Job 40 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ And Yahweh responded to Job, and said:–– ² Shall a reprover contend, with the Almighty? He that disputeth with GOD, let him answer it! ³ Then Job responded to Yahweh, and said:–– ⁴ Lo! I am of no account, what shall I reply to thee? My hand, have I laid on my mouth: ⁵ Once, have I spoken, but I will not proceed, yea twice, but I will not add.
⁶ So then Yahweh responded to Job, out of a storm, and said:–– ⁷ Gird, I pray thee––as a strong man––thy loins, I will ask thee, and inform thou me. ⁸ Wilt thou even frustrate my justice? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest appear right? ⁹ But if, an arm like GOD, thou hast, and, with a voice like his, thou canst thunder, ¹⁰ Deck thyself, I pray thee, with majesty and grandeur, Yea, with dignity and splendour, thou shalt clothe thyself; ¹¹ Pour out thy transports of anger, and look on every one who is high, and lay him low; ¹² Look on every one who is high, and humble him, yea tread down the lawless, on the spot: ¹³ Hide them in the dust all together, Their faces, bind thou in darkness; ¹⁴ And, even I myself, will praise thee, in that thine own right hand can bring thee salvation.
¹⁵ Behold, I pray thee, the Hippopotamus, which I made with thee, Grass––like the ox, he eateth; ¹⁶ Behold, I pray thee, his strength in his loins, and his force, in the muscles of his belly; ¹⁷ He bendeth down his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his thighs, are twisted together; ¹⁸ His bones, are barrels of bronze, his frame, is like hammered bars of iron: ¹⁹ He, is the beginning of the ways of GOD, Let his maker, present him his sword: ²⁰ Surely the mountains bring, produce, to him, where, all the wild beasts of the field, do play; ²¹ Under the lotus–trees, he lieth down, in a covert of reed and swamp; ²² The lotus–trees cover him with their shade, the willows of the torrent–bed compass him about; ²³ Lo! the river becometh insolent––he is not alarmed! He is confident, though a Jordan burst forth to his mouth: ²⁴ Before his eyes, shall he be caught? With a hook, can one pierce his nose?

¹ Then Yahweh responded to Job, out of a storm, and said:––

⁶ So then Yahweh responded to Job, out of a storm, and said:––

¹¹ Wherefore, in the womb, did I not die? From the womb, come forth and cease to breathe? ¹² For what reason, were there prepared for me––knees? and why––breasts, that I might suck?

²⁰ Wherefore give, to the wretched, light? Or, life, to the embittered in soul?––

²³ To a man, whose way is concealed, And GOD hath straitly enclosed him?

¹² Am, I, a sea, or a sea–monster,––That thou shouldst set over me a watch?

¹⁹ How long wilt thou not look away from me? Wilt thou not let me alone, till I can swallow my spittle? ²⁰ I have sinned, What can I do for thee, thou watcher of men? Wherefore hast thou set me as thine object of attack, or have I become, unto thee, a burden? ²¹ And why wilt thou not remove my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For, now, in the dust, should I lie down, and thou shouldst seek me diligently, and I should not be.

³ If he choose to contend with him, he cannot answer him, one of a thousand:

¹⁷ For, with a tempest, would he fall upon me, and would multiply my wounds without need; ¹⁸ He would not suffer me to recover my breath, for he would surfeit me with bitter things.

³² For he is not a man like myself, whom I might answer, nor could we come together into judgment: ³³ There is not, between us, a mediator, who might lay his hand upon us both. ³⁴ Let him take from off me his rod, and, his terror, let it not startle me: ³⁵ I could speak, and not be afraid of him, although, not so, am, I, in myself!

³ Is it seemly in thee, that thou shouldst oppress? that thou shouldst despise the labour of thine own hand, when, upon the counsel of the lawless, thou hast shone? ⁴ Eyes of flesh, hast thou? or, as a mortal seeth, seest thou? ⁵ As the days of a mortal, are thy days? or, thy years, as the days of a man? ⁶ That thou shouldst seek for mine iniquity, and, for my sin, shouldst make search: ⁷ Though it is, within thine own knowledge, that I would not be lawless, and, none, out of thy hand, can deliver?

¹⁴ If I have sinned, then couldst thou watch me, and, from mine iniquity, thou wouldst not acquit me: ¹⁵ If I have been lawless, alas for me! Or, if I am righteous, I will not lift up my head, Surfeited with shame, look thou then on my humiliation. ¹⁶ When it is lifted up, like a howling lion, thou dost hunt me, Then again thou dost shew thyself marvelous against me. ¹⁷ Thou renewest thy witnesses before me, and dost increase thy vexation with me, Relays––yea an army, is with me.

