The Book of Job 8

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² How long wilt thou speak these things and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind ⚑

⁴ If thy children have sinned against him and he have cast them away for their transgression ⚑

⁵ If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes and make thy supplication to the Almighty ⚑

⁶ If thou wert pure and upright surely now he would awake for thee and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous ⚑

⁷ Though thy beginning was small yet thy latter end should greatly increase ⚑

⁸ For enquire I pray thee of the former age and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers ⚑

⁹ For we are but of yesterday and know nothing because our days upon earth are a shadow ⚑

¹⁰ Shall not they teach thee and tell thee and utter words out of their heart ⚑

¹² Whilst it is yet in his greenness and not cut down it withereth before any other herb ⚑

¹³ So are the paths of all that forget God and the hy crite’s hope shall perish ⚑

¹⁴ Whose hope shall be cut off and whose trust shall be a pider’s web ⚑

¹⁵ He shall lean upon his house but it shall not stand he shall hold it fast but it shall not endure ⚑

¹⁶ He is green before the sun and his branch shooteth forth in his garden ⚑

¹⁷ His roots are wrapped about the heap and seeth the place of stones ⚑

¹⁸ If he destroy him from his place then it shall deny him saying I have not seen thee ⚑

¹⁹ Behold this is the joy of his way and out of the earth shall others grow ⚑

²⁰ Behold God will not cast away a perfect man neither will he help the evil doers ⚑

²¹ Till he fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with rejoicing ⚑

²² They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain