Job Cross References - MSTC

¹ In the land of Uz, there was a man called Job: an innocent and virtuous man, such a one as feared God, and eschewed evil. ² This man had seven sons, and three daughters. ³ His substance was seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-asses, and a very great household: so that he was one of the most principal men among all them of the east country. ⁴ And his sons went and made banquets - one day in one house, another day in another - and sent for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. ⁵ And it fortuned that when they had passed over the time of their banqueting round about; Job sent for them, and sanctified them, and gat up early, and offered for every one a burnt offering. For Job thought thus: "Peradventure my sons have done some offense, and have been unthankful to God in their hearts." And thus did Job everyday. ⁶ Now upon a time, when the servants of God came and stood before the LORD, Satan came also among them. ⁷ And the LORD said unto Satan, "From whence comest thou?" Satan answered the LORD, and said, "I have gone about the land and walked through it." ⁸ Then said the LORD unto Satan, "Hast thou not considered my servant Job, and how that he is an innocent and virtuous man: such one as feareth God, and escheweth evil, and that there is none like him in the land?" ⁹ Satan answered, and said unto the LORD, "Doth Job fear God for naught? ¹⁰ Hast thou not preserved him, his house, and all his substance on every side? Hast thou not blessed the work of his hands? Is not his possession increased in the land? ¹¹ But lay thine hand upon him a little, touch once all that he hath, and, I hold, he shall curse thee to thy face." ¹² And the LORD said unto Satan, "Lo, all that he hath, be in thy power: only upon himself see that thou lay not thine hand." Then went Satan forth from the LORD. ¹³ Now upon a certain day when his sons and daughters were eating, and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house, ¹⁴ there came a messenger unto Job, and said, "While the oxen were a plowing, and the asses going in the pasture beside them, ¹⁵ the Sabeans came in violently, and took them all away: yea, they have slain thy servants with the sword, and I only ran my way, to tell thee." ¹⁶ And while he was yet speaking, there came another, and said, "The fire of God is fallen from heaven, it hath consumed, and burnt up all thy sheep and servants: and I only ran my way, to tell thee." ¹⁷ In the mean season while he was yet speaking, there came another, and said, "The Chaldeans made three armies, and fell upon thy camels, which they have carried away: yea, and slain thy servants with the sword, and I only am gotten away, to tell thee." ¹⁸ While he was speaking, there came yet another, and said, "Thy sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house, ¹⁹ and suddenly there came a mighty great wind out of the South, and smote the four corners of the house: which fell upon thy children, so that they are dead, and I alone am gotten away, to tell thee." ²⁰ Then Job stood up, and rent his clothes, shaved his head, fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, ²¹ and said, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I turn thither again. The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; now blessed be the name of the LORD." ²² In all these things did Job not offend, nor murmured foolishly against God.

¹⁹ In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return unto the earth whence thou wast taken: for earth thou art, and unto earth shalt thou return."

² the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took unto them wives, which they best liked among them all.

⁴ There were tyrants in the world in those days. For after that the children of God had gone in unto the daughters of men and had begotten them children, the same children were the mightiest of the world and men of renown. ⁵ And when the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was increased upon the earth, and that all the imagination and thoughts of his heart was only evil continually,

⁹ These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man and uncorrupt in his time, and walked with God.

²⁰ And Noah made an altar unto the LORD, and took of all manner of clean beasts and all manner of clean fowls, and offered sacrifice upon the altar.

⁷ The sons of Cush: were Seva, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah were: Sheba, and Dedan.

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

²⁸ Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

²⁸ And Haran died before Terah his father, in the land where he was born, at Ur in Chaldea.

³¹ Then took Terah: Abram his son, and Lot his son Haran's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law his son Abram's wife. And they went with him from Ur in Chaldea, to go into the land of Canaan. And they came to Haran and dwelled there.

⁵ And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, with all their goods which they had gotten, and souls which they had begotten in Haran. And they departed to go into the land of Canaan. And when they were come into the land of Canaan,

¹⁶ which entreated Abram well for her sake, so that he had sheep, oxen and he-asses, men servants, maid servants, she-asses and camels.

⁶ so that the land was not able to receive them that they might dwell together. For the substance of their riches was so great, that they could not dwell together.

¹ After these deeds, the word of God came unto Abram in a vision, saying, "Fear not Abram, I am thy shield; and thy reward shall be exceeding great."

⁶ Then said Abram to Sarai, "Behold, thy maid is in thy hand, do with her as it pleaseth thee." And because Sarai fared foul with her, she fled from her.

¹ When Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to him saying, "I am the almighty God: walk before me and be uncorrupt.

²⁴ Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah, brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven,

³ Then Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his ass, and took two of his men with him, and Isaac his son: and clove wood for the sacrifice, and rose up and got him to the place which God had appointed him.

¹² And he said, "Lay not thy hands upon the child, neither do anything at all unto him, for now I know that thou fearest God, in that thou hast not kept thine only son from me."

²⁰ And it chanced, after these things, that one told Abraham, saying, "Behold, Milcah she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor: ²¹ Uz his eldest son and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of the Syrians,

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

⁶ And unto the sons of his concubines he gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son — while he yet lived — eastward, unto the east country.

¹¹ Then Abimelech charged all his people saying, "He that toucheth this man or his wife, shall surely die for it." ¹² And Isaac sowed in the land, and found in the same year a hundred bushels; for the LORD blessed him.

¹ Then Jacob lift up his feet, and went toward the east country.

² Then was Jacob wroth with Rachel saying, "Am I in God's stead which keepeth from thee the fruit of thy womb?"

³⁰ For it was but little that thou hadst before I came, and now it is increased into a multitude, and the LORD hath blessed thee for my sake. But now when shall I make provision for mine own house also?"

⁴³ And the man became exceeding rich and had many sheep, maidservants, menservants, camels and asses.

