Job 12 Cross References - Thomson

¹ To this Job replied, ² You, forsooth, are men, and wisdom will die with you. ³ But I indeed have understanding as well as you. ⁴ For a just man and one irreprehensible hath been made a mocking stock. ⁵ For it hath been ordered that for a time he shall fall beneath others: and that his houses shall be wasted by transgressors. ⁶ Nevertheless let no wicked man indulge a confidence that he shall escape condemnation. Whoever provoke the Lord to anger shall not they also undergo a trial? ⁷ But ask, I pray thee, the beasts of the field, if they could speak to thee; and the birds of the air, if they could tell thee; ⁸ speak to the earth, if it could converse with thee; even the fishes of the sea can tell thee. ⁹ Who then among all these doth not know that the hand of the Lord hath done these things? ¹⁰ Is not the life of all living beings in his hand; and the breath of every man? ¹¹ The ear indeed discerneth words and the palate tasteth meats. ¹² By length of time wisdom is acquired, and by long life, experience. ¹³ With him is wisdom and power; with him counsel and understanding. ¹⁴ If he demolish who can rebuild? If he shut against men, who can open? ¹⁵ If he withhold water he drieth the earth. And when he let it loose, he overthrew and destroyed it, ¹⁶ With him is strength and power; with him knowledge and understanding. ¹⁷ He hath led counsellors away captive. And confounded the judges of the earth. ¹⁸ It is he who settleth kings on thrones and girded their loins with a girdle; ¹⁹ who sendeth priests into captivity and overthrew the sovereigns of the earth; ²⁰ who changeth the lips of liege men and knoweth the wisdom of elders; ²¹ who poureth contempt on princes and hath healed them who were low; ²² who revealeth deep things from darkness; and hath brought to light the shades of death; ²³ who leadeth nations into error and destroyeth them; who prostrateth nations and conducteth them; ²⁴ who changeth the hearts of the rulers of a land and hath caused them to wander in a way which they knew not: ²⁵ That they might grope in darkness without light; and that they might stagger like a drunken man.

²⁴ Teach me and I will hold my tongue. If I have erred, tell me plainly. ²⁵ But my words, it seems, are devoid of truth, because I do not beg assistance from you.

⁸ For inquire of the former generation; and search diligently among the race of fathers; ⁹ [for we are but of yesterday and know nothing; for our life on the earth is but a shadow] ¹⁰ will not they teach thee, and declare; and from the heart utter these maxims:

² He who speaketh much should be answered: else the fine speaker thinketh himself just; and the short lived offspring of woman is blessed.

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.

¹² But man vainly floateth about in words; but a mortal born of woman is like a wild ass.

² Will a wise man give the wind of knowledge for an answer; though he hath therewith filled his labouring belly?

⁴ Because thou hast hid their heart from understanding, thou shouldst not for this cause exalt them.

¹⁰ On these maxims you all rely. But come now; for I do not find truth among you:

³ Am I to hear my modesty corrected? And is a spirit from its consciousness to answer me?

⁷ For I said, Is it not age which speaketh? And by many years they have gained wisdom. ⁸ But there is a spirit in mortals; and it is the inspiration of the Almighty which teacheth. ⁹ They who live longest are not the wisest, nor is the knowledge of judgment confined to the aged. ¹⁰ Wherefore I said, Hear me, and I will tell you what I know. ¹¹ Listen attentive to my words, for I will speak in your hearing that you may examine them. ¹² Even now I could wish to attend to you: but behold there is none who convicteth Job; none of you who refuteth his arguments: ¹³ that you might not say, We the Lord's advocates have found wisdom.

¹¹ A rich man is wise in his own conceit. But a poor man who hath understanding will find him out.

²¹ Woe to them who are wise in their own conceit, and in their own eyes prudent.

¹⁰ We are fools on the account of Christ; but you are prudent in Christ: We are weak; but you are strong: you are honourable; but we are despised:

⁵ To your shame I say, is it so that there is not among you a wise man; not so much as one who can determine a cause between brethren; ⁶ Can bread be eaten without salt, or is there any relish in vain words? ⁷ For my temper cannot be calm, while my meat is horrible as the smell of a lion.

² for I know all that you know and am not inferior to you in knowledge. ³ Nevertheless I would speak to the Lord; and argue before him, were it his pleasure. ⁴ Now you are all bad physicians and curers of maladies. ⁵ Could you hold your peace, it would be your wisdom.

