Job Cross References - NSB

¹ A man named Job lived in Uz. He was a man of integrity! He was decent, he respected God, and he stayed away from evil. ² He had seven sons and three daughters. ³ He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, one thousand head of cattle, and five hundred donkeys. He also had a large number of servants. In fact he was the greatest (richest) of all the Orientals in the East! ⁴ Job's sons used to take turns giving a feast. They invited many others to come, and they always invited their three sisters to join them. ⁵ The morning after each feast, Job would get up early to offer sacrifices for each of his children in order to purify them. He always did this because he thought that one of them might have sinned by insulting God unintentionally. ⁶ The day came when heavenly beings appeared before Jehovah (YHWH). Satan was there among them. ⁷ Jehovah asked him: »What have you been doing?« Satan answered: »I have been walking here and there and roaming around the earth.« ⁸ »Did you notice my servant Job?« Jehovah asked. »There is no one on earth as faithful and good as he is. He respects me and is careful not to do anything evil.« ⁹ Satan replied: »Would Job respect you if he got nothing out of it? ¹⁰ »You have always protected him and his family and everything he owns. You bless everything he does. You have given him enough cattle to fill the whole country. ¹¹ »Now suppose you take away everything he has. He will curse you to your face!« ¹² »All right,« Jehovah said to Satan, »everything he has is in your power, but you must not hurt Job!« So Satan left. ¹³ One day when Job's children were having a feast at the home of their oldest brother, ¹⁴ a messenger came running to Job. »We were plowing the fields with the cattle,« he said, »and the donkeys were in a nearby pasture. ¹⁵ »Suddenly the Sabeans attacked and stole them all. They killed every one of your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.« ¹⁶ Before he finished speaking, another servant came and said: »Lightning struck the sheep and the shepherds and killed them all. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.« ¹⁷ Before he finished speaking, another servant came and said: »Three bands of Chaldean raiders attacked us. They took away the camels and killed all your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.« ¹⁸ No sooner had he finished speaking, then another servant came and said: »Your children were having a feast at the home of your oldest son, ¹⁹ when a storm swept in from the desert. It blew the house down and killed them all. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.« ²⁰ Then Job got up and tore his clothes in grief. He shaved his head and threw himself face down on the ground. ²¹ He said: »I was born with nothing (naked), and I will die with nothing. Jehovah gave, and now he has taken away. Blessed be the name of Jehovah!« ²² In spite of everything that had happened, Job did not sin by blaming God.

¹⁹ »You will eat your food by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground. You came from the ground. For dust you are and to dust you will return.«

² The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful. They married any of them they chose.

⁴ The NEPHILIM were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God had sexual intercourse with the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. ⁵ Jehovah saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become. Every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.

⁹ This is the ACCOUNT OF NOAH. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. He walked with God.

²⁰ Noah built an altar to Jehovah and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it.

⁷ The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

²³ The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

²⁸ Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

²⁸ While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth.

³¹ Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot, son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.

⁵ He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran. They set out for the land of Canaan and soon arrived there.

¹⁶ He treated Abram well for her sake. Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.

⁶ But the land could not support them while they stayed together. Their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together.

¹ The word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision: »Do not be afraid, Abram; I am your shield. Your reward shall be very great.«

⁶ »Your servant is in your hands,« Abram said. »Do with her whatever you think best.« Then Sarai mistreated Hagar. So she ran away from her.

¹ Abram was ninety-nine years old. Jehovah appeared to him and said: »I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless.

²⁴ Jehovah made burning sulfur and fire rain out of the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah.

³ Early the next morning Abraham saddled his donkey. He took two of his servants and his son Isaac with him. He had cut the wood for the burnt offering. Then he set out for the place that God had told him about.

¹² »Do not hurt the boy or harm him in any way!« The angel said. »Now I know that you truly obey God, because you were willing to offer him your only son.«

²⁰ Abraham’s brother Nahor had married Milcah, and Abraham was later told that they had eight sons. ²¹ Uz was their firstborn. Buz was next. Then there was Kemuel who became the father of Aram. Their other five sons were

³ Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan, and the descendants of Dedan were the Asshurim, the Letushim, and the Leummim.

⁶ While Abraham was still alive, he gave gifts to the sons of Hagar and Keturah. He also sent their sons to live in the east far from his son Isaac.

¹¹ So Abimelech charged all the people, saying: »He who touches this man or his wife will certainly be put to death.« ¹² Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. Jehovah blessed him.

¹ Jacob continued on his trip and arrived at the land in the east.

² Jacob became angry with Rachel. He said: »I cannot take the place of God. He is the one who keeps you from having children.«

³⁰ »The little that you had before I came has grown to a large amount. Jehovah has blessed you wherever I have been. When may I do something for my own family?«

⁴³ He became exceedingly prosperous, and had large flocks and female and male servants and camels and donkeys.

²³ »Then all their livestock and everything else they own will be ours. So let us agree that they can live among us.«

² Jacob said to his family and those who were with him: »Get rid of the foreign gods that you have. Wash yourselves until you are ritually clean. Change your clothes. ³ »After that let us go to Bethel. I will make an altar there to God, who answered me when I was troubled and who has been with me wherever I have gone.«

²⁸ These were the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

²⁹ Reuben came back to the pit and found that Joseph was not there. He tore his clothes in sorrow.

