Job 23 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Then responded Job, and said:–– ² Even today, is my complaint rebellion? His hand, is heavier than my groaning. 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.
⁸ Behold! eastward, I go, but he is not there, and, westward, but I perceive him not; ⁹ On the north, where he worketh, but I get no vision, He hideth himself on the south that I cannot see him. ¹⁰ But, he, knoweth the way that I choose, Having tried me, as gold, I shall come forth. ¹¹ Of his steps, my foot taketh hold, His way, have I kept, and not swerved; ¹² The command of his lips, and would not go back, and, in my bosom, have I treasured the words of his lips.
¹³ But, he, is one, and who can turn him? What his soul desired, he hath done. ¹⁴ Surely he will accomplish what is decreed for me, and, many such things, hath he in store. ¹⁵ For this cause, from his presence, am I driven in fear, I diligently consider and am kept back from him in dread: ¹⁶ Yea, GOD, hath made timid my heart, and, the Almighty, hath put me in terror. ¹⁷ Because I was not cut off before the darkness, nor, before my face, did the gloom form a shroud.

¹⁹ For I have become his intimate friend, To the end that he may command his sons and his house after him, so shall they keep the way of Yahweh, by doing righteousness and justice,––To the end that Yahweh may bring in for Abraham, what he hath spoken concerning him.

²⁵ Far be it from thee! to do after this manner, to put to death the righteous with the lawless! Then should righteous and lawless be alike,––Far be it from thee! Shall, the Judge of all the earth, not do, justice? ²⁶ And Yahweh said, If I find in Sodom, fifty righteous, in the midst of the city, then will I spare all the place for their sake. ²⁷ And Abraham responded, and said,––Behold, I pray thee, I have ventured to speak unto My Lord, though, I, am dust and ashes: ²⁸ Peradventure there may lack, of the fifty righteous, five, Wilt thou destroy, for five, all the city? And he said,––I will not destroy, if I find there, forty and five. ²⁹ And he added, yet once more, to speak unto him, and said, Peradventure there may be found there––forty. And he said––I will not do it, for the sake of the forty. ³⁰ And he said, Let it not, I pray thee, be vexing to My Lord, but let me speak, Peradventure there may be found there––thirty. And he said, I will not to it, if I find there––thirty. ³¹ And he said, Behold, I pray thee, I have ventured to speak unto My Lord, Peradventure there may be found there––twenty. And he said, I will not destroy [it], for the sake of the twenty. ³² And he said, Let it not, I pray thee, be vexing to My Lord, but let me speak, only this once, Peradventure there may be found there––ten. And he said, I will not destroy [it], for the sake of the ten!

¹² But, thou thyself, saidst,––I will, deal well, with thee,––So will I make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which is not to be counted, for multitude.

¹² Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying––For mischief, hath he taken them forth, to slay them among the mountains, and to make an end of them from off the face of the ground? Turn thou from the kindling of thine anger, and be grieved over the calamity to thy people. ¹³ Have remembrance of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, thy servants, to whom thou didst swear by thyself, and didst speak unto them saying, I will multiply your seed, as the stars of the heavens,––and, all this land of which I have spoken, will I give to your seed, and they shall inherit it to times age–abiding.

¹³ Then said Moses unto Yahweh,––So shall the Egyptians hear, For thou hast brought up, in thy might, this people, out of their midst; ¹⁴ And will tell it unto the inhabitants of this land: They have heard, That, thou, Yahweh, art in the midst of this people,––That, eye to eye, is he seen––thou, Yahweh. And, thy cloud, is standing over them, And, in a pillar of cloud, thou thyself, art going on before them by day, And, in a pillar of fire, by night. ¹⁵ As soon, therefore, as thou hast put to death this people, as one man, so soon will the nations who have heard thy fame speak, saying: ¹⁶ Because Yahweh, was not able, to bring in this people into the land which he had sworn unto them, therefore did he slay them in the desert. ¹⁷ Now, therefore, I beseech thee, let the might of My Lord, be magnified,––according as thou didst speak, saying: ¹⁸ Yahweh––slow to anger and great in lovingkindness, Forgiving iniquity and transgression: Though he will not leave, wholly unpunished, Visiting the iniquity of fathers upon sons, Upon a third generation, and upon a fourth. ¹⁹ Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people, According to the greatness of thy lovingkindness,––And according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt, even thus far.

