Job 28 Cross References - NSB

¹ »There is a place where silver is mined and a place where gold is refined. ² »Iron is taken from the ground, and rocks are melted for their copper. ³ »Humans bring an end to darkness. He searches the black rock to the limit of the gloom. ⁴ »They open up a mineshaft far from civilization, where no one has set foot. In this shaft men dangle and swing back and forth. ⁵ »Above the ground food grows. Beneath it the food decays as if it were burned by fire. ⁶ »That place's stones are sapphire. Its dust contains gold. ⁷ »No bird of prey knows the way to it. No hawk's eye has ever seen it. ⁸ »No proud beast has ever walked on it. No ferocious lion has ever passed over it. ⁹ »Humans exert their power on the flinty rocks and overturn mountains at their base. ¹⁰ »They cut out mineshafts in the rocks. Their eyes see every precious thing. ¹¹ »They explore the sources of rivers to bring hidden treasures to light. ¹² »Where can wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding? ¹³ »No man knows where it is. It cannot be found in this world of the living. ¹⁴ »The deep ocean says: ‘It is not in me.’ The sea proclaims: ‘Not in me either!’ ¹⁵ »Gold will not buy it; neither will any amount of silver. ¹⁶ »It cannot be bought with the gold from Ophir or with precious onyx or sapphire. ¹⁷ »Neither gold nor crystal can equal its value. Nor can it be exchanged for jewelry of fine gold. ¹⁸ »Wisdom is more valuable than gems. ¹⁹ »Topaz from Ethiopia cannot equal its value. It cannot be bought for any amount of pure gold. ²⁰ »Where does wisdom come from? Where does understanding live? ²¹ »It is hidden from the eyes of all the living, concealed from the birds in the air. ²² »Destruction and Death say: ‘We heard a rumor about it.’ ²³ »God understands the way to it. He knows where it lives ²⁴ »He can see to the ends of the earth and observe everything under heaven. ²⁵ »When he gave the wind its force and measured the water in the sea, ²⁶ when he made rules for the rain and set paths for the thunderstorms, ²⁷ then he saw it and announced it. He confirmed it and examined it. ²⁸ »To man he said: ‘Respect for Jehovah is wisdom! To stay away from evil is understanding.’«

¹¹ The name of the first river is the Pishon. It winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. ¹² The gold of that land is good. Bdellium and onyx stone are also there.

¹⁵ »My lord, listen to me. It is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver. What is that between you and me? So bury your dead.«

²² When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a fifth of an ounce and two gold bracelets weighing four ounces.

⁴⁸ Solomon made all the furnishings for Jehovah’s Temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which the bread of the presence was placed, ⁴⁹ lamps stands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north in front of the inner room, flowers, lamps, gold tongs, ⁵⁰ dishes, snuffers, bowls, saucers, incense burners of pure gold, the gold sockets for the doors of the inner room (the Most Holy Place), and the doors of the temple.

²¹ All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold. All the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold. Not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.

² »I have made every effort to prepare materials for the Temple: gold, silver, bronze, iron, timber, precious stones and gems, stones for mosaics, and quantities of marble. ³ »Over and above all this that I have provided, I have given silver and gold from my personal property because of my love for God’s Temple. ⁴ »I have given one hundred and fifteen tons of the finest gold and two hundred and sixty five tons of pure silver for decorating the walls of the Temple ⁵ and for all the objects which the skilled workers are to make. Now who else is willing to give a generous offering to Jehovah?«

⁶ The words of Jehovah are pure, like silver refined in a furnace on the earth and purified seven times.

³ The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold but Jehovah proves the heart.

²¹ The refining pot is for silver. The furnace is for gold. A man is valued by what others say about him.

¹⁰ »I have been testing you for myself like silver. I have put you through the fire of trouble.