³² They took the robe to their father and said: »We found this. Does it belong to your son?« ³³ He recognized it and said: »Yes, it is his! Some wild animal has killed him. My son Joseph has been torn to pieces!« ³⁴ Jacob tore his clothes in sorrow and put on sackcloth. He mourned for his son a long time.

⁵ Jehovah blessed the Egyptian’s household and everything he had in his house and in his fields because of Joseph.

³⁶ Their father Jacob said to them: »You are going to make me lose all my children! Joseph is no longer with us. Simeon is no longer with us. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!«

⁵ »Dear brothers, do not be sad or angry with yourselves that you sold me. God sent me ahead of you to save lives.

²⁵ »because of the God of your father who helps you, because of the Almighty who blesses you from the heavens above, blessings from the deep springs below the ground, blessings from breasts and womb.

²⁸ »Pray to Jehovah! We have had enough of this thunder and hail! I promise to let you go. You do not have to stay here any longer.«

¹² Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal with Moses’ father-in-law before God.

²¹ »You should choose capable men from all the people. Find men who respect God. These must be men you can trust who hate corruption. Put them in charge of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

¹⁰ Jehovah continued: »Go to the people and tell them to spend today and tomorrow purifying themselves for worship. They must wash their clothes.

⁵ Moses sent young men to burn sacrifices to Jehovah. They sacrificed some cattle as peace offerings.

³ »‘If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, it should be a male without defect. He shall offer it at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before Jehovah. ⁴ »‘He should lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering. It may then be accepted for him to make atonement with Jehovah on his behalf. ⁵ »‘Slaughter the bull in Jehovah’s presence. Aaron's sons, the priests, will offer the blood. They will throw it against all sides of the altar that is at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. ⁶ »‘Skin the burnt offering, and cut it into pieces.

²⁴ Fire came out from Jehovah’s presence and consumed the burnt offering and the pieces of fat on the altar. As soon as all the people saw this, they shouted and bowed with their faces touching the ground.

² A fire flashed from Jehovah and burned them. They died in the presence of Jehovah.

¹⁰ A man, whose mother was Shelomith (daughter of Dibri, from the tribe of Dan in Israel) and whose father was from Egypt, got into a quarrel with an Israelite in the camp. ¹¹ The Israelite woman's son began cursing Jehovah’s name and treating it with contempt. So they brought him to Moses. ¹² They held him in custody until Jehovah told them what to do. ¹³ Jehovah spoke to Moses: ¹⁴ »The man who cursed my name must be taken outside the camp. All who heard him curse my name must lay their hands on his head. Then the whole congregation must stone him to death. ¹⁵ »Inform the Israelites: ‘Those who treat their God with contempt will be punished for their sin. ¹⁶ »‘However those who curse Jehovah’s name must be put to death. The whole congregation must stone them to death. It makes no difference whether they are Israelites or foreigners. Whoever curses (abuses) Jehovah’s name must die.

¹ The people complained out loud to Jehovah about their troubles. Jehovah heard them and he became angry. Fire from Jehovah burned among them. It destroyed some people on the outskirts of the camp. ² The people cried out to Moses. Moses prayed to Jehovah! And the fire died down. ³ That place was called Taberah (Fire) because fire from Jehovah burned among them there.

³ Moses was a very humble (meek) man. He was more humble than anyone else on earth.

⁷ »‘But this is not the way I treat my servant Moses. He is the most faithful person in my household. ⁸ »‘I speak with him face to face. I speak plainly and not in riddles. He even sees the form of Jehovah. Why were you not afraid to criticize my servant Moses?’«

³² The booty that remained from the spoil the men of war had plundered was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep, ³³ and seventy-two thousand cattle, ³⁴ and sixty-one thousand donkeys,

⁷ Balaam delivered this message: »Balak brought me from Aram. The king of Moab summoned me from the eastern mountains. Come and curse Jacob for me,« he said. ‘Come and condemn Israel.

¹³ »He will love you, bless you, and increase the number of your descendants. He will bless you with children. He will bless your land with produce: grain, new wine, and olive oil. He will bless your herds with calves, and your flocks with lambs and kids. This will all happen in the land Jehovah will give you, as he swore to your fathers.

¹⁸ »I fell down before Jehovah. Like the first, forty days and nights I did not eat or drink. This was because of all your sin you committed in doing what was evil in the sight of Jehovah to provoke Him to anger.

² »These are all the blessings that will come to you and stay close to you because you obey Jehovah your God: ³ »Jehovah will bless your towns and your fields. ⁴ »Jehovah will bless you with many children, with abundant crops, and with many cattle and sheep. ⁵ »Jehovah will bless your grain crops and the food you prepare from them. ⁶ »Jehovah will make you successful in your daily work.

¹¹ »O Jehovah, bless his skills and accept the work of his hands. Shatter the loins of those who rise up against him and those who hate him, so that they will not rise again.«

²⁷ »The eternal God is a dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He drove out the enemy from before you, and said: ‘Destroy!’

⁷ »Be strong and very courageous, that you may be careful to do according to all the Law, which Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.

¹² The Midianites, the Amalekites, and the desert tribesmen were spread out in the valley like a swarm of locusts. They had so many camels they could not be counted. They were as plentiful as there are grains of sand on the seashore.

