Job 34 Cross References - MSTC

¹ Elihu, proceeding forth in his communication, said, ² "Hear my words, O ye wise men: hearken unto me, ye that have understanding. ³ For like as the mouth tasteth the meats, so the ear proveth and discerneth the words. ⁴ As for the judgment, let us seek it out among ourselves, that we may know what is right. ⁵ And why? Job hath said, 'I am righteous, but God doth me wrong.' ⁶ I must needs be a liar, though my cause be right, and violently am I plagued whereas I made no fault.' ⁷ Where is there such one as Job, that drinketh up scornfulness like water? ⁸ Which goeth in company of wicked doers, and walketh with ungodly men? ⁹ For he sayeth, 'Though a man be good, yet is he naught before God.' ¹⁰ "Therefore hearken unto me, ye that have understanding. Far be it from God, that he should meddle with wickedness: and far be it from the Almighty, that he should meddle with unrighteous dealing: ¹¹ but he rewardeth the works of man, and causeth every man to find according to his ways. ¹² For sure it is, that God condemneth no man wrongfully, and the judgment of the Almighty is not unrighteous. ¹³ Who ruleth the earth in his stead? Or whom hath he set to govern the whole world? ¹⁴ To whom hath he given his heart, for to draw his spirit and breath unto him? ¹⁵ All flesh shall come together unto naught, and all men shall turn again unto earth. ¹⁶ "If thou now have understanding, hear what I say, and hearken to the voice of my words. ¹⁷ May he be made whole, that loveth no right? If thou were a very innocent man, shouldest thou then be punished? ¹⁸ For he is even the same, that knoweth the rebellious kings, and sayeth to princes, ¹⁹ 'Ungodly men are ye.' He hath none respect unto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the rich more than the poor. For they be all the work of his hands. ²⁰ In the twinkling of an eye shall they be slain: and at midnight, when the people and the tyrants rage, then shall they perish, and be taken away without hands. ²¹ And why? His eyes look upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. ²² There is no darkness, nor thick shadow, that can hide the wicked doers from him. ²³ For no man shall be suffered to go into judgment with God. ²⁴ Many a one, yea innumerable doth he punish, and setteth others in their stead. ²⁵ For he knoweth their evil and dark works: therefore shall they be destroyed. ²⁶ They that were in the stead of Seers, dealt like ungodly men. ²⁷ Therefore turned they back traitorously and unfaithfully from him, and would not receive his ways. ²⁸ Insomuch that they have caused the voice of the poor to come unto him, and now he heareth the complaint of such as are in necessity. ²⁹ If he deliver and grant pardon, who will judge or condemn? But if he hide away his countenance, who will turn it about again, whether it be to the people or to any man? ³⁰ From the wickedness and sin of the people, he maketh a hypocrite to reign over them. ³¹ "For so much as I have begun to talk of God, I will not hinder thee; ³² If I have gone amiss, inform me: if I have done wrong, I will leave off. ³³ Wilt thou not give a reasonable answer? Art thou afraid of anything, seeing thou begannest first to speak, and not I? ³⁴ For else the men of understanding and wisdom, that have heard me, might say: 'What canst thou speak?' ³⁵ As for Job he hath neither spoken to the purpose nor wisely. ³⁶ O father let Job be well tried, because he hath turned himself to the wicked: ³⁷ yea, above his sins he hath blasphemed, which offense he hath done even before us, in that he striveth against God with his words!"

⁵ By hearing, the wise man shall come by more wisdom:

¹⁵ I speak as unto them which have discretion: judge ye what I say.

²⁰ Brethren, be not children in wit. Howbeit, as concerning maliciousness be children: but in wit be perfect.

³⁰ whether there be any unrighteousness in my tongue, or vain words in my mouth.

¹¹ Have not the ears pleasure in hearing, and the mouth in tasting the thing that it eateth?

³⁰ I never suffered my mouth to do such a sin, as to wish him evil.

² Behold, I will open my mouth, and my tongue shall speak out of my jaws.

¹⁵ But he that is spiritual discusseth all things: yet he himself is judged of no man.

¹⁴ But strong meat belongeth to them that are perfect, which through custom have their wits exercised, to judge both good and evil also.

³⁰ And all that saw it said, "There was no such deed done or seen since the children of Israel came out of Egypt unto this day. Consider the matter, give counsel and say your minds."

⁷ Behold, ye are all children of Israel. See therefore and give your advice in the case."

³⁶ O father let Job be well tried, because he hath turned himself to the wicked:

² And on him shall light the spirit of the LORD: the spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the spirit of counsel and of strength, the spirit of knowledge and of reverence, and it shall make him savour of the fear of the LORD ³ And he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes: neither shall rebuke after the hearing of his ears. ⁴ But he shall judge the causes of the poor with righteousness, and shall rebuke with equity for the humble of the earth. And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall slay the wicked. ⁵ And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

²⁴ Judge not after the outer appearance: but judge righteous judgment."

² And fashion not yourselves like unto this world: But be changed through the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what thing that good, that acceptable, and perfect will of God is.

² Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? If the world shall be judged by you: are ye not good enough to judge small trifles? ³ Know ye not how that we shall judge the angels? How much more may we judge things that pertain to the life? ⁴ If ye have judgments of worldly matters, take them which are despised in the congregation, and make them judges. ⁵ This I say to your shame. Is there utterly no wise man among you? What, not one at all? That can judge between brother and brother?

¹¹ And when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him in the face, for he was worthy to be blamed. ¹² For yer that certain came from James, he ate with the gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision, ¹³ and the other Jews dissembled likewise; Insomuch that Barnabas was brought into their simulation also. ¹⁴ But when I saw that they went not the right way after the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter, before all men, "If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of the gentiles, and not as do the Jews: why causest thou the gentiles to live as do the Jews?"

²¹ Examine all things, and keep that which is good.

¹⁷ He troubleth me so with the tempest, and woundeth me out of measure without a cause.

⁷ Whereas, notwithstanding, thou knowest that I am no wicked person, and that there is no man able to deliver me out of thine hand.

⁴ Wilt thou say unto God, 'The thing that I take in hand is perfect, and I am clean in thy sight'?

¹⁷ "Howbeit there is no wickedness in my hands, and my prayer is clean.

² "As truly as God liveth, which hath taken away my power from me; and the Almighty, that hath vexed my mind;

¹⁴ And why? I put upon me righteousness, which covered me as a garment, and equity was my crown.

¹ So these three men would strive no more with Job, because he held himself a righteous man.

⁹ 'I am clean without any fault, I am innocent, and there is no wickedness in me.

⁴ For the arrows of the almighty are in me, whose indignation hath drunk up my spirit, and the terrible fears of God fight against me.

¹³ His archers compass me round about; he hath wounded my loins, and not spared. My bowels hath he poured upon the ground.

⁴ while my breath is in me, and as long as the wind that God hath given me is in my nostrils. ⁵ God forbid, that I should grant your cause to be right! As for me, until mine end come will I never go from my innocence. ⁶ My righteous dealing will I keep fast, and not forsake it; for my conscience reproveth me not in all my conversation.

¹⁹ so that when he heareth the words of this curse, he bless himself in his heart saying, 'I shall have peace; I will therefore work after the lust of mine own heart, that the drunken may perish with the thirsty.'

¹⁶ How much more then an abominable and vile man, which drinketh wickedness like water?

²² "O ye children, how long will ye love childishness? How long will the scorners delight in scorning, and the unwise be enemies unto knowledge?

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of robbery.

¹⁰ But Job said unto her, "Thou speakest like a foolish woman. Seeing we have received prosperity at the hand of God, wherefore should we not be content with adversity also?" In all these things, did not Job sin with his lips.