⁹ »I will bring the third part into the fire. I will refine them, as silver is refined, and I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: ‘It is my people!’ They will say: ‘Jehovah is my God!«’

² »Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? He is like a refiner's fire and like laundry soap (the lye of laundrymen). ³ »He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. He will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will offer to Jehovah offerings in righteousness.

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.

²² Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of copper and iron. Tubal-Cain’s sister was Naamah.

²² »Only the gold and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin and the lead,

⁹ »The land will have enough food for you, and you will have everything you need. The land has rocks with iron ore. You will be able to mine copper ore in the mountains.

¹⁴ »I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of Jehovah three thousand seven hundred and fifty tons of gold, about thirty-seven thousand five hundred tons of silver, quantities of copper and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them.

²¹ before I go to the place of no return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death, ²² to the land of dark night, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.«

²² »He uncovers the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into the light.

¹⁶ »Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep? ¹⁷ »Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

⁴ Search for wisdom as if it were silver. Hunt for it as if it were hidden treasure!

¹³ I devoted myself to study and explored wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens. It is a grievous task God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

¹³ »Is it for Jehovah of Hosts that the peoples labor for the fire? Do the nations weary themselves for vanity?

³³ »Seek (desire) (require) (serve) first the kingdom of God and his righteousness [continuously] and all these things will be added to you.

⁸ »The master of the dishonest manager praised him for doing a shrewd thing. People of this world are more astute at handling their affairs than people who belong to the light.

¹¹ Then God said: »Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them.« It was so. ¹² The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind. God saw that it was good.

²⁹ Then God said: »I give you every plant that bears seed on the face of the entire earth. I also give you every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.

¹⁴ You cause the grass to grow for the cattle and vegetation for the labor of man. That he may bring forth food from the earth, ¹⁵ And wine which makes man's heart glad. That he may make his face shine with oil, and food, which sustains man's heart.

²⁵ When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow the black cummin and scatter the cummin, plant the wheat in rows, the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in its place? ²⁶ He instructs him in right judgment and his God teaches him. ²⁷ The black cummin is not threshed with a threshing sledge, nor is a cartwheel rolled over the cummin. But the black cummin is beaten out with a stick, and the cummin with a rod. ²⁸ Bread flour must be ground. Therefore he does not thresh it forever, break it with his cartwheel, or crush it with his horsemen. ²⁹ This also comes from Jehovah of Hosts. He is wonderful in counsel and excellent in guidance.

¹³ »‘»You were in Eden, God's garden. You were covered with every kind of precious stone: red quartz, topaz, crystal, beryl, jade, onyx, gray quartz, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your settings and your sockets were made of gold when you were created. ¹⁴ »‘»I appointed an angel to guard you. You were on God's holy mountain. You walked among fiery stones.

¹⁰ They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something that looked like a pavement made out of sapphire. It was as bright as the sky.

¹⁶ »It cannot be bought with the gold from Ophir or with precious onyx or sapphire.

¹⁴ »His hands are as gold rings set with beryl. His belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

¹¹ »O afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, I will build you with stones of turquoise, your foundations with sapphires.

¹⁹ The foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;

⁶ and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.

²¹ »It is hidden from the eyes of all the living, concealed from the birds in the air. ²² »Destruction and Death say: ‘We heard a rumor about it.’ ²³ »God understands the way to it. He knows where it lives

¹⁹ »Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And where does darkness reside?

²⁴ »What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed, or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?

³³ O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments. His ways are beyond human understanding!

⁴ He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry. He dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel become dry and the flower of Lebanon withers. ⁵ The mountains quake because of him, and the hills melt. The earth trembles (shakes) (heaves) at his presence, yes, the world, and all that dwells in it. ⁶ Who can stand before his indignation (displeasure)? Who can resist (withstand) (endure) the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken to pieces by him.

²³ In all labor there is profit: but idle chatter leads only to destitution.

⁴ Knowledge fills the rooms with all precious and pleasant riches.

⁹ Your bow was made quite bare. The oaths to the tribes were a sure word. You split the earth with your rivers.

