Bible Reading and Study
August 18
The World English Bible
Aug. 18
Job 9-12
Job 9:1 Then Job answered,
Job 9:2 "Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?
Job 9:3 If he is pleased to contend with him, he can't answer him one time in a thousand.
Job 9:4 God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?
Job 9:5 He removes the mountains, and they don't know it, when he overturns them in his anger.
Job 9:6 He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble.
Job 9:7 He commands the sun, and it doesn't rise, and seals up the stars.
Job 9:8 He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.
Job 9:9 He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
Job 9:10 He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous things without number.
Job 9:11 Behold, he goes by me, and I don't see him. He passes on also, but I don't perceive him.
Job 9:12 Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, 'What are you doing?'
Job 9:13 "God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.
Job 9:14 How much less shall I answer him, And choose my words to argue with him?
Job 9:15 Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn't answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.
Job 9:16 If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn't believe that he listened to my voice.
Job 9:17 For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.
Job 9:18 He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
Job 9:19 If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, 'Who,' says he, 'will summon me?'
Job 9:20 Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.
Job 9:21 I am blameless. I don't regard myself. I despise my life.
Job 9:22 "It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.
Job 9:23 If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
Job 9:24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it?
Job 9:25 "Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away, they see no good,
Job 9:26 They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
Job 9:27 If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;'
Job 9:28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not hold me innocent.
Job 9:29 I shall be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?
Job 9:30 If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,
Job 9:31 yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes shall abhor me.
Job 9:32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.
Job 9:33 There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.
Job 9:34 Let him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid;
Job 9:35 then I would speak, and not fear him, for I am not so in myself.
Job 10:1 "My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 10:2 I will tell God, 'Do not condemn me. Show me why you contend with me.
Job 10:3 Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?
Job 10:4 Do you have eyes of flesh? Or do you see as man sees?
Job 10:5 Are your days as the days of mortals, or your years as man's years,
Job 10:6 that you inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin?
Job 10:7 Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can deliver out of your hand.
Job 10:8 " 'Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether, yet you destroy me.
Job 10:9 Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay. Will you bring me into dust again?
Job 10:10 Haven't you poured me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese?
Job 10:11 You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
Job 10:12 You have granted me life and loving kindness. Your visitation has preserved my spirit.
Job 10:13 Yet you hid these things in your heart. I know that this is with you:
Job 10:14 if I sin, then you mark me. You will not acquit me from my iniquity.
Job 10:15 If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still shall not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction.
Job 10:16 If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion. Again you show yourself powerful to me.
Job 10:17 You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation on me. Changes and warfare are with me.
Job 10:18 " 'Why, then, have you brought me forth out of the womb? I wish I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.
Job 10:19 I should have been as though I had not been. I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
Job 10:20 Aren't my days few? Cease then. Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,
Job 10:21 before I go where I shall not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
Job 10:22 the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as midnight.' "
Job 11:1 Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,
Job 11:2 "Shouldn't the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
Job 11:3 Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?
Job 11:4 For you say, 'My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.'
Job 11:5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,
Job 11:6 that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.
Job 11:7 "Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
Job 11:8 They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?
Job 11:9 Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Job 11:10 If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
Job 11:11 For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn't consider it.
Job 11:12 An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey's colt.
Job 11:13 "If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.
Job 11:14 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don't let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
Job 11:15 Surely then you shall lift up your face without spot; Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:
Job 11:16 for you shall forget your misery. You shall remember it as waters that are passed away.
Job 11:17 Life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.
Job 11:18 You shall be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.
Job 11:19 Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. Yes, many shall court your favor.
Job 11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail. They shall have no way to flee. Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit."
Job 12:1 Then Job answered,
Job 12:2 "No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
Job 12:3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn't know such things as these?
Job 12:4 I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
Job 12:5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
Job 12:6 The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their God in their hands.
Job 12:7 "But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; the birds of the sky, and they shall tell you.
Job 12:8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you. The fish of the sea shall declare to you.
Job 12:9 Who doesn't know that in all these, the hand of Yahweh has done this,
Job 12:10 in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
Job 12:11 Doesn't the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
Job 12:12 With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.
