Job Cross References - Leeser

¹ There was a man in the land of ‘Uz, Job was his name; And this man was perfect and upright, and fearing God, and eschewing evil. ² And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. ³ And his cattle consisted of seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and he had a very great store of servants: so that this man was greater than all the sons of the east. ⁴ And his sons used to go and prepare a feast in the house of every one on his day; and they sent and invited their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. ⁵ And it happened, when the days of the feast were gone round, that Job sent and sanctified them, and he then rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of all of them; for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and have renounced God in their heart. In this manner used Job to do all the time. ⁶ Now it happened on a certain day, when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, that the Accuser also came in the midst of them. ⁷ Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Whence comest thou? And the Accuser answered the Lord, and said, From roaming over the earth, and from wandering through it. ⁸ Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Hast thou directed thy attention toward my servant Job; for there is none like him on the earth, a man perfect and upright, who feareth God, and escheweth evil? ⁹ Then answered the Accuser the Lord, and said, Is it for nought that Job feareth God? ¹⁰ Behold, thou hast indeed placed a fence about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side: the work of his hands hast thou blessed, and his cattle are far spread out in the land. ¹¹ But stretch only forth thy hand and touch all that he hath, and see whether he will not renounce thee to thy face. ¹² Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Behold, all that is his be in thy power; only against himself shalt thou not stretch forth thy hand. The Accuser went thereupon away from the presence of the Lord. ¹³ And it happened on a certain day, when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their first-born brother, ¹⁴ That a messenger came unto Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the she-asses were feeding beside them: ¹⁵ When the Sabeans made an incursion, and took them away, and the young men they slew with the edge of the sword; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee. ¹⁶ This one was yet speaking, when another came, and said, A fire of God fell from heaven, and burnt among the sheep and the young men, and consumed them; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee. ¹⁷ This one was yet speaking, when another came, and said, The Chaldeans posted themselves in three divisions, and made an inroad against the camels, and took them away, and the young men they slew with the edge of the sword; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee. ¹⁸ While this one was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their first-born brother: ¹⁹ When, behold, a violent wind came from the direction of the wilderness, and struck against the four corners of the house, so that it fell upon the young men, and they died; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee. ²⁰ Then arose Job, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and prostrated himself. ²¹ And he said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; may the name of the Lord be blessed. ²² With all this did Job not sin, and attributed no injustice to God.

¹⁹ In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground, for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

² That the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were fair; and they took themselves wives of all whom they chose.

⁴ The giants were on the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; these became the mighty men, who were of old the men of renown. ⁵ And God saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

⁹ These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just, perfect man in his generation; Noah walked with God.

²⁰ And Noah built an altar unto the Lord, and he took of every clean cattle, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.

⁷ And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah, Sabtah and Raamah, and Sabtecha; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

²³ And the children of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

²⁸ And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba.

²⁸ And Haran died before his father Terach in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

³¹ And Terach took Abram his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Charan, and dwelt there.

⁵ And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had acquired, and the persons that they had obtained in Charan; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and they came into the land of Canaan.

¹⁶ And he did well to Abram for her sake; and he received sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.

⁶ And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together; for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

¹ After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not Abram; I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceedingly great.

⁶ But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

¹ And when Abram was ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be thou perfect.

²⁴ And the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire, from the Lord, out of heaven;

³ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and arose, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

¹² And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou the least unto him; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing that thou hast not withheld thy son, thy only one, from me.

²⁰ And it came to pass after these things, that it was told to Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she also, hath born children unto Nachor thy brother; ²¹ ‘Uz his first born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

³ And Yokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

⁶ But unto the sons of the concubines that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts; and he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he was yet living, eastward, unto the east country.

¹¹ And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. ¹² Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundred-fold: so the Lord blessed him.

¹ Then Jacob lifted up his feet and went unto the land of the children of the east.

² And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

³⁰ For it was a little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased into a multitude; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming; and now when shall I provide also for my own house?

⁴³ And the man increased exceedingly, and he had many flocks, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses.

²³ Their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs will they not be ours? only let us consent unto them, that they may dwell with us.

² Then said Jacob unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments. ³ And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el: and I will make there an altar unto the God who answered me on the day of my distress, and was with me on the way which I went.

²⁸ These are the children of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.

²⁹ And when Reuben returned unto the pit, and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit, he rent his clothes.

³² And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found: acknowledge, we pray thee, whether it be thy son’s coat or not. ³³ And he recognized it, and said, it is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is surely torn in pieces. ³⁴ And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

⁵ And it came to pass from the time he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for the sake of Joseph; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field.

