Job 11 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Then responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said:–– ² Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified? ³ Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame? ⁴ Since thou hast said, Right is my doctrine, and pure am I in his eyes. ⁵ But, in very deed, oh that GOD would speak, that he would open his lips with thee: ⁶ That he would declare to thee the secrets of wisdom, for they are double to that which actually is,––Know then that GOD could bring into forgetfulness for thee, a portion of thine iniquity.
⁷ The hidden depth of GOD canst thou discover? Or, unto the furthest limit of the Almighty, canst thou attain? ⁸ The heights of the heavens, what canst thou do? Depths deeper than hades, what canst thou know? ⁹ Longer than the earth, is the measure thereof, and broader than the sea. ¹⁰ If he sweep on, or shut up, or call together, Who then shall hinder him? ¹¹ For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider. ¹² But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass’s colt, is born a man!
¹³ If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands–– ¹⁴ If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity, ¹⁵ Surely, then, shalt thou lift up thy face free from blemish, and shalt be established, and not fear. ¹⁶ For, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it. ¹⁷ Above high noon, shall rise life’s continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear, ¹⁸ And thou shalt he confident, that there is hope, and, when thou hast searched, securely shalt thou lie down; ¹⁹ And shalt rest, with none to put thee in terror,––and many shall entreat thy favour. ²⁰ But, the eyes of the lawless, shall fail,––and, place of refuge, shall have vanished from them, and, their hope, be a breathing out of life.

⁵ but, of Cain and his present, he approved not,––and it angered Cain greatly, and his countenance fell.
⁶ So then Yahweh said unto Cain,––Wherefore hath it angered thee, and wherefore hath thy countenance fallen?

¹¹ yea I will establish my covenant with you, so that all flesh shall not be cut off any more, by reason of the waters of a flood,––neither shall there be any more a flood, to destroy the earth.

²⁶ And, Abimelech, came unto him from Gerar,––with Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol, commander of his host. ²⁷ And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore have ye come in mite me,––seeing that, ye, hated me, and sent me away from you? ²⁸ And they said: We, saw plainly, that Yahweh was with thee, so we said, Let there be, we pray thee, an oath betwixt us both, betwixt us and thee,––and let us solemnise a covenant with thee:–– ²⁹ That thou wilt not do wrong by us, according as we touched not thee, and according as we did by thee, nothing but good, and then sent thee away in peace, thee, who, now, art blessed of Yahweh! ³⁰ So he made for them a banquet, and they did eat and drink,–– ³¹ and rose up early in the morning, and took an oath, each man to his brother,––so Isaac let them go, and they departed from him, in peace.

⁵¹ And Joseph called the name of the firstborn, Manasseh,––For God hath made me forget all my trouble, and all the house of my father.

⁵ Then shall your threshing reach unto the vintage, And, the vintage, shall reach unto the seedtime,––And ye shall eat your food to the full, And shall dwell securely in your land. ⁶ And I will give peace in the land, And ye shall lie down, and nothing shall make you afraid; And I will take away vicious beasts out of the land; And, the sword, shall not go through your land.

⁶ And I will give peace in the land, And ye shall lie down, and nothing shall make you afraid; And I will take away vicious beasts out of the land; And, the sword, shall not go through your land.

¹⁶ I also, will do this unto you––I will set over you, for terror, consumption and fever, Causing the eyes to fail, and the soul to pine away,––And ye shall sow, in vain, your seed, for it shall be eaten by your foes.

⁶⁵ And, among those nations, shalt thou find no ease, neither shall there be a place of rest for the sole of thy foot,––but, Yahweh will give unto thee, there, a trembling heart, and a failing of eyes, and faintness of soul.

²⁹ The secret things, [belong unto Yahweh our God] and, the things that are revealed, belong to us and to our children, unto times age–abiding, that we may do all the words of this law.

³⁰ Oh! how would, one, have chased, a thousand! And, two, put, ten thousand, to flight,––Were it not that, their Rock, had sold them, And, Yahweh, had abandoned them;

³ And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If, with all your heart, ye are returning unto Yahweh, then put away the gods of the foreigner out of your midst, and the Ashtoreths––and firmly set your heart towards Yahweh, and serve him, alone, that he may deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

¹⁰ Therefore did David bless Yahweh in the eyes of all the convocation,––and David said, Blessed art thou, O Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, from age even unto age.

¹⁸ But, in very deed, will God dwell with man on the earth? Lo! the heavens, even the leaven of heavens, cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built!

¹⁴ But he did evil,––in that he did not fix his heart to seek Yahweh.

³ howbeit, good things, are found with thee,–for that thou hast consumed the Sacred Stems out of the land, and hast fixed thy heart to seek God.

¹³ And, after all that hath come upon us, for our wicked doings, and for our great guilt––For, thou, O our God, hast spared us, punishing us less than our iniquities deserved, and hast given us a deliverance such as this,

¹¹ Now when the three friends of Job heard of all this misfortune which had befallen him,––they came, every man from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite,––for they had by appointment met together to come to shew sympathy with him, and to comfort him.

