Judges 8 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ And the men of Ephraim said unto him––What is this thing thou hast done to us, in not calling us, when thou wentest to fight with Midian? And they did chide with him, sharply. ² And he said unto them, What have I done, now, in comparison with you? Is not the grape–gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? ³ Into your hand, hath God delivered the princes of Midian––Oreb and Zeeb, what then had I been able to do in comparison with you? Then, was their spirit softened toward him, when he had spoken this word.
⁴ And Gideon came towards the Jordan, being about to pass over––he, and the three hundred men who were with him, faint yet pursuing. ⁵ So he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread to the people that are following me; for, faint, they are, and, I, am in pursuit of Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. ⁶ And the princes of Succoth said, Are the palms of the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in thy power,––that we should give to thine army bread? ⁷ And Gideon said, Therefore, when Yahweh hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my power, then will I tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and with the nettles. ⁸ So he went up from thence, to Penuel, and spake unto them in like manner,––and the men of Penuel answered him, as had answered the men of Succoth. ⁹ So he spake to the men of Penuel also, saying,––When I return with success, I will break down this tower. ¹⁰ Now, Zebah and Zalmunna, were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand, all that were left out of all the host of the sons of the east,––and, the fallen, were a hundred and twenty thousand men, who had drawn the sword. ¹¹ So Gideon went up by the way of the tent–dwellers, on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host, when, the host, had become secure. ¹² And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, then he pursued them, and captured the two kings of Midian––Zebah and Zalmunna, and, all the host, put he in terror. ¹³ And Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle,––from the ascent of Heres; ¹⁴ and caught a young man, of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him,––so he wrote down for him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, seventy–seven men. ¹⁵ Then came he in unto the men of Succoth, and said, Lo! Zebah and Zalmunna,––concerning whom ye did taunt me, saying––Are the palms of the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in thy power, that we should give to thy weary men bread? ¹⁶ So he took the elders of the city, and the thorns of the wilderness and the nettles, and taught therewith the men of Succoth: ¹⁷ the tower of Penuel also, brake he down,––and slew the men of the city.
¹⁸ Then said he unto Zebah and unto Zalmunna, What manner of men were they, whom ye slew at Tabor? And they said, As thou art, so were they, each one, as handsome as the sons of a king. ¹⁹ And he said: My brethren, sons of my mother, they were! As Yahweh liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not have slain you. ²⁰ So he said to Jether his firstborn, Up! slay them. But the youth drew not his sword, for he feared, because he was yet a youth. ²¹ Then said Zebah and Zalmunna––Up! thou, and fall upon us, for, like the man, is his might. So Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on the necks of their camels.
²² Then said the men of Israel, unto Gideon, Rule over us––even thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son,––for thou hast saved us out of the power of Midian. ²³ And Gideon said unto them, I, will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you,––Yahweh, shall rule over you. ²⁴ And Gideon said unto them––I would make to you a request, Give me, then, every man the nose–ring of his spoil. For they had, nose–rings of gold, for, Ishmaelites, they were. ²⁵ And they said, We will, freely give. So they spread out a mantle, and cast therein, every man the nose–ring of his spoil. ²⁶ And so it was, that the weight of the nose–rings of gold which he requested, was a thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold,––besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the raiment of purple that were upon the kings of Midian, and besides the ornaments that were on the necks of their camels. ²⁷ And Gideon made thereof an Ephod, and set it up in his own city, in Ophrah, and all Israel went unchastely astray after it there,––so it became, to Gideon and to his house, a snare. ²⁸ Thus was Midian subdued, before the sons of Israel, neither did they again lift up their head,––and the land had rest forty years, in the days of Gideon.
²⁹ So then Jerubbaal, son of Joash, went and dwelt in his own house. ³⁰ And, Gideon, had seventy sons, sprung from his own loins,––for, many wives, had he. ³¹ And, his concubine who was in Shechem, she also, bare him a son,––and he gave him the name of Abimelech. ³² And Gideon, son of Joash, died in a good old age,––and was buried in the grave of Joash his father, in Ophrah, of the Abiezrites. ³³ And it came to pass that, as soon as Gideon was dead, the sons of Israel turned back, and went unchastely astray after the Baals,––and appointed them Baal–berith, to be god: ³⁴ so the sons of Israel remembered not Yahweh, their own God,––who had rescued them out of the hand of all their enemies, on every side; ³⁵ neither dealt they in lovingkindness with the house of Jerubbaal [namely] Gideon,––according to all the goodness wherewith he had dealt with Israel.

²⁴ For this cause, will a man leave his father, and his mother,––and cleave unto his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

⁷ So Noah entered, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark,––from before the waters of the flood.

¹⁸ Now, Melchizedek king of Salem, had brought forth bread and wine,––he, being priest of GOD Most High.

¹⁵ But, thou, shalt go in unto thy fathers, in peace,––thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

¹⁰ And the messenger of Yahweh said to her, I will, greatly multiply, thy seed––so that it shall not be numbered for multitude. ¹¹ And the messenger of Yahweh said to her, Behold thee! with child, and about bearing a son––and thou shalt call his name Ishmael[=" God hearkeneth"], for Yahweh hath hearkened unto thy humiliation.

¹⁵ So Hagar bare to Abram a son,––and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bare, Ishmael.

² And Abraham said of Sarah his wife: My, sister, is she,––So Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

²⁴ And, his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also, hath borne Tebah and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.

²² And it came to pass, when the camels had done drinking, that the man took a ring of gold, half a shekel its weight,––and two bracelets, for her hands, ten of gold their weight;

⁵³ Then the servant brought forth jewels of silver and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave unto Rebekah,––and, precious things, gave he to her brother, and to her mother.

⁸ So Abraham breathed his last, and died, in a fine old age, old and satisfied,––and was gathered unto his people.

¹³ and, these, are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, after their generations,––the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar and Adbeel, and Mibsam;

³⁰ So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; For I saw God, face to face; and my soul was delivered. ³¹ And the sun rose on him as soon as he had passed over Penuel,––he, moreover, was halting upon his thigh.

¹⁷ But, Jacob, brake up towards Succoth, and built for himself a house,––for his cattle, made he places of shelter, for which cause, the name of the place was called, Succoth.