³ Should men give ear unto thee only? Thou wilt laugh other men to scorn; and shall nobody mock thee again?

⁵ But thy wickedness teacheth thy mouth, and so thou hast chosen thee a crafty tongue.

¹⁵ "Well, thou wilt keep the old way, that all wicked men have gone:

¹ O Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful.

⁴ I have not dwelt with vain persons; neither will I have fellowship with the deceitful.

¹⁸ If thou seest a thief, thou runnest with him, and art partaker with the adulterers.

¹² Lo, these are the ungodly, these prosper in the world, these have riches in possession; ¹³ and I said, "Then have I cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency? ¹⁴ Wherefore should I be then punished daily, and be chastened every morning?" ¹⁵ Yea, I had almost also said even as they do; but lo, then should I have condemned the generation of thy children.

¹⁵ My son, walk not thou with them, refrain thy foot from their ways.

¹² That thou mayest be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh froward things;

¹⁴ Come not in the path of the ungodly, and walk not in the way of the wicked.

²⁰ He that goeth in the company of wise men, shall be wise; but whoso is a companion of fools shall be hurt.

³³ Be not deceived: malicious speakings corrupt good manners.

²² "This one thing will I say: He destroyeth both the righteous and ungodly. ²³ And though he slay suddenly with the scourge, yet will he laugh at the punishment of the innocent.

³⁰ Though I washed my self with snowy water, and made mine hands never so clean, ³¹ yet shouldest thou dip me in the mire, and mine own clothes should defile me.

¹⁴ They say unto God, 'Go from us: we desire not the knowledge of thy ways! ¹⁵ What manner of fellow is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, to submit ourselves unto him?' ¹⁶ Lo, there is utterly no goodness in them, therefore will not I have to do with the counsel of the ungodly.

³⁰ that the wicked is kept unto the day of destruction, and that the ungodly shall be brought forth in the day of wrath.

¹⁷ which said unto God, 'Go from us.' And what did the Almighty do with them?

¹⁰ Hath he such pleasure and delight in the Almighty, that he dare always call upon God?

³ For thou sayest, 'What advantage will it be unto thee, and what profit shall thou have of my sin?'

⁴ Delight thou in the LORD, and he shall give thee thy heart's desire.

¹⁴ Ye have said, 'It is but lost labour, to serve God: What profit have we for keeping his commandments, and for walking humbly before the LORD of Hosts?

²⁵ That be far from thee, that thou shouldest do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, and that the righteous should be as the wicked: that be far from thee. Should not the Judge of all the world do according to right?"

⁴ He is a Rock, and perfect are his deeds, for all his ways are with discretion. God is faithful and without wickedness, both righteous and just is he.

⁷ Wherefore, let the fear of the LORD be with you, and take heed and do it. For there is no unrighteousness in the LORD our God nor regarding of persons, nor taking of rewards."

³ Doth God pervert the thing that is lawful? Or, doth the Almighty destroy the thing that is right?

² "Hear my words, O ye wise men: hearken unto me, ye that have understanding. ³ For like as the mouth tasteth the meats, so the ear proveth and discerneth the words.

³⁴ For else the men of understanding and wisdom, that have heard me, might say: 'What canst thou speak?'

²³ Who will reprove him of his way? Who will say unto him, 'Thou hast done wrong?'

²³ It is not we that can find out the Almighty: for in power, equity, and righteousness, he is higher than can be expressed.

¹⁵ that they may show how true the LORD my strength is, and that there is no unrighteousness in him.

³² But whoso committeth adultery with a woman, he is a fool: and destroyeth his own soul.

³² He that refuseth to be reformed, despiseth his own soul; but he that submitteth himself to correction, is wise.

¹ O LORD, thou art more righteous than that I should dispute with thee: Nevertheless, let me talk with thee in things reasonable. How happeneth it, that the way of the ungodly is so prosperous? And that it goeth so well with them, which without any shame offend and live in wickedness?

⁴ God forbid. Let God be true, and all men liars, as it is written, "That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings and shouldest overcome when thou art judged." ⁵ If our unrighteousness make the righteousness of God more excellent: what shall we say? Is God unrighteous which taketh vengeance? I speak after the manner of men.

¹⁴ What shall we say then? Is there any unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

¹³ Let no man say when he is tempted that he is tempted of God: for God tempteth not unto evil, neither tempteth he any man.

²⁶ For if he submit himself unto God, he is gracious, and showeth him his countenance joyfully, and rewardeth man for his righteousness.

¹² and that thou, LORD, art merciful; for thou rewardest every man according to his work.

³¹ Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and be filled with their own counsels:

¹² If thou wilt say, "I knew not of it"; Thinkest thou that he which made the hearts, doth not consider it? And that he which regardeth thy soul, seeth it not? Shall not he recompense every man according to his works?

¹⁹ great in counsel, and infinite in thought. Thine eyes look upon all the ways of men's children, to reward every one after his way, and according to the fruits of his inventions.

¹⁷ And yet the children of thy people say, 'Tush, the way of the LORD is not right,' whereas their own way is rather unright. ¹⁸ When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and doeth the thing that is wicked, he shall die therefore. ¹⁹ But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, doing the thing that is lawful and right, he shall live therefore. ²⁰ Yet ye say, 'The way of the LORD is not equal.' O ye house of Israel, I will judge every one of you after his ways!'"

²⁷ For the son of man shall come in the glory of his father, with his angels, and then shall he reward every man according to his deeds.

⁶ which will reward every man according to his deeds,

¹⁰ For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that every man may receive the works of his body according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

⁷ Be not deceived, God is not mocked. For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he reap. ⁸ He that soweth in his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption: but he that soweth in the spirit shall, of the spirit, reap life everlasting.

¹⁷ And if so be that ye call on the father, which without respect of person judgeth according to every man's works, see that ye pass the time of your pilgrimage in fear:

¹² "And behold, I come shortly, and my reward with me, to give every man according as his deeds shall be.

⁷ For the LORD is righteous, and he loveth righteousness: his countenance will behold the thing that is just.

¹⁷ The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

¹² But thou, O LORD my God, my holy one: thou art from the beginning, therefore shall we not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for punishment, and set them to reprove the mighty. ¹³ Thine eyes are clean, thou mayest not see evil, thou cannot behold the thing that is wicked. Wherefore then doest thou look upon the ungodly, and holdest thy tongue, when the wicked devoureth the man that is better than himself?

¹¹ Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, power and glory, victory and praise: for all that is in heaven and in earth is thine, and thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art lifted up a head above all.

