Verse 1

So these three{H7969} men{H582} ceased{H7673} to answer{H6030} Job,{H347} because he was righteous{H6662} in his own eyes.{H5869}

Referenced Verses

  • Job 10:7 : 7 Although thou knowest{H1847} that I am not wicked,{H7561} And there is none that can deliver{H5337} out of thy hand?{H3027}
  • Job 33:9 : 9 I am clean,{H2134} without transgression;{H6588} I am innocent,{H2643} neither is there iniquity{H5771} in me:
  • Job 6:29 : 29 Return,{H7725} I pray you, let there be no injustice;{H5766} Yea, return again,{H7725} my cause is righteous.{H6664}
  • Job 10:2 : 2 I will say{H559} unto God,{H433} Do not condemn{H7561} me; Show{H3045} me wherefore thou contendest{H7378} with me.
  • Job 13:15 : 15 Behold,{H2005} he will slay{H6991} me; I have no hope:{H3176} Nevertheless I will maintain{H3198} my ways{H1870} before{H6440} him.
  • Job 23:7 : 7 There the upright{H3477} might reason{H3198} with him; So should I be delivered{H6403} for ever{H5331} from my judge.{H8199}
  • Job 27:4-6 : 4 Surely my lips{H8193} shall not speak{H1696} unrighteousness,{H5766} Neither shall my tongue{H3956} utter{H1897} deceit.{H7423} 5 Far be it{H2486} from me that I should justify{H6663} you: Till I die{H1478} I will not put away{H5493} mine integrity{H8538} from me. 6 My righteousness{H6666} I hold{H2388} fast, and will not let it go:{H7503} My heart{H3824} shall not reproach{H2778} [me] so long as I live.{H3117}
  • Job 29:11-17 : 11 For when the ear{H241} heard{H8085} [me], then it blessed{H833} me; And when the eye{H5869} saw{H7200} [me], it gave witness{H5749} unto me: 12 Because I delivered{H4422} the poor{H6041} that cried,{H7768} The fatherless{H3490} also, that had none to help{H5826} him. 13 The blessing{H1293} of him that was ready to perish{H6} came{H935} upon me; And I caused the widow's{H490} heart{H3820} to sing for joy.{H7442} 14 I put{H3847} on righteousness,{H6664} and it clothed{H3847} me: My justice{H4941} was as a robe{H4598} and a diadem.{H6797} 15 I was eyes{H5869} to the blind,{H5787} And feet{H7272} was I to the lame.{H6455} 16 I was a father{H1} to the needy:{H34} And the cause{H7379} of him that I knew{H3045} not I searched out.{H2713} 17 And I brake{H7665} the jaws{H4973} of the unrighteous,{H5767} And plucked{H7993} the prey{H2964} out of his teeth.{H8127}
  • Job 31:1-9 : 1 I made{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with mine eyes;{H5869} How then should I look{H995} upon a virgin?{H1330} 2 For what is the portion{H2506} from God{H433} above,{H4605} And the heritage{H5159} from the Almighty{H7706} on high?{H4791} 3 Is it not calamity{H343} to the unrighteous,{H5767} And disaster{H5235} to the workers{H6466} of iniquity?{H205} 4 Doth not he see{H7200} my ways,{H1870} And number{H5608} all my steps?{H6806} 5 If I have walked{H1980} with falsehood,{H7723} And my foot{H7272} hath hasted{H2363} to deceit{H4820} 6 (Let me be weighed{H8254} in an even{H6664} balance,{H3976} That God{H433} may know{H3045} mine integrity);{H8538} 7 If my step{H838} hath turned out{H5186} of the way,{H1870} And my heart{H3820} walked{H1980} after{H310} mine eyes,{H5869} And if any spot{H3971} hath cleaved{H1692} to my hands:{H3709} 8 Then let me sow,{H2232} and let another{H312} eat;{H398} Yea, let the produce{H6631} of my field be rooted out.{H8327} 9 If my heart{H3820} hath been enticed{H6601} unto a woman,{H802} And I have laid wait{H693} at my neighbor's{H7453} door;{H6607} 10 Then let my wife{H802} grind{H2912} unto another,{H312} And let others{H312} bow down{H3766} upon her. 11 For that were a heinous crime;{H2154} Yea, it were an iniquity{H5771} to be punished by the judges:{H6414} 12 For it is a fire{H784} that consumeth{H398} unto Destruction,{H11} And would root out{H8327} all mine increase.