The Old Testament of the
King James Version of the Bible
Book of Job - 20-29
20:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite,
and said, 20:2 Therefore do
my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this
I make haste.
20:3 I have heard the check of my reproach,
and the spirit of my
understanding causeth me to answer.
20:4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man
was placed upon earth,
20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is
short, and the joy of the
hypocrite but for a moment? 20:6 Though his
excellency mount up to
the heavens, and his head reach unto the
clouds; 20:7 Yet he shall
perish for ever like his own dung: they
which have seen him shall say,
Where is he? 20:8 He shall fly away as a
dream, and shall not be
found: yea, he shall be chased away as a
vision of the night.
20:9 The eye also which saw him shall see
him no more; neither shall
his place any more behold him.
20:10 His children shall seek to please the
poor, and his hands shall
restore their goods.
20:11 His bones are full of the sin of his
youth, which shall lie down
with him in the dust.
20:12 Though wickedness be sweet in his
mouth, though he hide it under
his tongue; 20:13 Though he spare it, and
forsake it not; but keep it
still within his mouth: 20:14 Yet his meat
in his bowels is turned, it
is the gall of asps within him.
20:15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he
shall vomit them up again:
God shall cast them out of his belly.
20:16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the
viper's tongue shall slay
him.
20:17 He shall not see the rivers, the
floods, the brooks of honey and
butter.
20:18 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.
20:19 Because he hath oppressed and hath
forsaken the poor; because he
hath violently taken away an house which he
builded not; 20:20 Surely
he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he
shall not save of that
which he desired.
20:21 There shall none of his meat be left;
therefore shall no man
look for his goods.
20:22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he
shall be in straits: every
hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
20:23 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.
20:24 He shall flee from the iron weapon,
and the bow of steel shall
strike him through.
20:25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the
body; yea, the glittering
sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are
upon him.
20:26 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.
20:27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity;
and the earth shall rise
up against him.
20:28 The increase of his house shall
depart, and his goods shall flow
away in the day of his wrath.
20:29 This is the portion of a wicked man
from God, and the heritage
appointed unto him by God.
21:1 But Job answered and said, 21:2 Hear
diligently my speech, and
let this be your consolations.
21:3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after
that I have spoken, mock
on.
21:4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and
if it were so, why should
not my spirit be troubled? 21:5 Mark me, and
be astonished, and lay
your hand upon your mouth.
21:6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and
trembling taketh hold on my
flesh.
21:7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become
old, yea, are mighty in
power? 21:8 Their seed is established in
their sight with them, and
their offspring before their eyes.
21:9 Their houses are safe from fear,
neither is the rod of God upon
them.
21:10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not;
their cow calveth, and
casteth not her calf.
21:11 They send forth their little ones like
a flock, and their
children dance.
21:12 They take the timbrel and harp, and
rejoice at the sound of the
organ.
21:13 They spend their days in wealth, and
in a moment go down to the
grave.
21:14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart
from us; for we desire not
the knowledge of thy ways.
21:15 What is the Almighty, that we should
serve him? and what profit
should we have, if we pray unto him? 21:16
Lo, their good is not in
their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far
from me.
21:17 How oft is the candle of the wicked
put out! and how oft cometh
their destruction upon them! God
distributeth sorrows in his anger.
21:18 They are as stubble before the wind,
and as chaff that the storm
carrieth away.
21:19 God layeth up his iniquity for his
children: he rewardeth him,
and he shall know it.
21:20 His eyes shall see his destruction,
and he shall drink of the
wrath of the Almighty.
21:21 For what pleasure hath he in his house
after him, when the
number of his months is cut off in the
midst? 21:22 Shall any teach
God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that
are high.
21:23 One dieth in his full strength, being
wholly at ease and quiet.
21:24 His breasts are full of milk, and his
bones are moistened with
marrow.
21:25 And another dieth in the bitterness of
his soul, and never
eateth with pleasure.
21:26 They shall lie down alike in the dust,
and the worms shall cover
them.
21:27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the
devices which ye
wrongfully imagine against me.
21:28 For ye say, Where is the house of the
prince? and where are the
dwelling places of the wicked? 21:29 Have ye
not asked them that go
by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
21:30 That the wicked is
reserved to the day of destruction? they
shall be brought forth to the
day of wrath.
21:31 Who shall declare his way to his face?
and who shall repay him
what he hath done? 21:32 Yet shall he be
brought to the grave, and
shall remain in the tomb.
