Yea, when I had diligently pondered what ye said, I found not one of you that made any good argument against Job, or that directly could make answer unto his words,

As for the judgment, let us seek it out among ourselves, that we may know what is right.

"If thou now have understanding, hear what I say, and hearken to the voice of my words.

For else the men of understanding and wisdom, that have heard me, might say: 'What canst thou speak?'

For thou sayest, 'What advantage will it be unto thee, and what profit shall thou have of my sin?'

If thou sinnest, what doest thou unto him? If thine offenses be many, how gettest thou his favour?

If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hands:

"Hold thee still a little, and I shall show thee what I have yet to speak on God's behalf.

Teach us what we shall say unto him, for we are unmete because of darkness.

Shall it be told him what I say? Should a man speak, or should he keep it back?

"What is he that hideth his mind with foolish words?

By what way is the light parted, and the heat dealt out upon the earth?

lo, how strong he is in his loins, and what power he hath in the navel of his body.

Darest thou lay hand upon him? It is better for thee to consider what harm might happen thee therethrough, and not to touch him.

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And what is the son of man that thou visitest him?

For the foundations will be cast down, and what hath the righteous done?

What man is he that feareth the LORD? Him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down into the pit? Shall the dust give thanks unto thee? Or shall it declare thy truth?

What man is he that lusteth to live, and would fain see good days?

"And now, LORD, what is my hope? Truly my hope is even in thee.

{To the Chanter, an instruction of the sons of Korah} We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us what thou hast done in their time of old.

O come hither, and behold the works of the LORD, what destructions he hath brought upon the earth.

I will comfort myself in God's word; yea, I will hope in God, and not fear. What can flesh then do unto me?

Yea, in God have I put my trust; I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

O come hither and hearken, all ye that fear God; and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul.

O what great troubles and adversities hast thou showed me! And yet didst thou turn and refresh me; yea, and broughtest me from the deep of the earth again.

Their eyes swell with fatness, and they do even what they lust.

Look what ye promise unto the LORD your God: see that ye keep it, all ye that be round about him; bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

that they also might put their trust in God, and not to forget what he had done, but to keep his commandments.

They forgot what he had done, and the wonderful works that he had showed for them.

When thou calledest upon me in trouble, I delivered thee, and heard thee, what time as the storm fell upon thee. I proved thee also at the waters of strife. Selah.

I will hearken what the LORD God will say concerning me; for he shall speak peace unto his people, and to his saints, that they turn not themselves unto foolishness.

For who is he among the clouds, that may be compared unto the LORD? Yea what is he among the gods, that shall be like unto the LORD?

What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? May a man deliver his own soul from the hand of hell? Selah.

O give thanks unto the LORD, and call upon his name; tell the people what things he hath done.

what time as they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another.

What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? And thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?

What reward shall I give unto the LORD, for all the benefits that he hath done unto me?

The LORD is on my side; I will not fear what man doeth unto me.

{Mem} O LORD, what love have I unto thy law! All the day long is my study in it.

What reward shall be given or done unto thee, thou false tongue?

If thou, LORD wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss, O LORD who may abide it?

LORD, what is man, that thou hast such respect unto him? Or the son of man, that thou so regardest him?

Look: what a fool taketh in hand, he thinketh it well done; but he that is wise, will be counseled.

Commit thy works unto the LORD, and look: what thou devisest, it shall prosper.

What helpeth it to give a fool money in his hand, whereas he hath no mind to buy wisdom?

He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth unto the LORD; and look, what he layeth out, it shall be paid him again.

The LORD ordereth every man's goings; for what is he, that understandeth his own way?

If thou teachest a child in his youth what way he should go; he shall not leave it when he is old.

Look not thou upon the wine, how red it is, and what a color it giveth in the glass.

Be not hasty to go to the law, lest thou knowest not what to do when thy neighbor hath confounded thee.

Make not thy boast of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what may happen today.

Who hath climbed up into heaven? Who hath come down from thence? Who hath holden the wind fast in his hand? Who hath comprehended the waters in a garment? Who hath set all the ends of the world? What is his name, or his son's name? Canst thou tell?

Lest I be so full, I deny thee, and say, "What fellow is the LORD?" And lest I, being constrained through poverty, fall unto stealing and foreswear the name of my God.

For what else hath a man, of all the labor that he taketh under the Sun?

All floods run into the sea, and yet the sea is not filled: for look, unto what place the waters run, thence they come again.

for thereunto I applied my mind: that I might know what were wisdom and understanding, what were error and foolishness. And I perceived that this also was but a vexation of mind:

insomuch that I said unto laughter, "Thou art mad," and to mirth, "What doest thou?"

So I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, to apply my mind unto wisdom, and to comprehend foolishness until the time that among all the things which are under the Sun, I might see what were best for men to do, so long as they live under heaven.

Then turned I me to consider wisdom, error and foolishness: for what is he among men, that might be compared to me the king in such work?

Then thought I in my mind, "If it happeneth unto the fool as it doth unto me, what needeth me then to labour any more for wisdom?" So I confessed within my heart, that this also was but vanity.