²⁵ And, when they had sat down to eat bread, they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and lo! a caravan of Ishmaelites, coming in from Gilead,––and, their camels, were bearing tragacanth gum, and balsam and cistus–gum, they were going their way, to take them down to Egypt.

²⁸ And there passed by certain Midianites, travelling merchants, so they drew forth and uplifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites, for twenty pieces of silver,––and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

²⁶ All the souls that came in with Jacob to Egypt, that had come forth of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives,––all the souls, were sixty–six;

⁵ And it came to pass that, all the persons who were descended from Jacob, were seventy souls,––but, Joseph, was already in Egypt.

³⁵ And, the sons of Israel, did according to the word of Moses,––and asked of the Egyptians, articles of silver and articles of gold and mantles.

³³ they shall not dwell in thy land, lest they cause, thee, to sin against, me,––for thou mightest serve their gods, verily! it would become to thee, a snare!

⁶ And they shall make the ephod,––of gold, blue and purple, crimson and fine–twined linen, the work of a skilful weaver. ⁷ Two joining shoulderpieces, shall there be to it, upon the two extremities thereof, that it may be joined together. ⁸ And, the curious band for fastening it, that is upon it, like the work thereof, of the same, shall it be,––of gold, blue and purple and crimson, and fine–twined linen. ⁹ And thou shalt take two onyx stones,––and engrave upon them, the names of the sons of Israel: ¹⁰ six of their names, on the one stone,––and, the names of the six that remain, on the second stone, according to their births: ¹¹ with the work of a stone engraver, like seal–ring engravings, shalt thou engrave the two stones, after the names of the sons of Israel,––to be encircled with settings of gold, shalt thou make them. ¹² And thou shalt put the two stones, upon the shoulderpieces of the ephod, as stones of memorial, for the sons of Israel,––so shall Aaron bear their names before Yahweh, upon his two shoulders, for a memorial. ¹³ And thou shalt make ouches of gold; ¹⁴ and two chains of pure gold, like cord, shalt thou make them, of wreathen work,––and thou shalt put the wreathen chains on the ouches.
¹⁵ And thou shalt make a breastpiece for giving sentence, the work of a skilful weaver, like the work of the ephod, shalt thou make it, of gold, blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine–twined linen, shalt thou make it. ¹⁶ Four–square, shall it be, double,––a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof. ¹⁷ And thou shalt set therein, a setting of stones, four rows of stones,––one row––a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald, the first row; ¹⁸ and, the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a diamond; ¹⁹ and, the third row, an opal, an agate, and an amethyst; ²⁰ and, the fourth row, a Tarshish stone, a sardonyx, and a jasper,––enclosed with gold, shall they be when they are set. ²¹ And, the stones, shall be, after the names of the sons of Israel––twelve, after their names,––as the engravings of a seal–ring––every one, after his name, shall they be, for the twelve tribes. ²² And thou shalt make, upon the breastpiece, chains like cords, of wreathen work,––of pure gold. ²³ And thou shalt make, upon the breastpiece, two rings of gold,––and thou shalt place the two rings, upon the two ends of the breastpiece. ²⁴ And thou shalt hang the two wreathen chains of gold upon the two rings,––upon the ends of the breastpiece; ²⁵ and, the other two ends of the two wreathen chains, shalt thou fasten upon the two ouches, so shalt thou hang them upon the shoulderpieces of the ephod, in the forefront thereof. ²⁶ And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastpiece––upon the border thereof, which is on the side of the ephod, inwards. ²⁷ And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and place them upon the two shoulderpieces of the ephod, beneath, on the front of the face thereof, over against its joining,––above the curious band of the ephod: ²⁸ that they may bind the breastpiece, by the rings thereof, unto the rings of the ephod, with a cord of blue, so that it may remain upon the curious band of the ephod,––and the breastpiece not be removed from of the ephod. ²⁹ So shall Aaron bear the names of the sons of Israel, in the breastpiece for giving sentence, upon his heart, when he goeth into the holy place,––for a memorial before Yahweh, continually. ³⁰ Thus shalt thou place, in the breastpiece for giving sentence, the lights and the perfections, so shall they be upon the heart of Aaron, when he goeth in before Yahweh,––so shall Aaron bear the sentence of the sons of Israel, upon his heart, before Yahweh, continually.
³¹ And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod, wholly of blue; ³² and the opening for his head shall be in the midst thereof,––a border, shall there be to the opening thereof round about, the work of a weaver, like the opening of a coat of mail, shall there be to it, it must not be rent. ³³ And thou shalt make upon the skirts thereof, pomegranates of blue and purple and crimson, upon the skirts thereof, round about,––and bells of gold in the midst of them, round about: ³⁴ a bell of gold, and a pomegranate, a bell of gold, and a pomegranate,––upon the skirts of the robe, round about. ³⁵ And it shall be upon Aaron, for ministering,––so shall be heard the sound of him––when he goeth into the holy place, before Yahweh, and cometh out, and dieth not.

³ And all the people of themselves brake off the rings of gold which were in their ears,––and brought them unto Aaron.

¹⁵ Lest thou solemnise a covenant, with the inhabitant of the land,––And then, as surely as they go unchastely after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, So surely will he invite thee, And thou wilt eat of his sacrifice; ¹⁶ And thou wilt take of his daughters, for thy sons,––And his daughters will go unchastely after their gods, And will cause, thy sons, to go unchastely after their gods.

³⁵ and Atroth–shophan and Jazer, and Jogbehah;

⁴² And, Nobah, went, and captured Kenath, with the villages thereof,––and called it Nobah, after his own name.

⁹ Only take thou heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, so that thou forget not the things which thine own eyes have seen, and so that they go not out of thy heart, all the days of thy life,––but thou shalt make them known unto thy sons, and unto thy sons’ sons:––

¹⁶ and thou shalt devour all the peoples whom, Yahweh thy God, is delivering up unto thee, thine eye shall not look with pity upon them, neither shalt thou serve their gods, for, a snare, would it be unto thee.

