Job 28 Cross References - LXX2012

¹ For there is a place for the silver, whence it comes, and a place for the gold, whence it is refined. ² For iron comes out of the earth, and brass is hewn out like stone. ³ He has set a bound to darkness, and he searches out every limit: a stone [is] darkness, and the shadow of death. ⁴ There is a cutting off the torrent by reason of dust: so they that forget the right way are weakened; they are removed from [among] men. ⁵ [As for] the earth, out of it shall come bread: under it has been turned up as it were fire. ⁶ Her stones are the place of the sapphire: and [her] dust [supplies] man with gold. ⁷ [There is] a path, the fowl has not known it, neither has the eye of the vulture seen it: ⁸ neither have the sons of the proud trodden it, a lion has not passed upon it. ⁹ He has stretched forth his hand on the sharp [rock], and turned up mountains by the roots: ¹⁰ and he has interrupted the whirlpools of rivers, and mine eye has seen every precious thing. ¹¹ And he has laid bare the depths of rivers, and has brought his power to light. ¹² But whence has wisdom been discovered? and what is the place of knowledge? ¹³ A mortal has not known its way, neither indeed has it been discovered among men. ¹⁴ The depth said, It is not in me: and the sea said, It is not with me. ¹⁵ One shall not give fine gold instead of it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it. ¹⁶ Neither shall it be compared with gold of Sophir, with the precious onyx and sapphire. ¹⁷ Gold and crystal shall not be equalled to it, neither shall vessels of gold be its exchange. ¹⁸ Coral and fine pearl shall not be mentioned: but do you esteem wisdom above the most precious things. ¹⁹ The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equalled to it; it shall not be compared with pure gold. ²⁰ Whence then is wisdom found? and of what kind is the place of understanding? ²¹ It has escaped the notice of every man, and has been hidden from the birds of the sky. ²² Destruction and Death said, We have heard the report of it. ²³ God has well ordered the way of it, and he knows the place of it. ²⁴ For he surveys the whole [earth] under heaven, knowing the things in the earth: ²⁵ all that he has made; the weight of the winds, the measures of the water. ²⁶ When he made [them], thus he saw and numbered them, and made a way for the pealing of the thunder. ²⁷ Then he saw it, and declared it: he prepared it [and] traced it out. ²⁸ And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding.

¹¹ The name of the one, Phisom, this it is which encircles the whole land of Evilat, where there is gold. ¹² And the gold of that land is good, there also is carbuncle and emerald.

¹⁵ Nay, my lord, I have heard indeed, the land [is worth] four hundred silver didrachmas, but what can this be between me and you? nay, do you bury your dead.

²² And it came to pass when all the camels ceased drinking, that the man took golden ear-rings, each of a drachm weight, and he [put] two bracelets on her hands, their weight was ten pieces of gold.

⁴⁸ And king Solomon took the furniture which [Chiram] made for the house of the Lord, the golden altar, and the golden table of show bread. ⁴⁹ And [he put] the five candlesticks on the left, and five on the right in front of the oracle, [being] of pure gold, and the lamp-stands, and the lamps, and the snuffers of gold. ⁵⁰ And [there were made] the porches, and the nails, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the golden censers, of pure gold: and the panels of the doors of the innermost part of the house, [even] the holy of holies, and the golden doors of the temple.

²¹ And all the vessels made by Solomon [were] of gold, and the lavers [were] golden, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; there was no silver, for it was not accounted of in the days of Solomon.

² I have prepared according to all [my] might for the house of my God gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, onyx stones, and costly and variegated stones for setting, and every precious stone, and much Parian [marble]. ³ And still farther, because I took pleasure in the house of my God, I have gold and silver which I have procured for myself, and, behold, I have given them to the house of my God over and above, beyond what I have prepared for the holy house. ⁴ Three thousand talents of gold of Suphir, and seven thousand talents of fine silver, for the overlaying of the walls of the sanctuary: ⁵ [for you to use] the gold for [things of] gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for every work by the hand of the artificers. And who is willing to dedicate himself in work this day for the Lord?

⁶ I will sing to the Lord who has dealt bountifully with me, and I will sing psalms to the name of the Lord most high.

³ As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with the Lord.

²¹ Fire is the trial for silver and gold; and a man is tried by the mouth of them that praise him. The heart of the transgressor seeks after mischiefs; but an upright heart seeks knowledge.