¹⁰ Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor. Their armies were with them, about fifteen thousand men all that were left of all the armies of the children of the east. They had already lost a hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen.

³ When the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites and the Amalekites along with the desert tribes attacked them.

⁵ They came with their livestock and tents, as thick as locusts. It was impossible to count the men and their camels. They entered the land and destroyed it.

³⁰ Samson shouted: »Let me die with the Philistines!« He pushed with all his might, and the building fell down on the five kings and everyone else. Samson killed more people at his death than he had killed during his life.

¹⁷ The messenger answered: »Israel ran away from the Philistines. It was a great slaughter and a terrible defeat for us! Besides that, your sons Hophni and Phinehas were killed, and God’s Ark of the Covenant was captured!«

⁷ »Jehovah takes away and He gives riches. He brings low and lifts up high.

¹⁸ Then Samuel told Eli everything. Eli replied: »He is Jehovah! He will do what he thinks is right.«

⁵ »Greetings,« he replied, »I have come to sacrifice to Jehovah. »Perform the ceremonies to make yourselves holy, and come with me to the sacrifice.« He performed the ceremonies for Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

² There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very rich man. He had three thousand sheep and one thousand goats. He sheared his sheep in Carmel.

¹⁶ »They protected our sheep and us day and night the whole time we were with them.

³ David asked: »Where did you come from?« The man answered: »I escaped from Israel’s army.«

¹⁵ There was panic among the army in the field. All the troops in the military post trembled with fear. The raiding party also trembled in fear. The earth shook, and there was a panic sent from God.

²⁰ Ahimelech, Ahitub’s son had one son who escaped. His name was Abiathar. He fled to David. ²¹ Abiathar told David that Saul killed Jehovah’s priests.

¹⁶ David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and lay on the ground all night. ¹⁷ The elders in his palace stood beside him to raise him up from the ground. But he was unwilling and he would not eat with them. ¹⁸ On the seventh day the child died. David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead. They thought: »While the child was alive, we talked to him, and he would not listen to us. How can we tell him the child is dead? He may harm himself.« ¹⁹ David saw that his servants were whispering to one another. He realized (discerned) that the child was dead. »Is the child dead?« David asked them. »Yes, he is dead.« They answered. ²⁰ David got up from the floor. He took a bath, combed his hair, and changed his clothes. Then he went and worshiped in the Temple of Jehovah. After that he returned to the palace and ate.

¹³ A messenger told David: »Absalom has the hearts of the people of Israel.«

¹² »Perhaps Jehovah will acknowledge my misery and give me some blessings to take away this curse.«

³³ The king was shaken by the news. He went to the room above the gate and cried. »My son Absalom!« He said. »My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!«

²⁸ Absalom gave an order to his servants: »Watch now and when Amnon begins to feel good from drinking too much wine, I will tell you, Attack Amnon. Then kill him. Do not be afraid. I give this order. Be strong and courageous.«

³⁰ Solomon was wiser than the wise men of the East or the wise men of Egypt.

³⁰ Solomon was wiser than the wise men of the East or the wise men of Egypt. ³¹ He was the wisest of all men. He was wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, and the sons of Mahol. His fame spread throughout all the neighboring countries.

¹⁵ The king did not listen to the people. This came about by Jehovah’s purpose, so that what he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, son of Nebat, might be fulfilled.

³⁰ The rest went in flight to Aphek, into the town, where a wall came down on the twenty-seven thousand who were still living. Benhadad went in flight into the town, into an inner room.

¹⁰ »If I am a man of God,« Elijah answered: »Let fire come down from heaven and kill you and your men!« At once fire came down and killed the officer and his men.

¹² »Since I am a man of God,« Elijah answered: »let fire come down from heaven and kill you and your men!« At once the fire of God came down and killed the officer and his men.

¹⁴ »The other officers and their men were killed by fire from heaven. Please, please be merciful to me!«

⁴ King Mesha of Moab raised sheep. Yearly he gave as tribute to the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs and the wool from one hundred thousand sheep.

³¹ Elijah took twelve stones, the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom Jehovah said: »Israel will be your name.«

³⁸ Then the fire of Jehovah came down. It burned up the offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and drinking up the water in the drain.

¹⁰ »Get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death.«

¹³ The two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people. They said: »Naboth has been cursing God and the king.« Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.

¹⁹ Micaiah continued: »Now listen to what Jehovah says! I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne in heaven, with all his angels standing beside him.«

²³ Micaiah concluded: This is what has happened. Jehovah made these prophets of yours lie to you. He has decreed that you will meet with disaster!

²⁵ He went into the house. Elisha asked him: »Where have you been?« »Oh, nowhere,« he answered.

¹⁹ Hezekiah said to Isaiah: »The word of Jehovah that you spoke is good. He added: »Is it not good that there is peace and security as long as I live?«

³ »Jehovah, Please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and truth. And consider my whole heart devoted to you. I have done what is good in your eyes.« Hezekiah wept bitterly.

²⁵ Never before had there been a king like him. He turned to Jehovah with all his heart and his entire mind and all his power. As the Law of Moses says: and after him there was no king like him.

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

⁴² The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

¹ Satan wanted to bring trouble on the people of Israel. He made David decide to take a census.

