Job 11 Cross References - Leeser

¹ Then answered Zophar the Na’amathite, and said. ² Shall a multitude of words not be answered? and is it so that a man full of talk shall be deemed in the right? ³ Thy inventions are to bring men to silence; and when thou utterest thy mocking no one is to cause thee to feel abashed! ⁴ For thou hast said to God, My doctrine is pure, and I am become clean in thy eyes. ⁵ But oh that God would but speak, and open his lips against thee; ⁶ And that he would declare unto thee the secrets of wisdom; for it is double to that which is really in our possession: and thou wouldst experience that God overlooketh unto thee much of thy iniquity. ⁷ Canst thou find out the experience of God? or canst thou find the way unto the utmost limit of the Almighty? ⁸ It is as high as heaven; what canst thou effect? it is deeper than the nether world; what canst thou know? ⁹ Longer than the earth is its measure, and broader than the sea. ¹⁰ If he pass by, and surrender one to suffering, and call together an assembly, who can hinder him? ¹¹ For he knoweth the men of vanity: he seeth the wrong-doer and him who considereth not; ¹² And the heartless who acquireth intelligence, and him who is like the colt of the wild ass who is transformed into a man. ¹³ If thou truly direct aright thy heart, and spread out thy hands toward him:— ¹⁴ If wrong be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tents. ¹⁵ For then canst thou lift up thy face free from blemish: yea, thou wilt stand steadfast, and needest not to fear; ¹⁶ Because thou wilt truly forget thy trouble, and as a waterflood that is passed away wilt thou remember it; ¹⁷ And brighter than the noon of day will thy earthly existence arise; and thy obscurity will be like thy morning. ¹⁸ And thou wilt feel trust, because there is hope: yea, thou wilt search about carefully, and thou wilt lie down in safety. ¹⁹ Also thou wilt stretch thyself out to rest, with none to make thee afraid; and many will entreat thy favor. ²⁰ But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and the means of escape will vanish from them, and their sole hope shall be the breathing out of their soul.

¹¹ When now the three friends of Job had heard of all this evil that was come over him, they came every one from his own place, Eliphaz the Themanite, and Bildad the Shuchite, and Zophar the Na’amthite; and they met together to come to condole with him and to comfort him.

¹ Then answered Zophar the Na’amathite, and said,

² How long wilt thou speak these things? and let like a mighty wind be the words of thy mouth?

³ Shall there be any end to words of wind? or what compelleth thee that thou shouldst answer?

² When will ye at length put an end to words? Come to an understanding, and afterward let us speak.

^{11 (140:12)} Let not the man of an evil tongue be established on the earth: may evil hunt down the violent man to his downfall.

¹⁹ In a multitude of words transgression cannot be avoided; but he that refraineth his lips is intelligent.

⁴ I am as one laughed at by his friend, who calleth upon God, while he answered him: yea, a laughing-stock though righteous and innocent.

⁴ But ye are inventors of falsehood, physicians of no value are all of you.

⁹ Will it be well if he should search you out? or as one overreacheth another mortal, do ye expect to overreach him?

² Should a wise man utter windy knowledge, and fill his inward parts with the east wind? ³ Should he reason with a speech which availeth nothing? and with words in which there is no profit?

² Yet truly those that mock are with me, and on their offendings must my eye rest.

³ Bear with me that I may indeed speak: and after my speaking, then canst thou mock.

²⁵ But if it be not so, who will prove me a liar, and render nought my word?

⁷ What man is there like Job, who drinketh scorning like water,

¹⁶ With hypocritical babbling mockers, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

^{16 (83:17)} Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Lord!

¹⁷ I sat not in the assembly of the mirthful, and was rejoiced; because of thy inspiration I sat solitary; for thou hadst filled me with indignation.

