Proverbs 30 Cross References - Thomson

¹ Thus saith the man to them who trust in God; but I stop. 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? ⁵ Since all the words of God are tried, and he is a shield to them who revere him; ⁶ add not to his words lest he reprove thee and thou be found a liar. ⁷ two things I beg of thee: deprive me not of favour before I die; remove far from me vanity and lying. ⁸ Give me neither riches nor poverty, but order for me things necessary and convenient; ⁹ that when I am filled I may not become false and say, Who seeth me? Or being in want, steal and swear by the name of God. ¹⁰ Deliver not up a servant into the hands of a master; lest he curse thee and thou be removed out of sight. ¹¹ A wicked progeny curse their father and bless not their mother. ¹² A wicked progeny judge themselves righteous, but have not purged their ways. ¹³ A wicked progeny have lofty eyes and uplifted eyebrows. 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. ¹⁵ The leech had three daughters greatly beloved, but these three did not satisfy her; nay even the fourth did not suffice for her to say, There is enough. ¹⁶ The grave, and lust for women, and land unsatiated with water: nay water and fire will never say, There is enough. ¹⁷ The eye which derideth a father and despiseth the old age of a mother, may the ravens of the valley pick it out, and the young eagles devour it. ¹⁸ There are three things which I cannot perceive, and a fourth which I do not know: ¹⁹ the tracks of an eagle in its flying; the footsteps of a serpent on a rock; the marks of a ship crossing the sea; and the ways of a man in youth. ²⁰ Such is the way of an adulterous woman, who having committed the act and washed herself, saith, that she hath done nothing improper. ²¹ By three things a land is disturbed, and a fourth it cannot bear: ²² a servant when he reigneth; a fool when filled with meat; ²³ a handmaid when she expelleth her mistress; and an odious woman when she hath a good husband. ²⁴ There are four things on the earth which are very small, yet they are wiser than the wise: ²⁵ the ants, which not having strength, provide their food in summer; ²⁶ the choirogryllus, which being a feeble nation have built their houses among rocks; ²⁷ the locusts, which having no king encamp regularly at the word of command; ²⁸ and the calabotes, which depending on its feelers and being easily caught maketh its abode in the fortresses of kings. ²⁹ There are three things which march well and a fourth which is stately in its gait; ³⁰ a young lion the strongest of beasts which turneth not aside nor feareth any beast; ³¹ and a cock strutting magnanimously among his females; and a he-goat marching at the head of a flock; and a king harranguing a nation. ³² If thou sufferest thyself to be elated with joy and engages in battle thou wilt incur disgrace. ³³ Churn milk and there will be butter, and if thou wringest the nose, blood will issue forth; so if thou usest provoking language contentions and quarrels will ensue.

¹ These words of mine have been dictated by God, they are the prophecy of a king whom his mother instructed

¹⁹ Therefore we have a more complete confirmation of the prophetic word, to which you do well in giving attention, as to a lamp shining in a dark place until the day dawn, and the bringer of light rise in your hearts; ²⁰ knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture explaineth itself, ²¹ for prophecy was not uttered in former days at the will of man; but the holy men of God spoke by an impulse of the holy spirit.

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.

¹⁰ When he seeth the wise dying; together the foolish and senseless shall perish. And they shall leave their wealth to others,

²² I indeed was despicable for my want of knowledge; I was brutish as a beast before thee.

⁶ A senseless man cannot know; nor can the foolish comprehend them.

¹² then thou wilt say, "How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!

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.

¹⁴ Every man on account of knowledge became foolish. Every melter of gold was put to shame for his graven images, because he cast falsities and there is no breath in them.

²⁵ For, that you, brethren, may not have too high an opinion of your selves, I would not have you ignorant of this secret, That a partial blindness hath come upon Israel until the fulness of the Gentiles shall have come in,

¹⁸ Whosoever you are, let no one deceive himself. If am one among you seemeth to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.

² If then any one thinketh that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

⁵ And if any of you wanteth wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it will be given him.

¹² But these, like irrational brute beasts, made for capture and destruction, railing at what they are ignorant of, shall perish with their own destruction. 13 Receiving wages of iniquity, esteeming riot by day a pleasure; being spots and blemishes; rioting by their deceits; banquetting with you;

¹⁴ having eyes full of adultery and unceasing sin; ensnaring unstable souls; having a heart practised in greediness; an execrable race; ¹⁵ having forsaken the right road they have gone quite astray, following the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity, ¹⁶ and was convicted of his transgression. [A dumb beast, speaking with a human voice, restrained the madness of the prophet.]

⁷ Canst thou trace the footsteps of the Lord? Or hast thou reached the extent of what the Almighty hath done? ⁸ The heaven is high, what then canst thou do? And there are things deeper than the mansion of the dead; what dost thou know? ⁹ Of greater extent than the measure of the earth or the breadth of the sea.

¹⁰ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and knowledge is the counsel of the holy. For to know the law is a characteristick of a good understanding;

³ And they cried one to another and said, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts; the whole earth is filled with his glory."

¹⁰ for the heart of this people is stupefied; and their ears are dull of hearing; and they have shut their eyes, that for a while they may not see with their eyes; and hear with their ears; and understand with their hearts; and return that I may heal them.

¹¹ and turn us from this way, and take from us this path, and take from us the oracle of Israel."

¹⁵ Thus saith the Most High, who on earth inhabiteth eternity, who is Holy among holies; whose name is THE MOST HIGH; who at rest in the holies giveth patience to the humble, and life to them who are of a contrite heart;

¹⁴ Whereupon Amos answered and said to Amasias, I was not a prophet, nor a son of a prophet. I was only a herdsman and a gatherer of dates; ¹⁵ and the Lord took me from the flocks and the Lord said to me, "Go and prophesy against my people Israel."

²⁷ All things are delivered up to me by my father; and none but the father knoweth the son; nor doth any know the father, but only the son, and he to whom the son is pleased to reveal him.

¹⁷ And Jesus answering, said to him, Happy art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed this to thee, but my father who is in heaven.

³ Now this is the life everlasting that they may know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

³³ O the depth of the riches, and of the wisdom, and of the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways not to be traced out!

¹⁸ may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, ¹⁹ and to know the love of the Christ which surpasseth that knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fulness of God.

⁷ And to the angel of the congregation at Philadelphia write thus saith the Holy one and the True, who hath the key [the Son] of David, who openeth and none shutteth, and who shutteth and none openeth,

⁸ And the four animate beings had, each of them six wings around and underneath they were full of eyes. And they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!

²⁹ Then Jacob asked him saying, Tell me thy name. And he said why dost thou ask my name? Then he blessed him there.

¹³ Then Moses said to God, Behold when I come to the Israelites and say to them, The God of our fathers hath sent me to you; and they shall say, What is his name? What shall I say to them? ¹⁴ On which God spoke to Moses saying, I am The I Am. Moreover he said, Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel, The I Am hath sent me to you. ¹⁵ Again God said to Moses, Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of our fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaak, and the God of Jacob hath sent me to you. This is my everlasting name and memorial to all generations.

³ and I appeared to Abraham and to Isaak and to Jacob as their God. Though I did not clearly manifest to them my name Lord,

⁵ and the Lord descended in a cloud and stood by him there and called in the name of the Lord. ⁶ And the Lord passed by before him and proclaimed, The Lord, the God compassionate and merciful, long suffering and abundant in goodness and truth, ⁷ keeping kindness and mercy for thousands, taking away transgressions, iniquities and sins, will by no means clear the guilty, when he bringeth the transgressions of fathers on children and children s children to the third and fourth generation.

⁵⁸ If thou wilt not hearken to do all the words of this law, which are written in this book, to fear this glorious, this wonderful name, The Lord Thy God,

¹² It is not in heaven above, that thou shouldst say, Who will ascend for us into heaven, and bring it to us, that we may hear and do it?

¹⁸ And the angel of the Lord said to Manoe, Why askest thou my name? It is indeed Wonderful.

