Job 42 Cross References - Thomson

¹ Then Job in reply, said to the Lord, ² I know that thou canst do all things, and that with thee nothing is impossible. ³ Who indeed can conceal counsel from thee? Though he forbeareth to speak, can he think to hide it from thee? But who will tell me those things which I did not know; those great and wonderful things which I did not understand. ⁴ Hear me, O Lord, that I may speak. And let me ask, and do thou teach me. ⁵ I heard of thee before, with the hearing of the ear; but now mine eye hath seen thee, ⁶ therefore I abhor myself, and am ready to drop into dissolution, and account myself as dust and ashes. ⁷ Now after the Lord had spoken all these things to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz, the Thaimanite, Thou hast sinned and thy two friends. For you have not spoken any thing true before me, as my servant Job hath. ⁸ Now therefore take seven young bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and he will make an offering for you; and my servant Job will pray for you. For him only I will accept; for were it not for his sake, I would destroy you, because you have not spoken what is true against my servant Job. ⁹ So Eliphaz the Thaimanite, and Baldad the Sauchean, and Sophar the Minaian, went and did as the Lord commanded them, and he forgave them their sin for Job's sake. ¹⁰ And the Lord increased Job. upon his making supplication for his friends, the Lord forgave them their sins, and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. ¹¹ When all his brethren and his sisters heard what had befallen him, they came to him, together with all those who were formerly acquainted with him, and having eaten and drank at his house, they comforted him, and expressed their amazement at all that the Lord had brought upon him. And every one presented him a lamb, and a quarter of a drachm of gold bullion. ¹² And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than the former; so that his stock was fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, a thousand breeding asses. ¹³ And he had seven sons born to him, and three daughters, the eldest of whom he called Hemera, and the second Kasia, ¹⁴ and the third Amalthaiakeres. ¹⁵ And in all the land there were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job. And their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. ¹⁶ And Job lived after this affliction a hundred and seventy years. So that all the years which he lived were two hundred and forty. And Job saw his children and his children's children, to the fourth generation, ¹⁷ and died an old man and full of days. And it is written that he will rise again with them whom the Lord raiseth up. This is translated out of a book in the Syrian language: For he dwelt in the land of Ausitis, on the confines of Idumea and Arabia. His first name was Jobab, and having married an Arabian woman, he had by her a son whose name was Ennon. Now he himself was a son of father Zare, one of the sons of Esau, and his mother"s name was Bosorra: so that he was the fifth in descent from Abraham. Now these were the kings who reigned in Edom, over which country he also bore rule. The first was Balak, the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dannaba. And after Balak, Jobab, who is called Job; and after him, Asom who was general from the region of Thaimanitis; and after him, Adad, son of Barad, who smote Madiam in the plain of Moab; and the name of his city was Gethaim. And the friends who came to Job were Eliphaz, of the sons of Esau, the king of the Thaimanites; Baldad, the sovereign of the Saucheans, and Sophar, the king of the Minaians.

¹⁴ Can any thing be impossible with God? About this time twelve month I will return to thee, and Sarah shall have a son.

¹³ But if he hath judged thus, who can gainsay him? For he hath done what was his pleasure.

²¹ for he knoweth the secrets of the heart?

² Thou knowest my sitting down and my rising up. Thou from afar understandest my thoughts.

²¹ There are many thoughts in a man's heart; but the counsel of the Lord shall endure forever.

¹⁴ I have found that all the things which God hath made shall continue their age; there is no adding to it nor taking from it; and that God hath acted that they may be awed at his presence.

²⁷ For who can disannul what the holy God hath decreed? and his hand which is lifted high, who can turn aside?

¹³ from the beginning; and there is none who can rescue out of my hands. I will act; and who can prevent it;

¹⁰ who can declare events before they happen, as if they were already accomplished. When I have spoken, all my counsel shall stand; and all that I have determined, I will effect.

¹⁰ [J] I the Lord search hearts and try reins, to give to everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his devices.