¹⁰ Then would this be still my comfort; yea, I would rejoice in my pain while be would not spare: that I have not gainsaid the commands of the Holy One.—

²⁹ Reflect again, I pray you, there will be no wrong: yea, reflect once more, my righteousness will be found therein. ³⁰ Is there any wrong on my tongue? or should my palate not understand if I spoke what is iniquitous?

²⁰ If I have sinned, what injury can I cause unto thee, O thou Guardian of men? why hast thou set me as an object for thee to strike at, so that I am become a burden to myself?

² Truly I know that it is so: and how could a mortal be righteous before God? ³ If he were desirous to enter into a contest with him, he could not give him one answer out of a thousand.

⁷ Still it is within thy knowledge that I am not wicked, and there is none that can deliver me out of thy hand.

⁴ Who can make a clean thing out of an unclean? not one thing.

⁵ For Job hath said, “I am righteous; and God hath taken away justice from me. ⁶ Should I lie concerning the justice due me? incurable is my wound from the arrow I bear in me without any transgression.”

² Dost thou deem this to be just, that thou hast said, “My righteousness is more than God’s?”

³ Oh who would grant that I knew where I might find him! that I might attain to his Judgment throne! ⁴ I would put in order before him my cause, and my mouth would I fill with arguments. ⁵ I should know the words which he might answer me, and understand what he might say unto me. ⁶ Would he with his power contend against me? he would truly not lay such doings to my charge. ⁷ There would an upright one argue with him; and I should be allowed to escape for ever by my judge.

³⁵ Oh who will bring me one that would hear me! behold, here is my plea; may the Almighty answer me; and any record which my opponent may have written,—

⁶ Behold, I am in the same relation as thyself toward God: I myself also am cut out of the clay. ⁷ Behold, dread of me cannot terrify thee, and my pressure will not be too heavy upon thee. ⁸ But thou hast said before my ears, and the sound of the words I still hear, ⁹ “I am pure without transgression, I am quite clean; and there is no iniquity in me: ¹⁰ Yet, behold, he findeth hateful backsliding on me, he regardeth me as an enemy unto him; ¹¹ He putteth my feet in the stocks, he watcheth all my paths.” ¹² Behold, In this thou art not just: I will answer thee; for God is far greater than a mortal. ¹³ Why dost thou contend against him? for with all his words will he not give an answer. ¹⁴ For God speaketh once, yea twice: yet man regardeth it not. ¹⁵ In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumbers upon the couch: ¹⁶ Then doth he lay open the ear of men, and sealeth it with their warning; ¹⁷ To remove the son of earth from his intended deed and he covereth up pride from man; ¹⁸ He withholdeth his soul from the pit, and his life from passing away by the sword.

¹ Then did the Lord address Job out of the storm-wind, and said, ² Who is this that casteth darkness on my counsel by words without knowledge?

¹ And the Lord addressed Job, and said, ² Will he that contendeth with the Almighty yet find fault? him that reproveth God answer this. ³ Then answered Job the Lord, and said, ⁴ Behold, I am too vile: what shall I answer thee? my hand do I place on my mouth. ⁵ Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will not repeat it again.

⁸ Wilt thou indeed annul my decree? wilt thou condemn me, in order that thou mayest appear righteous?

⁷ And it came to pass, after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Themanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; because ye have not spoken of me properly, like my servant Job.

^{29 (29:28)} The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but those things which are publicly known belong unto us and to our children for ever, to do all the words of this law.

¹³ And after all that is come over us for our evil deeds, and for our great guiltiness, seeing that thou our God hast spared us punishing us less than our iniquities deserved, and hast given us such deliverance as this:

⁴ He is wise of heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and escaped unscathed?

⁵ For thy iniquity teacheth thy mouth, so that thou choosest the language of the crafty.

⁸ Hast thou listened to the secret counsel of God? and is wisdom therefore of little esteem with thee?

¹¹ Are the divine consolations too little for thee? and the word that was so mild with thee?

²⁸ And he said unto man, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to eschew evil is understanding.