¹⁰ Behold, I have sold you, [but] not for silver; but I have rescued you from the furnace of affliction.

⁹ And I will bring the third [part] through the fire, and I will try them as silver is tried, and I will prove them as gold is proved: they shall call upon my name, and I will hear them, and say, This is my people: and they shall say, The Lord [is] my God.

² And who will abide the day of his coming? or who will withstand at his appearing? for he is coming in as the fire of a furnace and as the herb of fullers. ³ He shall sit to melt and purify as it were silver, and as it were gold: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver, and they shall offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness.

²² And Sella also bore Thobel; he was a smith, a manufacturer both of brass and iron; and the sister of Thobel was Noema.

²² Beside the gold, and the silver, and the brass, and the iron, and lead, and tin,

⁹ a land on which you shall not eat your bread with poverty, and you shall not lack any thing upon it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of its mountains you shall dig brass.

¹⁴ And, behold, I according to my poverty have prepared for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a million talents of silver, and brass and iron without measure; for it is abundant; and I have prepared timber and stones; and do you add to these.

²¹ before I go whence I shall not return, to a land of darkness and gloominess; ²² to a land of perpetual darkness, where there is no light, neither [can any one] see the life of mortals.

²² Revealing deep things out of darkness: and he has brought into light the shadow of death.

¹⁶ Or have you gone to the source of the sea, and walked in the tracks of the deep? ¹⁷ And do the gates of death open to you for fear; and did the porters of hell quake when they saw you?

⁴ and if you shall seek it as silver, and search diligently for it as for treasures;

¹³ And I applied my heart to seek out and examine by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven, for God has given to the sons of men an evil trouble to be troubled therewith.

¹³ Are not these things of the Lord Almighty? surely many people have been exhausted in the fire, and many nations have fainted.

¹¹ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and it was so. ¹² And the earth brought forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and God saw that it was good.

²⁹ And God said, Behold I have given to you every seed-bearing herb sowing seed which is upon all the earth, and every tree which has in itself the fruit of seed that is sown, to you it shall be for food.

¹⁴ He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes: ¹⁵ [saying], Touch not my anointed ones; and do my prophets no harm.

²⁵ Does he not, when he has levelled the surface thereof, then sow the small black poppy, or cumin, and afterward sow wheat, and barley, and millet, and bread-corn in your borders? ²⁶ So you shall be chastened by the judgment of your God, and shall rejoice. ²⁷ For the black poppy is not cleansed with harsh treatment, nor will a wagon-wheel pass over the cumin; but the black poppy is threshed with a rod, and the cumin shall be eaten with bread; ²⁸ for I will not be angry with you for ever, neither shall the voice of my anger crush you. ²⁹ And these signs came forth from the Lord of hosts. Take counsel, exalt vain comfort.

¹³ You were in the delight of the paradise of God; you have bound upon you every precious stone, the sardius, and topaz, and emerald, and carbuncle, and sapphire, and jasper, and silver, and gold, and ligure, and agate, and amethyst, and chrysolite, and beryl, and onyx: and you have filled your treasures and your stores in you with gold. ¹⁴ From the day that you were created you [was] with the cherub: I set you on the holy mount of God; you were in the midst of the stones of fire.

¹⁰ And they saw the place where the God of Israel stood; and under his feet was as it were a work of sapphire slabs, and as it were the appearance of the firmament of heaven in its purity.

¹⁶ Neither shall it be compared with gold of Sophir, with the precious onyx and sapphire.

¹⁴ His hands are as turned gold set with beryl: his belly is an ivory tablet on a sapphire stone.

¹¹ Afflicted and outcast you has not been comforted: behold, I [will] prepare carbuncle [for] your stones, and sapphire for your foundations;

⁶ Then shall he declare to you the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with you: and then shall you know, that a just recompence of your sins has come to you from the Lord.

²¹ It has escaped the notice of every man, and has been hidden from the birds of the sky. ²² Destruction and Death said, We have heard the report of it. ²³ God has well ordered the way of it, and he knows the place of it.

¹⁹ And in what kind of a land does the light dwell? and of what kind is the place of darkness?

²⁴ And whence proceeds the frost? or [whence] is the south wind dispersed over the [whole world] under heaven?