Job 12:13 "With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
Job 12:14 Behold, he breaks down, and it can't be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
Job 12:15 Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
Job 12:16 With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.
Job 12:17 He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.
Job 12:18 He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.
Job 12:19 He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
Job 12:20 He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
Job 12:21 He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.
Job 12:22 He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
Job 12:23 He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
Job 12:24 He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
Job 12:25 They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
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Job
Job 9 1
Then Job answered,
And Job answered and said,
And Job answereth and saith: –
Job 9 2
"Truly I know that it is so, But how can man be just with God?
Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with ·God?
Truly I have known that [it is] so, And what -- is man righteous with God?
Job 9 3
If he is pleased to contend with him, He can`t answer him one time in a thousand.
If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand.
If he delight to strive with Him -- He doth not answer him one of a thousand.
Job 9 4
God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who has hardened himself against him, and
prospered?
He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and
had peace?
Wise in heart and strong in power -- Who hath hardened toward Him and is at
peace?
Job 9 5
Who removes the mountains, and they don`t know it, When he overturns them in his anger
Who removeth mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger;
Who is removing mountains, And they have not known, Who hath overturned them
in His anger.
Job 9 6
Who shakes the earth out of its place; The pillars of it tremble;
Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble;
Who is shaking earth from its place, And its pillars move themselves.
Job 9 7
Who commands the sun, and it doesn`t rise, And seals up the stars;
Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars;
Who is speaking to the sun, and it riseth not, And the stars He sealeth up.
Job 9 8
Who alone stretches out the heavens, Treads on the waves of the sea;
Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;
Stretching out the heavens by Himself, And treading on the heights of the sea,
Job 9 9
Who makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;
Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;
Making Osh, Kesil, and Kimah, And the inner chambers of the south.
Job 9 10
Who does great things past finding out, Yes, marvelous things without number.
Who doeth great things past finding out, and wonders without number.
Doing great things till there is no searching, And wonderful, till there is no
numbering.
Job 9 11
Behold, he goes by me, and I don`t see him. He passes on also, but I don`t perceive him.
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.
Lo, He goeth over by me, and I see not, And He passeth on, and I attend not to it.
Job 9 12
Behold, he snatches away; who can hinder him? Who will ask him, `What are you doing?`
Behold, he taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
Lo, He snatches away, who bringeth it back? Who saith unto Him, `What dost
Thou?`
Job 9 13
"God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.
+God withdraweth not his anger; the proud helpers stoop under him:
God doth not turn back His anger, Under Him bowed have proud helpers.
Job 9 14
How much less shall I answer him, Choose my words to argue with him?
How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words [to strive] with him?
How much less do I -- I answer Him? Choose out my words with Him?
Job 9 15
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer. I would make supplication to my judge.
Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer; I would make supplication to
my judge.
Whom, though I were righteous, I answer not, For my judgment I make
supplication.
Job 9 16
If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he listened to my voice.
If I had called, and he had answered me, I would not believe that he hearkened to my
voice, --
Though I had called and He answereth me, I do not believe that He giveth ear [to]
my voice.
Job 9 17
For he breaks me with a tempest, Multiplies my wounds without cause.
He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Because with a tempest He bruiseth me, And hath multiplied my wounds for
nought.
Job 9 18
He will not allow me to take my breath, But fills me with bitterness.
He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.
He permitteth me not to refresh my spirit, But filleth me with bitter things.
Job 9 19
If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, `Who,` says he, `will summon
me?`
Be it a question of strength, lo, [he is] strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a
time?
If of power, lo, the Strong One; And if of judgment -- who doth convene me?
Job 9 20
Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove
me perverse.
If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove
me perverse.
If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am! -- it declareth
me perverse.
Job 9 21
I am blameless. I don`t regard myself. I despise my life.
Were I perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
Perfect I am! -- I know not my soul, I despise my life.
Job 9 22
"It is all the same. Therefore I say, He destroys the blameless and the wicked.
It is all one; therefore I said, he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
It is the same thing, therefore I said, `The perfect and the wicked He is
Job 9 23
If the scourge kills suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.
If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent.
If a scourge doth put to death suddenly, At the trial of the innocent He laugheth.
