Job 24 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Wherefore, since from the Almighty times are not hid, have, his knowing ones, no vision of his days? ² Boundaries, men move back, flocks, they seize and consume; ³ The ass of the fatherless, they drive off, they take in pledge the ox of the widow; ⁴ They turn aside the needy out of the way, at once, are the humbled of the land made to hide themselves. ⁵ Lo! [as] wild asses in the wilderness, they go forth with their work, eager seekers for prey, the waste plain, yieldeth them food for their young; ⁶ In the field––a man’s fodder, they cut down, and, the vineyard of the lawless, they strip of its late berries; ⁷ Ill–clad, they are left to lodge without clothing, and have no covering in the cold; ⁸ With the sweeping rain of the mountains, are they wet, and, through having no shelter, they embrace a rock. ⁹ Men tear, from the breast, the fatherless, and, over the poor, they take a pledge; ¹⁰ Naked, they go about without clothing, and, famished, they carry the sheaves; ¹¹ Between their walls, are they exposed to the sun, Wine–presses, they tread, and yet are thirsty; ¹² Out of the city––out of the houses, they make outcry. and, the soul of the wounded, calleth for help, and, GOD, doth not regard it as foolish.
¹³ They, have become rebels against the light,––they are not acquainted with the ways thereof, neither abide they in the paths thereof. ¹⁴ With the light, riseth the murderer, He slayeth the poor and needy, And, in the night, he becometh like a thief. ¹⁵ And, the eye of the adulterer, watcheth for the evening twilight, saying, Not an eye will see me! A covering for the face, he putteth on; ¹⁶ He breaketh, in the dark, into houses,––By day, they lock themselves in, They know not the light; ¹⁷ For, in the case of all such, morning to them is the death–shade, For, to be recognised, is a death–shade terror.
¹⁸ Swift is he on the face of the waters, Speedily vanished their share in the land, He turneth not to the way of the vineyards. ¹⁹ Drought and heat, steal away snow water, Hades, them who have sinned. ²⁰ Maternal love shall forget him, the worm shall find him sweet, No more shall he be remembered, but perversity shall be shivered like a tree. ²¹ He oppresseth the barren who beareth not, and, to the widow, he doeth not good; ²² Yea he draggeth along the mighty by his strength, He riseth up, and none hath assurance of life; ²³ It is given him to be secure, and confident, yet, his eyes, are upon their ways. ²⁴ They are exalted a little, and are not, Yea having been laid low, like all men, are they gathered, Even as the top of an ear of corn, do they hang down. ²⁵ But, if not, who then can convict me of falsehood? or make of no account my words?

⁴ For, in seven days, more, I, am sending rain on the earth, forty days and forty nights,––so will I wipe out all the living things which I have made, from off the face of the ground.

¹² But, he, will be a wild ass of a man, his hand, against every one, and, every one’s hand, against him––yet, in presence of all his brethren, shall he have his habitation.

¹⁷ Now, Yahweh, had said,––Am I going to hide from Abraham what I do,

²⁰ So Yahweh said, The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah, because it hath become great,––And their sin, because it hath become exceeding grievous, ²¹ Let me go down, pray, and let me behold, whether, according to their outcry which hath come in unto me, they have done altogether, And if not, I must know!

⁴⁰ And, on thy sword, shalt thou live, And, thy brother, shalt thou serve: But it shall come to pass, when thou shalt rove at large, Then shalt thou break his yoke from off thy neck.

⁴⁰ Thus have I been––By day, drought hath consumed me, And, frost, by, night,––So that my sleep fled away from mine eyes.

¹⁴ So she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself up, and sat down in the entrance of, Enaim, which is by the way towards Timnah,––for she saw that Shelah had grown up, and, she, had not been given him to wife. ¹⁵ And Judah, seeing her, reckoned her to be an unchaste woman,––for she had covered her face.

¹³ And the Egyptians rigorously made the sons of Israel serve; ¹⁴ and embittered their lives with harsh service, in clay and in bricks, and in all manner of service in the field,––all their service, wherein they rigorously made them serve.

²³ And it came to pass, during those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the sons of Israel sighed by reason of the servitude, and lamented,––and their cry for help went up to God, by reason of the servitude. ²⁴ And God heard their groaning,––and God remembered his covenant, with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob;

¹⁴ Thou shalt not commit adultery.

² If, in the place of breaking in, the thief be found and he is smitten so that he dieth, there is due for him no shedding of blood: ³ should the sun have arisen upon him, there would be shedding of blood due for him,––he is, surely to make restitution, if he hath nothing, then is he to be sold, for his theft.

²⁶ If thou, do take in pledge, the mantle of thy neighbour, by the going in of the sun, shalt thou restore it to him; ²⁷ for, that, is his only covering, that, is his mantle, for his skin,––wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he maketh outcry unto me, then will I hear, because, gracious, I am.

²⁷ for, that, is his only covering, that, is his mantle, for his skin,––wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he maketh outcry unto me, then will I hear, because, gracious, I am.

¹⁴ Thou shalt not move back the boundary of thy neighbour, by which they set bounds at first,––in thine inheritance which thou shall receive, in the land which Yahweh thy God is giving thee to possess.

⁶ No man shall take in pledge a handmill, or an upper millstone,––for he would be taking, life, in pledge.

¹⁰ When thou lendest thy neighbour a loan of anything, thou shalt not enter into his house, to secure his pledge: ¹¹ outside, shalt thou stand, and, the man to whom thou art lending, shall bring forth unto thee his pledge, outside. ¹² And, if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep in his pledge: ¹³ thou shalt, restore, to him the pledge, at the going in of the sun, so shall he sleep in his own mantle, and bless thee,––and, unto thee, shall it be righteousness, before Yahweh thy God.

¹⁷ Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the sojourner [or] the fatherless,––neither shalt thou take in pledge the garment of a widow; ¹⁸ so shalt thou remember that, a servant, becamest thou in Egypt, and that Yahweh thy God, redeemed thee, from thence,––therefore, am I commanding thee to do this thing. ¹⁹ When thou cuttest down thy harvest in thy field, and forgettest a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not turn back to fetch it, to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, shall it belong,––that Yahweh thy God, may bless thee, in all the work of thy hands.

