Job (NAB) 30
30 1 But now they hold me in derision who are younger in years than I; Whose fathers I should have disdained to rank with the dogs of my flock.
2 Such strength as they had, to me meant nought; they were utterly destitute.
3 In want and hunger was their lot, they who fled to the parched wastelands:
4 They plucked saltwort and shrubs; the roots of the broom plant were their food.
5 They were banished from among men, with an outcry like that against a thief--
6 To dwell on the slopes of the wadies, in caves of sand and stone;
7 Among the bushes they raised their raucous cry; under the nettles they huddled together.
8 Irresponsible, nameless men, they were driven out of the land.
9 Yet now they sing of me in mockery; I am become a byword among them.
10 They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, they do not hesitate to spit in my face!
11 Indeed, they have loosed their bonds; they lord it over me, and have thrown off restraint in my presence.
12 To subvert my paths they rise up; they build their approaches for my ruin.
13 To destroy me, they attack with none to stay them;
14 as through a wide breach they advance. Amid the uproar they come on in waves;
15 over me rolls the terror. My dignity is borne off on the wind, and my welfare vanishes like a cloud.
16 My soul ebbs away from me;
17 My frame takes no rest by night; my inward parts seethe and will not be stilled.
18 One with great power lays hold of my clothing; by the collar of my tunic he seizes me:
19 He has cast me into the mire; I am leveled with the dust and ashes.
20 I cry to you, but you do not answer me; you stand off and look at me,
21 Then you turn upon me without mercy and with your strong hand you buffet me.
22 You raise me up and drive me before the wind; I am tossed about by the tempest.
23 Indeed I know you will turn me back in death to the destined place of everyone alive.
24 Yet should not a hand be held out to help a wretched man in his calamity?
25 Or have I not wept for the hardships of others; was not my soul grieved for the destitute?
26 Yet when I looked for good, then evil came; when I expected light, then came darkness.
27 days of affliction have overtaken me.
28 I go about in gloom, without the sun; I rise up in public to voice my grief.
29 I have become the brother of jackals, companion to the ostrich.
30 My blackened skin falls away from me; the heat scorches my very frame.
31 My harp is turned to mourning, and my reed pipe to sounds of weeping.
31 1 If I have made an agreement with my eyes and entertained any thoughts against a maiden;
2 But what is man's lot from God above, his inheritance from the Almighty on high?
3 Is it not calamity for the unrighteous, and woe for evildoers?
4 Does he not see my ways, and number all my steps?
5 If I have walked in falsehood and my foot has hastened to deceit;
6 Let God weigh me in the scales of justice; thus will he know my innocence!
7 If my steps have turned out of the way, and my heart has followed my eyes, or any stain clings to my hands,
8 Then may I sow, but another eat of it, or may my planting be rooted up!
9 If my heart has been enticed toward a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door;
10 Then may my wife grind for another, and may others cohabit with her!
11 For that would be heinous, a crime to be condemned;
12 A fire that should burn down to the abyss till it consumed all my possessions to the roots.
13 Had I refused justice to my manservant or to my maid, when they had a claim against me,
14 What then should I do when God rose up; what could I answer when he demanded an account?
15 Did not he who made me in the womb make him? Did not the same One fashion us before our birth?
16 If I have denied anything to the poor, or allowed the eyes of the widow to languish
17 While I ate my portion alone, with no share in it for the fatherless,
18 Though like a father God has reared me from my youth, guiding me even from my mother's womb--
19 If I have seen a wanderer without clothing, or a poor man without covering,
20 Whose limbs have not blessed me when warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21 If I have raised my hand against the innocent because I saw that I had supporters at the gate--
22 Then may my arm fall from the shoulder, my forearm be broken at the elbow!
23 For the dread of God will be upon me, and his majesty will overpower me.
24 Had I put my trust in gold or called fine gold my security;
25 Or had I rejoiced that my wealth was great, or that my hand had acquired abundance--
26 Had I looked upon the sun as it shone, or the moon in the splendor of its progress,
27 And had my heart been secretly enticed to waft them a kiss with my hand;
28 This too would be a crime for condemnation, for I should have denied God above.
29 Had I rejoiced at the destruction of my enemy or exulted when evil fell upon him,
30 Even though I had not suffered my mouth to sin by uttering a curse against his life--
31 Had not the men of my tent exclaimed, "Who has not been fed with his meat!"
32 Because no stranger lodged in the street, but I opened my door to wayfarers--
33 Had I, out of human weakness, hidden my sins and buried my guilt in my bosom
34 Because I feared the noisy multitude and the scorn of the tribes terrified me- then I should have remained silent, and not come out of doors!
