Job 11 Cross References - CAB

¹ Then Zophar the Minaean answered and said, ² He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? Blessed is the short-lived offspring of woman. ³ Be not a speaker of many words, for is there none to answer you? ⁴ For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before Him. ⁵ But oh that the Lord would speak to you, and open His lips to you! ⁶ Then shall He declare to you the power of wisdom, for it shall be double of that which is with you; and then shall you know, that a just recompense of your sins has come to you from the Lord. ⁷ Will you find out the traces of the Lord? Or have you come to the end of that which the Almighty has made? ⁸ Heaven is high, and what will you do? And there are deeper things than those in hell; what do you know? ⁹ Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea. ¹⁰ And if He should overthrow all things, who will say to Him, What have You done? ¹¹ For He knows the works of transgressors, and when He sees wickedness, He will not overlook it. ¹² But man vainly buoys himself up with words, and a mortal born of woman is like a donkey in the desert. ¹³ For if you have made your heart pure, and lifted up your hands towards Him; ¹⁴ if there is any iniquity in your hands, put if far from you, and let not unrighteousness lodge in your habitation. ¹⁵ For thus shall your countenance shine again as pure water; and you shall divest yourself of uncleanness, and shall not fear. ¹⁶ And you shall forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and you shall not be scared. ¹⁷ And your prayer shall be as the morning star, and life shall arise to you as from the noonday. ¹⁸ And you shall be confident, because you have hope, and peace shall dawn to you from out of anxiety and care. ¹⁹ For you shall be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against you, and many shall charge, and make supplication to you. ²⁰ But safety shall fail them, for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.

¹¹ Now his three friends, having heard of all the evil that had come upon him, came to him each from his own country: Eliphaz the king of the Temans, Bildad sovereign of the Shuhites, and Zophar, king of the Minaeans. And they came to him with one accord, to comfort him, and to visit him.

¹ Then Zophar the Minaean answered and said,

² How long will you speak these things, how long shall the breath of your mouth be abundant in words?

³ What! Is there any reason in vain words? Or what will hinder you from answering?

² How long will you continue? Gain understanding, and afterward we also may speak.

¹¹ A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction.

¹⁹ By a multitude of words you shall not escape sin, but if you refrain your lips you will be prudent.

¹⁸ And also some of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. And some were saying, "What does this seed-picker wish to say?" But others said, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities," because he was preaching the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

¹⁹ So then, my beloved brothers, let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

⁴ For a righteous and blameless man has become a subject for mockery.

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

⁹ For it were well if He would thoroughly search you: for though doing all things in your power you should attach yourselves to Him,

² Will a wise man give for answer a mere breath of wisdom? And does he fill up the pain of his belly, ³ reasoning with improper sayings, and with words in which is no profit?

² Weary I intreat; and what have I done? And strangers have stolen my goods.

³ Raise me, and I will speak; then you shall not laugh me to scorn.

²⁵ But if not, who is he that says I speak falsely, and will make my words of no account?

⁷ What man is like Job, drinking scorning like water?

¹⁶ They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, they gnashed their teeth upon me.

¹⁶ Fill their faces with dishonor; so shall they seek Your name, O Lord.

¹⁷ I have not sat in the assembly of them as they mocked, but I feared because of Your power. I sat alone, for I was filled with bitterness.

¹⁴ Now if anyone does not obey our word in this letter, take note of him, and do not associate with him, that he may be ashamed.

⁸ sound speech that cannot be condemned, in order that the one who is an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.

¹⁸ how they told you that in the last time there would be mockers, walking according to their own ungodly lusts.

¹⁰ Let the grave be my city, upon the walls of which I have leaped: I will not shrink from it, for I have not denied the holy words of my God.

²⁹ Sit down now, and let there not be unrighteousness, and unite again with the just. ³⁰ For there is no injustice in my tongue; and does not my throat meditate understanding?