²¹ Thy hand––from off me, take thou far away, and, thy terror, let it not startle me! ²² Then call thou, and, I, will answer, Or I will speak, and reply thou unto me.
²³ How many are mine iniquities and sins? My transgression and my sin, let me know! ²⁴ Wherefore, thy face, shouldst thou hide? Or count me, as an enemy to thee? ²⁵ A driven leaf, wilt thou cause to tremble? Or, dry stubble, wilt thou pursue? ²⁶ For thou writest, against me, bitter things, and dost make me inherit the iniquities of my youth; ²⁷ And thou dost put––in the stocks––my feet, and observest all my paths, Against the roots of my feet, thou dost cut out a bound;

¹⁶ For, now, my steps, thou countest, Thou wilt not pass over my sin: ¹⁷ Sealed up in a bag, is my transgression, and thou hast glued over mine iniquity.

¹¹ GOD doth abandon me to him that is perverse, and, into the hands of the lawless, he throweth me headlong. ¹² At ease, was I when he shattered me, Yea he seized me by my neck, and dashed me in pieces, then set me up for himself as a mark: ¹³ His archers came round against me, He clave asunder my reins, and spared not, He poured out, on the earth, my gall: ¹⁴ He made a breach in me, breach upon breach, He ran upon me, like a mighty man. ¹⁵ Sackcloth, sewed I on my skin, and rolled––in the dust––my horn: ¹⁶ My face, is reddened from weeping, and, upon mine eyelashes, is the death–shade:––
¹⁷ Though no violence was in my hands, and, my prayer, was pure. ¹⁸ O earth! do not cover my blood, and let there be no place for mine outcry. ¹⁹ Even now, lo! in the heavens, is my witness, ²⁰ And, he that voucheth for me is on high. My friends are, they who scorn me, Unto GOD, hath mine eye shed tears:–– ²¹ That one might plead, for a man, with GOD,––Even a son of man, for his friend!

⁶ Know, then, that, God, hath overthrown me, and, within his net, enclosed me. ⁷ Lo! I cry––out: Violence! but receive no answer, I cry aloud, but there is no vindication;
⁸ My way, hath he walled up, that I cannot pass, and, upon my paths, hath he made darkness rest; ⁹ My glory––from off me, hath he stripped, and hath removed the crown of my head; ¹⁰ He hath ruined me on every side, and I am gone, and he hath taken away––like a tree––my hope; ¹¹ Yea he hath kindled against me his anger, and accounted me towards him like unto his adversaries;

² As GOD liveth who hath taken away my right, even the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul;

²¹ Thou art turned to become a cruel one unto me, With the might of thy hand, thou assailest me;

¹³ Wherefore, against him, hast thou contended? For, with none of his reasons, will he respond.

¹⁰ Whatsoever one may be, long ago, was he called by his name, and it is known that it is––Son of Earth,––he cannot, therefore, contend with one stronger than he.

¹⁴ With whom, hath he taken counsel––And he hath given him intelligence, And instructed him in the path of justice,––And taught him knowledge, And, in the way of intelligence, hath been giving him understanding?

⁹ Alas for him who contendeth with his Fashioner,––A potsherd, [should contend] with the potsherds of the ground! Shall it be said by, the clay, unto him that is fashioning it, What wouldst thou make? Or thy work [say of thee], He hath no hands? ¹⁰ Alas for one who saith to a father, What begettest thou? Or to a woman, What dost thou bring forth?
¹¹ Thus, saith Yahweh, The Holy One of Israel, And his Fashioner, As to things to come, they have asked me, Concerning my sons and concerning the work of my hands, they would command me!

⁸ At hand, is one who can justify me. Who, will contend with me? let, us stand forth together,––Who, can accuse me? let him draw near to me!

² What occasion have, ye, to be using this proverb, concerning the soil of Israel, saying,––Fathers, eat sour grapes, And, the children’s teeth, are blunted?

¹¹ And, having received it, they began to murmur against the householder, saying––

¹⁹ Thou wilt say to me, then––Why longer findeth he fault? For, his purpose, who hath withstood? ²⁰ O man! Who, nevertheless, art, thou, that art answering again unto God? Shall the thing formed say unto him that formed it––Why didst thou make me thus? ²¹ Or hath not the potter a right over the clay––out of the same lump, to make some, indeed, into a vessel for honour, and some for dishonour? ²² And, if God––wishing to shew his anger and to make known his power––bare, in much patience, with vessels of anger already fitted for destruction, ²³ In order that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy which he prepared beforehand for glory,––

³⁴ For who hath come to know the mind of the Lord? Or who hath become his counselor? ³⁵ Or who hath first given unto him, and it shall be recompensed to him again? ³⁶ Because, of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things:––unto him, be the glory, unto the ages. Amen!