²³ Their goods and their substance and all their cattle are 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 make yourselves clean, and change your garments, ³ and let us arise and go up to Bethel, that I may make an altar there, unto God which heard me in the day of my tribulation and was with me in the way which I went."

²⁸ The children of Dishan were: Uz and Aran.

²⁹ And when Reuben came again unto the pit and found not Joseph there, he rent his clothes,

³² And they sent that gay coat and caused it to be brought unto their father and said, "This have we found: see, whether it be thy son's coat or no." ³³ And he knew it, saying, "It is my son's coat: a wicked beast hath devoured him, and Joseph is rent in pieces." ³⁴ And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth about his loins, and sorrowed for his son a long season.

⁵ And as soon as he had made him ruler over his house and over all that he had, the LORD blessed this Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake, and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had: both in the house and also in the fields.

³⁶ And Jacob their father said unto them, "Me have ye robbed of my children: Joseph is away, and Simeon is away, and ye will take Benjamin away. All these things fall upon me."

⁵ And now be not grieved therewith, neither let it seem a cruel thing in your eyes, that ye sold me hither. For God did send me before you to save life.

²⁵ Thy father's God shall help thee, and the almighty shall bless thee with blessings from heaven above, and with blessings of the water that lieth under, and with blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

²⁸ Pray ye unto the LORD, that the thunder of God and hail may cease, and I will let you go, and ye shall tarry no longer."

¹² And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, offered burnt offerings and sacrifices unto God. And Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.

²¹ Moreover, seek out, among all the people, men of activity which fear God; and men that are true and hate covetousness: and make them heads over the people, captains over thousands, over hundreds, over fifty, and over ten.

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 sent young men of the children of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings and to offer peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.

³ If he bring a burnt offering of the oxen he shall offer a male without blemish, and shall bring him to the door of the tabernacle of witness, that he may be accepted before the LORD. ⁴ And let him put his hand upon the head of the burnt sacrifice, and favour shall be given him to make an atonement for him, ⁵ and let him kill the ox before the LORD. And let the priests, Aaron's sons, bring the blood and let them sprinkle it round about upon the altar that is before the door of the tabernacle of witness. ⁶ And let the burnt offerings be stripped and hewed in pieces.

²⁴ And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar: the burnt offering and the fat. And all the people saw it and shouted, and fell on their faces.

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

¹⁰ And the son of an Israelitish wife, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel. And this son of the Israelitish wife and a man of Israel, strove together in the host. ¹¹ And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name and cursed, 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 put him inward, that Moses should declare unto them what the LORD said thereto. ¹³ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ¹⁴ "Bring him that cursed without the host; and let all that heard him put their hands upon his head, and let all the multitude stone him. ¹⁵ And speak unto the children of Israel, saying, 'Whosoever curseth his God, shall bear his sin: ¹⁶ And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall die for it: all the multitude shall stone him to death. And the stranger as well as the Israelite if he curse the name, shall die for it.'

¹ And the people waxed unpatient, and it displeased the ears of the LORD. And when the LORD heard it, he was wroth, and the fire of the LORD burnt among them and consumed the uttermost of the host. ² And the people cried unto Moses, and he made intercession unto the LORD; and the fire quenched. ³ And they called the name of the place Taberah because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.

³ But Moses was a very meek man, above all the men of the earth.

⁷ But my servant Moses is not so, which is faithful in all mine house. ⁸ Unto him I speak mouth to mouth and he seeth the sight and the fashion of the LORD, and not through riddles. Wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?"

⁷ And he began his parable, and said, "Balak the king of Moab hath fetched me from Mesopotamia out of the mountains of the east saying, 'Come and curse me Jacob, come and defy me Israel.'

³² And the booty, and the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy five thousand sheep; ³³ and seventy two thousand oxen; ³⁴ and sixty one thousand asses;

¹³ and will love thee, bless thee and multiply thee: he will bless the fruit of thy womb and the fruit of thy field, thy corn, thy wine and thy oil, the fruit of thine oxen and the flocks of thy sheep in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

¹⁸ And I fell before the LORD, even as at the first time — forty days and nights, and neither ate bread nor drank water — over all your sins which ye had sinned in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD and in provoking him.

² And all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. ³ Blessed shalt thou be in the town and blessed in the fields; ⁴ blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, the fruit of thy ground and the fruit of thy cattle, the fruit of thine oxen, and thy flocks of sheep; ⁵ blessed shall thine almery be and thy store. ⁶ Blessed shalt thou be, both when thou goest out, and blessed when thou comest in.

¹¹ Bless, LORD, their power, and accept the works of their hands: smite the backs of them that rise against them and of them that hate them, that they rise not again."

²⁷ that is the dwelling place of God from the beginning, and from under the arms of the world. He hath cast out thine enemies before thee and said, 'Destroy.'

⁷ Above all things, be strong and harden thyself, to observe and to do according to all the laws which Moses my servant commanded thee. Turn there from neither to the righthand, nor to the left: that thou mayest have understanding in all thou takest in hand.

³ For when Israel had sown then came the Midianites, the Amalekites, and they of the east country upon them and pitched their tents against them,

⁵ for they came with their cattle and households even as grasshoppers in multitude: so that both they and also their camels were without number. And they entered the land to destroy it.

¹² And the Midianites, the Amalekites, and all they of the east, lay along in the valley, like unto grasshoppers in multitude, and their camels were without number, even as the sand by the seaside in multitude.

¹⁰ Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor and their hosts with them, upon a fifteen thousand, which were all that were left of all the hosts of them of the east. And they that were slain were a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew swords.

³⁰ and said, "My soul die with the Philistines," and bowed them with might. And the house fell upon the lords and upon all the people that were therein. And so the dead which he slew at his death, were more than they which he slew in his life.

⁷ The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich; bringeth low, and heaveth up on high.

¹⁸ And Samuel told him every whit and hid it not from him. And he answered, "It is the LORD, let him do what seemeth him best."

