The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
18:003:020 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
18:003:021 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
18:003:022 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
18:003:023 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
18:003:024 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
18:003:025 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
18:003:026 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
18:004:001 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
18:004:002 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
18:004:003 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
18:004:004 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
18:004:005 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
18:004:006 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
18:004:007 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
18:004:008 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
18:004:009 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
18:004:010 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
18:004:011 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
18:004:012 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
18:004:013 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
18:004:014 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
18:004:015 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
18:004:016 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
18:004:017 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
18:004:018 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
18:004:019 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
18:004:020 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
18:004:021 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
18:005:001 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
18:005:002 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
18:005:003 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
18:005:004 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
18:005:005 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
18:005:006 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
18:005:007 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
18:005:008 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
18:005:009 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
18:005:010 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
18:005:011 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
18:005:012 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
18:005:013 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
18:005:014 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
18:005:015 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
18:005:016 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
18:005:017 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
18:005:018 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
18:005:019 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
18:005:020 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
18:005:021 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
18:005:022 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
18:005:023 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
18:005:024 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
18:005:025 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
18:005:026 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
18:005:027 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
18:006:001 But Job answered and said,
18:006:002 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
18:006:003 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
18:006:004 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
18:006:005 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
18:006:006 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
18:006:007 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
18:006:008 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
18:006:009 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
18:006:010 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
18:006:011 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
18:006:012 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
18:006:013 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
18:006:014 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
18:006:015 My