⁸ »He wraps up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not burst by them.

²⁵ »I dug wells and drank the water there. With the bottom of my feet I dried up all the streams of Egypt.

²⁷ »‘I say to the watery deep: ‘Be a waste and I will dry up your rivers!’

² »I will go ahead of you, Cyrus. I will smooth out the rough places. I will break down the copper doors and cut through the iron bars. ³ »I will give you treasures from dark places and hidden stockpiles. You will know that I, Jehovah the God of Israel, have called you by name.

⁵ Do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and make apparent the counsels of the hearts. Then each man’s praise will come from God.

⁹ ‘Give me the wisdom I need to rule your people with justice. Help me know the difference between good and evil. Otherwise, how would I ever be able to rule this great people of yours?«

²⁰ »Where does wisdom come from? Where does understanding live?

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

⁶ Yet, you desire truth from the secret person within me. Deep down inside me teach me wisdom.

⁴ Search for wisdom as if it were silver. Hunt for it as if it were hidden treasure! ⁵ If you do these things you will have respect for Jehovah and you will find the true knowledge of God! ⁶ Jehovah gives wisdom. From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

¹⁹ In wisdom Jehovah founded the earth. In understanding he established the heavens.

²³ I have tried and proved all this by wisdom. I said: »I will be wise« but it was far from me. ²⁴ That which is far off, and exceedingly deep, who can find it out? ²⁵ I applied my heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom. I looked for the explanation, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness.

¹⁹ It is written: »I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.« (Isaiah 29:14) ²⁰ Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

³ In him is concealed all the hidden treasures of God’s wisdom and knowledge.

⁵ If any of you lacks wisdom let him ask of God. He gives to all generously and without reproach and it will be given to him.

¹⁷ Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above. It comes down from the Father of lights (truth and spiritual purity), with whom there is no variation. He does not change like shifting shadows.

¹⁵ »Gold will not buy it; neither will any amount of silver. ¹⁶ »It cannot be bought with the gold from Ophir or with precious onyx or sapphire. ¹⁷ »Neither gold nor crystal can equal its value. Nor can it be exchanged for jewelry of fine gold. ¹⁸ »Wisdom is more valuable than gems. ¹⁹ »Topaz from Ethiopia cannot equal its value. It cannot be bought for any amount of pure gold.

²¹ »It is hidden from the eyes of all the living, concealed from the birds in the air. ²² »Destruction and Death say: ‘We heard a rumor about it.’

¹⁰ They are more desirable than gold, even the finest gold. They are sweeter than honey, even the drippings from a honeycomb.

⁵ God will destroy you forever. He will remove you from your dwelling place from out of the land of the living.

⁷² The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

¹⁴ The profit from wisdom is better than the profit from silver. Her gain is better than fine gold. ¹⁵ She (wisdom) is more precious than pearls. Nothing you desire compares with wisdom.

¹¹ »For wisdom is better than pearls. Nothing desirable compares to it.

¹⁸ »Riches and honor are with me. Yes, durable riches and righteousness. ¹⁹ »My fruit is better than gold, yes, better than fine gold. My yield is better than choice silver.

¹⁶ How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding instead of silver!

²³ Buy the truth and do not sell it. Also buy wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

¹⁶ When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes) ¹⁷ I saw all the work of God. A man cannot discover the work that is done under the sun. Though a man labor to seek it out, yet he will not find it. Though a wise man thinks to know it, yet he will not be able to find it.

¹¹ »I thought that I would not see Jehovah in this world. Even with all the people in the world, I thought I would never see another person.

⁸ He was oppressed, judged and taken away. And who can speak of his descendants? He was removed from the land of the living. He was destroyed because of the transgression of my people.

⁴⁴ »The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. A man found the treasure and hid it again in the field. He is so filled with joy he sells everything he owns and buys the field. ⁴⁵ »The kingdom of heaven is also like a merchant seeking valuable pearls. ⁴⁶ »When he found one pearl of great value, he sold all that he had, and bought it.

