Job 2 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ And there came a certain day when the sons of God entered in, to present themselves unto Yahweh––so the accuser also entered in their midst, to present himself unto Yahweh. ² And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Whence comest thou? And the accuser answered Yahweh, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from wandering about therein. ³ And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Hast thou applied thy heart unto my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man blameless and upright, one who revereth God, and avoideth evil; and still he is holding fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause. ⁴ Then the accuser answered Yahweh, and said, Skin for skin, and so, all that a man hath, will he give for his life. ⁵ In very deed, put forth, I pray thee thy hand, and smite unto his bone, and unto his flesh,––verily, unto thy face, will he curse thee. ⁶ And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Behold him! in thy hand,––only, his life, preserve thou!
⁷ So the accuser went forth from the presence of Yahweh,––and smote Job with a sore boil, from the sole of his foot, unto his crown. ⁸ And he took him a potsherd, to scrape himself therewith; he being seated in the midst of ashes. ⁹ Then said his wife unto him, Art thou still holding fast thine integrity? Curse God, and die! ¹⁰ And he said unto her, As one of the base women speaketh, speakest thou? Blessing, shall we accept from God, and, misfortune, shall we not accept? In all this, Job sinned not with his lips.
¹¹ Now when the three friends of Job heard of all this misfortune which had befallen him,––they came, every man from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite,––for they had by appointment met together to come to shew sympathy with him, and to comfort him. ¹² And, when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept––and rent, every one his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads, toward the heavens. ¹³ And they sat with him upon the ground, seven days and seven nights,––and none was speaking unto him a word, for they saw that, exceeding great, was the stinging pain.

⁶ Now there came a certain day, when the sons of God entered in to present themselves unto Yahweh,––so the accuser also entered, in their midst.

¹ In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw My Lord, sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and, his skirts, did fill the temple. ² Seraphim, were standing above him; six wings severally, had each one,––With twain, he covered his face, And, with twain, he covered his feet, And, with twain, he did fly.

¹⁹ And the messenger, answering, said unto him––I, am Gabriel,––he that standeth near before God; and have been sent forth to speak unto thee, and to deliver the joyful message unto thee, as touching these things.

¹⁴ Are they not, all, spirits, doing public service,––for ministry, sent forth, for the sake of them who are about to inherit salvation?

⁸ So he said––Hagar! handmaid of Sarai! Whence hast thou come, and whither wouldst thou go? And she said: From the face of Sarai, my lady, am, I, fleeing.

⁷ And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Whence comest thou? And the accuser answered Yahweh, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and wandering about therein.

³⁰ No longer, many things, will I speak with you; for, the world’s ruler, is coming, and, in me, hath, nothing,––

⁴ In whom, the god of this age, hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, to the end they may not discern the radiance of the glad–message of the glory of the Christ––who is the image of God.

⁸ Be sober! be watchful! Your slanderous adversary, as a roaring lion, is walking about––seeking to devour:

⁹ These, are the generations of Noah, Noah, was, a righteous man, blameless, in his generations,––with God, did Noah walk.

²⁰ Then answered Joab and said,––Far be it! far be it from me! I will neither swallow up nor lay waste.

¹ A man, there was––in the land of Uz, Job, his name,––and that man was blameless and upright, and one who revered God, and avoided evil.

⁸ And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Hast thou applied thy heart unto my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man blameless and upright, one revering God and avoiding evil?

¹¹ But, in very deed, put forth, I pray thee, thy hand, and smite all that he hath,––verily, unto thy face, will he curse thee.

²¹ and said––Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked must I return thither, Yahweh, gave, and, Yahweh, hath taken away,––The name of Yahweh be blessed! ²² In all this, Job sinned not, nor imputed folly unto God.

¹⁷ For, with a tempest, would he fall upon me, and would multiply my wounds without need;

²⁰ If I should justify myself, mine own mouth, would condemn me,––I blameless? then had it shewn me perverse.

