Job 26 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Then responded Job, and said:–– ² How hast thou given help to one of no–strength? given victory to an arm of no–power? ³ How hast thou given counsel to one of no–wisdom? or, effective wisdom, abundantly made known? ⁴ Whom hast thou taught speech? Whose inspiration hath come from thee?
⁵ The shades, tremble, beneath the waters and their inhabitants; ⁶ Naked is hades before him, and there is no covering to destruction; ⁷ Who stretcheth out the north over emptiness, hangeth the earth upon nothingness; ⁸ Who bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent beneath them; ⁹ Who shutteth–in the face of the throne, he spreadeth over it his cloud; ¹⁰ A, boundary, hath he encircled on the face of the waters, as far as where light ends in darkness; ¹¹ The pillars of the heavens, are shaken, and are terrified at his rebuke: ¹² By his strength, hath he excited the sea, and, by his skill, hath he shattered the Crocodile: ¹³ By his spirit, hath he arched the heavens, His hand hath pierced the fleeing serpent. ¹⁴ Lo! these, are the fringes of his way, and what a whisper of a word hath been heard of him! But, the thunder of his might, who could understand?

¹ In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. ² Now, the earth, had become waste and wild, and, darkness, was on the face of the roaring deep,––but, the Spirit of God, was brooding on the face of the waters.

² Now, the earth, had become waste and wild, and, darkness, was on the face of the roaring deep,––but, the Spirit of God, was brooding on the face of the waters.

⁶ And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters,––and let it be a means of dividing, between waters and waters. ⁷ And God made the expanse, and it divided between the waters that were under the expanse and the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.

⁴ The giants, were in the earth in those days, and also, after that, when the sons of God began to go in unto the daughters of men, and sons were born to them, the same, were the heroes that were from age–past times, the men of renown.

²² During all the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.

²¹ And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and Yahweh carried away the sea by a mighty east wind, all the night, and turned the sea into dry land,––and the waters were cloven asunder. ²² Then went the sons of Israel into the midst of the sea, on the dry ground,––and, the waters, to them, were a wall, on their right hand, and on their left. ²³ And the Egyptians pursued, and entered after them––all the horses of Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen,––into the midst of the sea. ²⁴ And it came to pass, in the morning watch, that Yahweh looked down into the camp of the Egyptians, through the pillar of fire and cloud, and confused the camp of the Egyptians; ²⁵ and he took off the wheels of their chariots, and made them drive heavily,––so that the Egyptians said––We must flee from the face of Israel, for, Yahweh, is fighting for them, against the Egyptians. ²⁶ Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Stretch forth thy hand over the sea,––that the waters may return upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. ²⁷ So Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned, towards morning, to its steady flow, when, the Egyptians, were fleeing to meet it,––thus Yahweh shook off the Egyptians, into the midst of the sea; ²⁸ thus the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the forces of Pharaoh, that were entering after them into the sea,––there was not left remaining among them, so much as one. ²⁹ But, the sons of Israel, had gone their way on dry ground in the saidst of the sea,––and, the waters, had been to them a wall, on their right hand and on their left. ³⁰ Thus did Yahweh, on that day, save Israel, out of the hand of the Egyptians,––and Israel saw the Egyptians, dead on the shore of the sea. ³¹ And, when Israel saw the mighty hand wherewith Yahweh had wrought against the Egyptians, then did the people revere Yahweh,––and they put their trust in Yahweh, and in Moses, his servant.

²¹ So then the people stood afar off,––and, Moses, approached unto the thick gloom, where God was.

²⁰ But he said––Thou canst not see my face,––For no son of earth can see me, and live. ²¹ And Yahweh said, Lo! a place near me,––So then thou shalt station thyself upon the rock: ²² And it shall be, while my glory passeth by, I will put thee in the cleft of the rock,––and will cover thee with my hand, while I pass by: ²³ Then will I take away my hand, and thou shalt see behind me,––But, my face, must not be seen.

³ and, no man, may come up with thee, and let no man so much as be seen, in all the mount,––and let not even, the flocks or the herds, feed, in front of that mountain.

⁸ Raiseth, from the dust, the poor, From the dunghill, uplifteth the needy, To give them a dwelling with nobles, And, a throne of glory, to make them inherit. For, to Yahweh, belong the pillars of the earth, And he setteth thereon the habitable world.