⁴ "Where wast thou, when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell plainly if thou hast understanding. ⁵ Who hath measured it, knowest thou? Or, who hath spread the line upon it? ⁶ Where upon stand the pillars of it? Or, who laid the corner stone? ⁷ Where wast thou, when the morning stars praised me together, and all the children of God rejoiced triumphantly? ⁸ Who shut the sea with doors, when it brake forth as a child out of his mother's womb? ⁹ When I made the clouds to be a covering for it, and swaddled it with the dark; ¹⁰ When I gave it my commandment, making doors and bars for it; ¹¹ saying, 'Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further, and here shalt thou lay down thy proud and high waves.' ¹² "Hast thou given the morning his charge, as soon as thou wast born, and showed the day spring his place, ¹³ that it might take hold of the corners of the earth, and that the ungodly might be shaken out? ¹⁴ Their tokens and weapons hast thou turned like clay, and set them up again as the changing of a garment. ¹⁵ Yea, thou hast spoiled the ungodly of their light, and broken the arm of the proud. ¹⁶ Camest thou ever into the ground of the sea: or hast thou walked in the low corners of the deep? ¹⁷ Have the gates of death been open unto thee, or hast thou seen the door of everlasting treasure? ¹⁸ Hast thou also perceived how broad the earth is? Now if thou hast knowledge of all, ¹⁹ then show me where light dwelleth, and where darkness is: ²⁰ that thou mayest bring us unto their quarters, if thou canst tell the way to their houses. ²¹ Knowest thou, when thou wast born, how old thou shouldest be? ²² Wentest thou ever into the treasures of the snow? Or hast thou seen the secret places of the hail, ²³ which I have prepared against the time of trouble, against the time of battle and war? ²⁴ By what way is the light parted, and the heat dealt out upon the earth? ²⁵ "Who divideth the abundance of waters into rivers, or who maketh a way for the stormy weather, ²⁶ that it watereth and moistureth the dry and barren ground: ²⁷ to make the grass grow in places where no body dwelleth, and in the wilderness where no man remaineth? ²⁸ Who is the father of rain? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? ²⁹ Out of whose womb came the ice? Who hath gendered the coldness of the air? ³⁰ That the waters are as hard as stones, and lie congealed above the deep. ³¹ Hast thou brought the seven stars together? Or art thou able to loose the bands of Orion? ³² Canst thou bring forth the morning star or the evening star at convenient times, and convey them home again? ³³ Knewest thou the course of heaven, that thou mayest set up the ordinance thereof upon the earth? ³⁴ Moreover, canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that they may pour down a great rain upon thee? ³⁵ Canst thou thunder also that they may go their way, and be obedient unto thee, saying, 'Lo here are we'? ³⁶ Who giveth sure wisdom or steadfast understanding? ³⁷ Who numbereth the clouds in wisdom? Who stilleth the vehement waters of heaven? ³⁸ Who turneth the clots to dust, and then to be clots again? ³⁹ Huntest thou the prey from the lion, or feedest thou his whelps ⁴⁰ living in their dens, and lurking in their couches? ⁴¹ Who provideth meat for the raven, when his young ones cry unto God, and fly about for want of meat?

⁸ Wilt thou disannul my judgment? Or wilt thou condemn me, that thou thyself mayest be made righteous? ⁹ Is thine arm then like the arm of God? Maketh thy voice such a sound as his doth? ¹⁰ Then arm thyself with thine own power! Up, deck thee in thy jolly array, ¹¹ pour out thy indignation of thy wrath; see that thou cast down all the proud,

²³ I have been ordained from everlasting, and from the beginning before the earth was made. ²⁴ When I was born, there were neither depths nor springs of water. ²⁵ Before the foundations of the mountains were laid, yea before all hills was I born. ²⁶ The earth and all that is upon the earth was not yet made, no not the ground itself. ²⁷ For when he made the heavens, I was present; when he set up the depths in order; ²⁸ when he hanged the clouds above; when he fastened the springs of the deep; ²⁹ When he shut the sea within certain bounds, that the waters should not go over their marks. When he laid the foundations of the earth, ³⁰ I was with him, ordering all things, delighting daily, and rejoicing always before him.

¹³ Who hath reformed the mind of the LORD? Or who is of his counsel to teach him? ¹⁴ At whom hath he asked counsel, to make him understand, and to learn him the way of judgment: to teach him science: and to instruct him in the way of understanding?

³⁵ in comparison of whom, all they that dwell upon the earth are to be reputed as nothing. He handleth according to his will, among the powers of heaven and among the inhabiters of the earth - and there is none that may resist his hand, or say, 'What doest thou?'

³⁴ For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who was his counselor? ³⁵ Other who hath given unto him first, that he might be recompensed again? ³⁶ For of him, and through him, and for him are all things. To him be glory forever Amen.

¹⁷ "What is man, that thou dost magnify him? And that thou settest thy heart upon him?

⁴ He is wise of heart, and mighty in strength. Who ever prospered that took part against him?

²⁹ But when thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; when thou takest away their breath, they die, and are turned again to their dust.

²² These shall be coupled together as prisoners be, and shall be shut up in one ward and punished innumerable days.

¹⁹ In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return unto the earth whence thou wast taken: for earth thou art, and unto earth shalt thou return."

²² "This one thing will I say: He destroyeth both the righteous and ungodly.

⁹ O remember, I beseech thee, how that thou madest me of the mould of the earth, and shalt bring me into dust again.

²³ Sure I am, that thou wilt deliver me unto death: whereas a lodging is prepared for all men living.

³ Thou turnest man to destruction; Again, thou sayest, "Come again, ye children of men." ⁴ For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday, seeing that is passed as a watch in the night. ⁵ As soon as thou scatterest them, they are even as asleep, and fade away suddenly like the grass. ⁶ In the morning it is green and groweth up; but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered. ⁷ For we consume away in thy displeasure, and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation. ⁸ Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee, and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. ⁹ For when thou art angry, all our days are gone; we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told. ¹⁰ The days of our age are threescore years and ten: and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years, yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.

⁷ Or dust be turned again unto earth from whence it came, and or the spirit return unto God, which gave it.

⁴ I hear no evil will in my mind. Who will compel me that I, greatly forgetting all faithfulness, should burn it up at once with thorns and bushes?

¹⁶ For I chide not ever, and am not wroth without end. But the blasting goeth from me, though I make the breath.

³ But I have understanding as well as ye, and am no less than ye. Yea who knoweth not these things?

² Look what ye know, that same do I know also, neither am I inferior unto you. ³ Nevertheless I am purposed to talk with the almighty, and my desire is to commune with God. ⁴ As for you, ye are workmasters of lies, and unprofitable physicians altogether. ⁵ Would God ye kept your tongue, that ye might be taken for wise men! ⁶ Therefore hear my words, and ponder the sentence of my lips.

²¹ But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, "Shall Shimei not die for that cause: which cursed the LORD's anointed?"

³ The God of Israel spake unto me, and the strength of Israel said, 'He that beareth rule over men, he that ruleth justly in the fear of God,

²² In all these things did Job not offend, nor murmured foolishly against God.

⁸ Wilt thou disannul my judgment? Or wilt thou condemn me, that thou thyself mayest be made righteous?

⁵ If our unrighteousness make the righteousness of God more excellent: what shall we say? Is God unrighteous which taketh vengeance? I speak after the manner of men. ⁶ God forbid. For how then shall God judge the world? ⁷ If the verity of God appear more excellent through my lie, unto his praise, why am I henceforth judged as a sinner?

²⁸ "Thou shalt not rail upon the judges, neither curse the ruler of thy people.

²⁶ To punish the innocent, and to smite the princes that give true judgment, are both evil.

³ Then said Paul to him, "God shall smite thee, thou painted wall. Sittest thou and judgest me after the law: and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?"

⁵ Then said Paul, "I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest. For it is written, 'Thou shalt not curse the ruler of thy people.'"

⁷ Give to every man therefore his duty: Tribute to whom tribute belongeth: Custom to whom custom is due: fear to whom fear belongeth: Honour to whom honour pertaineth.

¹⁷ See that ye honour all men. Love brotherly fellowship, fear God, and honour the King.

¹⁰ namely, them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise the rulers. Presumptuous are they, and stubborn, and fear not to speak evil of them that are in authority;

⁸ Likewise these dreamers defile the flesh, despise rulers, and speak evil of them that are in authority.

¹⁵ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. Thou shalt not favour the poor nor honour the mighty, but shalt judge thy neighbour righteously.

¹⁷ For the LORD your God, he is God of Gods and Lord of lords; a great God, a mighty and a terrible which regardeth no man's person nor taketh gifts:

³ Thinkest thou it well done, to oppress me, to cast me off - being a work of thine hands - and to maintain the counsel of the ungodly?