⁸ who bindeth up water in his clouds; and the cloud under it is not rent;

⁴ Where wast thou, when I laid the foundations of the earth? And tell me, if thou hast understanding, ⁵ who settled the measures of it? Dost thou know? Or who stretched the line upon it? ⁶ To what are the hooks of it fastened? And who laid the corner stone thereof? ⁷ When the stars were made, all my angels praised me with a loud voice. ⁸ It was I who shut up the sea with gates, when it rushed eagerly from its mother's womb. ⁹ It was I who made a cloud its cloathing; and thick darkness its swaddling bands. ¹⁰ It was I who set bounds to it; surrounded it with bars and gates; ¹¹ and said to it, Thus far thou shalt come and no farther: but in thyself thy waves shall be spent. ¹² Was it in concert with thee that I ordered the morning light; and that the day spring knew its appointed time ¹³ to tinge the wings of the earth; to scare the wicked from it? ¹⁴ Didst thou take clay of the earth and form an animal and place on the earth a creature endowed with speech? ¹⁵ Hast thou withdrawn the light from the wicked, and broken in pieces the arms of the haughty? ¹⁶ Hast thou gone to the head spring of the sea; and walked in the footsteps of the abyss? ¹⁷ Are the gates of Hades opened to thee through fear, and are the porters of Hades struck with awe at seeing thee? ¹⁸ Hast thou informed thyself of the breadth of that under heaven? Tell me then what is the extent of it. ¹⁹ In what country doth light make its abode, and of what sort is the place of darkness? ²⁰ If thou wouldst lead me to their borders, and if thou knewest their paths; ²¹ I would know that thou wast then born, and that the number of thy years is great. ²² Hast thou gone to the treasuries of snow, or hast thou seen the treasuries of hail? ²³ Are they stored up for thee, for a time of enemies; for a day of battles and combat? ²⁴ From what place doth hoar frost issue, or whence is the south wind scattered over the earth? ²⁵ Who hath prepared a course for the tempest, ²⁶ and a way for impetuous storms to water the ground, where there is not a man; the desert where no man dwelleth; to saturate an untrodden, uninhabited land ²⁷ and cause the bud of the tender herb to spring? ²⁸ Who is the father of rain, and who hath begotten the drops of dew? ²⁹ From whose womb doth ice proceed, and who in the sky hath brought forth hail ³⁰ which descendeth like a shower? Who hath struck with terror the face of the wicked? ³¹ Dost thou know the band of Pleias, or hast thou opened the hedge of Orion? ³² Canst thou cause Mazouroth to come forth in his season, or drag out Hesperus by his hair? ³³ Dost thou know the revolutions of heaven, or the things on earth corresponding to them? ³⁴ Canst thou summon a cloud with thy voice, and will it, with the trembling of a water spout, answer thee? ³⁵ Canst thou despatch thunders, that they may go, and will they say to thee, Here we are? ³⁶ Who hath given woman a skill in weaving, and a knowledge of the art of embroidering? ³⁷ Who is it who numbereth the clouds with wisdom, and hath caused the heaven to incline to the earth, ³⁸ when the earth was poured out like dust, and when I have glued the very clod as for a stone? ³⁹ Wilt thou hunt the prey for lions, or satisfy the appetites of dragons? ⁴⁰ For they are trembling for fear in their dens, and lying in ambush in their coverts. ⁴¹ Who hath provided food for the raven? For his young have cried to the Lord, wandering about in search of provisions.

⁷ I proclaim the decree of the Lord; to me the Lord said, "Thou art my Son, this day I have begotten thee,

²⁷ All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him:

² Upon the seas he laid its foundations; and established it upon the floods.

¹⁸ In this holy place having ascended on high thou hast led captivity captive; and received gifts in the manner of man in token [for some were incredulous] of thy dwelling there.

² clothing thyself with light as with a mantle; stretching out the heaven as a tent. ³ Thou art he who covereth his chambers with waters who maketh clouds his chariot; who walketh on the wings of winds; ⁴ Who maketh winds his messengers, and flaming fire his ministers; ⁵ Who founded the earth on its firm basis, that it may not be moved forever. ⁶ Is the abyss like a garment to be its covering; are waters to stand above the mountains? ⁷ At thy rebuke they shall flee; at the peal of thy thunder they will tremble. ⁸ They ascend mountains, they go down vallies; to the place which thou hast founded for them. ⁹ Thou has set a bound which they shall not pass; nor shall they return to cover the earth. ¹⁰ Thou art he who sendeth forth springs in vallies. Waters shall flow down between the mountains; ¹¹ and give drink to all the beasts of the field. Wild asses will expect them to quench their thirst. ¹² By them the birds of the air will abide: from among the rocks they will utter a sound. ¹³ Thou art he who watereth mountains from his chambers. With the fruit of thy works the earth will be satisfied. ¹⁴ Thou art he who causeth grass to grow for cattle; even verdant grass for the service of man. That he may bring food out of the earth: ¹⁵ wine cheereth the heart of man: that he might exhilarate his countenance with oil; the heart of man is strengthened with bread. ¹⁶ The trees of the plain shall be fully satisfied; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted. ¹⁷ There the birds will build their nests. The family of the stork account them their own. ¹⁸ The lofty mountains are for the hinds; a rock is the refuge of the choirogryllus. ¹⁹ He hath appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his time for going down. ²⁰ Thou hast stationed darkness and there was night: in it all the beasts of the forest will come forth; ²¹ Lions roaring for prey, seeking their food from God. ²² When the sun is risen, they will assemble and lay themselves down in their dens; ²³ Man will go forth to his labour and continue at it till evening. ²⁴ How manifold are thy works, Lord, with wisdom thou hast done them all. The earth is filled with thy creatures; ²⁵ So is the great and spacious sea: in this are moving things innumerable; living creatures small and great. ²⁶ There ships sail: there is that dragon, which thou hast formed to sport therein. ²⁷ All wait on thee to give them food in due season. ²⁸ When thou givest them, they gather; by opening thy hand all are bountifully supplied. ²⁹ But when thou deniest, they are troubled. Withdraw their breath, they die and return to their dust: ³⁰ send forth thy breath and they are created: thou indeed canst renew the face of the earth. ³¹ Let the glory of the Lord endure forever; let the Lord rejoice over his works. ³² When he looketh at the earth, he causeth it to tremble; when he toucheth the mountains, they smoke. ³³ I will sing to the Lord as long as I live, I will praise my God while I have a being. ³⁴ Let my meditation be acceptable to him, and I will rejoice in the Lord. ³⁵ Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and the wicked so as to be no more; my soul, bless thou the Lord.

¹⁴ Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and he shall be called Emmanuel.

⁶ because for us a child is born, and to us a son is given, whose government is on his own shoulder; and his name is called, "The Messenger of Great Counsel." For I will bring peace on the rulers and health for him.

¹² Who hath measured the water with his hand, and the heaven with a span and the whole earth with a hand breadth? Who hath weighed the mountains in scales and the dales with a balance? ¹³ Who hath known the mind of the Lord? and who hath been of his counsel to teach him? ¹⁴ or whom hath he consulted that he might instruct him? or who hath pointed out judgment to him? or who hath shewn him the way of knowledge? ¹⁵ If all the nations are as a drop from a cask; and are accounted as the turning of a balance; may be reckoned as spittle; ¹⁶ if Lebanon is not sufficient for a fire, nor all the beasts sufficient for an homage offering: ¹⁷ and all the nations are as nothing and reckoned as nothing: ¹⁸ to whom have you likened the Lord? and to what likeness have you compared him? ¹⁹ Hath a carpenter when he hath made an image, or the goldsmith when he hath melted gold and gilded it, prepared this as a likeness of him? ²⁰ for the carpenter chuseth a sound piece of timber and will inquire wisely, how he may place his image that it may not be moved. ²¹ Will you not know? will you not hear? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have you not known the foundations of the earth? ²² He it is, who occupieth the circuit of the earth; and the inhabitants thereon are as grasshoppers. He it is, who established the heaven as an arch, and spread it out as a tent to be dwelt in; ²³ who giveth chiefs as a nothingness to govern: and hath made the earth as a mere nothing. ²⁴ For they could not plant nor could they sow, nor could their root strike into the ground; he blew upon them and they withered, and a whirlwind will sweep them away like stubble. ²⁵ Now therefore to whom have you likened me; that I may be exalted? said the Holy One. ²⁶ Raise your eyes upwards and take a view: who hath displayed all those? He who bringeth out his host by number can call them all by name. On the account of abundant glory, by reason of the mightiness of his power he hath in no wise escaped thy notice; ²⁷ wherefore, thou, Jacob, shouldst not say, yet what hast thou, Israel, spoken? "My way is hidden from God" and, "My God hath put off my cause and is gone." ²⁸ Hast thou then not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, the God who fitted up the ends of the earth, cannot hunger, nor can he be weary; nor can his under standing be searched out. ²⁹ He it is who giveth strength to the hungry and grief to them who have not had sorrow. ³⁰ For youths will hunger and young men be weary, and chosen warriors will become strengthless; ³¹ but they who wait upon God shall have new strength; they shall put forth fresh feathers like eagles; they shall run and not be wearied; they shall march on and shall not faint.