¹⁴ The secret counsel of the Lord is for those that fear him, and his covenant—to make it known to them.

¹⁰ Not in accordance with our sins hath he dealt with us; nor according to our iniquities hath he requited us.

⁴³ Many times did he deliver them; but they rebelled with their counsel, and they were brought low through their iniquity. ⁴⁴ Nevertheless he looked on when they were in distress, when he heard their entreaty. ⁴⁵ And he remembered unto them his covenant, and he bethought himself according to the abundance of his kindnesses; ⁴⁶ And be caused them to find mercy before all those that had carried them away captive.

²² It is through the Lord’s kindness that we are not consumed, because his mercies have no end;

²⁸ But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and he hath made known to king Nebuchadnezzar what is to be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy couch, were these.

⁴⁷ The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and the revealer of secrets; because thou hast been able to reveal this secret.

⁹ Who doth great things which are unsearchable, marvelous things till they are without number;

¹⁴ Lo, these are ends of his ways; for how slight a whisper is heard by us of him! but the thunder of his mighty deeds who can understand?

²³ The Almighty, whom we cannot find out, excellent in power, and in justice, and abounding in righteousness, will not afflict:

^{19 (77:20)} Through the sea led thy way, and thy path was through mighty waters, and thy footsteps could not be known.

³ Great is the Lord, and greatly praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.

¹¹ Every thing hath he made beautiful in its proper time: he hath also placed the eternity in their heart, without a man’s being able to find out the work that God hath made from the beginning to the end.

²⁸ Dost thou not know? hast thou not heard? The God of everlasting is the Lord, is the Creator of the ends of the earth; he will not be faint and weary; unsearchable is his understanding.

¹⁸ For, in truth, will God then dwell with men on the earth? behold, the heavens and the heavens of heavens cannot contain thee: how much less then this house that I have built!

¹² Is not God in the height of heaven? and beholding the highest elevation of the stars, however high they are?

⁶ Naked is the nether world before him, and there is no covering for the place of corruption.

⁵ Look unto the heavens, and see; and gaze on the skies which are higher than thou.

¹¹ For as high as heaven is above the earth, so mighty is his kindness toward those that fear him.

⁶ Too wonderful is such knowledge for me: it is too exalted, I cannot attain unto it. ⁷ Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee away from thy presence? ⁸ If I should ascend into heaven, thou art there; and if I should make my bed in the nether world, behold, thou art there.

¹³ Let them praise the name of the Lord; for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above earth and heaven.

² It is the honor of God to conceal a thing; but the honor of kings is to search out a matter. ³ As are the heavens for height, and the earth is for depth, so should the heart of kings be unsearchable.

⁹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.

² Though they were to creep down into the nether world, thence would my hand fetch them; and though they were to climb up to the heavens, thence would I bring them down;

²⁴ For he looketh to the ends of the earth, whatever is under the whole heaven doth he see. ²⁵ When he imparted weight unto the wind; and when the waters he established by measure;

^{5 (65:6)} With terrific deeds in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation, who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of the sea, that are far away; ^{6 (65:7)} Who setteth firmly the mountains by his power, who is girded with might; ^{7 (65:8)} Who assuageth the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of nations. ^{8 (65:9)} And they that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid of thy wondrous signs: the outgoings of the morning and evening thou causest to rejoice.

⁹ If I should lift up the wings of the morning-dawn, if I should dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea: ¹⁰ Even there would thy hand lead me, and thy right hand would seize hold of me.

³⁰ How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had delivered them up?

¹⁸ For he it is that woundeth, and bindeth up: he smiteth, and his hands do heal.

¹² Behold, were he to snatch aught away, who could hold him back? who would say unto him, What dost thou? ¹³ God will not withdraw his anger: beneath him sink down the helpers of the proud.