¹⁹ He leadeth away the priests into captivity, and turneth the mighty upside down.

²¹ He poureth out confusion upon princes, and comforteth them that have been oppressed.

⁸ Will ye accept the person of God, or will ye contend with him?

¹⁵ He that fashioned me in my mother's womb, made he not him also? Were we not both shapen alike in our mother's bodies?

¹⁹ Hath God ordained then, that the glorious life of thee, and all such mighty men should not be put down?

² The kings of the earth stood up and the rulers came together against the LORD, and against his Christ. ³ Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us. ⁴ He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn: the Lord shall have them in derision.

⁶ There be some that put their trust in their goods, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches. ⁷ But no man may deliver his brother, nor make agreement unto God for him,

³¹ He that doth a poor man wrong, blasphemeth his maker; but whoso hath pity of the poor, doth honour unto God.

² Whether riches or poverty do meet us, it cometh all of God.

⁸ If thou seest the poor to be oppressed and wrongfully dealt withal, so that equity and the right of the law is wrested in the land: marvel not thou at such judgment, for one great man keepeth touch with another, and the mighty help themselves together.

¹⁴ The LORD shall come forth to reason with the senators and princes of his people, and shall say thus unto them, "It is ye that have burnt up my vineyard; the robbery of the poor is in your house.

³⁴ Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, "Of a truth I perceive, that God is not partial:

¹¹ For there is no partiality with God:

⁶ Of them which seemed to be great — what they were in time passed it maketh no matter to me: God looketh on no man's person — nevertheless they seemed great, added nothing to me:

⁹ And ye masters, do even the same things unto them, putting away threatenings: and remember that even your master also is in heaven, neither is there any respect of person with him.

²⁵ But he that doth wrong shall receive for the wrong that he hath done: for there is no respect of persons.

²⁸ Wherefore if we receive a kingdom which is not moved, we have grace, whereby we may serve God and please him with reverence and godly fear.

⁵ Hearken, my dear beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world, which are rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to them that love him?

²⁹ And at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt: from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his seat, unto the firstborn of the captive that was in prison, and all firstborn of the cattle. ³⁰ Then Pharaoh arose the same night and all his servants and all the Egyptians, and there was a great crying throughout Egypt, for there was no house where there was not one dead.

³⁷ But in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these words, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone, ³⁸ and upon a ten days after, the LORD smote Nabal that he died. ³⁹ And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Blessed be the LORD that hath judged the cause of my rebuke of the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil, and hath turned the wickedness of Nabal again upon his own head." And David sent to commune with Abigail, to the intent to take her to his wife.

¹⁰ And David said furthermore, "As sure as the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall descend into battle and there perish:

²⁰ Prolong not thou the time, till there come a night for thee, to set other people in thy stead.

¹⁹ O how suddenly do they consume, perish and come to a fearful end!

¹⁶ Therefore shall the LORD of Hosts send him poverty in his riches, and burn up his power, as it were with a fire. ¹⁷ But the light of Israel shall be that fire, and his Sanctuary shall be the flame, and it shall kindle, and burn up his thorns and briers in one day. ¹⁸ Yea, all the glory of his woods and fields shall be consumed with body and soul. As for himself, he shall be as one chased away. ¹⁹ The trees also of his field shall be of such a number that a child may tell them.

¹³ therefore shall ye have this mischief again for your destruction and fall, like as a high wall, that falleth because of some rift or blast, whose breaking cometh suddenly.

³⁰ The LORD also shall set up the power of his voice, and declare his terrible arm, with his angry countenance; yea, and the flame of the consuming fire, with earthquake, tempest of wind, and hailstones. ³¹ Then shall the Assyrians fear also because of the voice of the LORD, which shall smite him with the rod. ³² And it shall come to pass that whithersoever he goeth the rod shall cleave unto him which the LORD shall lay upon him, with tabrets and harps: and with a great war shall he fight against his host. ³³ For the fire of pain is ordained from the beginning: yea, even for kings it is prepared. This hath the LORD set in the deep, and made it wide: the burning whereof is fire and much wood. The breath of the LORD, which is a river of brimstone, doth kindle it.

³⁶ Thus the angel went forth, and slew of the Assyrians host, a hundred and eighty five thousand. And when men arose up early, at Jerusalem: Behold, all lay full of dead bodies.

³⁸ Afterward it chanced, as he prayed in the temple of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer, his own sons, slew him with the sword, and fled into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned after him.

³⁴ Thou beheldest it till a stone was cut without hands, which smote the image upon the feet that were both of iron and earth, and brake them to powder.

⁴⁴ In the days of these kings, shall the God of heaven set up an everlasting kingdom, which shall not perish, and his kingdom shall not be given over to another people. Yea, the same shall break and destroy all these kingdoms, but it shall endure forever. ⁴⁵ And whereas thou sawest that without any hands there was cut out of the mount a stone, which brake the iron, the copper, the earth, the silver and gold in pieces: by that hath the great God showed the king, what will come after this. This is a true dream, and the interpretation of it is sure."

³⁰ The very same night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain,

⁶ He answered, and said unto me, 'This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying: Neither through a host of men, nor through strength, but through my spirit, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.

⁶ And even at midnight, there was a cry made, 'Behold, the bridegroom cometh, go out against him.'

²⁰ But God said unto him, 'Thou fool, this night will they fetch away thy soul again from thee. Then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?'

²⁶ "As it happened in the time of Noah, so shall it be in the time of the son of man. ²⁷ They ate, they drank, they married wives and were married even unto the same day that Noah went into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. ²⁸ Likewise also, as it chanced, in the days of Lot. They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built. ²⁹ And even the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

²³ And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the honour, and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

² for ye your selves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall come even as a thief in the night.

³ and through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you, whose judgment is not far off, and their damnation sleepeth not.

¹³ And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, "Thou art the God that lookest on me," for she said, "I have of a surety seen here the back parts of him that seeth me."

⁹ For the eyes of the LORD behold all the earth, to strengthen the hearts of them that are whole with him. Herein thou hast done foolishly, and therefore from henceforth thou shalt have war."

⁴ Doth not he see my ways, and tell all my goings?

¹⁵ For the eyes of the LORD are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers.

²³ Try me, O God, and seek the ground of mine heart; prove me, and examine my thoughts.

²¹ For every man's ways are open in the sight of the LORD, and he pondereth all their goings.

³ The eyes of the LORD look on every place; both upon the good and bad.

¹⁷ For mine eyes behold all their ways, and they cannot be hid from my face; neither can their wicked deeds be kept close out of my sight.

¹⁰ "Even I the LORD search out the ground of the heart, and try the reins, and reward every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his counsels."

⁸ Behold, the eyes of the LORD are upon the realm that sinneth, to root it clean out of the earth: Nevertheless I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, sayeth the LORD.

⁵ but let it be stained with darkness, and the shadow of death. Let the dim cloud fall upon it, and let it be lapped in with sorrow.

¹⁷ For as soon as the day breaketh, the shadow of death cometh upon them, and they go in horrible darkness.

³ As for the ungodly and he that joineth himself to the company of wicked doers: shall not destruction and misery come upon him?

⁵ Such as be foolish shall not stand in thy sight, for thou hatest all them that work vanity.

¹¹ If I say, "Peradventure the darkness shall cover me, then shall my night be turned to day." - ¹² Yea, the darkness is no darkness with thee, but the night is as clear as the day; the darkness and light are both alike.

²⁹ The way of the LORD giveth a courage unto the godly; but it is a fear for wicked doers.

² The people that have dwelt in darkness, shall see a great light. As for them that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them shall the light shine.

