1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

<>extinct, <>the graves

2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

<>Are there not mockers with me?

3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

<>put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?, <>strike hands

4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

<>thou hast hid their heart from understanding

5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

<>v. 5, <>flattery, <>eyes … shall fail, <>his children

6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

<>I was as a tabret.

7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

<>my members are as a shadow

8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

<>Upright, <>astonied, <>hypocrite

9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

<>The righteous also shall hold on his way, <>he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger

10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

<>I cannot find one wise man among you.

11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

<>My days are past

12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

<>v. 12

13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

<>v. 14, <>I have said … to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister., <>corruption

15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

<>where is now my hope? … hope, <>my hope, who shall see it?

16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

<>when our rest … is in the dust

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

<>vv. 1-2, <>vv. 1-4, <>answered

2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

<>vv. 1-2, <>vv. 1-4, <>How long will it be ere ye make an end of words?, <>ere, <>make an end of words, <>mark

3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

<>vv. 1-4

4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

<>vv. 1-4, <>He teareth himself in his anger, <>shall the rock be removed out of his place?

5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

<>vv. 5-6, <>v. 5

6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

<>vv. 5-6

7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

<>straitened, <>his own counsel shall cast him down, <>counsel

8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

<>he is cast into a net by his own feet

9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

<>gin, <>robber

10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

<>in the way

11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

<>Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, <>Terrors … shall drive him to his feet., <>shall make him afraid

12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

<>the firstborn of death, <>firstborn, <>death

14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

<>His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, <>the king of terrors, <>king of terrors

15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

<>habitation

16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

<>His roots shall be dried up beneath

17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

<>perish, <>he shall have no name in the street

18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

<>He shall be driven from light into darkness, <>He shall be driven … into darkness

19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

<>He shall neither have son nor nephew, <>son

20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.

<>astonied, <>his day

21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

<>such are the dwellings of the wicked, <>this is the place of him that knoweth not God

1 Then Job answered and said,

<>answered

2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

<>How long will ye vex my soul, <>break me in pieces with words

3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.

<>ye reproached me

4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

<>be it indeed that I have erred

5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:

6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

<>compassed

7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

<>He hath stripped me of my glory, <>taken the crown from my head

10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

<>mine hope hath he removed, <>tree

11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.

<>He hath also kindled his wrath, <>he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies, <>his enemies

12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.

<>encamp

13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

<>He hath put my brethren far from me, <>mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me, <>verily

14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

<>stranger, <>an alien

16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

<>I called my servant, and he gave me no answer, <>my servant

17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.

<>my wife, <>wife

18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

<>young, <>children, <>despised

19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

<>my inward friends … are turned against me, <>abhorred

20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

<>cleaveth, <>I am escaped with the skin of my teeth., <>escaped

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?

<>persecute

23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

<>vv. 23-24, <>written

24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

<>vv. 23-24

25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

<>my redeemer liveth, <>my redeemer … shall stand at the latter day upon the earth, <>redeemer

26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

<>vv. 26-27, <>worms

27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

<>vv. 26-27

28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

<>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 is a judgment.

<>Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, <>there is a judgment

1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

<>answered

2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

<>to answer … I make haste

3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

<>the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer

4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

<>vv. 4-9, <>vv. 4-5,10

5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

<>vv. 4-9, <>vv. 4-5,10, <>v. 5, <>hypocrite

6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

<>vv. 4-9, <>Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, <>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?

<>vv. 4-9, <>perish, <>dung

8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

<>vv. 4-9, <>He shall fly away, <>a dream, <>a vision of the night

9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

<>vv. 4-9

10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

<>vv. 4-5,10, <>v. 10, <>His children, <>the poor, <>goods

11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

<>His bones are full of the sin of his youth, <>the sin of his youth … shall lie down with him in the dust

12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

<>wickedness … he hide it

13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

<>keep

14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

<>meat, <>gall, <>asps

15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

<>v. 15

16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

<>brooks, <>honey

18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

<>according to his substance shall the restitution be, <>substance

19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

<>vv. 19-20

20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

<>vv. 19-20

21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

<>In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits, <>straits

23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

<>v. 23, <>his wrath

24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.

<>v. 24, <>weapon

25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

<>secret places, <>a fire not blown shall consume him, <>a fire not blown shall consume, <>a fire not blown

27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

<>v. 28

29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

<>v. 29