⁷ Remember, I pray thee, who, being innocent, hath perished, or when, the upright, have been cut off.

⁸ Yet indeed, I, would seek unto El, and, unto Elohim, would I set forth any cause:–– ⁹ Who doeth great things, beyond all search,––Wondrous things, till they cannot be recounted;

¹³ Who captureth the wise in their own craftiness, yea the headlong counsel of the crooked:

¹⁸ For, he, woundeth that he may bind up, He smiteth through, that, his own hands, may heal.

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

¹⁰ So might it still be my comfort, And I might exult in the anguish he would not spare,––That I had not concealed the sayings of the Holy One. ¹¹ What is my strength, that I should hope? Or what mine end, that I should prolong my desire?

¹⁵ Mine own brethren, have proved treacherous like a torrent, like a channel of torrents which disappear:

²⁹ Reply, I pray you, let there be no perversity, Yea reply even yet, my vindication is in it! ³⁰ Is there, in my tongue, perversity? Or can, my sense, not discern, engulfing ruin?

⁶ My days, are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they are spent, without hope.

²⁰ I have sinned, What can I do for thee, thou watcher of men? Wherefore hast thou set me as thine object of attack, or have I become, unto thee, a burden?

² How long wilt thou speak these things? Or, as a mighty wind, shall be the sayings of thy mouth?

⁵ Yet, if, thou thyself, wilt diligently seek unto GOD,––and, unto the Almighty, wilt make supplication; ⁶ If, pure and upright, thou thyself, art, surely, now, will he answer thy prayer, and will prosper thy righteous habitation:

¹³ So, shall be the latter end of all who forget GOD, and, the hope of the impious, shall perish: ¹⁴ Whose trust shall be contemptible,––and, a spider’s web, his confidence:

² Of a truth, I know that so it is, But how can a mortal be just with GOD? ³ If he choose to contend with him, he cannot answer him, one of a thousand: ⁴ Wise in heart, and alert in vigour, What man hath hardened himself against him, and prospered!

¹² Lo! he snatcheth away, who can bring it back? Who shall say unto him, What wouldst thou do? ¹³ As for GOD, if he withdraw not his anger, under him, will have submitted themselves––the proud helpers.

⁷ Though it is, within thine own knowledge, that I would not be lawless, and, none, out of thy hand, can deliver?

¹⁵ If I have been lawless, alas for me! Or, if I am righteous, I will not lift up my head, Surfeited with shame, look thou then on my humiliation.

² Of a truth, ye, are the people, and, with you, wisdom, will die. ³ I also, have a mind like you, I, fall not short, of you, But who hath not such things as these? ⁴ A laughing–stock to one’s neighbour, do I become, one who hath called upon GOD and he hath answered him! A laughing–stock––a righteous man without blame!

¹⁴ Lo! He pulleth down, and it cannot be built, He closeth up over a man, and it cannot be opened:

⁴ For, in truth, ye, do besmear with falsehood, Worthless physicians, all of you!

⁹ Would it be well, when he searched you out? Or, as one might jest with a mortal, would ye jest, with him?

⁴ Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one!

² Should, a wise man, answer unreal knowledge? or fill, with the east wind, his inner man? ³ Disputing with discourse that doth no good, or with speech, wherein is no profit?

⁵ For thine own mouth would teach thine iniquity, and thou wouldst choose the tongue of the crafty.

⁸ In the secret council of GOD, hast thou been wont to hearken? Or canst thou attain for thyself unto wisdom?

¹¹ Too small for thee, are the consolations of GOD? or a word spoken gently with thee?

¹⁴ What is a mortal, that he should be pure? or that righteous should be one born of a woman?

³ Is there to be an end to windy words? Or what so strongly exciteth thee, that thou must respond?

² Verily there are mockers, with me! And, on their insults, mine eye doth rest.

⁵ He that, for a share, denounceth friends, even, the eyes of his children, shall be dim.

² How long will ye make a perversion of words? Ye should understand, and, afterwards, we could speak.

¹⁴ Uprooted, out of his tent, be his confidence, and let it drive him down to the king of terrors;

¹ Then responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said:––

³ Suffer me, that, I, may speak, and, after I have spoken, thou canst mock!

⁵ Is not, thy wickedness, great? and, without end, [are not] thine iniquities?

¹¹ Or darkness––thou canst not see, and, a flood of waters, covereth thee. ¹² Is not, GOD, [in] the height of the heavens? Behold, then, the head of the stars, that they are high. ¹³ Wilt thou say then, What doth GOD know? Out through a thick cloud, can he judge? ¹⁴ Dark clouds, are a veil to him, and he cannot see, or, the vault of the heavens, doth he walk?

