From: "Friends" 

CHAPTER 14
Job 14:1
1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. Job 14:2
2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a
shadow, and continueth not.
Job 14:3
3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into
judgment with thee?
Job 14:4
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. Job 14:5
5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee,
thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; Job 14:6
6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
Job 14:7
7 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. Job 14:8
8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die
in the ground;
Job 14:9
9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Job 14:10
10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Job 14:11
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: Job 14:12
12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they
shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. Job 14:13
13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me
secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time,
and remember me!
Job 14:14
14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time
will I wait, till my change come.
Job 14:15
15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the
work of thine hands.
Job 14:16
16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? Job 14:17
17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine
iniquity. Job 14:18
18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is
removed out of his place.
Job 14:19
19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out
of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. Job 14:20
20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his
countenance, and sendest him away.
Job 14:21
21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought
low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
Job 14:22
22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
CHAPTER 15
Job 15:1
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, Job 15:2
2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Job 15:3
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he
can do no good?
Job 15:4
4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. Job 15:5
5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Job 15:6
6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify
against thee.
Job 15:7
7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills? Job 15:8
8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Job 15:9
9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
Job 15:10
10 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
Job 15:11
11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
Job 15:12
12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at, Job 15:13
13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out
of thy mouth?
Job 15:14
14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman,
that he should be righteous?
Job 15:15
15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not
clean in his sight.
Job 15:16
16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
Job 15:17
17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; Job 15:18
18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: Job 15:19
19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. Job 15:20
20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of
years is hidden to the oppressor.
Job 15:21
21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Job 15:22
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited
for of the sword.
Job 15:23
23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the
day of darkness is ready at his hand. Job 15:24
24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against
him, as a king ready to the battle. Job 15:25
25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself
against the Almighty.
Job 15:26
26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
Job 15:27
27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat
on his flanks.
Job 15:28
28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man
inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. Job 15:29
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither
shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. Job 15:30
30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his
branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. Job 15:31
31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
Job 15:32
32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
Job 15:33
33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his
flower as the olive.
Job 15:34
34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall
consume the tabernacles of bribery. Job 15:35
35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
CHAPTER 16
Job 16:1
1 Then Job answered and said,
Job 16:2
2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. Job 16:3
3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Job 16:4
4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I
could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you. Job 16:5
5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips
should asswage your grief.
Job 16:6
6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
Job 16:7
7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company. Job 16:8
8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and
my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. Job 16:9
9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his
teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. Job 16:10
10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the
cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me. Job
16:11
11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands
of the wicked.
Job 16:12
12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by
my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. Job 16:13
13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and
doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. Job 16:14
14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant. Job 16:15
15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust. Job 16:16
16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; Job 16:17
17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. Job 16:18
18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place. Job 16:19
19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. Job 16:20
20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. Job 16:21
21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
Job 16:22
22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
CHAPTER 17
Job 17:1
1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. Job 17:2
2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
Job 17:3
3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike
hands with me?
Job 17:4
4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou
not exalt them.
Job 17:5
5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Job 17:6
6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
Job 17:7
7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
Job 17:8
8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up
himself against the hypocrite.
Job 17:9
9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands
shall be stronger and stronger.
Job 17:10
10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one
wise man among you.
Job 17:11
11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
Job 17:12
12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. Job 17:13
13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. Job 17:14
14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my
mother, and my sister.
Job 17:15
15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? Job 17:16
16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

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