21:33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet
unto him, and every man
shall draw after him, as there are
innumerable before him.
21:34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing
in your answers there
remaineth falsehood? 22:1 Then Eliphaz the
Temanite answered and
said, 22:2 Can a man be profitable unto God,
as he that is wise may be
profitable unto himself? 22:3 Is it any
pleasure to the Almighty,
that thou art righteous? or is it gain to
him, that thou makest thy
ways perfect? 22:4 Will he reprove thee for
fear of thee? will he
enter with thee into judgment? 22:5 Is not
thy wickedness great? and
thine iniquities infinite? 22:6 For thou
hast taken a pledge from thy
brother for nought, and stripped the naked
of their clothing.
22:7 Thou hast not given water to the weary
to drink, and thou hast
withholden bread from the hungry.
22:8 But as for the mighty man, he had the
earth; and the honourable
man dwelt in it.
22:9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and
the arms of the fatherless
have been broken.
22:10 Therefore snares are round about thee,
and sudden fear troubleth
thee; 22:11 Or darkness, that thou canst not
see; and abundance of
waters cover thee.
22:12 Is not God in the height of heaven?
and behold the height of the
stars, how high they are! 22:13 And thou
sayest, How doth God know?
can he judge through the dark cloud? 22:14
Thick clouds are a
covering to him, that he seeth not; and he
walketh in the circuit of
heaven.
22:15 Hast thou marked the old way which
wicked men have trodden?
22:16 Which were cut down out of time, whose
foundation was overflown
with a flood: 22:17 Which said unto God,
Depart from us: and what can
the Almighty do for them? 22:18 Yet he
filled their houses with good
things: but the counsel of the wicked is far
from me.
22:19 The righteous see it, and are glad:
and the innocent laugh them
to scorn.
22:20 Whereas our substance is not cut down,
but the remnant of them
the fire consumeth.
22:21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be
at peace: thereby good
shall come unto thee.
22:22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his
mouth, and lay up his
words in thine heart.
22:23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou
shalt be built up, thou
shalt put away iniquity far from thy
tabernacles.
22:24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust,
and the gold of Ophir as
the stones of the brooks.
22:25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy
defence, and thou shalt have
plenty of silver.
22:26 For then shalt thou have thy delight
in the Almighty, and shalt
lift up thy face unto God.
22:27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him,
and he shall hear thee, and
thou shalt pay thy vows.
22:28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it
shall be established unto
thee: and the light shall shine upon thy
ways.
22:29 When men are cast down, then thou
shalt say, There is lifting
up; and he shall save the humble person.
22:30 He shall deliver the island of the
innocent: and it is delivered
by the pureness of thine hands.
23:1 Then Job answered and said, 23:2 Even
to day is my complaint
bitter: my stroke is heavier than my
groaning.
23:3 Oh that I knew where I might find him!
that I might come even to
his seat! 23:4 I would order my cause before
him, and fill my mouth
with arguments.
23:5 I would know the words which he would
answer me, and understand
what he would say unto me.
23:6 Will he plead against me with his great
power? No; but he would
put strength in me.
23:7 There the righteous might dispute with
him; so should I be
delivered for ever from my judge.
23:8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not
there; and backward, but I
cannot perceive him: 23:9 On the left hand,
where he doth work, but I
cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the
right hand, that I cannot
see him: 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I
take: when he hath tried
me, I shall come forth as gold.
23:11 My foot hath held his steps, his way
have I kept, and not
declined.
23:12 Neither have I gone back from the
commandment of his lips; I
have esteemed the words of his mouth more
than my necessary food.
23:13 But he is in one mind, and who can
turn him? and what his soul
desireth, even that he doeth.
23:14 For he performeth the thing that is
appointed for me: and many
such things are with him.
23:15 Therefore am I troubled at his
presence: when I consider, I am
afraid of him.
23:16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the
Almighty troubleth me:
23:17 Because I was not cut off before the
darkness, neither hath he
covered the darkness from my face.
24:1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from
the Almighty, do they that
know him not see his days? 24:2 Some remove
the landmarks; they
violently take away flocks, and feed
thereof.
24:3 They drive away the ass of the
fatherless, they take the widow's
ox for a pledge.
24:4 They turn the needy out of the way: the
poor of the earth hide
themselves together.
24:5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go
they forth to their work;
rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness
yieldeth food for them and
for their children.
24:6 They reap every one his corn in the
field: and they gather the
vintage of the wicked.