¹⁶ For who hath come to know the mind of the Lord, that shall instruct him? But, we, have, the mind of Christ.

²² Or are we to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we mightier than he?

²⁷ And Abraham responded, and said,––Behold, I pray thee, I have ventured to speak unto My Lord, though, I, am dust and ashes:

¹⁰ I am too small for all the lovingkindnesses, and for all the faithfulness, which thou hast done unto thy servant,––For, with my staff, passed I over this Jordan, But, now, have I become two camps.

¹⁹ And they said unto him––Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and become to us a father and a priest,––is it better that thou be priest to the house of one man, or that thou be priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel?

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.

⁴ But, he himself, went into the wilderness a day’s journey, and came and sat down under a certain shrub,––and asked for his life, that he might die, and said––Enough, now, O Yahweh! take away my life, for, no better, am, I, than, my fathers.

⁶ and said, O my God, I turn pale and am ashamed, to lift up, O my God, my face unto thee,––for, our iniquities, have multiplied above the head, and our guilt hath magnified itself unto the heavens.

¹⁵ O Yahweh, God of Israel, righteous thou art, for we have had left us a deliverance as at this day,––here we are, before thee, in our guilty deeds, for there is no standing before thee, because of this thing!

³³ But, thou, art righteous, as to all that hath fallen upon us,––for, faithfulness, hast thou wrought, whereas, we, have been lawless;

³¹ Then, in a ditch, wouldst thou plunge me, and mine own clothes should abhor me:

²¹ That one might plead, for a man, with GOD,––Even a son of man, for his friend!

⁵ Turn round to me, and be astonished, and lay hand on mouth!

⁴ I would set out, before him, a plea, and, my mouth, would I fill with arguments; ⁵ I would note the words wherewith he would respond to me, and would mark what he would say to me. ⁶ Would he, with fulness of might, contend with me? Nay, surely, he, would give heed to me! ⁷ There an upright man, might reason with him, so should I deliver myself completely from my judge.

⁹ Rulers, restrained speech, and, a hand, laid they on their mouth;

³⁷ The number of my footsteps, I would declare to him, Like a noble, would I draw near to him.

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

⁹ I am dumb, I cannot open my mouth, for, thou, hast done it.

⁴ Against thee––against thee alone, have I sinned, And, wickedness––in thine eyes, have I done,––That thou mayest, Be justified when thou speakest,––Be clear when thou judgest. ⁵ Lo! in iniquity, was I brought forth, And, in sin, did my mother conceive me.

³² If thou hast acted basely by lifting thyself up,––if thou hast plotted evil, [put thy] hand to [thy] mouth!

⁵ Then said I––Woe to me!––for I am undone, Because, a man of unclean lips, am, I, And, in the midst of a people of unclean lips, do, I, dwell,––For, the King, Yahweh of hosts, have mine eyes seen!

⁶ We all, like sheep, had gone astray, Every man––to his way, had we burned,––And, Yahweh! caused to light upon him, The guilt of, us all!

⁶ But we have become as one unclean, all of us, And, as a garment polluted, were all our righteous doings,––And so we faded like a leaf, all of us, And, our iniquity, as a wind, carried us away;

⁵ We have sinned and committed iniquity, and been guilty of lawlessness and been rebellious,––even departing from thy commandments, and from thy regulations;

⁷ To thee, O Lord, belongeth righteousness, but, to us, the shame of faces, as at this day,––to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, the near and the far off, throughout all the lands whither thou hast driven them, in their treachery, wherewith they had been treacherous against thee.

¹⁶ Nations, shall see, that they may turn pale at all their valour,––they shall lay hand on mouth, their ears, shall be silent:

²⁰ Howbeit, Yahweh, is in his holy temple,––Hush before him, all the earth.

¹³ Hush! all flesh, before Yahweh,––For he hath roused himself up out of his holy dwelling.

⁸ And Simon, beholding, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying––Depart from me! Because, a sinful man, am I, O Lord!

¹⁸ I will arise, and go unto my father, and will say unto him––Father! I have sinned against heaven, and before thee: ¹⁹ No longer, am I worthy to be called a son of thine,––Make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came unto his own father.

¹³ But, the tax–collector, afar off, standing,––would not so much as lift up, his eyes, unto heaven, but kept smiting his own breast saying––O God! be propitiated unto me, the sinner!