³⁶ And Jacob their father said unto them, Me ye have bereaved of my children: Joseph is gone, and Simeon is gone, and Benjamin ye will take away; all these things are against me.

⁵ But now be not grieved, nor be angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither; for in order to preserve life did God send me before you.

²⁵ From the God of thy father, who will help thee; and from the Almighty, who will bless thee, with blessings of heaven above, with blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath, with blessings of the breasts, and of the womb;

²⁸ Entreat the Lord that there may be no more of the thunders of God, and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall no longer stay here.

¹² And Jithro, the father-in-law of Moses, offered a burnt-offering and sacrifices unto God; and Aaron came, with all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses, before God.

²¹ Moreover, thou shalt select out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating their own gain; and place these over them, as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

¹⁰ And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes.

⁵ And he then sent the young men of the children of Israel, and they offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings unto the Lord, of oxen.

³ If his offering be a burnt-sacrifice of the herds, then shall he offer a male without blemish: unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation shall he bring it, that it may be favorably received for him before the Lord. ⁴ And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. ⁵ And he shall kill the young steer before the Lord: and the sons of Aaron the priests shall bring near the blood, and they shall sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. ⁶ And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces.

²⁴ And there came forth a fire from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering and the fat; and when all the people saw this, they shouted, and fell on their faces.

² And there went out a fire from before the Lord, and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.

¹⁰ And there went forth a son of an Israelitish woman, but who was the son of an Egyptian man, among the children of Israel; and there quarrelled together in the camp this son of the Israelitish woman and an Israelitish man. ¹¹ And the son of the Israelitish woman pronounced the holy Name, and blasphemed; and they brought him unto Moses: and his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan; ¹² And they placed him in ward, until the decision of the Lord could be explained to them. ¹³ And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, ¹⁴ Lead forth the blasphemer to without the camp; and all that have heard him shall lay their hands upon his head; and all the congregation shall stone him. ¹⁵ And unto the children of Israel shalt thou speak, saying, Whatsoever man that blasphemeth his God shall bear his sin. ¹⁶ But he that pronounced the name of the Lord with blasphemy shall be put to death, all the congregation shall stone him; be he a stranger, or be he one that is born in the land, when he pronounceth the holy Name with blasphemy, he shall be put to death.

¹ And it came to pass that as the people complained in a manner displeasing in the ears of the Lord, the Lord heard it, and his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed at the uttermost part of the camp. ² And the people then cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto the Lord, and the fire disappeared. ³ And he called the name of the place Tab’erah; because the fire of the Lord had burnt among them.

³ (But the man Moses was very meek, more so than any man who was upon the face of the earth.)

⁷ Not so is my servant Moses, in all my house is he faithful. ⁸ Mouth to mouth do I speak with him, even evidently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord doth he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?

⁷ And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram did Balak send for me, the king of Moab, out of the mountains of the east, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

³² And the booty, being the rest of the spoil which the men of the army had taken, was of sheep and goats, six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand, ³³ And of beef-cattle, seventy and two thousand, ³⁴ And of asses, sixty and one thousand,

¹³ And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; and he will bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thy oil, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flocks, in the land which he hath sworn unto thy fathers to give unto thee.

¹⁸ And I threw myself down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; bread did I not eat, and water did I not drink; on account of all your sins which ye had committed, in doing what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

² And all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee; because thou wilt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. ³ Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. ⁴ Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flocks. ⁵ Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-through. ⁶ Blessed shalt thou be at thy coming in, and blessed shalt thou be at thy going out.

¹¹ Bless, O Lord, his substance, and receive favorably the work of his hands: crush the loins of those that rise up against him, and those that hate him, that they cannot rise again.

²⁷ Thy refuge is the eternal God, and here beneath, the everlasting arms; and he thrust out the enemy from before thee; and he said, Destroy.

⁷ Only be thou strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant hath commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left; in order that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

³ And it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the ‘Amalekites, and the children of the east, and they went up against them;

⁵ For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and came as locusts in multitude; and both they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land to destroy it.

¹² And the Midianites and the ‘Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like the locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is by the seaside for multitude.

¹⁰ Now Zebach and Zalmunna’ were in Karkor, and their camps with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that had been left of all the camp of the children of the east; but those who had fallen were one hundred and twenty thousand men that drew the sword.

³⁰ And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bent them with might, and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead whom he slew at his death were more than those whom he had slain in his life.

