With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;
with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves.
With kings and counsellors of the earth, who build desolate places for themselves,
Job — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
J O B CHAP. III. "You have heard of the patience of Job," says the apostle, Jam. v. 11 . So we have, and of his impatience too. We wondered that a man should be so patient as he was ( ch. i. and ii. ), but we wonder also…