³³ O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments. His ways are beyond human understanding! ³⁴ For who has known the mind of Jehovah? Or who has been his counselor? (Isaiah 40:13)

¹⁸ »Wisdom is more valuable than gems.

¹³ How blessed is the man who finds wisdom. Happy is the man who gains understanding.

¹⁰ »Receive my instruction and not silver. Take knowledge rather than choice gold. ¹¹ »For wisdom is better than pearls. Nothing desirable compares to it.

¹⁷ »I love those who love me. Those who earnestly seek me will find me.

¹⁹ »My fruit is better than gold, yes, better than fine gold. My yield is better than choice silver.

²⁰ »In the fourth row put beryl, onyx, and gray quartz. Mount them in gold settings.

⁴ »I have given one hundred and fifteen tons of the finest gold and two hundred and sixty five tons of pure silver for decorating the walls of the Temple

⁹ Kings' daughters are among your noble ladies. At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

¹² »I will make mortal man harder to find than pure gold and mankind than the gold of Ophir.

¹³ »‘»You were in Eden, God's garden. You were covered with every kind of precious stone: red quartz, topaz, crystal, beryl, jade, onyx, gray quartz, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your settings and your sockets were made of gold when you were created.

²² Something like a dome was spread over the heads of the living creatures. It looked like dazzling crystal.

⁶ A sea of crystal like glass was in front of the throne. In the center around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.

¹¹ She had the glory of God. Her light was like a very precious stone, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.

¹ He showed me a pure river of water of life. It was clear as crystal and flowed out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

¹⁵ She (wisdom) is more precious than pearls. Nothing you desire compares with wisdom.

¹⁰ Who can find a virtuous woman? For her value is far above corals.

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.

¹⁶ »‘»Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your goods. They paid for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies.

⁶ »Do not give holy things to the dogs (impure persons) (false prophets) (Matthew 7:15). Do not throw your pearls before swine (the most unclean). They will trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces.

⁹ Likewise I want women to be adorned in modest clothing, with modesty and soundness of mind; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly clothes;

⁴ The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet. She was adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She had a golden cup in her hand. It was full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.

¹² »The merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones, and of pearls, fine linen, purple and silk, scarlet, and everything in scented wood, all manner of ivory and all manner of most precious wood, of brass and iron and marble,

²¹ The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each individual gate was one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, as transparent glass.

¹⁷ »Fasten four rows of precious stones on it. Put red quartz, topaz, and emerald in the first row.

¹⁰ They mounted four rows of precious stones on it. Ruby was mounted on the first row along with topaz, and garnet.

²⁰ the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, hyacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.

¹² »Where can wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?

²³ »God understands the way to it. He knows where it lives

⁶ Jehovah gives wisdom. From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

²³ I have tried and proved all this by wisdom. I said: »I will be wise« but it was far from me. ²⁴ That which is far off, and exceedingly deep, who can find it out?

⁶ How is it we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who come to nothing (are doomed to destruction)? ⁷ We speak the wisdom of God in a secret, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the ages (generations and human entities) for our glory. ⁸ None of the rulers of this age knew (understood) for had they known it they would not have impaled the glorious Lord (esteemed Master). ⁹ It is written: »Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, and it has not entered into the heart of man, the things God prepared for those who love him.« (Isaiah 64:4) ¹⁰ But God revealed them to us by his Spirit. For the Spirit investigates (searches) all things, yes even the deep things of God. ¹¹ For what man knows the things of a man, except the mental disposition that is in man? Even so no one knows the things of God, but the Spirit of God. ¹² Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is from God. This is so we might know the things that are freely given to us from God. ¹³ We speak these things, not in the words that man's wisdom teaches. But we speak them with the words the Holy Spirit teaches comparing spiritual things with spiritual things. ¹⁴ But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God. They are foolishness to him! He cannot know them, because they are spiritually discerned. ¹⁵ He that is spiritual judges all things, yet no man judges him.

