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Job · Chapter 26
But Job answered and said,
How hast thou helped
him that is without power?
how
savest thou the arm
that hath no strength?
How hast thou counseled
him that hath no wisdom? and
how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
Dead
things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
Hell
is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place,
and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
He holdeth back the face of his throne,
and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
The pillars of shamayim tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
By his spirit he hath garnished the shamayim; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
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?
Ketuvim
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Job · Chapter 27
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
As Elohim liveth,
who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty,
who hath vexed my nephesh;
All the while my breath
is in me, and the spirit of Elohim
is in my nostrils;
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Elohim forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach
me so long as I live.
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
For what
is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when Elohim taketh away his nephesh?
Will Elohim hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon Elohim?
I will teach you by the hand of Elohim:
that which
is
with the Almighty will I not conceal.
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen
it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
This
is the portion of a wicked man with Elohim, and the heritage of oppressors,
which they shall receive of the Almighty.
If his children be multiplied,
it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
He may prepare
it, but the just shall put
it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth
that the keeper maketh.
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he
is not.
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
For
Elohim shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
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Job · Chapter 28
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold
where
they fine
it.
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass
is molten
out of the stone.
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant;
even the waters
forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
The stones of it
are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and
the thing that is
hid bringeth he forth to light.
But where shall wisdom be found? and where
is the place of understanding?
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
The depth saith, It
is not in me: and the sea saith,
It is not with me.
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed
for the price thereof.
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it
shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom
is above rubies.
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where
is the place of understanding?
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
Elohim understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
For he looketh to the ends of the earth,
and seeth under the whole shamayim;
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the master, that
is
wisdom; and to depart from evil
is understanding.