Job 22 Cross References - Leeser

¹ Then answered Eliphaz the Themanite, and said, ² Can a man be serviceable unto God? Truly the intelligent is serviceable unto himself. ³ Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou art righteous? or is it any gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? ⁴ Is it out of fear of thee that he will reproach thee? or go with thee into judgment? ⁵ Is not thy evil great? and no end to thy iniquities? ⁶ For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brothers for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. ⁷ Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and from the hungry thou hast withholden bread. ⁸ But as for the man of a strong arm, he obtained the land, and the highly honored could dwell therein. ⁹ Widows hast thou sent away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. ¹⁰ Therefore are snares round about thee, and sudden dread terrifieth thee. ¹¹ Or seest thou not the darkness? and the abundance of water which covereth thee? ¹² Is not God in the height of heaven? and beholding the highest elevation of the stars, however high they are? ¹³ But thou sayest, “What doth God know? can he judge behind the darkness? ¹⁴ Thick clouds are a covering for him, so that he will not see; and he walketh along on the circle of heaven.” ¹⁵ Wilt thou thus observe the path of ancient times which the men of injustice have trodden? ¹⁶ Who were shrivelled up before their time, whose foundation was flooded away like a river; ¹⁷ Who said unto God, “Depart from us:” and what wrought the Almighty for them? ¹⁸ And yet it was he that filled their houses with good things; but the counsel of the wicked be still far from me. ¹⁹ The righteous will see it, and be glad; and the innocent will laugh them to scorn. ²⁰ “Is not he destroyed that rose up against us, and hath not the fire consumed what they had left?” ²¹ Do but become acquainted with him, and be at peace: thereby will happiness come unto thee. ²² Do but accept instruction from his mouth, and lay up his saying in thy heart. ²³ If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, so thou wilt but remove wrong-doing far away from thy tents. ²⁴ And throw down in the dust precious metals, and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the brooks: ²⁵ Then will the Almighty be thy precious metal, and brightly-shining silver unto thee. ²⁶ For then wilt thou have in the Almighty thy delight, and thou canst lift up unto God thy face. ²⁷ Thou wilt make entreaty unto him, and he will hear thee, and thy vows wilt thou pay. ²⁸ And if thou decree a thing, it will be fulfilled unto thee; and upon thy ways the light will shine. ²⁹ For when men are brought low, thou wilt say, Pride hath done it; but those of lowly eyes God will help. ³⁰ He will even deliver him who is not guiltless: and thou wilt be delivered by the purity of thy hands.

¹³ To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day, for thy own good?

¹⁵ What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit shall we have, if we entreat him urgently?”

⁶ If thou sin, what dost thou effect against him? and if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him? ⁷ If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what doth he accept out of thy hand? ⁸ A man like thyself thy wickedness may reach, and a son of earth thy righteousness.

² O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my happiness is not without thee;

¹³ Happy the man that hath found wisdom, and the man that acquireth understanding. ¹⁴ For the obtaining of her is better than the obtaining of silver, and better than fine gold is her product. ¹⁵ She is more precious than pearls; and all the things thou valuest are not equal unto her. ¹⁶ Length of days is in her right hand: in her left are riches and honor. ¹⁷ Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. ¹⁸ A tree of life is she to those that lay hold on her: and every one that firmly graspeth her will be made happy.

⁷ The beginning of wisdom is, Acquire wisdom: and with all thy acquisition acquire understanding. ⁸ Hold her in high esteem, and she will exalt thee: she will bring thee to honor, when thou embracest her. ⁹ She will give to thy head a wreath of grace: a crown of ornament will she deliver to thee.

¹² If thou art become wise, thou art wise for thyself; but if thou art a scorner, thou alone wilt have to bear it.”

¹¹ Wisdom is better than an inheritance, yea, preferable for those that see the sun; ¹² For under the shadow of wisdom a man is equally well as under the shadow of money; but the superior excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to him that possesseth it.

¹⁷ And I know, my God, that thou probest the heart, and uprightness thou receivest in favor. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart have I voluntarily offered all these things; and now thy people, that are present here, do I see with joy offering voluntarily unto thee.

¹⁰ But he knoweth the way that I take: were he to probe me, I should come forth as gold. 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.

¹ To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, a psalm of David. ^(39:2) I said, I will guard my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked is before me.

³ They also commit no injustice; in his ways do they walk. ⁴ Thou thyself hast commanded us thy precepts, that we might keep them diligently. ⁵ Oh that my ways were firmly directed to observe thy statutes! ⁶ Then would I not be made ashamed, while I look at all thy commandments.