³ My mouth will speak wisdom. I have carefully considered understanding (insights). ⁴ I will incline my ear (turn my attention) to a proverb. I will explain my riddle with the music of a harp.

²⁵ Then Jesus prayed: »I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth. You have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and have revealed them to children. (Acts 2:36)

¹⁷ »Truly, I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things that you see, and could not see them. They also desired to hear the things that you hear, and could not hear them.

³⁵ That which was spoken through the prophet was fulfilled, saying: »I will open my mouth in illustrations. I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.«

⁷ We speak the wisdom of God in a secret, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the ages (generations and human entities) for our glory. ⁸ None of the rulers of this age knew (understood) for had they known it they would not have impaled the glorious Lord (esteemed Master). ⁹ It is written: »Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, and it has not entered into the heart of man, the things God prepared for those who love him.« (Isaiah 64:4) ¹⁰ But God revealed them to us by his Spirit. For the Spirit investigates (searches) all things, yes even the deep things of God.

⁶ »The grave is naked before God, and destruction has no covering.

¹⁴ »The deep ocean says: ‘It is not in me.’ The sea proclaims: ‘Not in me either!’

¹⁰ Who perished at Endor and became as dung for the earth. ¹¹ Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna. ¹² For they said: »Let us take possession Of God's pasturelands.«

⁷ The law of Jehovah is perfect. It gives new life. The testimony of Jehovah is dependable. It makes the simple wise.

⁵ Our Lord is great, and his power is great. There is no limit to his understanding.

¹⁴ »Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I understand and I am very strong.

²² »Jehovah created me in the beginning of his way, before his works of antiquity. ²³ »I was made from long ago, before the earth began. ²⁴ »When there were no depths or fountains abounding with water, I was brought forth. ²⁵ »Before the mountains were settled, before the hills I was brought forth: ²⁶ »He had not made the earth or the fields or the highest part of the dust of the world. ²⁷ »When he prepared the heavens, I was there. When he circled the face of the deep: ²⁸ »When he established the clouds above, when he strengthened the fountains of the deep, ²⁹ »When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his command, when he appointed the foundations of the earth, ³⁰ »Then I was beside him, as a master workman with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him. ³¹ »I rejoiced in the inhabited earth. My delights were with the sons of men.

²⁷ »All things have been delivered to me from my Father. Only the Father knows the Son, and only the Son knows the Father. The Son tells others about the Father so that they can know him too.

²¹ In that same hour he rejoiced in Holy Spirit and said: »I thank you Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you did hide these things from the wise and the understanding and revealed them to babes. Father, it is pleasing in your sight. ²² »All things have been delivered to me from my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father. And no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son is willing to reveal him.«

¹⁸ »Known to God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

³⁰ It is because of him you are united with Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.

²⁵ To the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord. There is glory, majesty, dominion, and power, before all time, now, and for evermore, amen.

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.«

¹³ Jehovah looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men. ¹⁴ He looks from his dwelling place on all the inhabitants of the earth,

³ The eyes of Jehovah are in everywhere watching the evil and the good.

¹⁰ »For who has despised the day of small things? For these seven will rejoice, and will see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are the eyes of Jehovah, which run to and fro through the whole earth.«

⁶ I saw a Lamb that looked as though it had been slain, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders. The lamb had seven horns and seven eyes. These are the seven Spirits of God sent into all the earth.

¹⁵ »If he holds back the waters, there is drought. If he lets them loose, they devastate the land.

⁷ He causes the vapors to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain. He brings wind out of his storehouses.

¹² Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the span of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance of the scale?

²⁶ »How great is God! He is beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.

³² »He fills his hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.

³ »He sends the lightning across the sky to the ends of the earth.

¹¹ »He loads the thick cloud with moisture and disperses with lighting.

²⁵ »Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm?

²⁷ Who satisfies a desolate wasteland to make it sprout with grass?