¹⁴ Behold, he pulleth down, and there can be no rebuilding: he locketh the prison upon a man, and there can be no opening,

²⁹ When he now granteth rest, who will condemn him! and when he hideth his face, who can behold him? whether it be against a nation, or against one man, it is the same:

⁸ And who closed up with doors the sea, when, issuing forth, it came out of the deep bosom of the earth?

^{8 (31:9)} And thou hast not surrendered me into the hand of the enemy: thou hast caused my feet to stand on an ample space.

²⁷ The first was I to say to Zion, Behold, there they are; and to Jerusalem will I give one that bringeth good tidings.

^{35 (4:32)} And by whom all the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nought; and who according to his pleasure doth with the host of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth; while there is none that can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

¹³ But thou sayest, “What doth God know? can he judge behind the darkness? ¹⁴ Thick clouds are a covering for him, so that he will not see; and he walketh along on the circle of heaven.”

²¹ For big eyes are upon the ways of man, and all his steps doth he see. ²² There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the evil-doers can hide themselves. ²³ For he need not direct his attention a long time upon man, that he should enter into judgment before God.

¹¹ He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; he hath hidden his face; he will never see it.

¹⁴ Thou hast seen it: for thou beholdest mischief and despiteful acts, to requite it with thy hand: unto thee the unfortunate committeth himself; unto the fatherless hast thou ever been a helper.

²² Thou hast seen it, O Lord! remain not silent: O Lord, be not far from me.

¹¹ The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are nought.

^{8 (5:7)} If thou see the oppression of the poor, and violence done to justice and righteousness in a province, do not feel astounded at the matter; for one that is high watcheth over the high; and over them, the highest Power.

⁹ Deceitful is the heart above all things, and sick: who can know it? ¹⁰ I the Lord search the heart, probe the reins: yea, to give unto every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.

² And they never think in their own heart that I remember all their wickedness: though now their own doings are all round about them; before my face are they present.

¹³ Thou, who art too pure of eyes to behold evil, and canst not look on trouble, wherefore wilt thou look upon those that deal treacherously, be silent when the wicked swalloweth up him that is more righteous than he?

¹³ Who catcheth the wise in their own craftiness; and the advise of the perverse is hastened on headlong;

⁵ Doth the wild ass bray over the grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

² Truly ye are indeed the right kind of people, and with you wisdom must die out. ³ I also have sense like you; I do not fall short compared with you: and who possesseth not such things as these?

¹⁴ What is man, that he should be pure? and that he who is born of woman should be declared righteous?

⁵ Who sent out the wild ass free? or who loosened the bonds of the forest-ass? ⁶ To whom I assigned the wilderness as his house, and the salty land as his dwellings. ⁷ He laugheth at the noise of a town, and the shoutings of the driver he heareth not. ⁸ What he espieth on the mountains is his pasture, and after every green thing doth he search.

^{5 (51:7)} Behold, in iniquity was I brought forth; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

^{9 (62:10)} Verily nought are the sons of common men, a lie the sons of the great; they must rise in the balance; they are altogether lighter than nought. ^{10 (62:11)} Do not put your trust in defrauding, and be not rendered vain through robbery: if riches flourish, set not your heart upon them.

²² But I was indeed foolish, and I knew it not: I was as a thoughtless beast with thee.

^{6 (92:7)} A brutish man knoweth it not, and a fool cannot understand this.

² “Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a common man. ³ Nor have I learned wisdom, so that I should have knowledge of the Holy One. ⁴ Who was it that ascended into heaven, and came down again? who gathered the wind in his fists? who bound the waters in a garment? who set up all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou knowest it?”

¹⁸ I said in my heart concerning the speaking of the sons of men, that God might make it clear to them, and that they might see that they by themselves are but beasts.

²⁴ Like a wild ass used to the wilderness, that at her pleasure snuffeth up the wind; her lust—who can turn this away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month will they find her.

³ And Samuel said unto all the house of Israel, as followeth, If with all your heart ye do return unto the Lord, then put away the gods of the stranger and the ‘Ashtaroth from your midst, and direct your heart unto the Lord, and serve him alone: and then will he deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

¹⁴ And he did the evil; because he directed not his heart to seek the Lord.