Job 9 24
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of the judges of it. If not
he, then who is it?
The earth is given over into the hand of the wicked [man]; he covereth the faces of its
judges. If not, who then is it?
Earth hath been given Into the hand of the wicked one. The face of its judges he
covereth, If not -- where, who [is] he?
Job 9 25
"Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away, they see no good,
And my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good.
My days have been swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have not seen good,
Job 9 26
They have passed away as the swift ships, As the eagle that swoops on the prey.
They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.
They have passed on with ships of reed, As an eagle darteth on food.
Job 9 27
If I say, `I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;`
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my [sad] countenance, and brighten up,
Though I say, `I forget my talking, I forsake my corner, and I brighten up!`
Job 9 28
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not hold me innocent.
I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
I have been afraid of all my griefs, I have known that Thou dost not acquit me.
Job 9 29
I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?
Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?
I -- I am become wicked; why [is] this? [In] vain I labour.
Job 9 30
If I wash myself with snow, And cleanse my hands with lye,
If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity,
If I have washed myself with snow-water, And purified with soap my hands,
Job 9 31
Yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes shall abhor me.
Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me.
Then in corruption Thou dost dip me, And my garments have abominated me.
Job 9 32
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in
judgment.
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in
judgment.
But if a man like myself -- I answer him, We come together into judgment.
Job 9 33
There is no umpire between us, That might lay his hand on us both.
There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.
If there were between us an umpire, He doth place his hand on us both.
Job 9 34
Let him take his rod away from me, Let his terror not make me afraid:
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,
He doth turn aside from off me his rod, And His terror doth not make me afraid,
Job 9 35
Then I would speak, and not fear him, For I am not so in myself.
[Then] I will speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
I speak, and do not fear Him, But I am not right with myself.
Job 10 1
"My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the
bitterness of my soul.
My soul is weary of my life: I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the
bitterness of my soul.
My soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the
bitterness of my soul.
Job 10 2
I will tell God, `Do not condemn me, Show me why you contend with me.
I will say unto +God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou strivest with me.
I say unto God, `Do not condemn me, Let me know why Thou dost strive [with] me.
Job 10 3
Is it good to you that you should oppress, That you should despise the work of your hands, And
smile on the counsel of the wicked?
Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and
shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy
hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?
Job 10 4
Do you have eyes of flesh? Or do you see as man sees?
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
Eyes of flesh hast Thou? As man seeth -- seest Thou?
Job 10 5
Are your days as the days of mortals, Or your years as man`s years,
Are thy days as the days of a mortal? are thy years as a man`s days,
As the days of man [are] Thy days? Thy years as the days of a man?
Job 10 6
That you inquire after my iniquity, And search after my sin?
That thou searchest after mine iniquity, and inquirest into my sin;
That Thou inquirest for mine iniquity, And for my sin seekest?
Job 10 7
Although you know that I am not wicked, There is no one who can deliver out of your hand.
Since thou knowest that I am not wicked, and that there is none that delivereth out of
thy hand?
For Thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is no deliverer from Thy hand.
Job 10 8
`Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether; Yet you destroy me.
Thy hands have bound me together and made me as one, round about; yet dost thou
swallow me up!
Thy hands have taken pains about me, And they make me together round about,
And Thou swallowest me up!
Job 10 9
Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay. Will you bring me into dust again?
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as clay, and wilt bring me into dust
again.
Remember, I pray Thee, That as clay Thou hast made me, And unto dust Thou dost
bring me back.
Job 10 10
Haven`t you poured me out like milk, And curdled me like cheese?
Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
Dost Thou not as milk pour me out? And as cheese curdle me?
Job 10 11
You have clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews.
Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews;
Skin and flesh Thou dost put on me, And with bones and sinews dost fence me.
Job 10 12
You have granted me life and lovingkindness. Your visitation has preserved my spirit.
Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy care hath preserved my spirit;
Life and kindness Thou hast done with me. And Thy inspection hath preserved my
spirit.
Job 10 13
Yet you hid these things in your heart. I know that this is with you:
And these things didst thou hide in thy heart; I know that this was with thee.
And these Thou hast laid up in Thy heart, I have known that this [is] with Thee.