⁸ In this humiliation his legal trial was taken away. Who will declare his manner of life. [J] Because his life is taken from the earth; for the transgressions of my people he is led to death;

⁶ In his days Juda shall be saved and Israel shall dwell securely. And the name which the Lord will give him by the prophets shall be Josedek [Lord of righteousness.]

²¹ and she will bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. ²² All this was done, so that there was a fulfilment of what was spoken by the prophet, saying, ²³ "The virgin shall conceive and bear a son and thou shalt call his name Emmanuel," the meaning of which is, God with us:

²² All things are delivered up to me by my Father; and none knoweth who the Son is, except the Father; nor who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whom the Son will please to reveal him.

¹³ No one indeed hath ascended up into heaven, but he who came down from heaven, namely, the son of man who is in heaven.

⁶ but the righteousness because of believing speaketh in this manner: Say not in thy heart, Who will ascend up to heaven [that is to bring Christ down];

⁸ Therefore it is said, "Having ascended on high, he hath led captivity captive, and "he hath given gifts to men." ⁹ Now this expression, "He ascended" what doth it infer, but that he had first descended into the lower parts of the earth? ¹⁰ He who descended is the same who ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all;

¹² His eyes are like a flame of fire; and on his head are many crowns and he hath a name written which no one but himself knoweth;

¹ After these things a word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I protect thee. Thy reward shall be exceedingly great.

³ But thou, Lord, art my protector; my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

⁶ The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; tried silver, clear of dross, seven times purified.

³⁰ As for my God, his way is spotless; the oracles of the Lord are tried, he is the protector of all who trust in him.

⁸ The statutes of the Lord are right, they rejoice the heart. The commandment of the Lord is clear, it enlighteneth the eyes.

¹¹ Because the Lord loveth mercy and truth; God will give grace and glory: the Lord will not withhold good things from them who walk in innocence.

² He will say to the Lord, "Thou art my helper: my God is my refuge, I will trust in him."

⁹ The house of Israel have trusted in the Lord: he is their helper and protector. ¹⁰ The house of Aaron have trusted in the Lord; he is their helper and protector. ¹¹ They who fear the Lord have trusted in him: he is their helper and protector.

¹⁴⁰ Thy word is very pure; and thy servant hath loved it.

² He is my mercy and my refuge; my support and my deliverer, my protector in whom I trusted, who subdueth the people under me.

¹² So that the law is indeed holy, and the commandment is holy, just and good.

¹⁷ Now the wisdom which cometh from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

² You shall not add any thing to what I command you; nor shall you diminish from it. You shall keep the commandments of the Lord our God, which I, this day, give you in charge.

³² Be careful to do every thing which I this day command you. Thou shalt not add to it, nor diminish from it.

⁷ Are you not speaking in the presence of the Lord? ⁸ And do you in his presence utter deceit in a solemn manner? Or will you keep back any thing? Judge for yourselves. ⁹ For will it be well for you, if he mark your steps? For though feigning all these things you apply them for him:

¹⁵ And we are found to be actually false witnesses of God; because we have testified concerning God, that he hath raised the Christ, whom he hath not raised, if indeed the dead are not raised.

¹⁸ For I testify to every one who heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, if any one addeth to these things God will lay on him the plagues written of in this book; ¹⁹ and if any one taketh away from the words of the book of this prophecy God will take away his portion of the tree of life and of the holy city which are written of in this book.

⁵ the Lord appeared to him that night in a dream, and said to him, Ask for thyself any favour. ⁶ Thereupon Solomon said, Thou hast shewn great kindness to thy servant David my father. As he walked before thee in truth and righteousness and in uprightness of heart with thee, thou therefore hast kept for him this great kindness to set his son on his throne as at this day. ⁷ Now therefore, Lord my God, as thou hast appointed me thy servant in the room of my father David, and I am but a little child and know not how to go out and come in, ⁸ and thy servant is in the midst of thy people whom thou hast chosen, an immense people which cannot be numbered, ⁹ give therefore to thy servant a heart to hear and to judge thy people righteously, and to discern between good and evil; for who can judge this thy people,

⁹ And when they had crossed, Elias said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I am taken up from thee. Whereupon Elisha said, Let there be, I pray thee, a double portion of thy spirit on me.

² Thou hast granted him the desire of his soul, and hast not denied him the request of his lips.

⁴ One favour I have asked of the Lord; and this I will earnestly seek; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life; that I may contemplate the delight of the Lord; and visit his temple.

⁴² But there is one thing necessary. As for Mary, she hath chosen that good portion which shall not be taken from her.

²⁰ And Jacob made a vow saying, If the Lord God will be with me and watch over me in the way in which I am going and give me bread to eat and raiment to clothe me

¹⁵ And he blessed them and said, The God whom my fathers Abraham and Isaak worshipped; the God who hath fed me from my youth to this day; ¹⁶ the Angel who delivered me from all evils, bless these children! And let them be called by my name and by the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaak; and may they be increased to a great multitude on the earth!

¹⁵ And when the Israelites saw this they said one to another, What is this? for they did not know what it was. Upon which Moses said to them. This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat.

¹⁸ and when they measured it by the gomer, he who had gathered much had nothing over, and he who had gathered little did not fall short. Every one had gathered sufficient for the family with him.

²¹ So they gathered it every morning, every one a sufficiency for his family. And when the sun grew warm, it melted away. ²² Now on the sixth day when they were gathering a double quantity, two gomers for every one, all the heads of the congregation came and told Moses,

²⁹ You see that because the Lord gave you this day for sabbaths, therefore on the sixth day he gave you the bread of two days. Abide ye every one at home. Let none go out from his place on the seventh day.

³⁵ And the children of Israel ate this Manna forty years till they came to the inhabited land. They ate it till they came to the border of Phoenicia. Now the gomer is the tenth of the trimeter.

³⁰ And his allowance, a continual allowance, was duly sent to him every day all the days of his life.

¹² nor transgress in my bosom: indeed I have hid his words.

⁹ But as for the vain sons of men; the lying sons of men; Even in an unfair balance they are altogether vanity. ¹⁰ Trust not in oppression; nor eagerly covet plunder; if riches flow in, set not your heart on them.

²⁹ Remove from me the way of injustice, and graciously favour me with thy law.

³⁷ Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; keep me alive in thy way.

⁶ He who getteth treasures by a lying tongue, pursueth vanity to the snares of death.

⁸ He who soweth iniquity shall reap evils; and compleat the punishment of his deeds. God blesseth a cheerful giver; and will supply the deficiency of his works.

⁵ If thou fix thy view toward him, he is out of sight: for he is provided with wings as of an eagle; and directeth his course to the house of one who is before him.

² Vanity of vanities, said the preacher. Vanity of vanities. All is vanity.

¹⁸ Woe unto them who draw out sins as for a long cable: and iniquities as for an ox chain:

⁴ None speaketh just things, nor is there any just judgment. They trusted in vanities and they speak lies. Because they hatch mischief, therefore they bring forth iniquity.

²¹ Thereupon the king gave orders and they committed him to the guard house and gave him a loaf of bread a day from the bake house until all the bread in the city was spent. So Jeremias remained in the court of the prison.

³⁴ And he had a portion continually given to him, day by day, from the king of Babylon, to the day of his death.

