American Standard Version of 1901
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Hearken unto this, O Job:Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Dost thou know how God layeth his charge upon them,And causeth the {Hebrew: light.}lightning of his cloud to shine?
Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds,The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?
For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, {Or, in hope: because the creation & c.}in hope
that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain {Or, with us}together until now.
Who hath enjoined him his way?Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?
Men do therefore fear him:He regardeth not any that are wise of heart.
Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord.
{Some ancient authorities read know ye.}let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
There is no umpire betwixt us,That might lay his hand upon us both.
Oh that I had one to hear me!(Lo, here is my {Hebrew: mark.}signature, let the Almighty answer me)And that I had the {Hebrew: book.}indictment which mine adversary hath written!
Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder;I would bind it unto me as a crown:
I would declare unto him the number of my steps;As a prince would I {Or, present it to him}go near unto him.
Yet will I leave me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
And God said unto Moses, {Or, I AM, BECAUSE I AM Or, I AM WHO AM Or, I WILL BE THAT I WILL BE}I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, {Hebrew: Ehueh. From the same root as Jehovah.}I AM hath sent me unto you.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Who knoweth not {Or, by}in all these,That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this,