Job 11 Cross References - Thomson

¹ Here Sophar and Minaian answering said, ² He who speaketh much should be answered: else the fine speaker thinketh himself just; and the short lived offspring of woman is blessed. ³ Be not profuse of words, because there is none to answer thee: ⁴ nor say I am pure in works and irreprehensible before him. ⁵ But how would the Lord speak to thee; were he to open his lips against thee? ⁶ Indeed were he to unfold to thee the power of wisdom; because it must needs be double to what are with thee: then thou wouldst know that what have come upon thee from the Lord are answerable to the sins which thou hast committed. ⁷ Canst thou trace the footsteps of the Lord? Or hast thou reached the extent of what the Almighty hath done? ⁸ The heaven is high, what then canst thou do? And there are things deeper than the mansion of the dead; what dost thou know? ⁹ Of greater extent than the measure of the earth or the breadth of the sea. ¹⁰ Now were he to overturn all these, who could say to him what hast thou done? ¹¹ For he knoweth the works of the wicked, and on seeing wickedness will not overlook it. ¹² But man vainly floateth about in words; but a mortal born of woman is like a wild ass. ¹³ For if thou hast made thy heart pure, and lift thy hands to him: ¹⁴ if there be any iniquity in thy hand, put it far from thee; and let not injustice lodge in thy dwelling. ¹⁵ For thus will thy countenance brighten like pure water: thou wilt disrobe thyself of filth, and no more be terrified: ¹⁶ thou shalt forget thy trouble like a wave that is past and not be afraid; and thy wish will spring up like the morning star; ¹⁷ and life will arise for thee from noon day: ¹⁸ and thou shalt be in a state of security because thou hast hope. And out of sorrow and care, peace will shine upon thee. ¹⁹ For thou shalt rest at ease, and none shall be at war with thee: and many, changing their conduct, will intreat thy favour. ²⁰ But safety shall forsake them: for their hope shall be their destruction; and the eyes of the wicked shall melt away.

¹¹ Now when his three friends heard of all the calamities which were come upon him, they came to him each from his own country, namely, Eliphaz the king of the Thaimanites, Baldad the sovereign of the Saucheans, and Sophar the king of the Minaians. Having made an appointment they came to him to comfort and take care of him,

¹ Then answered Sophar the Minaian and said,

² How long wilt thou speak such things? The breath of thy mouth is profuse of words.

³ what! Have words of wind a regular succession? Or can they give thee offence, considering thine answer?

² How long will it be ere thou wilt stop? Forbear that we may speak.

¹¹ A tattling chief cannot prosper in the land: evils will hunt to destruction a man of violence.

¹⁹ In speaking much thou canst not avoid sin; but if thou art sparing of thy lips, thou wilt be wise.

¹⁸ And while some of the epicurean and stoic philosophers were conferring with him, some said, "What would this retailer of scraps say?" And others, "He appeareth to be a proclaimer of strange deities." Because he proclaimed the glad tidings of Jesus and the resurrection,

¹⁹ Therefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

⁴ For a just man and one irreprehensible hath been made a mocking stock.

⁴ Now you are all bad physicians and curers of maladies.

⁹ For will it be well for you, if he mark your steps? For though feigning all these things you apply them for him:

² Will a wise man give the wind of knowledge for an answer; though he hath therewith filled his labouring belly? ³ Or in pleading use arguments which he ought not; and words in which there is no profit?

² I am supplicating in distress, yet what have I done? Strangers have stolen my substance; who is the man?

³ Bear with me, and when I speak do not deride me.

²⁵ Now if this is not the case; who can say I have spoken falsehoods: and set my words at naught?

⁷ What man is there like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water;

¹⁶ They tortured me; with scoffs they derided me; they gnashed their teeth at me.

¹⁶ Fill their faces with dishonour: that they may seek thy name, Lord.

¹⁷ I did not sit in the council of those scorners; but was struck with awe because of Thy hand. I sat alone because I was full of bitterness.

¹⁴ And if any one doth not obey this injunction of ours by this letter, mark that man, and have no intimate connection with him, that he may be ashamed.

⁸ sound discourse which cannot be condemned, that he who is of an opposite party may be ashamed, having nothing bad to say of you.

¹⁸ For they assured you that in the last time there would be scoffers, walking after their own wicked desires.

¹⁰ Let but the grave be my city, having got on its walls I will not be slack to enter, for I have not disputed the holy commands of my God.

²⁹ Sit down I pray you, and let there be no more reproaches. Indeed you again meet a righteous man. ³⁰ For there are no reproaches on my tongue, and as for my palate, doth it not relish wisdom?