⁴ He threatens the sea, and dries it up, and exhausts all the rivers: the land of Basan, and Carmel are brought low, and the flourishing [trees] of Libanus have come to nothing. ⁵ The mountains quake at him, and the hills are shaken, and the earth recoils at his presence, [even] the world, and all that dwell in it. ⁶ Who shall stand before his anger? and who shall withstand in the anger of his wrath? his wrath brings to nothing kingdoms, and the rocks are burst asunder by him.

²³ With every one [who is] careful there is abundance: but the pleasure-taking and indolent shall be in lack.

⁴ By discretion the chambers are filled with all precious and excellent wealth.

⁹ Surely you did bend they bow at scepters, says the Lord. Pause. The land of rivers shall be torn asunder.

⁸ binding water in his clouds, and the cloud is not tore under it.

²⁵ and I have made a bridge, and dried up the waters, and every pool of water.

²⁷ Who says to the deep, You shall be dried up, and I will dry up the rivers.

² I will go before you, and will level mountains: I will break to pieces brazen doors, and burst iron bars. ³ And I will give you the treasures of darkness, I will open to you hidden, unseen [treasures], that you may know that I, the Lord your God, that call you by name, am the God of Israel.

⁹ You shall give therefore to your servant a heart to hear and to judge your people justly, and to discern between good and evil: for who will be able to judge this your great people?

²⁰ Whence then is wisdom found? and of what kind is the place of understanding?

²⁸ And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding.

⁶ And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say,

⁴ and if you shall seek it as silver, and search diligently for it as for treasures; ⁵ then shall you understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. ⁶ For the Lord gives wisdom; and from his presence [come] knowledge and understanding,

¹⁹ God by wisdom founded the earth, and by prudence he prepared the heavens.

²³ For many times he shall trespass against you, and repeatedly shall he afflict your heart; for thus also have you cursed others. ²⁴ All these things have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. ²⁵ [That which is] far beyond what was, and a great depth, who shall find it out?

¹⁵ One shall not give fine gold instead of it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it. ¹⁶ Neither shall it be compared with gold of Sophir, with the precious onyx and sapphire. ¹⁷ Gold and crystal shall not be equalled to it, neither shall vessels of gold be its exchange. ¹⁸ Coral and fine pearl shall not be mentioned: but do you esteem wisdom above the most precious things. ¹⁹ The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equalled to it; it shall not be compared with pure gold.

²¹ It has escaped the notice of every man, and has been hidden from the birds of the sky. ²² Destruction and Death said, We have heard the report of it.

⁵ or God has scattered the bones of the men-pleasers; they were ashamed, for God despised them.

¹⁴ For it is better to traffic for her, than for treasures of gold and silver. ¹⁵ And she is more valuable than precious stones: no evil thing shall resist her: she is well known to all that approach her, and no precious thing is equal to her in value.

¹¹ For wisdom is better than precious stones; and no valuable substance is of equal worth with it.

¹⁸ Wealth and glory belong to me; yes, abundant possessions and righteousness. ¹⁹ [It is] better to have my fruit than [to have] gold and precious stones; and my produce is better than choice silver.

¹⁶ The brood of wisdom is more to be chosen than gold, and the brood of prudence more to be chosen than silver.

¹⁶ Whereupon I set my heart to know wisdom, and to perceive the trouble that was wrought upon the earth: for there is that neither by day nor night sees sleep with his eyes. ¹⁷ And I [*]saw all the works of God, that a man shall not be able to discover the work which is wrought under the sun; whatever things a man shall endeavor to seek, however a man may labor to seek it, yet he shall not find it; yes, how much soever a wise man may speak of knowing it, he shall not be able to find it: for I applied all this to my heart, and my heart has seen all this.

¹¹ I said, I shall no more at all see the salvation of God in the land of the living: I shall no more at all see the salvation of Israel on the earth: I shall no more at all see man.

⁸ In [his] humiliation his judgment was taken away: who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken away from the earth: because of the iniquities of my people he was led to death.

¹⁸ Coral and fine pearl shall not be mentioned: but do you esteem wisdom above the most precious things.

¹³ Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, and the mortal who knows prudence.

¹⁰ Receive instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than tried gold. ¹¹ For wisdom is better than precious stones; and no valuable substance is of equal worth with it.

¹⁷ I love those that love me; and they that seek me shall find [me].

¹⁹ [It is] better to have my fruit than [to have] gold and precious stones; and my produce is better than choice silver.

²⁰ and the fourth row, a chrysolite, and a beryl, and an onyx stone, set round with gold, bound together with gold: let them be according to their row.