¹⁵ Woe be unto them that seek so deep, to hide their imagination before the LORD, which rehearse their counsels in the darkness, and say, "Who seeth us, or who knoweth us?"

²⁴ May any man hide himself so, that I shall not see him, sayeth the LORD? Do not I fulfill heaven and earth, sayeth the LORD?

² Though they were buried in the hell, my hand shall fetch them from thence. Though they climb up to heaven, yet shall I cast them down. ³ Though they hide themselves upon the top of Carmel, yet shall I seek them out, and bring them from thence. Though they creep down from my sight into the deep of the sea, I shall command the serpent, even there to bite them.

²³ And then will I knowledge unto them, that I never knew them: 'Depart from me, ye workers of iniquity.'

²⁷ And he shall say, 'I tell you, I know you not whence ye are: depart from me all ye workers of iniquity.'

⁵ Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, which will lighten things that are hid in darkness: and open the counsels of the hearts. And then shall every man have praise of God.

¹³ Neither is there any creature invisible in the sight of it. For all things are naked and bare unto the eyes of him, of whom we speak.

¹⁵ And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in dens, and in rocks of the hills, ¹⁶ and said to the hills, and rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from the presence of him that sitteth on the seat, and from the wrath of the lamb,

¹³ And after all this that is come upon us, because of our evil deeds and great trespass, thou our God hast spared our wickednesses, and hast given us a deliverance as it is come to pass this day.

³² For he that I must give answer unto, and with whom I go to law, is not a man as I am. ³³ Neither is there any daysman to lay his hand between us.

⁶ that he might show thee out of his secret wisdom how manifold his law is! Then shouldest thou know that God had forgotten thee, because of thy sins.

¹¹ For it is he that knoweth the vanity of men. He seeth their wickedness also; should he not then consider it?

²¹ Though a body might plead with God, as one man doth with another,

⁷ He that is just shall enter disputation with him, and my judge shall deliver me forever.

¹⁰ "Therefore hearken unto me, ye that have understanding. Far be it from God, that he should meddle with wickedness: and far be it from the Almighty, that he should meddle with unrighteous dealing: ¹¹ but he rewardeth the works of man, and causeth every man to find according to his ways. ¹² For sure it is, that God condemneth no man wrongfully, and the judgment of the Almighty is not unrighteous.

¹³⁷ {Tsadi} Righteous art thou, O LORD, and true is thy judgment.

³ A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: but faithfully and truly shall he give judgment.

⁵ Thus sayeth the LORD unto you, "What unfaithfulness found your fathers in me, that they went so far away from me, falling to lightness, and being so vain?

⁷ O LORD righteousness belongeth unto thee; unto us pertaineth nothing but open shame: as it is come to pass this day unto every man of Judah, and to them that dwell at Jerusalem. Yea, unto all Israel, whether they be far or nigh, throughout all lands wherein thou hast strawed them, because of the offenses that they had done against thee. ⁸ Yea O LORD: Unto us, to our kings and princes, to our forefathers, even to us all that have offended thee, belongeth open shame. ⁹ But unto thee O LORD our God, pertaineth mercy and forgiveness. As for us, we are gone back from him,

²⁰ But O man what art thou, which disputest with God? Shall the work say to the workman, "Why hast thou made me on this fashion?"

³⁰ Wherefore the LORD God of Israel sayeth, 'I said that thine house and the house of thy father should have walked before me forever. But now the LORD sayeth that be far from me: for them that honoureth me I will honour, and they that despise me, shall not be regarded. ³¹ Behold, the days will come that I will cut off thine arm and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an elder in thine house. ³² And thou shalt see thine enemy in the tabernacle, in all that shall please Israel, and there shall not be an elder in thine house while the world standeth. ³³ Yet will I will not root out every man of thee from mine altar, but that thine eyes may be consumed, and thy soul may be sorry. And a great multitude of thine house shall die young. ³⁴ And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: Even in one day they shall die, both of them. ³⁵ And I will stir me up a faithful priest that shall do as it is in mine heart and in my mind. And I will build him a sure house. And he shall walk before mine anointed forever. ³⁶ And they that are left in thine house, shall come and crouch to him for a little piece of silver and a cake of bread, and shall say: put me, I pray thee, in one office or other among the priests, that I may eat a morsel of bread.'"

²⁸ Then Samuel said, "The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine that is better than thou.

⁷ Go and tell Jeroboam, thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel: 'Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the common people and made thee prince over my people Israel, ⁸ and did rent the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it thee — and thou hast not been as was my servant David, which kept my commandments and followed me with all his heart, to do that only which seemeth right in mine eyes -

¹⁴ Moreover, the LORD shall stir him up a king over Israel which shall destroy the house of Jeroboam in that day. And what is that, that is now in hand?

² "How long will ye vex my mind, and trouble me with words?

⁹ Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron, and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel."

⁴ He shall keep the simple folk by their right, defend the children of the poor, and punish the wrongdoer.

⁵ They smite down thy people, O LORD, and trouble thine heritage.

⁷ Which taketh up the simple out of the dust, and lifteth the poor out of the mire, ⁸ that he may set him among the princes, even among the princes of his people.

²⁰ Thou breakest my weapons of war, and yet through thee I have scattered the nations and kingdoms; ²¹ through thee have I scattered horse and horseman; yea, the chariots, and such as sat upon them; ²² through thee I have scattered man and woman, old and young, bachelor and maiden. ²³ Through thee I have scattered the shepherd and his flock, the husbandman and his cattle, the princes and the rulers.

²¹ He changeth the times and ages; he putteth down kings, he setteth up kings; he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and understanding to those that understand;

³⁴ Thou beheldest it till a stone was cut without hands, which smote the image upon the feet that were both of iron and earth, and brake them to powder. ³⁵ Then was the iron, the earth, the copper, the silver and gold broken altogether in pieces: and became like the chaff of corn, that the wind bloweth away from the summer floors, that they can no more be found. But the stone that smote the Image, became a great mountain, which fulfilleth the whole earth.

²⁸ Phares, thy kingdom is dealt in parts, and given to the Medes and Persians." ²⁹ Then commanded Belshazzar to clothe Daniel with purple, to hang a chain of gold about his neck, and to make a proclamation concerning him: that he should be the ruler of the third part of his kingdom. ³⁰ The very same night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain, ³¹ and Darius out of Media took in the kingdom, being sixty two years of age.

²⁰ In the twinkling of an eye shall they be slain: and at midnight, when the people and the tyrants rage, then shall they perish, and be taken away without hands.

¹⁵ He fashioneth all the hearts of them, and understandeth all their works.

⁸ They hold swords every one, and are expert in war. Every man hath his sword upon his thigh, because of fear in the night.

¹ This is the heavy burden upon Moab: Ar of Moab was destroyed and overthrown in the night season: Kir also, in Moab, perished in the night and vanished away.

¹⁸ For I will come to gather all people and tongues with their works and imaginations: these shall come, and see my glory.

² They consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. They go about with their own inventions, but I see them well enough.

⁷ The LORD hath sworn against the pride of Jacob, "These works of theirs will I never forget.

¹² And I saw the dead, both great and small, stand before God: And the books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged of those things which were written in the books according to their deeds.

³⁰ Thus the LORD delivered Israel the selfsame day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the seaside.

⁹ Thine hand shall be first upon him to kill him; and then the hands of all the people. ¹⁰ And thou shalt stone him with stones that he die, because he hath gone about to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God which brought thee out of Egypt, the house of bondage. ¹¹ And all Israel shall hear and fear and shall do no more, and such wickedness as this is, among them.

