his goods shall be changed, and he shall not enjoy them.

For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; he hath taken unto himself houses which he built not.

For his belly could not be filled, neither shall he escape by his precious substance.

His meat shall not remain: therefore his good life shall not endure.

Though he have abundance and plenty, yet shall he be afraid; all manner of trouble shall come upon him.
23: And his belly shall be full, and he shall send the fury of his wrath upon him; and he shall rain upon him his strife.

He shall flee from the armour of iron, and the bow of brass shall drive him out.

A mere sword shall go out by him, and the lightning of the sword, which shall be bitter unto him, shall pass over him with terror.

There is no darkness to cover him. A fire shall consume him that is not puffed up: and he that is left in his tabernacle shall be in a bad way.

Heaven shall open his iniquity, and the earth shall sit down against him.

The corn of his house shall be carried away, scattered in the day of his wrath.

This is the reward of an ungodly man with God, and the inheritance of his speech with God.
(Job)
Chapter 21
Job refutes Zophar’s talk of the happiness and punishment of the wicked.

Job answered and said:

Hearken ye unto my speech, and be advised.

Trust me to speak also, and afterward mock me.

Do I then deal with a man, that my courage should not be unwilling in this?

Turn ye hither unto me: ye shall see sore, and shall put your hand to your mouth.

When I remember it, I am afraid, and trembling cometh upon my flesh.

Why then do the wicked live, and grow old, and increase in goods?

Their seed is safe round about them, and their offspring are with them.

Their house is at peace from fear, and God’s rod is not upon them.

They feed his oxen, and do not wrong him: his heifer calves, and is not barren.

Her young children go forth as a flock, and her children lick.

They shout with timbrels and harps, and are glad with pipes.

They wax old in good days, and are scarce a moment afraid of hell; 14. Who say unto God, Be thou removed from us; we will depart from thy ways.

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? or what are we improved, if we call upon him?

But, behold, their goods are not in their hands: therefore let the mind of the wicked be far from me.

How shall the light of the wicked be put out, and their calamity come upon them! He shall deal out heartache in his wrath.

They shall be as stubble before the wind, and as chaff which the whirlwind leadeth away.

God hath reserved this calamity for his children. When he shall repay him, it shall be remembered.

His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

For who shall have pleasure in his house after him? And the number of his moons shall hardly remain half.

Who will teach GOD, who also judges the high ones?

this one dies fresh and healthy in all riches and full sufficiency; 24. His milking vessel is full of milk, and his bones are fattened with marrow; 25. But he dieth with a sorrowful soul, and never did eat with joy; 26. and lie alike in the earth, and worms cover them.

Behold, I know your thoughts well, and your wicked devices against me.

For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where is the tabernacle where the wicked dwell?

But ye speak of it as the common rabble, and know not what that being is.

For the wicked shall be kept unto the day of destruction, and shall abide in the day of wrath.

Who shall say what he deserveth, when he looketh upon it outwardly? Who shall recompense him for what he doeth?

But he is carried away to the grave, and abideth with the multitude.

The mud of the brook pleased him well, and all men are drawn after him: and of them that were before him there is no number.

How in vain do ye comfort me, and your answer is found unjust.
(Job)
Chapter 22
Eliphaz, however, once again casts doubt on Job’s piety.

Then Eliphaz of Theman answered and said:

what may GOD of a strong man, and what profit is he to a wise man?

Thinkest thou that it pleaseeth the Almighty that thou shouldest be so godly? Or what doth it profit him, though thou regard thy ways without change?

Thinkest thou that he will be afraid to punish thee, and will stand in judgment with thee?

Yea, thy wickedness is too great, and there is no end to thine iniquity.

Thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother without a cause; thou hast stripped the naked of
their garments;

thou hast not watered the weary with water, and hast denied thy bread to the hungry; 8. Thou hast wrought violence in the land, and hast sat magnificently in it; 9. the widows thou hast let go empty, and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken.

Wherefore thou art compassed about with cords, and fear hath suddenly terrified thee.

Shouldest thou not see the darkness, and the flood of waters not cover thee?

Behold, God is high in the heavens, and behold the stars on high.
13.. And thou sayest, What doth God know? Shall He be able to judge that which is in darkness?

The clouds are his covering, and he seeth not, and walketh in the company of the heavens.

Wilt thou respect the course of the world, wherein the unrighteous have walked?

Which were passed away before the time, and the waters washed away the bottom thereof, 17. Who said to GOD: Remove thyself from us, what shall the Almighty be able to do unto them?

If he fill her house with goods? But let the counsel of the wicked be far from me!

The righteous shall see, and rejoice; and the innocent shall mock at them.

What matter, their essence shall vanish, and their rest shall consume the fire!

Now therefore make thy peace with him, and be at peace: from it much good shall come unto thee.

Hear the law from his mouth, and lay hold on his words in thine heart.

If thou turn unto the Almighty, thou shalt be built, and shalt do iniquity far from thy tabernacle,

Then shalt thou give gold for the earth, and streams of gold for the rocks; 25. And the Almighty shall be thy gold, and silver shall be heaped unto thee.

Then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to GOD.

So shalt thou entreat him, and he shall hear thee: and thou shalt pay thy vows.

What thou shalt undertake, he shall make thee prosper: and the light shall shine in thy path.

For he that humbleth himself exalteth them: and he that putteth down his eyes shall recover.

And the innocent shall be saved: but he shall be saved because of the cleanness of his hands.
(Job)
Chapter 23
Job appeals to God’s judgment seat for the sake of his good conscience.

Job answered and said:

My speech is yet grieved; my power is weak above my groaning.

Oh that I knew how to find him, and how to come to his throne!

and the law before him should submit, and take a mouthful of punishment 5. and learn the speech which he would answer me, and hear what he would say to me!

Will he deal with me with great power? Let him not stand thus against me, 7. But lay it before me straightway, and I shall win my right.

But if I go straight before me, he is not there: if I go back, I feel him not.

If he be on the left hand, I will not take him: if he be hid on the right hand, I will not see him.

But he knoweth my way. Try me, and I shall be found as gold.

For I set my foot in his way, and keep his path, and turn not aside.

And tread not from the commandment of his lips; and keep the speech of his mouth more than I owe.

He is agreed, who will answer him? And he does it as he wills.

And though he recompense me that which I have earned, yet is his more behind.

Therefore I am afraid of him; and when I perceive, I am afraid of him.

God hath made my heart foolish, and the Almighty hath affrighted me.

For the darkness maketh no end of me, and the darkness will not be hid from me.
(Job)
Chapter 24
Of God’s hidden yet righteous government, concerning the misery of the pious and the happiness of the wicked.

Why should not the times be hid from the Almighty? And they that know him see not his days.

They drive back the borders; they rob the flocks, and feed them.

They take away the asses of the fatherless, and take the oxen of the widows for a prey.

the poor must give way to them, and the needy in the land must cower.

Behold, the wild beasts of the wilderness go forth early to the prey, as they tend, to prepare food for the young.

They reap in the field all that it yieldeth, and gather the vineyard which they have wrongfully.

They leave them that are naked, and leave them no covering in the frost, from whom they have taken away their garments,

That they must cleave unto the rocks, when a downpour is poured upon them from the mountains; for otherwise they have no comfort.

They pluck the child from the breasts, and make him an orphan, and make the people poor with pledges.

They let the naked go without clothes, and they take the