² Whom dost thou assist, or whom art thou going to help? Is it not him, who hath mighty power and whose arm is strong? ³ For whom hast thou been acting as counsellor? Is it not for him who hath all wisdom? Whom art thou about to follow? Is it not him, whose army is beyond compare? ⁴ Answer not a fool conformably to his folly; let thou become like him.

⁵ For I reckon that I am not a whit behind the chiefest apostles;

²¹ In regard to reproach; as, "That we are weak"; I say that on whatever any one can presume [I speak foolishly] I can do the same. ²² Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they of the seed of Abraham? So am I. ²³ Are they ministers of Christ? [I speak with an excess of folly] I am more so; more abundant in labours; far surpassing in stripes; more frequent in imprisonments, often in deaths.

²⁹ Sit down I pray you, and let there be no more reproaches. Indeed you again meet a righteous man.

³ Be not profuse of words, because there is none to answer thee:

¹⁰ When with the darts of his eyes he had transfixed me; with his spear had brought me on my knees: they with one consent rushed upon me.

²⁰ O that my suit could come before the Lord, and that before him mine eye could drop a tear!

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

⁶ But thou hast made me a by-word among nations, and I am become a subject of laughter for them.

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

¹ But now the meanest have me in derision: now, those undertake to admonish me; whose fathers I held in contempt: whom I did not think worthy the dogs of my flocks.

⁷ All that see me have laughed me to scorn; they said with their lips while they shaked their head, ⁸ "He trusted in the Lord, let him deliver him; let him save him, since he delighteth in him."

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

¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him: I am with him in affliction: I will deliver him and honour him.

² He who walketh uprightly, feareth the Lord; but he who is perverse in his ways, shall be dishonoured.

³ Cry to me and I will answer thee and shew thee great and marvellous things which thou hast not known.

⁷ [c] But as for me I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God who is my saviour; he who is my God will hearken to me. [[c] The chorus, or Sion.]

²⁹ and having platted a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and falling on their knees before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail king of the Jews.

⁴⁰ Upon which they derided him. But he, having put them all out, taketh with him the father and mother of the child, and them who accompanied him, and goeth into the room where the child was laid.

¹⁴ When the Pharisees who loved money heard all these things they treated him with scorn.

³² When they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some made a jest of it; and some said we will hear thee again on this subject.

³⁶ and others received the trial of mockings, and scourgings, besides bonds and imprisonments.

³⁵ In the day of vengeance I will requite, When their foot shall be supplanted. Because the day of destruction is nigh for them, Therefore at hand are the things prepared for you.

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?

⁴ I indeed could speak as you do. But were your soul in my soul's stead, would I insult you with words and shake my head at you?

⁵ The light of the wicked shall indeed be extinguished; and from them a spark shall not ascend.

⁵ Establish my footsteps in thy paths; that my footsteps may not be moved.

¹⁸ Did I say, My foot hath slipped? Thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.

³ Have mercy on us, Lord; have mercy on us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. ⁴ Our soul is filled exceedingly; we are the scoff of the prosperous and the contempt of the haughty.

⁹ The righteous have light continually; but the light of the wicked is extinguished. Deceitful souls are led astray by sins; but the righteous exercise pity and compassion.

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

¹⁶ Give glory to the Lord your God, before the darkness cometh, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains; when you will wait for light; and the shadow of death will be there; and they shall be placed in darkness.

¹ Alas for them who despise Sion and have put their trust in the mount of Samaria. They have gathered as a vintage the governments of nations and gone in ² . house of Israel, Go ye all over [to Chalane] and see, and thence pass on to Ematraba and thence go down to Gath of the Philistines, to the strongest of all those kingdoms of theirs. Are their borders larger than yours, ³ who are coming to an evil day, who are drawing near and on the point of touching false sabbaths? ⁴ Some of you are sleeping on beds of ivory and lolling at ease on their couches, and eating kids from the flocks, and from the herds calves fed with milk: ⁵ some are dwelling: on the sound of musical instruments; as if they thought it fixed and not fleeting. ⁶ Some are drinking filtered wine and anointing themselves with most precious ointment and have no feeling for the affliction of Joseph.

⁸ And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.

¹⁹ And I will say to my soul; Soul, thou hast many good things laid up in store for many years: take thine ease; eat; drink; and be joyful.