¹⁵ Lo! he may slay me, [yet], for him, will I wait,––Nevertheless, my ways––unto his face, will I show to be right:

⁵ Far be it from me! that I should justify, you,––Even until I breathe my last, will I not let go mine integrity from me: ⁶ On my righteousness, have I taken fast hold, and will not give it up, My heart shall not reproach any of my days.

¹ [David’s.]
Do me justice, O Yahweh, For, I, in my blamelessness, have walked, and, in Yahweh, have I trusted, I will not waver.

³⁷ Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright, for there is a hereafter for the man of peace;

¹² But, as for me, In my blamelessness, hast thou held me fast, And hast caused me to stand before thee unto times age–abiding.

⁸ The righteous man, out of distress, is delivered, then cometh a lawless man into his place.

⁶ Righteousness, guardeth the man of blameless way, but, lawlessness, overthroweth the sinner.

² He that walketh in his uprightness, is one who revereth Yahweh, but, he that is crooked in his way, is one who despiseth him.

⁸ The sacrifice of lawless men, is an abomination to Yahweh, but, the prayer of the upright, is his delight.

¹⁷ The highway of the upright, is to avoid evil, He preserveth his soul, who guardeth his way.

³ Jesus answered––Neither, this man, sinned nor his parents; but. . . that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

¹² Not that I have, already, received, or have, already, reached perfection, but I am pressing on––if I may even lay hold of that for which I have also been laid hold of by Christ [Jesus]:––

¹² Happy the man who endureth temptation! Because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of life––which he hath promised unto them that love him.

⁷ In order that the proving of your faith––much more precious than of gold that perisheth even though, by means of fire, it is proved––may be found unto praise and glory and honour in the revealing of Jesus Christ,––

¹⁰ Howbeit, the God of all favour––who hath called you unto his age–abiding glory in Christ––when, for a little, ye have suffered, Himself, will adjust, confirm, strengthen:––

³ Then answered Esther the queen, and said, If I have found favour in thine eyes, O king, and if, unto the king, it seem good, let my life be granted me, as my petition, and my people, as my request; ⁴ For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain and to be caused to perish. If indeed, for bondmen and for bondwomen, we had been sold, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have made good the damage to the king.

²⁰ In that day, shall the son of earth cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold,––which had been made for him to worship, into the hole of the mice, and to the bats; ²¹ That he may enter, into the clefts of the rocks, and, into the fissures of the crags,––Because of the terribleness of Yahweh, And for his majestic, splendour, When he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

⁸ But, ten men, were found among them, who said unto Ishmael––Do not put us to death, for we have secret treasures in the field, wheat and barley and oil and honey. So he forbare, and put them not to death, in the midst of their brethren.

²⁵ For this cause, I say unto you: Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat [or what ye shall drink], ––or for your body, what ye shall put on: Is not, the life, more than, the food? And, the body, than, the raiment?

²⁶ For what shall a man be profited, though, the whole world, he gain, and, his life, he forfeit? Or what shall a man give, in exchange for his life?

¹⁸ But, we being exceedingly tempest–tossed, on the next day, they began to throw [cargo] overboard; ¹⁹ and, on the third day, with their own hands, the tackling of the ship, they cast away.

⁸ Yea, doubtless! and I account all things to be, loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom, the loss, of all things, have I suffered, and do account them refuse, in order that, Christ, I may win,
⁹ And be found in him––not having a righteousness of my own, that which is by law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is, of God, upon my faith,–– ¹⁰ To get to know him, and the power of his resurrection and fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death,––

¹⁵ And, unto the sons of Israel, shalt thou speak, saying,––What man soever curseth his God, shall bear his sin.

¹⁷ And David said unto God, Was it not, I, who gave word to number the people? Yea, I, it was who sinned and did the great wrong, what then had, these sheep, done? O Yahweh, my God, let thy hand, I beseech thee, be against me, and against the house of my father, but not against, thy people, that they should be plagued!