¹⁹ When thou cuttest down thy harvest in thy field, and forgettest a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not turn back to fetch it, to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, shall it belong,––that Yahweh thy God, may bless thee, in all the work of thy hands. ²⁰ When thou beatest thine olive–tree, thou shalt not glean after thee,––to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, shall it belong. ²¹ When thou cuttest off the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not go about picking after thee,––to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, shall it belong:

⁴ Thou shalt not muzzle an ox when he is treading out the corn.

¹⁷ Cursed, be he that moveth back the boundary of his neighbour. And all the people shall say––Amen.

¹⁶ Cursed, shalt thou be in the city,––and, cursed, shalt thou be in the field: ¹⁷ Cursed, shall be thy basket, and thy kneading–trough: ¹⁸ Cursed, shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground,––the young of thy kine, and the ewes of thy flock: ¹⁹ Cursed, shalt thou be, when thou comest in,––and, cursed, shalt thou be, when thou goest out: ²⁰ Yahweh will send upon thee cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all whereunto thou settest thy hand, that thou mayest do it,––until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly, because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

³³ The fruit of thy soil, and all thy toilsome produce, shall a people whom thou knowest not, eat up,––and, thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed, all the days;

⁵¹ then shall he eat the young of thy cattle and the fruit of thy ground, until thou art destroyed, who will not leave for thee corn, new wine or oil, the young of thy kine, or the ewes of thy flock,––until he hath caused thee to perish.

³ And so it used to be, if Israel had sown, then came up Midian and Amalek and the sons of the east, yea came up against them, ⁴ and encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the land, until thou comest unto Gaza,––neither left they sustenance in Israel, nor sheep nor ox, nor ass; ⁵ for, they with their cattle, used to come up, with their tents––yea they used to come like locusts, for multitude, both they and their cattle, were without number,––so they came into the land, to lay it waste. ⁶ Thus was Israel greatly impoverished, because of Midian,––and the sons of Israel made outcry unto Yahweh.

¹⁶ And they put away the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and served Yahweh,––and his soul was impatient of the misery of Israel.

⁶ And her rival used even to cause her great vexation, for the sake of provoking her,––because Yahweh had restrained her from having children. ⁷ And, thus, used she to do, year by year, whenever she went up to the house of Yahweh, thus, used she to vex her,––and she wept, and would not eat.

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 David sent messengers, and fetched her, and she came in unto him, and he lay with her, she having purified herself from her uncleanness,––and she returned unto her own house. ⁵ And the woman, having conceived, sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
⁶ Then sent David unto Joab, Send unto me Uriah the Hittite. So Joab sent Uriah unto David. ⁷ And, when Uriah had come in unto him, David asked––how Joab prospered, and how the people prospered, and how the war prospered. ⁸ Then said David unto Uriah, Go down unto thy house, and bathe thy feet. And, when Uriah went out of the house of the king, there followed him, a present from the king. ⁹ But Uriah slept at the entrance of the king’s house, with all the servants of his lord,––and went not down unto his own house. ¹⁰ And it was told David, saying, Uriah went not down, unto his own house. So David said unto Uriah––Was it not, from a journey, thou didst come? why, then, hast thou not been down unto thine own house? ¹¹ And Uriah said unto David––The ark, and Israel and Judah, are dwelling in huts and, my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, on the face of the field, are encamped, Was, I, then, to enter my own house, to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? By thy life, yea by the life of thy soul, I could not do this thing. ¹² Then said David unto Uriah––Abide here today also, and, tomorrow, will I let thee go. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow. ¹³ And David called him, and he did eat before him, and drank, and he made him drunk,––and he went forth in the evening to lie down on his bed, with the servants of his lord, but, unto his own house, went he not down.
¹⁴ And so it was, in the morning, that David wrote a letter unto Joab,––and sent it by the hand of Uriah; ¹⁵ and he wrote in the letter, saying,––Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he be smitten and die. ¹⁶ So it came to pass, when Joab was laying siege to the city, that he put Uriah in the place where he knew that the men of valour, were. ¹⁷ And forth sallied the men of the city, and fought with Joab, and there fell some of the people, of the servants of David,––then died also, Uriah the Hittite.

¹² For, thou, didst it, in secret,––but, I, will do this thing, before all Israel, and before the sun.

¹ Now, a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets, made outcry unto Elisha, saying––Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and, thou, knowest that, thy servant, was one who revered Yahweh,––now, the creditor, hath come to take my two boys to himself as bondmen.

⁵ Now, therefore, as is the flesh of our brethren, so is our flesh, as are their children, so are our children. Yet lo! we are putting in subjection our sons and our daughters, for bondservants, yea there are some of our daughters already trodden down, and we are powerless, and, our fields and our vineyards, belong to others.

⁸ Then said Haman unto King Ahasuerus, There is a certain people, scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples, throughout all the provinces of thy kingdom,––whose laws, are diverse from every people, and, the laws of the king, they observe not, for the king, therefore, it is not fit, to suffer them. ⁹ If, unto the king, it seem good, let it be written, to destroy them,––and, ten thousand talents of silver, will I weigh out upon the hands of them who are doing the business, to bring [it] into the treasuries of the king. ¹⁰ So then the king took his signet–ring from off his hand, and gave it unto Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the adversary of the Jews;

¹⁵ when the Sabeans swooped down, and took them, and, the young men, smote they with the edge of the sword,––and escaped am, only I alone, too tell thee.

¹⁷ Yet was this one speaking, when, another, came in and said, The Chaldeans, appointed three chiefs, and spread out against the camels, and took them, and, the young men, smote they with the edge of the sword; and escaped am, only I alone, to tell thee.