¹⁵ Faithful, the saying! and, of all acceptance, worthy,––that, Christ Jesus, came into the world, sinners, to save: of whom, the chief, am, I; ––

¹⁰ So the king of Israel sent unto the place whereof the man of God had spoken to him and warned him, and was on his guard there,––not once nor twice

¹⁵ Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, to be absolved, I would make supplication.

¹⁴ For, in one way, GOD may speak,––and, in a second way, one may not heed it:––

³¹ For, unto GOD, hath one [ever] said––I have borne punishment, I will not be perverse; ³² What I see not, do, thou, shew me, If, perverseness, I have wrought, I will do it no more?

¹¹ One thing, hath God spoken, Two things, [there are] which I have heard, That, power, belongeth unto God;

¹⁸ I have, heard, Ephraim, bemoaning himself, Thou hast chastised me, and I have been chastised, Like a bullock, not broken in, Suffer me to return, that I may, return, For, thou, art Yahweh my God. ¹⁹ Surely, after my return, I was filled with regret, And, after I came to know myself, I smote upon the thigh,––I turned pale, and was even confounded, For I had borne the reproach of my youthful days.

¹⁹ Now we know that, whatsoever things the law saith, to them who are within the law, it speaketh, in order that, every mouth, may be stopped and all the world come, under penal sentence, unto God.

³ Let our God come, and let him not keep silence! A fire––before him, shall devour, And, around him, hath it become exceeding tempestuous: ⁴ He calleth, Unto the heavens above, And unto the earth, That he may judge his people.

¹⁸ For ye have not approached––unto, a searching and scorching fire, and gloom, and mist, and tempest, ¹⁹ And a trumpets peal,––and a sound of things spoken:––from which they who heard excused themselves, lest there should be added to them, a word; ²⁰ For they could not bear, that which was being enjoined,––and, should a beast be touching the mountain, it shall be stoned;

¹⁰ Howbeit the day of the Lord will be here, as a thief,––in which, the heavens, with a rushing noise, will pass away, while, elements, becoming intensely hot, will be dissolved, and, earth, and the works therein, will be discovered.
¹¹ Seeing that all these things are thus to be dissolved, what manner of persons, ought [ye] all the while to be, in holy ways of behaviour and acts of godliness,–– ¹² Expecting and hastening the presence of the day of God, by reason of which, heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved, and, elements, becoming intensely hot, are to be melted;

²² Then call thou, and, I, will answer, Or I will speak, and reply thou unto me.

³ Oh that I knew where I might find him! I would come even unto his dwelling–place; ⁴ I would set out, before him, a plea, and, my mouth, would I fill with arguments;

³ Gird, I pray thee––like a strong man––thy loins, that I may ask thee, and inform thou me:

⁴ Hear thou, I pray thee, and, I, will speak, I will ask thee, and inform thou me.

³ Is it seemly in thee, that thou shouldst oppress? that thou shouldst despise the labour of thine own hand, when, upon the counsel of the lawless, thou hast shone?

² As GOD liveth who hath taken away my right, even the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul; ³ All the while my inspiration is in me, and the spirit of GOD is in my nostrils, ⁴ Verily my lips shall not speak perversity, nor shall, my tongue, utter deceit. 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.

² Then was kindled the anger of Elihu, son of Barachel the Buzite of the family of Ram,––against Job, was kindled his anger, because he justified his own soul rather than God;

⁵ For Job hath said––I am righteous, But, GOD, hath turned away my right; ⁶ Concerning mine own right, shall I tell a falsehood? Incurable is my disease––not for any transgression.

² This, dost thou think to be right? Thou hast said––My righteousness is more than GOD’S. ³ For thou dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin?

⁴ Against thee––against thee alone, have I sinned, And, wickedness––in thine eyes, have I done,––That thou mayest, Be justified when thou speakest,––Be clear when thou judgest.

²⁷ For, Yahweh of hosts, hath purposed,––And who, shall frustrate? And, his, is the hand outstretched, And who, shall turn it back?

¹⁸ So shall be wiped out your covenant with death, And, your vision with hades, not stand,––When, the overflowing scourge, sweepeth past, then shall ye be thereby beaten down:

⁴ Far be it! But let, God, prove to be, true, albeit, every man, be false! Even as it is written––That thou mightest be declared righteous in thy words, and overcome when thou art in judgment.

¹⁵ Brethren! in human fashion, am I speaking: yet still, a man’s confirmed covenant, no one setteth aside or addeth unto:

¹⁷ And, this, I say––a covenant previously confirmed by God, the law which, after four hundred and thirty years, hath been brought into being, doth not annul, so as to do away with the promise.