⁵⁹ I have thought over my ways, and made my feet return unto thy testimonies.

¹⁰ Not in the strength of the horse hath he delight: nor in the swiftness of the legs of man taketh he pleasure. ¹¹ The Lord taketh pleasure in those that fear him, that wait for his kindness.

¹ Balances of deceit are an abomination of the Lord; but a full weight obtaineth his favor.

²⁰ An abomination of the Lord are those of a perverse heart; but his favor is for those who are unblemished in their way.

²² An abomination of the Lord are lips of falsehood; but they that deal in faithfulness obtain his favor.

⁸ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination of the Lord: but, the prayer of the upright obtaineth his favor.

¹⁷ Ye have wearied the Lord with your words: yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? By your saying, Every one that doth evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and in them he findeth delight; or else, Where is the God of justice!

¹² Am I a sea, or a monster, that thou settest a watch over me?

¹⁹ If it regard strength, lo, he is the powerful; and if justice, who will cite him for me to appear?

³² For he is not a man, like me, that I could answer him, that we should enter together into a contest.

³ And yet on such a one dost thou open thy eyes, and me thou bringest into judgment with thee?

²¹ And oh that a man might plead with God, as one son of earth with the other!

²⁹ Then have dread for yourselves of the sword; for the wrath which ye excite is an iniquity that bringeth the sword; in order that ye may know there is one that judgeth in the world.

⁶ Would he with his power contend against me? he would truly not lay such doings to my charge. ⁷ There would an upright one argue with him; and I should be allowed to escape for ever by my judge.

²³ For he need not direct his attention a long time upon man, that he should enter into judgment before God.

^{11 (39:12)} When thou with corrections chastisest man for iniquity, thou causest his excellence to melt away as if eaten by the moth: yea, nothing but vanity is every man. Selah.

^{6 (76:7)} From thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, lie in deep sleep both chariot and horse.

^{16 (80:17)} It is burnt with fire, it is hewn down; because of the rebuke of thy countenance do they perish.

³ If thou, Lord, shouldst treasure up iniquities, O Lord, who would be able to stand? ⁴ But with thee there is forgiveness, in order that thou mayest be feared.

² And enter not into judgment with thy servant; for no living man can be regarded righteous before thee.

¹⁴ For every deed will God bring into the judgment concerning every thing that hath been hidden, whether it be good, or whether it be bad.

¹⁴ The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and their princes; but ye—ye have eaten up the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses. ¹⁵ What mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind down the faces of the poor? saith the Lord the Eternal of hosts.

⁷ Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous destroyed? ⁸ Even as I have seen, that those who plough wrong-doing, and sow trouble, have to reap the same. ⁹ Before the breathing of God they perish, and before the breath of his nostrils they come to their end. ¹⁰ The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. ¹¹ The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness have to scatter themselves abroad.

⁶ And that he would declare unto thee the secrets of wisdom; for it is double to that which is really in our possession: and thou wouldst experience that God overlooketh unto thee much of thy iniquity.

¹⁴ If wrong be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tents.

⁵ For thy iniquity teacheth thy mouth, so that thou choosest the language of the crafty. ⁶ Thy own mouth must condemn thee, but not I: yea, thy own lips will testify against thee.

³¹ Let him that goeth astray not trust in vanity; for vanity will be what he obtaineth thereby. ³² Even before his time will it be overfull, and his branches will not be green. ³³ He will shake off like the vine his unripe grapes, and cast off like the olive his blossoms. ³⁴ For the assembly of hypocrites will remain desolate, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

²⁷ Behold, I know your thoughts, and the opinions which ye wrongfully devise against me.

³ And against his three friends was his wrath kindled; because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

^{12 (19:13)} Who can guard against errors? from secret faults do thou cleanse me.

^{12 (40:13)} For evils without number have compassed me about; my iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see: they are more numerous than the hairs of my head; and my courage hath forsaken me.

^{26 (22:25)} If thou take at all thy neighbor’s raiment in pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him by the time the sun goeth down;

⁶ No man shall take to pledge the nether or the upper millstone; for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.