³ When all the Israelites saw the fire come down and Jehovah’s glory on the Temple, they knelt down with their faces on the pavement. They worshiped and praised Jehovah. They said: »He is good; his mercy (lovingkindness) endures forever.«

¹⁰ He also built fortified towers in the open country and dug many cisterns, because he had large herds of livestock in the western foothills and plains. Because he loved farming, he encouraged the people to plant vineyards in the hill country and to farm the fertile land.

²⁰ This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and right and true to Jehovah his God. ²¹ Hezekiah incorporated Moses’ teachings and commands into worship and dedicated his life to serving God. Whatever he did for the worship in God’s Temple, he did wholeheartedly, and he succeeded.

²⁹ He made towns for himself. He gathered much property in flocks and herds: for God had given him great wealth.

³ Hearing this, with signs of grief and pulling out the hair of my head and my chin, I took my seat on the earth deeply troubled.

¹⁵ Earlier rulers who came before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver. Even their servants were lords over the people. But I did not do so, out of reverence for God.

³⁰ The priests and the Levites made themselves clean; and they made the people clean, and the gateways and the wall.

¹¹ He gave them an account of the glories of his wealth. The number of children he had. He recalled the ways in which he had been honored by the king. How the king put him over the captains and servants of the king.

¹ A man named Job lived in Uz. He was a man of integrity! He was decent, he respected God, and he stayed away from evil.

³ He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, one thousand head of cattle, and five hundred donkeys. He also had a large number of servants. In fact he was the greatest (richest) of all the Orientals in the East! ⁴ Job's sons used to take turns giving a feast. They invited many others to come, and they always invited their three sisters to join them. ⁵ The morning after each feast, Job would get up early to offer sacrifices for each of his children in order to purify them. He always did this because he thought that one of them might have sinned by insulting God unintentionally.

⁸ »Did you notice my servant Job?« Jehovah asked. »There is no one on earth as faithful and good as he is. He respects me and is careful not to do anything evil.«

¹¹ »Now suppose you take away everything he has. He will curse you to your face!« ¹² »All right,« Jehovah said to Satan, »everything he has is in your power, but you must not hurt Job!« So Satan left. ¹³ One day when Job's children were having a feast at the home of their oldest brother,

¹⁵ »Suddenly the Sabeans attacked and stole them all. They killed every one of your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.« ¹⁶ Before he finished speaking, another servant came and said: »Lightning struck the sheep and the shepherds and killed them all. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.« ¹⁷ Before he finished speaking, another servant came and said: »Three bands of Chaldean raiders attacked us. They took away the camels and killed all your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.«

¹⁹ when a storm swept in from the desert. It blew the house down and killed them all. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.«

²¹ He said: »I was born with nothing (naked), and I will die with nothing. Jehovah gave, and now he has taken away. Blessed be the name of Jehovah!«

¹ One day when the sons of God came to present themselves in front of Jehovah, Satan the Accuser came along with them. ² Jehovah asked Satan: »Where have you come from? Satan replied to Jehovah: From wandering all over the earth.« ³ Jehovah asked Satan: »Have you thought about my servant Job? No one in the world is like him! He is a man of integrity! He is decent and he respects God. He stays away from evil. And he still holds on to his principles. You are trying to provoke me into ruining him for no reason.« ⁴ Satan answered Jehovah: »Skin for skin! Certainly, a man will give everything he has for his life. ⁵ »But stretch out your hand, and strike his flesh and bones and he will curse you to your face!«

⁵ »But stretch out your hand, and strike his flesh and bones and he will curse you to your face!« ⁶ Jehovah told Satan: »He is in your power, but you must spare his life!« ⁷ Satan left Jehovah’s presence and struck Job with painful boils from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.

⁹ His wife asked him: »Are you still holding on to your principles? Curse God and die!« ¹⁰ He said to her: »You are talking like a godless fool. We accept the good that God gives us. Should we not also accept the bad?« Through all this Job did not speak sinful words.

⁵ »But trouble comes to you, and you are impatient. It touches you, and you panic.

² »If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales! ³ »It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas, no wonder my words have been impetuous.

¹⁹ »The caravans of Tema look for water. The traveling merchants of Sheba hope and wait in vain.

⁴ »When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the power of their sin.

²⁰ »Certainly God does not reject a blameless man or strengthen the hands of evildoers.

²² »It is all one thing. Therefore I say: God destroys the blameless and the wicked. ²³ »If the scourge slays suddenly, God laughs at the plight of the innocent.

¹⁴ »He breaks through me with breach after breach. He runs at me like a warrior.

¹⁴ »They say to God: ‘Leave us alone! We do not desire to know your ways.’ ¹⁵ »Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what do we gain if we pray to him?

⁴ »I have become a laughingstock to my friends! I called upon God and he answered. Yet I am a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!

¹³ »Keep silent and let me speak! Then let come to me what may.

⁸ »This shocks decent people. The innocent are against the godless people. ⁹ »Yet, the righteous person clings to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

⁹ »He stripped me of my honor. He took the crown off my head. ¹⁰ »He beats me down on every side until I am gone. He uproots my hope like a tree.

²¹ »Have pity on me, my friends! Have pity on me because God's hand has struck me down.

² »Even today my complaint is bitter rebellion. God’s hand is heavy despite my groaning.

¹¹ »My foot has held fast to his path. I have kept his way and not turned aside. ¹² »I have not departed from the command of his lips. I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

⁶ »My steps were washed with milk and the rock poured out streams of oil for me!

