Job 41 Cross References - Thomson

¹ Canst thou draw out Dragon with a hook, or put a bandage round his nostrils? ² Or canst thou fasten a ring in his snout, or bore his lip for a jewel? ³ Will he speak to thee with entreaties; with soothing supplications? ⁴ Will he make a covenant with thee? And wilt thou take him for a perpetual servant? ⁵ Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, or bind him as a sparrow for a child? ⁶ Do the nations feed upon him, or the Phoenicians divide him among them? ⁷ With their whole fleet they could not carry the first skin of his tail, nor his head in their fishing barks. ⁸ Wilt thou lay thine hand on him, recollecting the battle made by his mouth? Do not so again. ⁹ Hast thou not seen him? Hast thou not been amazed at what is said of him? Hast thou not been afraid that he was prepared against me? ¹⁰ But who is there, who hath risen up against me; ¹¹ or who can rise up against me and stand to it? If the whole world is mine, ¹² I cannot be put to silence by him. On the account of his power one may pity his equal. ¹³ Who can strip off his outer robe, or who can come within the folds of his breast plate? ¹⁴ Who can open the doors of his mouth? His teeth are encompassed with terror. ¹⁵ His scales are shields of brass; and his ligature, like a smyrite stone. ¹⁶ They are glued one to another, so that no air may pass through to him. ¹⁷ They are to adhere close to each other; they stick so close that they cannot be torn asunder. ¹⁸ At his sneezing lightnings flash: and his eyes have the lustre of the morning star. ¹⁹ Out of his mouth issue as it were burning lamps; and flaky flames, in appearance, are belched out. ²⁰ From his nostrils issueth the smoke of a furnace, ²¹ flaming with a fire of burning coals. His animal life is glowing coals; and a flame proceedeth out of his mouth. ²² In his neck, strength maketh its abode; and destruction runneth before him. ²³ The flesh of his body is glued together; it is so abundant that he cannot be shaken. ²⁴ His heart is hard as a stone, and firm as an immoveable anvil. ²⁵ When he turneth himself about, all the four footed beasts on the earth shrink with fear. Though spears oppose him, ²⁶ they effect nothing; for with regard to the lance and the breast plate, ²⁷ he considereth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. ²⁸ The bow of steel cannot wound him; and stones from a sling he considereth as grass. ²⁹ Battering rams are accounted as stubble; and he laugheth at the shock of eruptive fire. ³⁰ His bed is sharp pointed obelisks; and all the gold in the sea under him, is but as dirt. ³¹ He causeth the deep to boil like a cauldron; and considereth the sea as a pot of ointment. ³² The deepest gulf of the sea he accounteth his captive; and reckoneth the abyss itself as his parade. ³³ Upon the earth there is not his fellow; made to be insulted only by my angels. ³⁴ He beholdeth every thing that is high; and he is king over all that are in the waters.

⁸ But let him curse it who curseth the day; him who is to attack the great sea monster.

¹⁴ Thou didst crush the heads of the dragon: thou gavest him to be meat for the Ethiopean tribes.

²⁶ There ships sail: there is that dragon, which thou hast formed to sport therein.

¹ In that day God will bring his holy sword, even his great and powerful sword, upon the dragon, the flying serpent; Upon the dragon, the crooked serpent; he will slay the dragon.

²⁸ Because thy rage is against me and thy haughtiness hath come up to my ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose and my bridle in thy lips, and turn thee back the way thou camest.

²⁹ and thy bitterness are come up to me; I will therefore put a hook in thy nose and a bridle in thy jaws; and turn thee back by the way in which thou camest."

⁴ And I will put grapples in thy jaws, and cause the fishes of thy river to stick close to thy fins; ⁵ and I will drag thee out of the river, and give thee and all the fishes of thy river a sudden cast. On the face of the plain thou shalt fall and shalt not be gathered nor composed. To the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air I have given thee for food.

²¹ they were scattered by the indignation of his countenance. When his heart was near, his words were smoother than oil. Now they are daggers.

¹ Wrath destroyeth even the prudent; now a soft answer turneth away wrath; but a harsh word stirreth up anger.

¹⁵ By patience kings have a prosperous journey: and a soft tongue breaketh bones.

¹⁰ who say to the prophets, " Preach not to us, " and to them who see visions, " Speak not to us, nay, speak to us and tell us another error,

²⁸ And God blessed them saying, "Increase and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all the cattle, and all the earth, and all the reptiles which creep on the earth."

