Job 32 Cross References - LEB

¹ Then these three men ceased from answering Job because he was righteous in his own eyes. ² So Elihu the son of Barakel the Buzite, from the clan of Ram, _⌊became angry_⌋.* _⌊He became angry_⌋* at Job because he justified himself rather than God, ³ and _⌊he became angry_⌋* at his three friends because they had not found an answer, and they had declared Job guilty. ⁴ Thus Elihu had waited for Job _⌊to speak_⌋* because _⌊they were older than he_⌋.* ⁵ When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, _⌊he became angry_⌋.* ⁶ Then Elihu the son of Barakel the Buzite _⌊spoke up_⌋* and said,
"_⌊I am young_⌋,* but* you* are old; therefore I feared and became afraid of explaining my knowledge to you.* ⁷ I thought,* 'Let days* speak, and let many years teach wisdom.' ⁸ "Truly, it is a spirit in a human being, and the breath of Shaddai teaches them. ⁹ It is not _⌊the aged_⌋* who are wise, or* it is not the elders who understand justice. ¹⁰ Therefore I say, 'Listen to me; let me also declare my knowledge myself.' ¹¹ "Look, I waited for your* words; I listened for your* insight, until you searched out _⌊what to say_⌋.* ¹² And I directed my attention to you;* and, look, there is no one for Job who refuted, answering his words among you. ¹³ So do not say, 'We have found wisdom; let God refute him, not a man.' ¹⁴ But* he did not direct his words* to me, and I will not answer him with your* words. ¹⁵ "They are dismayed; they no longer answer; _⌊they have nothing to say_⌋.* ¹⁶ And I have waited because they do not speak, because they stand there and no longer answer. ¹⁷ I myself will answer my share also; I myself will declare my knowledge also, ¹⁸ for I am full of words;* _⌊the spirit within me_⌋* urges me. ¹⁹ "Look, my internal organs are like unopened wine, like new wineskins it* is ready to burst open. ²⁰ Let me speak _⌊that I may find relief_⌋;* let me open my lips, and let me answer. ²¹ _⌊Please let me not show partiality to anyone_⌋,* and let me not show flattery to human beings, ²² for I do not know how _⌊to flatter_⌋,* else my Maker would _⌊soon_⌋* put an end to me.

²⁹ Please turn, let no injustice happen; indeed,* turn, _⌊my righteousness is still intact_⌋.*

² I will say to God, 'You should not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.

⁷ because of your knowledge that I am not guilty, and there is no escaping from your hand?

¹⁵ Look,* though he kill me, I will hope in* him; however, I will defend my ways _⌊before him_⌋.*

⁷ There an upright person could reason with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.

⁴ my lips surely will not speak falseness, and my tongue surely will not utter deceit. ⁵ Far be it from me that _⌊I would say that you* are right_⌋;* until I pass away, I will not put away from me my blamelessness. ⁶ I hold fast to my righteousness, and I will not let it go; my heart will not blame any of my days.

¹¹ "When the ear heard and commended me, and the eye saw and testified in support of me ¹² because I saved the needy who cried for help, and I saved* the orphan for whom there was no helper. ¹³ The blessing of the wretched came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. ¹⁴ I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a headband. ¹⁵ "I was eyes to the blind, and I was feet to the lame. ¹⁶ I was a father to the poor, and I investigated _⌊the stranger's_⌋* legal dispute. ¹⁷ And I broke the evil one's jaw bones, and I made his prey drop from his teeth.