¹⁹ GOD is, not a man, that he should lie, Nor, a son of Adam, that he should repent,––Hath, he, said, and will not perform? Yea spoken, and will not make it stand fast? ²⁰ Lo! to bless, have I received [command], ––And I will bless, nor will I take it back.

² So then, thou shalt remember all the way in which Yahweh thy God caused thee to journey these forty years in the desert,––that he might humble thee, to put thee to the proof, to know what was in thy heart,––whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or not.

³ and shall say unto them,––Hear, O Israel, ye are coming near, today, unto battle, against your enemies,––let not your heart faint, do not fear, nor start, nor quake, because of them.

⁸ Oh My Lord,––what shall I say, after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies? ⁹ Only let the Canaanite and all the inhabitants of the land hear, and they will surround us, and cut off our name out of the earth,––what then wilt thou do for thy great name?

²⁰ And she said unto them, Do not call me Naomi[=" Sweet"], ––call me Mara[=" Bitter"], for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me:

² Now, therefore, lo! the king going to and fro before you, But, I, am old and grey–headed, and, my sons, lo! they are with you,––But, I, have gone to and fro before you from my youth until this day. ³ Behold me! testify against me, before Yahweh, and before his Anointed––Whose, ox, have I taken? or whose, ass, have I taken? or whom have I oppressed? Whom have I crushed? or at whose, hands, have I taken a bribe, to cover up mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it unto you. ⁴ And they said, Thou hast not oppressed us, neither hast thou crushed us,––neither hast thou taken, at the hand of any man, any thing. ⁵ And he said unto them––Witness, is Yahweh against you, and, witness, is his Anointed, this day, that ye have not found in my hand, any thing! And they said: Witness!

³ I beseech thee, O Yahweh, remember, I pray thee, how I have walked before thee, in truth, and with a whole heart, and, that which is good in thine eyes, have I done! And Hezekiah wept aloud.

²⁰ For this cause, behold me! about to gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered unto thy graves, in peace, and so thine eyes shall not look upon all the misfortune which I am about to bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

¹¹ But, in very deed, put forth, I pray thee, thy hand, and smite all that he hath,––verily, unto thy face, will he curse thee. ¹² And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Lo! all that he hath, is in thy hand, only, against himself, do not put forth thy hand. So the accuser went forth from the presence of Yahweh.

⁵ In very deed, put forth, I pray thee thy hand, and smite unto his bone, and unto his flesh,––verily, unto thy face, will he curse thee. ⁶ And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Behold him! in thy hand,––only, his life, preserve thou!

² Oh that, weighed, were my vexation, and, my engulfing ruin––into the balances, they would lift up all at once! ³ For, now, beyond the sand of the seas, would it be heavy, On this account, my words, have wandered.

⁹ That it would please GOD to crush me, That he would set free his hand, and cut me off! 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.

³ So, have I been made to inherit months of calamity, and, nights of weariness, have been appointed me.

¹¹ I also, cannot restrain my mouth,––I must speak, in the anguish of my spirit, I must find utterance, in the bitterness of my soul.

⁴ Wise in heart, and alert in vigour, What man hath hardened himself against him, and prospered!

¹¹ Lo! he cometh upon me, yet can I not see him, Yea he passeth on, yet can I not discern him. 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.

¹⁵ Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, to be absolved, I would make supplication.

¹⁹ If it regardeth vigour, bold is he! If justice, who could summon him?

³³ There is not, between us, a mediator, who might lay his hand upon us both. ³⁴ Let him take from off me his rod, and, his terror, let it not startle me:

¹ My soul doth loathe my life,––I let loose my complaint, I speak, in the bitterness of my soul. ² I say unto GOD, Do not hold me guilty, Let me know, on what account thou contendest with me!