²⁰ If I have sinned what can I do? thou who knowest the hearts of men; why hast thou set me up as thy mark to shoot at? Am I indeed a burden to thee?

² Of a truth I know that it is so. For how can a mortal be righteous with the Lord? ³ For were it his pleasure to come to trial with him; he could not join issue to answer one charge of his in a thousand.

⁷ For thou knowest that I am not impious: but who can deliver out of thy hands?

⁴ For who can be free from stain? Surely none.

⁵ For Job hath said, "I am righteous: the Lord hath removed from me the trial; ⁶ and hath disappointed me of my trial. My wound is grievous without transgression."

² What thinkest thou of this in thy pleading? Who art thou that thou shouldst say, "I am righteous before the Lord?"

¹⁵ but sanctify the Lord in your hearts" and be always prepared, in answer to every one who demandeth of you a reason for the hope which is in you, to make a defence with meekness and fear,

³ But O that some person would let me know, that I might find him, and come to an issue; ⁴ that I might order the trial of myself, and that he would stop my mouth with arguments ⁵ That I might know what remedies he will prescribe for me, and understand what he will announce to me! ⁶ Though he may come against me with great majesty, he will not employ it in threatening me. ⁷ For truth and argument proceed from him; and he would bring my cause to an issue.

³⁵ who could have heard me with patience?] And if I had not feared the hand of the Lord

⁶ Thou art formed out of clay, and so am I: we are both made of the same material. ⁷ By the dread of me thou wilt not be terrified; nor will this hand of mine be heavy on thee. ⁸ Now thou hast said in my hearing; I heard the sound of thy words: for thou saidst, ⁹ "I am pure, I have not sinned; I am irreprehensible, for I have not transgressed. ¹⁰ But he hath invented an accusation against me, and hath accounted me as an enemy. ¹¹ He hath put my foot in a clog, and watched all my ways." ¹² For how, dost thou say, I am righteous, yet he hath not hearkened to me. For He, who is over mortals, is eternal. ¹³ And dost thou say, Why in my trial, hath he not hearkened to me on every matter? ¹⁴ For the Lord may have spoken once, and again; ¹⁵ In a dream, for instance, or in a nightly vision: As when a dread horror falleth on men, during their slumbers on a bed; ¹⁶ then doth he open the understanding of men. ¹⁷ With such appearances of terror he frighted them, to turn man away from iniquity. Again he hath saved his body from a fall, ¹⁸ and hath rescued his soul from death; and hath not suffered him to fall in battle.

¹ After Elius had finished his speech, the Lord from a whirlwind and clouds, said to Job, ² Who is this who is concealing counsel from me, and who hiding words in his heart thinketh to hide them from me?

¹ Then the Lord God addressing Job, said, ² 1 Doth he decline a trial with the Almighty? Surely he who commenceth a suit against God, should support it. ³ Whereupon Job, in reply, said to the Lord, ⁴ Why should I continue the debate any further? I stand corrected for commencing a suit against the Lord. On hearing such things, what answer can I, who am nothing, make to Thee? I will lay my hand on my mouth. ⁵ Once I have spoken, but I will not proceed a second time. I heard of Thee before, with the hearing of the ear; but now mine eye hath seen Thee, therefore I abhor myself, and am ready to drop into dissolution, and account myself as dust and ashes.

⁸ Decline not the trial with Me. Dost thou think that I have spoken to thee for any other purpose, but that thou mayst appear justified?

⁷ Now after the Lord had spoken all these things to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz, the Thaimanite, Thou hast sinned and thy two friends. For you have not spoken any thing true before me, as my servant Job hath.

²⁹ The things which are secret are for the Lord our God; but the things which are manifest are for us and our children forever, that we may perform all the words of this law;

¹³ Now after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for this our great transgression; though there is no God like our God; though thou hast blotted out our iniquities and given us deliverance;

⁴ For he is wise in heart and strong and great. Who is hardy enough to stand up against him

⁵ By the arguments of thine own mouth thou art guilty; and hast not discerned the arguments of the mighty.

⁸ Or hast thou heard the established system of the Lord? Or hath God used thee as his counsellor? Or hath wisdom made application to thee?

¹¹ Thou hast been chastised less than thy sins deserve.

²⁸ he said to man, "Behold the worshipping of God is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding."

¹⁴ The Lord is the strength of them who fear him; and it is his covenant to display it for them.

¹⁰ He hath not dealt with us according to our sins; nor retributed to us according to our iniquities.

⁴³ many a time did he deliver them. But they provoked him with their counsel. When they were humbled for their iniquities; ⁴⁴ the Lord beheld when they were afflicted. When he heard their supplication, ⁴⁵ he remembered his covenant and according to the multitude of his mercies; ⁴⁶ he relented and excited compassion for them among all those who had captivated them.