¹⁷ self-existent Lord, Thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and by thy high and exalted arm. From thee nothing can be hid.

¹⁰ [Thus saith the Lord, Lord,] In that day things will come into thy heart, and thou wilt form wicked devices

³⁵ and all the inhabitants of the earth are reckoned as nothing; and he doth according to his pleasure in the army of heaven and in the habitations of the earth; and there is none who can stay his hand, or say to him, What hast thou done.

²⁶ Thereupon Jesus looking earnestly at them said, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

²⁷ Whereupon Jesus, looking stedfastly on them, saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God. For with God all things are possible.

³⁶ And he said, Abba, father, all things are possible to thee. Take away this cup from me. Nevertheless not my will, but thine be done.

²⁷ He said, Things, which are impossible to men, are possible to God.

²⁴ But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men. ²⁵ And because he had no need that any one should testify of man, for he himself knew what was in man;

¹⁷ He saith to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved that he said to him, the third time, "Lovest thou me," and he said to him, Lord thou knowest all things. Thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith to him, Feed my sheep.

¹¹ by whom we, [having been previously marked out in a determinate manner, according to the purpose of him who effecteth all things according to the counsel of his will] were made his inheritance,

¹² For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and penetrateth even to the separation of animal life and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is capable of discerning the desires and thoughts of the heart. ¹³ There is indeed no creature concealed from his sight. All things are naked and exposed to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

² Who is this who is concealing counsel from me, and who hiding words in his heart thinketh to hide them from me?

⁵ Many are thy wonders which thou, Lord my God, hast wrought; and for thy thoughts there is none to be compared to thee. I have declared and spoken. They are multiplied beyond computation.

¹ A Song of the steps. O LORD, my heart is not exalted, nor are mine eyes lofty; Nor have I exercised myself in great things: nor in things too wonderful for me.

⁶ This knowledge of thine is too wonderful for me. It is great beyond my comprehension.

² For I am the most foolish of all men. And I have not the understanding of man in me. ³ God hath taught me wisdom: and I have gained a knowledge of holy things. ⁴ Who hath ascended up to heaven and come down? Who hath collected the winds in his bosom? Who hath infolded the water in a mantle? Who hath a dominion over all the ends of the earth? What is his name? or what the name of his sons?

²⁷ Then Abraham answered and said, Now I have taken upon me to speak to my Lord, I who am but dust and ashes!

³⁰ Then Abraham said, Wilt thou, Lord, be offended if I speak? But if there be found there thirty? ³¹ And he said, I will not; destroy it, for the sake of the thirty. Again Abraham said, Since I am permitted to speak to the Lord, If twenty be found there? ³² And he said I will not destroy it, if I find twenty there. And Abraham said, Wilt thou, Lord, be offended, if I speak yet once more? But if ten be found there? And he said, For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.

³ Gird up thy loins like a man and I will question thee and answer thou me.

⁷ No, but gird now up thy loins like a man, and let Me question thee; and do thou answer Me.

⁶ he said to them, Hear my words. If there be a prophet among you to the Lord, I will make myself known to him by a vision, and speak to him in sleep. ⁷ Not so with respect to my servant Moses. In all my house he is faithful. ⁸ Mouth to mouth, I will speak to him personally, and not in dark sentences. He hath actually seen the glory of God. Why then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses.

¹² But had there been any truth in thy words; none of these evils would have happened to thee.

⁸ For if I am to go first and am no more, how do I know what will be at the last? ⁹ When he wrought on my left, I comprehended not; he may encompass my right and I not see.

¹⁴ Behold these are parts of his ways. But let us hear the least breath of reason for him. As for the strength of his thunder; who knoweth when he shall employ it?

²² Destruction and death said, We have heard the fame of it.

¹⁶ then doth he open the understanding of men.

¹ In the year in which Ozias the king died I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne; and the house was filled with his glory.

⁵ Whereupon I said, Ah! Woe is me! [for I was confounded] for being a man, and having unclean lips; and dwelling among a people of unclean lips, I have seen with mine eyes the king the Lord of Hosts.