¹ "I made a covenant with my eyes, so* how could I look closely upon a virgin? ² And what is the portion of God from above or* the heritage of Shaddai from on high? ³ Is not disaster for the evil one and ruin for the workers of mischief? ⁴ Does he not see my ways and count all my steps? ⁵ "If I have walked with falseness, and my foot has hastened to deceit, ⁶ let him weigh me in the balance of justice, and let God know my blamelessness. ⁷ If my steps have turned aside from the way, and my heart has walked after my eyes, and my hand has clung to a spot, ⁸ let me sow, and let another eat, and let my crops be rooted out. ⁹ "If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and at my neighbor's doorway I have lain in wait, ¹⁰ let my wife grind for another, and let other men kneel over her, ¹¹ for that is a shameful act, and that is _⌊a criminal offense_⌋.* ¹² Indeed, that is a fire that will consume up to Abaddon, and it would uproot all my crop. ¹³ "If I have rejected my male or* female slave's case when their complaint was against me, ¹⁴ then* what shall I do when God rises up? And when he enquires, how shall I answer him? ¹⁵ Did not he who made me in the womb make them? And did not one fashion us in the womb? ¹⁶ "If I have withheld the desire of the poor from them, or* I have caused the widow's eyes to fail, ¹⁷ or I have eaten my morsel _⌊alone_⌋,* and the orphan has not eaten from it ¹⁸ (for from my childhood he* _⌊grew up with_⌋* me like a father, and from my mother's womb I guided her*), ¹⁹ if I have seen the one who perishes because of no clothing or* that there is no covering for the poor, ²⁰ if his loins have not blessed me, or* by means of my sheep's fleece he has warmed himself, ²¹ if I have raised my hand against an orphan because I saw my supporters at the gate, ²² then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket. ²³ Indeed, the disaster from God was a dread for me, and _⌊I was powerless_⌋* because of his majesty. ²⁴ "If I have made gold my trust, or* I have called fine gold my security, ²⁵ if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great or* because my hand found a fortune, ²⁶ if I looked at the sun when it shone or* at the moon moving in splendor, ²⁷ and _⌊I was secretly enticed_⌋,* and _⌊my hand threw them a kiss_⌋,* ²⁸ this also is an iniquity to be judged, for I have deceived God above. ²⁹ "If I have rejoiced at the ruin of the one who hated me or* have exulted when evil overtook him— ³⁰ no,* I have not allowed my mouth to sin, to ask his life with a curse. ³¹ _⌊Have the people of my tent not said_⌋,* '_⌊O that_⌋* someone* had not been satisfied with his meat'? ³² An alien has not lodged in the street; I have opened my door to the traveler. ³³ _⌊Have I concealed_⌋* my transgressions as other human beings to hide my iniquity in my bosom ³⁴ because I dreaded the great multitude, and the contempt of clans terrified me, so that I kept quiet, I did not go out of the doorway? ³⁵ _⌊O that_⌋* _⌊I had_⌋* someone hearing me! Here is my signature; let Shaddai answer me! _⌊As for_⌋* the written communication that _⌊my adversary_⌋* has written, ³⁶ I would _⌊surely_⌋* carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me like a crown. ³⁷ I would give him an account of my steps; I would approach him like a noble. ³⁸ If my land has cried out against me, and its furrows have wept together, ³⁹ if I have eaten its yield without payment, or* I have caused the breath of its owners to die, ⁴⁰ let thorns grow in place of wheat and noxious weeds in place of barley." The words of Job are ended.

⁹ 'I am clean, without transgression; I am pure, and there is no guilt in me.

²¹ Uz his firstborn and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

³ Is it good for you that you oppress, that you despise the labor of your hands, and you smile over the schemes of the wicked?

² "_⌊As God lives_⌋,* he has removed my justice, and Shaddai has made my inner self* bitter.

⁵ Far be it from me that _⌊I would say that you* are right_⌋;* until I pass away, I will not put away from me my blamelessness.

²¹ You have turned cruel to me; you persecute me with your hand's might.

⁵ for Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice. ⁶ Should I lie concerning my justice? Though I am without transgression, my wound caused by an arrow is incurable.'

¹⁷ Shall he who hates justice really govern? Or will you* declare the Righteous One, the Mighty, guilty?— ¹⁸ the one who says to a king, 'You worthless man,' to noblemen, 'You wicked man,'

² "Do you think this is justice when you say, '_⌊I am right_⌋* before God'?

⁸ "Indeed, would you annul my justice? Would you condemn me, so that you might be righteous?

⁹ because the zeal for your house* has consumed me, and the reproaches of those reproaching you have fallen on me.

⁵ And looking around at them with anger, grieved at the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your* hand." And he stretched it* out, and his hand was restored.

