Job 1:1 Cross References - NSB

¹ A man named Job lived in Uz. He was a man of integrity! He was decent, he respected God, and he stayed away from evil.

⁹ This is the ACCOUNT OF NOAH. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. He walked with God.

²³ The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

¹ Abram was ninety-nine years old. Jehovah appeared to him and said: »I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless.

¹² »Do not hurt the boy or harm him in any way!« The angel said. »Now I know that you truly obey God, because you were willing to offer him your only son.«

²⁰ Abraham’s brother Nahor had married Milcah, and Abraham was later told that they had eight sons. ²¹ Uz was their firstborn. Buz was next. Then there was Kemuel who became the father of Aram. Their other five sons were

²⁸ These were the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

²¹ »You should choose capable men from all the people. Find men who respect God. These must be men you can trust who hate corruption. Put them in charge of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

³ »Jehovah, Please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and truth. And consider my whole heart devoted to you. I have done what is good in your eyes.« Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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

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

²⁰ This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and right and true to Jehovah his God. ²¹ Hezekiah incorporated Moses’ teachings and commands into worship and dedicated his life to serving God. Whatever he did for the worship in God’s Temple, he did wholeheartedly, and he succeeded.

⁸ »Did you notice my servant Job?« Jehovah asked. »There is no one on earth as faithful and good as he is. He respects me and is careful not to do anything evil.«

³ Jehovah asked Satan: »Have you thought about my servant Job? No one in the world is like him! He is a man of integrity! He is decent and he respects God. He stays away from evil. And he still holds on to his principles. You are trying to provoke me into ruining him for no reason.«

¹¹ »My foot has held fast to his path. I have kept his way and not turned aside. ¹² »I have not departed from the command of his lips. I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

¹ »I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman. ² »What is man’s lot from God above, his heritage from the Almighty on high? ³ »Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong? ⁴ »Does he not see my ways and count my every step? ⁵ »If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit ⁶ »let God weigh me on honest scales and he will know that I am blameless. ⁷ »If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled, ⁸ then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted. ⁹ »If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door, ¹⁰ then may my wife grind another man’s grain, and may other men sleep with her. ¹¹ »For that would have been shameful (a crime), a sin to be judged. ¹² »That would be a fire consuming down to destruction, and it would burn all my harvest to the root. ¹³ »If I have rejected the cause of my male or female slaves, when they brought a complaint against me ¹⁴ what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him? ¹⁵ »Did the one who made me in the womb make them? And did that one fashion us in the womb? ¹⁶ »If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, ¹⁷ »If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the orphan has not eaten from it, ¹⁸ for from my youth I reared the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow. ¹⁹ »If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or a poor person without covering, ²⁰ whose loins have not blessed me, and who was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; ²¹ if I have raised my hand against the orphan, because I saw I had supporters at the gate; ²² then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket. ²³ »I was in terror of destruction from God and I could not face his majesty. ²⁴ »If I have made gold my trust, or called fine gold my confidence, ²⁵ if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, or because my hand had gotten much; ²⁶ if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor, ²⁷ and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand, ²⁸ this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have denied God above. ²⁹ »If I have rejoiced at the ruin of those who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook them, ³⁰ »I have not let my mouth sin by asking for their lives with a curse. ³¹ »If those of my tent ever said: ‘Who is not satisfied with his food?« ³² »The stranger has not lodged in the street for I have opened my doors to the traveler. ³³ »If I have concealed my transgressions as others do (like Adam), by hiding my iniquity in my bosom, ³⁴ because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silent and did not go out of doors. ³⁵ »Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary! ³⁶ »Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me like a crown. ³⁷ »I would give him an account of all my steps. Like a prince I would approach him. ³⁸ »If my land has cried out against me, and its furrows have wept together. ³⁹ If I have eaten its yield without payment, and caused the death of its owners; ⁴⁰ let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley.« The words of Job are ended, JOB QUITE TALKING.

²⁸ »To man he said: ‘Respect for Jehovah is wisdom! To stay away from evil is understanding.’«

¹³ »Respect for Jehovah means to hate evil. I hate: pride, and arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

⁶ Sin is atoned by loving kindness and truth. Respect for Jehovah keeps one away from evil.

²⁰ and all the foreign people living among them; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of Philistia, those from the cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, and Ekron, and the people left in Ashdod;

²¹ Have joy and be glad, O daughter of Edom, living in the land of Uz. The cup will be given to you in your turn, and you will be overcome with wine and your shame will be seen.

¹⁴ ‘»Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in that country, they would, by their righteousness, rescue only themselves,’ declares the Lord Jehovah.«

²⁰ As I am alive, declares the Lord Jehovah, not even Noah, Daniel, and Job could, by their righteousness, rescue their sons or daughters. They could rescue only themselves.«’

⁶ They were both righteous before God. They blamelessly obeyed all the commandments and ordinances of God (Greek: kurios: God).

¹¹ As you know, those who have endured are called blessed. You have heard of the patience (perseverance) (endurance) of Job, and have seen the outcome Jehovah provided, how he was very tender with his affection and mercy. (Psalm 103:8)

¹¹ Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.