²⁰ If I have sinned, what shall I be able to do, O You that understand the mind of men? why have You made me as Your accuser, and why am I a burden to You?

² Truly I know it is so, for how shall a mortal man be righteous before the Lord? ³ For if he would enter into judgment with Him, God would not listen to him, so that he should answer to one of His charges of a thousand.

⁷ For You know that I have not committed iniquity, but who is he that can deliver out of Your hands?

⁴ For who shall be pure from uncleanness? Not even one;

⁵ For Job has said, I am righteous: the Lord has removed my judgment. ⁶ And He has erred in my judgment: my wound is severe without unrighteousness of mine.

² What is this that you think is right? Who are you that you have said, I am righteous before the Lord?

¹⁵ But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be prepared with a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;

³ Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, and come to an end of the matter! ⁴ And I would plead my own cause, and He would fill my mouth with arguments. ⁵ And I would know the remedies which He would speak to me, and I would perceive what He would tell me. ⁶ Though He should come on me in His great strength, then He would not threaten me; ⁷ for truth and reproof are from Him, and He would bring forth my judgment to an end.

³⁵ (Oh that I had a hearer!) And if I had not feared the hand of the Lord; and as to the written charge which I had against anyone,

⁶ You are formed out of the clay as I also: we have been formed out of the same substance. ⁷ My fear shall not terrify you, neither shall my hand be heavy upon you. ⁸ But you have said in my ears, (I have heard the voice of your words) because you say, I am pure, not having sinned; ⁹ I am blameless, for I have not transgressed. ¹⁰ Yet He has discovered a charge against me, and He has reckoned me as an adversary. ¹¹ And He has put my foot in the stocks, and has watched all my ways. ¹² For how do you say, I am righteous, yet He has not listened to me? For He that is above mortals is eternal. ¹³ But you say, Why has He not heard every word of my cause? ¹⁴ For when the Lord speaks once, or a second time, ¹⁵ sending a dream, or in the meditation of the night (as when a dreadful alarm happens to fall upon men, while sleeping on the bed), ¹⁶ then He opens the understanding of men: He scares them with such fearful visions; ¹⁷ to turn a man from unrighteousness, and He delivers his body from a fall. ¹⁸ He spares also his soul from death, and does not allow him to fall in war.

¹ And after Elihu had ceased from speaking, the Lord spoke to Job through the whirlwind and clouds, saying, ² Who is this that hides counsel from Me, and confines words in his heart, and thinks to conceal them from Me?

^{1 (39:31)} And the Lord God answered Job and said, ^{2 (39:32)} Will anyone pervert judgment with the Mighty One? And he that reproves God, let him answer it. ^{3 (39:33)} And Job answered and said to the Lord, ^{4 (39:34)} Why do I yet plead? Being rebuked even while reproving the Lord: hearing such things, whereas I am nothing: and what shall I answer to these arguments? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. ^{5 (39:35)} I have spoken once, but I will not do so a second time.

^{8 (40:3)} Do not set aside My judgment: and do you think that I have dealt with you in any other way, than that you might appear to be righteous?

⁷ And it came to pass after the Lord had spoken all these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, You have sinned, and your two friends, for you have not said anything true before Me, as My servant Job has.

²⁹ The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, to do all the words of this law.

¹³ And after all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds, and our great trespass, it is clear that there is none such as our God, for You have lightly visited our iniquities, and given us deliverance;

⁴ For He is wise in mind, and mighty, and great: who has hardened himself against Him and endured?

⁵ You are guilty by the words of your mouth, neither have you discerned the words of the Mighty.

⁸ Or have you heard the ordinance of the Lord? Or has God used you as His counselor? Has wisdom come only to you?

¹¹ You have been scourged for but a few of your sins; you have spoken haughtily and extravagantly.

²⁸ And He said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding.

¹⁴ The Lord is the strength of them that fear Him; and His covenant is to manifest truth to them.

¹⁰ He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor recompensed us according to our iniquities.