²² On this account I will wait for the mercies of the Lord, because he hath not quite forsaken me; because his compassion is not exhausted. In the ensuing months, Lord, exercise compassion, since we are not quite consumed; since thy mercies are not exhausted.

²⁸ There is none but God in heaven who revealeth secrets. He indeed hath made known to the king Nabuchodonosar what must come to pass in latter days. With regard to thy dream, and the visions of thy head, on thy bed, this is it.

⁴⁷ And the king answered and said to Daniel, Of a truth, your God is the God of Gods, and the Lord of kings, the revealer of secrets; since thou hast been enabled to reveal this secret.

³⁵ so that there was a full accomplishment of that which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth with parables, I will utter things kept hid from the foundation of the world.

²⁵ Now to him who is able to establish you according to my glad tidings and the proclamation of Jesus Christ; according to the disclosure of a secret which was concealed in times of old, ²⁶ but which is now laid open, and by prophetic writings made known to all the nations, according to an order of the everlasting God, for the obedience of belief

⁹ things indeed, which as it is written, "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived; " which God hath prepared for them who love him; ¹⁰ and which God hath revealed to us by his spirit. For this spirit searcheth all things, even the depths of God. ¹¹ For who of mankind knoweth the things of a man, but only the spirit of the man which is in him? So no one knoweth the things of God, but the spirit of God only.

⁵ which in former generations was not made known to the children of men as it hath now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the spirit,]

⁹ who doth great and unsearchable things; things glorious and wonderful, not to be numbered.

¹⁴ Behold these are parts of his ways. But let us hear the least breath of reason for him. As for the strength of his thunder; who knoweth when he shall employ it?

²³ For these things great is the glory and honour of the Almighty. As we cannot find another equal to him in majesty; dost thou not think that he who judgeth righteously will hear?

¹⁹ Thy way was through the sea, and thy paths through many waters; but thy footsteps could not be known.

³ The Lord is great and greatly to be praised; and of his greatness there is no end.

¹¹ All the things which he made, considered as a whole, are good in his time. But with regard to all things considered as one whole, to them he hath assigned the whole age; so that no man can find out the work which God hath done from beginning to end.

²⁸ Hast thou then not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, the God who fitted up the ends of the earth, cannot hunger, nor can he be weary; nor can his under standing be searched out.

²⁷ All things are delivered up to me by my father; and none but the father knoweth the son; nor doth any know the father, but only the son, and he to whom the son is pleased to reveal him.

³³ O the depth of the riches, and of the wisdom, and of the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways not to be traced out!

¹⁰ and which God hath revealed to us by his spirit. For this spirit searcheth all things, even the depths of God.

¹⁶ For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Who can instruct him? As for us we have the mind of Christ.

⁸ To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this favour was granted to proclaim among the nations the unsearchable riches of the Christ,

¹⁸ Will God indeed dwell with man on the earth! If the heaven, and the heaven of heaven, will not contain thee, what then is this house which I have built?

¹² Doth not he who dwelleth on high, observe; but hath he humbled the haughty?

⁶ The mansion of the dead is naked before him: and destruction hath no covering.

⁵ Look up to yonder heaven and see; and observe the clouds, how high above thee they are.

¹¹ For high as the heaven is from the earth; the Lord hath enlarged his mercy for them who fear him.

⁶ This knowledge of thine is too wonderful for me. It is great beyond my comprehension. ⁷ Whither can I go from thy spirit? And from thy presence whither can I flee? ⁸ If I ascend up to heaven, thou art there. If I go down to the mansion of the dead, there thou art.

¹³ let them praise the name of the Lord; for his name alone is exalted. To him belongeth thanksgiving, on earth and in heaven.

² The glory of God obscureth a matter: but the glory of a king giveth a lustre to actions. ³ Heaven is high and the earth is deep: and the heart of a king is unsearchable.

⁹ But distant as the heaven is from the earth, so is my way distant from your ways; and your thoughts from my understanding.

² Though they hide themselves in the mansion of the dead, thence my hand will drag them up. And though they climb up to heaven, thence I will bring them down.

¹⁸ may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, ¹⁹ and to know the love of the Christ which surpasseth that knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fulness of God.

²⁴ For he surveyeth the whole world; and knoweth all on the earth; ²⁵ all that he hath made; the weight of winds and the measures of water.

