Job 13:4

The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. miserable: or, troublesome

Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? recovered: Heb. gone up?

Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured. thou shalt...: Heb. no cure shall be unto thee

When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. ye are...: or, ye are like to them: Heb. to it nothing: Heb. not

Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? the dwelling...: Heb. the tent of the tabernacles Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. wrath: Heb. wraths Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. grave: Heb. graves remain...: Heb. watch in the heap The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood? falsehood: Heb. transgression?

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? turn: or, look? For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. envy: or, indignation I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. the naked...: Heb. the clothes of the naked Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. mighty...: Heb. man of arm honourable...: Heb. eminent, or, accepted for countenance Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! height of the stars: Heb. head of the stars And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? How: or, What Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: whose...: Heb. a flood was poured upon their foundation Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? for: or, to Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. substance: or, estate the remnant...: or, their excellency Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. him: that is, God Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. as dust: or, on the dust Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. defence: or, gold plenty...: Heb. silver of strength For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. the humble...: Heb. him that hath low eyes He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. He shall...: or, The innocent shall deliver the island

There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. that...: Heb. for binding up, or, pressing

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.