⁴ Three thousand talents of gold of Suphir, and seven thousand talents of fine silver, for the overlaying of the walls of the sanctuary:

⁹ Putting an end to wars as for the ends of the earth; he will crush the bow, and break in pieces the weapon, and burn the bucklers with fire.

¹² And they that are left shall be more precious than gold tried in the fire; and a man shall be more precious than the stone that is in Suphir.

¹³ You were in the delight of the paradise of God; you have bound upon you every precious stone, the sardius, and topaz, and emerald, and carbuncle, and sapphire, and jasper, and silver, and gold, and ligure, and agate, and amethyst, and chrysolite, and beryl, and onyx: and you have filled your treasures and your stores in you with gold.

²² And the likeness over the heads of the living creatures was as a firmament, as the appearance of crystal, spread out over their wings above.

¹⁵ And she is more valuable than precious stones: no evil thing shall resist her: she is well known to all that approach her, and no precious thing is equal to her in value.

¹⁰ Who shall find a virtuous woman? for such a one is more valuable than precious stones.

⁷ ZAIN. Her Nazarites were made purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were purified [as] with fire, their polishing was superior to sapphire stone.

¹⁶ [even] men [as] your merchandise, from the multitude of your trading [population], myrrh and embroidered works from Tharsis: Ramoth also and Chorchor furnished your market.

¹⁷ And you shall interweave with it a texture of four rows of stone; there shall be a row of stones, a sardius, a topaz, and emerald, the first row.

¹⁰ and the brazen appendage of the altar, and all the vessels of the altar, and all the instruments of the tabernacle of witness.

¹² But whence has wisdom been discovered? and what is the place of knowledge?

²³ God has well ordered the way of it, and he knows the place of it.

⁶ For the Lord gives wisdom; and from his presence [come] knowledge and understanding,

²³ For many times he shall trespass against you, and repeatedly shall he afflict your heart; for thus also have you cursed others. ²⁴ All these things have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

³ God, our God, shall come manifestly, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall be kindled before him, and round about him there shall be a very great tempest. ⁴ He shall summon the heaven above, and the earth, that he may judge his people.

⁶ Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering.

¹⁴ The depth said, It is not in me: and the sea said, It is not with me.

¹⁰ For one day in your courts is better than thousands. I would rather be an abject in the house of God, than dwell in the tents of sinners. ¹¹ For the Lord loves mercy and truth: God will give grace and glory: the Lord will not withhold good things from them that walk in innocence. ¹² O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in you.

⁷ Some [glory] in chariots, and some in horses: but we will glory in the name of the Lord our God.

⁵ He gives snow like wool: he scatters the mist like ashes.

¹⁴ Counsel and safety are mine; prudence is mine, and strength is mine.

²² The Lord made me the beginning of his ways for his works. ²³ He established me before time [was] in the beginning, before he made the earth: ²⁴ even before he made the depths; before the fountains of water came forth: ²⁵ before the mountains were settled, and before all hills, he begets me. ²⁶ The Lord made countries and uninhabited [tracks], and the highest inhabited parts of the world. ²⁷ When he prepared the heaven, I was present with him; and when he prepared his throne upon the winds: ²⁸ and when he strengthened the clouds above; and when he secured the fountains of the earth: ²⁹ decree. and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth: ³⁰ I was by him, suiting [myself to him], I was that wherein he took delight; and daily I rejoiced in his presence continually. ³¹ For he rejoiced when he had completed the world, and rejoiced among the children of men.

⁹ For the eyes of the Lord look upon all the earth, to strengthen every heart that is perfect toward him. In this you have done foolishly; henceforth there shall be war with you.

¹³ Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking guile. ¹⁴ Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

³ The eyes of the Lord behold both the evil and the good in every place.

¹⁰ For who has despised the small days? surely they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet of tin in the hand of Zorobabel: these are the seven eyes that look upon all the earth.

¹⁵ If he should withhold the water, he will dry the earth: and if he should let it loose, he overthrows and destroys it.

⁷ To him who alone made great lights; for his mercy [endures] for ever.

¹² Who has measured the water in his hand, and the heaven with a span, and all the earth in a handful? Who has weighed the mountains in scales, and the forests in a balance?

²⁶ Behold, the Mighty One is great, and we shall not know [him]: the number of his years is even infinite.