24:7 They cause the naked to lodge without
clothing, that they have no
covering in the cold.
24:8 They are wet with the showers of the
mountains, and embrace the
rock for want of a shelter.
24:9 They pluck the fatherless from the
breast, and take a pledge of
the poor.
24:10 They cause him to go naked without
clothing, and they take away
the sheaf from the hungry; 24:11 Which make
oil within their walls,
and tread their winepresses, and suffer
thirst.
24:12 Men groan from out of the city, and
the soul of the wounded
crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to
them.
24:13 They are of those that rebel against
the light; they know not
the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths
thereof.
24:14 The murderer rising with the light
killeth the poor and needy,
and in the night is as a thief.
24:15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth
for the twilight, saying,
No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his
face.
24:16 In the dark they dig through houses,
which they had marked for
themselves in the daytime: they know not the
light.
24:17 For the morning is to them even as the
shadow of death: if one
know them, they are in the terrors of the
shadow of death.
24:18 He is swift as the waters; their
portion is cursed in the earth:
he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
24:19 Drought and heat consume the snow
waters: so doth the grave
those which have sinned.
24:20 The womb shall forget him; the worm
shall feed sweetly on him;
he shall be no more remembered; and
wickedness shall be broken as a
tree.
24:21 He evil entreateth the barren that
beareth not: and doeth not
good to the widow.
24:22 He draweth also the mighty with his
power: he riseth up, and no
man is sure of life.
24:23 Though it be given him to be in
safety, whereon he resteth; yet
his eyes are upon their ways.
24:24 They are exalted for a little while,
but are gone and brought
low; they are taken out of the way as all
other, and cut off as the
tops of the ears of corn.
24:25 And if it be not so now, who will make
me a liar, and make my
speech nothing worth? 25:1 Then answered
Bildad the Shuhite, and
said, 25:2 Dominion and fear are with him,
he maketh peace in his high
places.
25:3 Is there any number of his armies? and
upon whom doth not his
light arise? 25:4 How then can man be
justified with God? or how can
he be clean that is born of a woman? 25:5
Behold even to the moon,
and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not
pure in his sight.
25:6 How much less man, that is a worm? and
the son of man, which is a
worm? 26:1 But Job answered and said, 26:2
How hast thou helped him
that is without power? how savest thou the
arm that hath no strength?
26:3 How hast thou counselled him that hath
no wisdom? and how hast
thou plentifully declared the thing as it
is? 26:4 To whom hast thou
uttered words? and whose spirit came from
thee? 26:5 Dead things are
formed from under the waters, and the
inhabitants thereof.
26:6 Hell is naked before him, and
destruction hath no covering.
26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the
empty place, and hangeth the
earth upon nothing.
26:8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick
clouds; and the cloud is
not rent under them.
26:9 He holdeth back the face of his throne,
and spreadeth his cloud
upon it.
26:10 He hath compassed the waters with
bounds, until the day and
night come to an end.
26:11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are
astonished at his reproof.
26:12 He divideth the sea with his power,
and by his understanding he
smiteth through the proud.
26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the
heavens; his hand hath
formed the crooked serpent.
26:14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but
how little a portion is
heard of him? but the thunder of his power
who can understand? 27:1
Moreover Job continued his parable, and
said, 27:2 As God liveth, who
hath taken away my judgment; and the
Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
27:3 All the while my breath is in me, and
the spirit of God is in my
nostrils; 27:4 My lips shall not speak
wickedness, nor my tongue utter
deceit.
27:5 God forbid that I should justify you:
till I die I will not
remove mine integrity from me.
27:6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will
not let it go: my heart
shall not reproach me so long as I live.
27:7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he
that riseth up against me
as the unrighteous.
27:8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite,
though he hath gained,
when God taketh away his soul? 27:9 Will God
hear his cry when
trouble cometh upon him? 27:10 Will he
delight himself in the
Almighty? will he always call upon God?
27:11 I will teach you by the
hand of God: that which is with the Almighty
will I not conceal.
27:12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen
it; why then are ye thus
altogether vain? 27:13 This is the portion
of a wicked man with God,
and the heritage of oppressors, which they
shall receive of the
Almighty.
27:14 If his children be multiplied, it is
for the sword: and his
offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
27:15 Those that remain of him shall be
buried in death: and his
widows shall not weep.
27:16 Though he heap up silver as the dust,
and prepare raiment as the
clay; 27:17 He may prepare it, but the just
shall put it on, and the
innocent shall divide the silver.