⁹ »The nobles refrained from talking, and laid their hands on their mouths. ¹⁰ »The voices of princes were hushed. Their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

²⁵ »I chose their way, and sat as chief. I lived like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners.

¹ »I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman. ² »What is man’s lot from God above, his heritage from the Almighty on high? ³ »Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong? ⁴ »Does he not see my ways and count my every step? ⁵ »If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit ⁶ »let God weigh me on honest scales and he will know that I am blameless. ⁷ »If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled, ⁸ then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted. ⁹ »If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door, ¹⁰ then may my wife grind another man’s grain, and may other men sleep with her. ¹¹ »For that would have been shameful (a crime), a sin to be judged. ¹² »That would be a fire consuming down to destruction, and it would burn all my harvest to the root. ¹³ »If I have rejected the cause of my male or female slaves, when they brought a complaint against me ¹⁴ what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him? ¹⁵ »Did the one who made me in the womb make them? And did that one fashion us in the womb? ¹⁶ »If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, ¹⁷ »If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the orphan has not eaten from it, ¹⁸ for from my youth I reared the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow. ¹⁹ »If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or a poor person without covering, ²⁰ whose loins have not blessed me, and who was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; ²¹ if I have raised my hand against the orphan, because I saw I had supporters at the gate; ²² then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket. ²³ »I was in terror of destruction from God and I could not face his majesty. ²⁴ »If I have made gold my trust, or called fine gold my confidence, ²⁵ if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, or because my hand had gotten much;

²⁵ if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, or because my hand had gotten much; ²⁶ if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor, ²⁷ and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand, ²⁸ this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have denied God above. ²⁹ »If I have rejoiced at the ruin of those who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook them, ³⁰ »I have not let my mouth sin by asking for their lives with a curse. ³¹ »If those of my tent ever said: ‘Who is not satisfied with his food?« ³² »The stranger has not lodged in the street for I have opened my doors to the traveler. ³³ »If I have concealed my transgressions as others do (like Adam), by hiding my iniquity in my bosom, ³⁴ because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silent and did not go out of doors. ³⁵ »Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary! ³⁶ »Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me like a crown. ³⁷ »I would give him an account of all my steps. Like a prince I would approach him. ³⁸ »If my land has cried out against me, and its furrows have wept together. ³⁹ If I have eaten its yield without payment, and caused the death of its owners; ⁴⁰ let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley.« The words of Job are ended, JOB QUITE TALKING.

⁷ while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

⁵ I spoke once, but I cannot answer twice. I will proceed no further.« ⁶ He spoke out of a storm: ⁷ »Brace yourself like a man! I will ask you, and you will teach me. ⁸ »Would you undo my justice? Would you condemn me so that you can be righteous?

²⁵ »When it raises itself up the gods are afraid; at the crashing they are beside themselves.

⁷ »I am angry with you and your two friends, because you did not speak correctly about me, as my servant Job has. ⁸ »So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You did not speak correctly about me, as my servant Job has.«

⁸ »So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You did not speak correctly about me, as my servant Job has.«

¹² Jehovah blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the first. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. ¹³ He also had seven sons and three daughters.

¹⁰ »Will he find delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?

¹⁴ »No mater how many his children, their fate is the sword. His offspring will never have enough to eat.

²⁸ »To man he said: ‘Respect for Jehovah is wisdom! To stay away from evil is understanding.’«

¹⁰ »Hear me, you who have sense, far be it from God that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.

¹⁴ »If He should determine to do so, If He should gather to himself his spirit and his breath,

¹⁸ »Should anyone even say to a king: You good-for-nothing scoundrel! Or to nobles, you wicked people! ¹⁹ »The one who is righteous and mighty does not grant special favors to princes or prefer important people to poor people because his hands made them all.

⁴ »I am so insignificant. How can I answer you? I will put my hand over my mouth.

³ In the morning, O Jehovah, You will hear my voice. In the morning I will address my prayer to you and be on the watch.

¹² You bless the righteous man, O Jehovah. You surround him with favor as with a shield.

²³ I was innocent as far as he was concerned. I have kept myself from guilt.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) I will thank Jehovah at all times. My mouth will always praise him.

⁷ The angel of Jehovah camps around those who reverence him, and he rescues them.

¹⁴ Turn away from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it!

¹⁹ The righteous person has many troubles, but Jehovah rescues him from all of them.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Sin speaks to the ungodly deep within his heart. There is no reverence for God before his eyes.

¹⁷ He will not take anything with him when he dies. Even his greatness cannot follow him.

²¹ Increase my honor and comfort me again.

¹⁰ The kings of Tarshish and of the isles will bring tribute (presents). The kings of Sheba and Seba will offer gifts.

²⁷ Turn away from evil, do good, and live forever.

⁹ »I remained speechless. I did not open my mouth because you have done this.

¹⁰ For the wrath of man shall praise you. You will fortify yourself with a remnant of wrath.

²⁰ I have found David my servant. I anointed him with my holy oil.

