Job 1:1 Cross References - CLV

¹ There was a man in the country of Uz. Job was his name. And this man was flawless and upright, fearing Elohim and withdrawing from evil.

⁹ These are the genealogical annals of Noah: Noah is a just man. Flawless became he in his generations. With the Elohim walks Noah.

²³ And the sons of Aram: Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash.

¹ And coming is Abram to be ninety nine years of age. And appearing is Yahweh to Abram and is saying to him, "I am the El-Who-Suffices. Walk before Me and become flawless.

¹² And saying is he, "You must not stretch out your hand on the lad, and you must not do aught to him, for now I know that you fear the Elohim, for you have not kept back your son, your only one from Me.

²⁰ And coming is it, after these things, that it is being told to Abraham, saying, "Behold! Milcah, she, moreover, bears sons for Nahor, your brother, ²¹ Uz, his firstborn, and Buz, his brother, and Kemuel, the father of Aram,

²⁸ And these are the sons of Rishan: Uz and Aran.

²¹ Now you shall perceive among all the people men of ability, fearful of Elohim, men of truth, hating gain. You will place these over them as chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties and chiefs of tens.

³ `I pray You, O Yahweh, remember, I pray You, how I have walked habitually before You in truth, and with a perfect heart, and that which [is] good in Your eyes I have done;' and Hezekiah weeps--a great weeping.

¹⁷ Sons of Shem:Elam and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

⁴² Sons of Ezer:Bilhan, and Zavan, Jakan. Sons of Dishan:Uz and Aran.

²⁰ And Hezekiah does thus in all Judah, and does that which is good, and that which is right, and that which is true, before Yahweh his Elohim;" ²¹ and in every work that he has begun for the service of the house of Elohim, and for the law, and for the command, to seek to his Elohim, with all his heart he has wrought and prospered.

⁸ So Yahweh said to Satan, Have you set your heart on My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a man flawless and upright, fearing Elohim and withdrawing from evil.

³ So Yahweh said to Satan, Have you set your heart against my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a man flawless and upright, fearing Elohim and withdrawing from evil. And he still is holding fast to his integrity, though you would incite Me against him to swallow him up gratuitously.

¹¹ My feet have held closely to His movements; I have kept to His way and have not turned aside. ¹² From the instruction of His lips I do not remove myself; I have secluded in my bosom the sayings of His mouth.

²⁸ And He said to mankind, Behold, the fear of Yahweh, it is wisdom, And to withdraw from evil is understanding.

¹ I contracted a covenant with my eyes So how should I wrongly consider a virgin? ² Yet what is the portion of Eloah from above, And the allotment of Him Who Suffices from the heights? ³ Should not calamity be for the iniquitous, And disaster for contrivers of lawlessness? ⁴ Does He not see my ways And number all my steps? ⁵ If I have walked with hypocrisy, And my foot has hurried after decei. ⁶ (Let Him weigh me in the scales of justice, And let Eloah know my integrity), ⁷ If my movements have turned aside from the way, And my heart has run after what my eyes see, And any blemish clings to my palms, ⁸ Then let me sow and another eat, And may my offspring be rooted out. ⁹ If my heart has been enticed by another's wife, Or I have waited in ambush at my associate's portal, ¹⁰ May my wife grind grain for another, And may others crouch down upon her. ¹¹ For that would be a crime, And that would be depravity calling for judiciary mediators. ¹² For that would be a fire that devours unto Abaddon And roots out all my yield. ¹³ If I have rejected the plea of my servant and my maidservant When they have brought a contention against me, ¹⁴ Then what shall I do when El arises, And when He visits, what shall I reply to Him? ¹⁵ Did not He Who made me in the belly make him also, So that the same One prepared us both in the womb? ¹⁶ If I have withheld the desire of the poor And have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, ¹⁷ And I have eaten my morsel by myself alone, So that the orphan could not eat of i. ¹⁸ (Indeed from my youth he grew great as with a father, And from the belly of my mother I have guided her), ¹⁹ If I have seen anyone perishing from lack of clothing, And there was no covering for the needy, ²⁰ If his loins did not bless me, Since he was warmed with the fleece of my lambs, ²¹ If I have waved my hand against the orphan Because I saw my backing was in the gate, ²² Then may my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, And may my arm be broken from the clavicle. ²³ (Indeed I have an awe of calamity from El, And I am not able to stand before His dignity.. ²⁴ If I have made gold my confidence, And I have said to pure gold:My trust, ²⁵ If I have rejoiced that my estate is vast And that my hand has found abundance, ²⁶ If I have seen the sunlight when it irradiates, And the moon advancing like a precious gem, ²⁷ So that my heart was enticed in secret, And my hand kissed my mouth, ²⁸ This also would be depravity calling for judiciary mediation, For I then would have disavowed El above. ²⁹ If I have rejoiced in the misfortune of the one hating me, And I have roused myself in joy because evil had overtaken hi. ³⁰ (Yet I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking with an imprecation against his soul), ³¹ If the men of my tent have never said:Who can be found who has not been satisfied with his flesh? ³² (The sojourner has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the traveler), ³³ If I have covered up my transgression like Adam, By burying my depravity in my lap, ³⁴ Because I was terrified of the vast throng, And the contempt of families caused me dismay, And I kept silent and would not go forth from the portal-. ³⁵ (O that I had someone hearing me! Behold, here is my mark; may He Who Suffices answer me! Let a man write his indictment against me on a scroll;" ³⁶ Assuredly, I would bear it on my back; I would wind it as crowns about me;" ³⁷ I would tell him the tale of my steps; Like a nobleman I would approach him.) ³⁸ If my ground has cried out against me, And its furrows have wept together with it, ³⁹ If I have eaten of its vigor without paying silver, So that I have caused the soul of its possessor to expire, ⁴⁰ Then may the thistle come forth instead of wheat, And nightshade instead of barley! The words of Job are finished.

¹³ The fear of Yahweh means to hate evil; Pride and pomp and the way of evil And a mouth of duplicity I hate.

⁶ By benignity and faithfulness depravity shall be sheltered, And by the fear of Yahweh a man will withdraw from evil."

²⁰ And all the mixed people, And all the kings of the land of Uz, And all the kings of the land of the Philistines, And Ashkelon, and Gazzah, and Ekron, And the remnant of Ashdod,

²¹ Be elated and rejoice, daughter of Edom, you who are dwelling in the country of Uz; To you also shall pass the cup of Yahweh; you shall become drunk and denude yourself."

¹⁴ and these three men have been in its midst, Noah, Daniel, and Job--they by their righteousness deliver their own soul--an affirmation of the Lord Yahweh."

²⁰ and Noah, Daniel, and Job, in its midst:I live--an affirmation of the Lord Yahweh--neither son nor daughter do they deliver; they, by their righteousness, deliver their own soul."

⁶ Now they were both just in front of God, going in all the precepts and just statutes of the Lord, blameless."

¹¹ Lo! we are counting those happy who endure. You hear of the endurance of Job, and you perceived the consummation of the Lord, for very compassionate and pitiful is the Lord."

¹¹ Now let him avoid evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it,