¹⁹ There was a certain rich man who was clad with purple and cotton robes, and who feasted daily in a splendid manner. ²⁰ And there was a certain poor man, named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores,

²⁴ for they have been delivered into the hands of the wicked. He covereth the faces of the judges of that wrath. If it is not he, who is it?

⁷ Why do the wicked live and grow old, abounding in wealth? ⁸ Their crops are to their wish, and their children before their eyes. ⁹ Their houses flourish and they have no dread; and a scourge from the Lord is not upon them. ¹⁰ Their kine bring not forth untimely births, but go their time safely, and cast not their calves. ¹¹ They abide continually like a flock, and their little ones frolick about them. ¹² They take up the psaltery and kithara, and are charmed with the sound of the song; ¹³ and having spent their life in festivity, they are composed to rest in the peaceful grave. ¹⁴ Yet he saith to the Lord, Depart from me, I desire not to know thy ways. ¹⁵ What is the Almighty, that we should serve him: and what the advantage, that we should wait on him?

¹⁸ [He, who had indeed filled their houses with good things, though the counsel of the wicked is far from him.]

¹⁴ from thine enemies hand Dismiss them, Lord, from the land: disperse them in their life time. Though their belly was filled with thy stores; they glutted themselves with swine's flesh, and left the relicks for their children.

¹ By David. Fret not because of evil doers: nor envy them who commit iniquity.

³⁵ I have seen the wicked highly exalted, towering aloft like the cedars of Lebanon.

¹¹ They indeed said, How doth God know? and, Is there any knowledge in the Most High? ¹² Behold these who are sinful men; are always prosperous and have gotten wealth.

²⁷ As a trap which hath been set is full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit, therefore they became great and rich

²⁹ Ask them who travel the high ways, or their monuments, you cannot miss them. ³⁰ Because the wicked is reserved for a day of destruction: let them be carried to prison for the day of his indignation.

⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; and having seen its ways follow the example and be wiser than it.

³ The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel did not know me. And this people have not regarded me."

⁷ The stork in the heaven knoweth her season; so doth the dove and the swallow of the field; the ostriches observed the time of their coming; but my people do not know the judgments of the Lord.

¹⁷ Say not in thy heart, My own power, and the strength of my own hand bath procured me this great wealth: ¹⁸ but remember the Lord thy God, that it is he who giveth thee power to procure wealth, that he may establish the covenant which the Lord made with thy fathers, as at this day.

⁷ The Lord impoverished, and maketh rich; He humbleth, and he exalteth on high.

³ But I indeed have understanding as well as you.

²⁰ that they may see and know, and consider and understand at once that the hand of the Lord hath done these things; even what the Holy One of Israel hath pointed out.

⁵ As I have made the earth by my great power and by my outstretched arm, I can give it to whom it seemeth good in mine eyes. ⁶ I have given this land to Nabuchodonosar king of Babylon to serve him, and the beasts of the field to work for him.

¹⁸ O king, God, the Most High gave to Nabuchodonosar thy father this kingdom and majesty and glory and honour.

¹⁷ But now, Lord our God, hearken to the prayer of thy servant and to his supplications; and let thy face shine upon thy sanctuary which is desolate. For thine own sake, Lord,

³⁵ At length the recorder having stilled the crowd, said, Men of Ephesus, who is there who doth not know that the city of the Ephesians is a humble devotee of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell from Jupiter?

³⁶ Because of him, and by him, and for him are all things; to him be the glory forever, Amen;

⁵ Hearken, my beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he hath promised to them who love him? ⁶ But you have treated the poor with disdain. Do not the rich domineer over you? Do they not drag you to tribunals? ⁷ Do they not revile that honourable name by which you are called?

⁷ then God formed the man, dust from the earth, and breathed upon his face a breath of life, and the man became a living soul.

¹⁷ Now behold I am going to bring a flood of water upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven, and all that are on the earth shall die;

²² At this they fell on their faces and said, God, the God of the spirits even of all flesh! If one man hath sinned, is the wrath of the Lord against the whole congregation?

³ while I have the power of breathing and the breath of God is in my nostrils;

⁴ It is the divine spirit, which made me, even the inspiration of the Almighty, which teacheth me.