⁷ The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich: he bringeth low and also lifteth up.

¹⁸ And Samuel told him all the words, and concealed nothing from him. And he said, He is the Lord: let him do what seemeth good in his eyes.

¹⁷ And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath also been a great slaughter among the people, and also thy two sons, Chophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God hath been taken.

¹⁵ And there arose a terror in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the outposts, and the free-booters, they also were terrified, and the earth quaked; and it became a very great terror.

⁵ And he said, Peace: to sacrifice unto the Lord am I come; sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice.

²⁰ And there escaped one of the sons of Achimelech the son of Achitub, whose name was Ebyathar, and he fled after David. ²¹ And Ebyathar told David that Saul had slain the priests of the Lord.

² And there was a man in Ma’on, whose business was in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was, while they were shearing his sheep, at Carmel.

¹⁶ A wall were they around us both by night and by day, all the time we were with them, feeding the flocks.

³ And David said unto him, From where comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.

¹⁶ And David besought God in behalf of the lad; and David kept a fast, and came home, and lay over night upon the earth. ¹⁷ And the elders of the house arose about him, to raise him up from the earth; but he would not, and he did not partake of any bread with them. ¹⁸ And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died; and the servants of David were afraid to tell him, that the child was dead; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he would not hearken to our voice: how then shall we say to him, The child is dead! he might do himself a hurt. ¹⁹ But when David saw that his servants were whispering to each other, David understood that the child was dead; wherefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? and they said, he is dead. ²⁰ David then rose up from the earth, and washed and anointed himself, and changed his garments, and went into the house of the Lord and prostrated himself; and then he came to his own house, and asked that they should set food before him, and he ate.

²⁸ Now Abshalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye, I pray you, when Annon’s heart is merry with wine, and I say unto you, Smite Amnon: then kill him, fear not; behold, it is I who command it you; be firm and show yourselves men of valor.

¹³ And there came a news-bearer to David, saying, the heart of the men of Israel is turned after Abshalom.

¹² Perhaps the Lord will look on my affliction, and the Lord will requite me good instead of his cursing this day.

^{33 (19:1)} And the king was much moved, and he went up to the upper chamber of the gate, and wept: and thus he said as he went, O my son Abshalom, my son, my son Abshalom! who would grant that I had died in thy stead, O Abshalom, my son, my son!

^{30 (5:10)} And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

^{30 (5:10)} And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. ^{31 (5:11)} And he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrachite, and Heman, and Kalkol, and Darda’, the sons of Machol: and his name was spread among all the nations round about.

¹⁵ Thus the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was so brought about from the Lord, in order that he might fulfill his word, which the Lord had spoken by means of Achiyah the Shilonite unto Jerobo’am the son of Nebat.

³¹ And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord was come, saying, Israel shall be thy name.

³⁸ And there fell a fire of the Lord, and consumed the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust; and the water also that was in the trench did it lick up.

³⁰ But those that were left fled to Aphek, into the city; but the city-wall fell upon the twenty and seven thousand men that had been left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an innermost chamber.

¹⁰ And seat two men, worthless fellows, opposite to him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou hast blasphemed God and the king; and then lead him forth, and stone him, that he may die.

¹³ And there came in two men, worthless fellows, and seated themselves opposite to him; and these worthless men testified against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth hath blasphemed God and the king. Then they led him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

¹⁹ And he said, Therefore hear thou the word of the Lord, I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right and on his left.

²³ And now, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets; but the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee.

¹⁰ And Elijah answered and spoke to the captain of the fifty, And if I be a man of God, let a fire come down from heaven and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down a fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

¹² And Elijah answered and spoke unto them, If I be a man of God, let a fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

¹⁴ Behold, there came down a fire from heaven, and consumed the two captains of the first fifties with their fifties; and now let my life be precious in thy eyes.

⁴ And Mesha’ the king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered as tribute unto the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool.

²⁵ But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha’ said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gechazi? And he said, Thy servant went not hither or thither.

³ I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now that I have walked before thee in truth, and with an undivided heart, and have done what is good in thy eyes. And Hezekiah wept aloud.

¹⁹ Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not so, if there be peace and stability in my days?

²⁵ And like unto him there was no king before him, that returned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; and after him there arose none like him.

¹⁷ The sons of Shem: ‘Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and ‘Uz, and Chul, and Gether, and Meshech.

⁴² The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Za’avan, and Ja’akan. The sons of Dishan: ‘Uz, and Aran.

¹ And the Accuser stood up against Israel, and incited David to count Israel.