⁵ Thou art wonderful for righteousness: hear us O God, our Saviour. Thou art the hope of all the ends of the earth: and of them at sea far off. ⁶ Thou establishest the mountains by thy power: thou art begirt with majesty. ⁷ Thou causest the cavity of the sea to rage; the billows thereof to roar. ⁸ When nations are troubled and the inhabitants on its borders terrified at thy signs; thou canst make the outgoings of the morning and evening joyous.

⁹ If I wing my flight towards the morning; or dwell at the extremes of this sea; ¹⁰ even there thy hand will guide me; and thy right hand will restrain me.

³⁰ How could one man chase a thousand, And two put myriads to flight, Had not God cast them off; Had not the Lord delivered them up?

¹⁸ For He causeth pain and again removeth it: and him whom he smote, his hands have healed.

¹² If he dismiss who shall bring back? Or who shall say to him, What hast thou done? ¹³ For he himself slighted anger; by him the monsters under heaven were bowed down.

¹⁴ If he demolish who can rebuild? If he shut against men, who can open?

²⁹ But when he giveth rest, who shall call him to account? When he hideth his face, who can see him? Both against a nation, and against a man at the same time,

⁸ It was I who shut up the sea with gates, when it rushed eagerly from its mother's womb.

⁸ hast not shut me up into an enemy's hand; hast set my feet in a roomy place.

²⁷ I will first give notice to Sion and I will comfort Jerusalem on the way.

³⁵ and all the inhabitants of the earth are reckoned as nothing; and he doth according to his pleasure in the army of heaven and in the habitations of the earth; and there is none who can stay his hand, or say to him, What hast thou done.

⁷ And to the angel of the congregation at Philadelphia write thus saith the Holy one and the True, who hath the key [the Son] of David, who openeth and none shutteth, and who shutteth and none openeth,

¹³ Yes, thou hast said, How can the Almighty know? Can he judge in darkness? ¹⁴ A cloud is his covering, so that be cannot be seen, though he traverse the circuit of heaven.

²¹ For he is the observer of men"s actions, and nothing that they do can escape his notice: ²² nor can there be a place, where the workers of iniquity can be concealed." ²³ That he will not yet set himself against a man;

¹¹ For he said in his heart God hath forgotten; He hath turned his face from ever seeing.

¹⁴ Thou seest [for thou observest mischief and wrath]; That they have delivered themselves into thy hands. To thee the poor hath committed himself; Thou art the helper of the fatherless.

²² Thou, Lord, hast seen; keep silence no longer. Lord, stand not at a distance from me.

¹¹ The Lord knoweth the thoughts of these men, that they are vain.

⁸ If thou seest a frivolous accusation of a poor man, and a rigorous exaction of judgment and justice in a country, marvel not at the matter. Because there is a high one over a high one to watch, and high ones are for these things,

⁹ [p] The heart is deep beyond all things; so also is a man, who then can know Him? ¹⁰ [J] I the Lord search hearts and try reins, to give to everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his devices.

² that they may chime together like them who sing in unison. I remembered all their wickedness, now their own devices have encompassed them. They were all open to my view.

¹³ Thine eye is too pure to behold wicked deeds, or to look on the labours of sorrow. Why lookest thou upon despisers? Wilt thou be silent when the wicked swallow up the righteous?

²⁴ But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men. ²⁵ And because he had no need that any one should testify of man, for he himself knew what was in man;

¹³ There is indeed no creature concealed from his sight. All things are naked and exposed to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

²³ and I will slay her children with death; and all the congregations shall know, that I am the searcher of reins and hearts, and will give to every one of you according to your works.

¹³ Who entangleth the wise in their wisdom, and defeateth the counsel of the artful.

⁵ What! will a wild ass bray without cause? Will it do so, except when in search of food? Or will an ox low having fodder in his stall?

² You, forsooth, are men, and wisdom will die with you. ³ But I indeed have understanding as well as you.

¹⁴ For who being mortal can be irreprehensible? Or can the offspring of woman be righteous?

⁵ Who hath sent forth the wild ass free, and who hath loosed his bands? ⁶ As I made the desart his habitation, and the saltish soil his place of encampment; ⁷ he scorneth the crowds of a city, and regardeth not the clamours of a driver. ⁸ The range of mountains he will consider as his pasture, and he search eth after every thing green.

⁵ For behold I was born in iniquity; in sins my mother conceived me:

⁹ But as for the vain sons of men; the lying sons of men; Even in an unfair balance they are altogether vanity. ¹⁰ Trust not in oppression; nor eagerly covet plunder; if riches flow in, set not your heart on them.

²² I indeed was despicable for my want of knowledge; I was brutish as a beast before thee.

⁶ A senseless man cannot know; nor can the foolish comprehend them.