⁵ but, unto the place, which Yahweh your God shall choose, out of all your tribes, to put his name there,––as his habitation, shall ye ask your way, and come in thither;

¹⁷ Neither shall he multiply to himself wives, that his heart turn not aside,––nor, silver and gold, shall he multiply to himself, greatly.

⁴ because they met you not with bread and water, in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt,––but hired against thee Balaam son of Beor, from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

¹⁶ So these five kings fled,––and hid themselves in a cave, at Makkedah. ¹⁷ And it was told Joshua, saying,––The five kings are found, hid in a cave at Makkedah. ¹⁸ And Joshua said, Roll ye great stones against the mouth of the cave,––and set over it men, to watch them;

²² Then said Joshua, Open ye the mouth of the cave,––and bring out unto me, these five kings, out of the cave. ²³ And they did so, and brought out unto him, these five kings, out of the cave,––namely, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon. ²⁴ And it came to pass, when they brought out these kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war who had been with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. So they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.

²⁴ And it came to pass, when they brought out these kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war who had been with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. So they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. ²⁵ Then said Joshua unto them: Do not fear, nor be alarmed,––be firm and bold, for, thus and thus, will Yahweh do unto all your enemies, against whom ye do fight.

²⁹ And it came to pass, after these things, that Joshua son of Nun, servant of Yahweh, died, being a hundred and ten years old. ³⁰ And they buried him within the bounds of his own inheritance, in Timnath–serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of Mount Gaash. ³¹ So then Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua,––and all the days of the elders who prolonged their days after Joshua, and who had known all the work of Yahweh, which he had wrought for Israel.

²⁴ So the watchers saw a man, coming forth from the city,––and they said unto him––Shew us, we pray thee, the way to get into the city, and we will deal with thee, in lovingkindness. ²⁵ And he shewed them the way to get into the city, and they smote the city, with the edge of the sword,––but, the man and all his family, they let go.

⁷ And the people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua,––and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Yahweh which he had wrought for Israel. ⁸ So then Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died,––being a hundred and ten years old. ⁹ And they buried him within the bounds of his inheritance, in Timnath–heres, in the hill country of Ephraim,––on the north of Mount Gaash. ¹⁰ All that generation also, were gathered unto their fathers,––and there arose another generation, after them, who had not known Yahweh, nor even the work which he had wrought for Israel. ¹¹ So the sons of Israel did the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh,––and served the Baals;

¹⁷ yet, even unto their judges, did thy not hearken, for they went unchastely astray after other gods, and bowed themselves down to them,––they turned aside speedily out of the way wherein their fathers who hearkened unto the commandments of Yahweh, walked, they did not so. ¹⁸ And, when Yahweh raised them up judges, then was Yahweh with the judges, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies, all the days of the judge,––for Yahweh was grieved at their outcry, because of them who oppressed them, and ill–treated them. ¹⁹ But, when the judge was dead, they again broke faith more than their fathers, by going their way after other gods, by serving them, and bowing themselves down to them,––they ceased not from their doings nor from their stubborn way.

⁷ Thus did the sons of Israel the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh, and forgat Yahweh their God,––and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

¹¹ And the land had rest forty years,––and Othniel son of Kenaz, died.

³⁰ And Moab was subdued on that day, under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years, and Ehud judged them until his death.

⁶ And she sent and called for Barak son of Abinoam, out of Kadesh–naphtali,––and said unto him––Hath not Yahweh God of Israel, commanded,––Come and draw towards Mount Tabor, and bring with thee––ten thousand men, of the sons of Naphtali, and of the sons of Zebulun;

²³ Curse ye Meroz, saith the messenger of Yahweh, Curse ye with a curse, the inhabitants thereof,––because they came not in to the help of Yahweh, to the help of Yahweh, against the mighty.

³¹ So, perish all thine enemies, O Yahweh, But be, they who love him, as the going forth of the sun, in his might! And the land had rest forty years.

⁵ for, they with their cattle, used to come up, with their tents––yea they used to come like locusts, for multitude, both they and their cattle, were without number,––so they came into the land, to lay it waste.

¹¹ Then came the messenger of Yahweh, and sat down under the oak which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash, the Abiezrite; and, Gideon his son, was beating out wheat in the winepress, to escape the notice of the Midianites;

²⁴ So Gideon built there an altar unto Yahweh, and called it, Yahweh–shalom. Unto this day, it remaineth, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

³² So he was called on that day, Jerubbaal, saying,––Let Baal, plead against him. Because he had overthrown his altar.

³⁴ But, the spirit of Yahweh, clothed Gideon,––so he blew with a horn, and Abiezer was gathered after him.

¹ Then Jerubbaal, the same, is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and encamped by the fountain of Harod,––and, the camp of Midian, was on the north of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the vale.

¹² Now, the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the sons of the east, were lying along in the vale, like locusts for multitude,––their camels also, were without number, as the sand that is by the sea side, for multitude.

¹⁵ And it was so, when Gideon heard the story of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he bowed himself down,––and returned unto the camp of Israel, and said––Arise! for Yahweh hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

²² When the three hundred blew the horns, Yahweh set the sword of every man, against his neighbour, and against all the host,––and the host fled, as far as the Place of Acacias, towards Zererath, as far as the border of Abel–meholah, by Tabbath.

²⁴ And, messengers, did Gideon send through all the hill country of Ephraim, saying––Go down to meet Midian, and capture, before them, the waters, as far as Beth–barah, and the Jordan. So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and captured the waters, as far as Beth–barah, and the Jordan. ²⁵ And they captured the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and slew Oreb at Oreb’s Rock, and, Zeeb, they slew at Zeeb’s Winepress, and pursued Midian,––and, the heads of Oreb and Zeeb, brought they in unto Gideon at the ford of the Jordan.

²⁵ And they captured the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and slew Oreb at Oreb’s Rock, and, Zeeb, they slew at Zeeb’s Winepress, and pursued Midian,––and, the heads of Oreb and Zeeb, brought they in unto Gideon at the ford of the Jordan.

⁶ And the princes of Succoth said, Are the palms of the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in thy power,––that we should give to thine army bread? ⁷ And Gideon said, Therefore, when Yahweh hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my power, then will I tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and with the nettles.