³⁸ But you have despised, rejected, and become angry with your anointed one. ³⁹ You have refused to recognize the covenant to your servant and have thrown his crown into the dirt. ⁴⁰ You have broken through all his walls and have laid his fortified cities in ruins. ⁴¹ Everyone who passed by robbed him. He has become the object of his neighbors' scorn. ⁴² You lifted up the right hand of his enemies and made all of his adversaries rejoice. ⁴³ You even took his sword out of his hand and failed to support him in battle. ⁴⁴ You put an end to his splendor and hurled his throne to the ground. ⁴⁵ You cut short the days of his youth and covered him with shame. ⁴⁶ How long, O Jehovah? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger continue to burn like fire? ⁴⁷ Remember how short my life span is! Have you created the sons of men for no reason? ⁴⁸ Can man go on living and never see death? Who can set himself free from the power of the grave? ⁴⁹ Where is the evidence of your mercy, Lord? You swore an oath to David on the basis of your faithfulness. ⁵⁰ Jehovah, remember the reproach of your servant. Remember how I have carried in my heart the insults from so many people. ⁵¹ Your enemies insulted me. They insulted your anointed every step he took. ⁵² Blessed be Jehovah forevermore! Amen and Amen.

¹⁷ Let the kindness of Jehovah our God be with us. Confirm for us the work of our hands. Yes, confirm the work of our hands.

¹² Why did you break down the stone fences around this vine? All who pass by are picking its fruit.

¹¹ For Jehovah God is a sun and shield. Jehovah will give favor and honor. He will not withhold blessing from those who walk faithfully in truth.

²⁰ Bless Jehovah you angels of his, you who excel in strength, who obey his command, and listen to the voice of his Word.

¹⁵ He said: »Do not touch my anointed, and do my prophets no harm.«

³⁸ He blesses them, and their numbers multiply, and he does not allow a shortage of cattle.

³ Children are an inheritance from Jehovah. They are a blessing from him. ⁴ The children born to a man when he is young are like arrows in the hand of a warrior. ⁵ Blessed is the man who has filled his quiver with them. He will not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the city gate.

¹ Blessed are all who reverence Jehovah and live his way. ² You will certainly eat what your own hands have provided. Blessings to you! May things go well for you! ³ Your wife will be like a fruitful vine inside your home. Your children will be like young olive trees around your table.

³ Your wife will be like a fruitful vine inside your home. Your children will be like young olive trees around your table. ⁴ This is how Jehovah will bless the person who fears him.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!

²² The blessing of Jehovah makes rich and he adds no grief to it.

¹³ »Respect for Jehovah means to hate evil. I hate: pride, and arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

⁶ Sin is atoned by loving kindness and truth. Respect for Jehovah keeps one away from evil.

¹ Do not brag about tomorrow for you do not know what a day may bring.

¹⁵ We entered this world with nothing and naked and we will leave this world with nothing and naked.

¹⁹ For every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has empowered him to eat because of them. He should receive his reward and rejoice in his labor. This is the gift of God.

² The same thing comes to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrifices and to him that does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; and he that swears, as he that fears and refrains from an oath.

¹⁰ Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, where you are going.

¹² For man does not know his time. Like fish caught in an evil net, and like birds caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.

⁷ Then the dust will return to the earth as it was. The spirit (life) will return to God who gave it.

² He dug the soil all around and removed its stones. He planted it with the choicest vine. And he built a tower in the middle of it and also hewed out a wine vat in it. Then he expected it to produce good grapes, but it only produced worthless ones.

⁵ »Here is what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge and break down the wall that protects it. I will let wild animals eat it and trample it down.

²⁵ You are Jehovah’s people, but you made him terribly angry, and he struck you with his mighty arm. Mountains shook, and dead bodies covered the streets like garbage. Jehovah is still angry. He is ready to strike you again.

⁸ By warfare and exile you contend with her. With his fierce blast he drives her out, as on a day the east wind blows.

¹⁹ »As often as it passes through it will take you. Morning by morning it will pass over, and by day and by night. It will be a terror just to understand the report.«

¹⁶ »Wash yourselves! Become clean! Get your evil deeds out of my sight. Stop doing evil.

²¹ They will pass through the land when they are hard-pressed (destressed) and hungry. When they are hungry, they will be furious. Then they will look up and curse their king and God.

¹³ Look at the land of the Chaldeans. This is the people that were not. Assyria appointed it for desert creatures. They erected their siege towers and they stripped its palaces. They made it a ruin!

¹⁵ Therefore in the east give glory to Jehovah. Exalt the name of Jehovah the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.

²⁴ Who gave Israel up to the looters? It was Jehovah, against whom we sinned! We would not live as he wanted us to live or obey the teachings he gave us.

¹ Here is my servant, whom I have strengthened. Here is the one I have chosen, with whom I am pleased. I have filled him with my Spirit, and he will bring justice to every nation.

⁷ »I make light and create darkness. I make blessings and create disasters. I, Jehovah, do all these things.

¹⁴ This is what Jehovah says: »The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, and those tall Sabeans will come over to you and will be yours. They will walk behind you. They will come to you in chains. They will bow down before you and plead with you. They will say: ‘God is with you and there is no other. There is no other god!’

¹¹ Then it will be said to these people and to Jerusalem: »A hot wind from the heights will blow in the desert toward my people. It will not be a wind that winnows or cleanses. ¹² »It will be a stronger wind than that. It will come from me. Now, I will pass sentence on them.

¹⁴ »O Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart so that you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts lodge within you?