¹¹ give us to day our daily bread;

³³ But seek first the kingdom of God, and the righteousness required by him, and all those things will be superadded to you.

³ give us day by day our daily bread,

⁸ then he saith to them, Draw out now and carry some to the master of the feast. And when they had carried,

¹⁵ and saying, Men, why do ye these things? We are only frail mortals like yourselves, proclaiming to you to turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth, and the sea, and all the things which are therein;

⁶ Now this religion, with contentment, is a great gain. ⁷ For we brought nothing into this world; and it is evident that we can carry nothing out of it. ⁸ Having then food and raiment let us be content with these.

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.

⁷ Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord thy God will not hold him guiltless who taketh his name in vain.

¹ And when any person shall sin inadvertently; now should one be adjured and being a witness hath either seen or known, if he do not tell, he will contract that sin;

¹⁰ And when the Lord thy God hath brought thee into the land, which, with an oath he promised to thy fathers, to Abraham, and Isaak, and Jacob, to give thee cities, great and beautiful, which thou hast not builded; ¹¹ houses full of all good things, which thou hast not filled; cisterns of hewn stone, which thou hast not hewed; vineyards, and olive yards which thou hast not planted; and when thou hast eaten, and art filled, ¹² take heed to thyself, that thou forget not the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt; out of the house of bondage.

¹⁰ Therefore when thou hast eaten, and art satisfied, thou shalt bless the Lord thy God in that good land, which he hath given thee. ¹¹ Take heed to thyself, that thou forget not the Lord thy God, so as not to keep his commandments, and his judgments, and his rules of rectitude, which I this day command thee. ¹² When thou hast eaten, and art satisfied, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein, ¹³ and when thy herds, and thy flocks, are multiplied, and thou hast silver and gold in abundance, and all thy possessions are multiplied, ¹⁴ be not elated in heart, nor forget the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

²⁰ For when I bring them into that good land, which I solemnly promised their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat, and be satiated, and they will turn to strange gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant;

¹⁵ When Jacob had eaten and was filled, Then he who was beloved began to kick; He grew fat, waxed thick, and became corpulent, Then he forsook the God who made him; And apostatised from God his saviour.

²⁷ and Joshua said to the people, Behold this stone shall be among you for a witness, that it hath heard all that were said by the Lord, for he hath this day spoken to you; and this shall be among you for a witness in the latter days, whenever you prove false to the Lord my God.

¹⁵ Now therefore let not Ezekias deceive you, nor cause you to trust in this manner. Do not believe him. For as there is no god of any nation or kingdom who is able to save his people out of my hand, or hath been able to save out of the hand of my fathers, therefore your God cannot save you out of my hand. ¹⁶ And besides what his servants spoke against the Lord God, and against his servant Ezekias, ¹⁷ he wrote a letter to reproach the Lord God of Israel, and spoke of him saying, As the gods of the nations of the earth have not delivered their peoples out of my hand, so neither can the God of Ezekias deliver his people out of my hand.

²⁵ and they had taken lofty cities, and got possession of houses filled with all good things, of cisterns ready hewn out of stone, of vineyards and olive yards, and all sorts of fruit trees in abundance, and had eaten and were filled, and became fat, they rioted on thy great bounty, ²⁶ and turned and apostatised from thee, and cast thy law behind their backs: Nay, they slew thy prophets who testified against them to turn them to thee; and committed great provocations.

²⁴ If I have made gold my measure, or placed my confidence in precious stones: ²⁵ or if I have exulted because my wealth was great, or laid my hand on what was not counted out to me: ²⁶ or, [do we not see the refulgent sun sometimes eclipsed, and the moon continually changing? for it is not in them:] ²⁷ if then my heart hath been secretly enticed, and I have laid my hand on my mouth and kissed it ²⁸ let this be reckoned to me as the greatest transgression, that I have lied in the presence of the Lord, the Most High.

³ for the Lord will not suffer the rod of the wicked to be over the inheritance of the righteous; that the righteous may not stretch forth their hands to iniquities.

³⁰ It exciteth no wonder, if one be caught stealing; for a hungry man stealeth to satisfy his soul; ³¹ but if he be caught, he is to pay seven fold; and by giving all that he hath, he will deliver himself.

²⁴ He who is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: and so do they, who hear an oath administered, if they do not make discovery.

³¹ Hear a word of the Lord! Thus saith the Lord, Was I a desert to Israel or a desolate land? Why did my people say, "We will not be lorded over, nor come to thee any more."

¹⁴ and thy fame spread among the nations for thy beauty. Because it was perfect by reason of the comeliness and the elegance with which I adorned thee, saith the Lord; ¹⁵ thou wast vain of thy beauty and became a harlot because of thy renown: and didst pour out thy fornications upon every passenger.

⁴⁹ But this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom; Pride. Through fulness of bread and prosperity she and her daughters grew wanton. There was this also in her and her daughters that they did not assist the distressed and the needy; ⁵⁰ but were haughty and committed iniquities in my sight; therefore I destroyed them.

¹⁷ The sentence is by the decree of an Eir; and the decree is a request of holy ones, that the living may know that there is a sovereign Lord of the kingdom of men and that he can give it to whom he will, and set over it that which is disesteemed by men."

³⁰ he spake, saying, Is not this the great Babylon which I have built for the house of a kingdom, by the might of my power, for the display of my glory?

⁶ When in their pastures they were fed to the full; then were their hearts lifted up. For this cause they forgot me.

⁷² And he again denied, with an oath, I do not know the man.

⁷⁴ Then he began to curse and to swear, I do not know the man. And immediately a cock crowed.

²² upon which the people shouted, It is the voice of a god and not of a man! ²³ And instantly an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory. And being gnawed by worms he died.

⁹ Take heed to thyself that there be not a lurking thought in thy heart; a wicked suggestion, saying, The seventh year, the year of remission is near at hand. When thou shalt look with an evil eye at thy brother who is in want, and not give him, he will cry to the Lord against thee, and it will be a great sin in thee.

¹⁵ Thou shalt not deliver up to his master, a servant who hath fled to thee, from his master.

⁹ Then Doek the Syrian, who had the care of Saul's asses, answered and said, I saw the son of Jessai coming to Nomba, to Abimelech the son of Achitob, the priest; ¹⁰ and he inquired of God for him, and gave him victuals. He gave him also the sword of Goliath.

⁹ Then David said to Saul, Why dost thou hearken to the words of the people who say, Behold David seeketh thy life?

¹⁹ Now therefore let my lord the king hear the word of his servant. If God stirreth thee up against me, let thy sacrifice be fragrant: bat if the sons of men; cursed be they before the Lord; for they have now driven me out from abiding securely in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.

¹⁵ Then David said to him, Wilt thou conduct me to this horde? And he said, Swear to me now by God, that thou wilt not put me to death nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will conduct thee to the horde.

¹ And when David had marched on a little way from Eos, behold Siba, the servant of Memphibosthe, came out to meet him with a couple of asses saddled, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred clusters of dried grapes, and a hundred bunches of dates, and a nebel of wine. ² And the king said to Siba, What meanest thou by these? To which Siba replied, The asses are for the king's family to ride on, and the loaves and the dates for the young men to eat, and the wine for such as are fainty in the wilderness, to drink. ³ Then the king said, But where is thy master's son? And Siba said to the king, Behold he abideth in Jerusalem; for he said, Now will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. ⁴ Thereupon the king said to Siba, Behold all that belong to Memphibosthe are thine. And Siba having bowed down said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord the king.

²⁶ Memphibosthe said to the king, my lord the king, my servant deceived me. For thy servant said to him, Saddle me the ass, that I may mount thereon and go with the king. [For thy servant is lame.] ²⁷ But he acted deceitfully with thy servant, before my lord the king. But my lord the king is as an angel of God. Do therefore what is good in thy sight.

²² Thus Joas remembered not the kindness which Jodae his father had done him, but put to death his son, and when he was dying he said, May the Lord see and judge. ²³ And it came to pass that at the end of the year, the army of Syria came up against him. They came up against Juda and Jerusalem, and having destroyed all the chiefs of the people, among the people, they sent the spoils of them to the king of Damascus. ²⁴ Though the army of Syria consisted of but few men, yet God delivered a very great army into their hands, because they had forsaken the Lord the God of their fathers. On Joas also he executed judgment:

²⁶ May he who with holdeth corn leave it to the nations! But blessing be on the head of him who distributeth!

