Verse 1

So these three{H7969} men{H582} ceased{H7673}{(H8799)} to answer{H6030}{(H8800)} Job{H347}, because he was righteous{H6662} in his own eyes{H5869}.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 10:7 : 7 Thou knowest{H1847} that I am not wicked{H7561}{(H8799)}; and there is none that can deliver{H5337}{(H8688)} out of thine 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}{(H8798)}, I pray you, let it not be iniquity{H5766}; yea, return again{H7725}{(H8798)}, my righteousness{H6664} is in it.
  • Job 10:2 : 2 I will say{H559}{(H8799)} unto God{H433}, Do not condemn{H7561}{(H8686)} me; shew{H3045}{(H8685)} me wherefore thou contendest{H7378}{(H8799)} with me.
  • Job 13:15 : 15 Though{H2005} he slay{H6991}{(H8799)} me, yet will I trust{H3176}{(H8762)} in him: but I will maintain{H3198}{(H8686)} mine own ways{H1870} before{H6440} him.
  • Job 23:7 : 7 There the righteous{H3477} might dispute{H3198}{(H8737)} with him; so should I be delivered{H6403}{(H8762)} for ever{H5331} from my judge{H8199}{(H8802)}.
  • Job 27:4-6 : 4 My lips{H8193} shall not speak{H1696}{(H8762)} wickedness{H5766}, nor my tongue{H3956} utter{H1897}{(H8799)} deceit{H7423}. 5 God forbid{H2486} that I should justify{H6663}{(H8686)} you: till I die{H1478}{(H8799)} I will not remove{H5493}{(H8686)} mine integrity{H8538} from me. 6 My righteousness{H6666} I hold{H2388}{(H8689)} fast, and will not let it go{H7503}{(H8686)}: my heart{H3824} shall not reproach{H2778}{(H8799)} me so long as I live{H3117}.
  • Job 29:11-17 : 11 When the ear{H241} heard{H8085}{(H8804)} me, then it blessed{H833}{(H8762)} me; and when the eye{H5869} saw{H7200}{(H8804)} me, it gave witness{H5749}{(H8686)} to me: 12 Because I delivered{H4422}{(H8762)} the poor{H6041} that cried{H7768}{(H8764)}, and the fatherless{H3490}, and him that had none to help{H5826}{(H8802)} him. 13 The blessing{H1293} of him that was ready to perish{H6}{(H8802)} came{H935}{(H8799)} upon me: and I caused the widow's{H490} heart{H3820} to sing for joy{H7442}{(H8686)}. 14 I put{H3847}{(H8804)} on righteousness{H6664}, and it clothed{H3847}{(H8799)} me: my judgment{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 poor{H34}: and the cause{H7379} which I knew{H3045}{(H8804)} not I searched out{H2713}{(H8799)}. 17 And I brake{H7665}{(H8762)} the jaws{H4973} of the wicked{H5767}, and plucked{H7993}{(H8686)} the spoil{H2964} out of his teeth{H8127}.
  • Job 31:1-9 : 1 I made{H3772}{(H8804)} a covenant{H1285} with mine eyes{H5869}; why then should I think{H995}{(H8709)} upon a maid{H1330}? 2 For what portion{H2506} of God{H433} is there from above{H4605}? and what inheritance{H5159} of the Almighty{H7706} from on high{H4791}? 3 Is not destruction{H343} to the wicked{H5767}? and a strange{H5235} punishment to the workers{H6466}{(H8802)} of iniquity{H205}? 4 Doth not he see{H7200}{(H8799)} my ways{H1870}, and count{H5608}{(H8799)} all my steps{H6806}? 5 If I have walked{H1980}{(H8804)} with vanity{H7723}, or if my foot{H7272} hath hasted{H2363}{(H8799)} to deceit{H4820}; 6 Let me be weighed{H8254}{(H8799)} in an even{H6664} balance{H3976}, that God{H433} may know{H3045}{(H8799)} mine integrity{H8538}. 7 If my step{H838} hath turned out{H5186}{(H8799)} of the way{H1870}, and mine heart{H3820} walked{H1980}{(H8804)} after{H310} mine eyes{H5869}, and if any blot{H3971} hath cleaved{H1692}{(H8804)} to mine hands{H3709}; 8 Then let me sow{H2232}{(H8799)}, and let another{H312} eat{H398}{(H8799)}; yea, let my offspring{H6631} be rooted out{H8327}{(H8792)}. 9 If mine heart{H3820} have been deceived{H6601}{(H8738)} by a woman{H802}, or if I have laid wait{H693}{(H8804)} at my neighbour's{H7453} door{H6607}; 10 Then let my wife{H802} grind{H2912}{(H8799)} unto another{H312}, and let others{H312} bow down{H3766}{(H8799)} upon her. 11 For this is an heinous crime{H2154}; yea, it is an iniquity{H5771} to be punished by the judges{H6414}. 12 For it is a fire{H784} that consumeth{H398}{(H8799)} to destruction{H11}, and would root out{H8327}{(H8762)} all mine increase{H8393}. 