³ Nevertheless there are good things found on thee; because thou hast removed the Asheroth out of the land, and hast directed thy heart firmly to seek God.

⁸ I, however, would have besought God, and unto God would I have committed my cause;

⁵ If thou wilt earnestly seek for God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; ⁶ If thou become pure and upright: surely then will he watch over thee, and restore thy righteous habitation.

²¹ Do but become acquainted with him, and be at peace: thereby will happiness come unto thee. ²² Do but accept instruction from his mouth, and lay up his saying in thy heart.

^{31 (68:32)} Nobles will come out of Egypt: Ethiopia will stretch forth eagerly her hands unto God.

⁸ And that they may not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that had not directed their heart firmly, and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

^{9 (88:10)} My eye languisheth by reason of affliction: I call on thee, O Lord, every day, I stretch out unto thee my hands.

⁶ I spread forth my hands unto thee: my soul longeth for thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

⁷ Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous destroyed?

⁵ Is not thy evil great? and no end to thy iniquities?

²³ If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, so thou wilt but remove wrong-doing far away from thy tents.

³² What I cannot see myself, do thou truly teach me; if I have done what is unjust, I will do so no more.”

² I will carefully regard the way of the perfect: oh when will thou come unto me? I will walk in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my house.

¹⁵ And when ye spread forth your hands, I will withdraw my eyes from you; yea, when ye make ever so many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

³⁰ Therefore will I judge you, every one according to his ways, O house of Israel, saith the Lord Eternal: return ye, and cause others to return from all your transgressions, that iniquity may not become your stumbling-block. ³¹ Cast away from yourselves all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

³ Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of all the earth; for every one that stealeth as it is on this side shall be in an equal degree entirely destroyed, as also every one that sweareth falsely as it is on that side shall be likewise entirely destroyed. ⁴ I bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with its timber and its stones.

⁵ But unto Cain and to his offering he had no respect; and it was very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance fell. ⁶ And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

¹⁵ If I be wicked, woe unto me: and if I be righteous, I can still not lift up my head; I am sated with disgrace, and ever seeing my affliction;

²⁶ For then wilt thou have in the Almighty thy delight, and thou canst lift up unto God thy face.

¹ Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; of whom shall I be afraid? the Lord is the fortress of my life; of whom shall I have dread?

¹ To the chief musician: by the sons of Korach, upon ‘Alamoth, a song. ^(46:2) God is our protection and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found.

⁶ Surely unto eternity shall he not be moved: in everlasting remembrance shall the righteous be held. ⁷ Of an evil report shall he not be afraid: his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord. ⁸ Well supported is his heart, he shall not be afraid, until he looketh on the punishment of his assailants.

⁶ Then would I not be made ashamed, while I look at all thy commandments. ⁷ I will thank thee with uprightness of heart, when I learn thy righteous ordinances.

²⁶ In the fear of the Lord is the strong confidence of man, and unto his children will it be a place of shelter.

¹ Every wicked fleeth when no man pursueth; but the righteous are like the confident young lion.

¹¹ And I will establish my covenant with you; and all flesh shall not be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there be any more a flood to destroy the earth.

⁵¹ And Joseph called the name of the first-born Menasseh: For God said he hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.

¹⁵ My brothers are treacherous as a brook, like flowing brooks they pass along;

¹¹ Or seest thou not the darkness? and the abundance of water which covereth thee?

⁷ Let such a one drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his trouble no more.

^{20 (5:19)} Let him then remember, that the days of his life are not many, that God hath answered him with the joy of his heart.

¹ And thou shalt say on that day, “I will thank thee, O Lord, that thou wast angry with me: thy anger now is turned away, and thou comfortest me. ² Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust him; for my strength and song is Yah the Eternal: and he is become my salvation.”