²³ But this I say to you who are wise to know, it is not good to respect a person in judgment. ²⁴ He who saith of the wicked, " He is not guilty, " shall be cursed by the tribes and hateful to the nations:

²⁷ He who giveth to the poor shall not be in want: but he who turneth away his eyes shall be indigent.

²¹ therefore thou shouldst not pay too close attention to all the words which the wicked shall utter, that thou mayst not hear thy servant cursing thee.

⁸ Then came certain Chaldeans, and stated to the king an accusation against the Jews, ⁹ "king, live forever! thou, king, ¹⁰ hast made a decree, that every man who shall hear the sound of the trumpet and syrinx and of the kithara and sambuk, and of the psaltery and all kinds of musical instruments; ¹¹ and who will not prostrate himself and worship the golden image, shall be cast into that furnace of fire which is heated. ¹² Now there are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the works of the province of Babylon, namely, Sedrach, Misach, Abdenago, who have not hearkened, king, to thy decree. They neither serve thy gods, nor do they worship the golden image which thou hast set up." ¹³ Upon this Nabuchodonosar in wrath and fury commanded to bring Sedrach, Misach, Abdenago: and when they were brought before the king, ¹⁴ Nabuchodonosar addressed them, saying, Is it true, Sedrach, Misach, Abdenago, that you do not serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? ¹⁵ Now therefore are you ready, when you hear the sound of the trumpet and syrinx and of the kithara and sambuk and of the psaltery and symphony and all kinds of musical instruments, to fall prostrate and worship the golden image which I have made? For if you do not worship you shall, that very hour, be cast into the furnace of fire, which is heated. And what god is there who can deliver you out of my hands? ¹⁶ In reply to this, Sedrach, Misach, Abdenago said to the king Nabuchodonosar, We are at no loss to answer thee in respect to this matter. ¹⁷ For our God in heaven, whom we worship, is able to deliver us out of the furnace of fire which is heated, and he will deliver us, king, out of thy hands. ¹⁸ But even though he do not, be it known to thee, king, that we cannot serve thy gods, nor will we worship the image which thou hast set up.

¹³ Then they answered and said before the king, Daniel, who is one of the captives from Juda, hath not paid obedience to thy decree. For three times a day he maketh requests of his God.

²⁴ Then the king commanded and they brought the men who had accused Daniel, and they and their sons and their wives were cast into the den of the lions. And before they reached the bottom of the den the lions had such mastery over them that they broke all their bones.

⁴ who art thou who judgest another's servant. To his own master he standeth or falleth. But he shall stand, for God is able to establish him.

¹⁷ He who curseth his father or his mother shall be put to death.

⁹ Be the man who he may who curseth his father or his mother, let him be put to death. He hath cursed his father or his mother, he shall be held guilty.

²⁰ and they shall say to the men of their city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he hearkeneth not to our voice. He is devoted to revelling and drunkenness. ²¹ Thereupon the men of his city shall stone him with stones, and he shall be put to death. So thou shalt remove the wicked from among you; and the rest, who hear, will be struck with awe.

¹⁶ Cursed he who slighteth his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

²⁰ Whosoever curseth father or mother; let his lamp be extinguished and his eye balls involved in darkness.

¹² A wicked progeny judge themselves righteous, but have not purged their ways. ¹³ A wicked progeny have lofty eyes and uplifted eyebrows. 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.

¹⁷ The eye which derideth a father and despiseth the old age of a mother, may the ravens of the valley pick it out, and the young eagles devour it.

⁷ And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them," Brood of vipers! who hath prompted you to flee from the impending wrath.

⁴ For God commanded saying, "Honour thy father and thy mother, and whosoever revileth father or mother let him be put to death: ⁵ but you say, "Whoever shall say to his father or to his mother, Let that by which thou mightest be benefited by me, be dedicated, ⁶ must not honour either his father or his mother." Thus you have annulled the commandment of God from a regard to your doctrines.

¹⁰ For Moses said, "Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Let him who curseth father or mother be put to death." ¹¹ But you say, "If a man say to his father, or to his mother, Let that be Corban, [that is to say dedicated,] by which thou mightest be benefitted by me;" ¹² do not then permit him any more to do any thing for his father or his mother;" ¹³ thus annulling the word of God, by this doctrine of yours, which you have handed down. And thus you act in many other instances.

⁴ But if any widow hath children, or grand children; let these first learn to respect their own household, and to make suitable returns to their parents; for this is good and acceptable in the sight of the Lord.

⁸ Now if any one doth not provide for his own, and especially for those of his family, he hath renounced his belief, and is worse than an infidel.

⁹ but you being a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people peculiarly set apart that you may publish the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light

⁵ So the house of Micah was to him the house of a god. And he made an ephod and theraphin, and consecrated one of his sons, and he became his priest.

¹³ Micah said, Now I know that the Lord will do me good, because I have got a Levite for a priest.

¹³ And when Samuel came to Saul, Saul said to him, Blessed art thou of the Lord. I have performed all that the Lord hath spoken. ¹⁴ Whereupon Samuel said, But what bleating of flocks is this in my ears? and what is this lowing of cattle which I hear?

⁹ "I am pure, I have not sinned; I am irreprehensible, for I have not transgressed.

² because, before him, he hath acted with deceit.

² wash me thoroughly from this iniquity of mine; and purify me from this my sin.

⁷ Sprinkle me with hyssop and I shall be purified; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

² All the works of the humble are manifest in the sight of God; but the wicked shall perish in an evil day.

² Every man appeareth righteous in his own eyes: but the Lord directeth hearts.

¹⁶ Wash and become clean: remove iniquities from your souls; in my presence, cease from your evil deeds;

⁵ yet they say, "Keep at a distance from me; come not near me, for I am clean." This is a smoke which causeth my wrath; a fire is kindled by it every day.

²² Though thou wash thyself with nitre and use much soap: thou art stained by thine iniquities in my sight, saith the Lord. ²³ How canst thou say, I am not polluted, nor have I gone after Baal? View thy ways in the grave yard, and recollect what thou hast done. In the evening her voice raised the mournful cry. ²⁴ She enlarged her ways to the waters of a desert: by the desires of her soul she was transported into raptures. She is delivered up: who will bring her back? None who seek her will weary themselves. In her humiliation they shall find her.

³⁵ Yet thou sayest, "I am innocent; let His wrath be turned from me:" behold I will emplead thee for saying, I have not sinned.

¹⁴ Jerusalem! wash thy heart from wickedness that thou mayst be saved. How long do ill grounded reasonings for thy troubles remain in thee?

²⁵ then I will sprinkle upon you pure water, and you shall be cleansed from all your impurities and from all your idols; and when I have cleansed you,

¹ In that day every place will be opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for the removal and for the separation.

³⁹ the Lord said to him, Now as for you Pharisees, yon cleanse the outside of the cup and plate; but as to the inside, it is full of your rapacity and wickedness. ⁴⁰ Unthinking men! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also?

¹⁵ Whereupon he said to them, You are they who justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts. Because that which is high among men, is an abomination in the sight of God,

¹¹ The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus, O God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers; nor even as that publican.

¹¹ Now such some of you were; but, you have washed yourselves; but you are hallowed, but you are acquitted by the name of the Lord Jesus and by the spirit of our God.

⁵ having a form of religion but denying the power of it. From such turn away;

¹⁵ To the pure, all things are indeed pure but to the polluted and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Their mind and conscience are polluted: ¹⁶ they make a profession of knowing God, but with their works they deny him; being abominable, and disobedient, and lost to every good work.

⁵ not for works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy; he saved us by a bath of regeneration, and a renewal of a holy spirit,

⁷ But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have communion with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin. ⁸ If we say that we have not sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. ⁹ If we confess our sins, He is faithful, and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰ If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a false speaker, and his word is not in us.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ who is the faithful witness, the first born from the dead, and the sovereign of the kings of the earth. To him who hath loved us, and washed us from our sins with his blood,

⁵ Him, who privily slandered his neighbour, I expelled. With one of a haughty eye and unsatiable heart I would not eat.