13 If I did despise{H3988}{(H8799)} the cause{H4941} of my manservant{H5650} or of my maidservant{H519}, when they contended{H7379} with me; 14 What then shall I do{H6213}{(H8799)} when God{H410} riseth up{H6965}{(H8799)}? and when he visiteth{H6485}{(H8799)}, what shall I answer{H7725}{(H8686)} him? 15 Did not he that made{H6213}{(H8802)} me in the womb{H990} make{H6213}{(H8804)} him? and did not one{H259} fashion{H3559}{(H8787)} us in the womb{H7358}? 16 If I have withheld{H4513}{(H8799)} the poor{H1800} from their desire{H2656}, or have caused the eyes{H5869} of the widow{H490} to fail{H3615}{(H8762)}; 17 Or have eaten{H398}{(H8799)} my morsel{H6595} myself alone, and the fatherless{H3490} hath not eaten{H398}{(H8804)} thereof; 18 (For from my youth{H5271} he was brought up{H1431}{(H8804)} with me, as with a father{H1}, and I have guided{H5148}{(H8686)} her from my mother's{H517} womb{H990};) 19 If I have seen{H7200}{(H8799)} any perish{H6}{(H8802)} for want of clothing{H3830}, or any poor{H34} without covering{H3682}; 20 If his loins{H2504} have not blessed{H1288}{(H8765)} me, and if he were not warmed{H2552}{(H8691)} with the fleece{H1488} of my sheep{H3532}; 21 If I have lifted up{H5130}{(H8689)} my hand{H3027} against the fatherless{H3490}, when I saw{H7200}{(H8799)} my help{H5833} in the gate{H8179}: 22 Then let mine arm{H3802} fall{H5307}{(H8799)} from my shoulder blade{H7929}, and mine arm{H248} be broken{H7665}{(H8735)} from the bone{H7070}. 23 For destruction{H343} from God{H410} was a terror{H6343} to me, and by reason of his highness{H7613} I could{H3201}{(H8799)} not endure. 24 If I have made{H7760}{(H8804)} gold{H2091} my hope{H3689}, or have said{H559}{(H8804)} to the fine gold{H3800}, Thou art my confidence{H4009}; 25 If I rejoiced{H8055}{(H8799)} because my wealth{H2428} was great{H7227}, and because mine hand{H3027} had gotten{H4672}{(H8804)} much{H3524}; 26 If I beheld{H7200}{(H8799)} the sun{H216} when it shined{H1984}{(H8686)}, or the moon{H3394} walking{H1980}{(H8802)} in brightness{H3368}; 27 And my heart{H3820} hath been secretly{H5643} enticed{H6601}{(H8799)}, or my mouth{H6310} hath kissed{H5401}{(H8799)} my hand{H3027}: 28 This also were an iniquity{H5771} to be punished by the judge{H6416}: for I should have denied{H3584}{(H8765)} the God{H410} that is above{H4605}. 29 If I rejoiced{H8055}{(H8799)} at the destruction{H6365} of him that hated{H8130}{(H8764)} me, or lifted up{H5782}{(H8712)} myself when evil{H7451} found{H4672}{(H8804)} him: 30 Neither have I suffered{H5414}{(H8804)} my mouth{H2441} to sin{H2398}{(H8800)} by wishing{H7592}{(H8800)} a curse{H423} to his soul{H5315}. 31 If the men{H4962} of my tabernacle{H168} said{H559}{(H8804)} not, Oh that we had{H5414}{(H8799)} of his flesh{H1320}! we cannot be satisfied{H7646}{(H8799)}. 32 The stranger{H1616} did not lodge{H3885}{(H8799)} in the street{H2351}: but I opened{H6605}{(H8799)} my doors{H1817} to the traveller{H734}. 33 If I covered{H3680}{(H8765)} my transgressions{H6588} as Adam{H121}, by hiding{H2934}{(H8800)} mine iniquity{H5771} in my bosom{H2243}: 34 Did I fear{H6206}{(H8799)} a great{H7227} multitude{H1995}, or did the contempt{H937} of families{H4940} terrify{H2865}{(H8686)} me, that I kept silence{H1826}{(H8799)}, and went not out{H3318}{(H8799)} of the door{H6607}? 35 Oh that{H5414}{(H8799)} one would hear{H8085}{(H8802)} me! behold, my desire{H8420} is, that the Almighty{H7706} would answer{H6030}{(H8799)} me, and that mine adversary{H376}{H7379} had written{H3789}{(H8804)} a book{H5612}. 36 Surely I would take{H5375}{(H8799)} it upon my shoulder{H7926}, and bind{H6029}{(H8799)} it as a crown{H5850} to me. 37 I would declare{H5046}{(H8686)} unto him the number{H4557} of my steps{H6806}; as a prince{H5057} would I go near{H7126}{(H8762)} unto him. 38 If my land{H127} cry{H2199}{(H8799)} against me, or that the furrows{H8525} likewise{H3162} thereof complain{H1058}{(H8799)}; 39 If I have eaten{H398}{(H8804)} the fruits{H3581} thereof without money{H3701}, or have caused the owners{H1167} thereof to lose{H5301}{(H8689)} their life{H5315}: 40 Let thistles{H2336} grow{H3318}{(H8799)} instead of wheat{H2406}, and cockle{H890} instead of barley{H8184}. The words{H1697} of Job{H347} are ended{H8552}{(H8804)}.