¹⁸ No one hath ever seen God. This only begotten son, who is in the bosom of the father, even he hath made him known.

⁴¹ This Esaias said when he saw his glory and spake concerning him.

⁴⁵ And he who beholdeth me, beholdeth him who sent me.

⁵⁵ But he being full of a holy spirit, having his eyes fixed towards heaven, beheld the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God: ⁵⁶ whereupon he said, Behold! I see the heavens opened and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.

¹⁷ The believing is indeed because of hearing, and what they heard is by the order of God.

¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, would give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the acknowledgment of him ¹⁸ that He would enlighten the eyes of your understanding, that you may see what the hope of this invitation of his is; and what the riches of the glory of this inheritance of his, in the saints;

²⁷ yet as Achab was struck with compunction at this message on account of the Lord, and went away weeping; and as he had rent his clothes and girded sackcloth on his body and fasted; for he had put on sackcloth on the day he smote Nabuthi the Jezraelite; therefore when he went away,

⁶ I said: Lord, I blush, and am ashamed to lift up, O my God, my face to thee; because our iniquities are multiplied over our head, and our transgressions are heaped up to heaven.

¹ Now when Mordecai knew what was done, he rent his clothes and put on sackcloth and strewed himself with ashes, and running through the street of the city, he cried with a loud voice, A nation is to be cut off, which hath committed no fault. ² But when he came to the king's gate, he stopped; for it was not lawful for him to enter the court in sackcloth and ashes. ³ And in every country where the writings were published there was a cry with lamentation and great grief among the Jews, and they put on sackcloth and ashes.

⁸ so that he took a shell to scrape away the ichor, and sat down in an unclean place without the city.

³¹ thou hast so thoroughly plunged me in filth that my very robes abhor me.

¹⁹ Thou hast accounted me as dirt: and my portion is in dust and ashes.

³ Whereupon Job, in reply, said to the Lord, ⁴ Why should I continue the debate any further? I stand corrected for commencing a suit against the Lord. On hearing such things, what answer can I, who am nothing, make to Thee? I will lay my hand on my mouth.

¹⁷ The sacrifice for God is a contrite spirit. A broken and an humble heart, thou, God, wilt not despise.

⁵ now therefore I will tell you, what I purpose to do with my vineyard; I take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be exposed to plunder; and I will demolish its wall, and it shall be for a common walk;

⁵ This is not such a fast as I have chosen, that a man should afflict his soul for a day. No: though thou shouldst bend thy neck like a hook and lay sackcloth and ashes under thee: even in that case you are not to call it an acceptable fast.

¹⁹ For after my captivity I reformed and after I gained knowledge I groaned for my days of shame and shewed thee that I was ashamed of my youth."

⁶³ that thou mayst remember and be ashamed, and never more be able to open thy mouth, because of thy confusion when I make a complete atonement for thee according to all that thou hast done, saith the Lord.

⁴³ and you will there remember your ways and your devices with which you have been polluted, and express contrition for all your acts of wickedness;

³¹ Then will you call to remembrance your evil ways, and your devices which were not good; and in their sight be grieved for your iniquities and your abominations.

³ Therefore I turned my face to the Lord my God, to seek a prayer and supplication by fasting and sackcloth.

⁶ When the word reached the king of Ninive, he arose from his throne and stripped off his robes and clothed himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes. ⁷ And proclamation was made and orders issued in Ninive from the king and from his nobles, saying, With regard to men and beasts, including herds and flocks, Let them not taste any thing; let them neither feed nor drink water. ⁸ So both men and beasts were covered with sackcloth; and there was an incessant cry to God; and every one turned from his evil way, and from the wickedness of their hands, saying, ⁹ "Who knoweth but God will relent and turn away from his fierce wrath, so that we may not perish. ¹⁰ And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil ways. And God relented at the evil which he said he would do to them, and did it not.