¹⁰ As for Yahweh,––they shall be shattered who contend with him, Over him, in the heavens will he thunder, Yahweh, will judge the ends of the earth,––That he may give strength to his King, And exalt the horn of his Anointed One.

¹² Then, said Solomon,––Yahweh, said, that he would make his habitation in thick gloom:

²⁷ And it came to pass, at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said––Cry with a loud voice, for, a god, he is, either he hath, a meditation, or an occasion to retire, or he hath, a journey,––peradventure, he, sleepeth, and must be awaked.

²³ Now, therefore, lo! Yahweh hath suffered a spirit of falsehood to be put into the mouth of all these thy prophets. But, Yahweh himself, hath spoken concerning thee, calamity. ²⁴ Then drew near Zedekiah, son of Chenaanah, and smote Micaiah on the cheek,––and said––Where then passed the Spirit of Yahweh, from me, to speak unto thee?

³ Lo! thou hast admonished many, and, slack hands, hast thou been wont to uphold: ⁴ Him that was stumbling, have thy words raised up, and, sinking knees, hast thou strengthened.

¹² But, unto me, something was brought by stealth,––and mine ear caught a whispering of the same:

¹² Is my strength, the strength of stones? Or is, my flesh, of bronze? ¹³ Is there any help at all in me? Is not, abiding success, driven from me?

²⁵ How pleasant are the sayings that are right! But what can a decision from you, decide?

⁸ Who spreadeth out fire heavens, by himself alone! and marcheth along, on the heights of the sea;

¹³ As for GOD, if he withdraw not his anger, under him, will have submitted themselves––the proud helpers.

⁷ The hidden depth of GOD canst thou discover? Or, unto the furthest limit of the Almighty, canst thou attain? ⁸ The heights of the heavens, what canst thou do? Depths deeper than hades, what canst thou know?

⁸ The heights of the heavens, what canst thou do? Depths deeper than hades, what canst thou know? ⁹ Longer than the earth, is the measure thereof, and broader than the sea.

² Of a truth, ye, are the people, and, with you, wisdom, will die. ³ I also, have a mind like you, I, fall not short, of you, But who hath not such things as these?

¹³ With Him, are wisdom and strength, to Him, pertain counsel and understanding.

⁵ Oh that ye would, altogether hold your peace, and it should serve you for wisdom!

⁸ In the secret council of GOD, hast thou been wont to hearken? Or canst thou attain for thyself unto wisdom? ⁹ What knowest thou, that we know not? [What] understandest thou, and the same, is not with us? ¹⁰ Both hoary and venerable, are among us, one mightier than thy father in days!

¹⁵ Lo! in his holy ones, he putteth not confidence, and, the heavens, are not pure in his eyes:

⁴ I also, like you, could speak,––If your soul were in the place of my soul, I could string together words against you, and could therewith shake over you my head. ⁵ I could make you determined, by my mouth, and then my lip–solace should restrain you.

¹⁰ But indeed, as for them all, will ye bethink yourselves and enter into it, I pray you? Or shall I not find, among you, one who is wise?

³ The correction meant to confound me, I must hear, but, the spirit––out of my understanding, will give me a reply.

¹⁴ Dark clouds, are a veil to him, and he cannot see, or, the vault of the heavens, doth he walk?

²² Destruction and death, have said, With our ears, have we heard the report thereof!

¹¹ Lo! I waited for your words, I kept giving ear for your reasons, until ye should search out what to say; ¹² Yea, unto you, gave I diligent heed,––But lo! there was, for Job, nothing to convince, nor could you of you answer his speeches. ¹³ Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom. GOD, must put him to flight, not man.

¹⁸ For I am full of discourse, The spirit in my bosom, presseth me on.

³ Mine utterances come straight from mine own heart, and, what I know, my lips have truly spoken;

³³ If not, do, thou, hearken unto me, Be silent, that I may teach thee wisdom.

²⁹ But surely none can understand the burstings of the cloud, the crashing of his pavilion!

¹¹ Also, with moisture, burdeneth he the thick cloud, He disperseth his lightning–cloud; ¹² Yea, the same, in circles, turneth itself to and fro, by his steering them to their work, whithersoever he commandeth them, over the face of the world, towards the earth. ¹³ Whether, as a rod, or for his earth, or in lovingkindness, he causeth it to come.
¹⁴ Give thou ear unto this, O Job, Stay, and consider well the wonders of GOD:–– ¹⁵ Canst thou got to know of GOD’S giving charge over them, or of the causing of the lightning of his cloud to shine forth? ¹⁶ Canst thou get to know concerning the poisings of the thick cloud, the wonders of one who is perfect in knowledge?