² For I am the most foolish of all men. And I have not the understanding of man in me. ³ God hath taught me wisdom: and I have gained a knowledge of holy things. ⁴ Who hath ascended up to heaven and come down? Who hath collected the winds in his bosom? Who hath infolded the water in a mantle? Who hath a dominion over all the ends of the earth? What is his name? or what the name of his sons?

¹⁸ I communed with my heart concerning a saying of the sons of men, "That God distinguisheth them." Now in order to shew that they themselves are beasts,

²⁴ She enlarged her ways to the waters of a desert: by the desires of her soul she was transported into raptures. She is delivered up: who will bring her back? None who seek her will weary themselves. In her humiliation they shall find her.

²² pretending to be wise, they became fools,

¹⁶ Set not your minds on high things, but accommodate yourselves to things which are low. Be not wise in your own conceits.

¹⁸ Whosoever you are, let no one deceive himself. If am one among you seemeth to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. ¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God: for it is written, He entangleth the wise in their craft." ²⁰ And again, "The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise that they are vain."

³ among whom when we also were all formerly leading our lives in the desires of our flesh, executing the dictates of the flesh, and the imaginations, and were naturally children of wrath even as the rest;

²⁰ But wouldst thou, vain man, know that belief without works is dead?

¹³ Whoever among you is a man of wisdom and knowledge, let him, by a virtuous course of life, shew his works with the meekness of wisdom. ¹⁴ But if you have bitter zeal, and strife in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth. ¹⁵ This is not the wisdom which cometh down from above; but that which is of an earthly, sensual, and devilish nature. ¹⁶ For where there is a zeal with strife, there will be confusion, and every thing which is bad. ¹⁷ Now the wisdom which cometh from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

³ Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If with your whole heart you turn to the Lord, put away the strange gods from among you, and the bowers, and prepare your hearts for the Lord, and serve him alone, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

¹⁴ and he did evil, for he did not direct his heart to seek the Lord.

³ but for the good works which have been found in thee, and for thy having removed the bowers out of the land of Juda, and directed thy heart to seek the Lord.

⁸ [b] No, indeed; but notwithstanding this, let me supplicate the Lord. And call upon the Lord, the master of all,

⁵ But rise thou betimes and supplicate the Lord Almighty. ⁶ If thou art pure and upright, he will hear thy prayer; and render to thee the reward of righteousness.

²¹ Become hardened now, if thou remainest; and shalt thou be rewarded with good things? ²² Receive, I pray thee, from his mouth, the terms of deliverance, and lay up his words in thy heart.

³¹ Ambassadors shall come from Egypt; Ethiopia shall stretch out her hands to God.

⁸ that they might not be like their fathers; a perverse and rebellious generation; a generation which set not their hearts aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

⁹ mine eyes were weakened by affliction. To thee, Lord, I cried all the day long: to thee I stretched forth my hands.

⁶ I spread forth my hands to thee; for thee my soul thirsted like land without water.

⁴⁷ Now that servant who knew his master's will, and did not keep himself ready, nor act agreeably to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;

⁷ Recollect therefore. Who ever perished, being innocent? Or when were the righteous utterly destroyed?

⁵ Is not thy wickedness great, and thy sins innumerable?

²³ If thou wilt return and humble thyself before the Lord, having removed iniquity far from thy dwelling,

³² I will look beyond myself; do thou shew me: If I have done iniquity, I will do so no more."

² I will conduct myself wisely in a perfect way; when wilt thou come to me? I have walked in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my household.

¹⁵ When you stretch forth your hands, I will turn mine eyes from you: and though you multiply prayer, I will not hearken to you: for your hands are full of blood.

³⁰ I will judge you, saith the Lord, house of Israel, every one according to his way. Be converted and turn from all your acts of wickedness, and they shall not bring upon you the punishment of iniquity. ³¹ Cast away from you all your impious acts; which you have impiously committed against me; and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: now why do you die, house of Israel,

³ Whereupon he said to me, This is the curse which is going forth over the face of the whole earth. Since every thief on the one hand is to be punished with death, and every false swearer on the other hand is to be punished; ⁴ therefore I will bring it out saith the Lord Almighty; and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who sweareth by my name to a falsehood; and it shall lodge in his house, and destroy it with the timber and the stones thereof.

⁸ Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

⁵ but upon Cain and upon his sacrifices he did not look with regard. Thereupon Cain was exceedingly grieved and his countenance became dejected. ⁶ And the Lord God said to Cain, "Why art thou become sorrowful and why is thy countenance dejected?"

¹⁵ If I indeed am impious, Woe is me.

²⁶ Then indeed thou shalt have confidence before the Lord; and mayst look up to heaven with cheerfulness.