²¹ Shew thyself to be one with him––I pray thee––and prosper, thereby, shall there come on thee blessing. ²² Accept, I beseech thee, from his mouth––instruction,––and lay up his sayings in thy heart. ²³ If thou return unto the Almighty and submit thyself, if thou far remove perversity from thy tent,

²⁶ For, then, in the Almighty, shalt thou take exquisite delight, and shalt lift up––unto GOD––thy face; ²⁷ Thou shalt make entreaty unto him, and he will hear thee, and, thy vows, shalt thou pay; ²⁸ And thou shalt decree a purpose, and it shall be fulfilled unto thee, and, upon thy ways, shall have shone a light; ²⁹ When men cast themselves down, then thou shalt say: Up! And, him that is of downcast eyes, shall he save;

³ Oh that I knew where I might find him! I would come even unto his dwelling–place; ⁴ I would set out, before him, a plea, and, my mouth, would I fill with arguments; ⁵ I would note the words wherewith he would respond to me, and would mark what he would say to me. ⁶ Would he, with fulness of might, contend with me? Nay, surely, he, would give heed to me! ⁷ There an upright man, might reason with him, so should I deliver myself completely from my judge.

²⁵ But, if not, who then can convict me of falsehood? or make of no account my words?

⁶ Naked is hades before him, and there is no covering to destruction;

¹⁴ Lo! these, are the fringes of his way, and what a whisper of a word hath been heard of him! But, the thunder of his might, who could understand?

⁸ For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul?

²² And He will cast upon him and not spare, Out of his hand, shall he, swiftly flee;

²⁴ For, he, unto the ends of the earth, directeth his look, under all the heavens, he seeth; ²⁵ Making, for the wind, a weight, and, the waters, he proved by measure,

²⁸ And said to the son of earth, Lo! the reverence of the Lord, that, is wisdom, and, to avoid evil, is understanding.

¹⁶ If I withheld––from pleasure––the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed;

³⁵ Oh that I had one to hear me, Lo! my crossmark, May, the Almighty, answer me! And would that, a book, mine opponent had written!

⁶ Lo! I am like thyself toward GOD, From clay, have I been nipped off, even I! ⁷ Lo! my terror, will not startle thee, nor, my hand, upon thee, be heavy.
⁸ But thou hast spoken in mine ears, and, the sound of words, I heard:–– ⁹ Pure am, I, without transgression,––Clean am, I, and have no iniquity; ¹⁰ Lo! occasions of hostility, would he find against me, He counteth me an enemy to him; ¹¹ He putteth––in the stocks––my feet, He watcheth all my paths. ¹² Lo! in this, thou hast not been right––let me answer thee, For, GOD, is greater than, man. ¹³ Wherefore, against him, hast thou contended? For, with none of his reasons, will he respond.
¹⁴ For, in one way, GOD may speak,––and, in a second way, one may not heed it:–– ¹⁵ In a dream, a vision of the night, when a deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed, ¹⁶ Then, uncovereth he the ear of men, and, on their correction, affixeth a seal; ¹⁷ To turn a son of earth from his deed, while yet, pride, from man he concealeth: ¹⁸ He keepeth back his said from the pit, and his life from passing away by a weapon.

⁵ For Job hath said––I am righteous, But, GOD, hath turned away my right; ⁶ Concerning mine own right, shall I tell a falsehood? Incurable is my disease––not for any transgression. ⁷ What man is like Job? He drinketh in scoffing like water;

²¹ For, his eyes, are on the ways of a man, and, all his footsteps, he beholdeth,–– ²² No darkness, and no death–shade, where the workers of iniquity may hide.

²² No darkness, and no death–shade, where the workers of iniquity may hide. ²³ For, unto no man, doth he appoint a repetition,––in going unto GOD in judgment;

²⁹ When, he, giveth quiet, who then shall condemn? And, when he hideth [his] face, who then shall sing of him? whether unto a nation or unto mankind altogether,

³² What I see not, do, thou, shew me, If, perverseness, I have wrought, I will do it no more?

² This, dost thou think to be right? Thou hast said––My righteousness is more than GOD’S.

⁵ Look at the heavens and see,––and survey the skies––they are higher than thou.

²³ The Almighty, whom we have not fully found out, is great in vigour,––Neither, justice nor abounding righteousness, will he weaken.

¹ Then Yahweh responded to Job, out of a storm, and said:–– ² Who is it that darkeneth counsel, by words, without knowledge?

⁸ Or [who] shut in, with double doors, the sea, when, bursting out of the womb, it came forth;

⁵ Who hath sent forth the Wild Ass free? And, the bands of the swift–runner, who hath loosed? ⁶ Whose house I have made the waste plain, and his dwellings, the land of salt: ⁷ He laugheth at the throng of the city, The shoutings of the driver, he heareth not; ⁸ He espieth the mountains, his pasture–ground, and, after every green thing, maketh search.

¹ And Yahweh responded to Job, and said:–– ² Shall a reprover contend, with the Almighty? He that disputeth with GOD, let him answer it! ³ Then Job responded to Yahweh, and said:–– ⁴ Lo! I am of no account, what shall I reply to thee? My hand, have I laid on my mouth: ⁵ Once, have I spoken, but I will not proceed, yea twice, but I will not add.