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.

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.

¹⁰ If he sweep on, or shut up, or call together, Who then shall hinder him?

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

³ But indeed, I, unto the Almighty, would speak, and, to direct my argument unto GOD, would I be well pleased.

¹⁸ Lo! I pray you, I have set forth in order a plea, I know that, I, shall be found right.

²¹ Thy hand––from off me, take thou far away, and, thy terror, let it not startle me! ²² Then call thou, and, I, will answer, Or I will speak, and reply thou unto me.
²³ How many are mine iniquities and sins? My transgression and my sin, let me know!

²² He hath no confidence to come back out of darkness, he, being destined to the power oft the sword;

²¹ That one might plead, for a man, with GOD,––Even a son of man, for his friend!

⁹ That the righteous may hold on his way, and, the clean of hands, increase in strength.

⁶ The light, hath darkened in his tent, Yea, his lamp above him, goeth out;

¹⁸ Let them thrust him out of light into darkness, Yea, out of the world, let them chase him;

⁸ My way, hath he walled up, that I cannot pass, and, upon my paths, hath he made darkness rest;

¹¹ Or darkness––thou canst not see, and, a flood of waters, covereth thee.

²² Accept, I beseech thee, from his mouth––instruction,––and lay up his sayings in thy heart.

³ Oh that I knew where I might find him! I would come even unto his dwelling–place;

² As GOD liveth who hath taken away my right, even the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul;

²³ For, a dread unto me, was calamity from GOD, and, from his majesty, I could not escape.

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! ³⁶ Oh! would I not, upon my shoulder, lift it, or bind it as a crown upon me; ³⁷ The number of my footsteps, I would declare to him, Like a noble, would I draw near to him.

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,

¹⁴ How much less when thou sayest thou wilt not regard him! The cause, is before him, and thou must wait for him.

¹⁹ Let us know what we shall say to him, We cannot set in order, by reason of darkness.

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.

² I know that, all things, thou canst do, and that no purpose can be withholden from thee. ³ Who is it that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore, have I declared, but not understood, things too wonderful for me, which I could not know. ⁴ Hear thou, I pray thee, and, I, will speak, I will ask thee, and inform thou me. ⁵ By the hearing of the ear, had I heard thee, but, now, mine own eye, hath seen thee.

⁵ By the hearing of the ear, had I heard thee, but, now, mine own eye, hath seen thee. ⁶ For this cause, I tremble and repent, on dust and ashes.

⁶ For this cause, I tremble and repent, on dust and ashes.
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.

⁶ For Yahweh doth acknowledge the way of the righteous; but, the way of the lawless, shall vanish.

¹ Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou stand afar off? [Wherefore] hide thyself, in times of destitution?

¹ [To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.]
How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou wholly forget me? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? ² How long shall I lay up cares within my soul, sorrow in my heart, day by day? How long shall mine enemy lift himself up over me? ³ Have regard! answer me O Yahweh my God,––Light up mine eyes, lest I sleep on into death:

³ Thou hast tested my heart, hast made inspection by night, hast refined me until thou couldst find nothing, Had I devised evil, my mouth should not have transgressed:

⁵ Thou hast held fast my goings on to thy ways, My footsteps have not been shaken:

²⁰ Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, he repaid me; ²¹ For I had kept the ways of Yahweh, and not broken away from my God; ²² For, all his regulations, were before me, and, his statutes, did I not put from me: ²³ So became I blameless with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity. ²⁴ Yahweh therefore repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the pureness of my hands, before his eyes.

⁹ The, reverence of Yahweh, is clean, Enduring evermore,––The, decisions of Yahweh, are faithful, They are righteous, altogether: ¹⁰ More desirable, than gold, yea than much fine gold, Sweeter, also than honey, or than droppings from the comb.

¹⁴ Like water, am I poured out, and, put out of joint, are all my bones,––My heart, hath become, like wax, it is melted in the midst of my body;

¹¹ For the sake of thy Name, O Yahweh, Therefore wilt thou pardon mine iniquity, for great it is.