¹⁷ And the messenger answered and said, "Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there is a great slaughter chanced among the people, and thy two sons Hophni and Phinehas are dead, and thereto the ark of God is taken."

¹⁵ And there was a fear in the host that was in the field, and among all the people: insomuch that they that kept the hold, and they that were gone to rob, were afraid also: and the earth trembled and there was a fear sent of God.

⁵ And he said "Yea, for I am come to offer unto the LORD. Cleanse yourselves and come with me to the offering." And he purified Jesse and his sons, and bade them to the offering.

²⁰ But yet one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled to David, ²¹ and showed David how that Saul had slain the LORD's priests.

² And there was a man in Maon whose cattle was in Carmel, and the man was exceeding mighty, and had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

¹⁶ But they were a wall of defense unto us both by night and also by day, all the while we were with them keeping sheep.

³ To whom David said, "Whence comest thou?" And the other answered him, "Out of the host of Israel am I escaped."

¹⁶ And David besought God for the boy and fasted and went and lay all night upon the earth. ¹⁷ And the elders of his house arose and went to him to take him up from the earth. But he would not, neither yet eat meat with them. ¹⁸ And it happened the seventh day that the child died. But the servants of David durst not tell him that the child was dead. For they said, "See, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice. How much more then will he vex himself if we tell him that the child is dead?" ¹⁹ But David saw his servants whispering and thereby perceived that the child was dead, and said unto his servants, "Is the child dead?" And they said, "Yea." ²⁰ Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his apparel, and went into the house of the LORD and prayed; and after came to his own house and bade that they should set meat before him, and he did eat.

²⁸ Then Absalom commanded his young men, saying, "Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I bid you smite Amnon, then kill him. Fear not, for it is I that bid you. Be bold therefore and play the lusty bloods."

¹³ And there came a messenger to David and said, "The hearts of the men of Israel are to follow Absalom."

¹² Haply, the LORD will look on my wretchedness, and do me good for his cursing this day."

³³ And the king was moved and went up to a chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went thus he said, "My son Absalom, my son, my son, my son Absalom, would to God I had died for thee Absalom, my son, my son."

³⁰ so that Solomon's wisdom exceeded the wisdom of all them of the East country and all the wisdom of the Egyptians.

³⁰ so that Solomon's wisdom exceeded the wisdom of all them of the East country and all the wisdom of the Egyptians. ³¹ And he excelled all men in wisdom, both Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol and Darda the sons of Mahol. And his name spread abroad among all nations on every side.

¹⁵ And so the king hearkened not unto the people: for the turning away was of the LORD, to perform his saying, which the LORD said by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

³¹ And he took twelve stones according to the number of the twelve tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came saying, "Israel shall be thy name."

³⁸ And there fell fire from the LORD and consumed the sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the gutter.

³⁰ And the rest fled to Aphek into the city. And there fell a wall upon twenty seven thousand of them that were left. And Benhadad fled and went into the city, from chamber to chamber.

¹⁰ and set two unthrifties before him, and let them testify against him, saying, 'Thou didst curse both God and the king.' And upon that carry him out and stone him to death."

¹³ and there came in two unthrifty persons and sat before him. And the two unthrifty persons witnessed against Naboth before the people, saying, "Naboth did curse God and the king." And upon that they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones to death.

¹⁹ And Micaiah said, "Hear therefore the word of the LORD. I saw the LORD sit on his seat and all his company of heaven standing about him, on his righthand and on his left.

²³ Now therefore behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy Prophets: when in very deed the LORD hath spoken evil toward thee."

¹⁰ And Elijah answered and said to the captain over the fifty, "If I be a man of God, fire come down from heaven and consume thee and thy fifty." And there came fire down from heaven and devoured him and his fifty.

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

¹⁴ Behold, there came fire down from heaven and burnt up the two fore captains over fifty with their fifties. But let my life now be precious in thy sight."

⁴ And Mesha king of Moab — which was rich of sheep, and was wont to render unto the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and as many rams, with the wool -

²⁵ Then he went and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, "Whence cometh Gehazi?" And he said, "Thy servant went no whither."

³ "Oh LORD, remember yet how I have walked before thee truly and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight," and wept a great pace.

¹⁹ And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "Welcome be the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken: so that peace and truth be kept in my days."

²⁵ Like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, with all his soul, and all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any such.

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

⁴² The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.

¹ And Satan stood up against Israel, and persuaded David to number Israel.

³ And all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down and the glory of the LORD upon the house, and stooped with their faces to the earth upon the pavement and bowed themselves and confessed unto the LORD, that he was good and that his mercy lasted ever.

¹⁰ And he built towers in the wilderness and digged many wells. For he had much cattle, both in the valley and also in the plain; and plowmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in Carmel, for he loved husbandry.

²⁰ And of this manner did Hezekiah, throughout all Judah; and did that was good, right and truth, before the LORD his God. ²¹ And in all the works that he began in the service of the house of God, to seek his God after the law and commandment, that did he with all his heart, and prospered.

²⁹ And he made him towns because he had cattle of sheep and oxen great abundance. For God had given him substance exceeding much.

³ When I heard this, I rent my clothes and my raiment, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat mourning.

¹⁵ For the old captains that were before me, had been chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, and forty sicles of silver: yea and their servants had oppressed the people. But so did not I, and that because of the fear of God.

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

¹¹ and told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children all together how the king had promoted him so greatly, and how that he was taken above the princes and servants of the king.

¹ In the land of Uz, there was a man called Job: an innocent and virtuous man, such a one as feared God, and eschewed evil.

³ His substance was seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-asses, and a very great household: so that he was one of the most principal men among all them of the east country. ⁴ And his sons went and made banquets - one day in one house, another day in another - and sent for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. ⁵ And it fortuned that when they had passed over the time of their banqueting round about; Job sent for them, and sanctified them, and gat up early, and offered for every one a burnt offering. For Job thought thus: "Peradventure my sons have done some offense, and have been unthankful to God in their hearts." And thus did Job everyday.