⁸ Wilt thou even frustrate my justice? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest appear right?

⁷ And it came to pass, after Yahweh had spoken these words unto Job, that Yahweh, said unto Eliphaz the Temanite, Kindled is mine anger against thee and against thy two friends, for ye have not spoken concerning me the thing that is right, like my servant Job. ⁸ Now, therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go unto my servant Job, and ye shall offer up an ascending–sacrifice in your own behalf, and, Job my servant, shall pray over you,––for, him, will I accept, that I may not deal out to you disgrace, because ye have not spoken concerning me the thing that is right, like my servant Job. ⁹ So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite [and] Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according to that which Yahweh had spoken unto them,––and Yahweh accepted Job.

¹¹ Then came unto him all his brethren and all his sisters, and all his former acquaintances, and they did eat bread with him in his house,––and shewed sympathy with him and comforted him, over all the calamity which Yahweh had brought upon him,––and they gave him, every one a weight of money, and every one, a ring of gold. ¹² And, Yahweh, blessed the latter end of Job, more than his beginning,––and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she–asses. ¹³ And he came to have seven sons, and three daughters; ¹⁴ and he called the name of the first Jemima, and the name of the second Kezia,––and the name of the third, Keren–happuch. ¹⁵ And there were found no women so fair as the daughters of Job, in all the land,––and their father gave them an inheritance, in the midst of their brethren. ¹⁶ And Job lived, after this, a hundred and forty years,––and saw his sons and his sons’ sons, four generations. ¹⁷ So Job died, old and satisfied with days.

⁵ I, laid me down and slept,––I awoke, Surely, Yahweh, sustaineth me!

⁸ In peace, will I lay me down and at once sleep; for, thou, Yahweh alone, wilt cause me, in security, to dwell.

¹¹ He hath said in his heart, GOD hath forgotten,––He hath veiled his face, Oh he hath never seen!

¹⁴ Thou hast seen! For, thou, mischief and misery, dost discern, to requite with thine own hand, Unto thee, doth, the unfortunate one, give himself up, To the fatherless, thou thyself, hast become a helper.

¹⁴ Intimacy with Yahweh, have they who revere him, His covenant also, he letteth them know.

¹ [David’s.]
Yahweh, is my light and my salvation, Of whom shall I be afraid? Yahweh, is the refuge of my life, Of whom shall I be in dread?

⁸ And hast not shut me up in the hand of the foe, Thou hast given standing, in a roomy place, unto my feet.

¹⁶ Amidst profane praters of perversion, have they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

²² Thou hast seen, O Yahweh, do not keep silence! O My Lord! be not far from me:

⁶ So will he bring forth, as the light, thy righteousness, and thy vindication as the noonday.

⁵ Why shouldst thou be cast down, O my soul? And why shouldst thou moan over me, Wait thou for God, for yet shall I praise him, As the triumph of my presence, and my God.

¹² Also, the daughter of Tyre, [cometh in] with a present! Thy face, shall the rich of the people appease.

¹ [To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah, on Alamoth. A Song.]
God––for us, is a refuge and strength, A help in distresses, soon found.

⁵ Lo! in iniquity, was I brought forth, And, in sin, did my mother conceive me.

⁹ Surely, vanity, are men of low degree, Deception, men of high degree,––In the balances, they go up, They, are [made] of vanity, altogether. ¹⁰ Do not trust in extortion, Nor, with robbery, become vain, As for wealth, when it beareth fruit, Do not set [thereon your] heart.

⁵ By things reverend in righteousness, wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation, The confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of the sea far away;
⁶ Who setteth fast the mountains by his strength, Being girded with might; ⁷ Who stilleth, The noise of the seas, The noise of their rolling waves, and The tumult of races of men? ⁸ Yea the dwellers in the uttermost parts have feared at thy tokens, The goings forth of morning and evening, thou causest to shout for joy.

³¹ Ambassadors come out of Egypt, The Ethiopian, eagerly stretcheth out his hands, unto God.

³ I am weary with mine outcry, Parched is my throat,––Mine eyes have become dim, through waiting for my God.

²² But, I, was brutish, and could not perceive, Like the beasts, had I become before thee.

¹⁹ In the sea, was thy way, And, thy path, in the mighty waters, And, thy footprints, could not be known:

⁸ And not become, like their fathers, a generation stubborn and rebellious,––A generation that fixed not their heart, Neither was their spirit, faithful with GOD.

¹⁶ Fill thou their faces with dishonour, That men may seek thy Name, O Yahweh;

⁹ Mine eye, hath dimmed through affliction; I have called upon thee, O Yahweh, all day long, I have spread out, unto thee, my hands.

⁶ A man that is brutish, cannot know, And, a dullard, cannot discern this:––

¹⁴ Still shall they bear fruit in old age, Vigorous and fresh, shall they be:

¹¹ Yahweh, knoweth the plans of men, That, they, are a breath!