²⁹ But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

²⁶ Be angry and do not sin;* do not let the sun set on your anger,

⁶ If you are pure and upright, indeed,* now he will rouse himself for you, and he will restore your righteous abode.

³⁴ for the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.

⁵ Is not your wickedness great, and there is no end to your iniquities? ⁶ "Indeed, you have required a pledge from your family for nothing, and you have stripped off the clothes of the naked. ⁷ You have given no water for the weary to drink, and you withheld food from the hungry. ⁸ And the land _⌊belongs to the man of power_⌋,* and _⌊the favored_⌋* lives in it. ⁹ You have sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of orphans were crushed. ¹⁰ Therefore trapping nets are all around you, and panic suddenly terrifies you, ¹¹ or it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you. ¹² "Is not God in the height of the heavens? But* see how lofty are _⌊the highest stars_⌋.* ¹³ And you ask, 'What does God know? Can he judge through deep gloom? ¹⁴ Thick clouds are a covering for him, so that he does not see; and he walks about on the dome of heaven.' ¹⁵ Will you keep to the way of old that the people of mischief have trod, ¹⁶ who were snatched away _⌊before their time_⌋,* whose foundation was washed away by a current? ¹⁷ Those who said to God, 'Turn away from us,' and 'What can Shaddai do to us?' ¹⁸ Yet* he himself* filled up their houses with good things, but* the schemes of the wicked are repugnant to me. ¹⁹ The righteous see, and they rejoice, but* the innocent one mocks at them. ²⁰ _⌊Surely_⌋* our foe perishes, and fire has consumed their remainder.* ²¹ "Please reconcile yourself with him, and be at peace; _⌊in this way_⌋,* good will come to you. ²² Please receive instruction from his mouth, and place his words in your heart. ²³ If you return to Shaddai, you will be restored; if you remove wickedness from your tent, ²⁴ and if you put gold ore in the dust, and the gold of Ophir in the rock of wadis, ²⁵ then* Shaddai will be your gold ore and _⌊your precious silver_⌋.* ²⁶ Indeed, then you will delight yourself in Shaddai, and _⌊you will expect that God will be good to you_⌋.* ²⁷ You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your vows. ²⁸ And you will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways. ²⁹ When they are humiliated, _⌊you say_⌋,* 'It is pride,' for* he saves _⌊the humble_⌋.* ³⁰ He will deliver the guilty, and he will escape because of the cleanness of your hands."

²⁵ "And if it is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my word to nothing?"

² "Domination and dread are with him who makes peace in his high heavens. ³ Is there a number to his troops? And upon whom does his light not rise? ⁴ "Indeed,* how can a human being be righteous before God? And how will he who is born of a woman be pure? ⁵ Look, even the moon _⌊is not bright_⌋,* and the stars are not pure in his sight. ⁶ _⌊How much less_⌋* for a human being who is a maggot, and _⌊a human_⌋* who is a worm?"

² "How you* have helped _⌊one who has no power_⌋!* How you* have assisted the arm _⌊that has no strength_⌋!* ³ How you* have advised _⌊one who has no wisdom_⌋!* And what sound wisdom you* have made known _⌊in abundance_⌋!* ⁴ _⌊With whose help_⌋* have you* uttered words, and whose breath has come forth from you?*

¹ Then these three men ceased from answering Job because he was righteous in his own eyes.

⁵ For we have found* this man to be a public menace and one who causes riots among all the Jews throughout the Roman Empire* and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

¹³ Nor can they prove the things* to you concerning which they are now accusing me.

¹¹ "Look, I waited for your* words; I listened for your* insight, until you searched out _⌊what to say_⌋.* ¹² And I directed my attention to you;* and, look, there is no one for Job who refuted, answering his words among you.

¹³ He who returns a word before he will hear, folly itself belongs to him as well as* shame.

¹⁹ _⌊And_⌋* as he came near to the camp, he saw the bull calf and dancing, and _⌊Moses became angry_⌋,* and he threw the tablets from his hand, and he broke them under the mountain.