⁵ Let darkness and death–shade buy it back, May there settle down upon it a cloud, Let a day’s dark eclipse cause it terror:

⁵ Whose harvest, the hungry, eateth up, and, even out of thorn hedges, he taketh it, and the snare gapeth for their substance.

¹⁵ Mine own brethren, have proved treacherous like a torrent, like a channel of torrents which disappear: ¹⁶ Which darken by reason of the cold, over them, is a covering made by the snow: ¹⁷ By the time they begin to thaw, they are dried up, as soon as it is warm, they have vanished out of their place.

²⁸ But, now, be pleased to turn to me, that it may be, to your faces, if I speak falsehood,

²² They who hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, but, the tent of the lawless, shall not be!

²³ If, a scourge, slay suddenly, at the despair of innocent ones, he mocketh. ²⁴ The earth, hath been given into the hand of a lawless one, The faces of her judges, he covereth, If not, then who is it?

²⁶ They have passed away with boats of paper–reed, like a vulture [which] rusheth upon food.

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?

¹¹ For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider.

⁶ At peace are the tents that belong to the spoilers, and there is security to them who provoke GOD, To him who bringeth a god in his hand.

⁷ Though there is––for a tree––hope,––if it should be cut down, that, again, it will grow, and, the tender branch thereof, will not cease; ⁸ If its root, should become old in the earth, and, in the dust, its stock should die: ⁹ Through the scent of water, it may break forth, and produce branches like a sapling, ¹⁰ Yet, man, dieth, and is prostrate, Yea the son of earth doth cease to breathe, and where is he?

²¹ His sons, come to honour, and he knoweth it not, Or they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not of them.

² Should, a wise man, answer unreal knowledge? or fill, with the east wind, his inner man?

¹⁴ To corruption, have exclaimed, My father, thou! My mother! and My sister! to the worm.

¹⁶ Beneath, let his roots be dried up, and, above, be cut off his branch; ¹⁷ His memorial, have perished out of the land, and let him have no name over the face of the open field;

²⁶ And, though, after my skin is struck off, this [followeth], yet, apart from my flesh, shall I see GOD:

⁵ That, the joy–shout of the lawless, is short, and, the rejoicing of the impious, for a moment?

¹³ They complete, in prosperity, their days, and, in a moment to hades, they sink down.

²³ This, man dieth, in the very perfection of his prosperity, wholly tranquil and secure;

³² Yet, he, to the graves, is borne, and, over the tomb, one keepeth watch; ³³ Pleasant to him are the mounds of the torrent–bed,––and, after him, doth every man march, as, before him, there were without number. ³⁴ How then should ye comfort me with vanity, since, as for your replies, there lurketh, [in them] treachery?

⁶ Surely then hast been wont to put thy brother in pledge, for nothing, and, the garments of the ill–clad, hast thou stripped off:

⁶ Surely then hast been wont to put thy brother in pledge, for nothing, and, the garments of the ill–clad, hast thou stripped off: ⁷ No water––to the weary, hast thou given to drink, and, from the hungry, thou hast withheld bread: ⁸ A man of might, to him, pertaineth the land, and, the favorite, dwelleth therein: ⁹ Widows, thou hast sent away empty, and, the arms of the fatherless, thou dost crush.

⁹ Widows, thou hast sent away empty, and, the arms of the fatherless, thou dost crush.

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?

¹⁶ Who were snatched away before the time, and, a stream, washed away their foundation?

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.

³ The ass of the fatherless, they drive off, they take in pledge the ox of the widow;

¹⁰ Naked, they go about without clothing, and, famished, they carry the sheaves;

¹³ They, have become rebels against the light,––they are not acquainted with the ways thereof, neither abide they in the paths thereof. ¹⁴ With the light, riseth the murderer, He slayeth the poor and needy, And, in the night, he becometh like a thief.

⁴ Verily my lips shall not speak perversity, nor shall, my tongue, utter deceit.

¹² Because I used to deliver the oppressed who was crying out for aid, the fatherless also, and him that had no helper; ¹³ The blessing of him that was ready to perish, upon me was wont to descend, and, the heart of the widow, caused I to sing for joy;

²⁵ Verily I wept, for him whose lot was hard, Grieved was my soul, for the needy.

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

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

¹⁶ If I withheld––from pleasure––the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed; ¹⁷ Or, used to eat my morsel alone, so that the fatherless did not eat thereof;

¹⁷ Or, used to eat my morsel alone, so that the fatherless did not eat thereof; ¹⁸ Surely, from my youth, he grew up to me, as to a father, and, from my birth, I acted as guide to her: ¹⁹ If I saw one perishing for lack of clothing, or that the needy had no covering; ²⁰ If his loins did not bless me, or if, with the fleece of my lambs, he did not warm himself;

¹² Since thy days [began] hast thou commanded the morning? or caused the dawn to know its place; ¹³ That it might lay hold of the wings of the earth, and the lawless be shaken out of it?

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;

¹⁰ Thus let them who know thy Name, put confidence in thee, that thou hast not forsaken the searchers for thee, O Yahweh.

⁸ He abideth in the lurking–place of villages, In the hiding–places, he murdereth the innocent,––His eyes, for the unfortunate, are on the watch: ⁹ He lieth in wait in a hiding–place, like a lion in his covert, He lieth in wait to catch the humbled, He catcheth the humbled, by drawing him into his net: ¹⁰ He croucheth, he lieth down, then falleth he with his strong claws upon the unfortunate. ¹¹ He hath said in his heart, GOD hath forgotten,––He hath veiled his face, Oh he hath never seen!

¹³ Wherefore hath the lawless one blasphemed God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it]! 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.

⁴ Yahweh, is in his holy temple As for Yahweh, in the heavens, is his throne, His eyes, behold––His eyelashes test the sons of men. ⁵ Yahweh, putteth, the righteous, to the test,––But the lawless one and the lover of violence, his soul doth hate.

⁵ Because of violence done to the poor, because of the crying of the needy, Now, will I arise! O may Yahweh say,––I will place [him] in safety––let him puff at him!