⁴ For, day and night, heavy upon me, was thy hand,––Changed was my life–sap into the drought of summer. [Selah.]

³ The words of his mouth, are iniquity and deceit, he hath left off to show discretion by doing well:

¹ Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause, Against a nation, without lovingkindness, From the man of deceit and perversity, wilt thou deliver me?

¹⁸ Our heart had not drawn back, Nor had our goings swerved from thy path;

¹⁰ For thou didst prove us, O God, Thou didst refine us, according to the refining of silver:

² In the day of my distress––unto My Lord, will I seek, My hand, by night, hath been outstretched and never once became slack, My soul, hath refused to be consoled; ³ I remember God and I murmur, I muse, and my spirit swooneth. [Selah.]

³ I remember God and I murmur, I muse, and my spirit swooneth. [Selah.] ⁴ Thou hast held, watching, mine eyes, I was driven to and fro, and could not speak; ⁵ I reasoned, Of the days of aforetime, Of the years of by–gone ages; ⁶ I remember my song in the night,––With my own heart, I commune, And my spirit, maketh search:–– ⁷ For ages, will My Lord reject? And, not again, grant acceptance any more? ⁸ Hath his lovingkindness, come to a perpetual end? Hath his word failed to generation after generation? ⁹ Hath GOD, forgotten to show favour? Or hath he shut up, in anger, his compassions? [Selah.]

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

¹⁶ Over me, have passed thy bursts of burning anger, The alarms of thee have put an end to me;

⁴⁶ How long, O Yahweh, Wilt thou hide thyself utterly? Shall thine indignation, burn like fire?

² Clouds and thick darkness, are round about him, Righteousness and justice, are the establishing of his throne.

³ When, our God, is in the heavens, Whatsoever he pleased, hath he done.

¹¹ In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.

¹⁰³ How smooth to my palate is thy speech, More than honey, to my mouth.

¹²⁰ My flesh, bristled up from dread of thee, and, of thy regulations, stand I in fear.

¹²⁷ For this cause, do I love thy commandments, More than gold, yea than fine gold!

⁵ As for them who turn aside unto their crooked ways, Yahweh, will lead them forth, with the workers of iniquity, Prosperity on Israel!

⁶ Whatsoever Yahweh hath pleased, he hath done,––in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas, and all resounding deeps:

³ In the day I cried unto thee, then didst thou answer me, and didst excite me, in my soul, mightily.

¹ [To the Chief Musician, David’s. A Melody.]
O Yahweh! thou hast searched me, and observed: ² Thou, hast observed my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou hast given heed to my desire, from afar: ³ My path and my couch, hast thou examined, and, all my ways, thou well knowest.

³ Fining–pot for silver, crucible for gold, but, he that trieth hearts, is Yahweh.

²¹ Many are the devices in a man’s heart, but, the counsel of Yahweh, that, shall stand.

¹⁵ That which is crooked, cannot be straight,––and, that which is wanting, cannot be reckoned.

¹⁴ I know, that, whatsoever God doeth, the same, shall be age–abiding, unto it, there is nothing to add, and, from it, there is nothing to take away,––and, God, hath done it, that men should stand in awe before him.

¹⁸ Come, I pray you, and let us settle the dispute, Saith Yahweh,––Though your sins be found like scarlet, As snow, shall they be made white, Though they appear red like crimson, As wool, shall they become.

⁵ Then said I––Woe to me!––for I am undone, Because, a man of unclean lips, am, I, And, in the midst of a people of unclean lips, do, I, dwell,––For, the King, Yahweh of hosts, have mine eyes seen!

¹⁷ I will therefore long for Yahweh, Who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob,––And will wait, for him.