⁷ And Gideon said, Therefore, when Yahweh hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my power, then will I tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and with the nettles.

⁹ So he spake to the men of Penuel also, saying,––When I return with success, I will break down this tower.

¹⁵ Then came he in unto the men of Succoth, and said, Lo! Zebah and Zalmunna,––concerning whom ye did taunt me, saying––Are the palms of the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in thy power, that we should give to thy weary men bread?

¹⁷ the tower of Penuel also, brake he down,––and slew the men of the city.

²⁶ And so it was, that the weight of the nose–rings of gold which he requested, was a thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold,––besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the raiment of purple that were upon the kings of Midian, and besides the ornaments that were on the necks of their camels. ²⁷ And Gideon made thereof an Ephod, and set it up in his own city, in Ophrah, and all Israel went unchastely astray after it there,––so it became, to Gideon and to his house, a snare.

³² And Gideon, son of Joash, died in a good old age,––and was buried in the grave of Joash his father, in Ophrah, of the Abiezrites. ³³ And it came to pass that, as soon as Gideon was dead, the sons of Israel turned back, and went unchastely astray after the Baals,––and appointed them Baal–berith, to be god:

¹ Then went Abimelech son of Jerubbaal, to Shechem, unto the brethren of his mother,––and spake unto them, and unto all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying; ² Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the owners of Shechem––Which is better for you, that there should rule over you, seventy men, all sons of Jerubbaal, or that there should rule over you, one man? And remember that, your bone and your flesh, am I.

² Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the owners of Shechem––Which is better for you, that there should rule over you, seventy men, all sons of Jerubbaal, or that there should rule over you, one man? And remember that, your bone and your flesh, am I. ³ So the brethren of his mother spake for him, in the ears of all the owners of Shechem, all these words,––and their heart inclined after Abimelech, for they said––Our own brother, is he. ⁴ So they gave him seventy pieces of silver, out of the house of Baal–berith,––and Abimelech hired therewith, loose and unstable men, and they followed him.

⁴ So they gave him seventy pieces of silver, out of the house of Baal–berith,––and Abimelech hired therewith, loose and unstable men, and they followed him. ⁵ And he entered the house of his father, at Ophrah, and slew his brethren, sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, upon one stone,––but there remained Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, for he had hidden himself.

⁵ And he entered the house of his father, at Ophrah, and slew his brethren, sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, upon one stone,––but there remained Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, for he had hidden himself.

⁸ The trees, went their way, to anoint over them, a king,––and they said unto the olive tree––Reign thou over us. ⁹ But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, which, in me, gods and men do honour,––and go to wave to and fro, over the trees? ¹⁰ Then said the trees unto the fig–tree,––Come! thou reign over us. ¹¹ But the fig–tree said unto them, Should I leave my sweetness, and mine excellent increase,––and go to wave to and fro, over the trees? ¹² Then said the trees unto the vine,––Come! thou, reign over us. ¹³ But the vine said unto them, Should I leave my new wine, that rejoiceth gods and men,––and go to wave to and fro, over the trees? ¹⁴ Then said all the trees, unto the bramble,––Come, thou, to reign over us. ¹⁵ And the bramble said unto the trees, If, in truth, ye are about to anoint me to be king over you, come, take refuge in my shade,––but, if not, there shall come forth fire out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. ¹⁶ Now, therefore, if, in truth and sincerity, ye have acted, in making Abimelech king,––and if ye have dealt, well, with Jerubbaal and with his house, and if, according to the deserving of his hands, ye have done unto him; ¹⁷ in that my father fought for you, and cast his soul away from before him, and rescued you out of the hand of Midian; –– ¹⁸ yet have, ye, risen up against the house of my father, today, and slain his sons––seventy men, upon one stone,––and made Abimelech, son of his maidservant, king over the owners of Shechem, because he is, your brother;

¹⁸ yet have, ye, risen up against the house of my father, today, and slain his sons––seventy men, upon one stone,––and made Abimelech, son of his maidservant, king over the owners of Shechem, because he is, your brother; ¹⁹ if then, in truth and in sincerity, ye have dealt with Jerubbaal and with his house, this day, rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let, him also, rejoice in you;

²⁷ Then went they out into the fields, and gathered the fruit of their vineyards and trode [the grapes], and held a vintage festival,––and entered the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and poured contempt on Abimelech.

⁴⁶ And, when all the owners of the tower of Shechem heard, they entered into the basement of the house of El–berith.

⁵⁴ Then called he hastily unto the young man bearing his armour, and said unto him––Draw thy sword, and put me to death, lest they say of me, A woman, slew him! So his young man thrust him through, and he died.

⁴ Now he had thirty sons, that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had, thirty cities,––they are called Havvoth–jair, until this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

¹⁸ Then said the people, the princes of Gilead, one to another, Who is the man that will begin to fight against the sons of Ammon? he shall become head to all the inhabitants of Gilead.

⁹ And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead––If ye do bring me back to do battle with the sons of Ammon, and Yahweh deliver them up before me, shall, I myself, become your head? ¹⁰ And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah––Yahweh himself, will be hearkening between us, if, according to thy word, so, we do not. ¹¹ Then went Jephthah with the elders of Gilead, and the people set him over them, as head and commander,––and Jephthah spake all his words before Yahweh, in Mizpah.

¹ And the men of Ephraim were called together, and passed over northward,––and said unto Jephthah––Wherefore didst thou pass over to do battle with the sons of Ammon, and, for us, didst not call, to go with thee? Thy house, will we consume over thee with fire. ² And Jephthah said unto them, Great strife, had, I and my people, even with the sons of Ammon; but, when I cried unto you for help, ye saved me not out of their hand. ³ So, when I saw that thou wast not going to save, then put I my life in my hand, and passed over against the sons of Ammon, and Yahweh delivered them into my hand. Wherefore, then, have ye come up against me this day, to fight against me? ⁴ And Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim,––and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said––Fugitives of Ephraim, are, ye, O ye Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, in the midst of Manasseh. ⁵ And the Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan, against the Ephraimites,––and so it was, that, when the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me pass over, the men of Gilead said to him, An Ephraimite, art thou? and, if he said––Nay! ⁶ they said to him, Come now, say Shibboleth, and, if he said Sibboleth, and he could not take heed to speak in that manner, then laid they hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan,––and there fell, at that time, of the Ephraimites, forty–two thousand.