¹⁵ In thy hand, are my times, Rescue me from the hand of my foes and from my pursuers!

¹⁰ Prolong thy lovingkindness unto them who know thee,––and thy righteousness, to the upright in heart.

¹⁰ Yet a little, therefore, and the lawless one shall not be, Yea thou shalt look about, over his place––and he shall have vanished!

³⁵ I have seen a lawless man, a tyrant, and spreading himself out, like a cedar in Lebanon; ³⁶ Then I passed by, and lo! he had vanished! Yea I sought him, but he could not be found.

¹ [To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.]
How happy is he that is attentive to the poor, In the day of calamity, will Yahweh deliver him:

¹⁴ Like sheep––into hades, are they driven, Death shall shepherd them,––And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, Even their form, is to decay, Hades, is all that remaineth of a habitation for him.

¹⁸ If thou sawest a thief, then didst thou run with him,––And, with adulterers, hath been thy chosen life;

²¹ These things, hast thou done, and I have kept silence, Thou thoughtest that I should really be like thyself, I will convict thee, yea I will set [thine offences] in order before thine eyes.

⁷ Let such men flow away like waters that disperse themselves: He prepareth his arrow, Like [grass] let them be cut down: ⁸ Like a snail, which melteth away as it goeth, An untimely birth of a woman, which hath not seen the sun: ⁹ Before your kettles can perceive the [kindled] bramble, Be he green or be he withered, he shall be swept away.

² As smoke is driven about, Let them be driven about,––As wax is melted before a fire, Let the lawless perish before God.

²² Let their table, before them, become a snare, And unto their friends, a lure;

²⁶ For, whom, thou thyself, hadst smitten, they pursued, And, unto the pain of thy wounded ones, they must needs add.

³ For I was envious of the boasters, At the prosperity of the lawless, used I to look. ⁴ For they have no pangs in their death, And vigorous is their body; ⁵ Of the toil of weak mortals, have they none, Nor, with the sons of earth, are they hard smitten. ⁶ For this cause, doth arrogance deck them as a neck–chain, And a garment of wrong is their attire; ⁷ Their iniquity, hath proceeded from fatness, They have surpassed the imaginations of the heart; ⁸ They mock, and wickedly command oppression, From on high, they command; ⁹ They have set, in the heavens, their mouth, And, their tongue, marcheth through the earth. ¹⁰ Therefore must his people return thither, And, the waters of abundance, are drained by them; ¹¹ And they say––How doth GOD know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

¹¹ And they say––How doth GOD know? And is there knowledge in the Most High? ¹² Lo! these, are the lawless, Who are secure for an age, They have attained unto wealth.

¹⁶ When I reasoned, that I might understand this, A vexation, it was in mine eyes: ¹⁷ Until I could enter the holy places of God,––Could give heed to their hereafter:–– ¹⁸ Surely, in slippery places, dost thou set them,––Thou hast suffered them to fall into places of danger.

¹⁸ Surely, in slippery places, dost thou set them,––Thou hast suffered them to fall into places of danger. ¹⁹ How have they become desolate, as in a moment! They have ceased––come to an end, by reason of calamities.

¹⁹ How have they become desolate, as in a moment! They have ceased––come to an end, by reason of calamities.

¹⁹ How have they become desolate, as in a moment! They have ceased––come to an end, by reason of calamities. ²⁰ As the dream of him that waketh, O my Lord! when rousing thyself up, their shadowy being, wilt thou despise.

⁷ When the lawless do thrive like grass, And all the workers of iniquity have blossomed, It is that they may be destroyed for ever.

⁷ Yet have they said––Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.

²³ Man goeth forth to his work, And to his labour, until evening.

¹⁶ Because that he remembered not to show lovingkindness, but pursued the man that was oppressed and needy, that, the downhearted, he might slay.

²² For, oppressed and needy, I am, and, my heart, is wounded within me.

³³ The curse of Yahweh, is in the house of the lawless one, but, the home of the righteous, he blesseth.

¹⁶ For they sleep not, unless they can do mischief,––They rob themselves of their sleep, if they cannot cause someone to stumble,

¹⁹ The way of the lawless, is like darkness, they know not, at what they stumble.

²¹ For, before the eyes of Yahweh, are the ways of a man,––and, all his tracks, doth he consider:

³² He that committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh sense, A destroyer of his own life, is he that doeth it; ³³ Smiting and shame, shall he find, and, his reproach, shall not be wiped out; ³⁴ For, jealousy, is the rage of a man, nor will he spare, in the day of avenging; ³⁵ He will not look, at any ransom, neither will he consent, though thou increase the bribe.

⁹ In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the midst of the night, and the gloom; ¹⁰ And lo! a woman, came to meet him, attired as one unchaste, of a wily heart.

⁷ The memory of the righteous, yieldeth blessing, but, the name of the lawless, dieth out.

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

³ In every place, are the eyes of Yahweh, observing the evil and the good.

¹⁶ He that oppresseth the poor, to make increase for himself, giving to the rich, shall surely come to want.

²⁸ Do not move back the ancient boundary, which thy father’s made.

¹⁰ Do not move back the ancient boundary, and, into the fields of the fatherless, do not enter;

²¹ If he that hateth thee hunger, give him bread to eat, and, if he be thirsty, give him water to drink; ²² For, burning coals, shalt thou be heaping upon his head,––and, Yahweh, will repay thee.
²³ A north wind, bringeth forth rain, and, a face stirred with indignation, a secretive tongue.

¹² In the exulting of the righteous, there is great glorying, but, when the lawless arise, a man must be sought for.

²⁸ When lawless men rise, a common man will hide himself, but, when they perish, righteous men multiply.

¹⁴ A generation! Swords, are its teeth, and, knives, its incisors,––to devour the humbled out of the earth, and the needy, from among men.

²¹ She feareth not, for her household, because of the snow, for, all her household, are clothed with crimson:

¹⁷ Said, I, in my heart, Both the righteous and the lawless, will God judge,––for [there will be] a time for every pursuit, and concerning every work––there.