¹⁴ For were it his pleasure to confine, and keep to himself, the wind, ¹⁵ all flesh would expire together; and every mortal would return to earth, of which they were formed.

²⁹ But when thou deniest, they are troubled. Withdraw their breath, they die and return to their dust:

³ Trust not in chiefs, nor in sons of men, in whom there is no safety. ⁴ His breath goeth out and he shall return to his earth; on that day all his projects shall perish.

²³ Yet thou hast exalted thyself against the Lord God of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been brought before thee, and thou and thy nobles and thy concubines and thy wives have drunk wine out of them, and thou hast praised the gods of gold and silver and brass and iron and wood and stone which neither see nor hear, nor understand: but the God in whose hand is thy breath and all thy ways; him thou hast not glorified.

⁶ That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the spirit, is spirit.

²⁵ nor is he served by the hands of men, as needing any thing. He is the giver of life and breath, and of all things, to all,

²⁸ For in him we live and are moved and exist; as some also of your own poets have said, "For we his offspring are."

³⁰ For there are no reproaches on my tongue, and as for my palate, doth it not relish wisdom?

³ For the ear trieth words and the palate tasteth meats.

¹⁵ I speak to you as men of understanding; judge ye what I say

¹⁰ that you may prove the things which differ"that you may be sincere and inoffensive till the day of Christ,

¹⁴ and this strong food is for full grown men, who by long practice and exercise have their senses improved for the discernment of both good and evil.

³ Since you have tasted that the Lord is gracious,

⁸ For inquire of the former generation; and search diligently among the race of fathers;

¹⁰ Among us indeed are elders and aged men, more venerable for years than thy father.

⁷ For I said, Is it not age which speaketh? And by many years they have gained wisdom.

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

¹⁶ With him is strength and power; with him knowledge and understanding.

²⁰ But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? ²¹ It hath escaped the knowledge of every man; and is hid from the birds of the air. ²² Destruction and death said, We have heard the fame of it. ²³ God is perfectly acquainted with its way and knoweth its place. 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. ²⁶ When he had made and seen and numbered them; and also a way for the pealing thunder: ²⁷ then did he see it and declare it: and having prepared and traced it, ²⁸ he said to man, "Behold the worshipping of God is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding."

⁶ therefore Elius the son of Barachiel the Buzite taking up the argument, said, I indeed am young and you are old; therefore I kept silence and was afraid to give my opinion. ⁷ For I said, Is it not age which speaketh? And by many years they have gained wisdom. ⁸ But there is a spirit in mortals; and it is the inspiration of the Almighty which teacheth. ⁹ They who live longest are not the wisest, nor is the knowledge of judgment confined to the aged.

⁵ Know then that the Lord, who is mighty in power and wisdom;

³⁶ Who hath given woman a skill in weaving, and a knowledge of the art of embroidering?

⁵ Great is our Lord and great his power; and infinite in his understanding.

⁶ For the Lord giveth wisdom; and from his presence is knowledge and understanding: ⁷ and he treasureth up salvation for the upright. He will protect their going,

¹⁴ To me belong counsel and safety. Prudence is mine; mine is fortitude.

¹³ Who hath known the mind of the Lord? and who hath been of his counsel to teach him? ¹⁴ or whom hath he consulted that he might instruct him? or who hath pointed out judgment to him? or who hath shewn him the way of knowledge?

¹⁰ who can declare events before they happen, as if they were already accomplished. When I have spoken, all my counsel shall stand; and all that I have determined, I will effect.

¹² It is the Lord who made the earth by his power, who established the World by his wisdom: and by his understanding spread out the heaven,

²⁰ "Blessed be the name of God from everlasting to everlasting; for wisdom and knowledge are his;

¹⁵ For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to contradict or withstand.

³⁴ For who hath known the mind of the Lord"? Or who hath been his counsellor?

²⁴ but to them who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God;

⁸ in which he hath abounded for us

¹¹ by whom we, [having been previously marked out in a determinate manner, according to the purpose of him who effecteth all things according to the counsel of his will] were made his inheritance,

³ in which are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

⁵ And if any of you wanteth wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it will be given him.

⁴⁶ And the Lord will deliver thee this day into my hand, and I will kill thee, and cut off thy head, and give thy carcass, and the carcasses of the army of the Philistines this day, to the birds of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel;

¹⁸ Thou hast indeed proved to me this day the good thou hast done me; as the Lord delivered me this day into thy hands, and thou hast not slain me.