⁸ Then said the LORD unto Satan, "Hast thou not considered my servant Job, and how that he is an innocent and virtuous man: such one as feareth God, and escheweth evil, and that there is none like him in the land?"

¹¹ But lay thine hand upon him a little, touch once all that he hath, and, I hold, he shall curse thee to thy face." ¹² And the LORD said unto Satan, "Lo, all that he hath, be in thy power: only upon himself see that thou lay not thine hand." Then went Satan forth from the LORD. ¹³ Now upon a certain day when his sons and daughters were eating, and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,

¹⁵ the Sabeans came in violently, and took them all away: yea, they have slain thy servants with the sword, and I only ran my way, to tell thee." ¹⁶ And while he was yet speaking, there came another, and said, "The fire of God is fallen from heaven, it hath consumed, and burnt up all thy sheep and servants: and I only ran my way, to tell thee." ¹⁷ In the mean season while he was yet speaking, there came another, and said, "The Chaldeans made three armies, and fell upon thy camels, which they have carried away: yea, and slain thy servants with the sword, and I only am gotten away, to tell thee."

¹⁹ and suddenly there came a mighty great wind out of the South, and smote the four corners of the house: which fell upon thy children, so that they are dead, and I alone am gotten away, to tell thee."

²¹ and said, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I turn thither again. The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; now blessed be the name of the LORD."

¹ It happened also upon a time, that when the servants of God came and stood before the LORD, Satan also came among them, and stood before him. ² And the LORD said unto Satan, "From whence comest thou?" Satan answered and said, "I have gone about the land, and walked through it." ³ Then said the LORD unto Satan, "Hast thou not considered my servant Job, how that he is an innocent and virtuous man such one as feareth God, and escheweth evil, and that there is none like him in the land? But thou movedst me against him, to punish him: yet is it in vain, for he continueth still in his godliness." ⁴ Satan answered the LORD, and said, "Skin for skin? Yea, a man will give all that ever he hath, for his life. ⁵ But lay thine hand upon him, touch him once upon the bone and flesh, and, I hold, he shall curse thee to thy face."

⁵ But lay thine hand upon him, touch him once upon the bone and flesh, and, I hold, he shall curse thee to thy face." ⁶ Then said the LORD unto Satan, "Lo, there hast thou him in thy power, but spare his life." ⁷ So went Satan forth from the LORD, and smote Job with marvelous sore boils, from the sole of the foot unto his crown;

⁹ Then said his wife unto him, "Dost thou yet continue in thy perfectness? Curse God, and die." ¹⁰ But Job said unto her, "Thou speakest like a foolish woman. Seeing we have received prosperity at the hand of God, wherefore should we not be content with adversity also?" In all these things, did not Job sin with his lips.

⁵ But now that the plague is come upon thee, thou shrinkest away: now that it hath touched thyself, thou art faint hearted.

² "Oh that my misery were weighed, and my punishment laid in the balances: ³ For then should it be heavier than the sand of the sea. This is the cause, that my words are so sorrowful.

¹⁹ Consider the paths of Tema, and the ways of Sheba, wherein they have put their trust.

⁴ When thy sons sinned against him, did not he punish them for their wickedness?

²⁰ "Behold, God will not cast away a virtuous man, neither will he help the ungodly.

²² "This one thing will I say: He destroyeth both the righteous and ungodly. ²³ And though he slay suddenly with the scourge, yet will he laugh at the punishment of the innocent.

⁴ Thus, he that calleth upon God, and whom God heareth, is mocked of his neighbour; the godly and innocent man is laughed to scorn.

¹³ "Hold your tongues now, and let me speak, for there is something come into my mind.

¹⁴ He hath given me one wound upon another, and is fallen upon me like a giant.

⁸ Virtuous men therefore shall well consider this, and the innocent shall take part against the hypocrite. ⁹ The righteous also will keep his way, and he that hath clean hands, will ever be stronger and stronger.

⁹ He hath spoiled me of mine honour, and taken the crown away from my head. ¹⁰ He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am undone: My hope hath he taken away from me, as it were a tree plucked up by the root.

²¹ Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends! For the hand of God hath touched me.

¹⁴ They say unto God, 'Go from us: we desire not the knowledge of thy ways! ¹⁵ What manner of fellow is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, to submit ourselves unto him?'

² "My saying is yet this day in bitterness, and my hand heavy among my groanings.

¹¹ My foot doth keep his path; his highway have I holden, and will not go out of it. ¹² I have not forsaken the commandment of his lips; but look, what he charged me with his mouth, that have I shut up in my heart.

¹⁰ Hath he such pleasure and delight in the Almighty, that he dare always call upon God?

¹⁴ If he get many children, they shall perish with the sword, and his posterity shall have scarceness of bread.

²⁸ And unto man he said, 'Behold, to fear the LORD is wisdom: and to forsake evil, is understanding.'"

⁶ When my ways ran over with butter, and when the stony rocks gave me rivers of oil;

⁹ when the princes left of their talking, and laid their hand to their mouth; ¹⁰ when the mighty kept still their voice, and when their tongues cleaved to the roof of their mouths;

²⁵ When I agreed unto their way, I was the chief, and sat as a king among his servants; and when they were in heaviness, I was their comforter.