35 Oh, that I had one to hear my case, and that my accuser would write out his indictment!
36 Surely, I should wear it on my shoulder or put it on me like a diadem;
37 Of all my steps I should give him an account; like a prince I should present myself before him. This is my final plea; let the Almighty answer me! The words of Job are ended.
38 If my land has cried out against me till its very furrows complained;
39 If I have eaten its produce without payment and grieved the hearts of its tenants;
40 Then let the thistles grow instead of wheat and noxious weeds instead of barley!
32 1 Then the three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.2 But the anger of Elihu, son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled. He was angry with Job for considering himself rather than God to be in the right. 3 He was angry also with the three friends because they had not found a good answer and had not condemned Job.4 But since these men were older than he, Elihu bided his time before addressing Job.5 When, however, Elihu saw that there was no reply in the mouths of the three men, his wrath was inflamed.
6 So Elihu, son of Barachel the Buzite, spoke out and said: I am young and you are very old; therefore I held back and was afraid to declare to you my knowledge.
7 Days should speak, I thought, and many years teach wisdom!
8 But it is a spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.
9 It is not those of many days who are wise, nor the aged who understand the right.
10 Therefore I say, hearken to me; let me too set forth my knowledge!
11 Behold, I have waited for your discourses, and have given ear to your arguments.
12 Yes, I followed you attentively as you searched out what to say; And behold, there is none who has convicted Job, not one of you who could refute his statements.
13 Yet do not say, "We have met wisdom. God may vanquish him but not man!"
14 For had he addressed his words to me, I should not then have answered him as you have done.
15 They are dismayed, they make no more reply; words fail them.
16 Must I wait? Now that they speak no more, and have ceased to make reply,
17 I too will speak my part; I also will show my knowledge!
18 For I am full of matters to utter; the spirit within me compels me.
19 Like a new wineskin with wine under pressure, my bosom is ready to burst.
20 Let me speak and obtain relief; let me open my lips, and make reply.
21 I would not be partial to anyone, nor give flattering titles to any.
22 For I know nought of flattery; if I did, my Maker would soon take me away.
33 1 Therefore, O Job, hear my discourse, and hearken to all my words.
2 Behold, now I open my mouth; my tongue and my voice form words.
3 I will state directly what is in my mind, my lips shall utter knowledge sincerely;
4 For the spirit of God has made me, the breath of the Almighty keeps me alive.
5 If you are able, refute me; draw up your arguments and stand forth.
6 Behold I, like yourself, have been taken from the same clay by God.
7 Therefore no fear of me should dismay you, nor should my presence weigh heavily upon you.
8 But you have said in my hearing, as I listened to the sound of your words:
9 "I am clean and without transgression; I am innocent; there is no guilt in me.
10 Yet he invents pretexts against me and reckons me as his enemy.
11 He puts my feet in the stocks; he watches all my ways!"
12 In this you are not just, let me tell you; for God is greater than man.
13 Why, then, do you make complaint against him that he gives no account of his doings?
14 For God does speak, perhaps once, or even twice, though one perceive it not.
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, (when deep sleep falls upon men) as they slumber in their beds,
16 It is then he opens the ears of men and as a warning to them, terrifies them;
17 By turning man from evil and keeping pride away from him,
18 He withholds his soul from the pit and his life from passing to the grave.
19 Or a man is chastened on his bed by pain and unceasing suffering within his frame,
20 So that to his appetite food becomes repulsive, and his senses reject the choicest nourishment.
21 His flesh is wasted so that it cannot be seen, and his bones, once invisible, appear;
22 His soul draws near to the pit, his life to the place of the dead.
23 If then there be for him an angel, one out of a thousand, a mediator, To show him what is right for him and bring the man back to justice,