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.

¹⁷ His eye is that of a scorner; his tongue is false; his hands are employed in shedding innocent blood;

⁴ A high minded man is contentious and stubborn: but sin is the lamp of the wicked.

¹¹ "For the eyes of the Lord are lofty; but man is low; and the loftiness of these men shall be humbled; and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

¹⁶ Thus saith the Lord, Because the daughters of Sion are haughty and have walked with outstretched neck and wanton eyes, trailing with them in their gait flowing robes, and moving in set pace with their feet;

² and thou son of man say to the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord, Because thy heart is elated, and thou hast said, "I am a God."" I inhabit the dwelling of a god in the heart of the sea." Now as for thee thou art a man and not a God; though thou hast set thy heart as the heart of a God. ³ Art thou wiser than Daniel? Have not wise men taught thee with their knowledge? ⁴ Didst thou by thy knowledge, or thine own understanding, procure for thyself power and gold and silver in thy treasuries? ⁵ By thy great skill and thy traffic thou hast increased thy wealth; and with thy wealth thy heart is elated;

⁹ Wilt thou say, "I am a God," in the presence of them who are slaying thee? Thou indeed art but a man and not a God.

³⁶ Because it is still for a time, therefore he will act according to his pleasure. And this king will be exalted and magnified above every god, and will speak swelling words, and prosper until the indignation is completed: for it is coming to a completion. ³⁷ Though with all the gods of his fathers, he will not keep up any intelligence, including even the desire of women; though he will not pay respect to any thing divine, because he will magnify himself above them all,

⁴ If any one draw back my soul hath no pleasure in him. But the just shall live by faith in me.

³ Let no one by any means deceive you that it is, until the apostacy hath first come, and the man of sin hath been revealed: that son of perdition ⁴ who setteth himself against, and exalteth himself above, all that is called God, or an object of worship; so as to seat himself as God in the temple of God, pointing himself out that he is God.

¹⁷ And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous; and plucked the prey from betwixt their teeth.

⁷ Arise, Lord; save me, my God! Because thou hast smitten all them, who foolishly were mine enemies; hast broken the teeth of sinners:

⁸ Under his tongue there is mischief and sorrow. He sat in secret places with the rich to slay the innocent; His eyes are on the watch for the distressed. ⁹ He lurketh in secret like a lion in his den; He lurketh to make a prey of the poor. To make a prey of the poor when he hath drawn him in; in his net he will humble him.

⁵ Because of the oppression of the poor; because of the groans of the needy; now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set in safety and speak boldly.

⁴ Will they all continue senseless? They are going on in a course of iniquity: they are eating up my people as they do bread: they have not called on the Lord.

² Thy tongue is like a sharp razor: thou hast practised deceit.

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.

¹⁸ They who wound with their speeches are swords: but the tongues of the wise are healing.

¹⁶ Some plunder the poor to increase their wealth and give to the rich to lessen it.

³ A mighty man by wicked acts oppresseth the poor. As a sweeping rain is indeed unprofitable,

¹ Then I turned and took a view of all the different sorts of oppression under the sun; and behold the tear of the oppressed and they have no comforter. Though from the hand of oppressors some have relief; yet others have no comforter.

⁷ For the counsel of the wicked will devise unlawful devices to destroy the poor with unjust pleas; and to baffle the pleas of the poor in judgment.

⁵ And behold the second beast was like a bear; and it stood half erect and there were three ribs in its mouth between its teeth, and they said to it thus, "Arise, devour much flesh." ⁶ After this I looked, and lo! another beast like a leopard; and it had four wings of a bird on it; and this beast had four heads and to it dominion was given. 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.

⁷ and dashed their sandals against the heads of the poor; and turned aside the way of the meek; and a son and a father went in unto the same handmaid. That they might profane the name of their God,

¹ Hear this word, ye heifers of Basanitis, ye who are on the mountain of Samaria; who tyrannise over the distressed and trample the needy, who say to your masters, Bring and let us drink.

⁴ [p] Hear this, I beseech you, ye who every morning oppress the needy, and by your tyranny drive the poor from the land, saying,

¹ They planned mischief; they contrived evils on their beds, and soon as it was day they executed them; for they did not lift up their hands to God. ² They coveted fields and plundered orphans and tyrannised over houses; they plundered a man and his household; a man and his inheritance;

¹ and he will say, "Hear these things ye children of the house of Jacob, and ye remnant of the house of Israel, is it not your business to know judgment? ² As for them who hate good and seek evil, who tear off the skin from these and the flesh from their bones: ³ as they have devoured the flesh of my people and have flayed off their skin from them; and have broken their bones and chopped them up, as flesh for a kettle and as pieces of meat for a pot: ⁴ so they shall cry to the Lord but he will not hearken to them; but will turn away his face from them at that time, because by their devices they have committed evil against these. ⁵ Thus saith the Lord against the prophets who led my people astray, who gnash with their teeth and proclaim peace for them, though it was not put in their mouths; they have raised up war against them.

¹⁴ Thou hast struck with consternation the heads of mighties, at this they will be appalled! They will slacken their reins and be like a poor man eating in secret,

³ her chiefs within her were like roaring lions, and her judges like the Wolves of Arabia. They left nothing for the morning:

¹³ Now alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut up the kingdom of the heavens against men. For you neither enter in yourselves, nor suffer them who are going in, to enter.

¹ Come, now, ye rich; weep, and raise a mournful cry for the miseries which are coming upon you. ² Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth eaten. ³ Your gold and your silver are covered with rust; and the rust of them will be a witness against you, and corrode your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days. ⁴ Behold the wages of the labourers who have reaped your fields, which you have withholden, raise a cry; and the outcries of these reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

⁸ and they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions;

¹⁶ Because he delighteth in all those things which God hateth: therefore he is destroyed for the depravity of his soul.

²¹ By three things a land is disturbed, and a fourth it cannot bear:

²⁴ There are four things on the earth which are very small, yet they are wiser than the wise:

²⁹ There are three things which march well and a fourth which is stately in its gait;

¹¹ yet these dogs are of untamed appetite; they can never have enough. They are indeed mischievous, they have no consideration. They all followed their own courses, every one according to his own purpose.

³ But as for you, draw near hither, ye lawless sons! ye seed of adulterers and of fornication!

⁴⁴ Thou indeed hast so added impiety to all thy transgressions that all these things have occasioned the parable which people use against thee, saying, "As was the mother so is the daughter." ⁴⁵ Thou art indeed a very daughter of thy mother who abandoned her husband and her children: and the sisters of thy brothers are they who abandoned their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Chettite and your father an Amorite, ⁴⁶ your eldest sister is Samaria; she and her daughters who live on thy left; and your youngest sister who liveth on thy right is Sodom with her daughters.

¹⁸ They addicted themselves to the Chananites; they went on in a continued course of whoredom; they loved dishonour because of its revelry;

³ And the Lord said, "For the three transgressions of Damascus, and for four shall I not be averse from it? Because with iron saws they sawed asunder the pregnant wives of the men of Galaad;

⁶ Thus saith the Lord, For the three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, shall I not be averse from them? Because they captivated the captives of the Salamonites, to deliver them up to Idumea;

⁹ Thus saith the Lord, For the three transgressions of Tyre, and for four shall I not be averse from it? Because they delivered up the captives of the Salamonites to Idumea, and did not remember the covenant of brothers;

¹¹ Thus saith the Lord, For the three transgressions of Idumea, and for four shall I not be averse from it? Because they pursued their brother with a sword, and violated a mother on the ground: he indeed to evidence his intention seized by force; he kept up his horror and his onset till he accomplished his purpose;

¹³ Thus saith the Lord, For the three transgressions of the Ammonites, and for four shall I not be averse from them? Because they ripped up the pregnant wives of the Galaadites, that they might enlarge their own borders;

¹ Thus saith the Lord, For the three transgressions of Moab, and for four shall I not be averse from him? Because he burned into lime the bones of the king of Idumea;

⁴ Thus saith the Lord, For the three transgressions of the children of Juda, and for four, shall I not be averse from him? Because they have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and have been led astray by their vanities which they made, which their fathers had followed;

³ they are preparing their hands for evil. The chief asketh and the judge hath spoken words of peace! He is entirely at his devotion;

³² As for you then, fill up the measure of your fathers.