⁶ his master shall bring him to God's court of Justice and there lead him to the door; to the door post, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl and he shall serve him for ever.

¹⁷ then thou shalt take an awl, and bore his ear against the door, and he shall be thy servant forever. And in the same manner thou shalt treat thy maid servant.

³¹ he said to his servants, I know that the kings of Israel are merciful. Let us, I pray you, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare our lives. ³² So when they had girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, they said to the king of Israel, Thus saith thy servant Son Ader, Let my life, I pray thee, be spared. To which he replied, Is he still alive? He is my brother. ³³ Whereupon the men catched up the omen, and using it as a libation, they repeated the word which dropped from his mouth, and said, Thy brother, Son Ader. Then he said, Go in and bring him. So he came out. And when they had helped him up to Achab into the chariot, ³⁴ he said to him, The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore to thee. And thou shalt make streets for thyself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria. On these terms, said Achab, I agree to let thee go. And when he had entered into covenant with him and let him go;

⁵ Thou madest him a little lower than angels, with glory and honour thou hast crowned him, ⁶ and set him over the works of thy hands. Thou hast put all things under his feet;

²⁵ Now when their heart was elated with joy, they said, Call Sampson from the prison, and let him make sport for us; so they called Sampson from the prison, and be made sport for them; and when they bad beaten him with rods, they set him between two pillars. ²⁶ Then Sampson said to the young man who had hold of his hand, Let go, that I may feel the pillars on which the house resteth, and lean upon them. ²⁷ Now the house was full of men and women; and all the chiefs of the Philistines were there; and on the top of the house there were about three thousand men and women looking at Sampson's sports. ²⁸ Then Sampson wept before two Lord, and said, Adonaie, Lord, remember me, I beseech thee, and strengthen me yet this once more, my God, that I may take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes. ²⁹ Then Sampson took bold of the two pillars, on which the house rested, and by which it was supported. And having taken hold of one with his right band, and of the other with his left, ³⁰ be said, Let me die with the Philistines, and strained with all his might, and the house fell upon the chiefs and on all the people in it. So that those whom Sampson slew at his death were more than those whom he had slain during his life.

¹¹ Another hath laid bare the bottoms of rivers and given manifest proofs of his power.

¹¹ Now when they saw him, they made choice of thirty men to be with him.

¹¹ In reply to which the king of Israel said, Enough! let not him who is crooked boast like him who is straight.

⁴ Upon which they were greatly terrified and said, Behold the two kings were not able to stand before him, and how can we?

³¹ Or, what king marching out to encounter another in battle, doth not first sit down and consult, whether he with ten thousand men, is able to meet him who is coming against him with twenty thousand? ³² And if not: doth he not, while the other is yet at a great distance, send an embassy, and sue for peace?

³⁴ , and driven to madness at the sight of thine eyes, which thou shalt see.

¹¹ Then the Lord said to Samuel, Behold I am about to execute my words in Israel, at which both the ears of every one who heareth them shall tingle.

¹⁹ When it cometh it will overtake you. Early, very early in the morning it will come, and at night your hope will be wretched. Learn to hear, "

¹¹ And there will be great earthquakes in divers places; and famines, and pestilences. And there will be awful sights and great signs from heaven.

⁹ Judas is a lion's whelp. From a vigorous stem, my son, thou art sprung. Couching down thou art gone to sleep like a young lion: Who dare rouse him!

⁹ Couching down, he is gone to rest, like a lion; Yes like a young lion; who dare rouse him? Blessed are they who bless thee, And they who curse thee are already cursed.

⁴ For he is wise in heart and strong and great. Who is hardy enough to stand up against him

⁹ Hast thou an arm to contend against the Lord, or dost thou thunder with a voice against Him?

¹¹ Serve the Lord with fear: and rejoice for him with trembling. ¹² Keep fast hold of instruction; the Lord may be angry and you may perish out of the right way. When his anger suddenly blazeth forth, happy are all they who have trusted in him.

⁵ [J] Thy feet run and fail thee: what preparation canst thou make, for horses? In thy land of peace hast thou been se [j cure? how wilt thou act at the swelling of Jordan?

¹⁷ And he said to me, Hast thou seen? Son of man. Is it a light thing for the house of Juda to commit the transgressions, which they have committed here? Because they have filled the land with iniquity, and lo! they are as it were insulting me to my face.[Note: Here something seems to be wanting. I apprehend; it was the people sacrificing to idols on the house tops.] ¹⁸ therefore I will deal with them with wrath. Mine eye shall not spare, nor will I have compassion.