¹ I made a covenant with mine eyes, that I would not look upon a damsel. ² For how great a portion shall I have of God from above? And what inheritance from the Almighty on high? ³ As for the ungodly and he that joineth himself to the company of wicked doers: shall not destruction and misery come upon him? ⁴ Doth not he see my ways, and tell all my goings? ⁵ If I have cleaved unto vanity, or if my feet have run to deceive, ⁶ let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may see my innocence. ⁷ If so be that I have withdrawn my foot out of the right way, if my heart hath followed mine eyesight, if I have stained or defiled my hands, ⁸ then shall I sow, and another eat; yea, my generation and posterity shall be clean rooted out. ⁹ "If my heart hath lusted after my neighbour's wife, or if I have laid wait at his door: ¹⁰ O then let my wife be another man's harlot and let others lie with her. ¹¹ For this is a wickedness and sin, that is worthy to be punished; ¹² yea, a fire that utterly should consume, and root out all my substance. ¹³ Did I ever think scorn to do right unto my servants and maidens, when they had any matter against me? ¹⁴ But seeing that God will sit in judgment, what shall I do? And for so much as he will needs visit me, what answer shall I give him? ¹⁵ He that fashioned me in my mother's womb, made he not him also? Were we not both shapen alike in our mother's bodies? ¹⁶ "When the poor desireth anything of me, have I denied it them? Have I caused the widow stand waiting for me in vain? ¹⁷ Have I eaten my portion alone, that the fatherless hath had no part with me? ¹⁸ For mercy grew up with me from my youth, and compassion from my mother's womb. ¹⁹ Have I seen any man perish through nakedness and want of clothing? Or any poor man for lack of raiment, ²⁰ whose sides thanked me not, because he was warmed with the wool of my sheep? ²¹ Did I ever lift up my hand to hurt the fatherless; yea, in the gates where I saw myself to be in authority? ²² Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder, and mine arm holes be broken from the joints. ²³ For I have ever feared the vengeance and punishment of God, and knew very well that I was not able to bear his burden. ²⁴ "Have I put my trust in gold? Or, have I said to the finest gold of all, 'Thou art my confidence?' ²⁵ Have I rejoiced because my substance was great, and because my hand gat so much?

²⁵ Have I rejoiced because my substance was great, and because my hand gat so much? ²⁶ Did I ever greatly regard the rising of the sun? Or, had I the going down of the moon in great reputation? ²⁷ Hath my heart meddled privily with any deceit? Or, did I ever kiss mine own hand? ²⁸ That were a wickedness worth to be punished, for then should I have denied the God that is above. ²⁹ Have I ever rejoiced at the hurt of mine enemy? Or was I ever glad, that any harm happened to him? Oh no. ³⁰ I never suffered my mouth to do such a sin, as to wish him evil. ³¹ Yet they of mine own household say, 'Who shall let us to have our belly full of his flesh?' ³² I have not suffered a stranger to lie without, but opened my doors unto him. ³³ "Have I kept secret my sin, and hid mine iniquity as Adam did? ³⁴ For if I had feared any great multitude of people, or if I had been despised of the simple; Oh then should I have been afraid. Thus have I quietly spent my life, and not gone out at the door. ³⁵ O that I had one which would hear me. Lo, this is my cause: Let the almighty give me answer, and let him that is my contrary party, sue me with libel. ³⁶ Then shall I take it upon my shoulder, and as a garland about my head. ³⁷ I have told the number of my goings, and delivered them unto him as to a prince. ³⁸ But if cause be that my land cry against me, or that the furrows thereof make any complaint; ³⁹ if I have eaten the fruits thereof unpaid for, yea if I have grieved any of the plowmen; ⁴⁰ then let thistles grow instead of my wheat, and thorns for my barley."

¹⁰ "Therefore hearken unto me, ye that have understanding. Far be it from God, that he should meddle with wickedness: and far be it from the Almighty, that he should meddle with unrighteous dealing:

¹⁴ To whom hath he given his heart, for to draw his spirit and breath unto him?

¹⁸ For he is even the same, that knoweth the rebellious kings, and sayeth to princes, ¹⁹ 'Ungodly men are ye.' He hath none respect unto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the rich more than the poor. For they be all the work of his hands.

⁷ Where wast thou, when the morning stars praised me together, and all the children of God rejoiced triumphantly?

⁴ "Behold, I am too vile a person to answer thee, therefore will I lay my hand upon my mouth. ⁵ Once or twice have I spoken, but I will say no more." ⁶ Then spake the LORD unto Job out of the storm, and said, ⁷ Gird up thy loins like a man, and tell me the things that I will ask thee. ⁸ Wilt thou disannul my judgment? Or wilt thou condemn me, that thou thyself mayest be made righteous?

²⁵ When he goeth, the mightiest of all are afraid, and the waves heave.

⁷ Now when the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, he said unto Eliphaz the Temanite, "I am displeased with thee and thy two friends, for ye have not spoken the thing that is right before me, like as my servant Job hath done. ⁸ Therefore take seven oxen and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, offer up also for yourselves a burnt offering: and let my servant Job pray for you. Him will I accept, and not deal with you after your foolishness: in that ye have not spoken the thing which is right, like as my servant Job hath done."

⁸ Therefore take seven oxen and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, offer up also for yourselves a burnt offering: and let my servant Job pray for you. Him will I accept, and not deal with you after your foolishness: in that ye have not spoken the thing which is right, like as my servant Job hath done."

¹² And the LORD made Job richer than he was before: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand asses. ¹³ He had children also, seven sons and three daughters.

³ My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O LORD. Early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

¹² for thou, LORD, wilt give thy blessing unto the righteous, and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou defend him, as with a shield.

²³ I was also uncorrupt before him, and eschewed my own wickedness. {TYNDALE: But was pure unto him ward, and kept myself from wickedness.}

¹ {Of David, when he changed his speech before Abimelech; which drove him away, and he departed} I will always give thanks unto the LORD; his praise shall ever be in my mouth.

⁷ The angel of the LORD pitcheth his tent round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

¹⁴ Eschew evil, and do good; seek peace, and ensue it.

¹⁹ Great are the troubles of the righteous, but the LORD delivereth him out of all.

¹ {To the Chanter, of David the servant of the Lord} My heart showeth me the wickedness of the ungodly, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

²⁷ Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good, and dwell for evermore.

⁹ I became dumb, and opened not my mouth; for it was thy doing.

¹⁷ for he shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth, neither shall his pomp follow him.

²¹ Thou hast brought me to great honour, and comforted me on every side.