For what getteth a man of all the labor and travail of his mind, that he taketh under the Sun,

He giveth unto man, what it pleaseth him; whether it be wisdom, understanding, or gladness. But unto the sinner he giveth weariness and sorrow, that he may gather and heap together the thing, that afterward shall be given unto him whom it pleaseth God. This is now a vain thing, yea a very disquietness and vexation of mind.

What else hath a man that doth anything, but weariness and labour?

As for the people that have been before him, and that come after him, they are innumerable: yet is not their joy the greater through him. This is also a vain thing and a vexation of mind. (v17) When thou comest into the house of God, keep thy foot and draw nigh, that thou mayest hear: that is better than the offerings of fools, for they know not what evil they do

Whereas many riches are, there are many also that spend them away. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, saving that he may look upon them with his eyes?

This is a miserable plague, that he shall go away even as he came. What helpeth him then, that he hath labored in the wind?

For what hath the wise more than the fool? What helpeth it the poor, that he knoweth to walk before the living?

Many things there be that increase vanity, and what hath a man else?

For who knoweth what is good for man living, in the days of his vain life, which is but a shadow? Or, who will tell a man what shall happen after him under the Sun?

Say not thou, "What is the cause that the days of the old time were better than they that be now?" For that were no wise question.

Like as when a king giveth a charge, his commandment is mighty: Even so whom may say unto him, "What doest thou?"

And why? A man knoweth not what is for to come: for who will tell him?

A fool is so full of words, that a man cannot tell what end he shall make. Who will then warn him of it that shall follow after him?

Give part sven days, and also upon the eighth, for thou knowest not what misery shall come upon earth.

When the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth. And when the tree falleth, whether it be toward the South or North, in what place soever it fall, there it lieth.

Who is thy love above other lovers, O thou fairest among women? Or what can thy love do, more than other lovers, that thou chargest us so straightly?

What is she, this that peepeth out as the morning, fair as the moon, excellent as the sun, glorious as an army of men with their banners?

I went down into the nut garden, to see what grew by the brooks, to look if the vineyard flourished, and if the pomegranates were shot forth.

Turn again, turn again, O thou Shulamite; turn again, turn again, that we may look upon thee. What pleasure have ye more in the Shulamite, than when she danceth among the men of war?

I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, that ye wake not up my love, nor touch her, till she be content herself. What is she, this that cometh up from the wilderness, and leaneth upon her love?

Our sister is but young, and hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister when she shall be spoken for?

Men shall creep into holes of stone, and into caves of the earth, for the fear of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty: what time as he shall arise to shake the earth.

Fear not, then, any man whose breath is in his nostrils - for what is he?

what time as the LORD shall wash away the desolation of the daughters of Zion, and purge the blood out from Jerusalem with the wind of his smoke and fire.

What more could have been done for it, that I have not done? Wherefore than hath it given thorns, where I looked to have had grapes of it?

What will ye do in time of the visitation and destruction, that shall come from far? To whom will ye run for help? Or to whom will ye give your honour, that he may keep it?

And thus shall he make a way for his people, that remaineth from the Assyrians, like as it happened to the Israelites, what time they departed out of the land of Egypt.

I am come of the old regal Progeny"? Where are they? Where are now thy wise men? Let them tell thee, if they can, what the LORD of Hosts hath taken in hand against Egypt.

In the same year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, where Sargon the king of the Assyrians sent him; what time as he also besieged Ashdod, and won it the same season:

They shall be also at their wits end, and ashamed one of another: the Egyptians of the Ethiopians, and the Ethiopians of the Egyptians, considering what glory they were in afore.

For thus the Lord hath charged me: "Go thy way, and set a watchman, that he may tell what he seeth."

The heavy burden of Dumah. He calleth unto me, out of of Seir, "Watchman, what hast thou espied by night? Watchman, what hast thou espied by night?"

The burden of the valley of visions. What hast thou to do here, that thou climbest unto the house tops,

'What hast thou here to do? And whom hast thou here? That thou shouldest here hew thee out a sepulchre, as it were one that causeth a costly tomb of stone to be made for himself, or that graveth a habitation out of a rock?

The sinners at Zion are afraid, and a sudden fearfulness is come upon the hypocrites. "What is he among us," say they, "that will dwell by that consuming fire? Which of us may abide that everlasting heat?"

and his heart shall delight in the fear of God. What shall then become of the scribe? Of the receiver of our money? What of him that taxed our fair houses?

Seek through the scripture of the LORD and read it: There shall none of these things be left out, there shall not one, nor such like, fail. For what his mouth commandeth, that same doth his spirit gather together or fulfill.

And Rabshakeh said unto them, "Tell Hezekiah that the great king of Assyria sayeth thus unto him, 'What presumption is this, that thou trustest unto?

Yea, sayest thou, hast thou not heard what I have taken in hand, and brought to pass of old time? That same will I do now also: waste, destroy, and bring the strong cities into heaps of stones.