⁹ And so it was, he had thirty sons, and, thirty daughters, sent he abroad, while, thirty daughters, brought he from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

¹⁴ And so it was, he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy ass colts,––and he judged Israel eight years.

⁵ Now, the man Micah, had a house of gods,––and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest.

¹⁴ Then responded the five men who had been to spy out the land of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Know ye that there are in these houses, an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image,––now, therefore, know what ye will do!

¹⁷ Then went up the five men who had been to spy out the land, they came in thither, they took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image,––now, the priest, was standing at the entrance of the gate, with the six hundred men who were begirt with weapons of war.

²⁷ They, therefore, took what Micah had made, and the priest that he had, and came upon Laish, upon a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword,––the city also, burned they with fire.

² And the chiefs of all the people––all the tribes of Israel––presented themselves in the convocation of the people of God,––four hundred thousand footmen, that drew the sword.

¹⁵ And the sons of Benjamin were numbered on that day, out of the cities, twenty–six thousand men, that drew the sword,––besides, of the inhabitants of Gibeah, were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

¹⁷ And, the men of Israel, were numbered, apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men, that drew the sword,––every one of these being a man of war.

²⁵ And Benjamin came forth to meet them out of Gibeah, on the second day, and laid low, of the sons of Israel, yet eighteen thousand men, to the ground,––all these, drew the sword.

³⁵ Thus Yahweh smote Benjamin before Israel, and the sons of Israel destroyed in Benjamin, that day, twenty–five thousand and one hundred men,––all these, drew the sword.

⁴⁶ So then it came to pass that, all the fallen of Benjamin, were twenty–five thousand men, that drew the sword, on that day,––all these being men of valour.

⁵ and said unto him––Lo! thou, art old, and, thy sons, walk not in thy ways: Now, appoint for us a king to judge us, like all the nations. ⁶ But the thing was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give unto us a king to judge us. So Samuel prayed unto Yahweh. ⁷ And Yahweh said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people, in all that they shall say unto thee,––for, not thee, have they rejected, but, me, have they rejected, from being king over them.

¹⁹ Yet, ye, today, have rejected your God, who, himself, hath been giving you salvation from all your calamities and your distresses, and ye have said to him: A king, shalt thou set over us,––Now, therefore, present yourselves before Yahweh, by your tribes, and by your thousands.

¹¹ then Yahweh sent Jerubbaal and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel,––and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies, on every side, and ye dwelt in safety. ¹² But, when ye saw that, Nahash king of the sons of Ammon, came upon you, then said ye unto me, Nay! but, a king, shall reign over us, when, Yahweh your God, was your king!

²⁸ Then responded one from among the people, and said––With an oath, did thy father charge the people, saying––Cursed, be the man that eateth food today! And so the people were faint. ²⁹ Then said Jonathan: My father hath afflicted the land,––See, I pray you, how my own eyes have been brightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.

³¹ Howbeit they smote the Philistines on that day from Michmash to Aijalon,––but the people became exceeding faint. ³² And the people darted greedily upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and felled them to the ground,––and the people did eat, with the blood.

³² Then said Samuel––Bring ye near unto me––Agag, king of Amalek, And Agag came unto him, in fetters. Then said Agag, Surely, terrible, is the bitterness of death! ³³ And Samuel said, As women have been made childless by thy sword, So, childless among women, shall be, thine own mother. And Samuel cut Agag asunder before Yahweh, in Gilgal.

⁹ And David ascertained that, against him, Saul was contriving mischief,––so he said unto Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. ¹⁰ Then said David: O Yahweh, God of Israel, thy servant, hath heard, that Saul is seeking to come unto Keilah,––to destroy the city, for my sake:

¹⁰ Then Nabal answered the servants of David, and said, Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? Nowadays, many are the servants that have broken away, every one from the presence of his lord: ¹¹ Shall I, then, take my bread, and my wine, and my slain beasts, that I have slaughtered for my shearers,––and give unto men of whom I know not whence they are?

¹¹ Shall I, then, take my bread, and my wine, and my slain beasts, that I have slaughtered for my shearers,––and give unto men of whom I know not whence they are?

¹⁸ Then Abigail hastened––and took two hundred loaves, and two skins of wine, and five sheep made ready, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred cakes of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs,––and put them on the asses.

¹⁰ But David pursued, he. and four hundred men,––but the two hundred men stayed, because they were too wearied to cross over the ravine of Besor. ¹¹ And they found an Egyptian in the field, and took him unto David,––and gave him food, and he did eat, and they gave him water to drink; ¹² and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two cakes of raisins, and, when he had eaten, his spirit came back unto him,––for he had neither eaten food, nor drunk water, three days and three nights. ¹³ Then David said to him––Whose art thou? and whence art thou? And he said, A young man of Egypt, am I, servant to an Amalekite, and my lord left me behind, because I fell sick, three days ago. ¹⁴ As for us, we invaded the South of the Cherithites, and against that which pertaineth unto Judah, and against the South of Caleb,––and, Ziklag, burned we with fire. ¹⁵ And David said unto him, Wilt thou bring me down unto this troop? And he said––Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt not put me to death, neither wilt thou surrender me into the hand of my lord, and I will bring thee down unto this troop. ¹⁶ So he brought him down, and lo! they were left to themselves over the face of all the land,––eating, and drinking, and dancing around, for all the great spoil which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

³ And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers discovered him,––and he was terrified at the archers.

⁵ And, when his armour–bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also, fell upon his sword, and died with him.

² And there were born unto David, sons, in Hebron,––and it came to press that––His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam, the Jezreelitess; ³ And his second Chileab, by Abigail, wife of Nabal the Carmelite, And the third Absolom, son of Maachah, daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; ⁴ And the fourth Adonijah, son of Higgith,––And the fifth Shephatiah, son of Abital; ⁵ And the sixth Ithream, by Eglah wife of David. These, were born unto David, in Hebron.