² So Elihu the son of Barakel the Buzite, from the clan of Ram, _⌊became angry_⌋.* _⌊He became angry_⌋* at Job because he justified himself rather than God,

³² " '_⌊Before_⌋* old age you* shall get up, and you* shall show respect for an old person; and you* shall revere your God; I am Yahweh.

²⁸ His oldest brother Eliab heard while he was speaking to the men, _⌊and Eliab became very angry against David_⌋* and said, "Why have you come down today, and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumptuousness and the evil of your heart! For you have come down in order to see the battle!" ²⁹ David replied, "What have I done now? _⌊I merely asked a question_⌋!* ³⁰ He turned around from him to another opposite him and _⌊he spoke to him in the same way_⌋,* and the people* _⌊answered him as before_⌋.*

⁷ "Were you born the firstborn of the human race? And were you brought forth _⌊before_⌋* the hills?

¹⁰ Both the gray-haired and the old are among us— _⌊those older than your father_⌋.*

⁷ Pay to everyone what is owed: pay taxes to whom taxes are due; pay customs duties to whom customs duties are due; pay respect to whom respect is due; pay honor to whom honor is due.*

¹ Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as a father, younger men as brothers,

⁶ Likewise, exhort the young men to be self-controlled,

⁵ In the same way, younger men, be subject to the elders, and all of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

⁶ Then King Rehoboam consulted with the old men who had been _⌊serving_⌋* before Solomon his father when he was alive, saying, "How are you advising me _⌊to answer this people_⌋?"* ⁷ They said to him, "If you will be a servant today to this people, then you will serve them; and if you answer them and speak good words to them, they will always be your servants." ⁸ But he rejected the advice of the old men, which they gave him, and he consulted with the youngsters who had grown up with him, who were _⌊serving_⌋* before him.

⁸ "Indeed,* please inquire of former generations, and consider _⌊what their ancestors have found_⌋,* ⁹ for we are of yesterday, and we do not know, for our days on earth are a shadow. ¹⁰ Will they themselves* not teach you and _⌊tell you_⌋* and _⌊utter_⌋* words from their heart?

¹² Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding is in length of days.

¹¹ Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of Yahweh. ¹² Who is the man who desires life, who loves many days in order to see good?

¹ Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: ² To know wisdom and instruction, to understand sayings of understanding, ³ to gain _⌊insightful instruction_⌋,* righteousness and justice and equity, ⁴ to give shrewdness* to the simple, knowledge and purpose* to the young,

³¹ A crown of glory is gray hair; by a righteous life it is gained.

¹² For indeed, although you* ought to be teachers _⌊by this time_⌋*, you have need of someone to teach you again the beginning elements of the oracles of God, and _⌊you have need of_⌋* milk, not* solid food.

³⁹ Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has made all of this known to you there is no one as discerning and wise as you.

¹² behold, I do hereby do according to your word. I hereby give you a wise and discerning heart; there was no one like you before you, nor afterwards will one like you arise.

²⁸ When all of Israel heard the judgment that the king had rendered, they _⌊stood in awe_⌋* of the king, because they realized that the wisdom of God was in him to execute justice.

²⁹ God gave wisdom to Solomon and very great discernment, as well as _⌊breadth of understanding_⌋,* as the sand which is on the edge of the seashore.

¹² "And a word came stealing to me, and my ear received the whisper from it. ¹³ Amid troubling thoughts from night visions, at the falling of deep sleep on men, ¹⁴ dread met me, and trembling, and it made many of my bones shake. ¹⁵ And a spirit glided before my face; the hair of my flesh* bristled. ¹⁶ It stood still, but* I could not recognize its appearance; a form was _⌊before_⌋* my eyes; there was a hush, and I heard a voice: ¹⁷ 'Can a human being be more righteous than God, or can a man be more pure than his Maker? ¹⁸ Look, he does not trust in his servants and he charges his angels with error. ¹⁹ How much more dwellers in clay houses, whose foundation is in the dust? They are crushed like a moth. ²⁰ _⌊Between morning and evening_⌋* they are destroyed; without anyone regarding it they perish forever. ²¹ Is not their tent cord pulled up within them? They die, but* not in* wisdom.'

⁴ The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of Shaddai gives life to me.