⁵ And so it was, when the days of the banquet came round, that Job sent and hallowed them, and rising early in the morning offered ascending–sacrifices according to the number of them all; for Job said, Peradventure my sons have sinned, and have cursed God in their hearts. Thus and thus, was Job wont to do all the days.

⁹ Then said his wife unto him, Art thou still holding fast thine integrity? Curse God, and die!

²⁰ Unto my skin and unto my flesh, have my bones cleaved, and I have escaped with the akin of my teeth. ²¹ Pity me! pity me! ye, my friends, for, the hand of GOD, hath stricken me!

³ When I kept silence, my bones became worn out, Through my groaning all the day; ⁴ For, day and night, heavy upon me, was thy hand,––Changed was my life–sap into the drought of summer. [Selah.]

² For, thine arrows, have sunk down into me, and thy hand, presseth heavily upon me. ³ There is no soundness in my flesh, By reason of thine indignation, There is no peace in my bones, By reason of my sin; ⁴ For, mine iniquities, have passed over my head, Like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me: ⁵ My wounds are of bad odour––they have festered, by reason of my folly: ⁶ I am bent, I am bowed down very low. All the day, have I gloomily walked; ⁷ For, my loins, are filled with inflammation, and there is no soundness in my flesh:

¹⁰ Remove from off me thy stroke, Because of the hostility of thy hand, am, I, consumed.

²¹ Therefore shall they pass through it, hard pressed and hungry,––And it shall be, when they hunger, then will they rage and revile their king and their god, and turn their faces upwards;

¹² And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Lo! all that he hath, is in thy hand, only, against himself, do not put forth thy hand. So the accuser went forth from the presence of Yahweh.

¹⁰ And brake off for it my boundary, and fixed a bar and double doors; ¹¹ And said––Hitherto, shalt thou come, and no further,––and, here, shalt thou set a limit to the majesty of thy waves?

⁷ Who stilleth, The noise of the seas, The noise of their rolling waves, and The tumult of races of men?

²⁹ for he was about to charge the impure spirit to come out from the man. For, many times, had it snatched him away; and he used to be bound with chains and fetters, for a safe–guard, and was wont to break in pieces the bonds, and to be driven by the demon into the deserts. ³⁰ And Jesus questioned him––What name hast thou? And, he, said––Legion! because many demons had entered into him. ³¹ And they were beseeching him that he would not order them, into the abyss, to depart. ³² Now there was there, a herd of a good many swine, feeding in the mountain; and they besought him, that he would suffer them, into those, to enter; and he suffered them. ³³ And the demons, going forth from the man entered into the swine; and the herd rushed down the cliff, into the lake, and were choked.

³¹ Simon! Simon! lo! Satan, hath claimed you, to sift as wheat; ³² But, I, have entreated for thee, that thy faith may not fail. And, thou, once thou hast turned, strengthen thy brethren.

¹³ Trial, hath not taken you, save such as man can bear; faithful, moreover is God, who will not suffer you to be tried above what ye are able, but will make, with the trial, also the way of escape, that ye may be able to hold out.

¹⁰ Do not fear the things which thou art about to suffer. Lo! the adversary is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried, and may have tribulation ten days. Become thou faithful until death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

¹ And I saw a messenger, coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain upon his hand; ² and he laid hold of the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is Adversary and the Accuser, and bound him for a thousand years,––

⁷ And, as soon as the thousand years, shall be ended, the Accuser shall be loosed out of his prison,

⁹ then shall they become fine dust, over all the land of Egypt,––and shall become on man and on beast, a burning sore, breaking out in pustules, in all the land of Egypt. ¹⁰ So they took the ashes of an oven, and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses scattered them towards the heavens,––and it came to pass that there was a burning sore, in pustules breaking out, among men, and among beasts; ¹¹ and the sacred scribes could not stand before Moses, because of the burning sore,––for the burning sore had come on the sacred scribes, and on all the Egyptians.