¹ A Psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my saviour. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defender of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

¹ At the conclusion. For the sons of Kora. A Psalm concerning hidden things. GOD is our refuge and strength; our helper in the troubles which often befal us.

⁶ because he is never to be shaken; the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance: ⁷ at bad news he will not be terrified: his heart is prepared to trust in the Lord. ⁸ His heart is established, he could not be terrified; even when he beheld his enemies.

⁶ Then I cannot be put to shame, when I have respect to all thy commandments. ⁷ I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I have learned thy righteous judgments.

²⁶ In the fear of the Lord a man hath hope of strength; and to his children he leaveth a support.

¹ The wicked fleeth when none pursueth: but the righteous is bold as a lion.

¹² For this is the matter of our boasting; the testimony of our conscience, that with simplicity and godly sincerity, not with carnal wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more especially towards you.

⁸ I therefore give it in charge that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and surmise:

²⁸ And now, children, abide in him, that when he shall appear we may have confidence, and not be made ashamed by him at his coming.

¹⁹ When we know by this that we are of the truth, let us in his presence persuade our hearts, ²⁰ in respect to what things soever our heart condemneth us, that God is greater than our hearts, and that he knoweth all things. ²¹ Beloved, if our heart doth not condemn us, we have confidence towards God, ²² and whatever we ask we obtain from him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things which are pleasing in his sight.

¹¹ And this covenant of mine I will lay before you. All flesh shall no more die by the water of a deluge; nor shall there any more be a deluge of water to destroy the whole earth."

⁵¹ And Joseph called the name of his first born Manasses, because God hath made me forget all my troubles and all my father's family. And the name of his second son he called Ephraim, because God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.

¹⁵ my nearest friends did not regard me: like a failing brook, or like a wave of the sea, they passed me by.

¹¹ The light hath become darkness to thee, and water hath overwhelmed thee when asleep.

⁷ that they may forget their distress and no more remember their troubles.

²⁰ that he will not much remember the days of his life, because God occupieth him with the joy of his heart.

¹ And on that day thou wilt say, I bless thee, Lord; because, though thou wast angry with me, thou hast turned away thy wrath and pitied me. ² Behold! my God is my Saviour, I will trust in him and not be afraid. Because the Lord is my glory and my praise; and hath become unto me salvation;

⁴ Be not terrified because thou hast been exposed to shame; nor blush because thou hast been reproached. For thou shalt forget the shame of ancient times, and the reproach of thy widowhood

⁹ "From the flood which was in Noah's time this is my purpose; as I solemnly promised him at that time that I would no more be angry with the earth on thine account, nor in rebuking thee overturn the mountains;

¹⁶ which shall be blessed on the earth: for they will bless the true God: and they who swear on the earth, will swear by the true God. For they will forget their former affliction and it shall not recur to their mind:

²¹ A woman in travail hath sorrow, because her time is come; but when the child is born, she no more remembereth her anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

¹⁴ And I said to him, "Sir, thou knowest" Then he said to me, "These are they who have come out of great affliction and have washed their robes and made them white by the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵ For this cause they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple. And he who sitteth on the throne will spread his tent over them. ¹⁶ They shall no more hunger, nor shall they thirst any more; nor shall the sun dart upon them; nor any scorching heat: ¹⁷ for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will tend them and guide them to living fountains of water; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

¹⁰ and blessed the Lord in the presence of the assembly, saying, Blessed art thou Lord God of Israel, our Father, from everlasting to everlasting.

¹¹ When all his brethren and his sisters heard what had befallen him, they came to him, together with all those who were formerly acquainted with him, and having eaten and drank at his house, they comforted him, and expressed their amazement at all that the Lord had brought upon him. And every one presented him a lamb, and a quarter of a drachm of gold bullion. ¹² And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than the former; so that his stock was fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, a thousand breeding asses. ¹³ And he had seven sons born to him, and three daughters, the eldest of whom he called Hemera, and the second Kasia, ¹⁴ and the third Amalthaiakeres. ¹⁵ And in all the land there were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job. And their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. ¹⁶ And Job lived after this affliction a hundred and seventy years. So that all the years which he lived were two hundred and forty. And Job saw his children and his children's children, to the fourth generation, ¹⁷ and died an old man and full of days. And it is written that he will rise again with them whom the Lord raiseth up. This is translated out of a book in the Syrian language: For he dwelt in the land of Ausitis, on the confines of Idumea and Arabia. His first name was Jobab, and having married an Arabian woman, he had by her a son whose name was Ennon. Now he himself was a son of father Zare, one of the sons of Esau, and his mother"s name was Bosorra: so that he was the fifth in descent from Abraham. Now these were the kings who reigned in Edom, over which country he also bore rule. The first was Balak, the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dannaba. And after Balak, Jobab, who is called Job; and after him, Asom who was general from the region of Thaimanitis; and after him, Adad, son of Barad, who smote Madiam in the plain of Moab; and the name of his city was Gethaim. And the friends who came to Job were Eliphaz, of the sons of Esau, the king of the Thaimanites; Baldad, the sovereign of the Saucheans, and Sophar, the king of the Minaians.

