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The Old Testament (King James Version) III: Poetry and Wisdom

The Hebrew Bible · tr. King James Version · 1611 (1769 text) · 84,057 words

Job, the Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon in the King James Version: the Bible’s books of prayer, poetry and wisdom.

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Job 1

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

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Contents

  1. Job 1
  2. Job 2
  3. Job 3
  4. Job 4
  5. Job 5
  6. Job 6
  7. Job 7
  8. Job 8
  9. Job 9
  10. Job 10
  11. Job 11
  12. Job 12
  13. Job 13
  14. Job 14
  15. Job 15
  16. Job 16
  17. Job 17
  18. Job 18
  19. Job 19
  20. Job 20
  21. Job 21
  22. Job 22
  23. Job 23
  24. Job 24
  25. Job 25
  26. Job 26
  27. Job 27
  28. Job 28
  29. Job 29
  30. Job 30
  31. Job 31
  32. Job 32
  33. Job 33
  34. Job 34
  35. Job 35
  36. Job 36
  37. Job 37
  38. Job 38
  39. Job 39
  40. Job 40
  41. Job 41
  42. Job 42
  43. Psalm 1
  44. Psalm 2
  45. Psalm 3
  46. Psalm 4
  47. Psalm 5
  48. Psalm 6
  49. Psalm 7
  50. Psalm 8
  51. Psalm 9
  52. Psalm 10
  53. Psalm 11
  54. Psalm 12
  55. Psalm 13
  56. Psalm 14
  57. Psalm 15
  58. Psalm 16
  59. Psalm 17
  60. Psalm 18
  61. Psalm 19
  62. Psalm 20
  63. Psalm 21
  64. Psalm 22
  65. Psalm 23
  66. Psalm 24
  67. Psalm 25
  68. Psalm 26
  69. Psalm 27
  70. Psalm 28
  71. Psalm 29
  72. Psalm 30
  73. Psalm 31
  74. Psalm 32
  75. Psalm 33
  76. Psalm 34
  77. Psalm 35
  78. Psalm 36
  79. Psalm 37
  80. Psalm 38
  81. Psalm 39
  82. Psalm 40
  83. Psalm 41
  84. Psalm 42
  85. Psalm 43
  86. Psalm 44
  87. Psalm 45
  88. Psalm 46
  89. Psalm 47
  90. Psalm 48
  91. Psalm 49
  92. Psalm 50
  93. Psalm 51
  94. Psalm 52
  95. Psalm 53
  96. Psalm 54
  97. Psalm 55
  98. Psalm 56
  99. Psalm 57
  100. Psalm 58
  101. Psalm 59
  102. Psalm 60
  103. Psalm 61
  104. Psalm 62
  105. Psalm 63
  106. Psalm 64
  107. Psalm 65
  108. Psalm 66
  109. Psalm 67
  110. Psalm 68
  111. Psalm 69
  112. Psalm 70
  113. Psalm 71
  114. Psalm 72
  115. Psalm 73
  116. Psalm 74
  117. Psalm 75
  118. Psalm 76
  119. Psalm 77
  120. Psalm 78
  121. Psalm 79
  122. Psalm 80
  123. Psalm 81
  124. Psalm 82
  125. Psalm 83
  126. Psalm 84
  127. Psalm 85
  128. Psalm 86
  129. Psalm 87
  130. Psalm 88
  131. Psalm 89
  132. Psalm 90
  133. Psalm 91
  134. Psalm 92
  135. Psalm 93
  136. Psalm 94
  137. Psalm 95
  138. Psalm 96
  139. Psalm 97
  140. Psalm 98
  141. Psalm 99
  142. Psalm 100
  143. Psalm 101
  144. Psalm 102
  145. Psalm 103
  146. Psalm 104
  147. Psalm 105
  148. Psalm 106
  149. Psalm 107
  150. Psalm 108
  151. Psalm 109
  152. Psalm 110
  153. Psalm 111
  154. Psalm 112
  155. Psalm 113
  156. Psalm 114
  157. Psalm 115
  158. Psalm 116
  159. Psalm 117
  160. Psalm 118
  161. Psalm 119
  162. Psalm 120
  163. Psalm 121
  164. Psalm 122
  165. Psalm 123
  166. Psalm 124
  167. Psalm 125
  168. Psalm 126
  169. Psalm 127
  170. Psalm 128
  171. Psalm 129
  172. Psalm 130
  173. Psalm 131
  174. Psalm 132
  175. Psalm 133
  176. Psalm 134
  177. Psalm 135
  178. Psalm 136
  179. Psalm 137
  180. Psalm 138
  181. Psalm 139
  182. Psalm 140
  183. Psalm 141
  184. Psalm 142
  185. Psalm 143
  186. Psalm 144
  187. Psalm 145
  188. Psalm 146
  189. Psalm 147
  190. Psalm 148
  191. Psalm 149
  192. Psalm 150
  193. Proverbs 1
  194. Proverbs 2
  195. Proverbs 3
  196. Proverbs 4
  197. Proverbs 5
  198. Proverbs 6
  199. Proverbs 7
  200. Proverbs 8
  201. Proverbs 9
  202. Proverbs 10
  203. Proverbs 11
  204. Proverbs 12
  205. Proverbs 13
  206. Proverbs 14
  207. Proverbs 15
  208. Proverbs 16
  209. Proverbs 17
  210. Proverbs 18
  211. Proverbs 19
  212. Proverbs 20
  213. Proverbs 21
  214. Proverbs 22
  215. Proverbs 23
  216. Proverbs 24
  217. Proverbs 25
  218. Proverbs 26
  219. Proverbs 27
  220. Proverbs 28
  221. Proverbs 29
  222. Proverbs 30
  223. Proverbs 31
  224. Ecclesiastes 1
  225. Ecclesiastes 2
  226. Ecclesiastes 3
  227. Ecclesiastes 4
  228. Ecclesiastes 5
  229. Ecclesiastes 6
  230. Ecclesiastes 7
  231. Ecclesiastes 8
  232. Ecclesiastes 9
  233. Ecclesiastes 10
  234. Ecclesiastes 11
  235. Ecclesiastes 12
  236. Song of Solomon 1
  237. Song of Solomon 2
  238. Song of Solomon 3
  239. Song of Solomon 4
  240. Song of Solomon 5
  241. Song of Solomon 6
  242. Song of Solomon 7
  243. Song of Solomon 8

About this edition

Source: Project Gutenberg #10 · ebible.org

Public domain: Public domain in the United States (1611 translation, 1769 Oxford standard text). In the United Kingdom the King James Version is under Crown letters patent; that has no force in the US.

What’s included: The books Job–Song of Solomon, complete, one section per chapter, from the standard 1769 text. Verse numbers are kept.

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