¹⁸ For, a setting aside, doth, indeed, take place, of a foregoing commandment, by reason of its own weakness and unprofitableness,––

⁶ Thy right hand, O Yahweh, is splendid in power,––Thy right hand, O Yahweh, dasheth in pieces a foe;

⁴ Wise in heart, and alert in vigour, What man hath hardened himself against him, and prospered!

⁶ Would he, with fulness of might, contend with me? Nay, surely, he, would give heed to me!

¹² Lo! in this, thou hast not been right––let me answer thee, For, GOD, is greater than, man. ¹³ Wherefore, against him, hast thou contended? For, with none of his reasons, will he respond.

⁴ After it, roareth a voice, He thundereth with his voice of majesty, Nor will he hold them back, when his voice is heard. ⁵ GOD thundereth with his voice, wonderfully, Doing great things, which we cannot know;

³ The voice of Yahweh, is upon the waters,––The GOD of glory, hath thundered, Yahweh, is upon mighty waters;

³ Hot was my heart within me, While I was musing, there was kindled a fire, I spake with my tongue! ⁴ Let me know, O Yahweh, mine end, And the measure of my days––what it is, I would know how short–lived I am. ⁵ Lo! as hand–breadths, hast thou granted my days, and my life–time, is as nothing before thee,––Surely, a mere breath, are all men, [even] such as stand firm. [Selah.] ⁶ Surely as a shadow, doth every man wander, Surely in vain, do they bustle about, he heapeth things up, and knoweth not who shall gather them in.
⁷ Now, therefore, for what have I waited, O My Lord? My hope, is, in thee. ⁸ From all my transgressions, rescue thou me,––The reproach of the base, oh do not make me! ⁹ I am dumb, I cannot open my mouth, for, thou, hast done it.

¹⁰ Thou, hast crushed––as one slain––Rahab, With thy strong arm, hast thou scattered thy foes.

¹³ Thine is an arm with might, Strong is thy hand, High is thy right hand;

⁹ Alas for him who contendeth with his Fashioner,––A potsherd, [should contend] with the potsherds of the ground! Shall it be said by, the clay, unto him that is fashioning it, What wouldst thou make? Or thy work [say of thee], He hath no hands?

² And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother,––for glory and for beauty.

¹¹ Thine, O Yahweh, are Greatness, and Might, and Beauty, and Victory, and Majesty, nay! all in the heavens and in the earth,––thine, O Yahweh, is the kingdom, who art exalted above all,––as chief;

¹⁹ Couldst thou give––to the Horse––strength? Couldst thou clothe his neck with the quivering mane?

⁵ Great is his glory, in thy salvation, Honour and majesty, wilt thou lay upon him;

³ Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, [’Tis] thine honour and thy majesty; ⁴ And, [in] thy majesty, be successful! ride forth! on behalf of faithfulness, and humility––righteousness, And let thine own right hand show thee wonderful things.

² Out of Zion the perfection of beauty, God, hath shone forth.

¹⁶ Let thy work, appear unto thy servants, And, thy majesty, upon their children; ¹⁷ And let the delightfulness of Adonay our God be upon us,––And, the work of our hands, establish thou upon us, Yea, the work of our hands, establish thou it.

¹ Yahweh, hath become king, With majesty, is he clothed,––Clothed is Yahweh, With strength, hath he girded himself, Surely he hath fixed the world, It shall not be shaken.

¹ Bless, O my soul, Yahweh,––Yahweh, my God, thou art exceedingly great, With honour and majesty, hast thou clothed thyself, ² Putting on light, as a robe, Stretching out the heavens, as a curtain;

⁴ For Yahweh is taking pleasure in his people, He will beautify humbled ones with victory.

² In that day, Shall, the Bud of Yahweh, become beautiful and glorious,––And, the Fruit of the Land, splendid and majestic, To the escaped of Israel.

¹⁷ And he put on, Righteousness, as a coat of mail, And a helmet of victory upon his head,––And he put on the garments of avenging, for clothing, And wrapped about him, as a cloak–jealousy!

¹³ And bring us not into temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.

⁵⁴ But, whensoever, this mortal, shall clothe itself with immortality, then, shall be brought to pass the saying that is written––Death hath been swallowed up, victoriously;

¹⁶ For, not as having followed, cleverly devised stories, made we known unto you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but as having been made, spectators, of his majesty. ¹⁷ For, when he received from God the Father honour and glory, a voice, being borne to him such as this, by the magnificent glory––My Son, the beloved, is, this, in whom, I, delight,

²⁴ Now, unto him who is able––to guard you from stumbling, and to set you in the presence of his glory, without blemish, with exultation,–– ²⁵ Unto God alone our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, greatness, dominion, and authority, before all the [by–gone] age, and now, and unto all the [coming] ages. Amen!