24 He will take pity on him and say, "Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found him a ransom."
25 Then his flesh shall become soft as a boy's; he shall be again as in the days of his youth.
26 He shall pray and God will favor him; he shall see God's face with rejoicing.
27 He shall sing before men and say, "I sinned and did wrong, yet he has not punished me accordingly.
28 He delivered my soul from passing to the pit, and I behold the light of life."
29 Lo, all these things God does, twice, or thrice, for a man,
30 Bringing back his soul from the pit to the light, in the land of the living.
31 Be attentive, O Job; listen to me! Be silent and I will speak.
32 If you have aught to say, then answer me. Speak out! I should like to see you justified.
33 If not, then do you listen to me; be silent while I teach you wisdom.
34 1 Then Elihu continued and said:
2 Hear, O wise men, my discourse, and you that have knowledge, hear me!
3 For the ear tests words, as the taste does food.
4 Let us discern for ourselves what is right; let us learn between us what is good.
5 For Job has said, "I am innocent, but God has taken what is my due.
6 Notwithstanding my right I am set at nought; in my wound the arrow rankles, sinless though I am."
7 What man is like Job? He drinks in blasphemies like water,
8 Keeps company with evildoers and goes along with wicked men,
9 When he says, "It profits a man nought that he is pleasing to God."
10 Therefore, men of understanding, hearken to me: far be it from God to do wickedness; far from the Almighty to do wrong!
11 Rather, he requites men for their conduct, and brings home to a man his way of life.
12 Surely, God cannot act wickedly, the Almighty cannot violate justice.
13 Who gave him government over the earth, or who else set all the land in its place?
14 If he were to take back his spirit to himself, withdraw to himself his breath,
15 All flesh would perish together, and man would return to the dust.
16 Now, do you, O Job, hear this! Hearken to the words I speak!
17 Can an enemy of justice indeed be in control, or will you condemn the supreme Just One,
18 Who says to a king, "You are worthless!" and to nobles, "You are wicked!"
19 Who neither favors the person of princes, nor respects the rich more than the poor? For they are all the work of his hands;
20 in a moment they die, even at midnight. He brings on nobles, and takes them away, removing the powerful without lifting a hand;
21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he beholds all his steps.
22 There is no darkness so dense that evildoers can hide in it.
23 For he forewarns no man of his time to come before God in judgment.
24 Without a trial he breaks the mighty, and sets others in their stead,
25 Therefore he discerns their works; he turns at night and crushes them.
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27 Because they turned away from him and heeded none of his ways,
28 But caused the cries of the poor to reach him, so that he heard the plea of the afflicted.
29 If he remains tranquil, who then can condemn? If he hides his face, who then can behold him?
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31 When anyone says to God, "I was misguided; I will offend no more.
32 Teach me wherein I have sinned; if I have done wrong, I will do so no more,"
33 Would you then say that God must punish, since you reject what he is doing? It is you who must choose, not I; speak, therefore, what you know.
34 Men of understanding will say to me, every wise man who hears my views:
35 "Job speaks without intelligence, and his words are without sense."
36 Let Job be tried to the limit, since his answers are those of the impious;
37 For he is adding rebellion to his sin by brushing off our arguments and addressing many words to God.
35 1 Then Elihu proceeded and said:
2 Do you think it right to say, "I am just rather than God?"
3 To say, "What does it profit me; what advantage have I more than if I had sinned?"
4 I have words for a reply to you and your three companions as well.
5 Look up to the skies and behold; regard the heavens high above you.
6 If you sin, what injury do you do to God? Even if your offenses are many, how do you hurt him?
7 If you are righteous, what do you give him, or what does he receive from your hand?
8 Your wickedness can affect only a man like yourself; and your justice only a fellow human being.
9 In great oppression men cry out; they call for help because of the power of the mighty,
10 Saying, "Where is God, my Maker, who has given visions in the night,
11 Taught us rather than the beasts of the earth, and made us wise rather than the birds of the heavens?"
12 Though thus they cry out, he answers not against the pride of the wicked.
13 But it is idle to say God does not hear or that the Almighty does not take notice.
14 Even though you say that you see him not, the case is before him; with trembling should you wait upon him.
15 But now that you have done otherwise, God's anger punishes, nor does he show concern that a man will die.
16 Yet Job to no purpose opens his mouth, and without knowledge multiplies words.
36 1 Elihu proceeded further and said:
2 Wait yet a little and I will instruct you, for there are still words to be said on God's behalf.
3 I will bring my knowledge from afar, and to my Maker I will accord the right.
4 For indeed, my theme cannot fail me: the one perfect in knowledge I set before you.
5 Behold, God rejects the obstinate in heart; he preserves not the life of the wicked.
6 He withholds not the just man's rights, but grants vindication to the oppressed,
7 And with kings upon thrones he sets them, exalted forever.
8 Or if they are bound with fetters and held fast by bonds of affliction,
9 Then he makes known to them what they have done and their sins of boastful pride.
10 He opens their ears to correction and exhorts them to turn back from evil.
11 If they obey and serve him, they spend their days in prosperity, their years in happiness.
12 But if they obey not, they perish; they die for lack of knowledge.
13 The impious in heart lay up anger for themselves; they cry not for help when he enchains them;
14 Therefore they expire in youth, and perish among the reprobate.
15 But he saves the unfortunate through their affliction, and instructs them through distress.
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21 Take heed, turn not to evil; for you have preferred carousal to affliction.
22 Behold, God is sublime in his power. What teacher is there like him?
23 Who prescribes for him his conduct, or who can say, "You have done wrong"?
24 Remember, you should extol his work, which men have praised in song.
25 All men contemplate it; man beholds it from afar.
26 Lo, God is great beyond our knowledge; the number of his years is past searching out.
27 He holds in check the waterdrops that filter in rain through his mists,
28 Till the skies run with them and the showers rain down on mankind.
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30 Lo! he spreads the clouds in layers as the carpeting of his tent.
31 For by these he nourishes the nations, and gives them food in abundance.
32 In his hands he holds the lightning, and he commands it to strike the mark.
33 His thunder speaks for him and incites the fury of the storm.
37 1 At this my heart trembles and leaps out of its place,
2 To hear his angry voice as it rumbles forth from his mouth!
3 Everywhere under the heavens he sends it, with his lightning, to the ends of the earth.
4 Again his voice roars-- the majestic sound of his thunder.
5 He does great things beyond our knowing; wonders past our searching out.
6 For he says to the snow, "Fall to the earth"; likewise to his heavy, drenching rain.
7 He shuts up all mankind indoors;
8 the wild beasts take to cover and remain quietly in their dens.
9 Out of its chamber comes forth the tempest; from the north winds, the cold.
10 With his breath God brings the frost, and the broad waters become congealed.
11 With hail, also, the clouds are laden, as they scatter their flashes of light.
12 He it is who changes their rounds, according to his plans, in their task upon the surface of the earth,
13 whether for punishment or mercy, as he commands.
14 Hearken to this, O Job! Stand and consider the wondrous works of God!
15 Do you know how God lays his commands upon them, and makes the light shine forth from his clouds?
16 Do you know how the clouds are banked, the wondrous work of him who is perfect in knowledge?
17 You, whom the streams of water fail when a calm from the south comes over the land,
18 Do you spread out with him the firmament of the skies, hard as a brazen mirror?
19 Teach us then what we shall say to him; we cannot, for the darkness, make our plea.
20 Will he be told about it when I speak, or when a man says he is being destroyed?
21 Nay, rather, it is as the light which men see not while it is obscured among the clouds, till the wind comes by and sweeps the clouds away.
22 From the North the splendor comes, surrounding God's awesome majesty!
23 The Almighty! we cannot discover him, pre-eminent in power and judgment; his great justice owes no one an accounting.
24 Therefore men revere him, though none can see him, however wise their hearts.
38 1 Then the LORD addressed Job out of the storm and said:
2 Who is this that obscures divine plans with words of ignorance?
3 Gird up your loins now, like a man; I will question you, and you tell me the answers!
4 Where were you when I founded the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
5 Who determined its size; do you know? Who stretched out the measuring line for it?
6 Into what were its pedestals sunk, and who laid the cornerstone,
7 While the morning stars sang in chorus and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 And who shut within doors the sea, when it burst forth from the womb;
9 When I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling bands?
10 When I set limits for it and fastened the bar of its door,
11 And said: Thus far shall you come but no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stilled!
12 Have you ever in your lifetime commanded the morning and shown the dawn its place
13 For taking hold of the ends of the earth, till the wicked are shaken from its surface?
14 The earth is changed as is clay by the seal, and dyed as though it were a garment;
15 But from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm of pride is shattered.
16 Have you entered into the sources of the sea, or walked about in the depths of the abyss?
17 Have the gates of death been shown to you, or have you seen the gates of darkness?
18 Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell me, if you know all:
19 Which is the way to the dwelling place of light, and where is the abode of darkness,
20 That you may take them to their boundaries and set them on their homeward paths?
21 You know, because you were born before them, and the number of your years is great!
22 Have you entered the storehouse of the snow, and seen the treasury of the hail
23 Which I have reserved for times of stress, for the days of war and of battle?
24 Which way to the parting of the winds, whence the east wind spreads over the earth?
25 Who has laid out a channel for the downpour and for the thunderstorm a path
26 To bring rain to no man's land, the unpeopled wilderness;
27 To enrich the waste and desolate ground till the desert blooms with verdure?
28 Has the rain a father; or who has begotten the drops of dew?
29 Out of whose womb comes the ice, and who gives the hoarfrost its birth in the skies,
30 When the waters lie covered as though with stone that holds captive the surface of the deep?
31 Have you fitted a curb to the Pleiades, or loosened the bonds of Orion?
32 Can you bring forth the Mazzaroth in their season, or guide the Bear with its train?
33 Do you know the ordinances of the heavens; can you put into effect their plan on the earth?
34 Can you raise your voice among the clouds, or veil yourself in the waters of the storm?
35 Can you send forth the lightnings on their way, or will they say to you, "Here we are"?
36 Who puts wisdom in the heart, and gives the cock its understanding?
37 Who counts the clouds in his wisdom? Or who tilts the water jars of heaven
38 So that the dust of earth is fused into a mass and its clods made solid?
39 Do you hunt the prey for the lioness or appease the hunger of her cubs,
40 While they crouch in their dens, or lie in wait in the thicket?
41 Who provides nourishment for the ravens when their young ones cry out to God, and they rove abroad without food?
39 1 Do you know about the birth of the mountain goats, watch for the birth pangs of the hinds,
2 Number the months that they must fulfill, and fix the time of their bringing forth?
3 They crouch down and bear their young; they deliver their progeny in the desert.
4 When their offspring thrive and grow, they leave and do not return.
5 Who has given the wild ass his freedom, and who has loosed him from bonds?
6 I have made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
7 He scoffs at the uproar of the city, and hears no shouts of a driver.
8 He ranges the mountains for pasture, and seeks out every patch of green.
9 Will the wild ox consent to serve you, and to pass the nights by your manger?
10 Will a rope bind him in the furrow, and will he harrow the valleys after you?
11 Will you trust him for his great strength and leave to him the fruits of your toil?
12 Can you rely on him to thresh out your grain and gather in the yield of your threshing floor?
13 The wings of the ostrich beat idly; her plumage is lacking in pinions.
14 When she leaves her eggs on the ground and deposits them in the sand,
15 Unmindful that a foot may crush them, that the wild beasts may trample them,
16 She cruelly disowns her young and ruthlessly makes nought of her brood;
17 For God has withheld wisdom from her and has given her no share in understanding.
18 Yet in her swiftness of foot she makes sport of the horse and his rider.
19 Do you give the horse his strength, and endow his neck with splendor?
20 Do you make the steed to quiver while his thunderous snorting spreads terror?
21 He jubilantly paws the plain and rushes in his might against the weapons.
22 He laughs at fear and cannot be deterred; he turns not back from the sword.
23 Around him rattles the quiver, flashes the spear and the javelin.
24 Frenzied and trembling he devours the ground; he holds not back at the sound of the trumpet,
25 but at each blast he cries, "Aha!" Even from afar he scents the battle, the roar of the chiefs and the shouting.
26 Is it by your discernment that the hawk soars, that he spreads his wings toward the south?
27 Does the eagle fly up at your command to build his nest aloft?
28 On the cliff he dwells and spends the night, on the spur of the cliff or the fortress.
29 From thence he watches for his prey; his eyes behold it afar off.
30 His young ones greedily drink blood; where the slain are, there is he.
40 1 The LORD then said to Job:
2 Will we have arguing with the Almighty by the critic? Let him who would correct God give answer!
3 Then Job answered the LORD and said:
4 Behold, I am of little account; what can I answer you? I put my hand over my mouth.
5 Though I have spoken once, I will not do so again; though twice, I will do so no more.
6 Then the LORD addressed Job out of the storm and said:
7 Gird up your loins now, like a man. I will question you, and you tell me the answers!
8 Would you refuse to acknowledge my right? Would you condemn me that you may be justified?
9 Have you an arm like that of God, or can you thunder with a voice like his?
10 Adorn yourself with grandeur and majesty, and array yourself with glory and splendor.
11 Let loose the fury of your wrath;
12 tear down the wicked and shatter them. Bring down the haughty with a glance;
13 bury them in the dust together; in the hidden world imprison them.