¹ Then again, I, considered all the oppressive deeds which were done under the sun,––and lo! the tears of the oppressed, and they have no comforter, and, on the side of their oppressing, is power, and they have no comforter.

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.

⁶ For, to every pursuit, there is a time and a manner,––when, the vexation of man, is great concerning it. ⁷ For there is no one who knoweth what shall be, for, when it shall be, who will tell him?

¹⁰ And, thereupon, I considered the lawless when buried, when they had entered, [their graves], that, from the place of the Holy One, they used to go and boast in the city that they had so done,––even this, was vanity. ¹¹ Because sentence against a wicked work is not executed speedily––on this account, the heart of the sons of men is fully set within them, to commit wickedness.

¹¹ Because sentence against a wicked work is not executed speedily––on this account, the heart of the sons of men is fully set within them, to commit wickedness. ¹² Though a sinner be committing wickedness a hundred times, and continuing long in his own way, yet I surely know that it shall be well to them who revere God, who stand in awe before him;

⁴ For, whosoever was united to all the living, for him, there was hope,––inasmuch as, a living dog, fared better than a dead lion. ⁵ For, the living, knew that they should die,––but, the dead, knew not, anything, neither had they any longer a reward, because forgotten was their memory. ⁶ Both their love and their hatred and their envy, already had perished,––and, portion, had they none any longer, unto times age–abiding, in aught that was done under the sun.

¹¹ I again saw under the sun, that not, to the swift, was the race, nor, to the strong, the battle, nay! nor, to the wise, food, nor yet, to the intelligent, riches, nor, even to the well–informed, comeliness,––for, time and accident, happened to them all. ¹² For, indeed, man could not know his own time, like fishes which were caught in a cruel net, and like little birds which were caught in a trap,––like them, were ensnared the sons of men, by a time of misfortune, when it fell upon them suddenly.

² [SHE] I, was sleeping, but, my heart, was awake,––The voice of my beloved––knocking! Open to me, my sister, my fair one, my dove, my perfect one, for, my head, is filled with dew, my locks, with the moisture of the night.

¹² For, a day of Yahweh of hosts, [shall be]––Upon every one who is high and lofty,––And upon every one who is lifted up, And he shall be brought low;

² Turning aside, from judgment, the poor, And robbing, of justice, the oppressed of my people,––So that, widows, become, their spoil, And, of the fatherless, they make prey.

⁸ For he saith:––Are not, my generals, all alike, kings? ⁹ Is not, Calno, like Carchemish? Is not, Hamath, like Arpad? Is not, Samaria, like Damascus? ¹⁰ As my hand hath reached unto the kingdoms of idols,––whose images did excel them of Jerusalem and Samaria, ¹¹ Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so, do to Jerusalem and her images?

⁵ And it shall come to pass––That, as the harvestman gathereth, standing corn, And, with his arm––the ears, he reapeth, Yea it shall come to pass––That, so, shall he be who gleaneth ears, in the vale of Rephaim;
⁶ Yet shall there be left therein, a gleaning. As in the beating of an olive–tree,––Two––three berries, in the head of the tree–top,––Four––five, among her fruitful boughs, Declareth Yahweh, God of Israel.

¹⁰ Pass through thy land, as the Nile,––O daughter of Tarshish, there is no, restraint any longer!

¹⁴ The dead, come not to life again, The shades, do not arise,––Therefore, thou hast visited and destroyed them, And caused to perish every memorial of them.

⁵ Now, therefore, what do I here? Demandeth Yahweh. That my people have been taken away for nought? They who rule them, do howl, Declareth Yahweh, And, continually––all the day, is my Name, brought into contempt.

¹² Come ye! I will fetch wine, Let us fill ourselves with strong drink,––And, like this day, shall, tomorrow, be––Great beyond measure!

⁷ Is it not to break, unto the hungry, thy bread, And, the thrust–out oppressed, that thou bring into a home,––When thou seest one naked, that thou cover him, And, from thine own flesh, shalt not hide thyself?

²² The little one, shall become a thousand, and, The small one, a mighty nation: I––Yahweh, in its own season, will hasten it.

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!

²⁶ As the shame of a thief when he is found, So, hath been put to shame, the house of Israel,––They, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their, prophets:

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? ² Thou didst plant them, yea they took root, They have gone on, yea, they have borne fruit,––Near, art thou, in their mouth, But far off from their affections. ³ But, thou, O Yahweh, knowest me, Wilt thou observe me, and try my heart, towards thee? Drag them away, as sheep for slaughter, And hallow them, for the day when they are to be slain.

¹³ Alas! for him who buildeth, His house without righteousness, And his roof–chambers without justice,––Of his neighbour, taketh service for nought, And, recompense for his work, giveth him not.

¹⁰ A day of avenging, to avenge him of his adversaries, When the sword shall devour, and be filled, and be sated with their blood,––For, a sacrifice, hath My Lord, Yahweh of hosts, In the land of the North, Towards the river Euphrates.

⁵ They who used to eat delicacies, are deserted in the streets,––They who used to be carried on crimson, have embraced heaps of refuse.

¹² Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen, Son of man, what, the elders of the house of Israel, are doing in the dark, every man in his image–chambers? for they are saying––Yahweh doth not, see us! Yahweh hath forsaken, the land!

⁹ And he said unto me, the iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah, is, exceeding, great, and the land is filled, with shed blood, and, the city, is full of over–reaching,––for they have said, Yahweh hath forsaken, the land,––and, Yahweh doth not, see.

⁵ Before their eyes, break thou forth by thyself through the wall,––and carry forth through it. ⁶ Before their eyes, Upon the shoulder, shalt thou lift it, In thick darkness, take it forth, Thy face, shalt thou cover, so that thou see not the land; For, a sign, have I appointed thee to the house of Israel. ⁷ And I did so, just as I was commanded, My baggage, took I forth as baggage for exile, by day, and, in the evening, I brake forth by myself through the wall, by force: in the twilight, I took it forth––on to my shoulder, I lifted it, before their eyes.