³ And all the children of Israel were looking on as the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord was resting upon the house; and they kneeled down with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and prostrated themselves, and gave thanks unto the Lord, for he is good; because unto everlasting endureth his kindness.

¹⁰ He built also towers in the desert, and hewed out many wells; for he had much cattle, both in the lowlands and in the plain; also husbandmen, and vintners in the mountains, and in Carmel; for he loved husbandry.

²⁰ And the like did Hezekiah in all Judah, and he did what is good and right and true before the Lord his God. ²¹ And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he acted with all his heart, and prospered.

²⁹ Moreover he erected for himself cities, and acquired possessions of flocks and herds in multitude; for God had given him wealth in great abundance.

³ And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and I plucked out some of the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astounded.

¹⁵ But the former governors that had been before me had made it heavy for the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver: yea, even their young men ruled over the people; but I myself did not act so, because of the fear of God.

³⁰ And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and then they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

¹¹ And Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had made him great, and how he had advanced him above the princes and the servants of the king.

¹ There was a man in the land of ‘Uz, Job was his name; And this man was perfect and upright, and fearing God, and eschewing evil.

³ And his cattle consisted of seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and he had a very great store of servants: so that this man was greater than all the sons of the east. ⁴ And his sons used to go and prepare a feast in the house of every one on his day; and they sent and invited their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. ⁵ And it happened, when the days of the feast were gone round, that Job sent and sanctified them, and he then rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of all of them; for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and have renounced God in their heart. In this manner used Job to do all the time.

⁸ Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Hast thou directed thy attention toward my servant Job; for there is none like him on the earth, a man perfect and upright, who feareth God, and escheweth evil?

¹¹ But stretch only forth thy hand and touch all that he hath, and see whether he will not renounce thee to thy face. ¹² Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Behold, all that is his be in thy power; only against himself shalt thou not stretch forth thy hand. The Accuser went thereupon away from the presence of the Lord. ¹³ And it happened on a certain day, when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their first-born brother,

¹⁵ When the Sabeans made an incursion, and took them away, and the young men they slew with the edge of the sword; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee. ¹⁶ This one was yet speaking, when another came, and said, A fire of God fell from heaven, and burnt among the sheep and the young men, and consumed them; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee. ¹⁷ This one was yet speaking, when another came, and said, The Chaldeans posted themselves in three divisions, and made an inroad against the camels, and took them away, and the young men they slew with the edge of the sword; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee.

¹⁹ When, behold, a violent wind came from the direction of the wilderness, and struck against the four corners of the house, so that it fell upon the young men, and they died; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee.

²¹ And he said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; may the name of the Lord be blessed.

¹ And it happened again on a certain day, when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, that the Accuser also came in the midst of them to present himself before the Lord. ² Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Whence comest thou now? And the Accuser answered the Lord, and said, From roaming over the earth, and from wandering through it. ³ Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Hast thou directed thy attention toward my servant Job: for there is none like him on the earth, a man perfect and upright, who feareth God, and escheweth evil? and he is still holding fast to his integrity, and thou hast incited me against him, to destroy him without cause. ⁴ Then answered the Accuser the Lord, and said, Skin for skin: yea, all that a man hath will he give in behalf of his life. ⁵ But stretch only forth thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and see whether he will not renounce thee to thy face.

⁵ But stretch only forth thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and see whether he will not renounce thee to thy face. ⁶ Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Behold, he is in thy hand: only take care of his life. ⁷ Thereupon went the Accuser forth from the presence of the Lord, and he smote Job with a sore inflammation, from the sole of his foot unto the crown of his head.

⁹ Then said his wife unto him, Art thou still holding fast to thy integrity? renounce God, and die. ¹⁰ But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the worthless women would speak. What? should we accept the good alone, from God, and the evil we should not accept? With all this did Job not sin with his lips.

⁵ Yet now, when it cometh to thee, thou art wearied: it toucheth even thee, and thou art terrified.

² Oh that my vexation could be truly weighed, and my calamity; oh that men might lift it up in the balances at once! ³ For now it is already heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore are my words confused.

¹⁹ The caravans of Thema look hither, the travelling companies Sheba hope for them;

⁴ If thy children have sinned against him, then did he send them off through the means of their transgression.

²⁰ Behold, God will not reject a perfect man, and will not hold fast by their hand the evil-doers:

²² One thing is certain, therefore have I said it, The innocent and the wicked he bringeth to their end. ²³ If a scourge should slay suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the guiltless.

