Job

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1 Job sheweth that his complaints are not causeless: 8 he wisheth for death, wherein he is assured of comfort: 14 he reproveth his friends of unkindness.

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BUT Job aanswered and said,

a ch. 3.1; 4.2.
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Oh that my grief were bthroughly weighed, and my calamity 1laid in the balances together!

b ch. 23.2,3.
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For now it would be cheavier than the sand of the sea: therefore 2my words are swallowed up.

c Pr. 27.3. Ps. 42.7.
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dFor 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.

d Ps. 38.2; 88.3-5,15,16; 7.12,13. De. 32.23. ch. 7.14,15.
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Doth the wild ass bray 3when he hath egrass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

e Ps. 104.14. Je. 14.6. Joel 1.18,20.
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Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

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The things that my soul refused to touch are as my fsorrowful *meat.

f La. 4.4,5; 5.6. Ho. 9.4. Da. 10.3. Ps. 102.9. Pr. 13.12.
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Oh that I might have gmy request; and that God would grant me 4the thing that I long for!

g v.9.
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hEven that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

h 1Ki. 19.4. Jonah 4.3,8,9. Re. 9.6. ch. 7.15,16. Ge. 30.1.
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Then should iI yet have comfort; yea, 5I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I jhave not concealed the words of kthe Holy One.

i ch. 19.25-27. Is. 57.2. Re. 14.13. Ps. 16.10,11.
j Ps. 40.9,10; 119.13. Ac. 20.20,27. Ro. 1.3.
k 1Sa. 2.2. Ho. 11.9. Hab. 1.12; 3.3. Ex. 15.11. Is. 6.3; 57.15.
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lWhat is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

l ch. 7.17,18. 1Ki. 19.4. Nu. 11.14,15.
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mIs my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh 6of brass?

m Ps. 103.14,15; 39.5.
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Is not my help nin me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

n ch. 19.28. Col. 1.27. 2Co. 1.12. Ga. 6.4.
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oTo him that 7is afflicted pity should be shewed pfrom his friend; but he qforsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

o 2Co. 11.29. He. 13.3. Ro. 12.15. Ja. 1.26.
p Pr. 17.17.
q Ps. 36.1. Ge. 20.10,11. 1Jn. 3.17.
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My brethren have rdealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

r Je. 15.18. Ps. 38.11; 88.18. Lu. 10.30-32.
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Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:

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What time they wax warm, 8they vanish: 9when it is hot, they are 10consumed out of their place.

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The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

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sThe troops of Tema looked, the companies of tSheba waited for them.

s Ge. 25.15. Is. 21.13,14. Je. 25.23.
t 1Ki. 10.1.
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uThey were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

u Je. 14.3; 3.23-25.
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11For now ye vare 12nothing; ye wsee my casting down, and are afraid.

v v.15. Ps. 62.9.
w ch. 2.12,13. Ps. 38.11; 88.18.
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xDid I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?

x 1Sa. 12.3. Ac. 20.33.
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Or, yDeliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

y Ge. 14.14,16. Jos. 10.6. 1Sa. 30.18,19.
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Teach me, and I zwill hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

z Ja. 1.19; 5.19,20. Ps. 39.1; 19.12.
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How forcible are aright words! but bwhat doth your arguing reprove?

a Ec. 12.10,11. Is. 41.21. Pr. 8.6,8,9.
b ch. 13.4,5. 1Ti. 1.7.
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Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as cwind?

c Ho. 12.1. Ep. 4.14.
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Yea, 13ye overwhelm the dfatherless, and ye edig a pit for your friend.

d Ps. 82.3. Ex. 22.22. Pr. 23.10.
e Je. 18.18,20. Ps. 5.6; 7.15; 57.6; 64.4,5; 142.5.
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Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is 14evident unto you if fI lie.

f Is. 63.8. Col. 3.9.
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gReturn, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is 15in it.

g ch. 17.10; 27.4-6.
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hIs there iniquity in my tongue? cannot 16my taste discern perverse things?

h Ja. 3.13. He. 5.12. 1Co. 2.15.