¹² Yea, the Bearer who is in their midst, Upon his shoulder, shall lift it. In thick darkness, shall he go forth, Through the wall, shall they break, to bear forth through it,––His face, shall he cover, to the end that, his own eye, may not see the land.

¹² The oppressed and the needy, hath treated with violence, Hath ruthlessly plundered, The pledge, hath not restored, But, unto the manufactured gods, hath lifted up his eyes, Abomination, hath wrought;

¹⁸ His father, Because he exacted unjust gain, Seized plunder of a brother, And, that which was not good, had done in the midst of his people, Therefore lo! he died, in his iniquity.

²⁹ The people of the land, have exacted oppression, and seized plunder,––Even, the afflicted and the needy, have they maltreated, And, the sojourner, have they oppressed, without justice.

²¹ And, he, changeth times and seasons, removeth kings, and setteth up kings,––giving wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to them who are skilled in understanding:

¹⁴ He cried aloud, and, thus, he said––Hew ye down the tree, and lop off its branches, strip off its leaves, and scatter its fruit,––let the wild beasts flee from under it, and the birds, out of its branches;

⁴ Then, the ministers and the satraps, began seeking to find, occasion, against Daniel, in respect of the kingdom,––but, no occasion nor wickedness, could they find, inasmuch as, faithful, was he, and, neither error nor wickedness, could be found against him. ⁵ Then, these men, were saying, We shall not find against this Daniel, any occasion; unless we find it against him in respect of the law of his God.
⁶ Then, these ministers and satraps, crowded together unto the king,––and, thus, were saying to him, O Darius the king! for ages, live! ⁷ All the ministers of the kingdom, the nobles and satraps, the near friends and the pashas, have consulted together, to establish a royal statute, and to confirm an interdict,––That, whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man, for thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions. ⁸ Now, O king! wilt thou establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it may not be changed––according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be abolished, ⁹ Wherefore, King Darius, signed the writing and the interdict.

¹⁰ The rulers of Judah have become as they who remove a land–mark. Upon them, will I pour out, like water, my wrath.

⁶ For they have made ready, like an oven, their heart, by their lying in wait,––all the night, their baker sleepeth, in the morning, he, kindleth up as it were a blazing fire.

⁹ For, they, have gone up to Assyria, A wild ass going alone for himself, is Ephraim! They have hired lovers!

⁷ Who strive to bring the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and, the way of the oppressed, they pervert,––Yea, a man and his own father, go in unto the maid, to profane my holy Name!

⁷ Who strive to bring the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and, the way of the oppressed, they pervert,––Yea, a man and his own father, go in unto the maid, to profane my holy Name! ⁸ And, on pledged garments, they recline, beside every altar,––and, exacted wine, do they drink, in the house of their God.

¹¹ Therefore––because ye have trampled on the poor, and, the gift of corn, ye would take away from him, though, houses of hewn stone, ye have built, Yet shall ye not dwell in them,––Though, delightful vineyards, ye have planted, Yet shall ye not drink the wine of them. ¹² For I know how numerous are your transgressions, and how surpassing your sins,––ye adversaries of the righteous! ye acceptors of a bribe! Even the needy in the gate, have they turned away!

⁴ Hear this, ye who pant after the needy, and to make an end of the oppressed of the land: ⁵ Who say, When will the new moon, pass away, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath that we may open grain? who diminish the ephah, and increase the shekel, and who falsify by deceitful weights: ⁶ Who buy––for silver––the poor, and the needy for a pair of shoes,––and that the refuse of the grain we may sell. ⁷ Sworn hath Yahweh, by the Excellency of Jacob,––Surely I will never forget any of their doings!

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;

¹ Alas for them who devise iniquity and work wickedness upon their beds,––in the light of the morning, they will execute it, for it is in the power of their hand.

¹ Alas for them who devise iniquity and work wickedness upon their beds,––in the light of the morning, they will execute it, for it is in the power of their hand. ² Thus do they covet fields and seize them, and houses and take them away,––and so they oppress the master and his household, the man and his inheritance.

¹⁵ Thou, shalt sow, but shalt not reap,––thou, shalt tread the olive, but shalt not anoint thee with oil, also the grape, but shalt not drink the wine.

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 Her rulers in her midst, are roaring lions,––her judges, evening wolves, they have left nothing until morning!

² If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my Name, saith Yahweh of hosts, then will I send among you the curse, and will curse your blessings,––and indeed I have cursed them, because ye are not at all laying it to heart.

¹⁷ Ye have wearied Yahweh with your words, and yet ye say, Wherein have we been wearisome? When ye have said, Everyone who doeth wrong, is right in the eyes of Yahweh, and, in them, he hath taken delight, or, Where is the God of justice?

¹⁵ Now, therefore, we are pronouncing happy––the proud,––and, the doers of lawlessness have, even been built up, and, they who have put God to the proof, have even been delivered.

¹⁰ Already also, the axe, unto the root of the trees, is being laid,––every tree, therefore, not bringing forth good fruit, is to be hewn down, and, into fire, to be cast.

¹⁹ Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig through and steal;

³⁸ For, as they were in those days that were before the flood, feeding and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage,––until the day Noah entered into the ark;

⁴³ But there is, one thing, ye know––That, if the householder, had known, in what watch, the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert, and not have suffered his house to be dug through.

¹⁶ And he spake a parable unto them, saying––A certain rich man’s estate, bare well. ¹⁷ And he began to deliberate within himself, saying––What shall I do? because I have not where I can gather my fruits. ¹⁸ And he said––This, will I do,––I will pull down my barns, and, greater ones, build, and gather, there, all my wheat and good things; ¹⁹ and will say to my soul––Soul! thou hast many good things [lying by for many years: be taking thy rest, eat, drink,] be making merry! ²⁰ But God said unto him––Simple one! on this very night, they are asking, thy soul, from thee; The things, then, which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

²⁰ But God said unto him––Simple one! on this very night, they are asking, thy soul, from thee; The things, then, which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

³⁹ But, of this, be taking note––Had the householder known, in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not suffered his house, to be digged through.

