Job 2 Cross References - NSB

¹ One day when the sons of God came to present themselves in front of Jehovah, Satan the Accuser came along with them. ² Jehovah asked Satan: »Where have you come from? Satan replied to Jehovah: From wandering all over the earth.« 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.« ⁴ Satan answered Jehovah: »Skin for skin! Certainly, a man will give everything he has for his life. ⁵ »But stretch out your hand, and strike his flesh and bones and he will curse you to your face!« ⁶ Jehovah told Satan: »He is in your power, but you must spare his life!« ⁷ Satan left Jehovah’s presence and struck Job with painful boils from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head. ⁸ Job took a piece of broken pottery to scratch his sores as he sat in the ashes. ⁹ His wife asked him: »Are you still holding on to your principles? Curse God and die!« ¹⁰ He said to her: »You are talking like a godless fool. We accept the good that God gives us. Should we not also accept the bad?« Through all this Job did not speak sinful words. ¹¹ Job's three friends heard about all the terrible things that happened to him. Each of them came from his home: Eliphaz of Teman, Bildad of Shuah, and Zophar of Naama. They agreed they would go together to sympathize with Job and comfort him. ¹² They saw him from a distance and did not even recognize him. They cried out loud and wept. Each of them tore his clothes in grief. They threw dust on their heads. ¹³ Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him because they saw that he was in such great pain.

⁶ The day came when heavenly beings appeared before Jehovah (YHWH). Satan was there among them.

¹ In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw (discerned) Jehovah seated on a throne, high and exalted. The train of his robe filled the Temple. ² Above him were seraphs, each with six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.

¹⁹ The angel answered: »I am Gabriel, whose place is before God. I have been sent to give you this good news.

¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits, sent to minister for those who will be heirs of salvation?

⁸ He said: »Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?« »I am running away from my mistress Sarai,« she answered.

⁷ Jehovah asked him: »What have you been doing?« Satan answered: »I have been walking here and there and roaming around the earth.«

³⁰ »I will speak no more with you. The prince of the world comes. He has no hold on me!

⁴ The god of this age (world) (religious, social, political, and economic arrangement) has blinded the minds of unbelievers that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine on them.

⁸ Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion walks about, seeking whom he may devour (consume).

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

²⁰ Joab answered: »That is unthinkable! I do not wish to swallow it up or destroy it.

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.

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.«

¹¹ »Now suppose you take away everything he has. He will curse you to your face!«

²¹ He said: »I was born with nothing (naked), and I will die with nothing. Jehovah gave, and now he has taken away. Blessed be the name of Jehovah!« ²² In spite of everything that had happened, Job did not sin by blaming God.

¹⁷ »He crushes me with a tempest. He multiplies my wounds without cause.

²⁰ »Though I was righteous, my own mouth would condemn me. If I were blameless it would prove me perverse.

¹⁵ »Though he put me to death, yet I will hope in him. I will defend my ways before him.

⁵ »I will not admit you are in the right. Until I die, I will not deny my integrity! ⁶ »I will maintain my righteousness and never let go of it! My conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Vindicate me, O Jehovah, because I have walked with (a life-style of) integrity and I have trusted you without wavering.

³⁷ Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright. His future will be filled with peace.

¹² You uphold me in my integrity. You set me in your presence forever.

⁸ The righteous is delivered from trouble. The wicked goes in his place.

⁶ Righteousness keeps the upright in the way. Wickedness subverts the sinner.

² He who walks in uprightness respects Jehovah. He who is perverse in his ways despises him.

⁸ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah! The prayer of the upright is his delight.

¹⁷ The highway of the upright departs from evil. He who guards his way preserves his life.

³ Jesus answered: »This man did not sin. Neither did his parents sin. The works of God should be made known in him.

¹² Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect. But I press on, that I may obtain that for which Christ Jesus also obtained.

¹² The man who endures under trial is blessed. For when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.

⁷ The proof of your faith is more precious than gold that perishes. Though it is tested by fire, it may be found in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ After you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will perfect, establish, and strengthen you.