¹⁶ then he opens the ear of men, and _⌊he frightens them with a warning_⌋*

¹¹ who teaches us more than the animals of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?'

³⁶ Who has put wisdom in the ibis,* or who has given understanding to the rooster?*

⁶ For Yahweh will give wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

²⁶ For to the person who is good in his eyes, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and heaping up only to give it to him who is pleasing to him. This also is vanity and chasing wind!

¹⁷ _⌊And as for these four young men_⌋,* God* gave to them knowledge and insight into all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had insight into all visions* and dreams.

²¹ And he changes the times and the seasons, and he deposes kings and he sets up kings; he gives wisdom* to wise men and knowledge to men who know understanding.

¹⁰ For* to us God has revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. ¹¹ For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man that is in him? Thus also no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. ¹² Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, in order that we may know the things freely given to us by God,

⁸ For to one is given a word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another a word of knowledge by the same Spirit,

¹⁶ All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness,

⁵ Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for it from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.

²⁰ He deprives the trustworthy of speech, and he takes away the discretion of elders.

¹³ A poor but wise youth is better than an old but foolish king who no longer knows _⌊how to receive advice_⌋.*

⁵ Let me go to the great, and let me speak with them, for they know the way of Yahweh, the law* of their God." However, they together have broken the yoke, they have torn to pieces the bonds.

²⁵ At that time Jesus answered and* said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to young children.*

⁴⁸ _⌊None_⌋* of the rulers or of the Pharisees have believed in him, have they?*

²⁶ For consider your calling, brothers, that not many were wise according to human standards,* not many were powerful, not many were well born. ²⁷ But the foolish things of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the wise, and the weak things of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the strong,

⁷ but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a mystery, which God predestined before the ages for our glory, ⁸ which none of the rulers of this age knew. For if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

⁶ But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich exploiting you and they themselves dragging you into the courts? ⁷ Do they themselves not blaspheme the good name _⌊of the one to whom you belong_⌋*?

²⁵ Now concerning virgins I do not have a command from the Lord, but I am giving an opinion as one shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy.

⁴⁰ But she is happier if she remains thus, according to my opinion—and I think I have the Spirit of God.

²⁷ "Look, we have searched this out—it is true; hear it and know it _⌊yourself_⌋."*

²¹ "They listened to me and waited, and they kept silent for my counsel.

²³ And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.

⁴ Thus Elihu had waited for Job _⌊to speak_⌋* because _⌊they were older than he_⌋.*

¹⁷ The first in his dispute is deemed righteous, but his neighbor will come and examine him.

¹¹ A man of wealth is wise in his own eyes, but the intelligent poor sees through him.

⁹ The Teacher* was full of wisdom, and he taught the people with knowledge. He carefully considered many proverbs and carefully arranged them. ¹⁰ The Teacher* sought to find delightful words,* and he wrote* what is upright—truthful words.

³ and _⌊he became angry_⌋* at his three friends because they had not found an answer, and they had declared Job guilty.

⁷ wanting to be teachers of the law, although they* do not understand either the things which they are saying or the things concerning which they are speaking confidently.

²³ _⌊that neither a thread nor_⌋* a thong of a sandal would I take from all that belongs to you, that you might not say, 'I made Abram rich.'

² And Yahweh said to Gideon, "The troops that are with you are too many for me to give Midian into their hands; Israel will boast, saying, 'My hand has delivered me.'

²¹ Then* he said, "Naked I came out from my mother's womb, and naked I will return there. Yahweh gives, and Yahweh takes. Let Yahweh's name be blessed."

¹⁰ So* he said to her, "You speak like one of the foolish women speaks. Indeed, should we receive the good from God, but* not receive the evil?" In all this, Job did not sin with his lips.

⁹ By* the breath of God they perish, and by* the blast of his anger they come to an end.

⁴ for the arrows of Shaddai are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

² "Truly indeed you* are the people, and wisdom will die with you.*

⁸ Have you listened in God's confidential discussion? And do you limit wisdom to yourself? ⁹ What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not clear to us? ¹⁰ Both the gray-haired and the old are among us— _⌊those older than your father_⌋.*

⁶ know then that God has wronged me and has surrounded me with his net.