¹⁰ When thou dost lend thy brother any thing as a loan, thou shalt not go into his house to take his pledge. ¹¹ In the street shalt thou stand, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out unto thee the pledge into the street. ¹² And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not lie down with his pledge: ¹³ Thou shalt punctually deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may lie under his own cover, and bless thee; and unto thee shall it be as righteousness before the Lord thy God. ¹⁴ Thou shalt not withhold the wages of a hired man, of the poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of the strangers that are in thy land within thy gates. ¹⁵ On the same day shalt thou give him his wages, that the sun may not go down upon it; for he is poor, and his soul longeth for it; so that he may not cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin in thee. ¹⁶ Fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall children be put to death for the fathers: for his own sin shall every man be put to death. ¹⁷ Thou shalt not pervert the cause of the stranger, or of the fatherless; and thou shalt not take in pledge the raiment of a widow; ¹⁸ But thou shalt remember that thou waste a bond-man in Egypt, and that the Lord thy God redeemed thee thence; therefore do I command thee to do this thing.

³ They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take in pledge the widow’s ox.

⁹ The others pluck from the breast the fatherless, and the garment of the poor they take in pledge. ¹⁰ They cause him to go naked without clothing, and from the hungry they take away the sheaf:

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;

⁷ And he over-reacheth no man, he restoreth his pledge for a debt, a robbery he doth not commit, his bread he giveth to the hungry, and the naked he covereth with a garment;

¹² The poor and needy he over-reacheth, he is guilty of robberies, the pledge he restoreth not, and to the idols he lifteth up his eyes, abominations he committeth:

¹⁶ And he over-reacheth no man, a pledge he withholdeth not, and of a robbery he is never guilty, his bread he giveth to the hungry, and the naked he covereth with a garment;

⁸ And upon pledged garments they stretch themselves out by every altar, and the wine of the condemned do they drink in the house of their gods.

⁷ If there be among thee a needy man, any one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee: thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother. ⁸ But thou shalt open wide thy hand unto him, and thou shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, which his want requireth. ⁹ Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thy eye be thus evil against thy needy brother, so that thou wouldst give him nought; and if he cry concerning thee unto the Lord, it will be sin in thee: ¹⁰ Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; for because of this thing the Lord thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all the acquisition of thy hand. ¹¹ For the needy will not cease out of the land; therefore do I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open wide thy hand unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

¹⁷ Or if ever I ate my bread by myself alone, and the fatherless did not eat thereof;

³¹ If the men of my tent said not, Oh is there one that is not satisfied of his flesh;—

⁹ He distributeth, he giveth to the needy: his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted in honor.

²⁴ There is a man that scattereth gifts, and yet his wealth is increased: and there is one that withholdeth more than is proper, and still cometh only to want. ²⁵ A beneficent soul will be abundantly gratified; and he that refresheth others will be also refreshed himself.

¹⁷ He lendeth unto the Lord that is liberal to the poor, and his good deed will he repay unto him.

⁷ Is it not to distribute thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the afflicted poor into thy house! when thou seest the naked, that thou clothe him; and that thou hide not thyself from thy own flesh?

¹⁰ And if thou pour out to the hungry thy soul, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall shine forth in the darkness thy light, and thy obscurity be as the noonday;

¹¹ And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles, those who dwelt in his city, did as Izebel had sent unto them, as was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. ¹² They proclaimed a fast, and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people. 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. ¹⁴ And they sent to Izebel, saying, Naboth hath been stoned, and is dead. ¹⁵ And it came to pass, when Izebel heard that Naboth had been stoned, and was dead, that Izebel said to Achab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Yizre’elite, which he refused to give thee for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

⁸ Will ye show him undue favor, when ye contend for God?

⁷ When I went out to the gate close by the city, when in the open place I established my seat: ⁸ Young men saw me, and hid themselves; and the aged rose up, and remained standing; 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. ¹¹ For the ear that heard me called me happy; and the eye that saw me bore witness for me; ¹² Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, yea, that had none to help him. ¹³ The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and the heart of the widow I caused to sing for joy. ¹⁴ I took righteousness as my garment, and it clothed me: as a robe and a mitre was justice unto me. ¹⁵ Eyes was I to the blind; and feet to the lame was I. ¹⁶ A father was I to the needy; and the cause of him I knew not I used to investigate. ¹⁷ And I broke the cutting-teeth of the wrong-doer, and out of his teeth I cast down his prey.

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;—

^{8 (12:9)} On every side do the wicked walk about, when the vile are exalted over the sons of man.

³ The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the skilful artificer, and the eloquent orator.

^{15 (9:14)} The ancient and honorable is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies is the tail.