²¹ Then let all the men of that city stone him with stones unto death. And so thou shalt put evil away from thee, and all Israel shall hear and fear.

¹¹ Thus sayeth the LORD, 'Behold, I will stir up evil against thee even of thine own house and will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, which shall sleep with them in the sight of the sun. ¹² And thou didst it secretly, yet will I do this thing before all Israel and in the open sunlight.'"

¹⁰ The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance, and shall wash his feet in the blood of the ungodly. ¹¹ So that men shall say, "Verily there is a reward for the righteous! Doubtless, there is a God that judgeth the earth!"

²⁴ And they shall go forth and look upon the carrions of them that have transgressed against me. For their worms shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched, and all flesh shall abhor them.

²⁰ Them that sin, rebuke openly that others may fear.

²⁴ Some men's sins are open beforehand and go before unto judgement: some men's sins follow after.

⁹ And the kings of the earth shall beweep her and wail over her, which have committed fornication with her, and have lived wantonly with her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, ¹⁰ and shall stand afar off, for fear of her punishment, saying, 'Alas, Alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city: For at one hour is her judgment come.'

²⁰ Rejoice over her thou heaven, and ye holy apostles, and prophets: for God hath given your judgment on her."

¹¹ "It repenteth me that I have made Saul king. For he is turned from me and hath not performed my commandments." Wherefore Samuel was evil apaid and cried unto the LORD all night.

⁵ For they regard not in their mind the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands: therefore shall he break them down, and not build them up.

⁴³ Whoso is wise, and pondereth these things well, shall understand the loving-kindness of the LORD.

⁵ As for such as turn back unto their own wickedness, the LORD shall lead them forth with the evil doers; but peace shall be upon Israel.

²⁹ And that because they hated knowledge, and received not the fear of the LORD, ³⁰ but abhorred my counsel, and despised my correction.

³ The ox knoweth his owner, and the Ass his master's crib; but Israel knoweth nothing. My people hath no understanding.

¹² In those companies are harps and lutes, tabrets and pipes, and wine. But they regard not the work of the LORD, and consider not the operation of his hands.

⁶ which start back from the LORD, and neither seek after the LORD, nor regard him.

¹⁵ And now, I pray you, consider from this day forth, and how it hath gone with you afore - before there was laid one stone upon another in the temple of the LORD - ¹⁶ that when ye came to a corn heap of twenty bushels, there were scarce ten: and that when ye came to the wine press for to pour out fifty pots of wine, there were scarce twenty. ¹⁷ For I smote you with heat, blasting and hailstones in all the labors of your hands: yet was there none of you, that would turn unto me, sayeth the LORD. ¹⁸ Consider then from this day forth and afore, namely, from the twenty fourth day of the ninth month, unto the day that the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid: Mark it well, ¹⁹ is not the seed yet in the barn? Have not the vines, the fig trees, the pomegranates and the olive trees been yet unfruitful? But from this day forth, I shall make them to prosper."

³¹ At that day, he that is on the housetop, and his stuff in the house: let him not come down to take it out. And likewise let not him that is in the fields, turn back again to that he left behind. ³² Remember Lot's wife.

³⁸ But Paul thought it not meet to take him unto their company which departed from them at Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

¹⁰ For Demas hath left me, and hath loved this present world, and is departed into Thessalonica. Crescens is gone to Galatia, and Titus unto Dalmatia.

³⁹ We are not which withdraw ourselves unto damnation, but pertain to faith, to the winning of the soul.

²³ And it chanced, in process of time, that the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel sighed by the reason of labour, and cried. ²⁴ And their complaint came up unto God from the labour. And God remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

⁷ Then the LORD said, "I have surely seen the trouble of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry, which they have of their taskmasters. For I know their sorrow,

⁹ Now therefore behold, the complaint of the children of Israel is come unto me and I have also seen the oppression, wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

²³ If ye shall trouble them, they shall cry unto me, and I will surely hear their cry; ²⁴ and then will my wrath wax hot and I will kill you with sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless. ²⁵ If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be as an usurer unto him, neither shalt oppress him with usury. ²⁶ If thou take thy neighbor's raiment to pledge, see that thou deliver it unto him again by that the sun go down. ²⁷ For that is his coverlet only: even the raiment for his skin wherein he sleepeth: or else he will cry unto me and I will hear him, for I am merciful.

⁹ Thou hast sent widows away empty and oppressed the poor fatherless. ¹⁰ Therefore art thou compassed about with snares on every side, and suddenly vexed with fear.

¹² "The whole city crieth unto the LORD with sighing, the souls of the slain make their complaint: But God destroyeth them not for all this,

¹² "For I delivered the poor when he cried, and the fatherless that wanted help. ¹³ He that should have been lost, gave me a good word, and the widow's heart praised me.

¹⁹ Have I seen any man perish through nakedness and want of clothing? Or any poor man for lack of raiment, ²⁰ whose sides thanked me not, because he was warmed with the wool of my sheep?

⁹ "There is a great cry and complaint made by them that are oppressed with violence; yea, every man complaineth upon the cruel arm of tyrants.

⁵ "Now, for the comfortless troubles' sake of the needy, and because of the deep sighing of the poor, I will arise," saith the LORD, "and will help them, and set them at rest."

⁷ As for the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts, it is the house of Israel, and whole Judah his fair planting. Of these he looked for equity, but see there is wrong; for righteousness, lo, it is but misery.

⁴ Behold, the hire of the laborers which have reaped down your fields — which hire is of you kept back by fraud — crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped, are entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

¹ And in process, as the king dwelt in his house after that the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies,

⁹ And the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, came Shalmaneser king of Assyria upon Samaria and besieged it. ¹⁰ And they took it at the end of three years, which was the sixth of Hezekiah: that is to say the ninth year of Hosea king of Israel, was Samaria won. ¹¹ And the king of Assiria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes: ¹² because they would not hearken unto the voice of the LORD their God. But transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would neither hear nor do.

¹⁴ Thereto, all the rulers of the priests with the people trespassed apace after all manner of abominations of the heathen, and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. ¹⁵ And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, sending them betimes: for he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. ¹⁶ But they mocked the messengers of God and despised their words and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD so arose against his people that it was past remedy. ¹⁷ And so he brought upon them the king of Chaldeans and slew their young men with the sword in their holy temple, and neither spared young man nor maiden, neither old man, neither so much as him that stooped for age: But gave all into his hand.

¹⁴ If he break down a thing, who can set it up again? If he shut a thing, who will open it?

⁸ "For though I go before, I find him not; If I come behind, I can get no knowledge of him; ⁹ If I go on the left side to ponder his works, I can not attain unto them. Again, if I go on the rightside, he hideth himself, that I cannot see him.

¹³ "It is he, himself, alone. Who will turn him back? He doth as him listeth, and bringeth to pass what he will.

¹ So Job proceeded and went forth in his communication, saying, ² "Oh that I were as I was in the months by past, and in the days when God preserved me; ³ When his light shined upon my head; when I went after the same light and shining, even through the darkness.

¹ {To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? Forever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

⁹ O hide not thou thy face from me, nor cast thy servant away in displeasure. Thou hast been my succor; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God my Saviour.

⁷ But as soon as thou didst turn thy face from me, I was troubled.

⁷ Hear me, O LORD, and that soon, for my spirit waxeth faint; hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the grave.