¹³ And David took him yet more concubines and wives, out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron, and there were, yet further, born unto David, sons and daughters. ¹⁴ Now, these, are the names of the sons who were born unto him in Jerusalem,––Shammua and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon; ¹⁵ and Ibhar and Elishua and Nepheg and Yaphia; ¹⁶ and Elishama and Eliada, and Eliphalet.

²⁸ brought, sleeping rugs, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat and barley, and meal and roasted corn,––and beans and lentils, and parched pulse; ²⁹ and honey and cream, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat,––for they said, The people, are hungry and weary and thirsty, in the wilderness.

⁴¹ Then lo! all the men of Israel, were coming unto the king,––and they said unto the king––Why did our brethren the men of Judah steal thee away, and escort the king and his household over the Jordan, and all the men of David with him?

³ So it came to pass that he had seven hundred wives who were princesses, and three hundred concubines,––and, his wives, turned aside, his heart.

²⁵ Then Jeroboam built Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim, and dwelt therein,––and went forth from thence, and built Penuel.

¹¹ And the king of Israel responded and said: Tell him,––Let not, him that girdeth, boast himself like him, that looseneth.

²⁷ and thou shalt say––Thus, saith the king, Put this man into the prison,––and let him eat the bread of oppression, with the water of oppression, until I enter in peace. ²⁸ Then said Micaiah, If thou, return, in peace, Yahweh hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hear, ye peoples, all of you!

²⁶ And, when the king of Moab saw that, the battle, prevailed against him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through against the king of Edom, but they could not.

¹ Now, Ahab, had seventy sons in Samaria,––so Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel––the elders, and unto them who had been foster–parents for Ahab, saying:

² And Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh all his days,––whereunto, Jehoiada the priest, instructed him:

⁹ And Jehoash king of Israel sent unto Amaziah king of Judah, saying, A thistle that was in Lebanon, sent unto a cedar that was in Lebanon, saying––Give thy daughter to my son to wife,––and there passed by a beast of the field that was in Lebanon, and trampled down the thistle:

¹⁷ And Abijah and his people smote among them with a great smiting,––and there fell down slain, of Israel, five hundred thousand chosen men.

¹⁷ Now, after the death of Jehoiada, came the rulers of Judah, and bowed themselves down unto the king,––then, hearkened the king unto them. ¹⁸ And they forsook the house of Yahweh, God of their fathers, and served the Sacred Stems, and the images,––so there was wrath against Judah and Jerusalem, for this their guilt.

⁶ And Pekah son of Remaliah slew, in Judah, a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all, sons of valour,–because they had forsaken Yahweh, God of their fathers.

⁸ And the sons of Israel, carried away captive, from among their brethren two hundred thousand, wives, sons and daughters, moreover also, of much spoil, did they plunder them,––and brought the spoil to Samaria.

⁶ The sons of Pahath–moab, belonging to the sons of Jeshua, Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve;

¹⁴ Moreover, from the day I was commanded to become their pasha in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year, even unto the thirty–second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, I and my brethren, pasha’s bread, have not eaten; ¹⁵ whereas, the former pashas, who were before me, suffered themselves to be a burden upon the people, and took from them in bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver, even, their young men, bare rule over the people,––but, I, did not so, because of the fear of God.

¹⁵ And, Mordecai, went forth from the presence of the king, in royal apparel, of blue and white, with a large diadem of gold, and a mantle of fine linen and purple,––and, the city Shusan, was bright and joyful.

² For, to the foolish man, death is caused by vexation, and, the simple one, is slain by jealousy.

²⁶ Thou shalt come, yet robust, to the grave, as a stack of sheaves mounteth up in its season.

¹⁶ With Him, is strength and effective wisdom, to Him, belong he that erreth, and he that causeth to err. ¹⁷ Who leadeth away counselors [as] a spoil, and, judges, He befooleth: ¹⁸ The fetters of kings, He looseth, or hath bound a slave’s waistcloth about their loins: ¹⁹ Who leadeth away priests [as] a spoil, and, men firmly seated, He overturneth: ²⁰ Setting aside the speech of the trusty, and, the discernment of elders, He taketh away: ²¹ Pouring contempt upon nobles, and, the girdle of the mighty, hath He loosed:

¹⁹ For he hath shewn no respect of persons unto princes, neither hath he recognised the rich rather than the poor? For, the work of his hands, are they all.

¹⁷ So Job died, old and satisfied with days.

² Deception, speak they, every one with his neighbour,––with lips uttering smooth things––with a heart and a heart, do they speak.

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 God, hath spoken in his holiness––I will exult! I will apportion Shechem, And, the Vale of Succoth, will I measure out;

²⁷ For lo! they who are far from thee, shall perish, Thou hast put an end to every one who wandered unchastely from thee.

¹¹ And forgat His doings, And his wonders which he had showed them:

⁴² They remembered not his hand––The day, When he ransomed them from the adversary;

¹ [A Song, a Melody of Asaph.]
O God, Do not keep quiet, Do not hold thy peace, Neither be thou still, O GOD!

⁹ Make them like Midian, like Sisera, like Jabin, by the torrent of Kishon; ¹⁰ They perished at En–dor, They become manure for the soil! ¹¹ Make them––their nobles––like Oreb and like Zeeb, And, like Zebah and like Zalmunna, all their princes:

¹¹ Make them––their nobles––like Oreb and like Zeeb, And, like Zebah and like Zalmunna, all their princes: ¹² Who said––Let us take a possession for ourselves, The pastures of God!

¹² The north and the south, Thou, didst create them,––Tabor and Hermon, with thy Name, shall shout for joy:

¹⁸ Then was kindled a fire in their assembly,––a flame, consumed the lawless ones.

²¹ They forgat GOD their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt:

³⁹ And they became unclean by their works, and became unchaste in their doings.

¹ Not unto us, O Yahweh, not unto us,––but, unto thine own Name, give glory, concerning thy lovingkindness, concerning thy faithfulness.

¹⁴ My might and melody, is Yah, and he hath become mine by salvation. ¹⁵ The voice of shouting and salvation, is in the tents of the righteous, The right hand of Yahweh, is doing valiantly: ¹⁶ The right hand of Yahweh, is exalted, The right hand of Yahweh, is doing valiantly.

