New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Job’s Past Was Glorious

1 And Job again took up his discourse and said,

2 “Oh that I were as in months gone by,

As in the days when God watched over me;

3 When His lamp shone over my head,

Andby His light I walked through darkness;

4 As I was inthe prime of my days,

When the friendship of Godwasover my tent;

5 When the Almighty was yet with me,

Andmy children were around me;

6 When my steps were bathed in butter,

And the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

7 “When I went out to the gate of the city,

When I took my seat in the square,

8 The young men saw me and hid themselves,

And the old men aroseandstood.

9 “The princes stopped talking

And puttheirhands on their mouths;

10 The voice of the nobles was hushed,

And their tongue stuck to their palate.

11 “For when the ear heard, it called me blessed,

And when the eye saw, it gave witness of me,

12 Because I delivered the poor who cried for help,

And the orphan who had no helper.

13 “The blessing of the one ready to perish came upon me,

And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

14 “I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;

My justice was like a robe and a turban.

15 “I was eyes to the blind

And feet to the lame.

16 “I was a father to the needy,

And I investigated the case which I did not know.

17 “I broke the jaws of the wicked

And snatched the prey from his teeth.

18 “Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest,

And I shall multiplymydays as the sand.

19 ‘My root is spread out to the waters,

And dew lies all night on my branch.

20 ‘My glory isevernew with me,

And my bow is renewed in my hand.’

21 “To me they listened and waited,

And kept silent for my counsel.

22 “After my words they did not speak again,

And my speech dropped on them.

23 “They waited for me as for the rain,

And opened their mouth as for the spring rain.

24 “I smiled on them when they did not believe,

And the light of my face they did not cast down.

25 “I chose a way for them and sat as chief,

And dwelt as a king among the troops,

As one who comforted the mourners.

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Job’s Present State Is Humiliating

1 “But now those younger than I mock me,

Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

2 “Indeed, whatgood wasthe strength of their hands to me?

Vigor had perished from them.

3 “From want and famine they are gaunt

Who gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation,

4 Who pluckmallow by the bushes,

And whose food is the root of the broom shrub.

5 “They are driven from the community;

They shout against them asagainsta thief,

6 So that they dwell in dreadful valleys,

In holes of the earth and of the rocks.

7 “Among the bushes they cry out;

Under the nettles they are gathered together.

8 “Fools, even those without a name,

They were scourged from the land.

9 “And now I have become their taunt,

I have even become a byword to them.

10 “They abhor meandstand aloof from me,

And they do not refrain from spitting at my face.

11 “Because He has loosed His bowstring and afflicted me,

They have cast off the bridle before me.

12 “On the right hand their brood arises;

They thrust aside my feet and build up against me their ways of destruction.

13 “They break up my path,

They profit from my destruction;

No one restrains them.

14 “Asthrougha wide breach they come,

Amid the tempest they roll on.

15 “Terrors are turned against me;

They pursue my honor as the wind,

And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.

16 “And now my soul is poured out within me;

Days of affliction have seized me.

17 “At night it pierces my bones within me,

And my gnawingpainstake no rest.

18 “By a great force my garment is distorted;

It binds me about as the collar of my coat.

19 “He has cast me into the mire,

And I have become like dust and ashes.

20 “I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;

I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.

21 “You have become cruel to me;

With the might of Your hand You persecute me.

22 “You lift me up to the windandcause me to ride;

And You dissolve me in a storm.

23 “For I know that You will bring me to death

And to the house of meeting for all living.

24 “Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch outhishand,

Or in his disaster therefore cry out for help?

25 “Have I not wept for the one whose life is hard?

Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

26 “When I expected good, then evil came;

When I waited for light, then darkness came.

27 “I am seething within and cannot relax;

Days of affliction confront me.

28 “I go about mourning without comfort;

I stand up in the assemblyandcry out for help.

29 “I have become a brother to jackals

And a companion of ostriches.

30 “My skin turns black on me,

And my bones burn with fever.

31 “Therefore my harp is turned to mourning,

And my flute to the sound of those who weep.

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Job Asserts His Integrity

1 “I have made a covenant with my eyes;

How then could I gaze at a virgin?

2 “And what is the portion of God from above

Or the heritage of the Almighty from on high?

3 “Is it not calamity to the unjust

And disaster to those who work iniquity?

4 “Does He not see my ways

And number all my steps?