⁴³ Many a time He delivered them; but they provoked Him by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquities. ⁴⁴ You the Lord looked upon their affliction, when You heard their petition. ⁴⁵ And He remembered His covenant, and relented according to the multitude of His mercy. ⁴⁶ And He caused them to be pitied in the sight of all who carried them captive.

²² ( { η}) HETH. It is through the mercies of the Lord that He has not failed me, because His compassions are not exhausted. Pity us, O Lord, early every month: for we are not brought to an end, because His compassions are not exhausted.

²⁸ But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what things must come to pass in the last days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed are as follows:

⁴⁷ And the king answered and said to Daniel, Truly your God is a God of gods, and Lord of kings, who reveals mysteries; for you have been able to reveal this mystery.

³⁵ so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: "I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world."

^{25 (14:24)} Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret since the world began, ^{26 (14:25)} but now made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the eternal God, for obedience to the faith--

⁹ But as it is written: "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for those who love Him." ¹⁰ But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. ¹¹ For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

⁵ which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:

⁹ who does great and untraceable things, glorious things also, and marvelous, of which there is no number:

¹⁴ Behold, these are parts of His way; and we will hearken to Him at the least intimation of His word: but who knows the strength of His thunder, when He shall employ it?

²³ and we do not find another His equal in strength: as for Him that judges justly, do you not think that He listens?

¹⁹ Your way is in the sea, and Your paths in many waters, and Your footsteps cannot be known.

³ The Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; and there is no end to His greatness.

¹¹ All the things which He has made are beautiful in His time. He has also set the whole world in their heart, that man might not find out the work which God has done from the beginning, even to the end.

²⁸ And now, have you not known? Have you not heard? The eternal God, the God that formed the ends of the earth, shall not hunger, nor be weary, and there is no searching of His understanding.

²⁷ All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one fully knows the Son except the Father, nor does anyone fully know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.

³³ Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and untraceable are His ways!

¹⁰ But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.

¹⁶ For "Who has known the mind of the LORD, that he may instruct Him?" But we have the mind of Christ.

⁸ To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

¹⁸ For will God indeed dwell with men upon the earth? If the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You, what then is this house which I have built?

¹² Does not He that dwells in the high places observe? And has He not brought down the proud?

⁶ Hell is naked before Him, and destruction has no covering.

⁵ If you have sinned, what will you do?

¹¹ For as the heaven is high above the earth, the Lord has so increased His mercy toward them that fear Him.

⁶ The knowledge of You is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I cannot attain to it. ⁷ Where shall I go from Your Spirit? And to where shall I flee from Your presence? ⁸ If I should go up to heaven, You are there: if I should go down to hell, You are present.

¹³ let them praise the name of the Lord, for His name alone is exalted; His praise is above the earth and heaven,

² The glory of God conceals a matter, but the glory of a king honors business. ³ Heaven is high, and earth is deep, and a king's heart is unsearchable.

⁹ But as the heaven is distant from the earth, so is My way distant from your ways, and your thoughts from My mind.

² Though they hid themselves in hell, from there shall My hand drag them forth; and though they go up to heaven, from there will I bring them down.

¹⁸ that you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height-- ¹⁹ and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

²⁴ For He surveys the whole earth under heaven, knowing the things in the earth; ²⁵ all that He has made; the weight of the winds, the measures of the water.

⁵ You are wonderful in righteousness. Hearken to us, O God our Savior; the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are on the sea afar off; ⁶ who establish the mountains in Your strength, being girded about with power; ⁷ who trouble the depth of the sea, the sounds of its waves. ⁸ The nations shall be troubled, and they that inhabit the ends of the earth shall be afraid of the signs; You will cause the outgoings of morning and evening to rejoice.

⁹ If I should spread my wings to fly straight forward, and sojourn at the extremity of the sea, it would be vain, ¹⁰ for even there Your hand would guide me, and Your right hand would hold me.

³⁰ How should one pursue a thousand, and two put tens of thousands to flight, if God had not sold them, and the Lord had not delivered them up?

