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so man lies down and rises not again; till the heavens are no more he will not awake, or be roused out of his sleep.

the waters wear away the stones; the torrents wash away the soil of the earth; so thou destroyest the hope of man.

He has walled up my way, so that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness upon my paths.

your light is darkened, so that you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.

Thick clouds enwrap him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven.'

Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters; so does Sheol those who have sinned.

The squares of the town forget them; their name is no longer remembered; so wickedness is broken like a tree.'

If it is not so, who will prove me a liar, and show that there is nothing in what I say?"

He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.

He binds up the streams so that they do not trickle, and the thing that is hid he brings forth to light.

because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors--

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

so that his life loathes bread, and his appetite dainty food.

His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen; and his bones which were not seen stick out.

so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted--

No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up. Who then is he that can stand before me?

One is so near to another that no air can come between them.

So Eli'phaz the Te'manite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Na'amathite went and did what the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job's prayer.

And in all the land there were no women so fair as Job's daughters; and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers.

The wicked are not so, but are like chaff which the wind drives away.