5 “If I have walked with falsehood,

And my foot has hastened after deceit,

6 Let Him weigh me with accurate scales,

And let God know my integrity.

7 “If my step has turned from the way,

Or my heart followed my eyes,

Or if any spot has stuck to my hands,

8 Let me sow and another eat,

And let my crops be uprooted.

9 “If my heart has been enticed by a woman,

Or I have lurked at my neighbor’s doorway,

10 May my wife grind for another,

And let others kneel down over her.

11 “For that would be a lustful crime;

Moreover, it would be an iniquitypunishable byjudges.

12 “For it would be fire that consumes to Abaddon,

And would uproot all my increase.

13 “If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves

When they filed a complaint against me,

14 What then could I do when God arises?

And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him?

15 “Did not He who made me in the womb make him,

And the same one fashion us in the womb?

16 “If I have kept the poor fromtheirdesire,

Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

17 Or have eaten my morsel alone,

And the orphan has not shared it

18 (But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,

And from infancy I guided her),

19 If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,

Or that the needy had no covering,

20 If his loins have not thanked me,

And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,

21 If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan,

Because I saw I had support in the gate,

22 Let my shoulder fall from the socket,

And my arm be broken off at the elbow.

23 “For calamity from God is a terror to me,

And because of His majesty I can do nothing.

24 “If I have put my confidenceingold,

And called fine gold my trust,

25 If I have gloated because my wealth was great,

And because my hand had securedsomuch;

26 If I have looked at the sun when it shone

Or the moon going in splendor,

27 And my heart became secretly enticed,

And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

28 That too would have been an iniquitycalling forjudgment,

For I would have denied God above.

29 “Have I rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy,

Or exulted when evil befell him?

30 “No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin

By asking for his life in a curse.

31 “Have the men of my tent not said,

‘Who can find one who has not been satisfied with his meat’?

32 “The alien has not lodged outside,

ForI have opened my doors to the traveler.

33 “Have I covered my transgressions like Adam,

By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

34 Because I feared the great multitude,

And the contempt of families terrified me,

And kept silent and did not go out of doors?

35 “Oh that I had one to hear me!

Behold, here is my signature;

Let the Almighty answer me!

And the indictment which my adversary has written,

36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder,

I would bind it to myself like a crown.

37 “I would declare to Him the number of my steps;

Like a prince I would approach Him.

38 “If my land cries out against me,

And its furrows weep together;

39 If I have eaten its fruit without money,

Or have caused its owners to lose their lives,

40 Let briars grow instead of wheat,

And stinkweed instead of barley.”

The words of Job are ended.

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Elihu in Anger Rebukes Job

1 Then these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

2 But the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram burned; against Job his anger burned because he justified himself before God.

3 And his anger burned against his three friends because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were years older than he.

5 And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men his anger burned.

6 So Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite spoke out and said, “I am young in years and you are old; Therefore I was shy and afraid to tell you what I think.

7 “I thought age should speak,

And increased years should teach wisdom.

8 “But it is a spirit in man,

And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.

9 “The abundantin yearsmay not be wise,

Nor may elders understand justice.

10 “So I say, ‘Listen to me,

I too will tell what I think.’

11 “Behold, I waited for your words,

I listened to your reasonings,

While you pondered what to say.

12 “I even paid close attention to you;

Indeed, there was no one who refuted Job,

Not one of you who answered his words.

13 “Do not say,

‘We have found wisdom;

God will rout him, not man.’

14 “For he has not arrangedhiswords against me,

Nor will I reply to him with your arguments.

15 “They are dismayed, they no longer answer;

Words have failed them.

16 “Shall I wait, because they do not speak,

Because they stopandno longer answer?

17 “I too will answer my share,

I also will tell my opinion.

18 “For I am full of words;

The spirit within me constrains me.

19 “Behold, my belly is like unvented wine,

Like new wineskins it is about to burst.

20 “Let me speak that I may get relief;

Let me open my lips and answer.

21 “Let me now be partial to no one,

Nor flatteranyman.

22 “For I do not know how to flatter,

Elsemy Maker would soon take me away.

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Elihu Claims to Speak for God

1 “However now, Job, please hear my speech,

And listen to all my words.

2 “Behold now, I open my mouth,

My tongue in my mouth speaks.

3 “My words arefromthe uprightness of my heart,

And my lips speak knowledge sincerely.

