Book of Job - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 848

32--12 JOB. 31-gg If I joycd at the death of my foe, If pleased when he met with distress, Or gave up my palate to sin By asking a curse on his life; If the men of my tent ever said, ‘ Who will give us his meat in our need 2 ’ No stranger lodged outside my court, To the tz·av’1er my doors were mxclosed; Had I hidden, like Adam, my fault, 33 Coucealiug my sin in my breast, As though I had fear of the crowd, Dismayed by contempt of the mass, And dare not go out of my door; 38i If my land has shrieked out against me And its furrows together lament; 39 lf I ateof its fruits without pay, And sneered at its ·owner’s demands, Let thistles spring up, and not wheat, And instead of the barley, vile weeds l 35 Who will grant me to listen to me P How I wish theAALM1GHTY would speak, Or my enemy write in a book; I could carry it then on my back, I could place on my head as a wreath, I could tell Him the tale of my steps, I would go up to Him like a prince l Tun END or run Srsxcnes on joe. 32 Those three men then ceased to reply to job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. But the anger of Elihu·ben·Barakel,

the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was intiamed by job. His anger was in- flamed, because he justified himself instead of Gm). His anger was in- Hamed also against his three friends, because they had not found any explanation, but had declared job wrong. Elihu, however, had waited for their replies to job, because they were older than himself. But when Elihu perceived that there was no explanation in the mouths of those three men, his indignation was fired. Consequently Elihu—ben-Barakel, the Buzite, replied and said: In days I am young--yyou are old I, therefore, was trembling in fear To declare my discoveries to you. Days should speak; And numerousyears should be wise. Yet there is a spirit in a man, And th’ ALMIGHTY inspires with sense. The greatest are not always wise Nor the aged perceive what is right. xo I now therefore say, listen to me, l also my thoughts will declare. 1 r Yet I waited to hear your discourse, The thoughts of your minds and research, I2 And considered your reasons to job; Nora.-—Ch. 3I, verses 38 to 40 must be by some ancient transcriber, and destroy the

inserted between verses 34 and $5 of the proper form of ]0b’s sublime defence as they common readlng,as they have been misplaced are now ordinarily printed ·-—F. F. 848