¹⁰ The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall give presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall bring gifts.

¹⁰ The fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise; and the fierceness of them shalt thou refrain.

¹² Why hast thou then broken down her hedge, that all they which go by, pluck off her grapes?

¹¹ For the LORD God is a light and defense; the LORD will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life.

²⁰ I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him.

³⁸ But thou hast abhorred and forsaken thine annointed, and art displeased at him. ³⁹ Thou hast broken the covenant of thy servant, and cast his crown to the ground. ⁴⁰ Thou hast overthrown all his hedges, and broken down his strongholds. ⁴¹ All they that go by, spoil him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours. ⁴² Thou hast set up the righthand of his enemies, and made all his adversaries to rejoice. ⁴³ Thou hast taken away the strength of his sword, and givest him not victory in the battle. ⁴⁴ Thou hast put out his glory, and cast his throne down to the ground. ⁴⁵ The days of his youth hast thou shortened, and covered him with dishonour. Selah. ⁴⁶ LORD, how long wilt thou hide thyself? Forever? And shall thy wrath burn like fire? ⁴⁷ O remember how short my time is; hast thou made all men for nought? ⁴⁸ What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? May a man deliver his own soul from the hand of hell? Selah. ⁴⁹ LORD, where are thy old loving-kindnesses, which thou sworest unto David in thy truth? ⁵⁰ Remember, LORD, the rebuke that the multitude of the people do unto thy servants, and how I have borne it in my bosom; ⁵¹ wherewith thine have blasphemed thee, and slandered the footsteps of thine anointed. ⁵² Thanks be to the LORD for evermore. Amen, Amen.

¹⁷ And the glorious majesty of the LORD our God be upon us. Prosper thou the work of our hands upon us; O prosper thou our handiwork.

²⁰ O praise the LORD ye angels of his, ye that excel in strength, ye that fulfill his commandment, and hearken unto the voice of his word.

¹⁵ "Touch not mine anointed, do my prophets no harm."

³⁸ He blesseth them, so that they multiply exceedingly, and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

³ Lo, children, and the fruit of the womb are a heritage and gift, that cometh of the LORD. ⁴ Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant, even so are the young children. ⁵ Happy is the man, that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

¹ {A song of the stairs} Blessed are all they that fear the LORD, and walk in his ways. ² For thou shalt eat the labours of thine own hands; O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be. ³ Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine upon the walls of thy house, thy children like the olive branches round about thy table.

³ Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine upon the walls of thy house, thy children like the olive branches round about thy table. ⁴ Lo, thus shall the man be blessed, that feareth the LORD.

¹ {A song of the stairs} Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is, brethren, to dwell together in unity!

¹³ With me is the fear of the LORD, and the eschewing of evil. As for pride, disdain, and evil way, and a mouth that speaketh wicked things, I utterly abhor them.

²² The blessing of the LORD, maketh rich men; as for careful travail, it doth nothing thereto.

⁶ With loving mercy and faithfulness, sins be forgiven; and whoso searcheth the LORD eschewth evil.

¹ Make not thy boast of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what may happen today.

¹⁵ Like as he came naked out of his mother's womb, so goeth he thither again, and carryeth nothing away with him of all his labour.

¹⁹ For unto whomsoever God giveth riches, goods and power, he giveth it him to enjoy it, to take it for his portion, and to be refreshed of his labour: this is now the gift of God.

² It happeneth unto one as unto another; It goeth with the righteous as with the ungodly; with the good and clean as with the unclean; with him that offereth as with him that offereth not; like as it goeth with the virtuous, so goeth it also with the sinner; As it happeneth unto the perjured, so happeneth it also unto him that is afraid to be foresworn.

¹⁰ Whatsoever thou takest in hand to do, that do with all thy power: for among the dead, where thou goest unto, there is neither work, counsel, knowledge nor wisdom.

¹² For man knoweth not his time, but like as the fish are taken with the angle and as the birds are caught with the snare: Even so are men taken in the perilous time, when it cometh suddenly upon them.

⁷ Or dust be turned again unto earth from whence it came, and or the spirit return unto God, which gave it.

¹⁶ Thus saith the LORD God: Wash and be clean; put away the wickedness of your imaginations out of my sight. Cease to do evil and learn to do well.

² This he hedged, this he walled round about, and planted it with goodly grapes. In the midst of it builded he a tower, and made a wine press therein. And afterward when he looked that it should bring him grapes, it brought forth thorns.

⁵ Well, now I shall tell you how I will do with my vineyard: I will take the hedge from it, that it may perish, and break down the wall, that it may be trodden under foot.

²⁵ Therefore is the wrath of the LORD kindled also against his people, and he shaketh his hand at them: yea he shall smite so, that the hills shall tremble. And their carcasses shall lie in the open streets, like mire. And in all this, the wrath of God shall not cease, but he shall stretch his hand wider.

²¹ If he do not this, he stumbleth and suffereth hunger. And if he suffer hunger, he is out of patience, and blasphemeth his king and his God. Then looketh he upward, and downward to the earth,

¹³ Behold, for thine example: The Chaldeans were such a people, that no man was like them, Assyria builded them: he set up his castles and palaces, and broke them down again.

¹⁵ and praise the name of the LORD God of Israel in the valleys and Islands.

⁸ Every man recompenseth with the measure that he receiveth: He museth upon his sore wind, as upon the days of extreme heat.

¹⁹ For it shall go forth early in the morning, and continue only that day and that night. And the very fear only shall teach you, when ye hear it.

¹ Behold now therefore, this is my servant whom I will keep to myself: mine elect; In whom my soul shall be pacified. I will give him my spirit, that he may show forth judgment and equity among the Gentiles.

²⁴ Who suffered Jacob to be trodden under foot, and Israel to be spoiled? Did not the LORD? Now have we sinned against him, and have had no delight to walk in his ways, neither been obedient unto his law.