²⁴ Yahweh of hosts, hath sworn, saying,––Surely, as I intended, so, hath it come to pass, And, as I purposed, the same, shall stand:–– ²⁵ That I will break in pieces the Assyrian, in my land, Yea, upon my mountains, will I tread him underfoot,––So shall be removed from off them, his yoke, And, his burden, from off their shoulder, shall be removed. ²⁶ This, is the purpose that is purposed upon all the earth,––And, this, the hand outstretched over all the nations; ²⁷ For, Yahweh of hosts, hath purposed,––And who, shall frustrate? And, his, is the hand outstretched, And who, shall turn it back?

⁸ Surely, in the path of thy regulations, O Yahweh, we waited for thee,––Unto thy Name and unto thy Memorial, was there a longing of soul:

⁴ Fury, have I none,––Oh that there were delivered to me, briars and thorns, in battle! I would march in among them, I would set fire to them, one and all.

⁸ By driving her away––by dismissing her, wouldest thou contend with her? He removed her by his rough wind, in a day of east wind.

²⁷ Wherefore, shouldest thou, say, O Jacob, or, speak, O Israel,––Hidden, is my path from Yahweh, And, from my God, my vindication, will pass? 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:

²⁶ Put me in mind, Let us enter into judgment, at once,––Recount, thou, that thou mayest be justified:

¹⁵ Surely, thou, art a GOD utterly hiding thyself,––O God of Israel, able to save!

¹⁰ Declaring, from the beginning, the latter end, And, from olden time, that which had never been done,––Saying, My purpose shall stand, and, All my pleasure, will I perform;

⁶ Seek Yahweh, while he may be found,––Call ye upon him, while he is near: ⁷ Let the lawless forsake, his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts,––And let him return unto Yahweh, That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.

¹ The righteous one, hath perished, And, not a man, hath taken it to heart––Yea, the men of lovingkindness, have been withdrawn, No one considering, That, from the presence of calamity, hath the righteous been withdrawn.

¹⁶ For, not age–abidingly, will I contend, Nor perpetually, will I be wroth,––For, spirit, before me, would faint, Even, the breathing souls, which, I, had made.

⁵ Will he maintain [his anger] to times age–abiding? Will he keep it perpetually? Lo! thou hast spoken [thus] but hast done wicked things, and had thy way!

¹ Righteous, art thou, O Yahweh, when I present my pleading unto thee,––Yet, concerning the things that are right, let me speak with thee,––Wherefore, hath, the way of the lawless, prospered? [Wherefore] have all, utter traitors, been at ease?

⁷ Though, our iniquities, have testified against us, O Yahweh, effectually work thou, for the sake of thy Name,––For our apostasies have abounded, Against thee, have we sinned.

¹⁶ Thy words, were found, and I did eat them, Then became thy words unto me, the joy and gladness of my heart,––For, thy Name, hath been called, upon me, O Yahweh, God of hosts!

⁴⁶ And let not your heart be timid, nor be ye afraid, Because of the report that is reported in the earth, When there shall come, in one year, the report, And, after that, in another year, the report, With violence in the earth, and ruler upon ruler.

¹⁹ Remember my humiliation and my fleeings, the wormwood and poison; ²⁰ Thou wilt, indeed remember, that, bowed down concerning myself, is my soul;

³³ As I live, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, Surely, with a strong hand, and, With an outstretched arm, and, With outpoured indignation, Will I be king over you;

³⁵ And I will bring you, into the desert of the peoples,––and will contend with you there, face to face.

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?

¹⁸ Incline, O my God, thine ear, and hearken, open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city on which hath been called thy name; for, not on the ground of our own righteousnesses, are we causing our supplications to fall down before thee, but on the ground of thine abounding compassions. ¹⁹ O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hearken and perform! Do not delay! For thine own sake, O my God, because, thine own name, hath been called, upon thy city, and upon thy people.

¹⁵ Alas for the day! For near is the day of Yahweh, and, as a veritable Destruction from the Destroyer, shall it come.

⁹ The voice of Yahweh, to the city, crieth out, With safety for him who regardeth his name,––Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

¹⁶ I heard, and I trembled within me, at the voice, my lips, quivered, decay, entered, my bones, and, in my limbs, I trembled,––though I am to find rest, in the day of distress, when their invader, cometh up against the people.