⁹ »The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately corrupt. Who can understand it? ¹⁰ »I, Jehovah, search the heart and examine the mind (inner man). I give to each man according to his ways, according to the results of his deeds.

²⁰ and all the foreign people living among them; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of Philistia, those from the cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, and Ekron, and the people left in Ashdod;

⁵ King Zedekiah answered: »Very well, then, do what you want to with him. I cannot stop you.«

³¹ Runners run to meet runners. Messengers follow messengers. They inform the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured.

³⁸ Do not calamities and good things come from the mouth of the Most High?

¹² »Come to me all you who go by, keep your eyes on me! See if there is any pain like the pain of my wound. For Jehovah has sent it to me in the day of his burning anger.

²¹ Have joy and be glad, O daughter of Edom, living in the land of Uz. The cup will be given to you in your turn, and you will be overcome with wine and your shame will be seen.

¹⁴ ‘»Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in that country, they would, by their righteousness, rescue only themselves,’ declares the Lord Jehovah.«

²⁰ As I am alive, declares the Lord Jehovah, not even Noah, Daniel, and Job could, by their righteousness, rescue their sons or daughters. They could rescue only themselves.«’

⁴² »The sound of a carefree multitude was with her. Drunkards were brought from the wilderness with men of the common sort. And they put bracelets on the hands of the women and beautiful crowns on their heads.

⁴ He said to me: »Son of man, look with your eyes, and listen with your ears. Pay close attention to everything I am going to show you. The reason you were brought here is to see these things. Tell the nation of Israel about everything that you see.«

²⁵ He said: »Look, I see four men walking in the midst of the fire. They are not hurt! The appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods!«

⁸ »I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah. And they will sell them to the men of Sheba, to a nation far off: for Jehovah has spoken it.

⁶ »Will the trumpet be blown in a city and the people not be afraid? Will disaster happen to a city and Jehovah not cause it?

⁶ »I also gave you cleanness of teeth (kept food from your teeth) in all your cities and lack of bread in all your places. Yet you have not returned to me,« said Jehovah. ⁷ »I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One received rain. The other did not receive rain and it dried up. ⁸ »Two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water. They were not satisfied and yet you have not returned to me,« said Jehovah. ⁹ »I struck you with scorching and mildew. The caterpillar has devoured the multitudes of your gardens, your vineyards, your fig trees and your olive-trees. Yet you have not returned to me,« said Jehovah. ¹⁰ »I sent a plague among you just as I did to Egypt. I killed your young men with the sword and I captured your horses. I made the stench of your camp come up even into your nostrils and yet you have not returned to me,« said Jehovah. ¹¹ »I overthrew your cities as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick plucked out of the fire. Yet you have not returned to me,« said Jehovah.

⁴ The Lord Jehovah showed me and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called for judgement (contention) by fire and it devoured the great deep. It would have eaten up the land.

⁶ »Behold, I bring the Chaldeans to power, that bitter and impetuous nation. They march through the expanse of the earth to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.

¹⁰ The man answered: »These are they whom Jehovah sent to inspect the earth.« ¹¹ They spoke to the Messenger (Angel) of Jehovah who stood among the myrtle-trees: »We have patrolled the earth and the entire world is at rest.«

⁵ Jehovah said: »I will become to her a wall of fire around her, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.«

⁸ »Jehovah of Hosts proclaims: ‘He sent me after glory! He sent me to the nations that plundered you. For he that touches you touches the pupil of his eye.’

¹ He showed me Joshua the high priest. Joshua was standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan was standing at his right hand to be his adversary.

⁷ »The strong ones went forth, and sought to go that they might inspect the earth.« He said: »Go inspect the earth. Search back and forth through out the earth.« So they inspected the earth. They searched back and forth through out the earth.

¹⁰ Jehovah of Hosts continues: »Is there one among you who will shut the Temple doors to prevent lighting a useless fire on my altar. I am not pleased with you! I will not accept the offerings you bring me.

¹³ »You have said terrible things about me,« said Jehovah of Hosts. »Yet you ask: ‘What have we said about you?’« ¹⁴ »You have said: ‘There is no value to serve God. What is the use of doing what he says or of trying to show Jehovah of Hosts that we are sorry for what we have done?’

²⁷ »The rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and battered the house and it fell with a great crash.«

⁴³ »When an unclean spirit goes out of a man it passes through the desert seeking rest. It does not find it.

¹⁰ »Do not treat these little ones badly. I tell you that angels represent them in the presence of my Father in heaven.

²⁶ »What will a man profit, if he gains the whole world, and gives up his life? What will a man give in exchange for his life?

¹⁵ »‘Is it lawful for me to do what I wish with what is mine? Or is your eye jealous because I am generous?’

³⁹ Then he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed: »My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.«

²¹ »It is from the heart that evil thoughts come such as: fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, ²² coveting, wickedness, deceit, loose conduct, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness. ²³ »All these evil things come from within and defile the man.«

⁶ They were both righteous before God. They blamelessly obeyed all the commandments and ordinances of God (Greek: kurios: God).

⁷⁵ »May we serve in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

³⁸ the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the Son of God.

¹⁹ »I will say to my self: ‘You have many possessions saved for many years. Take it easy and eat, drink and be merry.’ ²⁰ »But God said to him: ‘You fool this night you will give up your life. Then who will have all these things you accumulated?’