⁷ It is I that created the light, and darkness. I make peace, and trouble: yea, even I the LORD do all these things.

¹⁴ The LORD hath said moreover: The occupiers of Egypt, the merchants of the Ethiopians and Sabees, shall come unto thee with tribute; they shall be thine, they shall follow thee, and go with chains upon their feet. They shall fall down before thee, and make supplication unto thee. For God, without whom there is none other God, shall be with thee.

¹¹ Then shall it be said to the people and to Jerusalem, "A strong wind in the high places of the wilderness cometh through the way of my people; but neither to fan nor to cleanse. ¹² After that shall there come unto me a strong wind, and then will I also give sentence upon them."

¹⁴ O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be helped. How long shall thy noisesome thoughts remain with thee?

⁹ Among all things living, man hath the most deceitful and unsearchable heart. Who shall then know it? ¹⁰ "Even I the LORD search out the ground of the heart, and try the reins, and reward every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his counsels."

²⁰ and all kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the Philistine's land - Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron and the remnant of Ashdod -

⁵ Zedekiah the king answered and said, "Lo, he is in your hands, for the king may deny you nothing."

³¹ One pursuant shall meet another; yea, one post shall come by another; to bring the king of Babylon tidings that his city is taken in on every side:

¹² {Lamed} O ye all that go fore by, behold and see, if there be any sorrow like unto mine. wherewith the LORD hath troubled me in the day of his fearful wrath.

³⁸ out of the mouth of the most Highest goeth not evil and good"?

²¹ {Shin} And thou, O daughter Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz, be glad and rejoice: for the cup shall come unto thee also, which when thou suppest of thou shalt be drunk.

¹⁴ And though Noah, Daniel and Job these three men were among them, yet shall they in their righteousness deliver but their own souls, sayeth the LORD God.

²⁰ and if Noah, Daniel and Job were therein: as truly as I live, sayeth the LORD God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but save their own souls in their righteousness.

⁴² Then was there great cheer with her: and the men that were sent from far countries over the desert, unto these they gave bracelets upon their hands, and set glorious crowns upon their heads.

⁴ and said unto me, 'Mark well with thine eyes, hearken to with thine ears, and fasten it in thine heart, whatsoever I shall show thee - for, to the intent that they might be showed thee, therefore art thou brought hither. And whatsoever thou seest, thou shalt certify the house of Israel thereof.'

²⁵ He answered and said, "Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt. And the form of the fourth is like the Son of God."

⁸ Your sons and your daughters will I sell through the hands of the children of Judah, and so they shall give them forth to sell, unto them of Sheba, a people of a far country: for the LORD himself hath said it.

⁶ Cry they out Alarum with the trumpet in the city, and the people not afraid? Cometh there any plague in a city without it be the LORD's doing?

⁶ "'Therefore have I given you idle teeth in all your cities, and scarceness of bread in all your places: yet will ye not turn unto me,' sayeth the LORD. ⁷ When there were but three months unto the harvest, I withheld the rain from you. Yea, I rained upon one city, and not upon another; one piece of ground was moistured with rain, and the ground that I rained not upon, was dry. ⁸ Wherefore two, yea three cities came unto one, to drink water: but they were not satisfied. Yet will ye not turn unto me,' sayeth the LORD. ⁹ 'I have smitten you with drought and blasting: and look how many orchards, vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees ye had: the caterpillar hath eaten them up. But yet will ye not turn unto me,' sayeth the LORD. ¹⁰ 'Pestilence have I sent among you, as I did in Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and caused your horses be taken captive: I made the stinking savour of your tents to come up into your nostrils: yet will ye not turn unto me,' sayeth the LORD. ¹¹ 'Some of you have I overthrown as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah: so that ye were as a brand plucked out of the fire. Yet will ye not turn unto me,' sayeth the LORD.

⁴ Again, the LORD showed me this vision: behold, the LORD God called the fire to punish withal, and it devoured the great deep: yea, it consumed a part already.

⁶ For lo, I will raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and swift people: which shall go as wide as the land is, to take possession of dwelling places that be not their own.

¹⁰ And the man that stood among the Myrtle trees, answered and said, 'These are they, whom the LORD hath sent to go through the world.' ¹¹ And they answered the angel of the LORD, that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, 'We have gone through the world: and behold all the world dwell at ease, and are careless.'

⁵ Yea, I myself, sayeth the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be honored in her.'

⁸ For thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: With a glorious power hath he sent me out to the Heathen, which spoiled you: for whoso toucheth you, shall touch the apple of his own eye.

¹ And he showed me Joshua the high priest, standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan stood at his righthand to resist him.

⁷ These horses were very strong, and went out: and sought to go and take their journey over the whole earth.' And he said, 'Get you hence, and go through the world.' So they went throughout the world.

¹⁰ Yea, what is he among you, that will do so much as to shut the doors, or to kindle the fire upon mine altar for naught? I have no pleasure in you, sayeth the LORD of Hosts: and as for the meat offering, I will not accept it at your hand.

¹³ Ye speak hard words against me, sayeth the LORD. And yet ye say, 'What have we spoken against thee?' ¹⁴ Ye have said, 'It is but lost labour, to serve God: What profit have we for keeping his commandments, and for walking humbly before the LORD of Hosts?

²⁷ And abundance of rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

⁴³ When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh throughout dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

²⁶ What shall it profit a man, though he should win all the whole world, if he lose his own soul? Or else, what shall a man give to redeem his soul again withal?

¹⁰ See that ye despise not one of these little ones. For I say unto you, that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my father, which is in heaven.

¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me to do as me listeth, with mine own? Is thine eye evil because I am good?

³⁹ And he went away a little apart, and fell flat on his face, and prayed, saying, "O my father, if it possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt."

²¹ For from within even out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts: adultery, fornication, murder, ²² theft, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, uncleanness, and a wicked eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: ²³ All these evil things come from within, and defile a man."