²² Are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

⁵ Now therefore if you will hearken diligently to my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be to me a peculiar people above all the nations; for the whole earth is mine:

¹⁴ Behold the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, belong to the Lord thy God, the earth also, and all that are therein.

¹¹ To thee, Lord, be ascribed greatness, and power, and exultation, and victory, and majesty; for thou hast dominion over all things in heaven and on earth. At thy presence every king and nation is struck with awe. ¹² From thee come riches and glory; Thou, Lord, rulest over all. Thou art the head of all dominion, and in thy hand is majesty and power. And by thy hand, Almighty Sovereign, all things are made great and strong. ¹³ Now therefore, Lord, to thee we render thanks; and we praise thy glorious name. ¹⁴ But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be enabled to shew such liberality to thee. For all things are thine and of thine own we have given thee.

² Is it not the Lord who teacheth wisdom and understanding? ³ What! Is it any advantage to the Lord, if thou, in works, art irreprehensible? or any profit, that thou shouldst keep a straight course?

⁷ If thou art righteous, what canst thou give him? Or will he receive any thing at thy hands?

³ For thou hast pre-engaged him with kind blessings. Thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones.

¹ A Psalm by David, on the first day of the week. The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof, the World and all its inhabitants.

¹² If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the World is mine and the fulness thereof.

¹⁶ To the Lord belongeth the heaven of heavens: and he hath given the earth to the sons of men.

³⁵ Or who hath first given to him, that in return he may receive a recompense?

²⁶ for the earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof.

²⁸ But if any one say to you, This was sacrificed to an idol, eat not of it for the sake of him who gave the information; and for conscience sake; for the earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof.

²⁵ God indeed made the wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and the cattle according to their kind, and all the reptiles of the earth according to kind. And God saw that they were good.

⁹ Be not like a horse or a mule, which have no understanding, the mouths of which, when they come not to thee, thou must strain with a bridle or a cavesson.

³ Behold we put bits in the mouths of horses to make them obey us, and we manage their whole body.

¹⁰ It was I who set bounds to it; surrounded it with bars and gates;

⁴ and delivered my soul from the midst of lions. I laid me down to sleep, troubled as I was. As for the sons of men, their teeth are weapons and darts; and their tongue is a sharp sword.

⁶ God hath broken their teeth in their mouth: the Lord hath broken the lion's grinders.

¹⁴ A wicked progeny have teeth like swords and grinders like cleavers, so as to consume and devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

⁴ and the doors of the market place will be shut at the feebleness o the voice of the grinding maid, which will be raised to the plaintive tone of the young ostrich; and all the daughters of the song will be brought low;

⁷ After this I beheld, and lo! a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong and its teeth of iron! It devoured and brake in pieces! and the residue it trampled with its feet. Now this was far different from all the beasts which were before it and it had ten horns.

²³ [J] Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom: nor the mighty man boast of his strength; neither let the rich man boast of his riches:

² And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the volume, even to loosen the seals of it." ³ And no one in the heaven, nor on the earth, nor beneath the earth was able to open the volume and look into it.

⁵ one of the elders saith to me, "weep not; behold! the lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, hath prevailed to open the volume and to loose the seven seals thereof."

⁹ May the stars of that night be obscured in darkness: may it long for light but never reach it; nor see the rising of the morning star:

¹⁴ and as for his head, the hairs like wool were glittering white as snow, and his eyes were like a flame of fire;

⁸ A smoke ascended in his ire, and at his presence a fire flamed, by which coals were kindled to a glow.

¹³ Again a word of the Lord came to me a second time saying: "What dost thou see?" And I said, "A kettle; its bottom glowing hot; and its mouth from the north. ¹⁴ Then the Lord said to me, "From the north shall blaze out the evils against all the inhabitants of this land."

¹² At the flash of the lightning before him, the clouds burst. Hail stones and coals of fire!

³³ Of thee he will previously demand [and hast thou not provided for his reign] a deep valley and wood laid up in piles; the wrath of the Lord will be fire and wood in abundance like a valley burning with brimstone.

⁵ Before him Logos [the word] will march, and advance into the plain.

¹⁹ Hast thou invested the horse with strength, and clothed his neck with terror?

¹⁶ behold that one in particular whose strength is in his loins, and whose power is in the navel of his belly.

¹⁴ [J] Him I will deliver from the power of the grave, and from death I will redeem them. [p] death, where is thy punishment? Where thy sting, grave? Is comfort hid from mine eyes?