³ For the evil of your hands you expect good? while the prince demandeth bribes, and the judge acteth for pay; and the great man is only speaking the wilful pleasure of his soul: and so do they make a network of wrong.

^{21 (22:20)} And a stranger thou shalt not vex, and shalt not oppress him; for strangers ye were in the land of Egypt. ^{22 (22:21)} Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. ^{23 (22:22)} If thou afflict him in any wise; for if he cry at all unto me, I will surely hear his cry: ^{24 (22:23)} My wrath shall wax hot, and I will slay you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

¹⁹ Cursed be he that perverteth the cause of the stranger, of the fatherless, and of the widow; and all the people shall say, Amen.

²¹ He ill-treateth the barren that heareth not; and to the widow he acteth not well.

¹² Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, yea, that had none to help him. ¹³ The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and the heart of the widow I caused to sing for joy.

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;)

²¹ If I have swung my hand against the fatherless, because I saw in the gate those that would help me:

¹⁵ Break thou the arm of the wicked; and of the bad man—thou wilt inquire for his wickedness till thou find none.

¹⁷ For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the upholder of the righteous is the Lord.

⁶ The widow and the stranger they slay, and the fatherless they murder.

¹⁷ Learn to do well; seek for justice, relieve the oppressed, do justice to the fatherless, plead for the widow.

²³ Thy princes are rebels, and companions of thieves; every one loveth brides, and runneth after rewards; to the fatherless they will not do justice, and the cause of the widow doth not come unto them.

² To turn aside from judgment the needy, and to rob the just due of the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may plunder the fatherless!

⁷ Father and mother they esteemed lightly within thee, toward the stranger they acted with extortion in the midst of thee, the fatherless and the widow they oppressed within thee.

²² Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Behold, I will be against Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and will break his arms, both the strong, and that which was already broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

⁵ And I will come near unto you to hold judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against those that swear falsely, and against those that withhold the wages of the hired laborer, oppress the widow, and the fatherless, and that do injustice to the stranger, and fear me not, saith the Lord of hosts.

⁴ For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh it: the terrors of God set themselves in array against me.

²¹ Remove thy hand far from me; and let not thy dread terrify me.

⁸ For he is driven into the net by his own feet, and he taketh his walk upon a snare. ⁹ The trap will seize him by the heel, and the robber will prevail over him. ¹⁰ The cord is hidden for him in the ground, and a trap is set for him on the pathway.

⁶ Then know for certain that God hath bent me down, and hath laid his net all around me.

⁶ He letteth rain upon the wicked burning coals, fire and brimstone; and a glowing wind is the portion of their cup.

²⁷ When your terror cometh like the tempest-cloud, and your calamity hasteneth like a whirlwind; when there come upon you distress and affliction.

²⁵ Thou needest not to be afraid of sudden dread, neither of the unlooked-for tempest over the wicked, when it cometh. ²⁶ For the Lord will be thy confidence, and he will guard thy foot from being caught.

¹⁴ By day they meet with darkness, and as though it were night they grope about in the noon of day;

⁶ The light becometh dark in his tent, and his lamp will be quenched above him.

¹⁸ Men will thrust him out from light into darkness, and out of the world will they drive him.

⁸ My road hath he fenced up, so that I cannot pass out; and on my paths he placeth darkness.

³⁴ Canst thou lift up to the clouds thy voice, that the abundance of waters may cover thee?

^{7 (42:8)} Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: all thy waves and thy billows have passed over me.

¹ To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, by David. ^(69:2) Save me, O God; for the waters are come even to threaten my life. ^{2 (69:3)} I am sunk in the mire of the deep, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of the waters, and the flood overfloweth me.

⁴ Then would the waters have overwhelmed us, the stream would have passed over our soul; ⁵ Then would have passed over our soul the presumptuous waters.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like darkness: they know not against what they stumble.

²² And they will look unto the earth; and behold there are trouble and darkness, dimness of oppression, and they shall be scattered into obscurity.

² Me hath he driven out, and led into darkness, but not into light.

⁵⁴ Waters streamed over my head: I said, I am cut off.

² It is a day of darkness and of gloom, a day of clouds and of tempestuous obscurity, like the morning-dawn spread out upon the mountains: a people numerous and strong, the like of which hath never been and after it there will be none any more, even to the years of all coming generations. ³ Before it devoureth a fire; and behind it singeth a flame: like the garden of ‘Eden was the land before it came, and after it is a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing escapeth from it.