²⁷ Yahweh, will smite thee, with the burning sores of Egypt, and with the hemorrhoids, and with scab, and with itch,––of which thou canst not be healed.

³⁵ Yahweh, will smite thee, with a grievous boil, upon the knees and upon the legs, of which thou canst not be healed,––from the sole of thy foot, even unto the crown of thy head.

²² And Yahweh said unto him––Wherewith? And he said––I will go forth, and become a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets,––So he said,––Thou mayest persuade, yea and prevail, go forth, and do so.

⁵ My flesh is clothed with worms and a coating of dust, My skin, hath hardened, and then run afresh:

¹⁷ Night, boreth, my bones, all over me,––and, my sinews, find no rest; ¹⁸ Most effectually, is my skin disfigured,––Like the collar of my tunic, it girdeth me about: ¹⁹ He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.

³⁰ My skin, turned black, and peeled off me, and, my bones, burned with heat:

⁶ From the sole of the foot, even unto the head, there is in it no soundness, Bruise and stripe and newly–made wound,––They have not been pressed out, nor bound up, nor soothed with oil.

¹⁷ Therefore will My Lord, smite with leprosy, the crown of hair of the daughters of Zion,––And, as for Yahweh, their shame, will he lay bare!

¹¹ and they blasphemed the God of heaven, by reason of their pain, and by reason of their ulcers, and repented not of their works.

¹⁹ And Tamar put ashes upon her head, and, the long tunic that was upon her, she rent,––and put her hand upon her head, and went her way, crying out as she went.

¹⁴ Failed me, have my near of kin, and, mine intimate acquaintances, have forgotten me; ¹⁵ Ye guests of my house and my maidens, A stranger, have ye accounted me, An alien, have I become in their eyes; ¹⁶ To mine own servant, I called, and he would not answer, With mine own mouth, I kept entreating him; ¹⁷ My breath, is strange to my wife, and I am loathsome to the sons of my own mother;

⁶ For this cause, I tremble and repent, on dust and ashes.

⁵ My wounds are of bad odour––they have festered, by reason of my folly:

⁷ For, my loins, are filled with inflammation, and there is no soundness in my flesh:

³ To appoint unto the mourners of Zion––To give unto them, A chaplet instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of the spirit of dejection,––So shall they be called, The oaks of righteousness, The plantation of Yahweh: That he may get himself glory

²⁶ O daughter of my people, Gird thee with sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes,––The mourning for an only son, make thou for thyself, Most bitter lamentation! For, suddenly, shall the destroyer come upon us.

³⁰ And make loud [lament] over thee, with their voice, And make biter outcry,––And shall lift up dust on their heads, In ashes, shall roll themselves;

⁶ And the word reached unto the king of Nineveh, so he arose from his throne, and laid aside his robe from off him,––and covered him with sackcloth, and sat on ashes.

²¹ Alas for thee, Chorazin! Alas for thee, Bethsaida! Because, if, in Tyre and Zidon, had been done the works of power, which were done in you, of old, in sackcloth and ashes, had they repented.

²⁰ And, a certain beggar, by name Lazarus, used to be cast near his gate, full of sores, ²¹ and to long to be fed from the crumbs that fell from the table of the rich man: nay! even, the dogs, used to come and lick his sores.

⁶ And, when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was desirable to the eyes, and the tree was pleasant to make one knowing, then took she of the fruit thereof, and did eat,––and she gave to her husband also, along with her, and he did eat.

¹² And the man said,––The woman whom thou didst put with me, she, gave me of the tree, so I did eat.

⁴ Yea it came to pass, in the old age of Solomon, that, his wives, turned aside his heart after other gods,––his heart therefore was not sound with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father.

³³ While yet he was speaking with them, lo! the messenger, coming down unto him,––and he said,––Lo! this, is a calamity from Yahweh, why should I wait for Yahweh, any longer?