⁹ To execute upon them the sentence written, An honour, shall it be to all his men of lovingkindness. Praise ye Yah!

¹³ In the lips of the intelligent, is found wisdom, but, a rod, is for the back of him that lacketh sense.

¹ A soft answer, turneth away wrath, but a cutting word raiseth anger.

³² Better he that is slow to anger, than a hero, and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that captureth a city.

²³ Supplications, doth the poor man utter, but, the rich, answereth fiercely.

²⁹ Prepared for scoffers, are punishments, and stripes, for the back of dullards.

¹¹ Golden fruit in figured silver baskets, is a word spoken on fitting occasion.

¹⁵ By long patience, is a judge persuaded, and, a soft tongue, breaketh the bone.

⁴ Then saw, I, all the toil and all the skill of the work, that, for this, a man was envied of his neighbour,––even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.

¹⁴ A little city, and men therein few,––and there came against it a great king, and surrounded it, and built against it large siege–works; ¹⁵ but there was found therein, a man, poor [but] wise, and, he, delivered the city by his wisdom,––yet, no one, remembered that poor man.

¹ Yet remember thy Creator, in the days of thy vigour,––or ever come in, the days of discomfort, and the years arrive, in which thou shalt say––I have, in them, no pleasure;

¹⁸ In that day, will My Lord remove the finery––of the anklets, and the little suns, and the little moons;

²⁰ To the law and to the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, [It is] because they have no, dawning day.

⁴ For, the yoke of their burden, The cross–bar of their shoulder, The goad of their driver, Hast thou broken, as in the day of Midian.

²⁶ And Yahweh of hosts, will brandish over him, a scourge––Like the smiting of Midian, at the rock Oreb,––And, his staff [being] over the sea, He will lift it up in the manner of Egypt;

²² For, Yahweh, is our judge, Yahweh, is our lawgiver,––Yahweh, is our king, He, will save, us!

³⁶ Then went forth the messenger of Yahweh, and smote––in the camp of the Assyrians––a hundred and eighty–five thousand,––and, when men arose early in the morning, lo! they were all, dead bodies!

¹⁹ We have become like those, Over whom, from age–past times, thou hast not ruled, Who have never, been called by thy name!

³² Can, a virgin, forget, her ornaments,––A bride, her girdle? Yet, my people, have forgotten me, days without number.

⁹ Yea though it had come to pass that, through the levity of her unchastity, she had defiled the land,––and committed adultery with Stone and with Tree,

⁹ Silver spread into plates, from Tarshish, is brought, And gold, from Uphaz, Work for the craftsman, and for the hands of the smith,––Blue and purple, is their clothing, Work for the skilled, are they all.

⁷ Of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt, was thy sail, To serve thee for ensign,––Blue and purple from the shores of Aeolis, became thine awning:

² Contend ye with your mother, contend, for she is no wife of mine, and I am no husband of hers, Let her then put away her paramours from before her, and her partners in adultery, from her embraces:

¹² My people, of their Wood, do ask,––Let, their Staff, then tell them,––for, the spirit of unchastity, hath led them astray, and they have unchastely departed from under their God. ¹³ On the headlands of the mountains, they sacrifice, and, on the hills, burn they incense, under oak and poplar and terebinth, because, pleasant, is the shade thereof: For this cause, do your daughters, become unchaste, and, your brides, commit adultery. ¹⁴ I do not bring punishment upon your daughters when they become unchaste, nor upon your brides, when they commit adultery, for, the men themselves, with unchaste women, do seclude themselves, and, with the common women of the shrine, do offer sacrifice,––and, a people who will not discern, must be ruined.

¹⁴ Therefore shall flight, perish, from the swift, and, the mighty, shall not invigorate his strength,––nor shall, the hero, escape with his life;

⁴ The best of them, is as a sharp briar, and, the most upright, worse than a thorn hedge, The day of thy watchmen––of thy visitation, hath come, Now, shall be their confusion!

¹⁵ Now was it not, One, [who] made [you] who had, the residue of the spirit? What, then, of that One? He was seeking a godly seed. Therefore should ye take heed to your spirit, and, with the wife of thy youth, do not thou deal treacherously.

⁵ and said––For this cause, will a man leave his father and his mother, and be united to his wife,––and, the two, will become, one flesh; ⁶ So that, the longer, are they, two, but, one flesh, What, therefore, God, hath yoked together, Let not, a man, put asunder. ⁷ They say unto him––Why then did, Moses, command, to give a writing of repudiation and to divorce? ⁸ He saith unto them––Moses, in view of your hardness of heart, permitted you to divorce your wives; From the beginning however, hath it not been done, thus.

¹⁹ Now, a certain man, was rich, and he used to clothe himself with purple and fine linen, making merry day by day, brilliantly.

²⁴ And it came to pass that there was, a rivalry also, among them, as to which of them seemed to be greater [than the rest]. ²⁵ And, he, said unto them––The kings of the nations, lord it over them, and, they who wield authority over them, benefactors, are called. ²⁶ But, ye, not so! On the contrary––the greater among you, Let him become as, the younger, and, he that governeth, as, he that ministereth, ²⁷ For which is greater––he that reclineth? or he that ministereth? Is not he that reclineth? But, I, am, in your midst, as he that ministereth,

³⁷ For, herein, doth the saying, hold good,––One, is the sower, and, another, is the reaper.

¹⁵ Jesus, therefore, getting to know that they were about to come, and seize him, that they might make him king, retired again into the mountain, himself, alone.

² And, the soldiers, plaiting a crown out of thorns, placed it upon his head, and, a purple robe, cast they about him;

⁵ Jesus, therefore, came forth outside, wearing the thorn crown, and the purple mantle. And he saith unto them––Lo! the Man!

³ For I say, through the favour which hath been given me, unto every one who is among you,––not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but so to think as to think soberly––as, unto each one, God hath dealt a measure of faith.