4 “The Spirit of God has made me,

And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

5 “Refute me if you can;

Array yourselves before me, take your stand.

6 “Behold, I belong to God like you;

I too have been formed out of the clay.

7 “Behold, no fear of me should terrify you,

Nor should my pressure weigh heavily on you.

8 “Surely you have spoken in my hearing,

And I have heard the sound ofyourwords:

9 ‘I am pure, without transgression;

I am innocent and there is no guilt in me.

10 ‘Behold, He invents pretexts against me;

He counts me as His enemy.

11 ‘He puts my feet in the stocks;

He watches all my paths.’

12 “Behold, let me tell you, you are not right in this,

For God is greater than man.

13 “Why do you complain against Him

That He does not give an account of all His doings?

14 “Indeed God speaks once,

Or twice,yetno one notices it.

15 “In a dream, a vision of the night,

When sound sleep falls on men,

While they slumber in their beds,

16 Then He opens the ears of men,

And seals their instruction,

17 That He may turn man asidefrom hisconduct,

And keep man from pride;

18 He keeps back his soul from the pit,

And his life from passing over into Sheol.

19 “Man is also chastened with pain on his bed,

And with unceasing complaint in his bones;

20 So that his life loathes bread,

And his soul favorite food.

21 “His flesh wastes away from sight,

And his bones which were not seen stick out.

22 “Then his soul draws near to the pit,

And his life to those who bring death.

23 “If there is an angelasmediator for him,

One out of a thousand,

To remind a man what is right for him,

24 Then let him be gracious to him, and say,

‘Deliver him from going down to the pit,

I have found a ransom’;

25 Let his flesh become fresher than in youth,

Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;

26 Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him,

That he may see His face with joy,

And He may restore His righteousness to man.

27 “He will sing to men and say,

‘I have sinned and perverted what is right,

And it is not proper for me.

28 ‘He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit,

And my life shall see the light.’

29 “Behold, God does all these oftentimes with men,

30 To bring back his soul from the pit,

That he may be enlightened with the light of life.

31 “Pay attention, O Job, listen to me;

Keep silent, and let me speak.

32 “Thenif you have anything to say, answer me;

Speak, for I desire to justify you.

33 “If not, listen to me;

Keep silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”

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Elihu Vindicates God’s Justice

1 Then Elihu continued and said,

2 “Hear my words, you wise men,

And listen to me, you who know.

3 “For the ear tests words

As the palate tastes food.

4 “Let us choose for ourselves what is right;

Let us know among ourselves what is good.

5 “For Job has said, ‘I am righteous,

But God has taken away my right;

6 Should I lie concerning my right?

My wound is incurable,though I amwithout transgression.’

7 “What man is like Job,

Who drinks up derision like water,

8 Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity,

And walks with wicked men?

9 “For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing

When he is pleased with God.’

10 “Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding.

Far be it from God to do wickedness,

And from the Almighty to do wrong.

11 “For He pays a man according to his work,

And makes him find it according to his way.

12 “Surely, God will not act wickedly,

And the Almighty will not pervert justice.

13 “Who gave Him authority over the earth?

And who has laidon Himthe whole world?

14 “If He should determine to do so,

If He should gather to Himself His spirit and His breath,

15 All flesh would perish together,

And man would return to dust.

16 “But ifyou haveunderstanding, hear this;

Listen to the sound of my words.

17 “Shall one who hates justice rule?

And will you condemn the righteous mighty One,

18 Who says to a king, ‘Worthless one,’

To nobles, ‘Wicked ones’;

19 Who shows no partiality to princes

Nor regards the rich above the poor,

For they all are the work of His hands?

20 “In a moment they die, and at midnight

People are shaken and pass away,

And the mighty are taken away without a hand.

21 “For His eyes are upon the ways of a man,

And He sees all his steps.

22 “There is no darkness or deep shadow

Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

23 “For He does notneed toconsider a man further,

That he should go before God in judgment.

24 “He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry,

And sets others in their place.

25 “Therefore He knows their works,

And He overthrowsthemin the night,

And they are crushed.

26 “He strikes them like the wicked

In a public place,

27 Because they turned aside from following Him,

And had no regard for any of His ways;

28 So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him,

And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted-

29 When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?

And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him,

That is, in regard to both nation and man?-

30 So that godless men would not rule

Nor be snares of the people.