^{3 (2:4)} For thou hast cast me into the deep, in the heart of the seas; and the stream compasseth me about: all thy billows and thy waves have passed over me.

⁸ It is as high as heaven; what canst thou effect? it is deeper than the nether world; what canst thou know?

^{3 (8:4)} When I behold thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast established:— ^{4 (8:5)} What is the mortal, that thou rememberest him? and the son of man, that thou thinkest of him:

³ Whereas our God is in the heavens: whatsoever he desireth hath he done.

¹⁶ The heavens are the heavens of the Lord; but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

^{2 (5:1)} Suffer not thy mouth to be rash, and let thy heart not be hasty to utter any word before God; for God is in the heavens, and thou art upon the earth: therefore let thy words be few.

¹⁵ For thus hath said the high and lofty One, who inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy, In the high and holy place do I dwell, yet also with the contrite and humble of spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

¹ Thus hath said the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is there a house that ye can build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

¹¹ He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; he hath hidden his face; he will never see it.

^{7 (59:8)} Behold, they sputter with their mouth: swords are in their lips; for who, say they, doth hear?

^{5 (64:6)} They encourage themselves in an evil plan; they tell secretly of laying snares: they say, Who will see them?

¹¹ And they say, How should God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?

⁷ And they say, The Lord will not see, and the God of Jacob will not take notice of it. ⁸ Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye become intelligent! ⁹ He that hath planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that hath formed the eye, shall he not see?

¹⁵ Woe unto those that seek to hide deeply their counsel from the Lord, so that their works may be in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

¹² Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, every man in his image-chambers? for they say, The Lord seeth us not: the Lord hath forsaken the earth.

⁹ Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and of Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood-guiltiness, and the city full of injustice; for they have said, The Lord hath forsaken the land, and the Lord seeth not.

¹² And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem through with lights; and I will inflict punishment on the men that are at rest on their lees, that say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, nor will he do evil.

⁹ He closed up the surface of his throne, spreading over it his cloud;

²² There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the evil-doers can hide themselves.

¹⁴ From the place of his habitation he directeth his view upon all the inhabitants of the earth;

² Clouds and thick darkness are round about him: righteousness and justice are the support of his throne.

¹ To the chief musician, by David, a psalm. O Lord! thou hast searched me through, and thou knowest me. ² Thou indeed knowest my sitting down and my rising up, thou understandest my thinking while yet afar off.

¹¹ If I said, Surely darkness shall enshroud me, and into night be turned the light about me: ¹² Yet even darkness can obscure nothing from thee; but the night will shine like the day; both the darkness and the light are alike to thee.

²⁴ If a man should hide himself in secret places should I not then see him? saith the Lord. Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? saith the Lord.

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.

¹¹ And the earth was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled with violence. ¹² And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. ¹³ And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them, and I will destroy them with the earth.

¹¹ In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on this same day, were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

¹⁷ And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. ¹⁸ And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark floated along upon the face of the waters. ¹⁹ And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that are under the whole heavens were covered. ²⁰ Fifteen cubits above them did the waters prevail; and the mountains were thus covered. ²¹ And all flesh perished that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man. ²² All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that were on the dry land, died. ²³ And it swept off every living substance which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and fowls of the heaven; and they were swept from the earth; and Noah only was left, together with those that were with him in the ark. ²⁴ And the waters prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days.

¹⁹ The water weareth out stones; thou sweepest away their fragments like the dust of the earth: and so thou destroyest the hope of man.

³² Even before his time will it be overfull, and his branches will not be green.

^{23 (55:24)} But thou, O God, thou wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: let not the men of blood and deceit live out half their days; but I will indeed trust in thee.

^{24 (102:25)} I will say, O my God! take me not away in the midst of my days: throughout all generations are thy years.

¹⁷ Be not wicked over much, and be no fool: why wouldst thou die before thy time?

¹⁰ The bull of each one gendereth, and disappointeth not: the cow of each one calveth, and casteth not her young.

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?”

^{6 (4:7)} Many say, “Who will show us happiness? Let shine brightly over us the light of thy countenance, O Lord.”

¹¹ Depart you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, remove from before us the Holy One of Israel.

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?

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

⁶ Prosperous are the tents of robbers, and security is given to those that provoke God, to him who carrieth his god in his hand.

¹⁶ Lo, not in their hand doth their happiness rest! The counsel of the wicked be still far from me.