³⁹ They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith to them, If ye were the children of Abraham, you would do the works of Abraham.

⁴⁴ You are of your father the devil, and bent upon executing the desires of your father. He was a manslayer from the beginning, and did .not abide in the truth. Because there is no truth in him, when he speaketh falsehood he speaketh what is. natural to him, for he is a liar, and the father of it.

¹⁸ For such men do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly. And by their fawning speeches and flattering forms of address, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

³ Indeed, with insatiable covetousness, they will, with smooth words, make merchandize of you. But the judgment prepared of old for them is not idle, nor is their destruction slumbering.

¹⁴ having eyes full of adultery and unceasing sin; ensnaring unstable souls; having a heart practised in greediness; an execrable race; ¹⁵ having forsaken the right road they have gone quite astray, following the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity,

¹¹ Alas for them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, and rambled in the error of Balaam's reward and perished in the rebellion of Kore. ¹² They are hidden rocks in your love feasts. When they feast with you, they feed themselves without restraint. They are clouds without water, impelled by winds; autumnal trees without fruit, twice dead, and to be rooted up;

¹ Now when Rachel saw that she bore no children to Jacob, she envied her sister and said to Jacob, Give me children, else I shall die.

²⁰ The grave and destruction are never satisfied: in like manner the eyes of men are insatiable. He who hath staring eyes, and fools who cannot govern their tongue; are an abomination to the Lord.

⁵ Now this arrogant and contemptuous man; this man of boasts shall not exceed a certain bound. He enlarged his soul like Hades and like death was not satisfied. When he shall have gathered to him all the nations and received for himself all the peoples,

²¹ and he drank of the wine and was intoxicated and uncovered in his house. ²² And Cham, the father of Chanaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and going out told his two brothers without. ²³ Whereupon Sem and Japheth took the garment and put it on both their shoulders, and went backwards and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces being turned from him, they did not see the nakedness of their father.

²⁵ And when Noe recovered from the wine and knew what his younger son had done to him, ²⁶ he said, "Ah devoted Chanaan! "To his brethren he will be a domestic servant. Moreover he said, "Blessed be the Lord God of Sem: "And let Chanaan be his domestic servant." ²⁷ God make room for Japheth! "And let him dwell in the tents of Sem, And let Chanaan become his servant."

¹⁸ If any man hath a stubborn, and rebellious son, who hearkeneth not to the voice of his father, nor to the voice of his mother; and they have corrected him, and he will not hearken to them; ¹⁹ his father and his mother shall take him, and bring him out to the senate of his city, and to the gate of the place;

²⁶ and your dead carcasses be food for the birds of the air, and the wild beasts of the earth, and there be none to fray them away.

⁴⁴ And when the Philistine said to David, Come hither to me, and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the air, and the beasts of the earth,

⁹ And as Abessalom was advancing to meet the servants of David, being mounted on his mule, his mule entered the thickest copse of that great oak forest, and his head got entangled among the oaks so that he was suspended between heaven and earth, and the mule went from under him. ¹⁰ And a man saw him, and told Joab, and said, Behold I saw Abessalom hanging among the oaks.

¹⁴ And Joab said, I myself will in this case, set the example. I will not boggle so in thy sight. Then Joab took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through Abessalom's heart, while he was still alive in the heart of the forest. ¹⁵ And when the ten young men, who carried Joab's arms, had surrounded and smitten Abessalom, and put him to death, ¹⁶ Joab sounded the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel; fur Joab had mercy on the people. ¹⁷ And he took Abessalom, and threw him into a great chasm in the forest, into the great pit, and piled ever him a great heap of stones. And all Israel fled every man to his tent.

¹⁰ And Respha, the daughter of Aia, took sackcloth, and fixed it up for herself, before the rock, in the beginning of the barley harvest, until water from heaven dropped upon them; and she suffered not the birds of the air to rest upon them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

²² Hearken, my son, to the father who begot thee: and despise not thy mother because she is old.

¹¹ A wicked progeny curse their father and bless not their mother.

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.

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

¹⁶ If any man delude an unmarried virgin and lie with her, he shall by paying a dowry purchase her for a wife:

²⁷ At thy command doth the eagle soar, and the vulture abide seated on its nest,

³¹ but they who wait upon God shall have new strength; they shall put forth fresh feathers like eagles; they shall run and not be wearied; they shall march on and shall not faint.

¹¹ Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹² Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, If any man's wife transgress, and actually despise him; ¹³ and any person lie with her carnally, and it escape the notice of her husband, and it be hid, and she be polluted, though there be no witness against her, and she be not caught in the act; ¹⁴ and a spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be polluted; or a spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, though she be not polluted, ¹⁵ the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring as a gift for her the tenth of an ephah of barley meal; but he shall pour no oil on it, nor lay any frankincense on it; for it is a sacrifice of jealousy; a sacrifice of remembrance, to bring into remembrance a sin. ¹⁶ And the priest shall bring her forward, and set her before the Lord. ¹⁷ Then the priest shall take pure spring water, in an earthen vessel, and having taken up some of the dust which is on the floor of the tabernacle of the testimony, the priest shall put it in the water. ¹⁸ And the priest shall present the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman's head. Then he shall put the sacrifice of remembrance; the sacrifice of jealousy into her hands; and in the hand of the priest shall be the water of discovery over which an imprecation is to be made; ¹⁹ and the priest shall adjure the woman, and say to her, If no man hath lain with thee; if thou hast not transgressed, so as to be defiled, while under the jurisdiction of thy husband; be thou uninjured by this water of discovery, over which an imprecation is to be made: ²⁰ but if thou hast transgressed, being a married woman, or art polluted, and any person besides thy husband hath lain with thee, ²¹ [then the priest shall adjure the woman with solemn imprecations, and the priest shall say to the woman] the Lord make thee a curse and an imprecation in the midst of thy people, by causing thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to be inflamed. ²² Let this water over which this imprecation is made, go into thy belly, to inflame thy belly, and rot thy thigh. And the woman shall say, Amen, Amen. ²³ Then the priest shall write these curses in a book, and dip it in the water of discovery, over which the imprecation was made, ²⁴ and shall cause the woman to drink the water of discovery, over which the imprecation was made. And the water of discovery, over which the imprecation was made, shall go into her; ²⁵ [The priest shall take the sacrifice of jealousy out of the woman's hand, and lay the sacrifice before the Lord, and offer it on the altar; ²⁶ and when the priest shall have taken a handful of the sacrifice, the memorial of it, and offered it on the altar, after this he shall cause the woman to drink the water] ²⁷ and it shall come to pass that if she be defiled, and escape the notice of her husband, when the water of discovery, over which the imprecation was made, shall go into her, it shall inflame her belly, and her thigh shall rot, and the woman shall be a curse among her people. ²⁸ But if the woman be not polluted, and be pure, she shall be uninjured, and shall conceive seed. ²⁹ This is the law of jealousy, when a woman who is married transgresseth and is polluted; ³⁰ or when a spirit of jealousy cometh on a man. When he is jealous of her, and shall set his wife before the Lord, the priest shall do to her all that this law directeth;

⁶ for she walketh not in the ways of life. Her paths are slippery and not easily known.

¹³ Ha! she hath caught him and kissed him, and with an unblushing countenance, said to him: ¹⁴ "I have a peace offering; today I am paying my vows: ¹⁵ for this reason I came out to meet thee: earnestly longing to see thee. ¹⁶ I have found thee. With cords I have stretched my bed, and decked it with tapestry from Egypt. ¹⁷ I have perfumed my bed with saffron, and my house with cinnamon: ¹⁸ come, and let us take our fill of love till the morning: come and let us solace ourselves with love. ¹⁹ For my husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey; ²⁰ he took in his hand a roll of silver, and will return to his house after many days." ²¹ So with much fawning discourse she led him astray; and with the flattery of her lips inveigled him. ²² And he is gone after her, attracted by her; as an ox is led to slaughter, or as a dog to be chained: or like a deer pierced through the liver with a dart. ²³ And he hasteth like a bird to a snare; not knowing that he is running the risk of his life.

