Job 22:2 Cross References - Rotherham

² Unto GOD, can a man act as friend? Surely a discreet man befriendeth himself!

¹³ to keep the commandments of Yahweh, and his statutes, which I am commanding thee today,––for thy good?

¹⁵ What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? Or what shall we profit, that we should urge him?

⁶ If thou sinnest, what canst thou work against him? Or, if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him? ⁷ If thou art righteous, what canst thou give unto him? Or what, at thy hand, can he accept? ⁸ Unto a man like thyself, might thy lawlessness [reach], and, unto a son of the earth–born, thy righteousness.

² Thou hast said unto Yahweh, My Lord, art thou! My goodness, mounteth not unto thee.

¹³ How happy the man who hath found wisdom, and the man who draweth forth understanding, ¹⁴ For better is her merchandise, than the merchandise of silver, yea, than gold, her increase; ¹⁵ More precious, is she, than corals, yea, none of thy delightful things, doth equal her: ¹⁶ Length of days, is in her right hand, in her left, are riches and honour; ¹⁷ Her ways, are ways of pleasantness, and, all her paths, are peace; ¹⁸ A tree of life, is she, to them who secure her,––and, they who hold her fast, are every one to be pronounced happy.

⁷ The principal thing, is wisdom, acquire thou wisdom, With all thine acquisition, acquire thou understanding. ⁸ Exalt her, and she will set thee on high, she will bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her: ⁹ She will give for thy head, a wreath of beauty, A crown of adorning, will she bestow upon thee.

¹² If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself, but, if thou scoff, alone, shalt thou bear it.

¹¹ Good is wisdom, with an inheritance,––and a profit, to such as see the sun. ¹² For, a protection, is wisdom, and, a protection, is silver,––but, the advantage of knowledge, is, that, wisdom, giveth life to the possessors thereof.

²⁹ And, if, thy right eye, is causing thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee,––for it profiteth thee, that, one of thy members, should perish, and not, thy whole body, be cast into gehenna.

¹⁰ Thus, ye also, when ye have done all the things enjoined upon you, say––Unprofitable servants, are we,––What we were bound to do, we have done!

⁷ Be not deceiving yourselves! God, is not to be mocked; for, whatsoever a man soweth, the same, shall he also reap,–– ⁸ Because, he that soweth into his own flesh, out of the flesh, shall reap corruption, whereas, he that soweth into the Spirit, out of the Spirit, shall reap age–abiding life.