14:1Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

14:2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

14:3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

14:4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

14:5Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

14:6Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

14:7For 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.

14:8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

14:9Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

14:10But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

14:11As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

14:12So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

14:13O 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!

14:14If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

14:15Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

14:16For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

14:17My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

14:18And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.

14:19The 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.

14:20Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

14:21His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

14:22But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

15:1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

15:2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

15:3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

15:4Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

15:5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

15:6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

15:7Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

15:8Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

15:9What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

15:10With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

15:11Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

15:12Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

15:13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

15:14What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

15:15Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

15:16How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

15:17I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

15:18Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

15:19Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

15:20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

15:21A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

15:22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

15:23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

15:24Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

15:25For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

15:26He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

15:27Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

15:28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

15:29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

15:30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

15:31Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

15:32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

15:33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

15:34For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

15:35They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

16:1Then Job answered and said,

16:2I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

16:3Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

16:4I 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.

16:5But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.

16:6Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?

16:7But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

16:8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

16:9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

16:10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

16:11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

16:12I 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.

16:13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

16:14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.

16:15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

16:16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

16:17Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

16:18O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

16:19Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.

16:20My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

16:21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

16:22When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

17:1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

17:2Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

17:3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

17:4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

17:5He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

17:6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

17:7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

17:8Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

17:9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

17:10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

17:11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

17:12They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

17:13If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

17:14I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

17:15And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

17:16They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.