³ The man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigaia. His wife was a woman of good understanding, and very beautiful; but the man was morose, and ill natured, and of a surly disposition.

¹⁰ Upon which Nabal started up, and in reply said to David's young men, Who is David? and who is the son of Jessai? There are now a days many slaves who run away every one from his master; ¹¹ and shall I take my bread, and my wine, and the flesh I have killed for my sheep shearers, and give them to men whom I know not whence they be?

²⁵ Let not my lord, I pray thee, set his heart against this perverse man. For as is his name so is he. His name is Nabal, and with him is folly. But I thy servant did not see my lord's servants whom thou didst send.

³⁶ Then Abigaia went to Nabal, and behold he had an entertainment at his house like that; of a king, and Nabal's heart was elated for he was very drunk, so she told him nothing less or more till the next morning. ³⁷ But in the morning when Nabal had recovered from his wine, his wife told him all these things. and his heart was confounded, and he became like a stone. ³⁸ And in about ten days the Lord smote Nabal, and he died.

¹⁶ So he conducted him thither, and behold they were spread abroad on the face of the whole land, eating and drinking, and celebrating a festival, for all the great spoil which they had taken from the country of the Philistines, and from the land of Judea.

¹⁰ It is not seemly for a fool to enjoy delicacies; nor for a servant to begin to domineer with haughtiness.

⁷ I have seen slaves on horseback and princes walking like slaves on the ground.

⁴ and I will make boys their princes; and scorners shall rule over them. ⁵ And upon one another the people will fall foul, and jostle every man against his neighbour; the boy against the elder and the base against the honourable.

¹³ A foolish son is a shame to a father. vows for the hire of a harlot are not pure.

⁹ It is better to dwell in a corner in the open air; than in apartments plaistered with injustice; and in a house which is not clean.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a quarrelsome, clamorous and passionate wife.

¹⁵ A continual dropping driveth a man out of his house in a rainy day: and so doth a contentious wife.

²¹ He who feedeth delicately from his youth, shall be a servant and at last afflicted with sorrow.

⁷ But ask, I pray thee, the beasts of the field, if they could speak to thee; and the birds of the air, if they could tell thee;

⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; and having seen its ways follow the example and be wiser than it. ⁷ For having no cultivated field, no driver, nor master, ⁸ it provideth its food in summer, and layeth up a plentiful supply in harvest. Or go to the bee and learn what a Worker she is: and how seriously she performeth her work, to the labours of which both kings and subjects apply themselves as far as health permits; and to all it is agreeable and honourable. And though her strength be small, having honoured wisdom she is diligently employed.

⁵ the hairy foot, though it cheweth the cud, yet because it hath not a parted hoof, it is unclean to you;

¹⁸ The lofty mountains are for the hinds; a rock is the refuge of the choirogryllus.

⁴ Otherwise, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold at this time to-morrow I will bring a swarm of locusts on all thy borders ⁵ and they shall cover the face of the ground, so that thou shalt not be able to see the ground; and they shall devour all the remaining product of the land which the hail hath left you; and they shall devour every tree which groweth for you in the land. ⁶ And thy houses and the houses of thy servants, all the houses of the Egyptians throughout the whole land, shall be filled in such a manner as thy fathers and their forefathers never saw from the time they had an existence in the land even to this day. And Moses turned and went out from Pharao.

¹³ So Moses lifted up the staff towards heaven and the Lord brought a south wind upon the land all that day and all that night, and by the morning the south wind had lifted up a swarm of locusts ¹⁴ and wafted it over the whole land of Egypt: and it settled on all the borders of Egypt; an immense swarm. Such a swarm of locusts had never been before it, nor shall there ever be such a one hereafter. ¹⁵ It covered the whole surface of the ground and the land was wasted. And it devoured every herb of the ground and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. There was nothing green left among the trees, or among the herbs of the field throughout all the land of Egypt.

³⁴ He spake, and the grasshopper came, and the brouchus locust in swarms innumerable,

⁴ The leavings of the palmer Worm have been devoured by the grasshopper, and the leavings of the grasshopper have been devoured by the locust. And the mildew hath consumed what the locust left.

⁶ For against my land a nation is come up, strong and innumerable. Their teeth are the teeth of lions; and their grinders, those of a young lion. ⁷ They have made my vineyard a desolation; and my fig orchards, a waste. They have searched it thoroughly and it is gone to wreck; they have made the branches thereof white.

⁷ They can run like warriors and like mighty warriors scale walls; and every one will march in his own path. They will not alter their lines of march; ⁸ nor will any one separate from his comrade. They will march loaded with their arms, and though they fall on their weapons they shall not be killed. ⁹ They will surprise the city and run upon the walls; they will climb up the houses and enter at windows like thieves. ¹⁰ At their presence the earth will be confounded and the heaven shaken, and the sun and the moon will be darkened, and the stars will withdraw their refulgence, ¹¹ and the Lord will utter his voice before his army. Because the circuit of his camp is very large; because the operation of his words is irresistible; because the day of the Lord is great, extremely awful; who therefore shall be able to abide it?

²⁵ [J] I will indeed make you compensation for what hath been devoured by the grasshopper and the locust, the palmer Worm and the mildew; that great army of mine which I sent against you.

³ And out of the smoke there came forth locusts on the earth; and to them a power was given, as the scorpions of the earth have power; ⁴ and a charge was given to them not to hurt the grass of the earth nor any thing green nor any tree, nothing but the men only who have not the seal of God on their foreheads; ⁵ and they were enjoined not to kill these, but to torture them five months. And their torture was like the torture of a scorpion when it stingeth a man. ⁶ And in those days the men will seek death and shall not find it; and they will earnestly desire to die and death will flee from them. ⁷ Now the shapes of these locusts were like horses prepared for battle; and they had on their heads as it were crowns of gold; and their faces were like the faces of men; ⁸ and they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions; ⁹ and they had breast plates like breast plates of iron; and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with horses rushing to battle, ¹⁰ and they have tails like scorpions and there were stings in their tails; and their power was to hurt men five months; ¹¹ and they have a king over them the angel of the bottomless gulf, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.

²⁴ Behold the people will rouse like a young lion; And, like an old lion, exult with pride. They will not go to rest till they devour prey; Until they have drunk the blood of the slain.

¹⁸ So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before the sun was set, What is sweeter than honey, and what fiercer than a lion? Upon which Sampson said to them, If you had not ploughed with my heifer, you would not have known my riddle.

¹⁴ The wrath of a king is a messenger of death: but a wise man can pacify it.

² The threat of a king is like the rage of a lion; and he who provoketh him sinneth against his own life.

⁵ Look on me and be amazed, having laid your hand on your cheek.

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.

²⁸ Wisdom will be imputed to a fool, who inquireth after wisdom: and he who imposeth silence on himself will be esteemed wise.

¹² I have seen a man who thought himself wise: but there was more hope of a fool than of him.

³ From his presence thou mayst withdraw. Stay not when he giveth wicked orders; for he will do what he pleaseth, ⁴ as a king is absolute; and who can say to him, What dost thou?

¹⁶ Nations shall see and be confounded, and because of all the mighty power of these, they will lay their hands on their mouths. Their ears will be stopped. ¹⁷ They will lick dust like serpents trailing on the ground; they will be confounded in their enclosure. [p] At the Lord our God let them be confounded and struck with terror because of thee.

¹⁹ Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world stand convicted before God.

¹⁸ A wrathful man prepareth battles; but he who is slow to anger appeaseth the rising quarrel. A man slow to anger will extinguish law suits; but the wicked rather promote them.

²⁸ A froward man spreadeth mischief. He will light up a lamp of deceit for evils; and he separateth them who were friends.

¹⁴ A righteous government giveth force to words: but sedition and quarrelling are the forerunners of want.

²¹ A hearth is for coals and fuel for fire: and a contentious man for the bustle of strife.

²⁵ A faithless man judgeth rashly: but he who trusteth in the Lord will be careful.

²² A passionate man stirreth up strife: but a furious man is a digger up of sin.