⁴ I am as one laughed at by his friend, who calleth upon God, while he answered him: yea, a laughing-stock though righteous and innocent.

¹³ Keep silence toward me, that I may indeed speak, and let pass over me what will.

¹⁴ He breaketh me down with breach upon breach; he runneth against me like a mighty man.

⁸ Upright men must be astonished at this, and the innocent must arouse himself against the hypocrite. ⁹ Yet will the righteous hold firmly on to his way; and he that is clean of hands will acquire additional strength.

⁹ My glory hath he stripped from me, and removed the crown of my head. ¹⁰ He hath pulled me down on every side, and I am going hence; and he hath rooted up like a tree my hope.

²¹ Spare me, spare me, O ye, my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

¹⁴ And yet they say unto God, “Depart from us; and the knowledge of thy ways we desire not. ¹⁵ What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit shall we have, if we entreat him urgently?”

² Even now is my complaint bitter: my suffering is heavier than my groans.

¹¹ On his steps my foot hath held fast: his way have I kept, and swerved not. ¹² From the commandment of his lips have I also not moved away: as a fixed statute for me have I treasured up the sayings of his mouth.

¹⁰ Or can he find delight in the Almighty? can he call on God at all times?

¹⁴ If his children be multiplied, it is only for the sword; and his offspring will not be satisfied with bread.

²⁸ And he said unto man, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to eschew evil is understanding.

⁶ When I bathed my steps in cream, and the rock poured out near me streamlets of oil!

⁹ Princes stopped in the midst of their words, and laid their hand on their mouth: ¹⁰ The voice of nobles was arrested, and their tongue cleaved to their palate.

²⁵ I chose their way for them, and I sat as chief, and dwelt as king in his army, as one that comforteth mourners.

¹ A covenant had I made with my eyes: how then should I fix my look on a virgin? ² And what then would have been my portion of God from above? and what lot of the Almighty from on high? ³ Is not calamity ready for the unjust? and misfortune for the wrong-doers? ⁴ Behold, he truly seeth my ways, and numbereth all my steps; ⁵ And knoweth whether I have walked with vain desires, or if my foot hath hastened after deceit. ⁶ Let him weigh me then in a righteous balance, and let God acknowledge my integrity, ⁷ If my step have turned aside from the proper way, and my heart have walked after my eyes, and if any blemish have cleaved to my hands: ⁸ Then let me sow, and let another eat; and let what I have growing be rooted out. ⁹ If my heart have been beguiled toward a woman, or if I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door: ¹⁰ Then may my wife labor at the mill for another, and may strangers ill-use her; ¹¹ For this would be incest; yea, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; ¹² For it would be a fire that consumeth down to the place of corruption, and would root out all my products. ¹³ If ever I cast aside the justice due to my man-servant and my maid-servant, when they contended with me: ¹⁴ What then could I do when God should rise up? and when he should investigate, what could I answer him? ¹⁵ Did not he that made me make him born or a woman? and did not the same one fashion us in the womb? ¹⁶ If ever I denied the wish of the indigent, or ever allowed the eyes of the widow to fall in vain hopes; ¹⁷ Or if ever I ate my bread by myself alone, and the fatherless did not eat thereof; ¹⁸ (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as though we were of one father, and I have guided her as though she was sprung from my mother’s womb;) ¹⁹ If ever I saw any one perishing for want of clothing, or the needy without covering: ²⁰ If his loins have not blessed me, and if he have not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep; ²¹ If I have swung my hand against the fatherless, because I saw in the gate those that would help me: ²² Then may my shoulder fall from my shoulder-blade, and my arm be broken from the channel-bone; ²³ For dreaded by me was the calamitous punishment of God, and against his highness I can accomplish nothing. ²⁴ If I have made gold my confidence, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my trust: ²⁵ If ever I rejoiced because my wealth was abundant, and because my hand had gotten much;