² Who is it that darkeneth counsel, by words, without knowledge?

⁸ Or [who] shut in, with double doors, the sea, when, bursting out of the womb, it came forth; ⁹ When I put a cloud as the garment thereof, and a thick cloud as the swaddling–band thereof;

⁹ When I put a cloud as the garment thereof, and a thick cloud as the swaddling–band thereof; ¹⁰ And brake off for it my boundary, and fixed a bar and double doors; ¹¹ And said––Hitherto, shalt thou come, and no further,––and, here, shalt thou set a limit to the majesty of thy waves?

³⁷ Who can count the thin clouds, in wisdom? And, the bottles of the heavens, who can empty out;

⁹ But if, an arm like GOD, thou hast, and, with a voice like his, thou canst thunder,

¹¹ Pour out thy transports of anger, and look on every one who is high, and lay him low; ¹² Look on every one who is high, and humble him, yea tread down the lawless, on the spot:

¹ Canst thou draw out the Crocodile with a fish–hook? Or, with a cord, canst thou fasten down his tongue? ² Wilt thou put a rush–cord on his nose? or, with a thorn, wilt thou pierce his jaw? ³ Will he multiply unto thee supplications, or will he speak unto thee softly? ⁴ Will he solemnise a covenant with thee? Wilt thou take him for a life–long servant? ⁵ Wilt thou sport with him, as with a little bird? Or wilt thou bind him, for thy maidens? ⁶ Shall the companions bargain over him? or will they part him among the traders? ⁷ Wilt thou fill, with darts, his skin? or, with fish–spears, his head? ⁸ Lay thou upon him thy hand, remember the battle––no more! ⁹ Lo! any hope of him, hath been found deceptive, Even at the sight of him, shall not one be overwhelmed? ¹⁰ None so bold, that he will rouse him! Who then is he that, before me, can stand?
¹¹ Who hath forestalled me, that I may repay him? Under all the heavens, mine it is!

¹¹ Who hath forestalled me, that I may repay him? Under all the heavens, mine it is! ¹² I will not pass by in silence his parts, or the matter of strength, or the grace of his armour. ¹³ Who hath removed his outer garment, through his double row of teeth, who would enter? ¹⁴ The doors of his face, who hath opened? The circles of his teeth, are a terror! ¹⁵ A pride, are his arched sides, closed up, with a firm seal; ¹⁶ One to another, they join, and, air, cannot enter between them; ¹⁷ Each to its fellow, they cleave, they grasp each other, and cannot be parted; ¹⁸ His sneezings, flash forth light, and, his eyes, are like the eyelashes of the dawn; ¹⁹ Out of his mouth, torches dart forth, sparks of fire, escape; ²⁰ Out of his nostrils, proceedeth smoke, like a blown pot and rushes; ²¹ His breath, setteth coals ablaze, and, a flame, out of his mouth, proceedeth; ²² In his neck, lodgeth strength, and, before him, danceth dismay; ²³ The dewlaps of his flesh, cleave together, hardened upon him, they cannot be moved; ²⁴ His heart, is hardened like a stone, yea hardened, like the nether millstone; ²⁵ At his rising up, mighty men are afraid, by reason of terror, they are beside themselves: ²⁶ As for him that assaileth him, the sword availeth not, spear, dart, or coat of mail: ²⁷ He counteth iron as broken straw, and bronze as rotten wood: ²⁸ The arrow, will not make him flee, Into chaff, are sling–stones changed by him: ²⁹ As a straw, is a club accounted, and he laugheth at the whir of the javelin; ³⁰ His underparts, are points of potsherd, a pointed threshing roller spreadeth out upon the slime: ³¹ He causeth to boil, as a cauldron, the raging deep, the sea, he maketh like a brewing vessel: ³² After him, he lighteth up a path, one might think the resounding deep to be hoary! ³³ There is not––upon the dust––his like, that hath been made to be without fear; ³⁴ Every thing lofty, he beholdeth, he, is king over all ravenous beasts.

⁷ Then did the earth shake and quake, Even, the foundations of the mountains, were deeply moved, Yea they did shake, because he was angry.

¹⁰ Then he rode on a cherub, and flew, and darted on the wings of the wind; ¹¹ Made darkness his hiding–place, Round about him––his pavilion, Darkness of waters, clouds of vapours.