³ The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters. The God of glory thunders, Jehovah is over many waters. ⁴ The voice of Jehovah is powerful. The voice of Jehovah is glorious. ⁵ The voice of Jehovah breaks the cedars. Jehovah splinters the cedars of Lebanon. ⁶ He makes Lebanon skip along like a calf and Mount Sirion like a wild bull. ⁷ The voice of Jehovah cuts with flames of fire from lightning. ⁸ The voice of Jehovah shakes the wilderness. Jehovah makes the wilderness of Kadesh tremble. ⁹ The voice of Jehovah makes the deer to calve and strips the forests bare. In His temple everything says: »Glory!« ¹⁰ Jehovah sat enthroned over the flood. Jehovah sits enthroned as king forever.

⁸ Praise him lightning and hail, snow and fog, strong winds that obey his commands.

²² The valueless gods of the nations cannot make it rain. The skies cannot give showers by themselves. But you can, O Jehovah our God. We hope in you because you do all these things.

⁷ »I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One received rain. The other did not receive rain and it dried up.

¹ »In the spring ask Jehovah for rain. It is Jehovah who makes storm clouds and lightning. He will give showers of rain for the vegetation in the field.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky displays what his hands have made.

²² »Jehovah created me in the beginning of his way, before his works of antiquity. ²³ »I was made from long ago, before the earth began. ²⁴ »When there were no depths or fountains abounding with water, I was brought forth. ²⁵ »Before the mountains were settled, before the hills I was brought forth: ²⁶ »He had not made the earth or the fields or the highest part of the dust of the world. ²⁷ »When he prepared the heavens, I was there. When he circled the face of the deep: ²⁸ »When he established the clouds above, when he strengthened the fountains of the deep, ²⁹ »When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his command, when he appointed the foundations of the earth,

⁶ »Carefully obey the laws. For this will show your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations. They will hear all these statutes and say: ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’

²⁹ »Some secret things are hidden. They belong to Jehovah our God. The things that have been revealed in these teachings belong to us and to our children forever. We must obey every word of this Law.

¹⁴ Turn away from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it!

¹⁰ The respect and reverence for Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom. All who obey his commandments show good sense (insight) and understanding. His praise endures (continues) forever.

⁷ Respect for Jehovah (YHWH) is the beginning of knowledge (truth) (understanding) (wisdom). Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

⁷ Do not think you are wise enough. Respect Jehovah and turn away from evil.

⁴ »I call to you men. My voice is to the sons of man. ⁵ »O you simple ones, understand wisdom and, you fools, be of an understanding heart.

²⁶ »He had not made the earth or the fields or the highest part of the dust of the world. ²⁷ »When he prepared the heavens, I was there. When he circled the face of the deep: ²⁸ »When he established the clouds above, when he strengthened the fountains of the deep, ²⁹ »When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his command, when he appointed the foundations of the earth, ³⁰ »Then I was beside him, as a master workman with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him. ³¹ »I rejoiced in the inhabited earth. My delights were with the sons of men. ³² »Listen to me, my children: for blessed are those who practice my ways.

¹⁰ Respect for Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom. Knowledge of the holy One is understanding (discernment) (truth) (wisdom).

¹⁴ The law of the wise is a fountain of life to depart from the snares of death.

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

¹³ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Respect God, and obey his commandments for this is the whole duty of man.

¹⁶ »Wash yourselves! Become clean! Get your evil deeds out of my sight. Stop doing evil.

¹⁹ The foundation of God stands firm having this seal: »Jehovah knows those who belong to him,« and: »Everyone who names the name of Jehovah is to abstain from wickedness.«

¹³ Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his works are from meekness because of wisdom. ¹⁴ If you have bitter jealousy (envy) and greedy ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and lie against the truth. ¹⁵ This wisdom is not a wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and devilish. ¹⁶ For where jealousy and selfishness are, there is confusion and every evil deed. ¹⁷ But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable (yielding), full of mercy and good fruits, without discord (partiality), without hypocrisy.

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