³ Esther the queen, answered: »If I have your approval, O king, and if it is the king's pleasure, let my life be given to me in answer to my petition. My people at my request: ⁴ »For my people and I have been sold for slaughter and destruction. If we had been taken as men-servants and women-servants for a price, I would have said nothing, for our trouble is little in comparison with the king's loss.«

²⁰ That day people will throw their silver and gold idols, that they made for themselves to worship, to the moles and the bats. ²¹ They will go into caves in the rocks and into cracks in the cliffs because of Jehovah’s terrifying presence and the honor of his majesty when he rises to shake the earth.

⁸ Ten men from the group pleaded with Ishmael: »Do not kill us! We have wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey hidden in the country.« So he left them alone and did not kill them along with the others.

²⁵ »I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink. And do not worry about your body, what you will wear. Is life worth more than food? And is the body worth more than clothes?

²⁶ »What will a man profit, if he gains the whole world, and gives up his life? What will a man give in exchange for his life?

¹⁸ The violent storm continued. The next day they began to throw some of the ship’s cargo overboard. ¹⁹ The following day they threw part of the ship’s equipment overboard.

⁸ I count all things to be loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. I suffered the loss of all things. Yet I count them as refuse (garbage) (dung) that I may gain Christ. ⁹ I want to be united with him. I no longer want a righteousness of my own that is gained by obeying the law. The righteousness from God is by faith in Christ. ¹⁰ I want to know him and the power of his resurrection. I want to know the fellowship of his sufferings and become conformed to his death.

¹⁵ »Inform the Israelites: ‘Those who treat their God with contempt will be punished for their sin.

¹⁷ David prayed: »O God, I am the one who did wrong. I am the one who ordered the census. What have these poor people done? Jehovah, my God, punish my family, and me and spare your people.«

⁵ The morning after each feast, Job would get up early to offer sacrifices for each of his children in order to purify them. He always did this because he thought that one of them might have sinned by insulting God unintentionally.

⁹ His wife asked him: »Are you still holding on to your principles? Curse God and die!«

²⁰ »My bones cling to my skin. I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth (with almost nothing). ²¹ »Have pity on me, my friends! Have pity on me because God's hand has struck me down.

³ When I kept silent about my sins, my body wasted away and I groaned all day long. ⁴ Day and night your hand lay heavily on me. My strength drained in the summer heat.

² Your arrows have struck me. Your hand has struck me hard. ³ No healthy spot is left on my body because of your rage. There is no peace in my bones because of my sin. ⁴ My guilt has overwhelmed me. Like a heavy load, it is more than I can bear. ⁵ My wounds smell rotten. They fester because of my stupidity. ⁶ I am bent over and bowed down very low. All day I walk around in sadness. ⁷ My insides are filled with burning pain, and no healthy spot is left on my body.

¹⁰ »Remove the plague you laid upon me. My life is over because you apposed me with your hand.

²¹ They will pass through the land when they are hard-pressed (destressed) and hungry. When they are hungry, they will be furious. Then they will look up and curse their king and God.

¹² »All right,« Jehovah said to Satan, »everything he has is in your power, but you must not hurt Job!« So Satan left.

¹⁰ when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place, ¹¹ when I said: ‘This far you may come and no farther’; here is where your proud waves halt?

⁷ He stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples.

²⁹ The spirit seized him many times. For this reason he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the deserts. Jesus commanded the unclean spirit to come out from the man! ³⁰ Jesus asked him: »What is your name?« He answered: »Legion« for many demons had entered into him. ³¹ They pleaded with him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss. ³² There was a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain. They entreated him that he would allow them to enter into them. He gave them permission. ³³ The demons came out from the man and entered into the swine. The herd rushed down the hill into the lake, and was drowned.

³¹ »Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat. ³² »I prayed for you that your faith would not fail. Once you have turned again strengthen your brothers.«

¹³ No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to man. God is faithful and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your limits. He will make a way out, that you will be able to endure it.