⁶ he will indeed bring forth thy righteousness like light, and thy judgment, as the noon day.

¹⁴ In a vigorous old age they shall still multiply; and continue prosperous;

⁴ To the upright light sprang up in darkness. He is merciful, compassionate and just;

¹⁸ But the paths of the just shine like light; shining more and more until it is perfect day.

⁸ then shall thy light break forth like the morning, and thy remedies shall spring up speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee, and the glory of the Lord will surround thee. ⁹ Then thou shalt cry and God will answer thee; and whilst thou art speaking he will say, Lo I am here. If thou remove from thee the bond, and the vote and decree which occasion murmuring, ¹⁰ and from thy soul give bread to the hungry and satisfy an afflicted soul; then shall thy light spring up in darkness; and thy darkness shall be as the noon day:

³ Let us acknowledge; let us continue our pursuit to know the Lord; sure as the morning we shall find him. He will come like rain for us; like the former and latter rain for the earth."

⁸ Rejoice not over me, mine enemy, because I have fallen. I shall rise again, for though I sit in darkness the Lord will give me light. ⁹ I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him; until he vindicate my cause. He will do me justice and bring me out into light;

⁶ it shall come to pass that on that day there shall not be light; ⁷ there shall be chilness and cold during one day. That will indeed be a memorable day to the Lord. It will neither be day nor night; but towards evening there will be light.

² But to you who fear my name the son of righteousness will arise with healing in his wings; and you shall go forth and leap for joy like young bullocks loosed from yokes.

²⁶ Now it had been revealed to him by the holy spirit, that he should not see death until he had seen the Christ of the Lord; ²⁷ and he had come by the spirit to the temple. And when the parents brought the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law, ²⁸ he took him in his arms, and blessed God, and said, ²⁹ Now, O Lord, thou dismissest thy servant in peace according to thy word, ³⁰ since mine eyes have seen that salvation of thine, ³¹ which thou hast prepared in the sight of all peoples, ³² a light to illuminate the nations; the glory of thy people Israel.

⁵ and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit; and the thresher shall overtake the vintager; and the vintager shall overtake the sower; and you shall eat your bread in plenty; and dwell in your land securely, and war shall not pass through your land. ⁶ I will indeed give you peace in your land; and you shall lie down to rest; and there shall be none to make you afraid. I will destroy the wild beasts out of your land;

¹¹ For what is my strength that I should bear up! what my time2 that my life is prolonged?

⁶ Though my life is swifter than a word; yet it is destroyed with vain hope.

²⁷ And when thou prayest to him, he will hearken to thee, and will enable thee to pay thy vows; ²⁸ and he will assign thee an habitation of righteousness, and light shall shine upon thy ways. ²⁹ Because thou hast humbled thyself, thou wilt say, Such a one was insolent; but he will save him whose eyes are lowly.

⁵ I laid me down to rest and slept; I awoke. Because the Lord will protect me,

⁸ while I will lay me down in peace and sleep because thou, Lord, hast only caused me to dwell in hope.

⁵ Why art thou, my soul, cast down; and why disquietest thou me? Trust in God, for I shall praise him. My God is the health of my countenance.

²⁴ For when thou liest down, thou shalt be free from fear: and when thou sleepest, thou shalt sleep sweetly; ²⁵ and shalt not fear the bursting in of terror; nor the sudden assaults of wicked men. ²⁶ For the Lord will be over all thy ways, and will support thy foot that thou mayst not be shaken.

³² A wicked man shall be driven away by his wickedness; but in his sanctity the righteous is secure.

³ And not only so, but we boast also in our tribulations, as we know that tribulation operateth to produce patience; ⁴ and patience, a proof; and proof, a hope; ⁵ and this hope will not shame us, because the love of God is diffused through our hearts by a Holy Spirit, which is given us.

