. 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I can-so not behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: 10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he 1 Ps. 66, 10. hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. 11 My foot hath held his steps: his way have I kept, and not declined. 19 Drought and heat consume the snow-waters; 20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall 22 He draweth also the mighty with his power : 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 n Psal. 119, mouth more than my necessary food. 21, 1 24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way & 39, 5.' as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. b Ps. 55, 23. 25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a 15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence; when { liar, and make my speech nothing worth? I consider, I am afraid of him. 15 For God maketh my heart'soft, and the Al mighty troubleth me: 9 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. CHAPTER XXIV. 1 Wickedness goeth often unpunished.... 17 There is a secret judgment for the wicked. a WHY, seeing times are not hidden from the how can he be days? Almighty, do they that know him not see his 2 Some remove the land-marks; they violently Prov. 22,28. take away flocks, and feed thereof; Hosea 5, 10. 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. Jam. 5, 4. g Deut. 24, 12, 13. $1. 6 They reap every one his ' corn in the field, and they gather the vintage of the wicked; 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 mountains, Heb. 11, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter; i Hosea 10, 14. 1 Tim. 6, 10. 4. 5 Behold, even to the moon, and it shineth not; CHAPTER XXVI. Job reproveth the uncharitable spirit of Bildad. BUT Job answered and said, a Gen. 2, 1. e James 1, 17. Rom. 3,25. g Rom. 8, h Ps. 22, 6. a Prov. 25, 2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? Eccl. 12, 10. 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wis- 11. dom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the b chap. 11, thing as it is? 2,5. c Acts 20, 4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose 20 spirit came from thee? 5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. 6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath 9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and { no covering. take a pledge of the poor; 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, 13. their wine-presses, and suffer thirst. m Ps. 50, 21. 12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of Eccl. 11. the wounded crieth out; " yet God layeth not folly to them. Mal. 2, 17. n John 3,26. • Eph. 5,16. p Mat. 5, 27. 13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. 14 The murderer, rising with the light, killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. 15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and disguiseth his face. 16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they 7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 2 Tim. 3, 15. 4 ch. 12, 3, Ezek. 12,19. e Prov. 15, 1f. f Ps. 24, 2. 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; g Pr. 30, 4 and the cloud is not rent under them. 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. 10 He hath compassed the waters with 1 until the day and night come to an end. h Isa. 66, L i Ps. 104, 5. bounds, k ch. 38, 8. 11 The pillars of heaven tremble, and are astonished at his reproof. 12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his 1 Rev. 21, 1. m 2 Pet. 3, 10. n Jer. 9, 23 o Isa. 27, 1 p John 16, 14 Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how Plit- 12. tle a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his q 2 Cor. 47 power who can understand? The hypocrite is without hope. Before CHRIST cir. 1530. a Prov. 4, 18. 6 Ps. 9, 4 37, 6. Acts 17, 25. d Zeph. 3, 13 Gal. 2, 11. 12 Cor. 1, g ch. 2, 8. h A. ts 24, i 2 Sam. 18, 52. 20. CHAPTER XXVII....XXVIII....XXIX. CHAPTER XXVII. The blessings which the wicked have are turned into curses. a MOREOVER, Job continued his parable, and 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; 3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. 5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. 6 My righteousness & I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I{ live. h 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth_up against me as the unrighteous. 8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he Luke 12, hath gained, when Godtaketh away his soul? Prov. 1,23. m Ps. 73,34. 9 Will God hear his cry when 'trouble cometh upon him? 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? 11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that Luke 12, which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. o Ps. 4, 2 12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether ° vain ? 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, pRev. 6,17 and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall q Esther 9, 10. r Pr. 10, 7. receive of the Almighty. १ 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 • Ps. 78, 64. death; and his widows shall not weep. 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; 17 He may prepare u, but " the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. 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 Ps. 37,36 be gathered: * he openeth his eyes, and he is not. * E.x. 12, 29. b Dan. 4,31. e Ex. 14, 25, Judg. 4, 17. 20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. 21 The cast 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: he Amos 2, 14. would fain flee out of his hand. d Rev. 18, 3.19 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. Wisdom the gift of God. $8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the 9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he 10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye'seeth every precious thing. 11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he ferth to light. 12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding ? 13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the " land of the living. 14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. 15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. 3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when Ps. 23, 4. by his light I walked through darkness; 4 As I was in the days of my youth when the 5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my 3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth { rock poured me out rivers of oil; d1 Kings out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the 7 When I went out to the gate, through the city, . when I prepared my seat in the street; 8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves : and the aged arose, and stood up. i Mat. 6, 20. k James i, 13. 9 The princes refrained talking, and 'laid their Judg. 18, hand on their mouth. 10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave λου 20, 19, to me: D 19. m Prov. 23 2. n Mark 7, witness John 18 37 i CHAPTER XXX. a Job's honour is turned into extreme contempt. to have set with the dogs of my flock. 2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands c Prov. 23, profit me, in whom old age was perished? 21. 3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing d Isa. 35, 1. into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste: 4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper-roots for their meat. Zeph. 1, 15. 11. Amos 7, 5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief,) 6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of 1 Cor. 5, 13. the earth, and in the rocks. h Jam. 4, 2. i l's. 35, 15. & 69, 13. * Γ'rov. 23, 5. 7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together. 8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men; they were viler than the earth. 9 And now am I their 'song; yea, I am their byword. -10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and 1. Mat. 26, spare not to 'spit in my face. 07. m Ps. 39, 9. n Zech. 3, 1. o Acts 13, 10. 11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and "afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me. 12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction. 13 Theymar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper. r 30° My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burnt with heat. 31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my Porgan into the voice of them that wecp. CHAPTER XXXI. Job maketh a solemn protestation of his integrity. a I MADE a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? 2 For what portion of God is there from above? 4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my 6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that m Ps. 77, 2. n Jer. 9, 2. o Lam. 4, 8. p Isa. 24, 7. a Mat. 5, 28. b Jer. 14, 4. Heb. 15, 3. d Isa. 25, 21 Jude 7. e 2 Chr. 16, Eph. 5, 15. g Eccl. 5, 1. h Ps. 26, 1. i Ps. 130, 3. 2 Cor. 10, 7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and * my is. heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath x Eccl. 11 cleaved to my hands; 9. Ezek. 6, 9. 8 Then let me sow, and let another eat: yea, let 1 Lev. 16,16 my offspring be rooted out. m Mat. 7, 2. 9 If my heart have been deceived by a woman; m Eccl. 7, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door ; 10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let * others bow down upon her. 11 For this is a heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. 26. n Jer. 5, 10 o 2 Sam. 12, 11. Gen. 38, q Pr. 6, 33. 12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me; 14. They came upon me as a wide breaking-in { when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves 15 Terrors are turned upon me they pursue my Jer. 17, 17. soul as the wind; and my welfare passeth away as a 11 Sam. 1, 15. cloud. 16 And now my soul is poured out upon me: the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. 15 Did not he that made me in the womb make *him? and did not one fashion us in the womb ? 17. s 2 Thes. 1 8. t Mal. 2, 10. |