² I will behave myself wisely in a blameless way, When wilt thou come in unto me? I will walk to and fro in the blamelessness of my heart,––in the midst of my house:

¹⁰ Not according to our sins, hath he dealt with us, Nor according to our iniquities, hath he treated us. ¹¹ For, as the heavens are exalted over the earth, His lovingkindness hath prevailed over them who revere him;

⁴³ Many times, did he rescue them,––But, they, rebelled by their counsel, and sank low in their iniquity. ⁴⁴ Then looked he on the distress which befell them,––when he heard their loud cry; ⁴⁵ Then remembered he, for them, his covenant, and was moved to pity, according to the abounding of his lovingkindnesses; ⁴⁶ And granted them compassion before all their captors.

⁴ Risen––in darkness, is light to the upright, The gracious and compassionate and righteous.

⁶ Surely, unto times age–abiding, shall he not be shaken, In remembrance, age–abiding, shall the righteous one remain; ⁷ Of evil tidings, shall he not be afraid, Established is his heart, led to trust in Yahweh; ⁸ Upheld is his heart, he shall not be afraid, until that he gazeth on his foes.

⁶ Then, shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
⁷ I will thank thee with uprightness of heart, when I have learned thy righteous regulations.

⁶ Knowledge, too wonderful, for me! high, I cannot attain to it!
⁷ Whither can I go from thy spirit? or whither, from thy face, can I flee? ⁸ If I ascend the heavens, there, thou art! If I spread out hades as my couch, behold thee! ⁹ If I mount the wings of the dawn, settle down in the region beyond the sea, ¹⁰ Even there, thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

¹¹ As for the slanderer, let him not be established in the earth,––As for the man of wrongful violence, let misfortune hunt him with thrust upon thrust.

⁶ I have spread out my hands unto thee, My soul, is as a thirsty land, for thee. [Selah.]

³ Great is Yahweh––and worthy to be heartily praised, And, his greatness, is unsearchable.

¹³ Let them praise the Name of Yahweh, for lofty is his Name alone, His splendour is over earth and heavens.

²⁴ When thou sittest down, thou shalt have no dread, yea thou shalt lie down, and sweet shall be thy sleep. ²⁵ Be not thou afraid of sudden dread, nor of the desolation of the lawless, when it cometh. ²⁶ For, Yahweh, will be in all thy ways, and will keep thy foot from the snare.

¹⁸ But, the path of the righteous, is as the light of dawn,––going on and brightening, unto meridian day.

¹⁹ In the multitude of words, there wanteth not transgression, but, he that restraineth his lips, sheweth prudence.

²⁴ The dread of the lawless one, the same, shall overtake him, but, the desire of the righteous, shall he granted.

²⁶ In the reverence of Yahweh, is strong security, and, his children, shall have a place of refuge.

³² By his own wickedness, shall the lawless man, be thrust down, but the righteous, seeketh refuge in his integrity.

⁶ Many, will entreat the favour of a noble, and, every one, is a friend to a man abounding in gifts.

²⁰ Whoso revileth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness.

² The glory of God, is to conceal a thing, but, the glory of kings, is to search out a thing. ³ The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, but, the heart of kings, cannot be searched.

¹ The lawless, fleeth when no man pursueth, but, the righteous, like a lion, are confident.

² Surely, more brutish, am, I, than any man, nor doth, the understanding of a son of earth, pertain to me; ³ Neither have I learned wisdom, nor, the knowledge of the Holy Ones, can I acquire. ⁴ Who hath ascended the heavens and then descended? Who hath gathered the wind into his two hands? Who hath wrapped up the waters in a mantle? Who hath set up all the ends of the earth? What is his name and what the name of his son, when thou knowest?

⁷ Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and, his wearying toil, let him remember no more.

¹¹ Everything, hath he made beautiful in its own time,––also, intelligence, hath he put in their heart, without which men could not find out the work which God hath wrought, from the beginning even unto the end.

¹⁸ Said, I, in my heart, as concerning the sons of men, That God was minded to prove them,––and that they might see, that they were beasts, of themselves.

⁸ If, the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of justice and righteousness, thou see in the province, do not be astonished over the matter,––for, one high above the highest, is watching, yea, the Most High, is over them.

²⁰ Though it be not much, let him remember the days of his life,––for, God, beareth witness, by the gladness of his heart.

¹⁵ Even when ye spread forth your open palms, I hide mine eyes from you; Yea, though ye multiply, prayers, I am not hearkening,––Your hands, with deeds of blood, are filled.

¹ Thou shalt say, therefore, in that day, I will praise thee, O Yahweh! Though thou hast been angry with me, Thine anger turneth back, And thou dost comfort me. ² Lo, GOD, is my salvation! I will trust, and not dread,––For, my might and melody, is Yah, Yahweh, And he hath become mine, by salvation.

²⁸ Hast thou not known, Hast thou not heard, That, The God of age–past time––Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Fainteth not, neither groweth weary––There is no, searching of his understanding:

²⁷ He who is First, [can say], To Zion, Lo! there they are! And to Jerusalem, A herald of good–tidings, do I give.