14 Then will I too acknowledge that your own right hand can save you.
15 See, besides you I made Behemoth, that feeds on grass like an ox.
16 Behold the strength in his loins, and his vigor in the sinews of his belly.
17 He carries his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are like cables.
18 His bones are like tubes of bronze; his frame is like iron rods.
19 He came at the beginning of God's ways, and was made the taskmaster of his fellows;
20 For the produce of the mountains is brought to him, and of all wild animals he makes sport.
21 Under the lotus trees he lies, in coverts of the reedy swamp.
22 The lotus trees cover him with their shade; all about him are the poplars on the bank.
23 If the river grows violent, he is not disturbed; he is tranquil though the torrent surges about his mouth.
24 Who can capture him by his eyes, or pierce his nose with a trap? 25 Can you lead about Leviathan with a hook, or curb his tongue with a bit? 26 Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce through his cheek with a gaff?27 Will he then plead with you, time after time, or address you with tender words?28 Will he make an agreement with you that you may have him as a slave forever?29 Can you play with him, as with a bird? Can you put him in leash for your maidens?30 Will the traders bargain for him? Will the merchants divide him up? 31 Can you fill his hide with barbs, or his head with fish spears?32 Once you but lay a hand upon him, no need to recall any other conflict!
41 1 Whoever might vainly hope to do so need only see him to be overthrown.
2 Is he not relentless when aroused; who then dares stand before him?
3 Who has assailed him and come off safe-- Who under all the heavens?
4 I need hardly mention his limbs, his strength, and the fitness of his armor.
5 Who can strip off his outer garment, or penetrate his double corselet?
6 Who can force open the doors of his mouth, close to his terrible teeth?
7 Rows of scales are on his back, tightly sealed together;
8 They are fitted each so close to the next that no space intervenes;
9 So joined one to another that they hold fast and cannot be parted.
10 When he sneezes, light flashes forth; his eyes are like those of the dawn.
11 Out of his mouth go forth firebrands; sparks of fire leap forth.
12 From his nostrils issues steam, as from a seething pot or bowl.
13 His breath sets coals afire; a flame pours from his mouth.
14 Strength abides in his neck, and terror leaps before him.
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16 His heart is hard as stone; his flesh, as the lower millstone.
17 When he rises up, the mighty are afraid; the waves of the sea fall back.
18 Should the sword reach him, it will not avail; nor will the spear, nor the dart, nor the javelin.
19 He regards iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.
20 The arrow will not put him to flight; slingstones used against him are but straws.
21 Clubs he esteems as splinters; he laughs at the crash of the spear.
22 His belly is sharp as pottery fragments; he spreads like a threshing sledge upon the mire.
23 He makes the depths boil like a pot; the sea he churns like perfume in a kettle.
24 Behind him he leaves a shining path; you would think the deep had the hoary head of age.
25 Upon the earth there is not his like, intrepid he was made.
26 All, however lofty, fear him; he is king over all proud beasts.
42 1 Then Job answered the LORD and said:2 I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be hindered. 3 I have dealt with great things that I do not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I cannot know.4 5 I had heard of you by word of mouth, but now my eye has seen you.6 Therefore I disown what I have said, and repent in dust and ashes.
7 And it came to pass after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "I am angry with you and with your two friends; for you have not spoken rightly concerning me, as has my servant Job.
8 Now, therefore, take seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up a holocaust for yourselves; and let my servant Job pray for you; for his prayer I will accept, not to punish you severely. For you have not spoken rightly concerning me, as has my servant Job."
9 Then Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went and did as the LORD had commanded them. And the LORD accepted the intercession of Job.
10 Also, the LORD restored the prosperity of Job, after he had prayed for his friends; the LORD even gave to Job twice as much as he had before.
11 Then all his brethren and his sisters came to him, and all his former acquaintances, and they dined with him in his house. They condoled with him and comforted him for all the evil which the LORD had brought upon him; and each one gave him a piece of money and a gold ring.
12 Thus the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his earlier ones. For he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
13 And he had seven sons and three daughters,
14 of whom he called the first Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch.
15 In all the land no other women were as beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brethren.
16 After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; and he saw his children, his grandchildren, and even his great-grandchildren.
17 Then Job died, old and full of years.
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