²¹ Alas for thee Chorazin! Alas for thee Bethsaida! For had the miracles, which have been performed in you, been done in Tyre and Sidon they would have repented long ago in sack cloth and ashes.

¹³ Alas for thee, Chorazin! Alas for thee, Bethsaida! for if the miracles which have been performed in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

¹⁸ I will rise and go to my father, and say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight, ¹⁹ and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

⁸ and, last of all, he was seen also by me, who am as it were one born out of due time; ⁹ for I am the very least of the apostles, and am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the congregation of God.

¹³ who was before a reviler, and a persecutor, and an outrageous offender: but I obtained mercy because I acted ignorantly, in unbelief. ¹⁴ And this favour of our Lord superabounded with faith and love which is by Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ This is a faithful word and worthy of all acceptation, That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am a chief; ¹⁶ but I obtained mercy for this purpose, that Jesus Christ might display the utmost forbearance in me, a chief, for an example to them who should afterwards trust in him for everlasting life.

⁷ Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. ⁸ Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. ⁹ Be afflicted and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into grief; and your joy into con fusion of face. ¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord and he will exalt you. Speak not, brethren, against one another. He who speaketh against a brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh against law, and judgeth law. Now if thou judgest law, thou art not a doer of law, but a judge.

¹¹ Now when his three friends heard of all the calamities which were come upon him, they came to him each from his own country, namely, Eliphaz the king of the Thaimanites, Baldad the sovereign of the Saucheans, and Sophar the king of the Minaians. Having made an appointment they came to him to comfort and take care of him,

¹ Here Eliphaz the Thaimianite interrupting him, said,

¹ Here Baldad the Sauchean interposing said,

¹ Here Sophar and Minaian answering said,

⁵ But how would the Lord speak to thee; were he to open his lips against thee? ⁶ Indeed were he to unfold to thee the power of wisdom; because it must needs be double to what are with thee: then thou wouldst know that what have come upon thee from the Lord are answerable to the sins which thou hast committed.

² Then was kindled the wrath of Elius the son of Barachiel the Buzite, of the family of Earn, of the country of Ausitis. His wrath was kindled against Job to a high degree, because he had declared himself just before the Lord: ³ And with the three friends he was very angry, because they were not able to answer Job's defence: though they had charged him with being wicked.

⁵ But when he saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, he was fired with indignation;

⁴ Against thee especially I have sinned; and in thy sight done this evil. So that thou must be justified in thine acts, and must overcome, when thou art judged.

¹⁷ Then Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maid servants and they bore children.

¹² Then Jothor the father in law of Moses took whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for God; and Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat bread before God with Moses' father in law.

¹ Whereupon Balaam said to Balak, Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven young bulls, and seven rams.

¹⁴ So he took him to a watch tower of the field on the top of a craggy cliff, and built there seven altars. And when he had offered a bull, and a ram, on each altar,

²⁹ And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven young bulls, and seven rams.

³⁵ Then David received at her hand all that she brought him, and said to her, Go up in peace to thy house. See, I have hearkened to thy voice from a personal regard to thee.

²⁶ And because God strengthened the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, therefore they sacrificed each seven bulls and seven rams.

²¹ and offered up seven young bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, seven kids of the goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom and for the holies, and for Israel. And he ordered the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them upon the altar of the Lord.

⁵ And soon as the days of the entertainment were over, Job sent for, and purified them early the next morning, and offered sacrifices for them according to their numbers; a young bull for a sin offering for each of them; for Job said, Perhaps my children have in their mind conceived evil before God. In this manner therefore Job acted after every of those days.

³⁰ He indeed will save the innocent. Save thyself therefore, with clean hands.

⁹ So Eliphaz the Thaimanite, and Baldad the Sauchean, and Sophar the Minaian, went and did as the Lord commanded them, and he forgave them their sin for Job's sake.

¹⁰ He hath not dealt with us according to our sins; nor retributed to us according to our iniquities.

¹⁴ And to thee shall come trembling the sons of them who afflicted and humbled thee, and thou shalt be called, City Sion of the Holy one of Israel.