⁶ Now, having gifts of favour, according to the favour given unto us, differing––whether prophesying, [let us use it] according to the proportion of our faith,

¹⁸ For I wilt not dare to speak anything save of the things which Christ hath wrought out for himself through me for the obedience of nations,––by word and deed, ¹⁹ By the power of signs and wonders, by the power of [Holy Spirit]; so that I, from Jerusalem and in a circuit as far as Illyricum, have fulfilled the glad–message of the Christ,––

⁴ Love, is patient, is gracious. Love, is not envious, vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, ⁵ Acteth not unbecomingly, seeketh not her own things, is not easily provoked, imputeth not that which is base, ⁶ Rejoiceth not over unrighteousness, but rejoiceth in sympathy with truth,–– ⁷ All things, covereth, all things, believeth, all things, hopeth, all things, endureth.

²⁴ Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are, helpers, of your joy, for, by your faith, ye stand.

⁸ On every side, pressed hard, but not hemmed in, without a way, but not without a by–way, ⁹ Pursued, but not abandoned, thrown down, but not destroyed; ––

¹⁶ Wherefore we faint not, but, even if, our outer man, is decaying, nevertheless, our inner [man], is renewing day by day.

¹⁴ For, the whole law, in one word, is summed up––[namely] in this,––Thou shall love thy neighbour as thyself. ¹⁵ If, however, one another, ye bite and devour, take heed lest, by one another, ye be consumed!

⁹ And, in doing that which is honourable, let us not be fainthearted; for, in due season, we shall reap, if we faint not.

³¹ For this cause, will a man leave his father and his mother, and will cleave unto his wife, and, they two, shall become, one flesh. ³² This sacred secret, is, great,––I, however, am speaking as to Christ and [as to] the assembly; –– ³³ Nevertheless, ye also, do ye, individually, each man be so loving, his own wife, as himself, and, the wife, [see] that she reverence her husband.

² Fill ye up my joy––that, the same thing, ye esteem, the same love, possessing, joined in soul, the one thing, esteeming,–– ³ Nothing by way of faction, nothing by way of vain–glory,––but, in lowliness of mind, accounting, one another, superior to yourselves,––

³ Nothing by way of faction, nothing by way of vain–glory,––but, in lowliness of mind, accounting, one another, superior to yourselves,––

²¹ For, they all, their own things, do seek, not the things of Christ Jesus;

³ As soon as they begin to say––Peace! and safety! then, suddenly, upon them, cometh destruction,––just as the birth–throe unto her that is with child,––and in nowise shall they escape.

¹ Therefore, indeed, seeing that, we also, have encircling us, so great a cloud of witnesses, stripping off every incumbrance and the easily entangling sin, with endurance, let us be running, the race that is lying before us, ² Looking away unto our faith’s Princely–leader and perfecter, Jesus,––who, in consideration of the joy lying before him, endured a cross, shame, despising! And, on the right hand of the throne of God, hath taken his seat. ³ For take ye into consideration––him who hath endured, such contradiction, by sinners against themselves, lest ye be wearied, in your souls becoming exhausted.
⁴ Not yet unto blood, have ye resisted, against sin, waging a contest;

¹⁹ Ye know, my brethren beloved,––but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, ²⁰ For, man’s anger, worketh not, God’s righteousness.

¹³ Who is wise and well–instructed–among you? Let him show, out of his comely behaviour, his works, in meekness of wisdom. ¹⁴ But, if, bitter jealousy, ye have, and rivalry, in your hearts; be not boasting and showing yourselves false against the truth! ¹⁵ This wisdom is not one, from above, coming down, but is earthly, born of the soul, demoniacal! ¹⁶ For, where jealousy and rivalry are, there, are anarchy and every ignoble deed. ¹⁷ But, the wisdom from above, is––first pure, then peaceable, reasonable, easy to be entreated, fraught with mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy. ¹⁸ And, in harvest of righteousness, with peace, is sown by them that make peace.

⁵ Or think ye that, in vain, the scripture speaketh? Is it, for envying, that the spirit which hath taken an abode within us doth crave? ⁶ Howbeit he giveth, greater, favour. Wherefore it saith––God, against the haughty, arrayeth himself, Whereas, unto the lowly, he giveth favour.

³ Whose adorning, let it be––not the outward, of plaiting the hair and wearing golden ornaments, or putting on of apparel, ⁴ But the hidden character, of the heart,––in the incorruptible [ornament] of the quiet, and meek, spirit, which is, in presence of God, of great price. ⁵ For, so, at one time, the holy women also, who directed their hope towards God, used to adorn themselves, being in submission unto their own husbands:

³ Nor yet as lording it over the allotted portions, but becoming, ensamples, to the beloved flock;

⁶ Who have borne witness to thy love before the assembly: whom thou wilt do, nobly, to set forward worthily of God. ⁷ For, in behalf of The Name, have they gone forth, taking, nothing, from them of the nations. ⁸ We, therefore ought to be sustaining such as these, that we may become, fellowworkers, with the truth.

¹⁶ These, are murmurers, complainers, according to their covetings, going on,––and, their mouth, speaketh great swelling words,––holding persons in admiration, for profit’s sake.

¹⁵ And, the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rulers of thousands, and the rich, and the mighty, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves within the caves and within the rocks of the mountains; ¹⁶ and they say, unto the mountains and unto the rocks––Fall upon us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth upon the throne, and from the anger of the Lamb;

⁶ And, in those days, shall men seek death, and in nowise shall find it, and shall covet to die, and death fleeth from them.

⁴ And, the woman, was arrayed with purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls,––having a cup of gold in her hand, full of abominations and the impurities of her lewdness;

¹² cargo of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every article of ivory, and every article of wood most precious, and of copper, and of iron, and of marble,

¹⁶ as they say––Alas! alas! the great city! She that was arrayed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stone, and pearl,––

¹⁹ And I saw the wild–beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together––to make war with him who was sitting upon the horse, and with his army. ²⁰ And the wild–beast, was taken, and, with him, the false prophet who wrought the signs before him, whereby he deceived them who received the mark of the wild–beast and them who were doing homage unto his image,––alive, were they two cast into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone. ²¹ And, the rest, were slain with the sword of him that was sitting upon the horse, which went forth out of his mouth, and, all the birds, were filled with their flesh.