Job 36:4 Cross References - Brenton

⁴ I will speak just things truly, and thou shalt not unjustly receive unjust words.

⁴ But ye are all bad physicians, and healers of diseases.

⁷ Do ye not speak before the Lord, and utter deceit before him?

²⁷ So I know you, that ye presumptuously attack me:

³⁴ How then do ye comfort me in vain? whereas I have no rest from your molestation.

⁶ And thou hast taken security of thy brethren for nothing, and hast taken away the clothing of the naked. ⁷ Neither hast thou given water to the thirsty to drink, but hast taken away the morsel of the hungry. ⁸ And thou hast accepted the persons of some; and thou hast established those that were already settled on the earth. ⁹ But thou hast sent widows away empty, and has afflicted orphans. ¹⁰ Therefore snares have compassed thee, and disastrous war has troubled thee. ¹¹ The light has proved darkness to thee, and water has covered thee on thy lying down. ¹² Does not he that dwells in the high places observe? and has he not brought down the proud? ¹³ And thou has said, What does the Mighty One know? does he judge in the dark? ¹⁴ A cloud is his hiding-place, and he shall not be seen; and he passes through the circle of heaven. ¹⁵ Wilt thou not mark the old way, which righteous men have trodden? ¹⁶ who were seized before their time: their foundations are as an overflowing stream. ¹⁷ Who say, What will the Lord do to us? or what will the Almighty bring upon us? ¹⁸ Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel for the wicked is far from him. ¹⁹ The righteous have seen it, and laughed, and the blameless one has derided them. ²⁰ Verily their substance has been utterly destroyed, and the fire shall devour what is left of their property. ²¹ Be firm, I pray thee, if thou canst endure; then thy fruit shall prosper. ²² And receive a declaration from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. ²³ And if thou shalt turn and humble thyself before the Lord, thou hast thus removed unrighteousness far from thy habitation. ²⁴ Thou shalt lay up for thyself treasure in a heap on the rock; and Sophir shall be as the rock of the torrent. ²⁵ So the Almighty shall be thy helper from enemies, and he shall bring thee forth pure as silver that has been tried by fire. ²⁶ Then shalt thou have boldness before the Lord, looking up cheerfully to heaven. ²⁷ And he shall hear thee when thou prayest to him, and he shall grant thee power to pay thy vows. ²⁸ And he shall establish to thee again a habitation of righteousness and there shall be light upon thy paths. ²⁹ Because thou hast humbled thyself; and thou shalt say, Man has behaved proudly, but he shall save him that is of lowly eyes. ³⁰ He shall deliver the innocent, and do thou save thyself by thy pure hands.

³ My heart shall be found pure by my words; and the understanding of my lips shall meditate purity.

¹⁶ And he knows the divisions of the clouds, and the signal overthrows of the ungodly.

^{3 (48:3)} My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall bring forth understanding.

⁷ For my throat shall meditate truth; and false lips are an abomination before me. ⁸ All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing in them wrong or perverse.

²⁰ And do thou too repeatedly record them for thyself on the table of thine heart, for counsel and knowledge. ²¹ I therefore teach thee truth, and knowledge good to hear; that thou mayest answer words of truth to them that question thee.