²¹ "Pity me, pity me, you my friends, for God's hand has touched me.

²¹ Ah! Those who are wise in their own eyes and have understanding _⌊in their view_⌋!*

⁵ And I declared them to you from of old; I _⌊ announced_⌋* them to you before they came to pass so that you would not say, 'My idol did them, and my image and my cast image commanded them.'

⁷ Now they are created, and not from _⌊of old_⌋,* and before today, and you have not heard them so that you could not say, "Look! I knew them."

²³ Thus says Yahweh,
"The wise man must not boast in his wisdom, and the warrior must not boast in his might, the wealthy man must not boast in his wealth.

³ Look, are you wiser than Daniel, so that _⌊no secret_⌋* is hidden from you?

⁷ And Yahweh will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants* of Jerusalem may not be exalted over Judah.

¹¹ Jesus replied to him, "You would not have any authority over me unless it was given to you from above. For this reason the one who handed me over to you has greater sin."

¹⁹ For it is written,
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will confound."* ²⁰ Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? ²¹ For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.

²⁷ But the foolish things of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the wise, and the weak things of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the strong, ²⁸ and the insignificant of the world, and the despised, God chose, the things that are not, in order that he might abolish the things that are, ²⁹ so that all flesh may not boast before God.

¹⁸ Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks himself to be wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, in order that he may become wise.

²⁴ Teach me, and I myself* will be silent; and make me understand how I have gone astray. ²⁵ How painful are _⌊upright words_⌋!* But* what does _⌊your reproof_⌋* reprove?

²² After my word, they did not speak again, and my word dropped down like dew upon them.

²³ And then _⌊I will say to them plainly_⌋,* 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness!'

²² And when they* heard this,* they were astonished, and they left him and* went away.

²⁶ So also the second and the third, up to the seventh.

³⁴ Now when* the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they assembled at the same place.*

⁴⁶ And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask him any more questions.*

⁵ _⌊O that_⌋* you* would keep completely silent, and that it would become wisdom for you.*

²⁸ Even a fool who keeps silent _⌊shall be considered wise_⌋;* he who closes his lips is intelligent.

¹³ Therefore, whoever has insight will keep silent in that time, for it is a time of evil.

¹⁹ Understand this, my dear brothers: every person must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

¹⁰ Therefore I say, 'Listen to me; let me also declare my knowledge myself.'

¹² "Look, in this you are not right—I will answer you: Indeed, God is greater than a human being.

³ If you ask what it profits you: 'How do I benefit _⌊by refraining from my sin_⌋?'* ⁴ I myself* _⌊will give answer to you_⌋* and to your friends with you.

³ My heart grew hot inside me; in my sighing a fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue,

⁹ But if I say, "I will not mention him and I will no longer speak in his name," then it becomes in my heart like a fire burning, locked up in my bones, and I struggle to contain it,* and I am not able.

¹⁴ And the Spirit lifted me and took me, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Yahweh was strong on me. ¹⁵ And I went to the exiles* at Tel Abib, who were dwelling near the _⌊Kebar River_⌋,* and I sat where they were dwelling. I sat there seven days in the midst of them, stunned. ¹⁶ And then it happened* at the end of seven days, _⌊the word of Yahweh came_⌋* to me, saying, ¹⁷ "Son of man,* I have appointed you as a watchman for the house of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, then you must warn them from me. ¹⁸ _⌊When I say_⌋* to the wicked, 'Surely you will die,' and you do not warn him and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way _⌊so that he may live_⌋,* that wicked person will die because of his guilt, and from your hand I will seek his blood. ¹⁹ And you, if you do warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness and from his wicked way, on account of his guilt he will die, and you yourself will have saved your life.* ²⁰ And _⌊when the righteous turns from his righteousness_⌋* and does injustice, and I place* a stumbling block _⌊before him_⌋,* he will die, for you did not warn him. Because of his sin he will die, and his righteousness* that he did will not be remembered, and his blood I shall seek from your hand. ²¹ And if you warn him, the righteous, not to sin, and the righteous does not sin, surely he will live, for he heeded a warning. And you will have saved your life."* ²² And the hand of Yahweh was on me there, and he said to me, "Rise up, go out to the valley, and there I will speak with you." ²³ And I rose up, and I went to the valley, and, look, there the glory of Yahweh was standing, like the glory that I saw near the _⌊Kebar River_⌋,* and I fell on my face. ²⁴ And the Spirit* came into me, and it made me stand on my feet, and he spoke with me and said to me, "Come, shut yourself _⌊inside your house_⌋,* ²⁵ and you, son of man,* look, they will place* cords on you, and they will tie you up with them. Then you will not go out into the midst of them. ²⁶ And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silenced, and you will not be a reproving man for them, for they _⌊are a rebellious house_⌋.* ²⁷ And when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "The one hearing him, let him hear, and the one failing to hear, let him fail," ' for they _⌊are a rebellious house_⌋.*