⁵⁵ O death where is thy sting? Where thy victory, O grave? ⁵⁶ Sin is indeed the sting of death; And the law is the strength of sin: ⁵⁷ But thanks be to God who gives us the victory Through our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁴ I know that thou art of an untractable temper, that thy neck is a sinew of iron and thy brow, brass;

³ [p] Lord, thine eyes look for faithfulness. Thou hast chastised them: but they have not grieved. Thou hast consumed them and they would not receive instruction. They have made their faces harder than a rock and refused to return.

¹² and made their heart disobedient that they might not hearken to my law; therefore [according to the words which the Lord Almighty by his spirit sent by the ministry of the former prophets] there was great wrath from the Lord Almighty;

²⁸ Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he brought them out of their distresses.

⁴ But the Lord raised a wind on the sea, and there was a great tempest in the sea, so that the ship was in danger of foundering. ⁵ And the mariners were terrified, and cried every one to his god, and threw overboard some of the cargo, to lighten the vessel. Now Jonas had gone down into the ship's hold, and was asleep and snoring. ⁶ And the master of the ship came to him and said to him, What! art thou snoring? Arise and call on thy God, that thy God may save us, and that we may not perish.

²¹ Pawing in the plain he swelleth with pride, and rusheth impetuous to the field. ²² Meeting a king he meeteth him with scorn, and turneth not back for fear of the sword. ²³ On him the bow and the sword swell with pride; and his rage will cause the ground to vanish, ²⁴ nor will he believe till the trumpet sounds:

⁷ he scorneth the crowds of a city, and regardeth not the clamours of a driver.

¹⁰ He indeed will riot in kings; and petty princes will be his scorn. Of every fortress he will make a scoff and will raise a mount and take it.

¹⁴ And Ozias provided for them; for all this army, shields and spears, and helmets, and breast plates, and bows, and slings to cast stones.

¹⁵ Behold I have made thee like the wheels of a wain bruising to pieces a brood of pigeons: thou indeed shalt grind mountains and reduce hills to small pieces, and make them like dust:

² And the earth was invisible and unfurnished and there was darkness over this abyss; and a breath of God was brought on above the water.

¹⁵ and let them be for an illumination in the firmament of heaven so as to shine on the earth." And it was so.

¹⁵ Thou indeed shalt go to thy fathers in peace, having been nourished in a good old age.

⁸ And Abraham declining died in a good old age, an old man and full of days and he was added to his people.

³⁸ But he said, My son shall not go down with you. For his brother is dead and he alone is left. If any mischief should happen to him in the way you are going, you will bring down my old age with sorrow to the mansion of the dead.

¹⁴ The abyss said, It is not in me: and the sea said, It is not in me.

¹⁶ Hast thou gone to the head spring of the sea; and walked in the footsteps of the abyss?

³⁰ which descendeth like a shower? Who hath struck with terror the face of the wicked?

³¹ Old age is a crown of glory, when found in the ways of righteousness.

²⁹ Wisdom is an ornament to young men: and grey hairs are the glory of the old.

¹⁹ he is a chief of the Lord's fashioning, made to be insulted by his angels only.

² Upon which Pharao said, Who is he, that I should hearken to his voice so as to send away the Israelites? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go.

¹² By his power he calmed the sea; and by his knowledge the monster was overthrown.

⁸ which the race of boasters have not travelled; and over which the lion hath not stalked

⁶ Therefore haughtiness hath got a mastery over them; they have clothed themselves with their iniquity and impiety.

¹⁰ Shall my people therefore turn to this; and will full days be found by them?

¹ [p] AH! the crown of haughtiness! The mercenaries of Ephraim! That flower which hath fallen from the glory on the top of the fertile mountain! Ye who are drunk without wine!

³ and say, Thus saith the Lord, Behold I am against Pharao; that great dragon which walloweth in the midst of his rivers, and saith, "These rivers are mine and I made them."

¹ And a great sign was seen in heaven, a woman clad with the sun, and the moon was under her feet and on her head a crown of twelve stars; ² and being with child she crieth out being in labour and in the pangs of child birth. ³ And another sign was seen in heaven and behold! a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns and on his heads seven crowns;

² And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and its feet as of a bear, and its mouth as the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave it his power and his throne and great authority.

² and he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent which is the Devil and Satan and bound him a thousand years ³ and cast him into the bottomless gulf and shut him up, and sealed it on him that he might not lead the nations astray any more until the thousand years were ended. And after that he must be loosed for a short time.