⁴⁵ But, if that servant should say in his heart––My lord delayeth to come! and should begin to be striking the youths and the maidens,––to be eating also, and drinking, and making himself drunk,

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; ⁴⁸ Whereas, he who had not come to know, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And, every one to whom was given much, much, shall be sought from him; and, he to whom they committed much, for more than common, will they ask him.

²² And it came to pass that the beggar died, and was carried away by the messengers, into the bosom of Abraham. And, the rich man also, died, and was buried.

²² For, days of avenging, are, these, for all the things written to be fulfilled. ²³ Alas! for the women with child, and for them who are giving suck, in those days; for there will be great distress upon the land, and anger against this people. ²⁴ And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be carried away captive into all the nations, and, Jerusalem, shall be trodden down by the nations, until the seasons of the nations shall be fulfilled [and shall be].

¹⁹ And, this, is the judgment: That, the light, hath come into the world,––and men loved, rather the darkness than the light, for, wicked, were their, works. ²⁰ For, whosoever doth practise corrupt things, hateth the light, and cometh not unto the light, lest his works should be reproved;

²⁰ For, whosoever doth practise corrupt things, hateth the light, and cometh not unto the light, lest his works should be reproved;

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;

⁴⁴ Ye, are, of your father––the adversary, and, the covetings of your father, ye choose to be doing. He, was, a murderer, from the beginning, and, in the truth, he stood not; because truth is not in him: Whensoever he speaketh falsehood, of his own, he speaketh; because, false, he is, and, the father of it.

³⁹ And Jesus said––For judgment, I, unto this world, came: that, they who were not seeing, might see, and, they who were seeing, might become, blind. ⁴⁰ They of the Pharisees who were with him, heard, these things, and said unto him––Are, we also, blind? ⁴¹ Jesus said unto them––If, blind, ye had been, ye had not had sin; but, now, ye say, We see, your sin, abideth.

³⁵ Jesus, therefore, said unto them––Yet a little while, the light, is, among you: Walk, while ye have, the light, lest, darkness, on you should lay hold; and, he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not whither he drifteth.

⁴⁰ He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; lest they should see with their eyes, and should understand with their heart, and should turn,––and I should heal them.

⁶ If one abide not me, he is cast out as the branch, and withered, and they gather them,––and, into fire, they cast them, and they are burned.

²² Had I not come and spoken unto them, Sin, had they none; but, now, have they no, excuse, for their sin. ²³ He that hateth me, hateth, my Father also. ²⁴ Had I not done among them, the works, which, no other, had done, sin, had they none; but, now, have they, both seen and hated both me and my Father.

³ And, this, is the age–abiding life, That they get to know thee, the only real God, and him whom thou didst send, Jesus Christ.

²⁸ So they lead Jesus from Caiaphas unto the judgment–hall. Now it was early; and, they themselves, entered not into the judgment–hall, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover.

¹² For this cause, Pilate, began seeking to release him; but, the Jews, cried aloud saying––If this man thou release, thou art not a friend of Caesar, for, every one who maketh himself king, speaketh against Caesar. ¹³ Pilate, therefore, when he heard these words, led Jesus outside, and sat down upon a raised seat, in a place called Pavement, but, in Hebrew, Gabbatha. ¹⁴ Now it was the preparation of the passover,––it was about the sixth hour. And he saith unto the Jews––See! your King! ¹⁵ They, therefore, cried aloud––Away! away! Crucify him! Pilate saith unto them––Your king, shall I crucify? The High–priests answered––We have no king but Caesar!
¹⁶ Then, therefore, he delivered him up unto them, that he might be crucified. They took possession, therefore, of Jesus.

⁷ He said unto them––It is not yours to get to know times or seasons which the Father hath put in his own authority;

³¹ So then, the assembly throughout the whole of Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, had peace, building itself up, and going on its way in the fear of the Lord; and, by the advocacy of the Holy Spirit, was being multiplied.

²⁶ he made also, of one, every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth,––marking out fitting opportunities, and the bounds of their dwelling place,

¹² And, when it became day, the Jews, forming a conspiracy, bound themselves under a curse, saying, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had slain Paul.

³² Who, indeed, having acknowledged the righteous sentence of God,––that, they who such things as these do practise, are worthy of death, not only, the same things, are doing, but are even delighting together with them who are practising [them].

⁴ Or, the riches of his kindness, and forbearance, and long–suffering, dost thou despise,––not knowing that, the kindness of God, unto repentance, is leading thee? ⁵ But, according to thy hardness, and [thine] impenitent heart, art treasuring up for thyself anger, in a day of anger and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,––

⁵ But, according to thy hardness, and [thine] impenitent heart, art treasuring up for thyself anger, in a day of anger and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,––

¹⁷ If, however, thou, art taking the name of Jew, and resting thyself upon law, and boasting in God, ¹⁸ And art taking note of his will, and testing the things that differ––when receiving oral instruction out of the law, ¹⁹ Art persuaded, moreover, that, thou thyself, art––a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness, ²⁰ A trainer of the simple, a teacher of babes, having the forming of knowledge and truth in the law,–– ²¹ Thou, therefore, that art teaching someone else, thyself, art thou not teaching? Thou that proclaimest––Do not steal! Art thou, stealing? ²² That sayest––Do not commit adultery! Art thou, committing adultery? That abhorrest sacrilege, Art thou, robbing temples? ²³ That in law dost boast, Through the transgression of the law, art thou dishonouring God? ²⁴ For the name of God, because of you, is defamed among the nations,––even as it is written.

