1Job reproveth his friends of false reasoning and partiality: 14though unable to account for his own afflictions, he professeth his confidence in God: 20he entreateth to know his sins, and the cause of his affliction.
1LO, amine eye hath seen all this , mine ear hath heard and understood it.
a ch. 32.8,10. Ps. 78.3,4; 37.35,36.
2bWhat ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
b 2Co. 11.5,16,22,23; 12.11. ch. 12.3.
3Surely I cwould speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
c ch. 11.5; 9.34,35; 23.3-7; 31.35. Is. 1.18; 41.21; 43.26. Mi. 6.2.
4But ye are dforgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
d ch. 42.7,8; 16.2; 21.34; 11.3. 1Ti. 1.7. Zec. 11.17. Ps. 119.69.
5O ethat ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
e Pr. 17.28. Am. 5.13. Ec. 5.3.
6fHear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
f ch. 6.13; 33.1,3; 34.2; 36.2. Pr. 8.6,7.
7gWill ye speak wickedly for God? and talk hdeceitfully for him?
g ch. 17.5; 27.4; 32.21; 36.4; 8.6,20. Is. 66.5. h 2Co. 4.2.
8Will ye iaccept his person? will ye contend for God?
i Pr. 24.23. Ju. 6.31.
9jIs it good that he should ksearch you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so lmock him?
j ch. 10.3. k Je. 17.10. Ps. 139.23. l 1Sa. 15.9,11. Ga. 6.7. Ho. 11.12.
10He will surely mreprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
m ch. 42.7,8. Ps. 50.21,22; 82.1,2. Ja. 2.9. De. 1.17.
11Shall not his 1excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
1Or, height of greatness, ch. 9.34; 31.23. Ps. 4.4. Je. 5.22; 10.7,10.
12nYour remembrances are like unto oashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
n Pr. 10.7. ch. 4.7; 18.17. Is. 40.17. Ge. 18.27. o Is. 44.20.
132Hold your peace, plet me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
2Heb. Be silent from me.
p ch. 7.11-19; 6.10; 10.1.
14Wherefore qdo I take my flesh in my teeth, and rput my life in mine hand?
q Ec. 4.5. Is. 9.20; 49.26. r Ju. 12.3. 1Sa. 19.5; 28.21. Ps. 119.109.
15sThough he slay me, yet will I ttrust in him: but I will 3maintain mine own ways before him.
3Heb. prove or argue, ch. 23.4; 27.5,6; 31.1-37.
s Ps. 23.4; 138.7. Pr. 14.32. Ro. 8.38,39. t ch. 6.11; 14.14; 29.21,23.
16He also shall be umy salvation: for van hypocrite shall not come before him.
u Ex. 15.2. Is. 12.1,2. Ps. 118.5-29; 27.1. ch. 19.25-27. Ho. 14.3. v Ps. 1.5. Is. 33.14. Mat. 24.51.
17wHear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
w v.6. ch. 33.1.
18Behold now, I have xordered my cause; yI know that I shall be justified.
x Ec. 12.9. ch. 23.4. y Is. 45.24,25. Ro. 8.33,34. 2Co. 1.12. Ac. 24.16.
19zWho is he that will plead with me? afor now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
z Ro. 8.33,34. 1Jn. 3.21. Is. 50.8,9. a ch. 7.11; 32.20. Ps. 39.2,3; 32.3,4. Je. 20.9.
20bOnly do not two things unto me: then will I not chide myself from thee.
b ch. 9.34,35; 33.7. c v.3. ch. 23.3-7.
21dWithdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
d Ps. 39.10. ch. 9.34.
22Then ecall thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
e ch. 23.4; 38.3; 40.4,5; 42.3-6.
23fHow many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
f Ps. 139.23; 19.12. ch. 36.8,9; 40.4; 42.6; 34.31,32; 10.2. Jn. 16.8,9.
24Wherefore ghidest thou thy face, and hholdest me for thine enemy?
g De. 32.20. Ps. 10.1; 13.1; 22.1,2; 44.24; 88.14; 102.2. Is. 8.17. ch. 29.2,3; 23.8,9. h ch. 16.9; 19.11; 33.10. La. 3.10; 2.5.
25Wilt ithou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
i Is. 42.3; 64.6. Mat. 12.20. 1Sa. 24.14.
26For jthou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
j Ru. 1.20. Ps. 88.1-18; 25.7. ch. 20.11. Je. 31.19.
27Thou kputtest my feet also in the stocks, and l4lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the 5heels of my feet.
4Heb. observest.
5Heb. roots.
k ch. 33.11. Ps. 88.8. l Ps. 130.3. ch. 10.6. Zep. 1.12.
28mAnd he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
m Ps. 39.11. Ho. 5.12.