¹⁸ for He causes a man to be in pain, and restores him again: He smites, and His hands heal.

¹² If He would take away, who shall turn Him back? Or who shall say to Him, What have You done? ¹³ For if He has turned away His anger, the whales under heaven have stooped under Him.

¹⁴ If He should cast down, who will build up? If He should shut up against man, who shall open?

²⁹ And He will give quiet, and who will condemn? And He will hide His face, and who shall see Him? Whether it be done against a nation, or against a man, also:

⁸ And I shut up the sea with gates, when it rushed out, coming forth out its mother's womb.

⁸ And You have not shut me up into the hands of the enemy; You have set my feet in a wide place.

²⁷ I will give dominion to Zion, and will comfort Jerusalem by the way.

³⁵ All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and He does according to His will in the host of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and there is none who shall withstand His power, and say to Him, What have You done?

⁷ "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, 'These things says the Holy One, the True One, " He who has the key of David, He that opens and no man shuts, except He that opens, and no man shall open."

¹³ And you have 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.

²¹ For He surveys the works of men, and nothing of what they do has escaped Him. ²² Neither shall there be a place for the workers of iniquity to hide themselves. ²³ For He will not lay upon a man more than right.

¹¹ For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten; He has turned away His face so as never to look.

¹⁴ You see it; for You observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into Your hands; the poor has been left to You; You are a helper to the orphan.

²² You have seen it, O Lord; keep not silence; O Lord, withdraw not Yourself from me.

¹¹ The Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain.

⁸ If you should see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgment and of justice in the land, wonder not at the matter; for there is a high one to watch over him that is high, and high ones over them.

⁹ The heart is deep beyond all things, and it constitutes the man, and who can know him? ¹⁰ I, the Lord, search the hearts, and test the mind, to give to everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruits of his doings.

² that they may concert together as men singing in their heart. I remember all their wickedness; now have their own counsels compassed them about; they came before My face.

¹³ His eye is too pure to behold evil doings, and to look upon grievous afflictions: why do You look upon despisers? Will You be silent when the ungodly swallows up the just?

²⁴ But Jesus did not trust Himself to them, because He knew all men, ²⁵ and had no need that anyone should testify concerning man, for He himself knew what was in man.

¹³ And there is no creature hidden before Him, but all things are naked and open to His eyes, to whom we must give an account.

²³ I will kill her children by death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.

¹³ who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty.

⁵ What then? Will the wild donkey bray for nothing, if he is not seeking food? Or again, will the ox low at the manger, when he has his fodder?

² So then you alone are men, and wisdom shall die with you? ³ But I also have a heart as well as you.

¹⁴ For who, being a mortal, is such that he shall be blameless? Or who that is born of a woman, that he should be just?

⁵ And who is he that sent forth the wild donkey free? And who loosed his bands? ⁶ Whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts. ⁷ He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer. ⁸ He will survey the mountains as his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing.

⁵ For behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother conceive me.

⁹ But the sons of men are vain; the sons of men are false, so as to be deceitful in the balances; they are all alike, formed out of vanity. ¹⁰ Trust not in unrighteousness, and lust not after robberies. If wealth should flow in, set not your heart upon it.

²² But I was vile and knew not: I became brutish before You.

⁶ A foolish man will not know, and a senseless man will not understand this.

² For I am the most simple of all men, and there is not in me the wisdom of men. ³ God has taught me wisdom, and I know the knowledge of the Holy One. ⁴ Who has gone up to heaven, and come down? Who has gathered the winds in His bosom? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has dominion of all the ends of the earth? What is His name? Or what is the name of His children?

¹⁸ I said in my heart, concerning the speech of the sons of men, God will judge them, and that to show that they are beasts.

²⁴ she has extended her ways over the waters of the desert; she was hurried along by the lusts of her soul; she is given up to them, who will turn her back? None that seek her shall be weary; at the time of her humiliation they shall find her.

