American Standard Version of 1901
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And if they be bound in fetters,And be taken in the cords of afflictions;
Then he showeth them their work,And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
He openeth also their ear to instruction,And commandeth that they return from iniquity.
If they hearken and serve him,They shall spend their days in prosperity,And their years in {Or, pleasantness}pleasures.
But if they hearken not, they shall perish by {Or, weapons}the sword,And they shall die without knowledge.
But they that are godless in heart lay up anger:They cry not for help when he bindeth them.
{Hebrew: Their soul dieth.}They die in youth,And their life perisheth {Or, like}among the {Or, sodomites See Deuteronomy 23:17.}unclean.
He delivereth the afflicted {Or, in}by their affliction,And openeth their ear {Or, by adversity}in oppression.
He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
Then he {Hebrew: uncovereth.}openeth the ears of men,And sealeth their instruction,
So Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
So Job died, being old and full of days.
holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: from these also turn away.
he shall not honor his father {Some ancient authorities add or his mother.}. And ye have made void the {Some ancient authorities read law.}word of God because of your tradition.
Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
{Isaiah 29:13.}This people honoreth me with their lips;But their heart is far from me.
But in vain do they worship me,Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.