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The Book of Job.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.


[1]	CALL now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
[2]	For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy 1 slayeth the silly one.
[3]	I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
[4]	His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:
[5]	Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the 2 snare gapeth for their substance.
[6]	For affliction 3 cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
[7]	But man is born unto trouble, As the 4 sparks fly upward.

[8]	But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;
[9]	Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:
[10]	Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;
[11]	So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.
[12]	He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot 5 perform their enterprise.
[13]	He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
[14]	They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.
[15]	But he saveth from the sword of 6 their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
[16]	So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

[17]	Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: 7 Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
[18]	For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
[19]	He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
[20]	In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword.
[21]	Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
[22]	At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
[23]	For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
[24]	And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy fold, 8 and shalt 9 miss nothing.
[25]	Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
[26]	Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in its season.
[27]	Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for 10 thy good.

Note 1. Or, indignation. [back]

Note 2. Acc. to Vulg., the thirsty swallow up. [back]

Note 3. Or, iniquity. See ch. 4, 8. [back]

Note 4. Heb. the sons of flame or, of lightning. [back]

Note 5. Or, can perform nothing of worth. [back]

Note 6. Heb. out of their mouth. [back]

Note 7. Or, reproveth. [back]

Note 8. Or, habitation. [back]

Note 9. Or, shalt not err. [back]

Note 10. Heb. for thyself. [back]

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