¹⁰ »'Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The devil (false accuser) (Devil) is about to throw you into prison, that you may be tested. You will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful even if you must die, and I will give you the crown of life.

¹ I saw an angel come down from heaven. He had the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. ² He seized the dragon, the old serpent that is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

⁷ When the thousand years end, Satan will be let loose out of his prison.

⁹ »They will spread out like fine dust over all the land of Egypt. They will produce boils that become open sores on the people and the animals.« ¹⁰ They got some ashes and stood before the king. Moses threw them into the air. They produced boils that became open sores on the people and the animals. ¹¹ The magicians were not able to appear before Moses, because they were covered with boils, like all the other Egyptians.

²⁷ »Jehovah will strike you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors and with the scab and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed.

³⁵ »Jehovah will strike you on the knees and legs with sore boils. From the sole of your foot to the crown of your head they will not heal.

²² »How will you deceive him?« Jehovah asked. The spirit replied: »I will make all of Ahab's prophets tell lies.« Jehovah said: »Go and deceive him. You will succeed.«

⁵ »My skin is clothed with worms and scabs. My flesh breaks open filled with pus.

¹⁷ »The night racks my bones, and the pain that eats at me takes no rest. ¹⁸ »With violence it seizes my garment. It binds me about like the collar of my tunic. ¹⁹ »God has cast me into the mire. I have become like dust and ashes.

³⁰ »My skin grows black on me and my bones burn with fever.

⁶ From the bottom of your feet to the top of your head there is no healthy spot left on your body. You have only bruises, sores, and fresh wounds. They have not been cleansed, bandaged, or soothed with oil.

¹⁷ »Jehovah will cause sores to appear on the heads of the women of Zion. Jehovah will make their foreheads bare.«

¹¹ They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains, but they did not repent.

¹⁹ Tamar tore the robe she was wearing. She put ashes on her head. Then she covered her face with her hands. She cried loudly as she walked away.

¹⁴ »My relatives and my closest friends have stopped coming. My houseguests have forgotten me. ¹⁵ »My female slaves consider me to be a stranger. I am like a foreigner to them. ¹⁶ »I call my slave, but he does not answer, even when I beg him. ¹⁷ »I am repulsive to my wife and my children think I stink.

⁶ »Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.«

⁵ My wounds smell rotten. They fester because of my stupidity.

⁷ My insides are filled with burning pain, and no healthy spot is left on my body.

³ to present a garland, instead of ashes, to those who mourn in Zion, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and the mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. They will be called oaks of righteousness. They are the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.

²⁶ O my people put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn as for an only son, a lamentation most bitter. For suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

³⁰ »‘»And they will make their voice heard over you and will cry bitterly. They will cast dust on their heads and wallow in ashes.

⁶ The news reached the king of Nineveh. He left his throne, and took off his robe and covered himself with sackcloth. Then he sat in ashes.

²¹ »Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon that were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

²⁰ »A poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, used to be brought to the rich man’s door. ²¹ »He hoped he could eat the bits of food that fell from the rich man’s table. Then the dogs would come and lick his sores.

⁶ When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

¹² Adam said: »The woman you put here with me gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.«

⁴ When Solomon was old he allowed his heart to be turned away to other gods by his wives. His heart was no longer true to Jehovah his God as the heart of his father David had been.

³³ While Elisha was still talking the king arrived and said: »Jehovah brought this trouble on us! Why should I wait any longer for him to do something?«

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.«

⁵ »But stretch out your hand, and strike his flesh and bones and he will curse you to your face!«

¹⁴ »They say to God: ‘Leave us alone! We do not desire to know your ways.’ ¹⁵ »Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what do we gain if we pray to him?

¹⁴ »You have said: ‘There is no value to serve God. What is the use of doing what he says or of trying to show Jehovah of Hosts that we are sorry for what we have done?’