¹ BOOK FIRST: Happy is the man who walketh not in the council of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;

¹⁴ From these men—thy hand—O Lord, from the men of this world, whose portion is in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hidden treasure: they have children in plenty, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

² Thou hast planted them; they have also taken root; they grow; they also bring forth fruit: thou art near, in their mouth, and far from their mind.

²³ If a scourge should slay suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the guiltless.

^{11 (48:12)} Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

^{6 (52:8)} And the righteous shall see it, and they will be afraid, and laugh concerning him:

^{10 (58:11)} The righteous will rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he will bathe his steps in the blood of the wicked.

⁸ Zion heareth it, and rejoiceth; and glad are the daughters of Judah, because of thy decrees, O Lord.

⁴² The righteous shall see it, and rejoice; but all wickedness shall stop her mouth.

¹⁰ When it goeth well with the righteous, the town rejoiceth loudly: and when the wicked perish, there is joyful shouting.

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

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.

⁷ Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous destroyed?

³ Should God pervert justice? or should the Almighty pervert righteousness? ⁴ If thy children have sinned against him, then did he send them off through the means of their transgression.

³⁰ He will never depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his shoots, and he will depart by the breath of God’s mouth.

¹⁸ He restoreth what he hath labored for, and will not swallow it down; however much he may have obtained by toil, he will not have any joy of it. ¹⁹ Because he oppressed and forsook the indigent; because he took violently away a house, shall he not rebuild it;

²⁶ Entire darkness is laid by for his treasures: a fire not urged by blowing will consume him; it will destroy any one that is left in his tent.

²⁷ Behold, I know your thoughts, and the opinions which ye wrongfully devise against me. ²⁸ For ye say, Where is the house of the noble-minded? and where is the tent of the dwelling-places of the wicked?

⁹ And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with an entire heart and with a willing soul; for all hearts doth the Lord search, and every imagination of the thoughts doth he understand; if thou seek him, he will let himself be found by thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

^{10 (34:11)} The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but those who seek the Lord shall not want any good.

⁵ If he but take hold of my strength, make peace with me; make peace with me.”

¹⁹ Creating the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace to him that is afar off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him. ²⁰ But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can never be at rest, but its waters cast up mire and dirt. ²¹ There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

¹ And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances which I teach you to do; in order that ye may live, and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, giveth unto you. ² Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, nor shall ye diminish aught from it; that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.

⁶ And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart: ⁷ And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and thou shalt speak of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. ⁸ And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thy eyes. ⁹ And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.

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.

¹¹ In my heart have I treasured up thy saying, in order that I may not sin against thee.

¹ My son, if thou wouldst but accept my words, and treasure up my commandments with thee; ² To let thy ear listen unto wisdom: if thou wouldst incline thy heart to understanding. ³ For if thou wilt call after intelligence; if after understanding thou wilt lift up thy voice; ⁴ If thou wilt seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures: ⁵ Then wilt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and the knowledge of God wilt thou find. ⁶ For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding. ⁷ He treasureth up sound wisdom for the righteous, as a shield to those that walk in integrity: ⁸ That men may keep the paths of justice; and the way of his pious servants doth he guard. ⁹ Then wilt thou understand righteousness, and justice, and equity: yea, every track of goodness.

⁴ And he instructed me, and said unto me, Let thy heart grasp firmly my words: observe my commandments and live.

²¹ Let them not slip away from thy eyes: guard them in the midst of thy heart.

¹⁶ When thy words were made manifest to me, then I greedily received them; and thy word became unto me the gladness and joy of my heart; for thy name is called upon me, O Lord of hosts.

¹³ Rise up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow; for thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, An accursed thing is in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou shalt not be able to stand up before thy enemies, until ye have removed the accursed from among you. ¹⁴ And ye shall be brought near in the morning according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord will seize shall come near according to its families; and the family which the Lord will seize shall come near by households; and the household which the Lord shall seize will come near by its men. ¹⁵ And it shall be, that he that is seized with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he, and all that he hath; because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he hath wrought wickedness in Israel. ¹⁶ So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was seized;

⁵ If thou wilt earnestly seek for God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; ⁶ If thou become pure and upright: surely then will he watch over thee, and restore thy righteous habitation.

¹³ If thou truly direct aright thy heart, and spread out thy hands toward him:— ¹⁴ If wrong be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tents.

¹⁴ Behold, he pulleth down, and there can be no rebuilding: he locketh the prison upon a man, and there can be no opening,

¹⁵ It will dwell in his tent, because it is no more his: there will be strewed sulphur on his habitation.