² For, he, upon the seas, hath founded it, and upon the currents, doth make it firm.

³ The voice of Yahweh, is upon the waters,––The GOD of glory, hath thundered, Yahweh, is upon mighty waters;

¹⁰ Yahweh, at the Flood, was seated, And Yahweh hath taken his seat, as king, unto times age–abiding.

⁶ By the word of Yahweh, the heavens were made, and, by the spirit of his mouth, all their host: ⁷ Who gathered as into a skin–bottle the waters of the sea, Delivering, into treasuries, the roaring deeps.

⁷ Who gathered as into a skin–bottle the waters of the sea, Delivering, into treasuries, the roaring deeps.

¹ [To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. A Melody.]
Hear ye this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of this passing world; ² Both sons of the low, And sons of the high,––Together both rich and needy:–– ³ My mouth, shall speak forth Wisdom, And the soft utterance of my heart be Understanding: ⁴ I will bend, to a by–word, mine ear, I will open, on the lyre, mine enigma.

⁹ Do not cast me off in the time of old age, When my vigour faileth, do not forsake me;

¹⁵ My mouth, shall relate thy righteousness, All the day, thy deliverance, For I know not the numbers. ¹⁶ I will enter into the mighty doings of My Lord––Yahweh, I will make mention of thy righteousness––thine alone. ¹⁷ O God, thou hast taught me from my youthful days, And, hitherto, have I been wont to tell of thy wonders; ¹⁸ Even now, therefore, that I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not forsake me,––Until I tell of thine arm unto a [new] generation, Unto every one that is to come, thy might;

¹³ Thou, didst cleave asunder, in thy might, the sea, Thou didst break in pieces the heads of the Crocodiles, [till they floated] on the waters;

¹³ Thou, didst cleave asunder, in thy might, the sea, Thou didst break in pieces the heads of the Crocodiles, [till they floated] on the waters; ¹⁴ Thou, didst crush the heads of the Sea–Monster, Thou didst give him to be food, for the people of the deserts;

¹⁰ For the dead, wilt thou perform a wonder? Or shall, the shades, arising, give thee thanks? [Selah.]

⁹ Thou, rulest over the swelling of the sea, When the rolling waves thereof lift themselves, Thou, dost bid them be still: ¹⁰ Thou, hast crushed––as one slain––Rahab, With thy strong arm, hast thou scattered thy foes.

³ The floods have lifted up, O Yahweh, The floods have lifted up––their voice, The floods have lifted up––their dashing waves. ⁴ With the sounds of many waters, Majestic are the breakers of the sea, Majestic on high, is Yahweh.

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

² Putting on light, as a robe, Stretching out the heavens, as a curtain; ³ Building, in the waters, his upper chambers,––Who maketh clouds his chariot, Who passeth along on the wings of the wind; ⁴ Making His messengers, winds, His attendants, a flaming fire; ⁵ He hath fixed the earth on its foundations, It is not to be shaken, to times age–abiding and beyond. ⁶ With the resounding deep––as a garment, hast thou covered it, Above the mountains, stand the waters; ⁷ At thy rebuke, they flee, At the voice of thy thunder, they hurry away; ⁸ Mountains rise, Valleys sink, Unto the place which thou hast fixed for them; ⁹ Bounds, hast thou set, which they are not to pass over, They are not to return to cover the earth.

²⁵ This sea here, is great and broad on both hands,––Wherein are creeping things, even without number, Living things, small with great; ²⁶ There, ships, sail along, This sea–monster, thou hast formed to sport therein;

³⁰ Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, And thou renewest the face of the ground.

² Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his realm: ³ The sea, beheld, and fled, The Jordan, turned back; ⁴ The mountains, started like rams, The hills like the young of the flock? ⁵ What aileth thee, O sea, that thou fleest? O Jordan, that thou turnest back? ⁶ Ye mountains, that ye start like rams? Ye hills, like the young of the flock? ⁷ Before the Lord, be in anguish, O earth, Before the GOD of Jacob:

⁷ Causing vapours to ascend from the end of the earth,––Lightnings for the rain, hath he made, bringing forth wind out of his treasuries.

⁶ Knowledge, too wonderful, for me! high, I cannot attain to it!

⁸ If I ascend the heavens, there, thou art! If I spread out hades as my couch, behold thee!

¹¹ If I say, Surely, darkness, shall cover me! then, night, is light about me.