¹⁶ but, in very deed, for this purpose, have I let thee remain, for the purpose of showing thee my might,––and that my name may be celebrated in all the earth. ¹⁷ Even yet, art thou exalting thyself over my people,––in not letting them go?

¹¹ Now, I know, that, greater, is Yahweh than all the gods,––Even in the thing wherein they were arrogant over them.

²² For, a fire, is kindled in mine anger, And shall burn as far as hades beneath,––And consume the earth with her produce, And set ablaze the foundations of the mountains:

²³ It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will thrust at him the glow of his anger, and rain [it] upon him for his punishment.

²² And He will cast upon him and not spare, Out of his hand, shall he, swiftly flee;

⁴⁹ He sent among them the heat of his anger, Wrath and indignation and distress,––A mission of messengers of misfortune: ⁵⁰ He leveled a path for his anger, Withheld not, from death, their soul, But, their life––to the pestilence, he delivered:

⁶ Flash forth lightning, that thou mayest scatter them, Send out thine arrows, that thou mayest confound them:

¹¹ The lofty looks of mean men, shall be humbled, And, the haughtiness of great men, shall be bowed down,––And Yahweh alone, shall be exalted, in that day. ¹² For, a day of Yahweh of hosts, [shall be]––Upon every one who is high and lofty,––And upon every one who is lifted up, And he shall be brought low;

¹⁷ And the haughtiness of mean men, shall be humbled,––And the loftiness of great men, shall be laid low,––And Yahweh alone, shall be exalted, in that day.

¹² Wherefore it shall come to pass––When My Lord shall finish his whole work upon Mount Zion, and upon Jerusalem, I will bring punishment––Upon the fruit of the greatness of heart of the king of Assyria, And upon the vainglory of his uplifted eyes. ¹³ For he hath said––By the strength of mine own hand, have I effectually wrought, And by my wisdom––for I have discernment,––That I might remove the bounds of peoples, Yea, their treasures, have I plundered, That I might lay prostrate, as a mighty one, the inhabitants; ¹⁴ And my hand, hath found as a nest, the wealth of the peoples, And, as the gathering of eggs that are forsaken, all the earth, have, I, gathered,––And there was none to flap a wing, or open a mouth, or chirp. ¹⁵ Shall the axe, boast itself, against him that heweth therewith? Or, the saw, magnify itself, against him that wieldeth it? As if a rod, could wield, them who lift it up! As if a staff, could raise, what is, not wood! ¹⁶ Therefore, shall the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, Send, among his fat ones, leanness, And, under his glory, shall he kindle, a kindling, like the kindling of fire; ¹⁷ So shall, the Light of Israel, become, a fire, And, his Holy One, a flame, Which shall burn and consume his thorns and his briars, in one day; ¹⁸ And, the glory of his forest and of his garden land, both soul and body, shall it bring to an end,––And it shall be like the wasting away of a consumptive. ¹⁹ And, the remnant of his forest–trees, few in number, shall become,––yea, a child, might describe them!

²⁵ So he hath poured out, upon him, The glow of his anger, and, The strength of battle; And it hath set him aflame round about, yet he knoweth it not, And it hath kindled upon him, yet he layeth it not to heart.

² Son of man, Say to the Prince of Tyre, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh–Because, lofty, is thy heart, and thou hast said, A GOD, am I, In the seat of God, have I taken my seat, In the heart of the seas; Whereas, thou, art a man, and not a GOD, But hast set thy heart as the heart of God:

³⁷ Now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, am praising and extolling and honouring the King of the Heavens, all whose works, are truth, and, his ways, right; and, them who walk in pride, he is able to abase,

²⁰ But, when uplifted was his heart and, his spirit, became obstinate so as to act arrogantly, he was put down from the throne of his kingdom, and, his dignity, took they from him; ²¹ And, from among the sons of men, was he driven, and, his heart, to a wild beast’s, became equal, and, with the wild asses, was his dwelling, and, grass––like oxen, they suffered him to eat, and, with the dew of the heavens, his body, was drenched––until that he came to know that the Most High God, hath dominion, over the kingdom of men, and, whomsoever he pleaseth, he setteth up over it. ²² And yet, thou, his son, O Belshazzar! hast not humbled thy heart, though, all this, thou knewest; ²³ but, against the Lord of the heavens, hast uplifted thyself, and, the vessels of his house, have they brought before thee, and, thou, and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have been drinking, wine, therein, and, gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which see not nor hear nor know, hast thou praised,––whereas, God, in whose hand thy breath is and whose are all thy ways, him, hast thou not glorified.