²⁵ If ever I rejoiced because my wealth was abundant, and because my hand had gotten much; ²⁶ If ever I looked at the light of the sun when he shone brightly and on the moon walking in splendor: ²⁷ And my heart became misled in secret, and my hand kissed my mouth: ²⁸ This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge; for thus would I have denied the God that is above. ²⁹ If ever I rejoiced at the downfall of him that hated me, or was elated when evil befell him;— ³⁰ But I suffered not my mouth to sin by denouncing with a curse his soul:— ³¹ If the men of my tent said not, Oh is there one that is not satisfied of his flesh;— ³² In the street a stranger had not to lodge; my doors I held open to the roadside; ³³ If I covered up my transgressions like a common man, by hiding in my bosom my iniquity; ³⁴ Because I dreaded the great multitude, or because the contempt of families did terrify me, so that I kept silence, and dared not to go out of the door;— ³⁵ Oh who will bring me one that would hear me! behold, here is my plea; may the Almighty answer me; and any record which my opponent may have written,— ³⁶ Surely upon my shoulder would I carry it: I would bind it as a crown unto me. ³⁷ The number of my steps would I tell him: as to a prince would I go near unto him.— ³⁸ If my land ever cried out because of me, or if its furrows wept together; ³⁹ If I ever consumed its strength without payment, or caused the soul of its owners to grieve: ⁴⁰ Then may instead of wheat, thorns come forth, and instead of barley, cockle. (Here end the words of Job.)

¹⁰ Therefore ye men of sense hearken unto me: far is it from God to practise wickedness; and from the Almighty to do wrong!

¹⁴ If he were to set his heart upon man, he would gather unto himself his spirit and his breath:

¹⁸ Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art worthless? and to princes, Ye are wicked? ¹⁹ Whereas he is one that showeth no favor to chieftains, and distinguisheth not the rich before the indigent; for all of them are the work of his hands.

⁷ When altogether sang the morning stars in gladness, and shouted for joy all the sons of God?

⁴ Behold, I am too vile: what shall I answer thee? my hand do I place on my mouth. ⁵ Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will not repeat it again. ⁶ Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the storm-wind, and said, ⁷ Do but gird up like a mighty man thy loins: I will ask thee, and do thou inform me. ⁸ Wilt thou indeed annul my decree? wilt thou condemn me, in order that thou mayest appear righteous?

^{25 (41:17)} At his lifting himself up the mighty are terrified: the waves also are lessened.

⁷ And it came to pass, after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Themanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; because ye have not spoken of me properly, like my servant Job. ⁸ And now take unto yourselves seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up a burnt-offering in your behalf; and my servant Job shall pray for you; for him alone will I receive favorably, so as not to deal with you after your folly; because ye have not spoken of me properly, like my servant Job.

⁸ And now take unto yourselves seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up a burnt-offering in your behalf; and my servant Job shall pray for you; for him alone will I receive favorably, so as not to deal with you after your folly; because ye have not spoken of me properly, like my servant Job.

¹² And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. ¹³ He had also seven sons and three daughters.

^{3 (5:4)} O Lord! in the morning do thou hear my voice: in the morning will I set in order my prayer before thee, and look up with hope.

^{12 (5:13)} For thou wilt bless the righteous, O Lord; as with a shield wilt thou encompass him with favor.

^{23 (18:24)} I was also upright with him, and I guarded myself against my iniquity.

¹ By David, when he disguised his reason before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. ^(34:2) I will bless the Lord at all times: continually shall his praise be in my mouth.

^{7 (34:8)} The angel of the Lord encampeth round about those who fear him, and delivereth them.

^{14 (34:15)} Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

^{19 (34:20)} Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but out of them all the Lord ever delivereth him.

¹ To the chief musician, by the servant of the Lord, by David. ^(36:2) Saith vice itself to the wicked—so I feel it within my heart—that he should have no dread of God before his eyes.

²⁷ Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

^{9 (39:10)} I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou hadst done it.

^{17 (49:18)} For when he dieth he can take nothing away; his glory will not descend after him.

²¹ Thou wilt increase my greatness, and wilt turn round and comfort me.

¹⁰ The kings of Tharshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

^{10 (76:11)} For the fury of man shall praise thee: the remainder of the fury wilt thou gird about thee.

^{12 (80:13)} Wherefore hast thou now broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way pluck the fruit from it?

^{11 (84:12)} For a sun and shield is the Lord God; grace and glory will the Lord give; he will not withhold any good from those that walk with integrity.

^{20 (89:21)} I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him;

^{38 (89:39)} And yet thou hast east off and despised, thou hast become wroth with thy anointed. ^{39 (89:40)} Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned, down to the ground, his crown. ^{40 (89:41)} Thou hast broken down all his fences: thou hast brought his strong-holds to terror. ^{41 (89:42)} All that pass by the way plunder him: he is become a reproach to his neighbors. ^{42 (89:43)} Thou hast raised up the right hand of his assailants: thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice. ^{43 (89:44)} Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not let him stand erect in the battle. ^{44 (89:45)} Thou hast made his brilliancy cease; and his throne hast thou thrown down to the ground. ^{45 (89:46)} Thou hast shortened the days of his youth: thou hast enshrouded him with shame. Selah. ^{46 (89:47)} How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyself, continually? how long shall thy fury burn like fire? ^{47 (89:48)} Remember what I am, what my duration is here, for what nothingness thou hast created all sons of men! ^{48 (89:49)} What man is there that can live, and shall not see death? that can deliver his soul from the power of the nether word? Selah. ^{49 (89:50)} Where are thy former kindnesses, O Lord, which thou hast sworn unto David by thy truth? ^{50 (89:51)} Remember, Lord, the disgrace of thy servants; that I bear in my bosom the burden of all the many nations; ^{51 (89:52)} That thy enemies have defied, O Lord; that they have defied the footsteps of thy anointed. ^{52 (89:53)} Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