³² He has hidden the light in [his] hands, and given charge concerning it to the interposing [cloud].

³ His dominion is under the whole heaven, and his light is at the extremities of the earth.

¹¹ And [if] a cloud obscures [what is] precious [to him], his light will disperse the cloud.

²⁵ And who prepared a course for the violent rain, and a way for the thunders;

²⁷ and cause it to send forth a crop of green herbs?

³ O Lord, you have brought up my soul from Hades, you have delivered me from [among] them that go down to the pit. ⁴ Sing to the Lord, you⌃ his saints, and give thanks for the remembrance of his holiness. ⁵ For anger is in his wrath, but life in his favor: weeping shall wait for the evening, but joy shall be in the morning. ⁶ And I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved. ⁷ O Lord, in your good pleasure you did add strength to my beauty: but you did turn away your face, and I was troubled. ⁸ To you, O Lord, will I cry; and to my God will I make supplication. ⁹ What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to destruction? Shall the dust give praise to you? or shall it declare your truth? ¹⁰ The Lord heard, and had compassion upon me; the Lord is become my helper.

⁸ Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind; the things that perform his word.

²² Is there any one among the idols of the Gentiles that can give rain? and will the sky yield his fulness [at their bidding]? Are not you he? we will even wait on you, O Lord: for you have made all these things.

⁷ Also I withheld from you the rain three months before the harvest: and I will rain upon one city, and on another city I will not rain: one part shall be rained upon, and the part on which I shall not rain shall be dried up.

¹ Ask you⌃ of the Lord rain in season, the early and the latter: the Lord has given bright signs, and will give them abundant rain, to every one grass in the field.

¹ (20) For the end, a Psalm of David. The Lord hear you in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend you.

²² The Lord made me the beginning of his ways for his works. ²³ He established me before time [was] in the beginning, before he made the earth: ²⁴ even before he made the depths; before the fountains of water came forth: ²⁵ before the mountains were settled, and before all hills, he begets me. ²⁶ The Lord made countries and uninhabited [tracks], and the highest inhabited parts of the world. ²⁷ When he prepared the heaven, I was present with him; and when he prepared his throne upon the winds: ²⁸ and when he strengthened the clouds above; and when he secured the fountains of the earth: ²⁹ decree. and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth:

⁶ And you⌃ shall keep and do them: for this is your wisdom and understanding before all nations, as many as shall hear all these ordinances; and they shall say, Behold, this great nation [is] a wise and understanding people.

²⁹ The secret things [belong] to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed [belong] to us and to our children for ever, to do all the words of this law.

¹⁴ I behaved agreeably towards them as [if it had been] our neighbor [or] brother: I humbled myself as one mourning and sad of countenance.

¹⁰ The sinner shall see and be angry, he shall gnash his teeth, and consume away: the desire of the sinner shall perish.

⁷ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and [there is] good understanding to all that practise it: and piety toward God is the beginning of discernment; but the ungodly will set at nothing wisdom and instruction.

⁷ Be not wise in your own conceit; but fear God, and depart from all evil.

⁴ You, O men, I exhort; and utter my voice to the sons of men. ⁵ O you⌃ simple, understand subtlety, and you⌃ that are untaught, imbibe knowledge.

²⁶ The Lord made countries and uninhabited [tracks], and the highest inhabited parts of the world. ²⁷ When he prepared the heaven, I was present with him; and when he prepared his throne upon the winds: ²⁸ and when he strengthened the clouds above; and when he secured the fountains of the earth: ²⁹ decree. and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth: ³⁰ I was by him, suiting [myself to him], I was that wherein he took delight; and daily I rejoiced in his presence continually. ³¹ For he rejoiced when he had completed the world, and rejoiced among the children of men. ³² Now then, [my] son, hear me: blessed is the man who shall listen to me, and the mortal who shall keep my ways;

¹⁰ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the counsel of saints is understanding: for to know the law is [the character] of a sound mind.

¹⁴ The law of the wise is fountain of life: but the man void of understanding shall die by a snare.

¹⁷ The paths of life turn aside from evil; and the ways of righteousness are length of life. He that receives instruction shall be in prosperity; and he that regards reproofs shall be made wise. He that keeps his ways, preserves his own soul; and he that loves his life will spare his mouth.

¹³ Hear the end of the matter, the sun: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole man.

¹⁶ Wash you, be clean; remove your iniquities from your souls before mine eyes; cease from your iniquities;