³ And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Hast thou applied thy heart unto my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man blameless and upright, one who revereth God, and avoideth evil; and still he is holding fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause.

⁵ In very deed, put forth, I pray thee thy hand, and smite unto his bone, and unto his flesh,––verily, unto thy face, will he curse thee.

¹⁴ Yet they said unto GOD, Depart from us, and, In the knowledge of thy ways, find we no pleasure. ¹⁵ What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? Or what shall we profit, that we should urge him?

¹⁴ Ye have said, Vain is it to serve God,––and, What profit when we have kept his charge, or when we have walked gloomily before Yahweh of hosts?

¹⁷ And, to the man, he said, Because thou didst hearken to the voice of thy wife, and so didst eat of the tree as to which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, Accursed be the ground for thy sake, In pain, shalt thou eat of it, all the days of thy life;

²⁰ and David returned, to bless his household. Then came forth Michal Saul’s daughter to meet David, and said––How honoured, today, was the king of Israel in disrobing himself today, in the sight of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the low people, might disrobe himself? ²¹ And David said unto Michal, Before Yahweh, I will dance,––blessed, be Yahweh, who made choice of me above thy father, and above all his house, putting me in charge as leader over the people of Yahweh, over Israel,––therefore will I dance before Yahweh;

¹³ And, I,––whither could I take my reproach? Thou, too, wouldest be as one of the vile fellows, in Israel. Now, therefore, speak, I pray thee, unto the king, for he would not withhold me from thee.

²² But David said, What have I in common with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, for ye would become to me, today, a very traitor! Shall there, today, be put to death a man in Israel? for do I not know, that, today, I, am king over Israel?

²⁸ For, when all the house of my father were nothing better than dead men, unto my lord the king, then didst thou set thy servant among them that used to eat at thy table,––what then have I further, by way of right, or to cry out any further unto the king?

¹⁰ And the heart of David smote him, after he had reckoned up the people,––and David said unto Yahweh––I have sinned greatly, in what I have done, Now, therefore, O Yahweh, take away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done very foolishly.

⁹ For, as touching Yahweh, [seeing that], his eyes, are ever running to and fro throughout all the earth, to shew himself strong with them who are perfect toward himself, thou hast made thyself foolish over this,––for, from henceforth, there shall be with thee––wars.

¹ A man, there was––in the land of Uz, Job, his name,––and that man was blameless and upright, and one who revered God, and avoided evil. ² And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. ³ And his substance was––seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she–asses, and a body of servants exceeding large,––thus was that man the greatest of all the sons of the East.

¹⁰ Hast not, thou thyself, made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? The work of his hands, thou hast blessed, and, his substance, hath broken forth in the land.

¹ [To the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Melody of David.]
I said, [to myself,] I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue,––I will put on my mouth a muzzle, So long as the lawless is before me.

¹² The sin of their mouth, The word of their lips, Let them then be captured in their pride, Both for the oath and for the deception they record.

⁶ Forsake the simple ones, and live, and advance in the way of understanding.

¹³ The woman Stupidity, is boisterous, so simple that she knoweth not what she would do;

³⁸ Out of the mouth of the Most High, Proceed there not misfortunes and blessing? ³⁹ Why should a living son of earth complain, [Let] a man [complain] because of his sins? ⁴⁰ Let us search out our ways, and examine them well, and let us return unto Yahweh; ⁴¹ Let us lift up our heart, to the opened palms, to the Mighty One in the heavens;

³⁴ Broods of vipers! How can ye speak, good things, being, evil? For, out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh. ³⁵ The good man, out of the good treasure, putteth forth, good things; and, the evil man, out of the evil treasure, putteth forth, evil things. ³⁶ But I say unto you, That, every useless expression that men shall utter, they shall render, concerning it, an account, in a day of judgment; ³⁷ For, by thy words, shalt thou be, justified, and, by thy words, shalt thou be condemned.