31 “For has anyone said to God,

‘I have bornechastisement;

I will not offendanymore;

32 Teach me what I do not see;

If I have done iniquity,

I will not do it again’?

33 “Shall He recompense on your terms, because you have rejectedit?

For you must choose, and not I;

Therefore declare what you know.

34 “Men of understanding will say to me,

And a wise man who hears me,

35 ‘Job speaks without knowledge,

And his words are without wisdom.

36 ‘Job ought to be tried to the limit,

Because he answers like wicked men.

37 ‘For he adds rebellion to his sin;

He claps his hands among us,

And multiplies his words against God.'”

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Elihu Sharply Reproves Job

1 Then Elihu continued and said,

2 “Do you think this is according to justice?

Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?

3 “For you say, ‘What advantage will it be to You?

What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’

4 “I will answer you,

And your friends with you.

5 “Look at the heavens and see;

And behold the clouds-they are higher than you.

6 “If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him?

And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him?

7 “If you are righteous, what do you give to Him,

Or what does He receive from your hand?

8 “Your wickedness is for a man like yourself,

And your righteousness is for a son of man.

9 “Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out;

They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.

10 “But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,

Who gives songs in the night,

11 Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth

And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’

12 “There they cry out, but He does not answer

Because of the pride of evil men.

13 “Surely God will not listen to an emptycry,

Nor will the Almighty regard it.

14 “How much less when you say you do not behold Him,

The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!

15 “And now, because He has not visitedinHis anger,

Nor has He acknowledged transgression well,

16 So Job opens his mouth emptily;

He multiplies words without knowledge.”

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Elihu Speaks of God’s Dealings with Men

1 Then Elihu continued and said,

2 “Wait for me a little, and I will show you

That there is yet more to be said in God’s behalf.

3 “I will fetch my knowledge from afar,

And I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

4 “For truly my words are not false;

One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

5 “Behold, God is mighty but does not despiseany;

He ismighty in strength of understanding.

6 “He does not keep the wicked alive,

But gives justice to the afflicted.

7 “He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous;

But with kings on the throne

He has seated them forever, and they are exalted.

8 “And if they are bound in fetters,

And are caught in the cords of affliction,

9 Then He declares to them their work

And their transgressions, that they have magnified themselves.

10 “He opens their ear to instruction,

And commands that they return from evil.

11 “If they hear and serveHim,

They will end their days in prosperity

And their years in pleasures.

12 “But if they do not hear, they shall perish by the sword

And they will die without knowledge.

13 “But the godless in heart lay up anger;

They do not cry for help when He binds them.

14 “They die in youth,

And their lifeperishesamong the cult prostitutes.

15 “He delivers the afflicted in their affliction,

And opens their ear intime ofoppression.

16 “Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress,

Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint;

And that which was set on your table was full of fatness.

17 “But you were full of judgment on the wicked;

Judgment and justice take holdof you.

18 “Bewarethat wrath does not entice you to scoffing;

And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.

19 “Will your riches keep you from distress,

Or all the forces ofyourstrength?

20 “Do not long for the night,

When people vanish in their place.

21 “Be careful, do not turn to evil,

For you have preferred this to affliction.

22 “Behold, God is exalted in His power;

Who is a teacher like Him?

23 “Who has appointed Him His way,

And who has said, ‘You have done wrong’?

24 “Remember that you should exalt His work,

Of which men have sung.

25 “All men have seen it;

Man beholds from afar.

26 “Behold, God is exalted, and we do not knowHim;

The number of His years is unsearchable.

27 “For He draws up the drops of water,

They distill rain from the mist,

28 Which the clouds pour down,

They drip upon man abundantly.

29 “Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds,

The thundering of His pavilion?

30 “Behold, He spreads His lightning about Him,

And He covers the depths of the sea.

31 “For by these He judges peoples;

He gives food in abundance.

32 “He coversHishands with the lightning,

And commands it to strike the mark.

33 “Its noise declares His presence;

The cattle also, concerning what is coming up.

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Elihu Says God Is Back of the Storm

1 “At this also my heart trembles,

And leaps from its place.

2 “Listen closely to the thunder of His voice,

And the rumbling that goes out from His mouth.

3 “Under the whole heaven He lets it loose,

And His lightning to the ends of the earth.

4 “After it, a voice roars;

He thunders with His majestic voice,

And He does not restrain the lightnings when His voice is heard.