²² Professing to be wise, they became fools,

¹⁶ Be of the same mind toward one another. Not minding the high things, but associating with the humble. Do not become wise in your own opinion.

¹⁸ Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool, that he may become wise. ¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness"; ²⁰ and again, "The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are useless."

³ among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the senses, and were by nature children of wrath, as also the rest.

²⁰ But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?

¹³ Is there anyone wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his works are in meekness of wisdom. ¹⁴ But if you have bitter jealousy and strife in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth. ¹⁵ This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. ¹⁶ For where jealousy and strife exist, there unrest and every evil deed are. ¹⁷ But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

³ And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you return to the Lord with all your heart, then take away the strange gods from your midst, and the groves, and prepare your hearts to serve the Lord, and serve Him only; and He shall deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.

¹⁴ And he did evil, for he did not set his heart on seeking the Lord.

³ Nevertheless some good things have been found in you, forasmuch as you did remove the groves from the land of Judah, and you directed your heart to seek after the Lord.

⁸ Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the Sovereign of all;

⁵ But you be early in prayer to the Lord Almighty. ⁶ If you are pure and true, He will listen to your supplication, and will restore to you the habitation of righteousness.

²¹ Be firm, I pray, if you can endure; then your fruit shall prosper. ²² And receive a declaration from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.

³¹ Ambassadors shall arrive out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hand readily to God.

⁸ That they should not be as their fathers, a perverse and provoking generation; a generation which set not its heart aright, and its spirit was not steadfast with God.

⁹ My eyes are dimmed from poverty; but I cried out to You, O Lord, all the day; I spread forth my hands to You.

⁶ I spread forth my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You, as a dry land. Pause.

⁴⁷ And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not get ready or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many blows.

⁷ Remember then who has perished, being pure? Or when were the true-hearted utterly destroyed?

⁵ Is not your wickedness abundant, and your sins innumerable?

²³ And if you shall turn and humble yourself before the Lord, you have thus removed unrighteousness far from your habitation.

³² I will see apart from myself — show me if I have done unrighteousness; I will not do so anymore.

² and I will be wise in a blameless way. When will You come to me? I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.

¹⁵ When you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away My eyes from you; and though you make many supplications, I will not hearken to you; for your hands are full of blood.

³⁰ I will judge you, O house of Israel, says the Lord, each one according to his way: be converted, and turn from all your ungodliness, and it shall not become to you the punishment of iniquity. ³¹ Cast away from yourselves all your ungodliness in which you have sinned against Me; and make to yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: for why should you die, O house of Israel?

³ And he said to me, This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole earth; for every thief shall be punished with death on this side, and every false swearer shall be punished on that side. ⁴ And I will bring it forth, says the Lord Almighty, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that swears falsely by My name, and it shall rest in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, and the timber of it, and the stones of it.

⁸ Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

⁵ but Cain and his sacrifices He regarded not, and Cain was exceedingly sorrowful and his countenance fell. ⁶ And the Lord God said to Cain, Why are you downcast, and why has your countenance fallen?

¹⁵ Or if I should be ungodly, woe is me: and if I should be righteous, I cannot lift myself up, for I am full of dishonor.

²⁶ Then shall you have boldness before the Lord, looking up cheerfully to heaven.

¹ A Psalm of David, before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my Savior; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defender of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

¹ For the end, for the sons of Korah; A Psalm concerning secret things. God is our refuge and strength, a help in the afflictions that have come heavily upon us.

⁶ For he shall not be moved forever; the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. ⁷ He shall not be afraid of any evil report; his heart is ready to trust in the Lord. ⁸ His heart is established, he shall not fear, till he shall see his desire upon his enemies.

⁶ Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all Your commandments. ⁷ I will give You thanks with uprightness of heart, when I have learned the judgments of Your righteousness.

²⁶ In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence, and he leaves his children a support.

¹ The ungodly man flees when no one pursues, but the righteous is confident as a lion.