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

⁶ Hear, for, princely things, will I speak, and the opening of my lips shall be of equity; ⁷ For, faithfulness, shall my mouth softly utter, but, the abomination of my lips, shall be lawlessness; ⁸ In righteousness, shall be all the sayings of my mouth, nothing therein, shall be crafty or perverse; ⁹ All of them, shall be plain, to them who would understand, and just, to such as would gain knowledge.

²³ At the outset of the ages, had I been established, in advance of the antiquities of the earth; ²⁴ When there was no resounding deep, I had been brought forth, when there were no fountains, abounding with water; ²⁵ Ere yet the mountains had been settled, before the hills, had I been brought forth; ²⁶ Or ever he had made the land and the wastes, or the top of the dry parts of the world: ²⁷ When he prepared the heavens, there, was I! When he decreed a vault upon the face of the resounding deep;

²⁹ When he fixed for the sea its bound, that, the waters, should not go beyond his bidding, when he decreed the foundations of the earth:––

¹¹ Hades and destruction, are before Yahweh, how much more then, the hearts of the sons of men.

⁴ Who hath ascended the heavens and then descended? Who hath gathered the wind into his two hands? Who hath wrapped up the waters in a mantle? Who hath set up all the ends of the earth? What is his name and what the name of his son, when thou knowest?

⁷ And the dust return to the earth, as it was,––and, the spirit, return unto God, who gave it.

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;

⁶ And I will make it a waste; ––It shall be neither pruned nor hoed, But there shall come up briars and thorns,––And, upon the clouds, will I lay a charge, That they rain thereon no rain.

⁹ Hades, beneath, is excited about thee, To meet thine arrival,––Rousing up, for thee, Shades, All the he–goats of earth! Maketh rise from their thrones, All the kings of the nations.

¹ In that day, will Yahweh, With his sword––the hard and the great and the strong, Bring punishment, Upon Leviathan, the fleeing serpent, And upon Leviathan, the crooked serpent,––And will slay the monster which is in the sea.

³ Strengthen ye the weak hands,––The trembling knees, make ye firm: ⁴ Say to the hurried in heart, Be strong, Do not fear,––Lo! your God, with avenging, doth come, With the recompence of God, He, doth come to save you.

¹⁴ With whom, hath he taken counsel––And he hath given him intelligence, And instructed him in the path of justice,––And taught him knowledge, And, in the way of intelligence, hath been giving him understanding?

²² It is he who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, While, the inhabitants thereof, are, as grasshoppers,––Who stretcheth forth, as a curtain, the heavens, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

²⁶ Lift on high, your eyes––and see, who, hath created these, That bringeth forth, by number, their host,––To all of them, by name, doth call, Because of the abundance of vigour and alertness of strength, not one, is missing!

²⁶ Lift on high, your eyes––and see, who, hath created these, That bringeth forth, by number, their host,––To all of them, by name, doth call, Because of the abundance of vigour and alertness of strength, not one, is missing!
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: ²⁹ Giving, to him that fainteth, strength, And, to him that hath no, vigour, he causeth, power, to abound?

⁵ Coastlands, have seen, so they fear, The ends of the earth, are in dread,––They have drawn near, and have come: ⁶ Every man, to his neighbour, giveth help,––And, to his brother, saith, Take courage! ⁷ So, the carver, hath encouraged, the goldsmith, He that maketh smooth with the hammer, him that smiteth the anvil,––Saying of the welding, It is, good, Then hath he fastened it with nails––it must not totter!

⁵ Thus, saith GOD himself––Yahweh,––Creator of the heavens, that stretched them forth, Out–spreader of earth, and the products thereof,––Giver of breath to the people thereon, And of spirit to them who walk therein,

⁹ Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Yahweh, Awake, As in days of old, The generations of bygone ages: Art not thou, that which––Hewed down Rahab, Piercing the Crocodile?

¹⁵ But, I––Yahweh, am thy God, Who threw into commotion the sea, And the waves thereof roared,––Yahweh of hosts, is his name.

⁹ For, the waters of Noah, is this unto me,––As to which I sware that the waters of Noah should not again pass over the earth, So, have I sworn, Not to be vexed with thee, Nor to rebuke thee. ¹⁰ For, the mountains, may move away, And, the hills, may be shaken,––But, my lovingkindness, from thee, shall not move away, And, my covenant of peace, shall not be shaken, Saith he who hath compassion upon thee––Yahweh.