¹⁴ Thus, saith Yahweh––The produce of Egypt and the gain of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of great stature, Unto thee, shall come over, And, thine, shall they become, After thee, shall they journey, In chains, shall they come over,––And, unto thee, shall they bow down, Unto thee, shall they pray [saying], ––Surely, in thee, is a GOD, And there is none, else––no, God!

⁴ Do not fear, for thou shalt not turn pale, Neither feel disgraced, for thou shalt not be put to the blush,––For, the shame of thy youth, shalt thou forget, And, the reproach of thy widowhood, shalt thou remember no more;

⁹ For, the waters of Noah, is this unto me,––As to which I sware that the waters of Noah should not again pass over the earth, So, have I sworn, Not to be vexed with thee, Nor to rebuke thee.

⁹ For, higher, are the heavens than the earth,––So, higher, are, My ways, than, your ways, and, My thoughts, than, your thoughts.

⁸ Then, shall break forth, as the dawn, thy light, And, thy new flesh, shall, speedily, grow,––Then shall go, before thee, thy righteousness, The glory of Yahweh, shall bring up thy rear: ⁹ Then, shalt thou, Call, and, Yahweh, will answer, Cry out, and he will say, Behold me! If thou remove, out of thy midst, The yoke, The pointing of the finger, and, The speaking of iniquity; ¹⁰ And shalt let thine own soul, go out to the hungry, And, the soul of the oppressed, thou shalt satisfy, Then shall break forth, in darkness, thy light, And, thy thick darkness, [become] as the splendour of noon;

¹⁴ Then shall come unto thee, bending low, The sons of them who had humbled thee, Then shall bow down, unto the soles of thy feet, All they who had despised thee; And they shall call thee––The city of Yahweh, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁶ So that, he who blesseth himself in the earth, Will bless himself in the God of faithfulness, And, he who sweareth in the earth, Will swear by the God of faithfulness––Because the former troubles, have been forgotten, and, Because they are hid from mine eyes.

²⁴ A wild ass, taught of the desert, In the desire of her soul, she snuffeth the wind, In her occasion, who can turn her back? None who seek her, will weary themselves, In her month, they shall find her!

¹⁷ I sat not in the circle of mockers, Nor became I uproarious,––Because of thy hand, by myself, did I sit, For, with indignation, hadst thou filled me.

⁹ Deceitful, is the heart above all things And, dangerously wayward,––Who can know it? ¹⁰ I––Yahweh, Searching the heart, Testing the affections; And giving to every man, According to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

²² The lovingkindnesses of Yahweh, verily they are not exhausted, Verily! not at an end, are his compassions:

¹⁷ Silly shall our eyes fail, for our help that is vain: In our watchtower, have we watched––for a nation that will not save.

³⁰ Therefore, Every man according to his own ways, will I judge you, O house of Israel, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, Return ye––and make good your return––from all your transgressions, That they become not unto you a stumbling–block of iniquity. ³¹ Cast off from you, all your transgressions which ye have committed against me, And make you a new heart; And a new spirit,––For why, should ye die, O house of Israel?

²⁸ but there is a God in the heavens, who revealeth secrets, and hath made known to King Nebuchadnezzar, what shall come to pass, in the afterpart of the days: Thy dream and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are, these:––

⁴⁷ The king answered Daniel, and said––Of a truth, your God, is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a Revealer of secrets,––seeing thou wast able to reveal this secret.

³⁵ And, all the inhabitants of the earth, as nothing, are accounted, and, according to his own pleasure, dealeth he––with the army of the heavens, and the inhabitants of the earth,––and none there is who can smite upon his hand, or say to him, What hast thou done?

³ Then let us know––let us press on to know––Yahweh, Like the dawn, is his coming forth assured,––that he may come like a down–pour upon us, like the harvest–rain, [and] the seed–rain of the land.

² And they say not to their own hearts, that, all their wickedness, I remember, now, have their doings, beset them about, right before my face, have they been done.

¹⁴ Therefore shall flight, perish, from the swift, and, the mighty, shall not invigorate his strength,––nor shall, the hero, escape with his life;

¹⁹ As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and there should meet him––a bear! or he should have entered the house, and leaned his hand upon the wall, and there should bite him––a serpent! ²⁰ Shall not the day of Yahweh be, darkness, and not light? yea, thick darkness and no brightness in it?

¹ I saw My Lord stationed by the altar, and he said––Smite the capital––that the sills, may tremble, Yea break them off on the head of them all, and, the last of them, with the sword, will I slay,––He that fleeth of them, shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them, shall not make good his escape. ² Though they break through into hades, from thence, shall my hand fetch them,––and, though they ascend the heavens, from thence, will I bring them down;

² Though they break through into hades, from thence, shall my hand fetch them,––and, though they ascend the heavens, from thence, will I bring them down; ³ And, though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, from thence, will I search for them and take them,––and, though they conceal themselves from before mine eyes at the bottom of the sea, from thence, will I command the serpent and he shall bite them;

⁸ Do not rejoice, O mine enemy, against me, Though I fall, I shall rise again! Though I sit in darkness, Yahweh, is a light to me. ⁹ The indignation of Yahweh, will I bear, for I have sinned against him,––until he take up my controversy, then will he do me justice, he will bring me forth to the light, I shall behold his righteousness.