⁸ Whereupon Abessa said to David, The Lord hath this day delivered thine enemy into thy hands, now therefore let me smite him with my spear, to the ground, at one stroke, and I will not repeat the blow.

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.

¹⁰ Now were he to overturn all these, who could say to him what hast thou done?

¹¹ The Lord hath indeed delivered me up to the unrighteous; and turned me over to the ungodly.

¹⁰ He broke me on every side and I fled: and he hath cut down my hope like a tree.

⁷ seal up against the hand of every man, that every man may know his own weakness;

²³ "I will lay Babylonia waste: that porcupines may inhabit it; and it shall be a desolation. And I will plunge it in the miry gulf of destruction.

²² And I will give him the glory of David, and he shall rule and there shall be no antagonist; and on his shoulder I will lay the key of the house of David; and he will open and none shall shut; and he will shut and none shall open:

² Because thou hast reduced cities to a heap of ruins; cities made strong, that their foundations might not fall; [a city of wicked men cannot be built to last forever]

⁵⁸ Thus saith the Lord, The wall of Babylon was made broad; It shall be totally demolished and her lofty gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall not labour in vain, though the nations may at first fail.

⁶⁴ and say, "So shall Babylon sink and rise no more by reason of the evils which I bring upon it".

⁴ For should he say, "Idumea is overthrown, let us return and build up the waste cities. "Thus saith the Lord Almighty, "Let them build, but I will overturn. They shall indeed be surnamed The borders of iniquity and A people to whom the Lord hath ever been opposed."

³² For God hath shut all up for disobedience that he may have mercy on all.

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 therefore the Lord God said to Noe, "The time of every man is come before me. Because the earth is filled with iniquity by their means, therefore behold I am going to destroy them and the earth.

¹¹ In the six hundredth year of Noe's life, the second month and twenty seventh day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the abyss were burst open and the cataracts of heaven were opened,

¹⁷ lest the Lord, being provoked to wrath against you, shut up heaven, so that there shall be no rain, and the land yield not its products, and ye quickly perish from that good land, which the Lord hath given you.

³⁵ When the heaven is shut up and there is no rain because of their sinning against thee; when they shall pray towards this place, and confess thy name and turn from their sins when thou hast humbled them; ³⁶ thou indeed wilt hearken from heaven, and pardon the sins of thy servant and of thy people Israel; for thou wilt shew them the good way, and give rain for the land which thou gavest to thy people for an' inheritance.

¹ And the prophet Elias the Thesbite, who was of Thesbon in Galaad, said to Achab, As the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain for years but by the word of my mouth.

¹⁰ Is not the life of all living beings in his hand; and the breath of every man?

⁷ At thy rebuke they shall flee; at the peal of thy thunder they will tremble. ⁸ They ascend mountains, they go down vallies; to the place which thou hast founded for them. ⁹ Thou has set a bound which they shall not pass; nor shall they return to cover the earth.

²² Is there any among the idols of the nations who can give rain? and if the heaven shed its abundance, art Thou not He who causeth it. Therefore we will wait on Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast done all these things

⁸ He is the maker and former of all things. He turned darkness into day, and darkeneth the day into night. He calleth to him the water of the sea, and poureth it out on the face of the earth. His name is the Lord.

⁴ When he rebuketh the sea he maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel are diminished and the bloom of Libanus languished.

²⁵ And indeed I tell you, There were many widows in Israel in die days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months, so that there was a great famine over all the land;

¹⁷ Elias was a man frail and mortal like ourselves. In one prayer he prayed that it might not rain, and it did not rain on the land during three years and six months. ¹⁸ And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the land bloomed with its productions.

⁶ These have power to shut the heaven that it may not rain in the days of their prophesying; and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every calamity as often as they please.

²² And the Lord said to him, How? And he said, I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt deceive him and actually prevail. Go and do so. ²³ Now therefore behold the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of thine; but the Lord hath spoken evils against thee.

¹³ With him is wisdom and power; with him counsel and understanding.

⁷ Are you not speaking in the presence of the Lord?

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

⁹ And with respect to that prophet when he shall have wandered and spoken; I the Lord have caused that prophet to wander, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.

¹³ and bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil [for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for the ages, amen.