¹¹ Then the Lord said to me, Pray not for the prosperity of this people;

¹ Then the Lord said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before Me, My soul is not towards them. Send away this people and let them go.

¹⁴ should there be in it three such men as these Noe, Daniel and Job: They for their righteousness shall be saved, saith the Lord.

²³ And during the seven days of the festival he shall offer as whole burnt offerings to the Lord, seven young bulls and seven rams without blemish, every day during the seven days; and for a sin offering, a kid of the goats every day with a sacrifice.

⁸ Since, if you offer the blind for sacrifices, it is not evil; and if you offer the lame or sickly, it is not evil. Offer such now to thy governor, will he admit thee? Will he accept thy person? saith the Lord Almighty. ⁹ Now then do you conciliate the favour of your God when you supplicate him? When such [offerings] are made by your hands, shall I for your sakes accept your persons? saith the Lord Almighty.

¹⁷ and lo! a voice from heaven said,"This is my son, the Beloved, in whom I am well pleased."

²³ If therefore thou bring thy gift to the altar and recollect there that thy brother hath ground of complaint against thee; ²⁴ leave there thy gift before the altar and go away. First of all be reconciled with thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

⁶ for the praise of the glory of that favour of his with which he made us objects of favour in the Beloved;

¹⁴ Alexander the coppersmith hath lodged many false accusations against me. Let the Lord reward him according to his works:

²⁵ So that he is completely able to save them, who come to God by him, as he is ever alive to intercede for them.

⁴ For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

¹⁰ by which will we are sanctified by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once only. ¹¹ Though every priest hath indeed stood performing daily service, and frequently offering the same sacrifices, these can by no means take away sins; ¹² but he having offered for sins one sacrifice, to last for ever, sat down at the right hand of God, ¹³ thenceforth waiting till his enemies are made his footstool. ¹⁴ For by one offering he hath made perfect for ever them who are sanctified.

¹⁴ Is any among you sick, let him send for the elders of the congregation, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil in the name of the Lord.

¹⁶ Confess your faults to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man under the divine impulse is very powerful.

⁶ This Jesus is the Christ, whose coming was pointed out by water and by blood, not by the water only, but by the water and the blood; and the spirit is testifying this. Because the spirit is the truth,

¹⁶ If any one see his brother committing a sin not unto death, let him ask, and he will give him life for them who do not sin unto death: there is a sin unto death, with respect to this I do not say that he should make petition.

⁹ behold I give thee some of the synagogue of satan, who say they are Jews and are not; but do lie. Behold I will make them come, and worship at thy feet, and know that I have loved thee.

²⁷ And when thou prayest to him, he will hearken to thee, and will enable thee to pay thy vows;

³¹ Because one saith to the Almighty, "I have taken, I will not again take a pledge: ³² I will look beyond myself; do thou shew me: If I have done iniquity, I will do so no more."

⁸ Now therefore take seven young bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and he will make an offering for you; and my servant Job will pray for you. For him only I will accept; for were it not for his sake, I would destroy you, because you have not spoken what is true against my servant Job.

¹¹ My son, slight not the correction of the Lord; nor faint when reproved by him: ¹² for whom the Lord loveth he reproveth: and chastiseth every son whom he receiveth.

⁷ come eat thy bread with cheerfulness, and drink thy wine with a good heart: because God hath approved of thy works,

²⁴ Therefore whoever heareth these words of mine and putteth them in practice, him I will compare to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock.

⁵ His mother saith to the waiters, Do whatever he shall bid you.

⁶ Whereupon he trembling and in amaze, said, Lord, What wouldst thou have me do? And the Lord said to him, Arise and go to the city and it will be told thee what thou must do."

³³ Therefore I sent to thee immediately and thou hast done well in coming. Now therefore we are all here in the presence of God, to hear all that God hath given thee in charge.

⁸ By faith Abraham, when called, shewed obedience by going to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and set out on his journey not knowing whither he was going.

