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 <div class="label">31</div><div class="q1"> 1I made a covenant with mine eyes;</div><div class="q2">Why then should I think upon a maid?</div><div class="q1"> 2For what portion of God is there from above?</div><div class="q2">And what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?</div><div class="q1"> 3 Is not destruction to the wicked?</div><div class="q2">And a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?</div><div class="q1"> 4Doth not he see my ways,</div><div class="q2">And count all my steps?</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 5If I have walked with vanity,</div><div class="q2">Or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;</div><div class="q1"> 6Let me be weighed in an even balance,</div><div class="q2">That God may know mine integrity.</div><div class="q1"> 7If my step hath turned out of the way,</div><div class="q2">And mine heart walked after mine eyes,</div><div class="q2">And if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;</div><div class="q1"> 8 Then let me sow, and let another eat;</div><div class="q2">Yea, let my offspring be rooted out.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 9If mine heart have been deceived by a woman,</div><div class="q2">Or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;</div><div class="q1"> 10 Then let my wife grind unto another,</div><div class="q2">And let others bow down upon her.</div><div class="q1"> 11For this is an heinous crime;</div><div class="q2">Yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.</div><div class="q1"> 12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction,</div><div class="q2">And would root out all mine increase.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant,</div><div class="q2">When they contended with me;</div><div class="q1"> 14What then shall I do when God riseth up?</div><div class="q2">And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?</div><div class="q1"> 15Did not he that made me in the womb make him?</div><div class="q2">And did not one fashion us in the womb?</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 16If I have withheld the poor from their desire,</div><div class="q2">Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;</div><div class="q1"> 17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone,</div><div class="q2">And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;</div><div class="q1"> 18(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father,</div><div class="q2">And I have guided her from my mother's womb;)</div><div class="q1"> 19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing,</div><div class="q2">Or any poor without covering;</div><div class="q1"> 20If his loins have not blessed me,</div><div class="q2">And if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;</div><div class="q1"> 21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless,</div><div class="q2">When I saw my help in the gate:</div><div class="q1"> 22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade,</div><div class="q2">And mine arm be broken from the bone.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 23For destruction from God was a terror to me,</div><div class="q2">And by reason of his highness I could not endure.</div><div class="q1"> 24If I have made gold my hope,</div><div class="q2">Or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;</div><div class="q1"> 25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great,</div><div class="q2">And because mine hand had gotten much;</div><div class="q1"> 26If I beheld the sun when it shined,</div><div class="q2">Or the moon walking in brightness;</div><div class="q1"> 27And my heart hath been secretly enticed,</div><div class="q2">Or my mouth hath kissed my hand:</div><div class="q1"> 28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge:</div><div class="q2">For I should have denied the God that is above.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me,</div><div class="q2">Or lifted up myself when evil found him:</div><div class="q1"> 30Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin</div><div class="q2">By wishing a curse to his soul.</div><div class="q1"> 31If the men of my tabernacle said not,</div><div class="q2">Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.</div><div class="q1"> 32The stranger did not lodge in the street:</div><div class="q2"> But I opened my doors to the traveller.</div><div class="q1"> 33If I covered my transgressions as Adam,</div><div class="q2">By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:</div><div class="q1"> 34Did I fear a great multitude,</div><div class="q2">Or did the contempt of families terrify me,</div><div class="q2">That I kept silence, and went not out of the door?</div><div class="q1"> 35Oh that one would hear me!</div><div class="q2">Behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me,</div><div class="q2">And that mine adversary had written a book.</div><div class="q1"> 36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder,</div><div class="q2"> And bind it as a crown to me.</div><div class="q1"> 37I would declare unto him the number of my steps;</div><div class="q2">As a prince would I go near unto him.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 38If my land cry against me,</div><div class="q2">Or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;</div><div class="q1"> 39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money,</div><div class="q2">Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:</div><div class="q1"> 40Let thistles grow instead of wheat,</div><div class="q2">And cockle instead of barley.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="p">The words of Job are ended.</div>
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 <div class="label">32</div><div class="s2">Elihu's Intrusion</div><div class="p"> 1So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. 2Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. 3Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. 4Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he. 5When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.</div><div class="p"> 6And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said,</div><div class="q1">I am young, and ye are very old;</div><div class="q2">Wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.</div><div class="q1"> 7I said, Days should speak,</div><div class="q2">And multitude of years should teach wisdom.</div><div class="q1"> 8But there is a spirit in man:</div><div class="q2">And the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.</div><div class="q1"> 9Great men are not always wise:</div><div class="q2">Neither do the aged understand judgment.</div><div class="q1"> 10Therefore I said, Hearken to me;</div><div class="q2">I also will shew mine opinion.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 11Behold, I waited for your words;</div><div class="q2">I gave ear to your reasons,</div><div class="q2">Whilst ye searched out what to say.</div><div class="q1"> 12Yea, I attended unto you,</div><div class="q2">And, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job,</div><div class="q2"> Or that answered his words:</div><div class="q1"> 13Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom:</div><div class="q2">God thrusteth him down, not man.</div><div class="q1"> 14Now he hath not directed his words against me:</div><div class="q2">Neither will I answer him with your speeches.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 15They were amazed, they answered no more:</div><div class="q2">They left off speaking.</div><div class="q1"> 16When I had waited, (for they spake not,</div><div class="q2">But stood still, and answered no more;)</div><div class="q1"> 17 I said, I will answer also my part,</div><div class="q2">I also will shew mine opinion.</div><div class="q1"> 18For I am full of matter,</div><div class="q2">The spirit within me constraineth me.</div><div class="q1"> 19Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent;</div><div class="q2">It is ready to burst like new bottles.</div><div class="q1"> 20I will speak, that I may be refreshed:</div><div class="q2">I will open my lips and answer.</div><div class="q1"> 21Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person,</div><div class="q2">Neither let me give flattering titles unto man.</div><div class="q1"> 22For I know not to give flattering titles;</div><div class="q2"> In so doing my Maker would soon take me away.</div><div class="b"></div>
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 <div class="label">8</div><div class="s2">A City of Truth</div><div class="p"> 1Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, 2Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. 3Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain. 4Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. 5And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. 6Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts. 7Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; 8and I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.</div><div class="p"> 9Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built. 10For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour. 11But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts. 12For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. 13And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.</div><div class="p"> 14For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not: 15so again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. 16These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: 17and let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.</div><div class="p"> 18And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, 19Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace. 20Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 21and the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. 22Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. 23Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.</div>
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 <div class="label">5</div><div class="s2">The Sealed Book</div><div class="p"> 1And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. 2And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 3And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. 4And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. 5And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. 6And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. 7And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. 8And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. 9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; 10and hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. 11And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 12saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. 13And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. 14And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.</div>
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 <div class="label">6</div><div class="s2">Opening of the Seals</div><div class="p"> 1And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 2And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.</div><div class="p"> 3And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 4And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.</div><div class="p"> 5And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 6And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.</div><div class="p"> 7And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 8And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.</div><div class="p"> 9And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.</div><div class="p"> 12And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 13and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 14And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?</div>
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