³¹ And when it was told David that Achitophel was among the conspirators with Abessalom, David said, Confound, I beseech thee, Lord my God, the counsel of Achitophel.

¹⁴ And Abessalom, and all Israel, said, The counsel of Chousi the Arachite is better than the counsel of Achitophel. For the Lord had determined to defeat the counsel of Achitophel, which was good, that the Lord might bring upon Abessalom all the consequent evils.

²³ was not one left, who had not crossed the Jordan. Now when Achitophel saw that his advice was not taken, he saddled his ass, and arose, and went to his house to his own city, and having given orders to his household he strangled himself, and died, and was buried in his father's tomb.

¹⁴ with despots of the earth who gloried in their swords:

¹² Where now are these wise men of thine? Let them tell thee publickly and declare what the Lord of hosts hath determined against Egypt. ¹³ The princes of Tanis have failed; and the princes of Memphis are exalted, and they will lead Egypt astray, tribe by tribe. ¹⁴ For the Lord hath mingled for them a spirit of error, and they with all their works have made Egypt reel, as a drunkard doth, when he is vomiting.

¹⁴ therefore, behold, I will proceed to the removal of this people and I will remove them; and destroy the wisdom of the wise, and darken the understanding of the prudent."

¹⁹ For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and abolish the understanding of the prudent." ²⁰ Where is the wise? Where the scribe? Where the disputer of this age? Hath not God shewn the wisdom of this world to be folly?

¹¹ the Lord brought against them the chiefs of the army of the king of Asur, and they took Manasses, and having bound him with chains and fetters they carried him to Babylon. ¹² And when he was afflicted he sought the favour of the Lord his God, and humbled himself exceedingly before the God of his fathers, ¹³ and prayed to him, and he hearkened to him and heard his cry, and brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. So Manasses knew that the Lord himself is God. ¹⁴ Now after these things he built a wall without the city of David, from the south west, fronting the south in the valley and along the street leading from the fish gate round to Opel, and raised it very high, and appointed military officers in all the walled cities of Juda.

¹⁶ Lord I am thy servant; I am thy servant and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast burst my bonds asunder:

³¹ And it came to pass in the thirty seventh year of the captivity of Jechonias king of Juda, in the twelfth month, on the twenty fourth of the month, Oulaimadachar king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, took and raised up the head of Jechonias king of Juda, and caused him to be shaven and released him from the prison, in which he was confined, ³² and spoke kindly to him and set his seat above the kings, who were with him in Babylon. ³³ And changed his prison dress, and caused him to eat in his presence, all the days of his life. ³⁴ And he had a portion continually given to him, day by day, from the king of Babylon, to the day of his death.

²¹ and he changeth times and seasons. He setteth up kings and removeth them. He giveth wisdom to the wise and understanding to them who have knowledge.

¹⁶ And he hath on his mantle and on his thigh this name written King Of Kings And Lord Of Lords.

²⁴ And when they had brought them out to Joshua, he called together ail Israel, namely the chief commanders of the army who went out with him, and said to them, Go near, and put your feet on the necks of those men. And when they had gone near, and put their feet on their necks,

⁴⁵ David said to the Philistine, Thou comest against me with a sword, and a spear, and a shield, but I am coming to thee with the name of the Lord God of Sabbaoth, of the army of Israel, which thou hast, this day, defied. ⁴⁶ And the Lord will deliver thee this day into my hand, and I will kill thee, and cut off thy head, and give thy carcass, and the carcasses of the army of the Philistines this day, to the birds of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel;

²² But overthrew the helpless with wrath: therefore when he riseth he should have no security for his own life:

²⁸ when they cause the cry of the poor to ascend to him, he should hearken to the cry of the poor."

⁹ On the account of a multitude, they who are falsely accused will scream: They will call aloud because of the arm of many,

³⁶ Thereupon Sennacherim king of the Assyrians retreated and went and dwelt in Ninive. ³⁷ And as he was Worshipping, in his house, Nasarach his ancestor; Adramelech and Sarousar his sons smote him with their swords; and, they having made their escape to Armenia, Asardan his son reigned in his stead.

¹ Thus saith the Lord God, For mine anointed, for Cyrus, [whose right hand I have taken hold of that nations may listen before him] I will break the power of kings; I will open gates before him, and cities shall not be shut up.

¹⁴ These will make war against the lamb, and the lamb will overcome them; for he is Lord of lords and King of kings; and they who are with him are called and chosen and faithful.