⁴ Moses cried to the Lord and said, What shall I do for this people? They are almost ready to stone me. ⁵ Upon which the Lord said to Moses, Go on at the head of the people, and take thee some of the elders of the people, and take in thy hand the staff with which thou didst smite the river.

² because he had taken to wife an Ethiopian woman, therefore they said, Hath the Lord spoken to Moses only? Hath he not spoken to us also?

¹³ Whereupon Moses cryed to the Lord, saying, God, I beseech thee, heal her.

¹ Upon this, all the congregation, raising their voices, shouted aloud, and ² the people wept that whole night. And all the Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, that we had died in the land of Egypt, or even in this wilderness! ³ If we must die, why doth the Lord lead us into that land to fall in battle? Our wives and our children will be for a prey. Now therefore it is better for us to return to Egypt. ⁴ Then they said to one another, Let us appoint a leader, and return to Egypt.

¹⁰ And when all the congregation ordered to stone them with stones, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud, over the tabernacle of the testimony, to all the children of Israel.

¹³ Thereupon Moses said to the Lord, Though Egypt may publish that thou by thy mighty power didst bring this people out from among them; ¹⁴ Nay though all the inhabitants of this land have heard that thou the Lord art among this people; that they with their eyes may behold thee, Lord, exposed to view; and that thy cloud hath stood over them, and that thou marchest before them in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night; ¹⁵ yet when thou shalt destroy this people as one man, then will all the nations who have heard of thy name speak, saying, ¹⁶ Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which, with an oath, he promised them, he hath destroyed them in the wilderness. ¹⁷ Now therefore let thy power, Lord, be exalted. As thou hast spoken, saying, ¹⁸ "The Lord is long suffering, abundant in mercy and true, taking away iniquities, transgressions and sins; and, when he will not by purification clear the guilty, retributing the sins of fathers on children to the third and fourth generation," ¹⁹ forgive the sin of this people according to thy great mercy, as thou hast been gracious to them from Egypt even to this time. ²⁰ Then the Lord said to Moses, I am merciful to them according to thy word.

²¹ Separate yourselves from among this congregation, and I will consume them all at once. ²² At this they fell on their faces and said, God, the God of the spirits even of all flesh! If one man hath sinned, is the wrath of the Lord against the whole congregation?

⁴⁶ Whereupon they fell on their face. And Moses said to Aaron, Take the censer, and put therein fire from the altar, and throw incense on it, and carry it with all haste to the camp, and make atonement for them; for wrath is gone forth from the presence of the Lord, and hath begun to slay the people. ⁴⁷ So Aaron took as Moses commanded him, and ran into the congregation; [Now the destruction among the people had already begun] and he threw on the incense, and made atonement for the people, ⁴⁸ and stood between the dead and the living; and the plague ceased.

¹⁸ but remember the Lord thy God, that it is he who giveth thee power to procure wealth, that he may establish the covenant which the Lord made with thy fathers, as at this day.

²⁰ Even against Aaron, his wrath was kindled to destroy him; But I prayed for Aaron also at that time.

³ the Lord will heal thy sins, and have compassion on thee, and gather thee again out of all the nations among which the Lord hath dispersed thee.

⁷ The Lord impoverished, and maketh rich; He humbleth, and he exalteth on high.

⁹ And Amasias said to the man of God, But what must I do in respect to the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? To which the man of God replied, It is in the power of the Lord to give thee more than that.

³ His attendants were numerous, and his works great in the country. He was also a man of illustrious birth, among the people of the east.

¹⁸ For He causeth pain and again removeth it: and him whom he smote, his hands have healed. ¹⁹ From six distresses he will deliver thee, and in the seventh evil shall not touch thee. ²⁰ In famine he will deliver thee from death, and in battle save thee from the edge of the sword.

⁶ If thou art pure and upright, he will hear thy prayer; and render to thee the reward of righteousness. ⁷ Let thy beginning therefore be ever so small, thy end will be unspeakably great.