²² Even for me, will ye have no reverence? Enquireth Yahweh, And, because of me, will ye not be pained? In that, though I placed the sand as a bound to the sea, A decree age–abiding, and it should not pass beyond it,––When they would toss themselves, Then should they not prevail, When the waves thereof would roar, Then should they not pass beyond it,

¹³ At the voice that he uttered, there was a tumult of waters in the heavens, And he caused vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth,––The lightnings for rain, he made, And brought forth wind out of his treasuries.

³⁵ Thus, saith Yahweh––Who hath given the sun, for a light by day, The ordinances of the moon and the stars, for a light by night,––Who excited the sea, and the waves thereof roared, Yahweh of hosts, is his name:––

³ Speak, and thou shalt say––Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! against thee, O Pharaoh, king of Egypt, The great Crocodile that lieth along in the midst of his rivers: Who saith––My river is, mine own, Since, I myself, made it me! ⁴ Therefore will I put hooks in thy jaws, And cause the fish of thy rivers to stick fast in thy scales,––And will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, And, all the fish of thy rivers, to thy scales, shall stick fast; ⁵ And I will stretch thee out towards the desert, Thee, and all the fish of thy rivers, On the face of the field, shalt thou lie, Thou shalt not be carried away, nor shalt thou be gathered, To the wild beast of the earth, and to the bird of the heavens, have I given thee for food.

³⁷ Now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, am praising and extolling and honouring the King of the Heavens, all whose works, are truth, and, his ways, right; and, them who walk in pride, he is able to abase,

² Though they break through into hades, from thence, shall my hand fetch them,––and, though they ascend the heavens, from thence, will I bring them down;

³ GOD, from Teman, cometh in, and, the Holy One, from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendour, hath covered the heavens, and, his praise, hath filled the earth: ⁴ And, a brightness, as light, appeareth, Rays, out of his hand, hath he,––and, there, is the hiding of his power. ⁵ Before him, marcheth pestilence,––and fever, goeth forth, at his feet:

²¹ Speak thou unto Zerubbabel, pasha of Judah, saying,––I am shaking, the heavens and the earth;

²⁰ in what manner I in nowise shrank from announcing unto you anything that was profitable and teaching you publicly and in your homes;

²⁷ for I have not shrunk from announcing all the counsel of God unto you.

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

³ Wherefore, I give you to know––that, no one, in God’s Spirit speaking, saith––Accursed Jesus! and, no one, can say––Lord Jesus! save in [the] Holy Spirit.

⁹ For, in part, are we gaining knowledge, and, in part, are we prophesying,–– ¹⁰ But, as soon as that which is complete is come, that which is in part, shall be done away. ¹¹ When I was a child, I used to speak as a child, to prefer as child, to reason as a child: now I have become a man, I have laid aside the things of the child! ¹² For we see, as yet, through a dim window, obscurely, but, then, face to face: as yet, I gain knowledge, in part, but, then, shall I fully know, even as I was also fully known.

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.

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

²⁶ Whose voice shook the earth, then, but, now, hath he promised, saying––Yet once for all, I, will shake––not only the earth, but, also the heaven. ²⁷ But, the saying, Yet once for all, maketh clear the removal of the things which can be shaken, as of things done with,––that they may remain, which cannot be shaken.

⁶ Howbeit he giveth, greater, favour. Wherefore it saith––God, against the haughty, arrayeth himself, Whereas, unto the lowly, he giveth favour.

¹⁰ Howbeit the day of the Lord will be here, as a thief,––in which, the heavens, with a rushing noise, will pass away, while, elements, becoming intensely hot, will be dissolved, and, earth, and the works therein, will be discovered.

¹ Beloved! not in every spirit, believe ye, but test the spirits, whether they are, of God; because, many false prophets, have gone out into the world. ² Hereby, do ye perceive the Spirit of God:––every spirit that confesseth Jesus Christ as having come, in flesh, is, of God; ³ And, every spirit that doth not confess Jesus, of God, is not. And, this, is the [spirit] of the Antichrist, touching which ye have heard that it cometh: even now, is it, in the world, already.

⁹ And the great dragon was cast out,––the ancient serpent, he that is called Adversary and the Satan, that deceiveth the whole habitable world,––he was cast to the earth, and his messengers, with him, were cast.

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.––

¹¹ And I saw a great white throne, and him that was sitting thereon, from whose face fled the earth and heaven, and, place, was not found for them.