¹⁹ And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to come to a battle with him who was mounted on the horse and with his army. ²⁰ And the beast was taken and with him the false prophet who did these signs before him by which he led astray them who had received the mark of the beast, and them who worshipped his image. Both these were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone; ²¹ and the rest were slain with the sword of him who was mounted on the horse; with that which issueth out of his mouth; and all the birds were glutted with their flesh.

²⁴ who changeth the hearts of the rulers of a land and hath caused them to wander in a way which they knew not:

⁹ They who live longest are not the wisest, nor is the knowledge of judgment confined to the aged.

¹⁷ because God had silenced wisdom in her. But did he not impart to her some understanding?

²¹ The lips of the righteous are skilled in things lofty; but those devoid of understanding die of want.

¹⁹ True lips establish testimony: but a hasty witness hath an unrighteous tongue.

²² Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but he who dealeth faithfully is acceptable to him.

¹ Behold now the Sovereign Lord of hosts will remove, from Jerusalem and from Judea, all stay and support of every kind; the stay of bread and the stay of water; ² the giant and mighty man and warrior; judge and prophet; instructor and elder; ³ the captain of fifty, and honourable counsellor; the skilful architect and intelligent scholar:

² But if thou wilt not let them go, behold I will smite all thy borders with frogs and the river shall swarm with frogs.

²⁴ So they left some of it till the morning as Moses commanded them and it did not become putrid, nor was there a Worm in it.

²³ And to Jezabel the Lord hath spoken saying, The dogs shall devour her on the ramparts of Jezrael. ²⁴ Him of Achab who dieth in the city, the dogs shall devour, and him who dieth in the fields, the birds of the air shall devour.

²⁶ Have I not seen the blood of Nabuthi and the blood of his sons yesterday? saith the Lord. Therefore I will retribute to him in this very plat of ground, saith the Lord. Now therefore take him up I pray thee and cast him into that plat of ground according to the word of the Lord.

³⁴ And when he had gone in and had eaten and drunk he said, Look, I pray you, for that cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king's daughter. ³⁵ But when they went out to bury her and found nothing of her but only the scull and the feet and the palms of the hands, ³⁶ they returned and told him, whereupon he said, This is the word of the Lord which he spoke by the ministry of Elias the Thesbite, In the field of Jezrael the dogs shall devour the flesh of Jezabel; ³⁷ and the carcase of Jezabel shall be like dung on the ground in the field of Jezrael, that they may not say, Here lieth Jezabel.

⁴⁰ Contempt hath been poured on their princes: and he hath caused them to wander in a trackless desert.

²⁷ They will not hunger, nor will they be weary: they will not slumber, nor lie down to sleep; nor shall their girdles be loosed from their loins, nor the latchets of their sandals broken.

⁵ His loins will be girded with saving goodness, and his reins clothed with truth.

²¹ and clothe him with thy robe. And this crown of thine I will confirm to him, and I will commit to his hands this office of thine: and he shall be as a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to them who dwell in Juda.

⁹ The Lord of Hosts hath determined to destroy all the haughtiness of the glorious; and to bring to contempt every thing glorious on the earth.

²¹ When God shall bring his hand on the hosts of heaven, even upon the kings of this land; ²² and the congregation thereof shall have been assembled for imprisonment, and shut up as chaff for many generations; of them there shall be a visitation.

²¹ and he changeth times and seasons. He setteth up kings and removeth them. He giveth wisdom to the wise and understanding to them who have knowledge. ²² He it is who revealeth deep and hidden things. He knoweth the things which are in darkness. And with him is the light.

³² and thou shalt be driven from among men and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; and they shall feed thee with grass like an ox; and seven seasons shall revolve over thee, that thou mayst know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men and can give it to whom he will. ³³ In that very hour the word was fulfilled on Nabuchodonosar; and he was driven from among men and ate grass like an ox and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew strong like the shag of lions and his nails like the claws of birds.

¹² And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went to their own country by another way. ¹³ And when they were gone, behold an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there till I order thee; for Herod will seek the child to destroy him.

²³ And instantly an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory. And being gnawed by worms he died.

¹⁰ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.