¹³ [Thou] whose eyes are too pure to look with approval on wrong, to respect oppression, canst not endure,––Wherefore, shouldst thou respect the treacherous? Be silent, when the lawless, swalloweth up, one more righteous than he?

³ Then said he unto me, This, is the curse, which is going forth over the face of all the earth,––Because, every one who stealeth, on the one side, hath in one way been let off, and, every one who sweareth, on the other side, hath in another way been let off, ⁴ [therefore] have I brought it forth, Declareth Yahweh of hosts, And it shall enter––into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth by my name, falsely,––and it shall roost in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, both the timbers thereof, and the stones thereof.

⁶ And it shall come to pass, in that day,––that there shall be no light, the bright stars, shall be withdrawn; ⁷ And it shall be a day by itself, The same, shall be known unto Yahweh––Not day, nor night,––But it shall come to pass, that, at evening time, there shall be light.

² So shall the sun of righteousness, arise to you who revere my Name, with healing in his wings,––and ye shall come forth and leap for joy like calves let loose from the stall;

²⁷ All things, unto me, have been delivered up by my Father; and, no one, fully knoweth the Son, save the rather, neither doth any one fully know, the Father, save, the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son, may be minded, to reveal, him.

³⁵ that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken through the prophet, saying––I will open, in parables, my mouth, I will bring up things hidden from the foundation!

²⁶ and it had been intimated to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Christ of the Lord. ²⁷ And he came, in the Spirit, into the temple; and, when the parents brought in the child Jesus, that they might do according to that which was customary by the law concerning it, ²⁸ even he, welcomed it into his arms, and blessed God, and said–– ²⁹ Now, dost thou dismiss thy servant, O Sovereign, according to thy declaration––in peace; ³⁰ Because mine eyes have seen thy salvation, ³¹ Which thou hast prepared in face of all the peoples: ³² A light for the unveiling of nations, and the glory of thy people Israel.

⁴⁷ And, that servant, who had come to know the will of his lord, and neither prepared, nor wrought unto his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;

²³ And, in hades, lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. ²⁴ And, he, calling out, said––Father Abraham! have mercy upon me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue,––because I am in anguish in this flame. ²⁵ But Abraham said––Child! remember––That thou didst duly received thy good things in thy life, and, Lazarus, in like manner, the evil things; but, now, here, he is comforted, and, thou, art in anguish. ²⁶ And, besides all these things, betwixt us and you, a great chasm, hath been fixed,––so that, they who might wish to cross over from hence unto you, should not be able, nor any, from thence unto us, be crossing over.

²⁴ Jesus himself, however, was not trusting himself unto them, by reason of his understanding them all, ²⁵ and because he had, no need, that anyone should bear witness concerning man; for, he, understood what was in man.

²¹ A woman, as soon as she is about to bring forth, hath, grief, because her hour hath come; but, as soon as she hath given birth to the child, no longer, remembereth she the anguish, by reason of the joy, that a human being into the world hath been born.

¹⁸ But, certain both of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers, were encountering him; and some were saying––What might this picker–up–of–scraps wish to be saying? And, others––Of foreign demons, he seemeth to be a declarer: because, of Jesus and the Resurrection, he was announcing the joyful tidings.

²² Professing to be wise, they were made foolish,

³ And, not only so, but let us boast also in our tribulations; knowing that, our tribulation, worketh out endurance. ⁴ And, our endurance, a testing, and, our testing, hope, ⁵ And, our hope, putteth not to shame. Because, the love of God, hath been poured out in our hearts, through the Holy Spirit that hath been given unto us:

³³ Oh! the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments! and untraceable his ways!

¹⁶ The same thing, one to another regarding,––not the lofty things regarding, but, by the lowly, being led along. Be not getting presumptuous in your own opinion:

²⁵ Now, unto him who hath power to establish you, according to my glad–message––even the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of a sacred secret, in age–past times kept silent, ²⁶ But now made manifest, and through means of prophetic scriptures, according to the command of the age–abiding God, for obedience of faith unto all the nations made known,

⁹ But, even as it is written––The things which eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and upon the heart of man have not come up,––whatsoever things God hath prepared for them that love him, ¹⁰ Unto us, in fact, hath God revealed through the Spirit; for, the Spirit, into all things, maketh search, yea! the deep things of God.

¹⁰ Unto us, in fact, hath God revealed through the Spirit; for, the Spirit, into all things, maketh search, yea! the deep things of God. ¹¹ For who of men knoweth the things of a man,––save the spirit of the man that is in him? thus, even the things of God, hath no one come to know, save the Spirit of God.