¹⁷ And may the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us; and the work of our hands do thou firmly establish upon us: yea, the work of our hands—firmly establish thou it.

²⁰ Bless the Lord, ye his angels, mighty in strength, that execute his word, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

¹⁵ Saying, “Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm,”—

³⁸ He also blesseth them, and they multiply greatly, and he suffereth not their cattle to diminish.

³ Lo, children are an inheritance from the Lord: a reward is the fruit of the body. ⁴ Like arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth. ⁵ Happy is the man that hath his quiver filled with them: they shall not be put to shame, when they do speak with the enemies in the gate.

¹ A song of the degrees. Happy is every one that feareth the Lord, that walketh in his ways. ² When thou eatest the labor of thy hands: then wilt thou be happy, and it shall be well with thee. ³ Thy wife is then as a fruitful vine in the recesses of thy house: thy children, like olive-plants round about thy table.

³ Thy wife is then as a fruitful vine in the recesses of thy house: thy children, like olive-plants round about thy table. ⁴ Behold, truly thus shall be blessed the man that feareth the Lord.

¹ A song of the degrees by David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is when brethren dwell closely together in union!

¹³ The fear of the Lord is to hate evil, pride and arrogance, and the evil way: and the mouth of perverseness do I hate.

²² The blessing of the Lord it is which maketh rich, and painful labor addeth nothing thereto.

⁶ Through kindness and truth is iniquity atoned for; and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

¹ Make no boast for thyself of the coming day; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

^{15 (5:14)} As he came forth out of his mother’s womb, naked will he return to go as he came; and not the least will he carry off for his toil, which he might take away with him.

^{19 (5:18)} Also every man to whom God hath given riches and property, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God.

² Every thing as it is to happen to all; there is but one occurrence for the righteous, and for the wicked; for the good and for the clean, and for the unclean; and for him that sacrificeth, and for him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

¹⁰ Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do with thy might, that do; for there is no work, nor experience, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the nether world, whither thou goest.—

¹² For man also knoweth not his time, like the fishes that are caught in an evil net, and like the birds that are caught in the snare: like these are the sons of men ensnared at an evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly.

⁷ When the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return unto God who gave it.—

¹⁶ Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil;

² And he fenced it in, and cleared it of stones, and planted it with the choicest vines, and built a tower in its midst, and also a winepress he hewed out therein: and he hoped that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth worthless fruit.

⁵ And now I will let you know also what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten off; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trodden down;

²⁵ For this cause is kindled the anger of the Lord against his people, and he stretcheth forth his hand against them, and he smiteth them; and the mountains tremble, and their carcasses lie like sweepings in the midst of the streets: with all this his anger is not turned away, but still is his hand stretched out.

²¹ And the people shall pass through the land, hard oppressed and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they will become enraged, and curse their king and their god, and turn toward on high for aid.

¹³ Behold the land of the Chaldeans—this people which was not, Asshur founded it for the dwellers in the wilderness—they have set up their watchtowers, have overthrown its palaces, have rendered it a heap of ruins.

¹⁵ Therefore in the valleys honor ye the Lord; in the isles of the sea, the name of the Lord the God of Israel.

⁸ In measure, by driving him forth, thou strivest with him: he removed him with his violent storm on the day of the east wind.

¹⁹ As often as it passeth by shall it take you; for morning by morning shall it pass by, by day and by night; and the mere understanding of the report shall cause terror.

¹ Behold my servant, whom I will uphold; my elect, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my spirit upon him, that he may bring forth justice to the nations.

²⁴ Who gave up Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to plunderers? was it not the Lord? he it is against whom we have sinned; for they would not walk in his ways, neither did they hearken unto his law.

⁷ Forming the light, and creating darkness; making peace, and creating evil: I the Lord do all these things.