²⁷ to whom God hath been pleased to make known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations: namely Christ in you the hope of Glory,

²⁶ Abimelech came to him from Gerar, accompanied with Ochozath his chamberlain and Phichol the general of his army. ²⁷ And Isaak said to them, Why are you come to me, seeing you have hated me and sent me away from you? ²⁸ And they said, We saw plainly that the Lord is with thee; therefore we said, Let there be an oath between us and thee; and we will make a covenant with thee ²⁹ that thou wilt not do us an injury, as we have not hated thee but used thee well and sent thee away in peace, and thou art now blessed of the Lord. ³⁰ Then he made an entertainment for them and they ate and drank. ³¹ And early next morning they arose and swore one to the other. And Isaak dismissed them and they departed from him in peace.

⁶ I will indeed give you peace in your land; and you shall lie down to rest; and there shall be none to make you afraid. I will destroy the wild beasts out of your land;

⁸ Now therefore take seven young bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and he will make an offering for you; and my servant Job will pray for you. For him only I will accept; for were it not for his sake, I would destroy you, because you have not spoken what is true against my servant Job. ⁹ So Eliphaz the Thaimanite, and Baldad the Sauchean, and Sophar the Minaian, went and did as the Lord commanded them, and he forgave them their sin for Job's sake.

¹² when the daughters of Tyre bow down to him with gifts, the richest people of the land will supplicate thy favour.

⁶ Many court the favour of kings; but every one who is wicked is a disgrace to a man in power.

¹⁴ Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, That for which Egypt laboured and the traffick of the Ethiopians, and the Sabeans men of tall stature shall come over to thee; and they shall be thy vassals and shall follow thee bound with chains. They will come over to thee and pay thee homage and pray to thee because God is in thee. [c] There is indeed no God besides thee.

¹⁴ And to thee shall come trembling the sons of them who afflicted and humbled thee, and thou shalt be called, City Sion of the Holy one of Israel.

⁹ behold I give thee some of the synagogue of satan, who say they are Jews and are not; but do lie. Behold I will make them come, and worship at thy feet, and know that I have loved thee.

¹⁶ I will deal with you in this manner; I will send against you distress, and the scab, and the gangrene to eat out your eyes; and wasting consumption; and you shall sow your seed in vain; for your enemies shall eat it:

⁶⁵ But even among these nations he will not give thee rest, nor shall there be any rest for the sole of thy foot. Indeed the Lord will give thee there a strange trembling heart, and failing eyes, and a desponding soul,

¹³ Such therefore shall be the end of all who forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish. ¹⁴ For his house shall be uninhabited: and his tent shall fly away like a spider's web.

⁵ Shall he reckon misfortunes for his portion; and were his eyes melted for his children?

¹⁴ May health be expelled from his dwelling, and distress lay hold on him with the authority of a king.

⁸ Now whatever hope a wicked man hath, that he persisteth; shall he who hath trusted in the Lord be indeed safe?

²² He will dash upon him and will not spare. Should he by flight flee from his hand,

¹⁶ Far from depriving the poor of what they had, or causing the heart of a widow to fail;

²² nor can there be a place, where the workers of iniquity can be concealed."

³ I am weary with crying; my throat is hoarse; and mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

²⁴ A wicked man is whirled about by destruction; but the desire of the righteous is acceptable.

²⁰ Whosoever curseth father or mother; let his lamp be extinguished and his eye balls involved in darkness.

¹⁷ While we yet existed our eyes failed looking in vain for our help. when we looked out, we looked to a nation that could not save.

¹⁴ so that flight shall perish from the swift runner; and the strong will not be master of his strength; and the warrior shall not save his life.

¹⁹ As if a man would flee from the face of a lion and a bear met him, or, as if one would leap into a house and leaning his hand on the wall a serpent bit him. ²⁰ Is not this day of the Lord darkness and not light; even thick darkness, in which there is not a ray of light?

¹ I saw the Lord standing on the altar, and he said, Smite the propitiatory and let the porches be shaken, and cut them down on the heads of them all; and those of them who are left I will slay with the sword. Such of them as flee shall not get away; and such of them as escape shall not be saved. ² Though they hide themselves in the mansion of the dead, thence my hand will drag them up. And though they climb up to heaven, thence I will bring them down. ³ Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will there search them out and take them. And should they go down from my sight into the depths of the sea, I will there give orders to the dragon and he will bite them.

²³ And in the mansion of the dead having lifted up his eyes, being in torment, he seeth Abraham far off and Lazarus in his bosom. ²⁴ Whereupon he cried and said, Father, Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. ²⁵ And Abraham said, Son, remember that thou receivedst thy good things in thy life time; and Lazarus in like manner, his evil things. But now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. ²⁶ But besides all this, there is betwixt us and you, a huge gulf fixed; so that they, who would go hence to you, cannot. Neither can they who are there, cross over to us.

³ how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation, which was first published by the Lord, and confirmed for us by them who heard him,