²⁰ For we are not able to refrain from speaking about the things that we have seen and heard."

¹³ For if we are out of our senses, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you. ¹⁴ For the love of Christ controls us, because we* have concluded this: that one died for all; as a result all died.

¹⁷ Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins. _⌊Otherwise_⌋* the wineskins burst and the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are destroyed. But they put new wine into new wineskins and both are preserved."

¹³ "_⌊Let me have silence_⌋,* and I myself* will speak, and let come over me whatever may.

¹⁹ Who is he who will contend with me? For _⌊then_⌋ I would be silent, and I would pass away.

² "Therefore my disquieting thoughts bring me back _⌊for the sake of_⌋* my inward excitement.*

³ Bear with me, and I myself* will speak; then* after my speaking you can mock.

⁶ Listen! For noble things I will speak, and upright things from the opening of my lips. ⁷ My mouth will utter truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

¹⁵ " 'You* shall not do injustice in judgment; _⌊you* shall not show partiality to the powerless_⌋;* you* shall not give preference _⌊to the powerful_⌋;* you* shall judge your* fellow citizen with justice.

¹⁷ You must not _⌊be partial_⌋* _⌊in your judgment_⌋; * hear out the small person as also the great person; _⌊do not be intimidated by any person_⌋,* because the judgment is God's; and the case that is too difficult* for you, bring it to me, and I will hear it out.'

¹⁹ You shall not subvert* justice; you shall not _⌊show partiality_⌋;* and you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe makes blind the eyes of the wise and misrepresents the words of the righteous.

¹⁷ Your servant also thought, 'May the word of my lord the king _⌊bring rest_⌋,* for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king, _⌊to sense what is good and what is bad_⌋.'* May Yahweh your God be with you."

²⁰ In order _⌊to change the situation_⌋,* your servant Joab did this thing. But my lord has wisdom, as the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all that is on the earth."

⁸ _⌊Will you* show partiality for him_⌋?* Or do you* want to plead God's case?

¹⁰ "Surely he will rebuke you* if _⌊you* show partiality_⌋* in secret.

¹⁹ who _⌊shows no partiality to officials_⌋* and who _⌊does not take note of the noble more than of the insignificant_⌋,* for all of them are the work of his hands?

²³ These sayings are also for the wise: _⌊Partiality_⌋* in judgment is not good.

¹⁶ And they sent their disciples to him with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and _⌊you do not care what anyone thinks_⌋,* _⌊because you do not regard the opinion of people_⌋.*

²² But the people began to call out loudly,* "The voice of a god and not of a man!" ²³ And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down _⌊because_⌋* he did not give the glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and* died.

² And when* he had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him,* saying, "We have experienced* much* peace through you, and reforms are taking place in this nation through your foresight. ³ Both in every way and everywhere we acknowledge this,* most excellent Felix, with all gratitude.

⁵ He denounces friends for reward, so* his children's eyes will fail.

² They speak falseness _⌊to each other_⌋.* With flattering lips, with _⌊a double heart_⌋* they speak. ³ May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, the tongue speaking great boasts—

⁵ A strong man who flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for his feet.

¹⁰ For am I now making an appeal to people or to God? Or am I seeking to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ.

⁵ _⌊For never_⌋* did we come with a word of flattery, just as you know, nor with a pretext of greediness (God is witness),