³ The insolence of thy heart, hath deceived thee, O thou that inhabitest the retreats of the crag, the height of his habitation,––that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? ⁴ Though thou build high like an eagle, and though, among the stars, thou set thy nest, from thence, will I bring thee down, Declareth Yahweh.

⁶ Before his indignation, who shall stand? And who shall abide the glow of his anger? His wrath, hath been poured forth like fire, and, the rocks, have been broken down because of him.

¹ For lo! the day, cometh, that burneth as a furnace,––and, all the proud and everyone who worketh lawlessness, shall be, stubble, and the day that cometh, shall consume them utterly, saith Yahweh of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

¹⁴ I tell you––This one went down justified, unto his house, rather than that one; because, every one who exalteth himself, shall be abased, but, he that abaseth himself, shall be exalted?

²² And, the populace, began to shout––A god’s, voice, and not, a man’s! ²³ And, instantly, there smote him, a messenger of the Lord, because he gave not the glory unto God; and, becoming worm–eaten, he expired.

⁸ Unto them, on the other hand, who are of contention, and are not yielding unto the truth, but are yielding unto unrighteousness, anger and wrath, ⁹ tribulation and anguish––against every soul of man who worketh out what is base, both of Jew first and of Greek,––

⁶ Howbeit he giveth, greater, favour. Wherefore it saith––God, against the haughty, arrayeth himself, Whereas, unto the lowly, he giveth favour.

⁵ In like manner, ye younger men––submit yourselves unto elders; ––All, however, one towards another, gird on humility; because, God, against the haughty, arrayeth himself, whereas, unto the lowly, he giveth favour. ⁶ Be made lowly, therefore, under the strong hand of God, that he may lift, you, up in due time,––

⁷ Yahweh, maketh poor, and enricheth,––Layeth low, yea exalteth;

²⁰ Do not pant for the night, when peoples disappear from their place.

¹² In God, we shall do valiantly, He himself, therefore, will tread down our adversaries.

²⁵ The house of proud men, will Yahweh tear down, but he will maintain the boundary of the widow.

³ If the clouds be filled with a downpour, upon the earth, will they empty themselves, and, if a tree fall in the south or in the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there will it be found.

⁶ Against an irreligious nation, will I send him, Yea, against the people with whom I am wroth, will I command him,––To capture spoil, And lay hold on prey, And cause them to be trodden down as the mire of the lanes.

¹¹ And I will visit, upon the inhabited earth, calamity, And, upon the lawless, their punishment, And will quiet the arrogance of the proud, And, the loftiness of tyrants, will I lay low.

³ A winepress, have I trodden, alone, And, of the peoples, there was no, man with me. So I trod them down, in mine anger, And trampled upon them, in mine indignation,––And their life–blood besprinkled my garments, And, all mine apparel, I defiled;

⁵ So shall they become like mighty ones, trampling on the mire of lanes, in battle, and they will fight because, Yahweh, is with them,––and will abash the riders of horses.

³ And ye shall tread down the lawless, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet,––in the day when I am working with effect, saith Yahweh of hosts.

²⁵ To take the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas went aside, to go his way unto his own place.

²⁰ Howbeit, the God of peace, will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The favour of our Lord Jesus, be with you.

⁸ When, the king, returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine, Haman, was lying prostrate upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he, even dare to force the queen, while I am in the house? No sooner had the word gone forth out of the mouth of the king, than, the face of Haman, they had covered.

¹³ Oh that, in hades, thou wouldst hide me! that thou wouldst keep me secret, until the turn of thine anger, that thou wouldst set for me a fixed time, and remember me:

¹³ Yea, the impious in heart, should store up anger, They should not cry for help, when he bound them.

¹⁴ Like sheep––into hades, are they driven, Death shall shepherd them,––And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, Even their form, is to decay, Hades, is all that remaineth of a habitation for him.

¹⁰ Enter into the rock, Or hide thee in the dust,––Because of the terribleness of Yahweh, And for his majestic, splendour.

⁴⁴ He that was dead came forth, bound feet and hands with bandages, and, his face, with a napkin, was bound about. Jesus saith unto them––Loose him, and let him go.

³ For, not by their own sword, gat they possession of the land, Nor did, their own arm, win victory for them,––But thine own right hand, and thine own arm, and the light of thy face, Because thou hadst accepted them.