Job 10 14
If I sin, then you mark me. You will not acquit me from my iniquity.
If I sinned, thou wouldest mark me, and thou wouldest not acquit me of mine iniquity.
If I sinned, then Thou hast observed me, And from mine iniquity dost not acquit
me,
Job 10 15
If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still shall not lift up my head, Being filled with
disgrace, And conscious of my affliction.
If I were wicked, woe unto me! and righteous, I will not lift up my head, being [so] full of
shame, and beholding mine affliction; --
If I have done wickedly -- wo to me, And righteously -- I lift not up my head, Full of
shame -- then see my affliction,
Job 10 16
If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion. Again you show yourself powerful to me.
And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy
marvellous power upon me.
And it riseth -- as a lion Thou huntest me. And Thou turnest back -- Thou shewest
Thyself wonderful in me.
Job 10 17
You renew your witnesses against me, And increase your indignation on me. Changes and
warfare are with me.
Thou renewest thy witnesses before me and increasest thy displeasure against me;
successions [of evil] and a time of toil are with me.
Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, And dost multiply Thine anger with me,
Changes and warfare [are] with me.
Job 10 18
"`Why, then, have you brought me forth out of the womb? I wish I had given up the spirit, and
no eye had seen me.
And wherefore didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? I had expired, and no eye had
seen me.
And why from the womb Hast Thou brought me forth? I expire, and the eye doth
not see me.
Job 10 19
I should have been as though I had not been. I should have been carried from the womb to the
grave.
I should be as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the
grave.
As I had not been, I am, From the belly to the grave I am brought,
Job 10 20
Aren`t my days few? Cease then, Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,
Are not my days few? cease then and let me alone, that I may revive a little,
Are not my days few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little,
Job 10 21
Before I go where I shall not return from, To the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
Before I go, and never to return, -- to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,
Job 10 22
The land dark as midnight, Of the shadow of death, without any order, Where the light is as
midnight.`"
A land of gloom, as darkness itself; of the shadow of death, without any order, where the
light is as thick darkness.
A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade -- and no order, And the
shining [is] as thick darkness.`
Job 11 1
Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,
And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: --
Job 11 2
"Shouldn`t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be
justified?
Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
Job 11 3
Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you
ashamed?
Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one
make [thee] ashamed?
Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!
Job 11 4
For you say, `My doctrine is pure, I am clean in your eyes.`
For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
And thou sayest, `Pure [is] my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.`
Job 11 5
But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against you,
But oh that +God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.
Job 11 6
That he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know
therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, how that they are the double of what
is realised; and know that +God passeth by [much] of thine iniquity!
And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou
that God forgetteth for thee, [Some] of thine iniquity.
Job 11 7
"Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
Canst thou by searching find out +God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?
Job 11 8
They are high as heaven. What can you do? Deeper than Sheol: what can you know?
[It is as] the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou
know?
Heights of the heavens! -- what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! -- what knowest
thou?
Job 11 9
The measure of it is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Longer than earth [is] its measure, And broader than the sea.
Job 11 10
If he passes by, or confines, Or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
If he pass by, and shut up, and call to judgment, who can hinder him?
If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?
Job 11 11
For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn`t consider it.
For he knoweth vain men, and seeth wickedness when [man] doth not consider it;
For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not
consider [it]!
Job 11 12
But vain man can become wise If a man can be born as a wild donkey`s colt.
Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born [like] the foal of a wild ass.
And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.
Job 11 13
"If you set your heart aright, Stretch out your hands toward him.
If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him,
If thou -- thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands,
Job 11 14
If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, Don`t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy
tents;
If iniquity [is] in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy
tents.
Job 11 15
Surely then shall you lift up your face without spot; Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not
fear:
Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be stedfast and shalt
not fear:
For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and
fearest not.
Job 11 16
For you shall forget your misery; You shall remember it as waters that are passed away,
For thou shalt forget misery; as waters that are passed away shalt thou remember it;
For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.
Job 11 17
Life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.
And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou
shalt be as the morning,
And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest -- as the morning thou art.
Job 11 18
You shall be secure, because there is hope; Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in
safety.
And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about
[thee], thou shalt take rest in safety.