⁴ Fear not, for thou shalt not be made ashamed; and be not confounded, for thou shalt not be put to the blush; for the shame of thy youth shalt thou forget, and the reproach of thy widowhood shalt thou not remember any more.

⁹ For as the waters of Noah is this unto me; as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more pass over the earth: so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

¹⁶ Whoever there be that blesseth himself on the earth shall bless himself by the true God; and that sweareth on the earth shall swear by the true God; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes.

¹⁰ And David blessed the Lord before the eyes of all the congregation; and David said, Blessed be thou, O Lord the God of Israel our father, from everlasting even unto everlasting.

¹¹ And then came unto him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all that had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house; and they condoled with him, and comforted him for all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him; and they gave him, every one, a kessitah, and every one an earring of gold. ¹² And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. ¹³ He had also seven sons and three daughters. ¹⁴ And he called the name of the first Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch. ¹⁵ And there were not found such handsome women as the daughters of Job in all the land; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. ¹⁶ And Job lived after this one hundred and forty years: and he saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations. ¹⁷ Then died Job, being old and full of days.

⁶ And he will bring forth as the light thy righteousness, and the justice of thy cause as the noonday.

^{14 (92:15)} They shall still flourish in high old age; they shall be vigorous and covered with foliage;

⁴ There ariseth in the darkness a light to the upright: he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is as the early morning light, that shineth more and more brightly until the height of noonday.

⁸ Then shall break forth as the morning-dawn thy light, and thy healing shall speedily spring forth; and before thee shall go thy righteousness, the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward. ⁹ Then shalt thou call, and the Lord will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here am I. If thou remove from the midst of thee the yoke, the stretching out of the finger, and speaking wickedly; ¹⁰ And if thou pour out to the hungry thy soul, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall shine forth in the darkness thy light, and thy obscurity be as the noonday;

³ And let us feel it, that we may strive to know the Lord; bright as the morning-dawn is his rising; and he will come as the rain unto us, as the latter rain that maketh fruitful the earth.”

⁸ Rejoice not, O my enemy, over me: though I am fallen, I rise again: though I should sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light unto me. ⁹ The indignation of the Lord will I bear, because I have sinned against him; until that he plead my cause, and execute justice for me: when he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

⁶ And it shall come to pass on that day, that there shall be no light, but fleeting light and thick darkness; ⁷ But it shall be one particular day which shall indeed be known as the Lord’s, neither day nor night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening-time there shall be light.

^{2 (3:20)} But there shall rise unto you that fear my name the sun of righteousness with healing in his wings: and ye will go forth, and grow fat as calves of the stall.

⁵ And the threshing shall reach with you unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto sowing-time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and ye shall dwell in safety in your land. ⁶ And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, with none to make you afraid; and I will remove evil beasts out of the land, and the sword shall not pass through your land.

¹¹ What is my strength, that I should wait? and what my end, that I should yet longer retain my patience?

⁶ My days hasten away more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle, and they come to an end in the absence of hope.

²⁷ Thou wilt make entreaty unto him, and he will hear thee, and thy vows wilt thou pay. ²⁸ And if thou decree a thing, it will be fulfilled unto thee; and upon thy ways the light will shine. ²⁹ For when men are brought low, thou wilt say, Pride hath done it; but those of lowly eyes God will help.

^{5 (3:6)} I laid myself down and slept: I awoke; for the Lord sustaineth me.

^{8 (4:9)} In peace, altogether, will I lay me down and sleep; for thou, Lord, alone, causest me to dwell in safety.

⁵ Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet thank him, the salvation of my countenance, and my God.

²⁴ When thou layest thyself down, thou shalt feel no dread; and as thou liest down, thy sleep shall be pleasant. ²⁵ Thou needest not to be afraid of sudden dread, neither of the unlooked-for tempest over the wicked, when it cometh. ²⁶ For the Lord will be thy confidence, and he will guard thy foot from being caught.