¹² For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that we have conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and especially toward you.

⁸ I desire therefore that men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

²⁸ And now, little children, abide in Him, in order that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed due to Him at His coming.

¹⁹ And in this we know that we are from the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. ²⁰ Because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and He knows all things. ²¹ Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. ²² And whatever we should ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and we do the things pleasing before Him.

¹¹ And I will establish My covenant with you: never again shall all flesh die by the water of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood of water to destroy all the earth.

⁵¹ And Joseph called the name of the firstborn, Manasseh; for God, he said, has made me forget all my toils, and all my father's house.

¹⁵ My nearest relations have not regarded me, they have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave.

¹¹ The light has proved darkness to you, and water has covered you on your lying down.

⁷ that they may forget their poverty, and may not remember their troubles anymore.

²⁰ For he shall not much remember the days of his life; for God troubles him in the joy of his heart.

¹ And in that day you shall say, I will bless You, O Lord; for You were angry with me, but You have turned aside Your wrath, and have pitied me. ² Behold, my God is my Savior; I will trust in Him, and not be afraid; for the Lord is my glory and my praise, and has become my salvation.

⁴ Fear not, because you have been put to shame, neither be confounded, because you were reproached; for you shall forget your former shame, and shall no more at all remember the reproach of your widowhood.

⁹ From the time of the water of Noah this is My purpose; as I swore to him at that time, saying of the earth, I will no more be angry with you, neither when you are threatened,

¹⁶ which shall be blessed on the earth; for they shall bless the true God; and they that swear upon the earth shall swear by the true God; for they shall forget the former affliction, it shall not come into their mind.

²¹ A woman, whenever she gives birth, has sorrow, because her hour has come; but whenever the child is born, she no longer remembers the anguish, on account of the joy that a human being has been born into the world.

¹⁴ And I said to him, "My lord, you know." So he said to me, "These are those who come out of the Great Tribulation, and have washed their robes and they made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵ Therefore they are before the throne of God, and they serve Him day and night in His temple. And He that sits on the throne shall dwell among them. ¹⁶ They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; nor shall the sun by any means strike them, nor any scorching heat; ¹⁷ because the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds them, and He leads them to the springs of the waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

¹⁰ And King David blessed the Lord before the congregation, saying, Blessed are You, O Lord God of Israel, our Father, from everlasting and to everlasting.

¹¹ And all his brothers and sisters heard all that had happened to him, and they came to him, and so did all that had known him from the first; and they ate and drank with him, and comforted him, and wondered at all that the Lord had brought upon him: and each one gave him a lamb, and four drachmas of gold, even of unstamped gold. ¹² And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than the beginning: and his livestock consisted of fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys of the pastures. ¹³ And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters. ¹⁴ And he called the first Jemimah, and the second Keziah, and the third was Keren-Happuch. ¹⁵ And there were not found in comparison with the daughters of Job, fairer women than they in all the world: and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. ¹⁶ And Job lived after his affliction one hundred and seventy years: and all the years he lived were two hundred and forty: and Job saw his sons and his sons' sons, to the fourth generation. ¹⁷ And Job died, an old man and full of days: ^(42:17A) and it is written that he will rise again with those whom the Lord raises up. ^(42:17B) This man is described in the Syriac book as living in the land of Uz, on the borders of Edom and Arabia: and his name before was Jobab; ^(42:17C) and having taken an Arabian wife, he begot a son whose name was Ennon. And he himself was the son of his father Zare, one of the sons of Esau, and of his mother Bosorrha, so that he was the fifth from Abraham. ^(42:17D) And these were the kings who reigned in Edom, which country he also ruled over: first, Balak, the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dennaba: but after Balak, Jobab, who is called Job, and after him Asom, who was governor out of the country of Teman: and after him Adad, the son of Barad, who destroyed Midian in the plain of Moab; and the name of his city was Gethaim. ^(42:17E) And his friends who came to him were Eliphaz, of the children of Esau, king of the Thaemanites, Bildad sovereign of the Sauchaeans, and Zophar king of the Minaeans.