And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched -- in confidence thou
liest down,
Job 11 19
Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; Yes, many shall court your favor.
Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour.
And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated
thy face;
Job 11 20
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, They shall have no way to flee; Their hope shall be the
giving up of the spirit."
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and [all] refuge shall vanish from them, and their
hope [shall be] the breathing out of life.
And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them,
And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!
Job 12 1
Then Job answered,
And Job answered and said,
And Job answereth and saith: --
Job 12 2
"No doubt, but you are the people, And wisdom shall die with you.
Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you!
Truly -- ye [are] the people, And with you doth wisdom die.
Job 12 3
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yes, who doesn`t know such
things as these?
I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not
such things as these?
I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there
not like these?
Job 12 4
I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just,
the blameless man is a joke.
I am to be one that is a derision to his friend, I who call upon +God, and whom he will
answer: a derision is the just upright [man].
A laughter to his friend I am: `He calleth to God, and He answereth him,` A
laughter [is] the perfect righteous one.
Job 12 5
In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune, It is ready for them
whose foot slips.
He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is
at ease.
A torch -- despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding
with the feet.
Job 12 6
The tents of robbers prosper, Those who provoke God are secure; Who carry their God in
their hands.
The tents of desolators are in peace, and they that provoke ·God are secure; into whose
hand +God bringeth.
At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He
into whose hand God hath brought.
Job 12 7
"But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; The birds of the sky, and they shall tell you.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they
shall tell thee;
And yet, ask, I pray thee, [One of] the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of
the heavens, And it doth declare to thee.
Job 12 8
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you; The fish of the sea shall declare to you.
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto
thee.
Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of the sea recount to thee:
Job 12 9
Who doesn`t know that in all these, The hand of Yahweh has done this,
Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this?
`Who hath not known in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath done this?
Job 12 10
In whose hand is the life of every living thing, The breath of all mankind?
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.
In whose hand [is] the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of
man.`
Job 12 11
Doesn`t the ear try words, Even as the palate tastes its food?
Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food?
Doth not the ear try words? And the palate taste food for itself?
Job 12 12
With aged men is wisdom, In length of days understanding.
With the aged is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.
With the very aged [is] wisdom, And [with] length of days understanding.
Job 12 13
"With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding.
With Him [are] wisdom and might, To him [are] counsel and understanding.
Job 12 14
Behold, he breaks down, and it can`t be built again; He imprisons a man, and there can be no
release.
Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no
opening.
Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is
not opened.
Job 12 15
Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sends them out, and they overturn
the earth.
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they
overturn the earth.
Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth,
And they overturn the land.
Job 12 16
With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his.
With him is strength and effectual knowledge; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
With Him [are] strength and wisdom, His the deceived and deceiver.
Job 12 17
He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools;
Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish.
Job 12 18
He loosens the bond of kings, He binds their loins with a belt.
He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;
The bands of kings He hath opened, And He bindeth a girdle on their loins.
Job 12 19
He leads priests away stripped, And overthrows the mighty.
He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty;
Causing ministers to go away a spoil And strong ones He overthroweth.
Job 12 20
He removes the speech of those who are trusted, And takes away the understanding of the
elders.
He depriveth of speech the trusty, and taketh away the judgment of the elders;
Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away.
Job 12 21
He pours contempt on princes, And loosens the belt of the strong.
He poureth contempt upon nobles, and slackeneth the girdle of the mighty;
Pouring contempt upon princes, And the girdle of the mighty He made feeble.
Job 12 22
He uncovers deep things out of darkness, And brings out to light the shadow of death.
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of
death;
Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade.
Job 12 23
He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them
captive.
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and
bringeth them in;
Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and
He quieteth them.
Job 12 24
He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causes them to
wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth
them to wander in a pathless waste.
Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth
them to wander In vacancy -- no way!
Job 12 25
They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard.
They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.
Study Questions
How did Job view himself? 9:12, 15, 19-21, 32
Job felt he was not _________________? 10:7
Job wished that he had a longer life, true or false? 10:19Zophar said Job was a __________? 11:1-3
What did Zophar say Job was wrong about? 11:4
Job deserved __________________? 11:6b
God controls the nations, true or false? 12:23