⁶ Both were perfect before God, and walked in all the laws and ordinances of the Lord, that no man could find fault with them.

⁷⁵ all the days of our life, in such holiness and righteousness that are accept before him.

³⁸ which was the son of Enos: which was the son of Seth: which was the son of Adam: which was the son of God.

³² And there was thereby a herd of many swine, feeding on a hill, and they besought him, that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. ³³ Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: And the herd took their course, and ran headlong into the lake, and were choked.

¹⁹ and I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up in store for many years, take thine ease: eat, drink and be merry.' ²⁰ But God said unto him, 'Thou fool, this night will they fetch away thy soul again from thee. Then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?'

¹ There were present, at the same season, that showed him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate mingled with their own sacrifice. ² And Jesus answered, and said unto them, "Suppose ye that these Galileans, were greater sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered such punishment? ³ I tell you, Nay, but except ye repent, ye shall all in likewise perish. ⁴ Or those eighteen upon which the tower in Siloam fell and slew them: think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwell in Jerusalem? ⁵ I tell you, Nay: But except ye repent, ye all shall likewise perish."

²⁷ They ate, they drank, they married wives and were married even unto the same day that Noah went into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. ²⁸ Likewise also, as it chanced, in the days of Lot. They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built. ²⁹ And even the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

⁷ And shall not God avenge his elect, which cry night and day unto him? Yea though he defer them:

³⁴ Take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be overcome with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this world: and that, that day come on you unawares.

³¹ And the Lord said, "Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired you, to sift you, as it were wheat: ³² But I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not. And when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren."

³⁹ And one of the evildoers which hanged, railed on him, saying, "If thou be Christ, save thyself and us." ⁴⁰ The others answered and rebuked him, saying, "Neither fearest thou God because thou art in the same damnation?

⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, "Behold a right Israelite, in whom is no guile."

³⁵ The father loveth the son, and hath given all things into his hand. ³⁶ He that believeth on the son, hath everlasting life. And he that believeth not the son, shall not see life: but the wrath of God abideth on him."

⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, "Have not I chosen you twelve? And yet one of you is the devil?"

⁵⁵ And the Jews' Easter was nigh at hand, and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the Easter to purify themselves.

¹¹ Jesus answered, "Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given unto thee from above. Therefore he that delivered me unto thee, is more in sin."

²⁸ for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

²² Repent, therefore, of this thy wickedness, and pray God that the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

²⁶ Then the next day, Paul took the men and purified himself with them, and entered into the temple, declaring that he observed the days of the purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.

⁴ When the men of the country saw the worm hang on his hand, they said among themselves, "This man must needs be a murderer: Whom, though he have escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live."

²⁰ But O man what art thou, which disputest with God? Shall the work say to the workman, "Why hast thou made me on this fashion?"

⁵ Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, which will lighten things that are hid in darkness: and open the counsels of the hearts. And then shall every man have praise of God.

¹³ There hath none other temptation taken you, such as followeth the nature of man. God is faithful, which shall not suffer you to be tempted above your strength: but shall in the midst of the temptation make a way to escape out.

² For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy. For I coupled you to one man, to make you a chaste virgin to Christ:

⁷ And lest I should be exalted out of measure through the abundance of revelations, there was given unto me of God unquietness of the flesh: the messenger of Satan to buffet me, because I should not be exalted out of measure.

² in the which, in time past, ye walked, according to the course of this world, and after the governor that ruleth in the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of unbelief,

²⁰ giving thanks always for all things unto God the father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ:

¹⁸ and pray always with all manner prayer and supplication — and that in the spirit — and watch thereunto with all instance and supplication for all saints,

¹⁸ In all things give thanks. For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.

⁸ For bodily exercise profiteth little: But godliness is good unto all things, as a thing which hath promises of the life that is now, and of the life to come.

⁶ Godliness is great riches, if a man be content with that he hath. ⁷ For we brought nothing into the world, and it is a plain case that we can carry nothing out.

¹ Let brotherly love continue.

⁴ and let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and sound, lacking nothing.

¹² Happy is the man that endureth in temptation, for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

¹⁷ Every good gift, and every perfect gift, is from above and cometh down from the father of light, with whom is no variableness, neither is he changed unto darkness.

¹¹ Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have known what end the Lord made. For the Lord is very pitiful, and merciful.

⁵ which are kept by the power of God through salvation, which salvation is prepared already to be showed in the last time,

⁷ that your faith, once tried, being much more precious than gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto laud, glory, and honour, at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

¹¹ Let him eschew evil and do good: let him seek peace, and ensue it.

⁶ Submit yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you, when the time is come.

⁸ Be sober, and watch. For your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

⁹ And the great dragon, that old serpent called the devil and Satan; Was cast out. Which deceiveth all the world. And he was cast into the earth, and his angels were cast out also.

⁹ And the great dragon, that old serpent called the devil and Satan; Was cast out. Which deceiveth all the world. And he was cast into the earth, and his angels were cast out also. ¹⁰ And I heard a loud voice saying, "In heaven is now made salvation and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: For he is cast down which accused them before God day and night:

¹² Therefore rejoice heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth, and of the sea: for the devil is come down unto you, which hath great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time." ¹³ And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. ¹⁴ And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, times, and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. ¹⁵ And the dragon cast out of his mouth water after the woman, as it had been a river, because she should have been caught of the flood. ¹⁶ And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth. ¹⁷ And the dragon was wroth with the woman: and went and made war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

¹³ And he did great wonders, so that he made fire come down from heaven in the sight of men.

⁹ And the men raged in great heat, and spake evil of the name of God which hath power over those plagues, and they repented not, to give him glory.

¹¹ and blasphemed the God of heaven for sorrow, and pain of their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

²¹ And there fell a great hail, as it had been talents, out of heaven upon the men; and the men blasphemed God, because of the plague of the hail, for it was great and the plague of it sore.

⁸ and shall go out to deceive the people which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle; whose number is as the sand of the sea.