¹⁴ Thus hath said the Lord, The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and of the Sabeans, men of high stature, shall pass over unto thee, and thine shall they be: behind thee shall they walk; in chains shall they pass along, and unto thee shall they bow, unto thee shall they pray, saying Yea, only among thee is God; and there is no one else beside God.

¹¹ At that time shall be announced to this people and to Jerusalem a dry wind from the mountain-peaks in the wilderness, coming on the road to the daughter of my people; not to winnow, nor to cleanse the corn, ¹² A strong wind from these places shall come unto me: now also will I myself pronounce judgment against them.

¹⁴ Wash from wrong doing thy heart, O Jerusalem, in order that thou mayest be saved. How long wilt thou let lodge within thee the thoughts of thy wickedness?

⁹ Deceitful is the heart above all things, and sick: who can know it? ¹⁰ I the Lord search the heart, probe the reins: yea, to give unto every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.

²⁰ And all the confederated nations, and all the kings of the land of ‘Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gazzah, and ‘Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

⁵ Then said king Zedekiah, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not able to do any thing against you.

³¹ One runner shall run to meet another runner, and one messenger to meet another messenger, to tell unto the king of Babylon that his city is captured at all ends,

¹² “I adjure you, all that pass this way, behold, and see if there be any pain like unto my pain, which hath been inflicted on me, wherewith the Lord hath aggrieved me on the day of his fierce anger.

³⁸ Do not out of the mouth of the Most High come both the evil things and the good?

²¹ Be glad and rejoice, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of ‘Uz: also unto thee shall the cup pass; thou wilt be drunken, and make thyself naked.

¹⁴ And if there be these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, in the midst of it: these through their righteousness should save but their own soul; saith the Lord Eternal.

²⁰ And if Noah, Daniel, and Job, should be in the midst of it: as I live, saith the Lord Eternal, they should not save either son or daughter; they through their righteousness should save their own soul.

⁴² And the shout of a peaceful joyous multitude was heard within her; and with the men of the masses of the common people were brought Sabeans from the wilderness; and these women placed bracelets on their hands, and crowns of glory upon their heads.

⁴ And the man spoke unto me, Son of man, behold with thy eyes, and hear with thy ears, and direct thy heart unto all that I am about to show thee; for in order to show it unto thee art thou brought hither: tell all that thou seest to the house of Israel.

²⁵ He answered and said, Lo, I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and there is no injury on them; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.

^{8 (4:8)} And I will deliver your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far off; for the Lord hath spoken it.

⁶ Shall a cornet be blown in a city, and the people not become afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord have not done it?

⁶ But, I also had indeed given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: and yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. ⁷ And I also had indeed withholden from you the rain, when it was yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one city, and upon another city I caused it not to rain; one piece of land was rained upon, and another piece whereupon it rained not became dried up; ⁸ And two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: and yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. ⁹ I had smitten you with blasting and mildew; the multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive-trees did the caterpillar devour: and yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. ¹⁰ I had sent out against you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt; I slew your young men with the sword, together with your captive horses; and I had caused the stench of your camps to ascend even into your nostrils; and yet ye have not returned unto me, saith the Lord. ¹¹ I had produced an overthrow among you, like the overthrow by God of Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye became like a fire-brand snatched out of the burning: and yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

⁴ Thus did the Lord Eternal show unto me: and, behold, the Lord Eternal called forth the punishment by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and consumed the ploughed field.

⁶ For, lo, I will raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation, that march to the wide spaces of the earth to conquer dwelling-places that are not theirs.

¹⁰ And the man that stood among the myrtle-trees answered and said, These are those whom the Lord hath sent to traverse the earth. ¹¹ And they answered the angel of the Lord that stood among the myrtle-trees, and said, We have traversed the earth, and, behold, all the earth is inhabited quietly, and is at rest.

^{5 (2:9)} But I—I will be unto her, saith the Lord, a wall of fire round about, and for glory will I be in the midst of her.

^{8 (2:12)} For thus hath said the Lord of hosts, For the sake of your glory hath he sent me unto the nations that have despoiled you; for whoever toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his eye.

¹ And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and the accuser standing at his right hand to accuse him.

⁷ And the red-colored were gone forth, and sought to traverse the earth: and he said, Go, traverse the earth. So they traversed the earth.

¹⁰ Oh that there were some one among you that would lock up the doors of the sanctuary, that ye might not light up my altar for nought: I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept in favor an offering from your hand.

¹³ Your words have been strong against me, saith the Lord; but ye say, What have we spoken among us against thee? ¹⁴ Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked contritely before the Lord of hosts?