27:18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and
as a booth that the keeper
maketh.
27:19 The rich man shall lie down, but he
shall not be gathered: he
openeth his eyes, and he is not.
27:20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a
tempest stealeth him away
in the night.
27:21 The east wind carrieth him away, and
he departeth: and as a
storm hurleth him out of his place.
27:22 For God shall cast upon him, and not
spare: he would fain flee
out of his hand.
27:23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and
shall hiss him out of his
place.
28:1 Surely there is a vein for the silver,
and a place for gold where
they fine it.
28:2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and
brass is molten out of the
stone.
28:3 He setteth an end to darkness, and
searcheth out all perfection:
the stones of darkness, and the shadow of
death.
28:4 The flood breaketh out from the
inhabitant; even the waters
forgotten of the foot: they are dried up,
they are gone away from men.
28:5 As for the earth, out of it cometh
bread: and under it is turned
up as it were fire.
28:6 The stones of it are the place of
sapphires: and it hath dust of
gold.
28:7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth,
and which the vulture's
eye hath not seen: 28:8 The lion's whelps
have not trodden it, nor the
fierce lion passed by it.
28:9 He putteth forth his hand upon the
rock; he overturneth the
mountains by the roots.
28:10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks;
and his eye seeth every
precious thing.
28:11 He bindeth the floods from
overflowing; and the thing that is
hid bringeth he forth to light.
28:12 But where shall wisdom be found? and
where is the place of
understanding? 28:13 Man knoweth not the
price thereof; neither is it
found in the land of the living.
28:14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and
the sea saith, It is not
with me.
28:15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither
shall silver be weighed
for the price thereof.
28:16 It cannot be valued with the gold of
Ophir, with the precious
onyx, or the sapphire.
28:17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal
it: and the exchange of it
shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
28:18 No mention shall be made of coral, or
of pearls: for the price
of wisdom is above rubies.
28:19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal
it, neither shall it be
valued with pure gold.
28:20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where
is the place of
understanding? 28:21 Seeing it is hid from
the eyes of all living,
and kept close from the fowls of the air.
28:22 Destruction and death say, We have
heard the fame thereof with
our ears.
28:23 God understandeth the way thereof, and
he knoweth the place
thereof.
28:24 For he looketh to the ends of the
earth, and seeth under the
whole heaven; 28:25 To make the weight for
the winds; and he weigheth
the waters by measure.
28:26 When he made a decree for the rain,
and a way for the lightning
of the thunder: 28:27 Then did he see it,
and declare it; he prepared
it, yea, and searched it out.
28:28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear
of the LORD, that is
wisdom; and to depart from evil is
understanding.
29:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and
said, 29:2 Oh that I were
as in months past, as in the days when God
preserved me; 29:3 When his
candle shined upon my head, and when by his
light I walked through
darkness; 29:4 As I was in the days of my
youth, when the secret of
God was upon my tabernacle; 29:5 When the
Almighty was yet with me,
when my children were about me; 29:6 When I
washed my steps with
butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of
oil; 29:7 When I went out
to the gate through the city, when I
prepared my seat in the street!
29:8 The young men saw me, and hid
themselves: and the aged arose, and
stood up.
29:9 The princes refrained talking, and laid
their hand on their
mouth.
29:10 The nobles held their peace, and their
tongue cleaved to the
roof of their mouth.
29:11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed
me; and when the eye saw
me, it gave witness to me: 29:12 Because I
delivered the poor that
cried, and the fatherless, and him that had
none to help him.
29:13 The blessing of him that was ready to
perish came upon me: and I
caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed
me: my judgment was as a
robe and a diadem.
29:15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was
I to the lame.
29:16 I was a father to the poor: and the
cause which I knew not I
searched out.
29:17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked,
and plucked the spoil out of
his teeth.
29:18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest,
and I shall multiply my
days as the sand.
29:19 My root was spread out by the waters,
and the dew lay all night
upon my branch.
29:20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow
was renewed in my hand.
29:21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and
kept silence at my
counsel.
29:22 After my words they spake not again;
and my speech dropped upon
them.
29:23 And they waited for me as for the
rain; and they opened their
mouth wide as for the latter rain.
29:24 If I laughed on them, they believed it
not; and the light of my
countenance they cast not down.
29:25 I chose out their way, and sat chief,
and dwelt as a king in the
army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
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