⁶ And them who turn away from following Yahweh,––and have neither sought Yahweh, nor enquired for him.

⁹ And I will bring the third into the fire, and will smelt them as one smelteth silver, and will try them, as one trieth gold,––It, will call upon my name, and, I, will answer it, and will say, My people, it is! and, it, will say, Yahweh, is my God!

² But who may endure the day of his coming? And who is he that can stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ alkali; ³ Therefore will he sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and will purify the sons of Levi, and will smelt them, as gold and as silver; so shall they belong to Yahweh, offering a gift in righteousness.

¹³ And, those upon the rock, are they who, as soon as they hear, with joy, welcome the word; and, these, not having, root, are they who, for a season, believe,––and, in a season of testing, draw back. ¹⁴ And, that which in among the thorns fell, these, are they who have heard; and, by anxieties and wealth and pleasures of life being borne along, are choked up, and bear not to perfection. ¹⁵ But, that in the good ground, these, are they who, indeed, in a noble and good heart having heard the word, hold fast, and bear fruit with endurance.

⁴² And the Lord said––Who then is the faithful steward, the prudent one, whom the lord will appoint over his body of attendants, to be giving, in due season, the measured allowance of wheat?

⁴⁶ The lord of that servant, will have come––on a day when he is not expecting, and in an hour when he is not taking note,––and will cut him asunder, and, his part, with the unfaithful, will appoint.

³² But, he, said unto them––I, have, food, to eat, of which, ye, know not.

³⁴ Jesus saith unto them––My food, is, that I should do the will of him that sent me, and complete, his work.

⁶⁶ Because of this, many from among his disciples, went away back, and, no longer, with him, were walking. ⁶⁷ Jesus, therefore, said unto the twelve––Are, ye also, wishing to withdraw? ⁶⁸ Simon Peter answered him––Lord! unto whom, shall we go? Declarations of life age–abiding, thou hast; ⁶⁹ And, we, have believed, and come to know,––that, thou, art the Holy One of God.

³¹ Jesus was saying, therefore, unto the Jews who had believed on him––If, ye, abide in my word, of a truth, my disciples, ye are;

¹⁷ He saith unto him, the third time––Simon, son of John! art thou fond of me? Peter was grieved, that he said unto him, the third time, Art thou fond of me? and he said unto him––Lord! all things, thou, knowest: thou perceivest that I am fond of thee. Jesus saith unto him––Be feeding my sheep.

²² confirming the souls of the disciples, beseeching them to abide in the faith, and [declaring] that, through many tribulations, must we enter into the kingdom of God.

¹⁸ And, when they were come to him, he said unto them––Ye yourselves, well know, from the first day when I set foot in Asia, in what manner came to be with you all the time, ¹⁹ doing service unto the Lord, with all humility and tears, and temptations which befell me through the plots of the Jews:

³³ The silver or gold or apparel of no one, did I covet: ³⁴ yourselves, acknowledge that, for my necessities and for those who were with me, hard wrought these hands!

⁷ Unto them, on the one hand, who, by way of endurance in good work, are seeking, glory, honour and incorruption, life age–abiding,

¹⁹ Now we know that, whatsoever things the law saith, to them who are within the law, it speaketh, in order that, every mouth, may be stopped and all the world come, under penal sentence, unto God. ²⁰ Inasmuch as, by works of law, shall no flesh be declared righteous before him,––through law, in fact, is discovery of sin. ²¹ But now, apart from law, a righteousness of God hath been manifested, borne witness to by the law and the prophets,–– ²² A righteousness of God, through faith in [Jesus] Christ, unto all that have faith; for there is no distinction,––

¹ Hence there is now, no, condemnation unto them who are in Christ Jesus;

³³ Who shall bring an accusation against the chosen ones of God? God, who declareth righteous? ³⁴ Who is he that condemneth? Christ [Jesus] who died?––Nay! rather was raised [from among the dead], ––who is on the right hand of God, who also is making intercession in our behalf?

