Job 15:25 Cross References - Thomson

²⁵ Because he lifted up his hands against the Lord, and hardened his neck against the Lord Almighty:

² Upon which Pharao said, Who is he, that I should hearken to his voice so as to send away the Israelites? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go. ³ Then they said to him, The God of the Hebrews hath called us. Let us therefore go three days' journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest death or destruction befal us.

¹⁷ Shouldst thou therefore still determine with respect to my people not to let them go,

²³ And if by these things you be not reformed, but walk adversely before me,

⁷ the Philistines were struck with terror, and said, The gods are come to them into the camp. Alas for us? Deliver us, Lord, this day! for such a thing hath never been done heretofore. ⁸ Alas for us! Who can deliver us out of the hands of these strong gods? These are the gods who continued smiting Egypt with every plague: and in the wilderness; ⁹ Be strong and quit yourselves like men, Philistines, that you may not become slaves to the Hebrews, as they have been to us. Quit yourselves like men, and fight them.

⁶ Now why do you continue obstinate, as Egypt and Pharao did? Did they not when he had insulted them, send the people away, and they departed?

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

⁹ he will shew them their works and their transgressions, that they bear;

⁹ Hast thou an arm to contend against the Lord, or dost thou thunder with a voice against Him? ¹⁰ Assume then majesty and power, and array thyself with glory and excellence; ¹¹ and send forth angels in wrath, and humble everyone who is insolent.

⁷ "Behold the man who made not God his strength: and trusted in the abundance of his wealth; and strengthened himself in his vanity!

⁹ They set their mouth against heaven; and their tongue passed on over the earth.

¹¹ They indeed said, How doth God know? and, Is there any knowledge in the Most High?

⁹ Know this, nations, and be struck with consternation. Hearken ye who are in the remotest parts of the earth; be struck with consternation ye who have made yourselves strong; for though you should again become strong; with consternation you shall again be stricken, ¹⁰ and what counsel soever you may take, the Lord will defeat it; and what word soever you may speak shall not take effect among you; because God is with us:

¹² But it shall come to pass, when the Lord hath accomplished his whole work on mount Sion and Jerusalem; that I will cast a look on the stout heart; on the chief ruler of the Assyrians, and on the loftiness of the glory of his eyes. ¹³ For he said, "With this power I will perform exploits; and by the wisdom of mine understanding I will remove the boundaries of nations, and make a prey of their strength, ¹⁴ and shake inhabited cities, and seize with my hand the whole World as a nest; and carry off the inhabitants like deserted eggs. There is none who can escape me or chirp against me."

⁴ There is no wall, or it hath not availed her. Will any one set me to watch a stalk in a field? On account of this warfare I have rejected her. [c] For this cause therefore the Lord hath executed all that he determined.

⁴ Who hath performed and done these things? He who called that righteousness; who from the generations of the beginning is calling it I God the First, and to the succeeding ages, THE I AM. ⁵ The nations saw and were affrighted; the ends of the earth drew near and came together. ⁶ Every one is determining to help his neighbour and his brother, and one will say, ⁷ The carpenter had strength, so had the smith who beateth with a hammer and plateth it. Sometimes indeed one will say, "It is a beautiful composition?" These things they made strong with nails; they will fix them up that they may not be moved:

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.

¹³ You have brought heavy accusations against me, saith the Lord. Do you say, in what instance have we spoken against thee?

⁵ And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom thou art persecuting. It is hurting thyself to kick against sharp pointed goads."

¹ Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to afflict some of the congregation,

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