⁶ And He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgment as the noonday.

¹⁴ Then shall they be increased in a fine old age; and they shall be prosperous; that they may declare

⁴ To the upright light has sprung up in darkness; he is pitiful, and merciful, and righteous.

¹⁸ But the ways of the righteous shine like light; they go forth and shine, until the day has fully come.

⁸ Then shall your light break forth as the morning, and your health shall speedily spring forth; and your righteousness shall go before you, and the glory of God shall surround you. ⁹ Then shall you cry, and God shall hearken to you; while you are yet speaking He will say, Behold, I am here. If you remove from you the band, and the stretching forth of the hands, and murmuring speech; ¹⁰ and if you give bread to the hungry from your heart, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light spring up in darkness, and your darkness shall be as noon day;

³ Let us follow on to know the Lord: we shall find Him ready as the morning, and He will come to us as the early and latter rain to the earth.

⁸ Rejoice not against me, mine enemy; for I have fallen yet shall arise; for though I should sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to me. ⁹ I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against Him, until He make good my cause: He also shall maintain my right, and shall bring me out to the light, and I shall behold His righteousness.

⁶ And it shall come to pass in that day that there shall be no light, ⁷ and there shall be for one day cold and frost, and that day shall be known to the Lord, and it shall not be day, nor night: but towards evening it shall be light.

² But to you that fear My name shall the Sun of righteousness arise, and healing shall be in His wings: and you shall go forth, and bound as young calves let loose from bonds.

²⁶ And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he should see the Lord's Christ. ²⁷ So he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, that they might do for Him according to the custom of the law, ²⁸ he took Him up in his arms and blessed God and said: ²⁹ "Lord, now You are releasing Your servant in peace, according to Your word; ³⁰ for my eyes have seen Your salvation ³¹ which You have prepared before the face of all peoples, ³² a light for a revelation to the Gentiles, and a glory to Your people Israel."

⁵ And your threshing time shall overtake the vintage, and your vintage shall overtake your seedtime; and you shall eat your bread to the full; and you shall dwell safely upon your land, and war shall not go through your land. ⁶ And I will give peace in your land, and you shall sleep, and none shall make you afraid; and I will destroy the evil beasts out of your land,

¹¹ For what is my strength, that I continue? What is my time, that my soul endures?

⁶ And my life is lighter than a word, and has perished in vain hope.

²⁷ And He shall hear you when you pray to Him, and He shall grant you power to pay your vows. ²⁸ And He shall establish to you again a habitation of righteousness, and there shall be light upon your paths. ²⁹ Because you have humbled yourself, and you shall say, Man has behaved proudly, but He shall save him that is of lowly eyes.

⁵ I laid down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord will help me.

⁸ I will both lie down in peace and sleep; for You alone, O Lord, have caused me to dwell securely.

⁵ Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why do you trouble me? Hope in God; for I will give thanks to Him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

²⁴ For if you rest, you shall not be afraid; and if you sleep, you shall slumber sweetly. ²⁵ And you shall not be afraid of alarm coming upon you, neither of approaching attacks of ungodly men. ²⁶ For the Lord shall be over all your ways, and He shall establish your foot, that you not be moved.

³² The ungodly shall be driven away in his wickedness, but he who is secure in his own holiness is just.

³ And not only that, but we also rejoice in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces endurance; ⁴ and endurance, character; and character, hope. ⁵ And hope does not put to shame, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

²⁷ To whom God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;

²⁶ And Abimelech came to him from Gerar, and so did Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol the commander of his army. ²⁷ And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me? Seeing that you hated me, and sent me away from you. ²⁸ And they said, We have surely seen that the Lord was with you, and we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and we will make a covenant with you, ²⁹ that you shall do us no harm, as we have not abhorred you, and since we have treated you well, and have sent you forth peaceably; and now you are blessed of the Lord. ³⁰ And he made a feast for them, and they ate and drank. ³¹ And they arose in the morning, and swore each to his neighbor; and Isaac sent them forth, and they departed from him in safety.