²³ But, he, turning, said to Peter––Withdraw behind me, Satan! A snare, art thou of mine, because thou art not regarding the things of God, but the things of men.

² Now, five of them, were foolish, and, five, prudent.

¹¹ Jesus, therefore, said unto Peter––Thrust the sword into its sheath:––The cup which the Father hath given me, shall I in anywise not drink it?

¹² In hope, rejoicing, in tribulation, enduring, in prayer, persevering,

⁹ Furthermore, indeed, the fathers of our flesh, we used to have, as administrators of discipline, and we used to pay deference: shall we not, much rather, submit ourselves to the Father of our spirits and, live? ¹⁰ For, they, indeed, for a few days, according to that which seemed good to them, were administering discipline; but, he, unto that which is profitable, with view to our partaking of his holiness: ¹¹ But, no discipline, for the present, indeed, seemeth to be of joy, but of sorrow: afterwards, however––to them who thereby have been trained, it yieldeth peaceful fruit, of righteousness.

² For, oft, are we stumbling, one and all: If anyone, in word, doth not stumble, the same, is a mature man, able to curb even the whole body.

¹⁰ An example, take ye, brethren, of distress and patience,––the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord. ¹¹ Lo! we pronounce them happy who have endured; ––Of the endurance of Job, ye have heard, and, the end of the Lord, have ye seen,––that, of much tender affection, is the Lord, and full of compassion,

² and she bare to him Zimran, and Yokshan, and Medan, and Midian,––and Ishbak, and Shuah.

¹¹ Then came the sons of Eliphaz to be,––Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.

¹⁵ These, are the chiefs of the sons of Esau:––The sons of Eliphaz, firstborn of Esau,––Chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,

³⁵ And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to console him, but he refused to be consoled, and said––Surely I will go down unto my son, mourning, to hades! And his father wept for him.

³² And, the sons of Keturah, the concubine of Abraham, she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah,––and, the sons of Jokshan, Sheba, and Dedan;

¹⁴ The despairing, from his friend, should have lovingkindness, or, the reverence of the Almighty, he may forsake.

¹⁹ The caravans of Tema looked about, the travelling companies of Sheba, hoped for them:

¹ Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said:––

⁴ For, in truth, ye, do besmear with falsehood, Worthless physicians, all of you!

¹ Then responded Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:

² I have heard many such things, Wearisome comforters, are ye all!

²⁰ And, he that voucheth for me is on high. My friends are, they who scorn me, Unto GOD, hath mine eye shed tears:––

¹ Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said:––

¹⁹ All the men of mine intimate circle abhor me, and, these whom I loved, have turned against me;

²¹ Pity me! pity me! ye, my friends, for, the hand of GOD, hath stricken me!

⁷ And it came to pass, after Yahweh had spoken these words unto Job, that Yahweh, said unto Eliphaz the Temanite, Kindled is mine anger against thee and against thy two friends, for ye have not spoken concerning me the thing that is right, like my servant Job.

¹¹ Then came unto him all his brethren and all his sisters, and all his former acquaintances, and they did eat bread with him in his house,––and shewed sympathy with him and comforted him, over all the calamity which Yahweh had brought upon him,––and they gave him, every one a weight of money, and every one, a ring of gold.

¹⁷ At all times, doth a friend love, and, a brother for distress, must be born.

²⁴ A man having [many] friends, shall come to ruin, but there is a loving one, who sticketh closer than a brother.

¹⁰ Thine own friend and thy father’s friend, do not thou forsake; but, the house of thy brother, do not enter, in thy day of calamity, Better a neighbour near, than a brother far off.

¹⁹ Twain, are the things befalling thee, Who will lament for thee? Wasting and destruction, and, famine and sword, By whom shall I comfort thee?

⁷ Of Edom––Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Is there, no longer, wisdom in Teman? Hath counsel perished from the discerning? Is, their wisdom, corrupt?

¹⁹ and, many from among the Jews, had come unto Martha and Mary, that they might console them concerning their brother.