¹¹ There is none that discerneth, There is none that seeketh out God: ¹² All, have turned aside, together, have become useless, There is none that doeth kindness, not so much as one: ¹³ A sepulchre opened, is their throat, with their tongues, have they used deceit, the poison of asps, is under their lips, ¹⁴ Whose mouth, of cursing and bitterness, is full, ¹⁵ Swift, are their feet to shed blood; ¹⁶ Destruction and misery, are in their ways, ¹⁷ And, the way of peace, have they not known:

¹⁰ For, we all, must needs be made manifest before the judgment seat of the Christ, that each one may get back the things done by means of the body, according to the things which he practised, whether good or corrupt. ¹¹ Knowing, then, the fear of the Lord, we persuade, men, but, unto God, are manifest,––I hope, moreover, even in your consciences, that we are manifest:

⁷ Do not, then, become co–partners with them; ⁸ For ye were, at one time, darkness, but, now, are ye light in the Lord,––as children of light, be walking, ⁹ For, the fruit of the light, is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,–– ¹⁰ Putting to the test what is well–pleasing unto the Lord; ¹¹ And be not joining in fellowship in the unfruitful works of darkness, but, rather, be even administering reproof;

¹¹ And be not joining in fellowship in the unfruitful works of darkness, but, rather, be even administering reproof; ¹² For, of the secret things which are brought to pass by them, it is, shameful, even to speak! ¹³ All things, however, when reproved by the light, become manifest, for, all that of itself maketh manifest, is, light;

¹ But, concerning the times and the seasons, brethren,––ye have, no need, that, unto you, anything be written; ² For, ye yourselves, perfectly well know––that, the day of the Lord, as a thief in the night, so, cometh; ³ As soon as they begin to say––Peace! and safety! then, suddenly, upon them, cometh destruction,––just as the birth–throe unto her that is with child,––and in nowise shall they escape.

¹⁰ And with all manner of deceit of unrighteousness, in them who are destroying themselves, because, the love of the truth, they did not welcome, that they might be saved; –– ¹¹ And, for this cause, God sendeth them an inworking of error, to the end they should believe in the falsehood,–– ¹² In order that should be judged who would not believe in the truth, but were well–pleased with the unrighteousness.

¹ Howbeit, the Spirit, expressly saith––that, in later seasons, some will revolt from the faith, giving heed unto seducing spirits, and unto teachings of demons––

¹⁵ Which, in its own fit times, the happy and only Potentate will shew––the King of them that reign, and Lord of them that wield lordship,

³⁸ Of whom the world, was not worthy––upon deserts, wandering, and mountains, and in caves,––and in the caverns of the earth.

¹¹ For the sun hath sprung up, with it scorching heat, and hath withered the grass, and, the flower thereof, hath fallen out, and, the beauty of the face thereof, hath perished,––so, also the rich, in his goings, shall languish.

¹⁷ To him, therefore, who knoweth how to be doing, a right thing, and is not doing it, it is, sin, unto him.

¹ Come now! ye wealthy! Weep ye, howling, for your hardships which are coming upon you: ² Your wealth, hath rotted, and, your garments, have become, moth–eaten,–– ³ Your gold and silver, have rusted away, and, their rust, shall be, witness against you, and shall eat your flesh, as fire! Ye have laid up treasure in days of extremity:–– ⁴ Lo, the wage of the workers who have out down your fields––that which hath been kept back, by you, is crying out; and, the outcries of them who reaped, into the ears of the Lord of hosts, have entered:

⁴ Lo, the wage of the workers who have out down your fields––that which hath been kept back, by you, is crying out; and, the outcries of them who reaped, into the ears of the Lord of hosts, have entered: ⁵ Ye have luxuriated upon the land, and run riot, ye have pampered your hearts in a day of slaughter; ⁶ Ye sentenced––ye murdered the Righteous one! Is he not arraying himself against you?

³ And, in greed, with forged words, will they, of you, make merchandise: for whom, the sentence from of old, is not idle, and, their destruction, doth not slumber.

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.

⁷ While, the heavens and the earth that now are, by the same word, have been stored with fire, being kept unto the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly men.
⁸ But, this one thing, forget not, beloved,––that, one day, with the Lord, is as a thousand years, and, a thousand years, as one day.

¹⁵ And account, our Lord’s long suffering, [to be] salvation:––even as, our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given unto him, hath written unto you;

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.

⁶ Messengers also, even them who had not kept their own principality, but had forsaken their proper dwelling, unto the judgment of the great day in perpetual bonds under thick gloom, hath he reserved.

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.

³ Remember, therefore, how thou hast received, and didst hear, and keep it and repent. If then thou shall not watch, I will have come as a thief, and in nowise shalt thou get to know, during what sort of hour, I will have come upon thee.

¹⁶ and they say, unto the mountains and unto the rocks––Fall upon us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth upon the throne, and from the anger of the Lamb; ¹⁷ Because the great day of their anger is come, and who is able to stand?

¹⁴ And I saw, and lo! a white cloud, and, upon the cloud, one sitting like unto a son of man, having, upon his head, a crown of gold, and, in his hand, a sharp sickle. ¹⁵ And, another messenger, came forth out of the sanctuary, crying out with a loud voice, unto him that was sitting upon the cloud––Thrust in thy sickle, and reap; because the hour to reap is come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe. ¹⁶ And he that was sitting upon the cloud, thrust in, his sickle upon the earth; and the earth was reaped. ¹⁷ And, another messenger, came forth out of the sanctuary that is in heaven,––he also, having a sharp sickle. ¹⁸ And, another messenger, [came forth] out of the altar, who hath authority over the fire,––and called out with a loud voice, unto him who had the sharp sickle, saying––Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; because the grapes thereof are fully ripe. ¹⁹ And the messenger, thrust in, his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast [it] into the great wine–press of the wrath of God. ²⁰ And the wine–press was trodden outside the city, and there came forth blood out of the wine–press, even unto the bits of the horses, at a distance of a thousand six hundred furlongs.

¹³ And I saw, out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false–prophet, three impure spirits, as frogs; ¹⁴ for they are spirits of demons, doing signs, which are to go forth unto the kings of the whole habitable earth, to gather them together unto the battle of the great day of God the Almighty.––

² with whom the kings of the earth committed lewdness,––and they who were dwelling upon the earth were made drunk with the wine of her lewdness.