¹⁹ Thou wilt say to me, then––Why longer findeth he fault? For, his purpose, who hath withstood?

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

³ With me, however, it counteth for the very smallest thing, that, by you, I should be examined, or by a human day. Nay! I am not even examining myself, ⁴ For, of nothing, to myself, am I conscious: nevertheless, not hereby, am I declared righteous, but, he that doth examine me, is the Lord.

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.

¹⁹ How that, God, was in Christ, reconciling, a world, unto himself, not reckoning, unto them, their offences,––and hath put, in us, the reconciling discourse. ²⁰ In behalf of Christ, therefore, are we ambassadors,––as if God were beseeching through us: we entreat, in behalf of Christ,––be reconciled unto God!

⁹ And at once he said unto me––Sufficient for thee, is my favour, for, my power, in weakness, is made complete. Most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may spread a tent over me. ¹⁰ Wherefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, and straits, in behalf of Christ; for, as soon as I am weak, then, am powerful.

⁹ making known to us the sacred secret of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him,–– ¹⁰ For an administration of the fulness of the seasons, to reunite for himself (under one head) the all things in the Christ, the things upon the heavens, and the things upon the earth, in him: ¹¹ In whom also we were taken as an inheritance, according to the purpose of him who energiseth all things according to the counsel of his will,

¹⁰ Ye, are witnesses––God also, how kindly and righteously and blamelessly, unto you who were believing, we were found to behave;

³ That, no one, might be shrinking back in these tribulations. For ye, yourselves, know, that, hereunto, are we appointed;

⁹ Because God did not appoint us unto anger, but unto acquiring salvation through our Lord Jesus [Christ]:––

¹⁶ Who alone hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable,––Whom no man hath seen––nor can see: unto whom, be honour and might age–abiding. Amen.

¹⁹ Howbeit, the firm foundation of God, standeth, having this seal––The Lord hath acknowledged them who are his, and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord stand aloof from unrighteousness.

⁶ Seeing, therefore, that it is left over for, some, to enter into it, and, they who formerly had delivered to them the joyful message, entered not in by reason of obstinacy,––

³⁸ But, my righteous one, by faith, shall live, and, if he draw back, my soul delighteth not in him. ³⁹ We, however, are not of a drawing back unto destruction, but, of faith, unto an acquisition of life.

¹⁷ By faith, Abraham, when tested, offered up Isaac, and, the only–begotten, would he have offered up, who the promises had accepted,––

² All Joy, account it, my brethren, whensoever ye fall in with, manifold, temptations,–– ³ Taking note, that, the proving of your faith, worketh out endurance; ⁴ But let, your endurance, have, mature work, that ye may be mature and complete, in nothing, coming short.

¹² Happy the man who endureth temptation! Because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of life––which he hath promised unto them that love him.

¹⁷ Every good giving, and every perfect gift, is, from above, coming down from the Father of lights––with whom is no alternation, nor shadow cast, by turning:

⁷ In order that the proving of your faith––much more precious than of gold that perisheth even though, by means of fire, it is proved––may be found unto praise and glory and honour in the revealing of Jesus Christ,––

² As new–born babes, for the pure milk that is for the mind, eagerly crave, that, thereby, ye may grow unto salvation:––

⁸ And a stone to strike against, and a rock to stumble over: Who stumble because, unto the word, they do not yield,––unto which also they have been appointed;

²⁰ For, if, having escaped from the defilements of the world by a personal knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, but, by the same having again become entangled, they are defeated, the, last, state hath become, for them, worse than, the first; ²¹ For, better, had it been for them––not to have obtained a personal knowledge of the way of righteousness, than, having obtained such knowledge, to turn back out of the holy commandment delivered unto them. ²² There hath befallen them the thing [spoken of] in the true proverb––A dog, turning back unto his own vomit, and––A sow, as soon as washed, unto wallowing in mire.

¹⁹ From among us, they went out, but they were not of us; for, if, of us, they had been, they would in that case have abode with us; but [it came to pass] in order that they might be made manifest, because, all, are not of us.