¹⁷ He said to Adam: »Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

²⁰ David went home so he could ask Jehovah to bless his family. But Saul’s daughter Michal went out and started yelling at him: »You were really great today!« She said. »You acted like a dirty old man. You danced around half-naked in front of your servants’ slave-girls.« ²¹ David answered: »I danced to honor Jehovah. He chose me to be king instead of your father and his family. He made me the leader of his people Israel. I will continue to dance and honor Jehovah.

¹³ »How could I ever hold up my head in public again? And you, you would be completely disgraced in Israel. Please speak to the king. I am sure he will give me to you.«

²² David exclaimed: »Abishai, what will I do with you and your brother Joab? Is it your job to tell me who has done wrong? I have been made king of all Israel today. No one will be put to death!«

²⁸ »You could have killed anyone in my entire family. Instead you seated me with those who eat at your table. I no longer have the right to complain to my lord the king.«

¹⁰ After David had everyone counted, he felt guilty and told Jehovah: »What I did was stupid and terribly wrong. Jehovah, please forgive me.«

⁹ »The eyes of Jehovah keep close watch over the entire world. He gives strength (shows His strength) to (in behalf of) those whose hearts are loyal to him. You have acted foolishly! Therefore from now on you will always be at war.«

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. ² He had seven sons and three daughters. ³ He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, one thousand head of cattle, and five hundred donkeys. He also had a large number of servants. In fact he was the greatest (richest) of all the Orientals in the East!

¹⁰ »You have always protected him and his family and everything he owns. You bless everything he does. You have given him enough cattle to fill the whole country.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) I said: »I will guard my ways that I may not sin with my tongue. I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle while the wicked are in my presence.«

¹² This is because of the sins from their mouths and the words on their lips. Let them be trapped by their own arrogance because they speak curses and lies.

⁶ »Forsake the foolish, and live. Travel in the way of understanding.«

¹³ A foolish woman is noisy. She has no sense at all.

³⁸ Do not calamities and good things come from the mouth of the Most High? ³⁹ What protest may a living man make? Can a man protest about the punishment for his sin? ⁴⁰ Let us search and put our ways to the test. Let us turn again to Jehovah. ⁴¹ Let us lift up our hearts along with our hands to God in heaven.

³⁴ »You offspring of vipers. How can you who are evil speak good things? Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. ³⁵ »The good man performs good things out of his good treasure. The evil man performs evil things out of his evil treasure. ³⁶ »I tell you there will be an account in the Judgment Day for every careless word that men say. ³⁷ »For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.«

²³ He turned to Peter and said: »Get behind me, Satan. You are a stumbling block to me. You think the things of men, not of God.«

² »Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

¹¹ Jesus said to Peter: »Put the sword in the sheath. Shall I drink the cup the Father has given me?«

¹² Rejoice in hope! Be patient in tribulation. Continue in prayer.

⁹ Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh that corrected us, and we gave them respect. Shall we not much more be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? ¹⁰ They disciplined us for a few days for their own pleasure. He disciplines for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. ¹¹ Now no discipline for the present seems to be joyous. In fact it seems grievous! Nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained.

² We all stumble in many things. If any do not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able to restrain (control) the whole body.

¹⁰ Brothers, accept the example of suffering and patience by the prophets who spoke in the name of 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)

² She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

¹¹ The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.

¹⁵ These were the sheiks (chiefs) of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn son of Esau, were Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz,

³⁵ All his sons and daughters came to comfort him. However, he refused to be comforted. He said: »I will go down to the grave still mourning for my son.« So he continued to mourn for his son Joseph.

³² The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

¹⁴ »A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends, even though he forsakes his reverence for the Almighty.

¹⁹ »The caravans of Tema look for water. The traveling merchants of Sheba hope and wait in vain.

¹ BILDAD THE SHUHITE SPOKE:

⁴ »You are smearing me with lies. As doctors you are worthless, all of you!

¹ ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE REPLIED:

² »I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!

²⁰ My friends are my scoffers. My eye weeps to God.

