Book of Job

In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.

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There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

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Now it came to be the day when the sons of the true God entered to take their station before Jehovah, and even Satan proceeded to enter right among them. Then Jehovah said to Satan: “Where do you come from?” At that Satan answered Jehovah and said: “From roving about in the earth and from walking about in it.”

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Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

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With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.

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Finally his wife said to him: “Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God and die!” But he said to her: “You are talking like one of the senseless women. Should we accept only what is good from the true God and not accept also what is bad?” In all of this, Job did not sin with his lips.

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Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

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Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the womb? Why were there knees to receive me and breasts that I might be nursed? For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest.

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Or as a child dead at birth I might never have come into existence; like young children who have not seen the light. There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

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Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul? Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.

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Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak hands. Thy words have upholden him that was falling, And thou hast made firm the feeble knees. But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, And the integrity of thy ways thy hope? Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

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Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

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Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

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Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

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To the One doing great and unsearchable things,So that the plans of the shrewd are thwarted.

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Then Job answered and said, Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances! For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash. For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

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If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!

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Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?

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He commands the sun not to shineWonderful things that cannot be counted.

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...and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

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But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

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With God is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.

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Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him

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Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

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For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: So man lieth down, and riseth not.

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But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and as a rock is moved from its place, as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy man's hope.

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

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His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted. Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked.

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For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.

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Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

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Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

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But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

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All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

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Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.

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My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

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Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

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Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

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It is not only the old who are wise, not only the aged who understand what is right.

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Let me not, I pray you, respect any man`s person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man. For I know not to give flattering titles; Else would my Maker soon take me away.

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I will show partiality to no one, nor will I flatter any man; for if I were skilled in flattery, my Maker would soon take me away.

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God is greater than we can know; The number of his years is beyond comprehension.He gives them food in abundance.

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Do you know how God controls the cloudsThese are the wonderful works of the One perfect in knowledge.

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Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm. He said:"Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand.

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Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed[.]

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In which direction does the light reside?And where is the place of darkness?

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The LORD said to Job: "Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!" Then Job answered the LORD: "I am unworthy--how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth.

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Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?

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I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

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So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. He had also seven sons and three daughters.

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And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. So Job died, being old and full of days.

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