Job 9:17
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
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He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that {there is} none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. {to destroy...: Heb. to swallow him up}
Should I lie against my right? my wound {is} incurable without transgression. {my wound: Heb. mine arrow}
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken {me} by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that {his} grief was very great.
But {this cometh to pass}, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend {it} with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in {my} fury to consume {it}.
Not for {any} injustice in mine hands: also my prayer {is} pure.
A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride {upon it}, and dissolvest my substance. {substance: or, wisdom}
So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that {there is} none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. {to destroy...: Heb. to swallow him up}
So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken {me} by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct {him}? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
For the arrows of the Almighty {are} within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
I am clean without transgression, I {am} innocent; neither {is there} iniquity in me.
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
Thinkest thou this to be right, {that} thou saidst, My righteousness {is} more than God's?
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride {upon it}, and dissolvest my substance. {substance: or, wisdom}