¹ Some people there gave him an account of how Pilate killed some Galilaeans while they offered sacrifices. ² Jesus said: »Do you think the way those Galileans were killed prove they were worse sinners than all Galileans? ³ »It does not! I tell you; if you do not turn from your sins, you will die as they did. ⁴ »What about the eighteen people in Siloam killed when the castle tower fell on them? Do you think this proves that they were worse than all the other people living in Jerusalem? ⁵ »It does not! I tell you if you do not turn from your sins, you will die as they did.«

²⁷ »They ate, they drank and they got married until Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came, and destroyed them all. ²⁸ »The days of Lot were similar. They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted and they built. ²⁹ »But when Lot left Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

⁷ »Should God avenge his chosen that cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them?

³² There was a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain. They entreated him that he would allow them to enter into them. He gave them permission. ³³ The demons came out from the man and entered into the swine. The herd rushed down the hill into the lake, and was drowned.

³⁴ »Be awake so your hearts are not weighed down. Do not allow the weight of worldly involvement, drunkenness, and cares of this life be a snare when that day suddenly comes.

³¹ »Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat. ³² »I prayed for you that your faith would not fail. Once you have turned again strengthen your brothers.«

⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him. He said: »Look an Israelite indeed. There is no deceit in him!«

³⁵ »The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand. ³⁶ »He who puts active faith in the Son has everlasting life. He who disobeys* the Son will not see life for the wrath of God remains upon him.« (*Greek: apeitheo: willfully disobey, not having faith)

³⁹ One of the criminals who were hanged complained bitterly to him saying: »Are you the Christ? Save yourself and us.« ⁴⁰ The other rebuked him saying: »Do you not respect God, seeing you are also condemned?

⁷⁰ Jesus replied: »Did I not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil (false accuser) (slanderer) (demon)«.

⁵⁵ It was the Jewish Passover. Many went out of the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.

¹¹ Jesus answered him: »You would have no power against me except it was given you from above. Therefore he that delivered me to you has greater sin.«

²⁸ »They were there to do the things your hand and council foreordained to occur.

²² »Repent of this wickedness, and pray to God, that the thought in your heart may be forgiven you.

²⁶ Then Paul took the men and became purified with them. They went into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them.

⁴ The natives saw the snake hanging on Paul’s hand and said to one another: »This man must be a murderer, but Fate will not let him live, even though he escaped from the sea.«

²⁰ Yes, but you, O man, who are you to answer back to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it: »Why have you made me this way?« (Isaiah 45:9)

⁵ Do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and make apparent the counsels of the hearts. Then each man’s praise will come from God.

¹³ No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to man. God is faithful and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your limits. He will make a way out, that you will be able to endure it.

² For I am zealous over you with a godly fervor (ardor) (zeal)! For I promised you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

² You once walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the power (authority and jurisdiction) of the air, the spirit that is now active in the sons of disobedience.

²⁰ Always give thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father.

⁷ I was given a painful physical ailment that will keep me from being puffed up with pride because of the many wonderful things I saw. It acts as Satan's messenger to beat me and keep me from being proud.

¹⁸ With prayer and supplication pray at all times in the Spirit. Watch with all perseverance and supplication for all the holy ones.

¹⁸ In everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

⁸ Bodily exercise is profitable for a little. However, godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of the life that is to come.

⁶ Godliness with contentment is great gain. ⁷ We brought nothing into the world and we can carry nothing out.

¹ You should continue to love one another as brothers.

⁴ Let patience have its perfect work, that you may be mature, complete, and lacking in nothing.

¹² The man who endures under trial is blessed. For when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.

¹⁷ Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above. It comes down from the Father of lights (truth and spiritual purity), with whom there is no variation. He does not change like shifting shadows.

¹¹ As you know, those who have endured are called blessed. You have heard of the patience (perseverance) (endurance) of Job, and have seen the outcome Jehovah provided, how he was very tender with his affection and mercy. (Psalm 103:8)

⁵ You are protected by God’s power through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

⁷ The proof of your faith is more precious than gold that perishes. Though it is tested by fire, it may be found in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹¹ Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

⁶ Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you at the proper time.

⁸ Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion walks about, seeking whom he may devour (consume).

⁹ The great dragon was thrown down, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was hurled down to the earth, and his angels with him.

⁹ The great dragon was thrown down, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was hurled down to the earth, and his angels with him. ¹⁰ I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, »Now has come the salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power (authority) of his Christ: for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accused them before our God day and night.

¹² Therefore rejoice (be glad), you heavens, and you that dwell in them. But woe to the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having fierce anger, because he knows that he has only a short time.« ¹³ When the dragon saw that he was thrown to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male-child. ¹⁴ Two wings of a great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time (one thousand two hundred and sixty days), out of the serpent's reach. ¹⁵ The serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. ¹⁶ But the earth rescued the woman, and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed up the flood that the dragon spewed out of his mouth. ¹⁷ The dragon was furious with the woman and waged war with the remnant of her seed. These are the ones who obey the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

¹³ He performed great signs, so that he made fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.

⁹ Men were scorched with great heat. They blasphemed the name of God, who has power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.

¹¹ They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains, but they did not repent.

²¹ There fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent (45 to 100 pounds). Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for the plague was exceeding great.

⁸ Satan will go out to deceive the nations that are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle. The number of these is as the sand of the sea (too great to count).