¹ BILDAD THE SHUHITE ANSWERED:

¹⁹ »All my closest friends are disgusted with me. Those I love have turned against me.

²¹ »Have pity on me, my friends! Have pity on me because God's hand has struck me down.

⁷ »I am angry with you and your two friends, because you did not speak correctly about me, as my servant Job has.

¹¹ All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble Jehovah allowed to come upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

¹⁷ A friend loves at all times. A true brother is born for adversity.

²⁴ A man with friends must be friendly! A friend sticks closer than a brother.

¹⁰ Do not forget your friends or your father's friends. If you are in trouble, do not ask a relative for help. A nearby neighbor can help you more than relatives who are far away.

¹⁹ These double calamities have come upon you. Who can comfort you? You experience ruin and destruction, famine and sword. Who can console you?

⁷ This is what Jehovah of Hosts says about Edom: »Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman? Has wisdom disappeared from your people? Has their wisdom vanished?

¹⁹ Many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to console them about their brother.

¹⁵ Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

²⁶ When one member suffers all the members suffer with it. When one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

³ Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them. Remember those who are suffering, as though you were suffering as they are.

³⁴ When Esau heard this he cried out loudly and bitterly. He said: »Give me your blessing also, Father!«

⁶ And Joshua ripped his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the Ark of Jehovah until evening. He threw dust on his head. The elders of Israel did the same.

⁴ When the angel of Jehovah spoke these words to all the children of Israel the people wept loudly.

¹⁹ The two of them traveled to Bethlehem. When they arrived at Bethlehem the whole town was excited because of them. The women said: »Is this Naomi?« ²⁰ She said: »Do not call me Naomi (meaning pleasant). Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life bitter. ²¹ »I went away full, and Jehovah sent me back empty. Why do you give me the name Naomi, seeing that Jehovah has given witness against me, and the Almighty has brought sorrow to me?«

⁴ The messengers arrived at Gibeah where Saul lived. When they told the news, the people started crying in despair.

⁴ David and his men cried loudly until they did not have the strength to cry anymore.

³⁶ As soon as he finished speaking, the king’s sons arrived. They cried loudly and the king and all his men also cried very bitterly.

¹ Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel came together, taking no food and putting sackcloth and dust on their bodies.

¹ When Mordecai learned what had been done, he tore his clothes in anguish. Then he dressed in sackcloth, covered his head with ashes, and walked through the city, wailing loudly and bitterly,

²⁰ Then Job got up and tore his clothes in grief. He shaved his head and threw himself face down on the ground.

¹⁴ »My relatives and my closest friends have stopped coming. My houseguests have forgotten me.

¹⁰ The elders of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth and keep silent. They throw dust on their heads. They are clothed in sackcloth. The heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are brought down to the earth.

⁷ Her holy ones were cleaner than snow. They were whiter than milk. Their bodies were redder than corals. Their form was like the sapphire. ⁸ Their face is blacker than night. In the streets no one has knowledge of them. Their skin is hanging on their bones, and they are dry, they have become like wood.

¹⁹ »They threw dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying: 'Woe, woe to the great city. All that had ships in the sea became rich by her wealth. In one hour she was made desolate.'

⁵ God called the light day. He called the darkness night. There was evening and there was morning, one day.

⁸ God called the expanse heaven. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

¹⁰ They mourned loudly for a long time at the threshing place at Atad east of the Jordan. Joseph performed mourning ceremonies for seven days.

³ Hearing this, with signs of grief and pulling out the hair of my head and my chin, I took my seat on the earth deeply troubled.

⁴ After I heard these words I sat down on the ground and cried for days. I ate no food and offered prayer to the God of heaven.

² »If someone tries to talk to you, will you become impatient? But who can keep from talking?

⁴ You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

²⁶ Her (Zion’s) gates will lament and mourn and she will sit on the ground deserted.

¹ »Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.

¹⁵ I went to Tel Abib, to the exiles that lived by the Chebar River. I sat there among them for seven days. I was stunned among them.