¹⁶ For who hath come to know the mind of the Lord, that shall instruct him? But, we, have, the mind of Christ.

¹⁸ Let no one be deceiving himself:––if anyone imagineth himself to be wise among you, in this age, let him become foolish, that he may become wise; ¹⁹ For, the wisdom of this world, is, foolishness with God; for it is written––He that taketh the wise in their knavery,–– ²⁰ And again––The Lord taketh note of the speculations of the wise, that they are vain.

¹² For, our boasting, is, this,––the witness of our conscience, that, in sanctity and sincerity of God, [and] not in fleshly wisdom, but in God’s favour, have we behaved ourselves in the world,––and more abundantly towards you.

³ Among whom also, we all, had our behaviour, at one time, in the covetings of our flesh, doing the things desired by the flesh and the mind, and were children, by nature, of anger––even as the rest,––

⁵ Which, in other generations, had not been made known unto the sons of men, as it hath, now, been revealed by his holy apostles and prophets, in Spirit; ––

⁸ Unto me––the less than least of all saints, was given this favour, unto the nations, to announce the glad–message of the untraceable riches of the Christ,

¹⁸ In order that ye may be mighty enough to grasp firmly, with all the saints,––what is the breadth and length and depth and height, ¹⁹ To get to know, also, the knowledge–surpassing, love of the Christ,––in order that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God:

²⁷ Unto whom God hath been pleased to make known what is the glorious wealth of this sacred secret among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory,––

¹⁴ And, if anyone be not giving ear unto our word through means of this letter, on this one, set a mark––not to be mixing yourselves up with him,––that he may be reproved;

⁸ I am minded, therefore, that––the men in every place be offering prayer, uplifting hands of lovingkindness, apart from anger and disputings;

⁸ healthful discourse that cannot be condemned, in order that, he that is of the contrary part, may relent, having nothing to say concerning us that is disparaging:

³ how shall, we, escape, if, so great a salvation as this, we have neglected,––which, indeed, having received, a beginning, of being spoken through the Lord, by them who heard, unto us was confirmed,

¹³ And there is, no created thing, can be secreted before him, but, all things, are naked and exposed to his eyes:––as to whom is, our discourse.

¹⁹ Ye know, my brethren beloved,––but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

²⁰ But art thou willing to learn, O empty man! that, faith, apart from works, is, idle?

¹³ Who is wise and well–instructed–among you? Let him show, out of his comely behaviour, his works, in meekness of wisdom. ¹⁴ But, if, bitter jealousy, ye have, and rivalry, in your hearts; be not boasting and showing yourselves false against the truth! ¹⁵ This wisdom is not one, from above, coming down, but is earthly, born of the soul, demoniacal! ¹⁶ For, where jealousy and rivalry are, there, are anarchy and every ignoble deed. ¹⁷ But, the wisdom from above, is––first pure, then peaceable, reasonable, easy to be entreated, fraught with mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.

⁸ Draw near unto God, and he will draw near unto you. Cleanse hands, sinners! Chasten hearts, double souls!

¹⁵ But, the Lord Christ, hallow ye in your hearts, ready always for a defence, unto every one that is asking you a reason concerning, the hope within you,––nevertheless, with meekness and reverence:

²⁸ And, now, dear children, abide ye in him, in order that, if he be made manifest, we may have boldness, and not be shamed away from him by his presence.

¹⁹ Hereby, shall we get to know, that, of the truth, we are, and, before him, shall persuade our heart;
²⁰ Because, if our own heart condemn us, greater, is God, than our heart, and perceiveth all things. ²¹ Beloved! if our heart be not condemning us, boldness, have we, towards God; ²² And, whatsoever we are asking, we are receiving from him, because, his commandments, are we keeping, and, the things that are pleasing before him, are we doing.

¹⁸ How that they used to say to you––In the last time, there shall be mockers,––according to their own ungodly covetings, going on.

²³ and, her children, will I slay with death; ––and all the assemblies shall get to know, that, I, am he that searcheth reins and hearts, and will give unto you, each one, according to your works.

⁷ And, unto the messenger of the assembly, in Philadelphia, write:––These things, saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and no one shall shut, and shutteth and no one openeth:

⁹ Lo! I give them of the synagogue of Satan, who are affirming themselves to be, Jews, and are not,––but say what is false,––lo! I will cause them, that they shall have come, and shall bow down before thy feet, and shall get to know that, I, loved thee.

¹⁴ And I at once said to him––My lord! thou, knowest! And he said unto me––These, are they who come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb; ¹⁵ For this cause, are they before the throne of God, and are rendering divine service unto him, day and night, in his sanctuary; and he that sitteth upon the throne shall spread his tent over them; ¹⁶ They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither in any wise shall the sun fall upon them, nor any burning heat; ¹⁷ Because, the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne, shall shepherd them, and shall lead them unto life’s fountains of waters; and God shall wipe away every tear out of their eyes.