³ When the LORD now shall bring thee to rest; from the travail, fear, and hard bondage that thou wast laden withal. ⁴ Then shalt thou use this mockage upon the king of Babylon, and say: How happeneth that the oppressor leaveth off? Is the gold tribute come to an end? ⁵ Doubtless the LORD hath broken the staff of the ungodly, and the scepter of the lordly. ⁶ Which when he is wroth, smiteth the people with durable strokes, and in his wonders he persecuteth them, and tameth them continually. ⁷ And therefore the whole world is at rest and quietness, and men sing for joy. ⁸ Yea even the fir trees and Cedars of Lebanon rejoice at thy fall, saying, 'Now that thou art laid down, there come no more up to destroy us.'

³ And thou, which art the doer and hast the matter in hand: shall provide for peace, even the peace that men hope for in thee.

¹⁷ And the reward of righteousness shall be peace; and her fruit, rest and quietness forever.

⁸ Moreover, that people and kingdom which will not serve Nebuchadnezzar, and that will not put their necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, the same people will I visit with the sword, with hunger, and with pestilence, until I have consumed them in his hands, sayeth the LORD.

²⁷ Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you. Not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your hearts be grieved, neither fear ye.

³¹ What shall we then say unto these things? if God be on our side: who can be against us? ³² Which spared not his own son, but gave him for us all: How shall he not with him give us all things also? ³³ Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's chosen? It is God that justifieth: ³⁴ who then shall condemn? It is Christ which is dead; Yea rather which is risen again, which is also on the righthand of God and maketh intercession for us.

⁷ And the peace of God which passeth all understanding keep your hearts, and minds in Christ Jesus.

²⁸ Whereupon the king took counsel and made two calves of gold and said unto the people, "Ye shall not need to go any more to Jerusalem. Behold your gods, Israel, which brought you out of the land of Egypt!" ²⁹ And he put the one in Bethel and the other in Dan. ³⁰ And that doing was a cause of sin. And the people went before the one as far as Dan.

⁹ But they hearkened not: for Manasseh had led them out of the way, to do more wickedness than did the heathen people which the LORD destroyed from before the children of Israel.

²¹ And why? His eyes look upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

⁸ The ungodly walk on every side; when they are exalted, the children of men are put to rebuke.

² Where the righteous have the over hand, the people are in prosperity; but where the ungodly beareth rule, there the people mourn. ³ Whoso loveth wisdom, maketh his father a glad man; but he that keepeth harlots, spendeth away that he hath. ⁴ With true judgment the king setteth up the land; but if he be a man that taketh gifts, he turneth it upside down. ⁵ Whoso flattereth his neighbour, layeth a net for his feet. ⁶ The sin of the wicked is his own snare, but the righteous shall be glad and rejoice. ⁷ The righteous considereth the cause of the poor, but the ungodly regardeth no understanding. ⁸ Wicked people bring a city in decay, but wise men set it up again. ⁹ If a wise man go to law with a fool - whether he deal with him friendly or roughly - he getteth no rest. ¹⁰ The bloodthirsty hate the righteous, but the just seek his soul. ¹¹ A fool poureth out his spirit altogether, but a wise man keepeth it in till afterward. ¹² If a prince delight in lies, all his servants are ungodly.

¹⁸ For wisdom is better than harness: but one unthrifty alone destroyeth much good.

¹¹ Ephraim is oppressed, and can have no right of the law. For why? They follow the doctrines of men.

¹¹ Well, I gave thee a king in my wrath, and in my displeasure will I take him from thee again.

¹⁶ Ye keep the ordinances of Omri, and all the customs of the house of Ahab: Ye follow their pleasures, therefore will I make thee waste, and cause thy inhabiters to be abhorred, O my people: and thus shalt thou bear thine own shame.

⁴ which is an adversary, and is exalted above all that is called God, or that is worshipped: so that he shall sit as God in the temple of God, and show himself as God. ⁵ Remember ye not, that when I was yet with you, I told you these things? ⁶ And now ye know what withholdeth: even that he might be uttered at his time. ⁷ For the mystery of that iniquity doth he already work, which only looketh, till he be taken out of the way ⁸ and then shall that wicked be uttered, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the appearance of his coming, ⁹ even him whose coming is by the working of Satan, with all lying power, signs, and wonders: ¹⁰ and in all deceivableness of unrighteousness, among them that perish: because they received not the love of the truth, that they might have been saved. ¹¹ And therefore God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe lies:

³ and I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world wondered at the beast, ⁴ and they worshipped the dragon, which gave power unto the beast, and they worshipped the beast, saying, "Who is like unto the beast? who is able to war with him?"

¹¹ And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as did the dragon. ¹² And he did all that the first beast could do in his presence, and he caused the earth, and them which dwell therein, to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. ¹³ And he did great wonders, so that he made fire come down from heaven in the sight of men. ¹⁴ And deceived them that dwelt on the earth, by the means of those signs which he had power to do in the sight of the beast, saying to them that dwelt on the earth: that they should make an image unto the beast, which had the wound of a sword, and did live.

⁴¹ Therefore I also will walk contrary unto them, and will bring them into the land of their enemies. And then at the least way their uncircumcised hearts shall be tamed, and then they shall make an atonement for their misdeeds.

¹³ And after all this that is come upon us, because of our evil deeds and great trespass, thou our God hast spared our wickednesses, and hast given us a deliverance as it is come to pass this day. ¹⁴ As for us, we have turned back, and have let go thy commandments, to make contract with the people of these abominations. Wilt thou then be wroth at us, till we be utterly consumed, so that nothing remain, and there be no deliverance?

³³ Thou art righteous in all that thou hast brought upon us: for thou hast done right. ³⁴ As for us: we have been ungodly, and our kings, princes, priests, and fathers have not done after thy law, nor regarded thy commandments, and thy earnest exhortations wherewith thou hast exhorted them, ³⁵ and have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goods that thou gavest them, and in the large and plenteous land which thou gavest them; and have not converted from their wicked works. ³⁶ Behold, therefore are we in bondage this day: yea, even in the land that thou gavest unto our fathers, to enjoy the fruits and goods thereof, behold, there are we bondsmen. ³⁷ And great is the increase of it unto the kings, whom thou hast set over us because of our sins, and they have dominion over our bodies, and cattle, and we are in great trouble. ³⁸ And in all this make we a sure covenant, and write it, and let our princes, Levites, and priests seal it."

²⁷ Such a respect hath he unto men. Therefore let a man confess, and say, 'I offended, but he hath chastened and reformed me: I did unrighteously nevertheless he hath not recompensed me thereafter.

³ Job answered the LORD, saying, ⁴ "Behold, I am too vile a person to answer thee, therefore will I lay my hand upon my mouth. ⁵ Once or twice have I spoken, but I will say no more."

⁶ Wherefore I give mine own self the blame, and take repentance in the dust and ashes."

¹⁸ Moreover, I heard Ephraim, that was led away captive, complain on this manner, 'O LORD, thou hast corrected me, and thy chastening have I received, as an untamed calf. Convert thou me, and I shall be converted, for thou art my LORD God. ¹⁹ Yea, as soon as thou turnest me, I shall reform myself: and when I understand, I shall smite upon my thigh. For verily I have committed shameful things: O let my youth bear this reproof and confusion.'

⁷ O LORD righteousness belongeth unto thee; unto us pertaineth nothing but open shame: as it is come to pass this day unto every man of Judah, and to them that dwell at Jerusalem. Yea, unto all Israel, whether they be far or nigh, throughout all lands wherein thou hast strawed them, because of the offenses that they had done against thee. ⁸ Yea O LORD: Unto us, to our kings and princes, to our forefathers, even to us all that have offended thee, belongeth open shame. ⁹ But unto thee O LORD our God, pertaineth mercy and forgiveness. As for us, we are gone back from him, ¹⁰ and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he laid before us by his servants the Prophets. ¹¹ Yea, all Israel have transgressed, and gone back from thy law, so that they have not hearkened unto thy voice. Wherefore the curse and oath, that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, against whom we have offended, is poured upon us. ¹² And he hath performed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us: to bring upon us such a great plague, as never was under heaven, like as it is now come to pass in Jerusalem. ¹³ Yea, all this plague, as it is written in the law of Moses, is come upon us. Yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn again from our wickedness, and to be learned in thy verity. ¹⁴ Therefore hath the LORD made haste, to bring this plague upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doth. For why? We would not hearken unto his voice.