¹⁵ Rejoice with them that rejoice, weep with them that weep:

²⁶ And, whether one member, suffereth, all the members, suffer with it, or, a member is glorified, all the members, rejoice together.

³ Bear in mind them who are in bonds, as having become jointly bound,––them who are suffering ill–treatment, as being yourselves also in the body.

³⁴ When Esau heard the words of his father, then cried he out with an outcry loud and bitter, exceedingly,––and said to his father, Bless, even me also, O my father!

⁶ Then Joshua rent his clothes and fell upon his face to the earth before the ark of Yahweh until the evening, he and the elders of Israel,––and they lifted up dust upon their heads.

⁴ And it came to pass, when the messenger of Yahweh had spoken these words unto all the sons of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

¹⁹ So, they two, went their way, until they entered Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they entered Bethlehem, that all the city was moved concerning them, and the women said––Is this Naomi? ²⁰ And she said unto them, Do not call me Naomi[=" Sweet"], ––call me Mara[=" Bitter"], for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me: ²¹ I was full when I departed, but, empty, am I brought back of Yahweh,––wherefore should ye call me Naomi, when, Yahweh, hath given answer against me, and, the Almighty, hath crushed me?

⁴ And, when the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spake the words in the ears of the people, all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

⁴ Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice, and wept,––until they had no more strength to weep.

³⁶ And so it was, as he made an end of speaking, that lo! the king’s sons, came, and lifted up their voice and wept,––the king also, and all his servants, wept with an exceeding great weeping.

¹ Now, on the twenty–fourth day of this month, were the sons of Israel gathered together, with fasting and with sackcloth, having earth upon them.

¹ When, Mordecai, came to know all that had been done, Mordecai rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, and ashes,––and went forth into the midst of the city, and cried out with an outcry loud and bitter;

²⁰ Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell to the earth and worshipped;

¹⁴ Failed me, have my near of kin, and, mine intimate acquaintances, have forgotten me;

¹⁰ Seated on the ground, in silence, are the elders of the daughter of Zion, They have lifted up dust on their head, have girded themselves with sackcloth,––Bowed down to the ground is the head, of the virgins of Jerusalem.

⁷ Purer were her Nazirites than snow, whiter were they than milk,––more ruddy, in body, than coral, A sapphire, was their beauty of form. ⁸ Darker than a coal, is their visage, They are not known in the streets––Their skin shrivelleth on their bones, is withered, become like a stick.

¹⁹ And they cast dust upon their heads, and cried out, weeping and grieving, saying––Alas! alas! the great city! Whereby were made rich all that had ships in the sea, by reason of her costliness,––that, in one hour, she hath been laid waste!

⁵ and God called, the light, day, but, the darkness, called he, night. So it was evening––and it was morning, one day.

⁸ And God called, the expanse, heavens. So it was evening––and it was morning, a, second day.

¹⁰ And they came in, as far as the threshing–floor of the Buckthorn, which is beyond the Jordan, then wailed they there––an exceeding great and grievous wailing,––and he made for his father a mourning, of seven days.

³ When I heard this thing, I rent my garment, and my robe,––and tore out of the hair of my head and my beard, and sat stunned.

⁴ And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and I mourned certain days,––and continued fasting and praying, before the God of the heavens;

² If one attempt a word unto thee, wilt thou be impatient? But, to restrain speech, who, can endure?

⁴ Thou hast held, watching, mine eyes, I was driven to and fro, and could not speak;

²⁶ And her gates shall mourn and lament,––And, forsaken, on the ground, shall she sit.

¹ Down––and sit in the dust, O virgin, Daughter of Babylon, Sit on the ground––throneless, Daughter of the Chaldeans; For thou shalt no more be called, Tender and Dainty.

¹⁵ Thus came I unto them of the captivity, at Tel–abib, who were dwelling towards he river Chebar, and I dwelt where, they, were dwelling; yea I dwelt there seven days, stunned in their midst.