²² And the Lord will thus strike Egypt, striking and healing it: and they will return unto the Lord, and he will be entreated of them, and heal them.

⁶ Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

¹⁵ He that walketh in righteousness, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands against taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears against hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes against looking on evil;

⁶ Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found, call ye on him, while he is near. ⁷ Let the wicked forsake his way, and the man of unrighteousness his thoughts; and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and unto our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

^{4 (31:3)} Yet again will I build thee up, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: yet again shalt thou adorn thy timbrels, and go forth in the dances of those that make merry.

^{1 (14:2)} Return, O Israel, even unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast stumbled through thy iniquity. ^{2 (14:3)} Take with you swords, and return to the Lord: say unto him, “Pardon all our iniquity, and accept our return to good; and let us repay the steers of sacrifice with the prayer of our lips.

³ And now say thou unto them, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Return ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will return unto you: so hath said the Lord of hosts.

³ Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of all the earth; for every one that stealeth as it is on this side shall be in an equal degree entirely destroyed, as also every one that sweareth falsely as it is on that side shall be likewise entirely destroyed. ⁴ I bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with its timber and its stones.

²⁹ And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

²⁸ And they came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

²¹ And all king Solomon’s drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver; it was not valued in the days of Solomon at the least.

^{48 (22:49)} Jehoshaphat made Tharshish-ships to go to Ophir for gold; but they went not; for the ships were wrecked at ‘Ezyon-geber.

⁵ But the copper altar, which Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Chur, had made, he placed before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and the assembly sought for it.

¹⁰ And also the servants of Churam, and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought sandal-trees and precious stones.

²⁷ And the king rendered silver in Jerusalem like stones, and the cedar-trees he rendered like the sycamore-trees that are in the lowlands, for abundance.

²⁵ If ever I rejoiced because my wealth was abundant, and because my hand had gotten much;

^{9 (45:10)} Kings’ daughters are among those dear to thee: the queen standeth on thy right hand in fine gold of Ophir.

¹² I will make the mortal more precious than fine gold; and man, more than the valued metal of Ophir.

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.

⁵ Thou, O Lord, art the portion of my inheritance, and my cup; thou hast drawn my lot. ⁶ My possessions are fallen in agreeable places: yea, my heritage is pleasant to me.

^{2 (18:3)} The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

^{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.

⁶ And the stability of thy times and the strength of thy happiness shall be wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

¹⁰ Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I strengthen thee, yea, I help thee, yea, I uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

¹⁵ For then canst thou lift up thy face free from blemish: yea, thou wilt stand steadfast, and needest not to fear;

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

⁹ For he hath said, “It profiteth a man nothing when he acteth according to the pleasure of God.”

¹ Of David. Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

⁴ And delight thyself in the Lord, and he will give thee the wishes of thy heart.

⁴ Cause to rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift my soul.

⁸ Cause me to hear in the morning thy kindness; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way whereon I should walk; for unto thee do I lift up my soul.

³ Like the apple-tree among the trees of the forest, so is my friend among the young men: under his shadow do I ardently wish to sit, and his fruit is sweet to my palate.

¹⁴ Then shalt thou find delight in the Lord; and I will cause thee to tread upon the high places of the earth, and I will cause thee to enjoy the inheritance of Jacob thy father; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

²⁶ He will offer his entreaty unto God, and he will receive him in favor, that he may see his face with joy: so doth He recompense unto the mortal his righteousness.

²⁸ Bringing before them the cry of the indigent, and the cry of the afflicted which he had to hear.

¹⁴ Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay unto the Most High thy vows; ¹⁵ And call on me on the day of distress: I will deliver thee,—and so wilt thou glorify me.”

^{12 (56:13)} Upon me, O God, rest thy vows: I will pay thanksgiving offerings unto thee.

¹³ I will enter thy house with burnt-offerings: I will pay unto thee my vows, ¹⁴ Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in distress.

¹⁷ Unto him I cried with my mouth, and a song of extolling was on my tongue. ¹⁸ If I had looked on wickedness with my heart, the Lord would not have heard; ¹⁹ But verily God hath heard; he hath listened to the voice of my prayer. ²⁰ Blessed be God, who hath not removed my prayer from him, nor his kindness from me.

¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him: with him will I be in distress; I will deliver him, and grant him honor.

¹ It is lovely to me that the Lord heareth my voice, my supplications.

¹⁴ My vows will I pay unto the Lord, yea, in the presence of all his people.