¹⁴ Stand, therefore, having your loins girded with truth, and having on the breast plate of righteousness,

¹² Thereupon one of his servants said, That is not the case, my lord, king! For it is Elisha the prophet in Israel who telleth the king of Israel all the words which thou speakest in thy bed chamber.

⁵ but let darkness and the shadow of death cover it: upon it let there come a thick darkness. May the day be execrated!

¹⁷ because the morning is to all these as the shadow of death; because the terror of the shadow of death should acknowledge them;

²⁰ But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? ²¹ It hath escaped the knowledge of every man; and is hid from the birds of the air. ²² Destruction and death said, We have heard the fame of it. ²³ God is perfectly acquainted with its way and knoweth its place.

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

²¹ for he knoweth the secrets of the heart?

¹² For darkness cannot darken from thee; even night can be made light as day: the darkness of that, as the light of this.

²² He it is who revealeth deep and hidden things. He knoweth the things which are in darkness. And with him is the light.

²⁶ Therefore be not afraid of them; for there is nothing hid, which shall not be revealed; nor anything secret, which shall not be known.

⁷⁹ to give light to them who are sitting in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet to the way of peace."

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

⁵ So pass no judgment prematurely, until the Lord come, who will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and expose to view the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise for every one will be from God.

⁷ and the children of Israel had increased and multiplied and were become numerous and grew more and more powerful and the land caused them to abound,

²⁰ And God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew mighty.

³⁸ And he hath blessed them and they have multiplied greatly, and their cattle have not decreased.

³ With regard to the bulk of the people, whom thou hast brought back in thy joy, they shall rejoice in thy presence, like them who rejoice in the harvest, and like them who are dividing spoils;

¹⁵ Heap evils on the vainglorious of the earth.

⁶ [p] They who are coming are children of Jacob. Israel shall bloom and blossom; and the World shall be filled with his fruit.

² Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who brought you forth. For he was an individual when I called him; and I blessed him and loved him and multiplied him.

²² The fewest in number shall become thousands, and he who is smallest, a great nation. I the Lord in due time will gather them.

¹⁹ And from them shall come forth singers; the sound of the sportive; and I will multiply them and they shall not be diminished.

⁸ I will make a signal for them and receive them, for I will redeem them and they shall multiply as they have done.

²⁰ who changeth the lips of liege men and knoweth the wisdom of elders;

⁴ They had wandered in the desert in a land without water; they found no way to a city of habitation.

⁹ And he said, "Go and say to this people; hearing you shall hear, though you may not understand: and seeing you shall see, though you may not perceive: ¹⁰ for the heart of this people is stupefied; and their ears are dull of hearing; and they have shut their eyes, that for a while they may not see with their eyes; and hear with their ears; and understand with their hearts; and return that I may heal them.

¹ A vision concerning Egypt. Behold the Lord is seated on a swift cloud; and he will come into Egypt; and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence; and the heart of the people shall melt within them.

¹⁶ His heart shall be changed from men and the heart of a wild beast shall be given him and seven seasons shall revolve over him.

³³ In that very hour the word was fulfilled on Nabuchodonosar; and he was driven from among men and ate grass like an ox and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew strong like the shag of lions and his nails like the claws of birds.

¹¹ [J] Ephraim indeed was like a silly dove which had no understanding; he called upon Egypt: and they went to the Assyrians.

¹¹ and smote with blindness the men who were at the door of the house, both small and great, so that they were tired seeking the door.

²⁹ so that thou mayst grope about at noon day, as a blind man gropeth in darkness; and let him not prosper thy ways, so thou shalt then be injured, and spoiled continually, and there will be none to help thee.

¹⁴ In the day time, darkness shall meet them, that they may grope at noon day as at night,

²⁷ they reel and stagger like one drunk, and all their skill is swallowed up.

¹⁴ For the Lord hath mingled for them a spirit of error, and they with all their works have made Egypt reel, as a drunkard doth, when he is vomiting.

²⁰ It reeled to and fro like a drunkard when intoxicated: like a lodge in a vineyard the land shall be shaken. For iniquity hath prevailed over it; and it shall fall and shall not be able to rise.

¹⁰ They shall grope like blind men for a wall and feel about like men who have no eyes, and fall at midday as at midnight.

¹¹ Now therefore behold the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shall be blind and shall not see the sun for a season. And instantly there fell upon him a mist and darkness. And groping about he sought some to lead him by the hand.

¹¹ But he who hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he is going, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.