⁶ For, not in my bow, will I trust, Nor shall, my sword, give me victory;

²⁹ Giving, to him that fainteth, strength, And, to him that hath no, vigour, he causeth, power, to abound?

⁶ Seeing that, Christ, we being weak as yet, seasonably, in behalf of such as were ungodly, died.

⁴ But, God, being rich in mercy, by reason of the great love wherewith he loved us, ⁵ Although we were dead by our offences, gave us life together with the Christ,––by favour, ye have been saved,–– ⁶ And raised us up together, and seated us together in the heavenlies, in Christ: ⁷ That he might point out, in the oncoming ages, the surpassing riches of his favour in graciousness upon us, in Christ Jesus; ⁸ For, by his favour, have ye been saved, through means of faith, and this [hath come to pass]––not from you, of God, the free–gift! ⁹ Not from works, lest anyone should boast.

²⁴ And God said––Let the land, bring forth, living soul, after its kind, tame–beast and creeping thing and wild–beast of the land, after its kind. And it was so. ²⁵ And God made the wild–beast of the land, after its kind, and the tame–beast, after its kind, and every creeping thing of the ground, after its kind. And God saw that it was, good.
²⁶ And God said––Let us make man in our image, after our likeness––and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the bird of the heavens, and over the tame–beast––and over all the land, and over every creeping thing, that creepeth on the land.

⁸ He espieth the mountains, his pasture–ground, and, after every green thing, maketh search.

²⁰ Surely the mountains bring, produce, to him, where, all the wild beasts of the field, do play;

¹⁴ Who causeth the grass to shoot forth for the cattle, And the herb, for the service of man, That he may bring forth food out of the earth;

²³ The dewlaps of his flesh, cleave together, hardened upon him, they cannot be moved;

⁴ Because I knew that––Obstinate, thou wast,––And, a sinew of iron, was thy neck, And thy brow, brazen,

¹³ By his spirit, hath he arched the heavens, His hand hath pierced the fleeing serpent.

³³ There is not––upon the dust––his like, that hath been made to be without fear;

¹² If he turn not, his sword, will he whet,––his bow, hath he bent, and made ready:

²⁴ How thy works abound, O Yahweh! All of them––in wisdom, hast thou made, The earth is full of thy possession:––

¹ In that day, will Yahweh, With his sword––the hard and the great and the strong, Bring punishment, Upon Leviathan, the fleeing serpent, And upon Leviathan, the crooked serpent,––And will slay the monster which is in the sea.

¹⁵ Behold, I pray thee, the Hippopotamus, which I made with thee, Grass––like the ox, he eateth;

²⁶ There, ships, sail along, This sea–monster, thou hast formed to sport therein;

⁸ Who covereth the heavens with clouds, preparing rain for the earth, who causeth the mountains to sprout grass: ⁹ Giving, to the beast, its food, to the young ravens, when they cry.

⁶ And rivers, shall stink, The canals of Egypt be shallow and waste, Reed and rush, be withered; ⁷ The meadows by the Nile, by the mouth of the Nile, And all that is sown in the Nile, Shall be dry, driven away, and not be!

⁷ Then shall, the glowing sand, become, a lake, And, thirsty ground––springs of water,––In the home of the wild dog––its lair, Shall be an enclosure for cane and paper–reed.

⁴⁰ So then ye shall take you, on the first day, boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm–trees, and boughs of thick trees, and poplars of the ravine,––and shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, seven days.

⁷ For this cause, the savings they had made, and that which they had stored, Over the torrent–bed of the willows, shall they bear them.

⁵ So he took of the seed of the land, and planted it in a field for seed,––He took it near mighty waters, Like a willow–tree, he set it.

¹⁰ So Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the circuit of the Jordan, that, the whole of it, was well–watered,––before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the Garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as thou enterest into Zoar.

¹⁵ then, as the bearers of the ark came as far as the Jordan, and, the feet of the priests who were bearing the ark, were dipped in the edge of the waters,––the Jordan being full over all his banks, all the days of harvest,

⁸ I would hasten mine escape, From rushing wind, from storm.

¹⁶ Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! founding in Zion, a stone, A stone of testing, The costly corner of a well–laid foundation, He that trusteth, shall not make haste!

²⁵ I, have digged, and drunk waters,––That I may dry up, with the soles of my feet, all the Nile–streams of Egypt.

¹ Canst thou draw out the Crocodile with a fish–hook? Or, with a cord, canst thou fasten down his tongue? ² Wilt thou put a rush–cord on his nose? or, with a thorn, wilt thou pierce his jaw?