⁶ And I will give peace in your land, and you shall sleep, and none shall make you afraid; and I will destroy the evil beasts out of your land,

⁸ Now then take seven bullocks, and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and he shall offer a burnt offering for you. And My servant Job shall pray for you, for I will only accept him: for but his sake, I would have destroyed you, for you have not spoken the truth against My servant Job. ⁹ So Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Minaean, went and did as the Lord commanded them: and He pardoned their sin for the sake of Job.

¹² And the daughter of Tyre shall adorn Him with gifts; the rich of the people of the land shall supplicate your favor.

⁶ Many court the favor of kings, but every bad man becomes a reproach to another man.

¹⁴ Thus says the Lord of hosts, Egypt has labored for you; and the merchandise of the Ethiopians, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall pass over to you, and shall be your servants; and they shall follow after you bound in fetters, and shall pass over to you, and shall bow down to you, and make supplication to you; because God is in you; and there is no God beside You, O Lord.

¹⁴ And the sons of them that afflicted you, and of them that provoked you, shall come to you in fear; and you shall be called Zion, the city of the Holy One of Israel.

⁹ Behold, I will give those of the synagogue of Satan, those who say they are Jews and are not, but they are lying—behold, I will compel them to come and bow down at your feet, and they shall know that I have loved you.

¹⁶ then will I do thus to you: I will even bring upon you perplexity and the itch, and the fever that causes your eyes to waste away, and disease that consumes your life; and you shall sow your seeds in vain, and your enemies shall eat them.

⁶⁵ Moreover among those nations He will not give you quiet, neither by any means shall the sole of your foot have rest; and the Lord shall give you there another and a misgiving heart, and failing eyes, and a wasting soul.

¹³ Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish. ¹⁴ For his house shall be without inhabitants, and his tent shall prove a spider's web.

⁵ He shall promise mischief to his companions: but their eyes have failed for their children.

¹⁴ And let health be utterly banished from his tabernacle, and let distress seize upon him with a charge from the king.

⁸ For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? Will he indeed trust in the Lord and be saved?

²² And God shall cast trouble upon him, and not spare: he flees desperately from out of His hand.

¹⁶ But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, and I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail.

²² Neither shall there be a place for the workers of iniquity to hide themselves.

³ I am weary of crying, my throat has become hoarse; my eyes have failed by my waiting on my God.

²⁴ The ungodly is engulfed in destruction, but the desire of the righteous is acceptable.

²⁰ The lamp of him that reviles father or mother shall be put out, and his eyes shall see darkness.

¹⁷ ( { τ}) PHE. While we yet lived our eyes failed, while we looked in vain for our help. ( { φ}) TSADE. We looked to a nation that could not save.

¹⁴ And flight shall perish from the runner, and the strong shall not hold fast his strength, and the warrior shall not save his life;

¹⁹ As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him; and he should spring into his house, and lean his hands upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him. ²⁰ Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light? And is not this day gloom without brightness?

¹ I saw the Lord standing on the altar: and He said, Strike the mercy seat, and the porch shall be shaken; and cut through into the heads of all; and I will slay the remnant of them with the sword: he who flees shall not escape, and he who escapes shall not be delivered. ² Though they hid themselves in hell, from there shall My hand drag them forth; and though they go up to heaven, from there will I bring them down. ³ If they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, from there will I search them out and take them; and if they should go down from My presence into the depths of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them.

²³ And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham from afar, and Lazarus in his bosom. ²⁴ Then he cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am suffering in this flame.' ²⁵ But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things, but now here he is comforted and you are suffering. ²⁶ And besides all this, between us and you a great gulf has been fixed, so that those who desire to cross over from here to you are not able, nor may those from there cross over to us.'

³ how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which in the beginning was spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,