⁴ and he would not for a time, but after these things he said in himself, Even if God I do not fear, and man do not regard,

¹⁷ and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?

³ `And the steward said in himself, What shall I do, because my lord doth take away the stewardship from me? to dig I am not able, to beg I am ashamed: --

¹² for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

¹³ and there is not a created thing not manifest before Him, but all things `are' naked and open to His eyes -- with whom is our reckoning.