{H8393} 13 If I have despised{H3988} the cause{H4941} of my man-servant{H5650} or of my maid-servant,{H519} When they contended{H7379} with me; 14 What then shall I do{H6213} when God{H410} riseth up?{H6965} And when he visiteth,{H6485} what shall I answer{H7725} him? 15 Did not he that made{H6213} me in the womb{H990} make{H6213} him? And did not one{H259} fashion{H3559} us in the womb?{H7358} 16 If I have withheld{H4513} the poor{H1800} from [their] desire,{H2656} Or have caused the eyes{H5869} of the widow{H490} to fail,{H3615} 17 Or have eaten{H398} my morsel{H6595} alone, And the fatherless{H3490} hath not eaten{H398} thereof 18 (Nay, from my youth{H5271} he grew up{H1431} with me as with a father,{H1} And her have I guided{H5148} from my mother's{H517} womb);{H990} 19 If I have seen{H7200} any perish{H6} for want of clothing,{H3830} Or that the needy{H34} had no covering;{H3682} 20 If his loins{H2504} have not blessed{H1288} me, And if he hath not been warmed{H2552} with the fleece{H1488} of my sheep;{H3532} 21 If I have lifted up{H5130} my hand{H3027} against the fatherless,{H3490} Because I saw{H7200} my help{H5833} in the gate:{H8179} 22 Then let my shoulder fall{H5307} from the shoulder-blade,{H7929} And mine arm{H248} be broken{H7665} from the bone.{H7070} 23 For calamity{H343} from God{H410} is a terror{H6343} to me, And by reason of his majesty{H7613} I can{H3201} do nothing. 24 If I have made{H7760} gold{H2091} my hope,{H3689} And have said{H559} to the fine gold,{H3800} [Thou art] my confidence;{H4009} 25 If I have rejoiced{H8055} because my wealth{H2428} was great,{H7227} And because my hand{H3027} had gotten{H4672} much;{H3524} 26 If I have beheld{H7200} the sun{H216} when it shined,{H1984} Or the moon{H3394} walking{H1980} in brightness,{H3368} 27 And my heart{H3820} hath been secretly{H5643} enticed,{H6601} And my mouth{H6310} hath kissed{H5401} my hand:{H3027} 28 This also were an iniquity{H5771} to be punished by the judges;{H6416} For I should have denied{H3584} the God{H410} that is above.{H4605} 29 If I have rejoiced{H8055} at the destruction{H6365} of him that hated{H8130} me, Or lifted up{H5782} myself when evil{H7451} found{H4672} him; 30 (Yea, I have not suffered{H5414} my mouth{H2441} to sin{H2398} By asking{H7592} his life{H5315} with a curse);{H423} 31 If the men{H4962} of my tent{H168} have not said,{H559} Who can find{H5414} one that hath not been filled{H7646} with his meat?{H1320} 32 (The sojourner{H1616} hath not lodged{H3885} in the street;{H2351} But I have opened{H6605} my doors{H1817} to the traveller);{H734} 33 If like Adam{H121} I have covered{H3680} my transgressions,{H6588} By hiding{H2934} mine iniquity{H5771} in my bosom,{H2243} 34 Because I feared{H6206} the great{H7227} multitude,{H1995} And the contempt{H937} of families{H4940} terrified{H2865} me, So that I kept silence,{H1826} and went not out{H3318} of the door—{H6607} 35 Oh that{H5414} I had one to hear{H8085} me! (Lo, here is my signature,{H8420} let the Almighty{H7706} answer{H6030} me); And [that I had] the indictment{H5612} which mine adversary{H376} hath written!{H3789} 36 Surely I would carry{H5375} it upon my shoulder;{H7926} I would bind{H6029} it unto me as a crown:{H5850} 37 I would declare{H5046} unto him the number{H4557} of my steps;{H6806} As a prince{H5057} would I go near{H7126} unto him. 38 If my land{H127} crieth{H2199} out against me, And{H3162} the furrows{H8525} thereof weep{H1058} together; 39 If I have eaten{H398} the fruits{H3581} thereof without money,{H3701} Or have caused the owners{H1167} thereof to lose{H5301} their life:{H5315} 40 Let thistles{H2336} grow{H3318} instead of wheat,{H2406} And cockle{H890} instead of barley.{H8184} The words{H1697} of Job{H347} are ended.{H8552}