²⁴ thou shalt be placed on a mount, founded on a rock, and be like the rock of the torrent Sophir. ²⁵ Then will the Almighty be thy defence from enemies; and he will make thee pure as silver tried by fire.

⁷ that he would for Sion's sake send deliverance to Israel! When the Lord hath brought back the captives of his people: Let Jacob rejoice and let Israel be glad.

⁶ O that he would for Sion's sake grant safety to Israel! When the Lord hath brought back the captivity of his people Jacob will rejoice and Israel will be glad.

¹ For the conclusion. A Psalm for the sons of Kore. LORD, thou hast favoured this land of thine: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. ² Thou hast forgiven thy people their iniquities: thou hast covered all their sins. ³ Thou hast caused all thine anger to cease: thou hast turned away from thy fierce wrath.

¹ A Song of the steps. When the Lord brought back the captivity of Sion; we were like them who are comforted.

⁴ Bring back, Lord, our captivity, like torrents in the south. ⁵ Let them who sow with tears reap with rapture. ⁶ They went step by step and wept sowing their seed; but let them come tripping with joy, carrying their sheaves.

⁴ The offspring of wisdom are the fear of the Lord and riches and glory and life.

² priests, speak to the understanding of Jerusalem; comfort her; for her humiliation is accomplished; her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received from the hand of the Lord [blessings] double to the punishment of her sins.

⁷ Thus shall they again inherit the land; and everlasting joy shall be on their head.

⁸ The silver is mine and the gold is mine, saith the Lord Almighty.

²⁷ Then he said, I intreat thee therefore, Father, to send him to my father's house;

⁵⁰ Did not my hands make all these things?"

⁶⁰ Then he kneeled down and cried out with a loud voice, O! Lord, charge not this sin to their account; and having said this he fell asleep.

²² And when all the camels had done drinking, the man took ear rings of gold of about a drachm weight, and a pair of bracelets for her hands, the weight of which was ten pieces of gold,

⁵³ Then the servant brought out jewels of silver and gold and raiment and gave them to Rebekka, and made presents to her brother and to her mother.

³⁵ And all his sons and daughters assembled and came to comfort him, but he would not be comforted saying, I will go to my son mourning, to the mansion of the dead. Thus his father mourned for him.

³² Now the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, the bones of Joseph, and they buried them at Sikimoi, in that portion of the field which Jacob purchased of the Amorites who dwelt at Sikimoi, for a hundred lambs, and which he gave to Joseph for an inheritance.

²⁷ But turbulent men said, How can this man save us? And they despised him, and did not bring him gifts.

⁴ and given courage to knees which were strengthless:

²² Have I asked anything of you, or do I crave any help from you? ²³ to save me from mine enemies; or deliver me out of the hand of the mighty?

⁵ And should there be strength in my mouth; would I not spare moving my lips?

¹³ My brethren stood aloof from me, they acknowledged strangers rather than me; and my friends were not compassionate. ¹⁴ My nearest relations paid me no attention: and they who knew my name forgot me.

⁷ The beginning of a good way is to do things just and acceptable in the sight of God, rather than to offer sacrifices.

³ Be strong ye hands which are feeble, and ye knees which are without strength. ⁴ Take comfort ye who are faint hearted; take courage, be not terrified; behold our God retributeth judgment; he will indeed make retribution; he himself will come and save us.

¹⁹ And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them on the death of their brother.

¹⁵ Set your hearts on this with respect to each other"to rejoice with them who rejoice, and to weep with them who weep.

²⁶ so that if one member suffereth, all the rest suffer with it; and if one member is honoured, all the rest rejoice with it.

¹² Therefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the knees which are feeble,

³ Remember them who are in bonds, as if you were bound with them; them who suffer ill treatment, as being yourselves in the body.

³⁵ The Lord indeed hath blessed my master exceedingly, so that he is be 35 come great. He hath given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, men servants and maid servants, camels and asses.