⁹ I will bear the punishment of the LORD - For why? I have offended him - till he sit in judgment upon my cause, and see that I have right. He will bring me forth to the light, and I shall see his righteousness.

² and will say unto God: O do not condemn me; but show me the cause, wherefore thou contendest so with me.

¹¹ Which giveth us more understanding than he doth the beasts of the earth, and teacheth us more than the fouls of heaven?'

¹² Who can tell how oft he offendeth? O cleanse thou me from my secret faults.

⁴ Show me thy ways, O LORD, and teach me thy paths. ⁵ Lead me forth in thy truth, and learn me. For thou art the God of my salvation; in thee hath been my hope all the day long.

⁸ I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein thou shalt go; and I will guide thee with mine eye.

²³ Try me, O God, and seek the ground of mine heart; prove me, and examine my thoughts. ²⁴ Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.

⁸ O let me hear thy loving-kindness betimes in the morning; for in thee is my trust. Show thou me the way that I should walk in; for I lift up my soul unto thee. ⁹ Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies, for I resort unto thee to hide me. ¹⁰ Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee; for thou art my God. Let thy loving spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousness.

¹³ He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper; but who so knowledgeth them and forsaketh them, shall have mercy.

⁸ Bring forth due fruits of repentance; And begin not to say in yourselves, we have Abraham to our father. For I say unto you: God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. ⁹ Now also is the axe laid unto the root of the trees: So that every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit shall be hewn down, and cast into the fire." ¹⁰ And the people asked him, saying, "What shall we do then?" ¹¹ He answered and said unto them, "He that hath two coats, let him part with him that hath none: And he that hath meat, let him do likewise." ¹² Then came there publicans to be baptised, and said unto him, "Master, what shall we do?" ¹³ And he said unto them, "Require no more than that which is appointed unto you." ¹⁴ The soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, "And what shall we do?" And he said to them, "Do violence to no man: neither trouble any man wrongfully: But be content with your wages."

²² so then, as concerning the conversation in time past, lay from you that old man, which is corrupt through the deceivable lusts,

²⁵ Wherefore, put away lying, and speak every man truth unto his neighbor, forasmuch as we are members one of another. ²⁶ Be angry, but sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath, ²⁷ neither give place unto the backbiter. ²⁸ Let him that stole, steal no more; but let him rather labour with his hands some good thing, that he may have to give unto him that needeth.

¹² If he be hasty to take anything away, who will make him restore it again? Who will say unto him, 'What doest thou?'

³¹ He will never apply himself to faithfulness and truth, so sore is he deceived with vanity.

⁴ Why destroyest thou thyself with anger? Shall the earth be forsaken, or the stones removed out of their place because of thee?

⁵ If thou canst, then give me answer: prepare thyself to stand before me face to face.

³² But if thou hast anything to say, then answer me, and speak, for thy answer pleaseth me.

¹¹ but he rewardeth the works of man, and causeth every man to find according to his ways.

¹¹ "Or, who hath given me anything afore hand, that I am bound to reward him again? All things under heaven are mine.

³⁰ But if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments, ³¹ if they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments, ³² I will visit their offenses with the rod, and their sins with scourges.

⁶ Whatsoever the LORD pleaseth that doeth he in heaven and in earth; in the sea, and in all deep places.

³¹ If the righteous be recompensed upon earth, how much more then the ungodly and the sinner?

⁹ Woe be unto him that chideth with his maker, the potsherd with the potter. Sayeth the clay to the potter, "What makest thou?" or "Thy work serveth for nothing?"

¹² 'These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us which have borne the burden and heat of the day.' ¹³ He answered to one of them, saying, 'Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penny?' ¹⁴ Take that which is thy duty, and go thy way. I will give unto this last, as much as to thee. ¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me to do as me listeth, with mine own? Is thine eye evil because I am good?

³⁵ Other who hath given unto him first, that he might be recompensed again?

⁶ It is verily a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you, ⁷ and to you which are troubled, rest with us; when the Lord Jesus shall show himself from heaven, with his mighty angels,

² For if the word which was spoken by angels was steadfast — so that every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense to reward -

²⁶ and esteemed the rebuke of Christ greater riches, than the treasure of Egypt. For he had a respect unto the reward.

² "Hear my words, O ye wise men: hearken unto me, ye that have understanding.

⁴ As for the judgment, let us seek it out among ourselves, that we may know what is right.

¹⁰ "Therefore hearken unto me, ye that have understanding. Far be it from God, that he should meddle with wickedness: and far be it from the Almighty, that he should meddle with unrighteous dealing:

¹⁶ "If thou now have understanding, hear what I say, and hearken to the voice of my words.

² Look what ye know, that same do I know also, neither am I inferior unto you.

² "Should a wise man's answer be as the science of the wind, and fill his belly with the wind of the east?

¹⁶ Therefore hath Job opened his mouth but in vain, and foolishly hath he made so many words."

² "What is he that hideth his mind with foolish words?

³ For who can keep his own counsel so secret, but it shall be known? Therefore have I spoken unwisely, seeing these things are so high, and pass mine understanding.

⁶ "The houses of robbers are in wealth and prosperity; and they that maliciously meddle against God, dwell without care: yea, God giveth all things richly with his hand.

⁷ "Wherefore do wicked men live in health and prosperity, come to their old age, and increase in riches?

¹⁶ For insomuch as he is God, he maketh my heart soft: and seeing that he is Almighty, he putteth me in fear.

¹ Considering then that there is no time hid from the Almighty, how happeneth it, that they which know him, will not regard his days?

⁸ Which goeth in company of wicked doers, and walketh with ungodly men? ⁹ For he sayeth, 'Though a man be good, yet is he naught before God.'

³ Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night season; thou hast tried me, and shalt find no wickedness in me, for I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend.

² Examine me, O LORD, and prove me: try out my reins and my heart.

¹¹ Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have known what end the Lord made. For the Lord is very pitiful, and merciful.

²³ For rebelliousness is as the sin of witchcraft; and stubbornness is wickedness and idolatry. Because therefore thou hast cast away the word of the LORD, therefore hath the LORD cast away thee also, from being king."

² "How long wilt thou talk of such things? How long shall thy mouth speak so proud words? ³ Doth God pervert the thing that is lawful? Or, doth the Almighty destroy the thing that is right?

² "Should not he that maketh many words, be answered? Should he that babbleth much, be commended therein? ³ Should men give ear unto thee only? Thou wilt laugh other men to scorn; and shall nobody mock thee again?

² "My saying is yet this day in bitterness, and my hand heavy among my groanings.

²³ Then clap men their hands at him, yea and jest of him, when they look upon his place.

² "Thinkest thou it right, that thou saidst, 'I am righteous before God?' ³ For thou sayest, 'What advantage will it be unto thee, and what profit shall thou have of my sin?'

⁷ Now when the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, he said unto Eliphaz the Temanite, "I am displeased with thee and thy two friends, for ye have not spoken the thing that is right before me, like as my servant Job hath done.

¹⁹ If ye will agree and hearken, ye shall eat the best of the land, saith the LORD God. ²⁰ But if ye be obstinate and rebellious, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for thus the LORD hath promised with his own mouth.