³² Through his own evil is the wicked thrust down; but even in his death doth the righteous have confidence.

²⁶ Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Achuzzath his friend, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. ²⁷ And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing that ye do hate me, and have sent me away from you? ²⁸ And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with thee; and we said, Let there be now an oath between us and thee; and we will make a covenant with thee; ²⁹ That thou shalt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now one blessed of the Lord. ³⁰ And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank. ³¹ And they rose up betimes in the morning, and they swore one to the other; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

⁶ And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, with none to make you afraid; and I will remove evil beasts out of the land, and the sword shall not pass through your land.

⁸ And now take unto yourselves seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up a burnt-offering in your behalf; and my servant Job shall pray for you; for him alone will I receive favorably, so as not to deal with you after your folly; because ye have not spoken of me properly, like my servant Job. ⁹ Then went Eliphaz the Themanite and Bildad the Shuchite and Zophar the Na’amathite, and did in accordance with what the Lord had spoken to them: and the Lord received Job in favor.

^{12 (45:13)} And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift: the rich among the people shall entreat thy favor.

⁶ Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; and every one is the friend to him that bestoweth gifts.

¹⁴ Thus hath said the Lord, The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and of the Sabeans, men of high stature, shall pass over unto thee, and thine shall they be: behind thee shall they walk; in chains shall they pass along, and unto thee shall they bow, unto thee shall they pray, saying Yea, only among thee is God; and there is no one else beside God.

¹⁴ And then shall come unto thee bent down the sons of those who afflicted thee, and there shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet all thy revilers; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁶ Then will I also do this unto you, and I will inflict on you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart; and ye shall sow in vain your seed, for your enemies shall eat it.

⁶⁵ And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, and there shall not be any rest for the sole of thy foot: and the Lord will give thee there a trembling heart, and a failing of eyes, and a faintness of soul.

¹³ So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the hypocrite will perish: ¹⁴ It is he whose trust will be cut off, and but a spider’s web is that in which he confideth.

⁵ Every one of them speaketh deceptively to his friends: may also the eyes of his children fail.

¹⁴ Then will be plucked up out of his tent his confidence, and the evil will urge him forward to the king of terrors.

⁸ For what is the hope of the hypocrite, when he hath gained unjust wealth, when God casteth forth his soul?

²² And God will cast evil upon him, and bare no pity: out of his hand his wealth will surely escape.

¹⁶ If ever I denied the wish of the indigent, or ever allowed the eyes of the widow to fall in vain hopes;

²² There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the evil-doers can hide themselves.

^{3 (69:4)} I am weary of my calling; my throat is hoarse; my eyes fail, while I hope for my God.

²⁴ What the wicked dreadeth, that will come upon him: but the longing of the righteous will God grant.

²⁰ Whoso curseth his father or his mother—his lamp shall be quenched in obscure darkness.

¹⁷ Even now our eyes anxiously wait for our valueless help: in our waiting have we waited for a nation that cannot help.

¹⁴ And refuge shall vanish from the swift, and the strong shall not make use of his force, neither shall the mighty man escape with his life.

¹⁹ As if a man were to flee from a lion, and a bear should meet him; and he enter into the house, and lean his hand against the wall, and a serpent should bite him. ²⁰ Behold the day of the Lord is one of darkness, and not of light; yea, it is obscure, and hath no brightness.

¹ I saw the Lord standing upon the altar; and he said, Smite the capital, that the sills may quake; and break them in pieces over the head of all of them; and their posterity will I slay with the sword: there shall not flee away from them one that fleeth, and there shall not escape from them one that is saved. ² Though they were to creep down into the nether world, thence would my hand fetch them; and though they were to climb up to the heavens, thence would I bring them down; ³ And though they were to hide themselves on the top of Carmel, thence would I search and take them out; and though they were to conceal themselves from before my eyes in the bottom of the sea, thence would I command the serpent, that he should bite them;