¹² And Isaak sowed in that land and got that year an hundred fold of barley. And the Lord blessed him ¹³ and the man was exalted and prospered more and more till he became exceeding great. ¹⁴ And he had flocks and herds of cattle and many fields under cultivation. And the Philistines envied him;

¹⁶ who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thou didst not know, and which was not known by thy fathers, that he might afflict thee, and try thee, and do thee good in thy latter days.

⁷ Let thy beginning therefore be ever so small, thy end will be unspeakably great.

³⁸ And he hath blessed them and they have multiplied greatly, and their cattle have not decreased.

¹³ their store houses full and overflowing; their flocks prolific, abounding in their outwalks; ¹⁴ their herds fat. There is no destruction of enclosures; no breaking out; no screaming in their folds. ¹⁵ The people who had such things were hailed happy; but happy is the people, whose God is the Lord.

²² The blessing of the Lord is on the head of the righteous; it maketh rich, and to it no sorrow of heart shall be joined.

⁸ Better is a patient man than one of a haughty spirit.

¹⁷ Charge them who are rich in this present state not to be high minded; not to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God who imparteth to us richly all things for enjoyment;

¹¹ Behold we call those sufferers happy. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord's termination" that the Lord is full of compassion and tender mercy.

² He had seven sons and three daughters; and his cattle were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred breeding asses.

⁴¹ Then out of affliction he hath helped the needy, and hath made families like a flock.

³ Behold sons are an heritage of the Lord; a reward of the fruit of the womb.

²⁰ therefore thy sons whom thou hast lost will say in thine ears, This place is too strait for me: make room for me, where I may dwell.

⁷ The daughters of Salpaad have spoken right. Thou shalt give them the possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers, and vest in them their father's lot.

¹⁸ And as she was going out to him she consulted with him, saying, Let me ask a field of my father. And when she had cried aloud from the ass, and Chaleb said to her, What is the matter with thee? ¹⁹ she said to him, Give me a blessing. Seeing thou hast sent me to the land of Nageb, give me Botthanis. So he gave her the upper and lower Gonaithla.

⁴ Appoint from among you three men of a tribe, and let them arise, and go through the land, and lay before me a draught of it, as it ought to be divided. And when they came to him

¹² whose sons are like trees well planted when young; their daughters beauteous, adorned like shrines;

²⁰ At this time Moses was born, who was exceeding beautiful, and was nursed up three months in his father's house.

³² And in the land of Charran, all the days of Tharra were two hundred and five years. And Tharra died in Charran.

⁷ Now these were the years of the days of Abraham's life which he lived, one hundred and seventy five years.

²⁸ Now the days which Isaak lived were one hundred and eighty years.

²⁸ And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. And all the days of the years of his life were a hundred and forty seven years.

²³ and saw Ephraim's children to the third generation; and the children of Machir the son of Manasses were also dandled on his knees;

²⁶ So Joseph died being a hundred and ten years old, and when they had embalmed him they put him into a coffin in Egypt.

⁷ Though Moses was an hundred and twenty years old, his eyes were not dim, nor was his natural strength abated.

²⁹ And after those things, Joshua the son of Nave, the servant of the Lord died at the age of a hundred and ten years;

¹⁰ The days of these years of ours are seventy years: and if by reason of strength they be eighty years; still the surplus of them is labour and sorrow. Because gentleness hath come upon us: let us, therefore,

⁶ And mayst thou see children's children! Peace be upon Israel.

⁶ Children's children are the crown of old men: and the boast of children, is their fathers. Every ornament of wealth belongeth to the faithful; but to the unfaithful, not a farthing.

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.

² that you may fear the Lord your God. You shall keep all his statutes, and his commandments, which I this day command you, both thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, all the days of thy life, that you may live many days.

²⁶ And thou shalt come to the grave like ripe grain cut in due season; or like a heap from a threshing floor, carried home in time.

¹⁶ With length of days I will satisfy him; and I will shew him my salvation.

¹⁶ For length of days and years of life are in her right hand; and in her left, riches and glory. Out of her mouth proceedeth righteousness: and on her tongue she carrieth law and mercy.