^{4 (5:3)} When thou makest a vow unto God, do not delay to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in such fools: that which thou hast vowed must thou pay.

⁹ Then shalt thou call, and the Lord will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here am I. If thou remove from the midst of thee the yoke, the stretching out of the finger, and speaking wickedly;

^{9 (2:10)} But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; that which I have vowed will I pay; for help is with the Lord.

³ When his lamp shone over my head, when by his light I could walk in darkness;

^{4 (20:5)} May he grant thee according to thy own heart, and fulfill all thy resolves.

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.

¹¹ Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

⁴ There ariseth in the darkness a light to the upright: he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is as the early morning light, that shineth more and more brightly until the height of noonday.

²¹ And thy ears shall hear the word behind thee, saying, “This is the way, walk ye in it,” when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

³⁷ Who is he that saith aught, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord hath not ordained it?

^{2 (3:20)} But there shall rise unto you that fear my name the sun of righteousness with healing in his wings: and ye will go forth, and grow fat as calves of the stall.

¹⁹ In six distresses will he deliver thee; and in seven there shall no evil touch thee. ²⁰ In famine he redeemeth thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword. ²¹ Against the scourge of the tongue shall thou he hidden; and thou needest not be afraid of destruction when it cometh. ²² At destruction and famine canst thou laugh; and thou needest not have any fear of the beasts of the earth. ²³ For with the stones of the field shalt thou have thy covenant; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. ²⁴ And thou shalt know that there is peace in thy tent; and thou wilt look over thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing. ²⁵ And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thy offspring as the herbage of the earth. ²⁶ Thon wilt go in a ripe age unto the grave, as a shock of corn is carried home in its season. ²⁷ Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is: hear it, and do thou note it well for thyself.

^{2 (9:3)} I will rejoice and exult in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High: ^{3 (9:4)} When my enemies are turned backward, when they fall and perish at thy presence.

¹⁴ Because he hath fixed his desire upon me, therefore will I release him: I will set him on high, because he knoweth my name. ¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him: with him will I be in distress; I will deliver him, and grant him honor. ¹⁶ With length of days will I satisfy him, and I will let him see my salvation.

^{9 (92:10)} For, lo, thy enemies, O Lord, for, lo, thy enemies shall perish: all the workers of wickedness shall be scattered. ^{10 (92:11)} But thou exaltest my horn like that of a reem: I am anointed with fresh oil. ^{11 (92:12)} And my eye looketh on the punishment of those that regard me with envy: of the evildoers that rise up against me my ears shall bear it.

⁶ For exalted is the Lord, yet doth he regard the lowly; but the proud he punisheth from afar.

²³ The pride of a man will humble him; but the humble in spirit will attain to honor.

² For all these things hath my hand made, that all these things came into being, saith the Lord; but upon such a one will I look, upon the poor, and him who is of a contrite spirit, and who trembleth at my word.

^{26 (21:31)} Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Remove the mitre, and take off the crown: this shall not be always so; exalt him that is low, and make him low that is high. ^{27 (21:32)} Overthrown, overthrown, overthrown will I render it: also this shall not belong to any one, until he come whose right it is, and I will give it him.

²⁶ And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then will I spare all of the place for their sake. ²⁷ And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes: ²⁸ Peradventure there will lack five of the fifty righteous; wilt thou then destroy all the city for the lack of these five? And he said, I will not destroy, if I find there forty and five. ²⁹ And he spoke yet again unto him, and said, Peradventure there will be found there forty. And he said, I will not do it for the sake of the forty. ³⁰ And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there will be found there thirty. And he said, I will not do it, if I find there thirty. ³¹ And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there will be found there twenty. And he said, I will not destroy for the sake of the twenty. ³² And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure there will be found there ten. And he said, I will not destroy, for the sake of the ten.

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.

^{20 (18:21)} The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.

⁴ He that is of clean hands, and pure of heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, and hath not sworn deceitfully:

¹⁵ And when ye spread forth your hands, I will withdraw my eyes from you; yea, when ye make ever so many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

¹² And they that spring from thee shall build up the ancient ruins; the foundations of many generations shalt thou raise up again: and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breaches, The restorer of paths to the dwelling-place.

¹ Roam about through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and notice, and search in its broad places, if ye can find one man, if there be one that executeth justice, that searcheth for truth: and I will pardon it.

⁹ And now, I pray you, beseech the presence of God that he may be gracious unto us; from your hand hath this thing come: will he receive one of you with favor? saith the Lord of hosts.