5 “God thunders with His voice wondrously,

Doing great things which we cannot comprehend.

6 “For to the snow He says, ‘Fall on the earth,’

And to the downpour and the rain, ‘Be strong.’

7 “He seals the hand of every man,

That all men may know His work.

8 “Then the beast goes into its lair

And remains in its den.

9 “Out of the south comes the storm,

And out of the north the cold.

10 “From the breath of God ice is made,

And the expanse of the waters is frozen.

11 “Also with moisture He loads the thick cloud;

He disperses the cloud of His lightning.

12 “It changes direction, turning around by His guidance,

That it may do whatever He commands it

On the face of the inhabited earth.

13 “Whether for correction, or for His world,

Or for lovingkindness, He causes it to happen.

14 “Listen to this, O Job,

Stand and consider the wonders of God.

15 “Do you know how God establishes them,

And makes the lightning of His cloud to shine?

16 “Do you know about the layers of the thick clouds,

The wonders of one perfect in knowledge,

17 You whose garments are hot,

When the land is still because of the south wind?

18 “Can you, with Him, spread out the skies,

Strong as a molten mirror?

19 “Teach us what we shall say to Him;

We cannot arrangeour casebecause of darkness.

20 “Shall it be told Him that I would speak?

Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up?

21 “Now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies;

But the wind has passed and cleared them.

22 “Out of the north comes goldensplendor;

Around God is awesome majesty.

23 “The Almighty-we cannot find Him;

He is exalted in power

And He will not do violence to justice and abundant righteousness.

24 “Therefore men fear Him;

He does not regard any who are wise of heart.”

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God Speaks Now to Job

1 Then the Lordanswered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

2 “Who is this that darkens counsel

By words without knowledge?

3 “Now gird up your loins like a man,

And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!

4 “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?

TellMe,if you have understanding,

5 Who set its measurements? Since you know.

Or who stretched the line on it?

6 “On what were its bases sunk?

Or who laid its cornerstone,

7 When the morning stars sang together

And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

8 “Orwhoenclosed the sea with doors

When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;

9 When I made a cloud its garment

And thick darkness its swaddling band,

10 And I placed boundaries on it

And set a bolt and doors,

11 And I said, ‘Thus far you shall come, but no farther;

And here shall your proud waves stop’?

God’s Mighty Power

12 “Have you ever in your life commanded the morning,

Andcaused the dawn to know its place,

13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,

And the wicked be shaken out of it?

14 “It is changed like clayunderthe seal;

And they stand forth like a garment.

15 “From the wicked their light is withheld,

And the uplifted arm is broken.

16 “Have you entered into the springs of the sea

Or walked in the recesses of the deep?

17 “Have the gates of death been revealed to you,

Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

18 “Have you understood the expanse of the earth?

TellMe,if you know all this.

19 “Where is the way to the dwelling of light?

And darkness, where is its place,

20 That you may take it to its territory

And that you may discern the paths to its home?

21 “You know, for you were born then,

And the number of your days is great!

22 “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,

Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,

23 Which I have reserved for the time of distress,

For the day of war and battle?

24 “Where is the way that the light is divided,

Orthe east wind scattered on the earth?

25 “Who has cleft a channel for the flood,

Or a way for the thunderbolt,

26 To bring rain on a land without people,

Ona desert without a man in it,

27 To satisfy the waste and desolate land

And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?

28 “Has the rain a father?

Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

29 “From whose womb has come the ice?

And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?

30 “Water becomes hard like stone,

And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.

31 “Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades,

Or loose the cords of Orion?

32 “Can you lead forth a constellation in its season,

And guide the Bear with her satellites?

33 “Do you know the ordinances of the heavens,

Or fix their rule over the earth?

34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,

So that an abundance of water will cover you?

35 “Can you send forth lightnings that they may go

And say to you, ‘Here we are’?

36 “Who has put wisdom in the innermost being

Or given understanding to the mind?

37 “Who can count the clouds by wisdom,

Or tip the water jars of the heavens,

38 When the dust hardens into a mass

And the clods stick together?

39 “Can you hunt the prey for the lion,

Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

40 When they crouch intheirdens

Andlie in wait intheirlair?

41 “Who prepares for the raven its nourishment

When its young cry to God

And wander about without food?

—https://d1b84921e69nmq.cloudfront.net/80/32k/JOB/38-79469fb100f664fe311f064a123fc664.mp3?version_id=100—